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From: tat@pccuts.pcc.amdahl.com (Tom Thackrey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: MS CD-ROM Programmers Library
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Date: 2 Aug 89 16:39:57 GMT
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In article <3045@blake.acs.washington.edu> djo7613@blake.acs.washington.edu (Dick O'Connor) writes:
 >Speaking of the Microsoft programmer's library CD-ROM package...
 >
 >Has anyone tried it out?  How fast is access?  Is it worth the $950?
 >Do you actually use any of the online docs and code samples?
 >
I have a copy and use it frequently.  I don't use the TSR mode because
it uses too much memory and most of my work requires Windows which doesn't
like TSRs.  It contains a lot of documentation and a fair amount of source
code.  The features I like best are 1) documenataion for products I don't
have, but occasionally have questions about (like the Windows device driver
developers kit), 2) Ability to search documents for a word or phrase (like
a module name or message, 3) Source code for examples from several well
known books to compile and explore.

I think the $950 price you quote must include the CD-ROM drive.  I have
a drive so the price was about $350-$400 I don't remember exactly.
If you can use the TSR mode it would increase the usefulness quite a bit.