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Subject: Textbook on a Mac
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Date: Wed, 6-May-87 15:59:00 EDT
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From: mimsy!harvard!drexel!hvrunix!klim@gymble.umd.edu (Kian-Tat Lim)
Date: 6 May 87 02:55:17 GMT
Organization: Haverford College, Haverford, PA

	In about three weeks, I will be assisting someone with the layout and
design of an introductory Pascal textbook.  Available hardware includes a
Mac 512e, SCSI port, and 20 meg hard disk.  Software includes Word 3.0 and
SuperPaint.  I have access to RSG3.  Output will most likely be on a LW+,
although use of a Linotronic typesetter might be possible.

	Questions I have include these:

o	Is this configuration adequate?  As background, I have been suffering
	with a 128K Mac and a single 400K drive for nearly three years, so I
	can put up with a lot of pain if the results are OK.

o	Any recommendations for additional hardware or software?  My budget
	is very limited (probably no more than $200).

o	Any suggestions for design/formatting?  I plan to look through a whole
	host of textbooks I have around to try to pick out the best features,
	but any thoughts will be appreciated.  We will undoubtedly be
	including Macintosh screen snapshots as well as Pascal source code.

o	Any other helpful hints?

	Thanks in advance [much as I abhor using that phrase].


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Kian-Tat Lim
Unix System Manager
Haverford College, Haverford, PA  19041-1392
K_LIM @ HVRFORD.BITNET; ihnp4!cbmvax!vu-vlsi!hvrunix!klim

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