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

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From: Chad Irby
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1995 17:38

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Terje A. Bergesen (terjeb@vestnett.no) wrote:

: Well, depends -I have never read, or owned, a printed manual
: about UNIX. In the beginning that was a bit difficult, then
: I found the man command, and later man -k which was immensly
: useful.

: I have never read a UNIX manual, I have read quite a few man
: pages over the years though...

I'm sorry- but the unix man command *is* the manual.  You know- "man"ual.

Just because it's on a CRT instead of a piece of paper doesn't make it go 
away.  If you have to "look it up" with the man command, you still have 
to read the manual.

-- 

Chad Irby           /    My greatest fear: that future generations will,
cirby@gate.net     /      for some reason, refer to me as an "optimist."

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