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From: stanley@phoenix.com (John Stanley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: CD ROM / Ziff Davis Computer Library
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Date: 15 Dec 90 19:51:55 GMT
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rgc@raybed2.msd.ray.com (RICK CARLE) writes:

> In article <JON_SREE.90Dec12105954@world.std.com>, jon_sree@world.std.com (Jo
> > Are there any good combo deals ? Such as, are there some CD ROM sellers who
> > throw in a sub to Ziff Davis (rather than some encyclopedias that I don't 
> > really need ? )
> 
> Get hold of a DAK mail order catalog.  DAK is offering what seems to be
> a great CD-ROM buy.  For about $600 (maybe $699) you get an external
> CD-ROM drive plus several CD-ROMs (encyclopedia, etc.) that DAK claims
> sells for some $2400.  I've had good luck with DAK.
> 	Rick

   Don't buy the DAK drive just for the software. Some of it takes so
much memory to run that you will have to unload alot of other stuff to
run it. The translation dictionary runs only as a TSR and is 149+k! The
Atlases won't tell you if you run out of memory (530k for full
functionality on the World one) they just don't do certain things. No
errors, just no function. 

   OTH, the Reference Library, as a TSR, is 20k. It is smart enough to
swap other programs to disk to get room for itself when you activate it.
This was written by the same company that wrote the 149+k TSR for the
translation dictionary. I keep the Reference Lib in most of the time.
The Library of the Future (450 books) is nice, and would be nicer if it
could be a nice TSR with pasting like the Reference Library. 


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