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From: hardin@hpindda.HP.COM (John Hardin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: Re: Turbo Products
Message-ID: <47730001@hpindda.HP.COM>
Date: 8 Jun 90 23:49:46 GMT
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toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy) writes:

>In the beginning of May I got an upgrade letter for the Assembler/Debugger!
>I thought it would be the C->C++ upgrade notice. I never got a C-C++ upgrade
>notice but I did receive an offer to get C++ based on my owning Turbo Pascal!
>(BTW, that costs $175 instead of the $125 for Turbo C owners).
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Be forewarned, if you take advantage of one of the upgrade offers for the
PRO package, you do not get a full manual set.  The package includes C++,
debugger, profiler, and assembler.  The missing manuals are the Guide and
Reference manuals for the assembler.  Instead you get a ring-bound TASM
quick reference.  

Originally this deal was billed as an introductory price on a new product
rather than a product upgrade.  Now Borland is saying that they did not 
ship new TASM manuals for 'upgrades'.  There is an animated discussion
going on about this on Borland's CompuServe forum.  A number of people
are upset that they got an imcomplete package when they could have bought
the complete one for a few dollars more at their local discount software
retailer.

Borland says that there was little change to the TASM manuals and that
a file was provided listing the changes.

Just be aware of what each package contains so you can make your choice.

John Hardin
hardin@hpindgh.hp.com