From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!utah-cs!utah-gr!thomas
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Re: Re re requiring vs. banning college equipment
Article-I.D.: utah-gr.623
Posted: Sat Nov  6 10:55:08 1982
Received: Sun Nov  7 00:56:54 1982
References: cincy.1122

Luckily, I've passed the point in my educational career where I have to
buy books every quarter.  The books I paid $20 for 3 years ago are now
selling for $40 and $50 EACH!!  Even the C language book is now $20.  I
bought it for $12 only a couple years ago.  This is disgusting!  I
wouldn't be surprised if reading a book on an electronic medium is soon
cheaper than buying the hardcopy.  I know it's cheaper to Xerox most
books than to buy them (of course, it's illegal).  You can now get a
whole computer for less than I paid for my first calculator (a HP-25),
and it's more powerful.

=Spencer