Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!homxb!whuts!mtune!codas!killer!tad From: tad@killer.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.pascal Subject: Re: Aggravating manuals Message-ID: <1699@killer.UUCP> Date: Thu, 1-Oct-87 20:12:40 EDT Article-I.D.: killer.1699 Posted: Thu Oct 1 20:12:40 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Oct-87 00:46:41 EDT References: <1651@killer.UUCP> <823@qiclab.UUCP> Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas Lines: 30 Xref: utgpu comp.sys.ibm.pc:7416 comp.sys.misc:813 comp.lang.c:4444 comp.lang.pascal:318 Summary: "copy protection" argument not very valid In article <823@qiclab.UUCP>, leonard@qiclab.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) writes: > There is a very good reason (from their point of view) why Borland and now > Microsoft use softbound manuals instead of binders. Piracy. . . > Many people don't have such fancy copiers, but most print shops (Pronto > Print etc) will do the job _and_ drill the holes in the pages for around > $20. (assumming _thick_ docs) > > There is no practical way to copy a softbound manual. Sure there is...take the manual to the copy shop to copy it, and pay them an extra couple of bucks to shave off the spine and bind the thing. I'll probably end up having this done to my manuals, but now I'll have the inconvienence of a rag-tag collection of binders. (this is half-sarcastic :-) Actually, there is a problem with this...the MASM 5.0 manuals are just under 7.5" wide...too wide to fit in any small binder without shaving off some info. :-( Tad =============================================================================== Tad Marko at UNIX Connection BBS AT&T 3B2, Dallas, Texas North Texas State University ACM C/UNIX SIG Chairman Snail: UUCP: ihnp4!killer!tad 2829 Sagebrush Drive or ihnp4!convex!ntvax!tad Flower Mound, Texas 75028-2721 BitNet: IG45@NTSUVAX 214-539-0080 214-539-7776 TEXNET: NTVAXB::IG45 "Hi there!" -- Peter Gabriel InterN: IG45%NTVAXB.DECNET@UTADNX.CC.UTEXAS.EDU