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From: jpd00964@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: NeXT "Tech Manual" -- Any good?
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Date: 27 Jul 89 21:29:00 GMT
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> I'd like to know what this group can tell me about the "NeXT
> Tech Manual".

> If I get one, am I going to be glad I spent the $250.00?  Does it contain
> information I won't find on-line

There is very little in the Tech Dox that are not on-line.  It contains a
little about drawing (mostly compositing), and it contains a rather large
Appendix including material from Adobe, Stepstone, and Gnu.  These dox
will cost you roughly $150-$200 alone to get.

If you have access to a printer, then you can get by without purchasing 
the manuals.  However, since you are working with a rather expensive computer
in the first place, skimping on $250 seems silly.  You will increase your 
learning time by about 40-60% with hard copies of the manuals.  

Michael Rutman
Softmed