Re: Looking for technical manuals

> On Nov 15, 11:34 am, russo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Matthew T.
> Russotto) wrote:
>
> > To be even more anal, the Phone Book was not the original.  The
> > original was in two looseleaf binders (updated occasionally by
> > mailings from Apple), and had the author's names as well as other
> > interesting info. I still have a copy. Some of the stuff in it was
> > removed from the phone book edition, and later appeared in the
> > Macintosh Family Hardware Reference.

The thing with the binders was that there was no consistency.  What you
got in the binders depended on just when your copy was sent out.  And not
only was stuff added, but stuff was taken out again when someone felt it
was unclear or misleading.  Just like a few of the TechNotes disappeared
later on.  You remember TechNotes ?  Man, they were fun.  "Don't Abuse The
Managers.".  Wonderful.  I see its official name is now 'Managerial
Abuse'.

The Phone Book was the first set of do***entation that was read by
managers before it was released.  And it was good and, well, Mac-like in
its elegance.  And the three-volume version was the first one properly
published where I felt that the Mac platform was going to be something
serious and not just a hobby for a bunch of geeks.

Simon.
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