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From: dan@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Dan Schwarz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Inside Macintosh: Will we ever see a revised, updated edition?
Message-ID: <1990Mar14.231113.24101@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>
Date: 14 Mar 90 23:11:13 GMT
References: <14532@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Organization: Brandeis University Computer Science Dept
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In article <14532@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) writes:

> I'd be ecstatic if this
>New, Improved Inside Macintosh were to be put into a HyperCard stack
>-- better yet, a stack on a CD-ROM -- so that we could actually USE a
>Mac to get at it.
>| Brian S. Kendig      \ Macintosh |   Engineering,   | bskendig             |

Not a bad idea; in fact, certified developers did receive a pre-release copy
of Inside Macintosh, done as a really big Hypercard Stack.  [At least, that's
what I'm told. I haven't seen this CD-ROM stack anywhere.]

There are a few problems with releasing IM as a stack : for one thing, you
need a Mac to get at the material.  Lots of times, you need to reference some
particular point of information, and your Mac is simply unavailable
(i.e. your system just crashed, or you're stepping through a program run, etc.)
Also, I simply like to read through a real BOOK when I'm learning information,
rather than reading info on the screen.

A new Inside Macintosh on CD-ROM would be an excellent counterpart to the book,
but it should not be in place of the book.  With the cost of CD-ROMs so cheap
now ($2 each after the $1000 setup charge) Apple could easily include a
CD-ROM with each IM book purchased.


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