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From: psc@lznv.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: help me fill my bookshelf
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Date: 2 Mar 88 14:30:04 GMT
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In article <5409@watdragon.waterloo.edu>, ajmyrvold@violet.UUCP writes:
> In article 12598 of comp.sys.ibmpc Jim Harkins (jlh@loral.UUCP) writes
> > And, sitting above it is a nice, empty bookshelf.  So tell me, if you
> > were spending the boss's money what books would you put on this shelf?
> 
> 1) A legitimate manual for each piece of software which you use
>    regularly. This includes a real DOS manual. DOS is probably
>    the single most pirated program around.

Hear, hear!

> 4) Programmer's Guide to the IBM PC by Peter Norton. Some people
>    would disagree with this one, but my copy is almost worn out
>    from use. I also have Advanced MS DOS by Ray Duncan, but I
>    much prefer Peter Norton's book.

I've read both, and prefer the Duncan book.  Also consider the MS-DOS
ENCYCLOPEDIA, finally out.  I just saw a review of this in PC WEEK.

> 1) MS Assembler version 5.0. Big improvement over previous versions.
> 
> 2) MS or Turbo C (I won't get into the big debate ... both are good)
>    Competition sure does improve the market.

Let me point out that if you buy MASM 5.0, you can use its copy of the
Codeview debugger with Turbo C.  You need to ask TC to to make .MAP
files, and you need to use the MS linker, not TLINK or the integrated
environment.  If you get Turbo C, make sure you get version 1.5.

> 3) Lesuire Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards. Haven't bought
>    my copy for the IBM PC yet - but I loved it on my friend's ATARI.

I'm very wary of having *any* games on an office PC, even ones you buy
with your own money and bring in from home.  It's not the loss of
productivity that scares me; it's the all-too-often piracy that
results.  If you desperately want something to give you a break from
the rest of the world, do something that gets your butt off your chair,
your fingers off the keyboard, and your eyes off the screen.  Sitting
in the same position, with the same kinds of repetitive finger motions,
and with very little eye movement can cause short term fatigue and long
term stress.

> Alan Myrvold                       ajmyrvold@violet.waterloo.edu

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