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In article <37193@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> kclenden@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Kevin Clendenien) writes:
+    As far as having to spend a couple of hundred bucks just to get
+ information on your machine, this is no different than IBM, Mac, or
+ Amiga computers.  When you buy IBM and DOS, do you get a technical
+ reference manual?  NO!  Sure it's available, but at a cost.  ThisO
+ same scenario is played out with both Mac and Amiga computers.  You
+ can find information on the Atari line of computers without having
+ to become a developer.  But, just as with the above mentioned
+ computers, you will have to pay for it.  I wish information was
+ free, but we all know that just ain't so.  Knowledge makes the world
+ go round.  Not just in the computer field, but in every field.

   Sure, I can get a DOS book for around $25 that details all the DOS and BIOS
calls.  I can get a complete listing of the Amiga kernal for about the same
amount.  I can buy the _entire_ Inside macintosh series for less than $150,
and that includes all the hardware and evangalizing, too.

   Almost doesn't seem fair.  Almost wish ST people could get cheap, complete
docs like _they_ can.  I don't have $250 to become a developer right now.  But
I have about 3-4 books that answer nearly _every_ hardware or software question
about the PC/AT line: total (list) cost: about $115.

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