RE: PC World RTFM

Subject: RE: PC World RTFM
From: "Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 17:04:12 -0500


Do as the Old Farmer's Almanac does: Punch a hole in one corner through the
whole pocket guide, so it can be hung with string from a hook in the barn
wall...

Dan Goldstein

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy K. Haas [mailto:guy -at- hiskeyboard -dot- com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 4:57 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Cc: Rick Bishop
> Subject: Re: PC World RTFM
>
> Back in the good old days (say, 1989 or 90), produced a
> "pocket guide"
> for Tandem's COBOL85. The manual was two three-ring binders,
> totalling
> 1300 pages of 8 1/2 x 11" sheets, two sided. The "pocket guide" was
> approximately the length and width of a punch card (remember
> those?) and
> about 3/4 inch thick. It had to be slightly stronger paper than the
> manual. It covered only the syntax, plus error message numbers and
> explanations. Seemed like a convenient package for barebones
> programming
> reference.
>
> On a customer visit (ever had one of those?), when I asked
> about their
> thoughts on the pocket guide, they said that the manual was easy to
> find, but the pocket guide kept getting lost on their desks....
>
> Guy K. Haas

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