Re: floppy eject buttons [was: What's a Real Computer?]

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From: Ravi Krishna Swamy
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 21:42

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In article <hotelca-3107950002570001@192.0.2.1>, hotelca@cris.com (Hotel California) writes:
>In article <danpop.807144468@rscernix>, Dan.Pop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote:
>
>> Someone who can't be bothered to read a manual won't become self-sufficient
>> on any system, including a Mac (have you noticed that all Mac software
>> comes with manuals?).
>
>Yes, Mac software comes with manuals, but, unlike unix or even DOS, you
>don't have to read the manual to work the program.  I can't tell you the
>last time I even read a manual.

Hmm, I never read the manual for Framemaker, Interleaf, DECwrite, Xess,
xv, Zmail, or mxrn.  I do consult on line help for Maple V and
ObjectCenter but never a paper manual.  I use all of these programs on
the UNIX boxes at school and I'm pretty good with all of them.  The
installation of all of this software was already done by the fabulous
sysadmins we have.  They've already configured the system.mwmrc file
to contain all of them so that I don't have to type anything in order
to run them.  

Ravi
--
"Linux is stable, Windoze is the stuff you find on the floor of a stable."

Ravi K. Swamy                http://www4.ncsu.edu/eos/users/r/rkswamy/www/
rkswamy@eos.ncsu.edu         root@genom.com

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From: rkswamy@eos.ncsu.edu (Ravi Krishna Swamy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: floppy eject buttons [was: What's a Real Computer?]
Date: 31 Jul 1995 21:42:39 GMT
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