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    From Nightfox@21:1/137 to boraxman on Fri Oct 28 09:46:46 2022
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    By: boraxman to paulie420 on Thu Oct 27 2022 10:43 pm

    Do computers come with manuals anymore? What do you get with your new iMac?

    Recently at work, the company owner ordered a new M1 Mac Mini for some iOS deveopment work I needed to do. It didn't come with any manuals.

    For my PCs at home, usually I like building my own PCs. I like the fact that components like motherboards, etc. still come with manuals. I don't think many other PC components come with much of a manual though.

    Around 1993 or 1994, I remember buying a copy of MS-DOS 6.0 and it came with a manual that had a cartoon depiction of a street with a couple cars on the back. I liked that manual.

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  • From boraxman@21:1/101 to Nightfox on Sun Oct 30 00:09:44 2022
    Do computers come with manuals anymore? What do you get with your new iMac?

    Recently at work, the company owner ordered a new M1 Mac Mini for some
    iOS deveopment work I needed to do. It didn't come with any manuals.

    For my PCs at home, usually I like building my own PCs. I like the fact that components like motherboards, etc. still come with manuals. I
    don't think many other PC components come with much of a manual though.

    Around 1993 or 1994, I remember buying a copy of MS-DOS 6.0 and it came with a manual that had a cartoon depiction of a street with a couple
    cars on the back. I liked that manual.


    I've collected a few DOS manuals, for DOS 5, DOS 6, also GW BASIC.

    Is the manual you are referring to the "Take a road trip with the MS-DOS 6 Upgrade" one?

    I have that, and it has a cartoon drawing of a road on the front and back with cars, a traffic light, signs and such.

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to boraxman on Sat Oct 29 10:47:01 2022
    Re: Re: Computers
    By: boraxman to Nightfox on Sun Oct 30 2022 12:09 am

    Around 1993 or 1994, I remember buying a copy of MS-DOS 6.0 and it
    came with a manual that had a cartoon depiction of a street with a
    couple
    cars on the back. I liked that manual.

    I've collected a few DOS manuals, for DOS 5, DOS 6, also GW BASIC.

    Is the manual you are referring to the "Take a road trip with the MS-DOS 6 Upgrade" one?

    I have that, and it has a cartoon drawing of a road on the front and back with cars, a traffic light, signs and such.

    Yes, that sounds like the one.

    Nightfox
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  • From Dmxrob@21:4/142 to Nightfox on Sat Oct 29 19:15:59 2022
    BY: Nightfox(21:1/137)

    |13On |11Friday,October 28, 2022 at 08:46 AM, |14Nightfox(21:1/137)|13 wrote:|07


    |11N|09> |10bo> Do computers come with manuals anymore? What do you get with your|07
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    |11N|09> |07
    |11N|09> |10Around 1993 or 1994, I remember buying a copy of MS-DOS 6.0 and it came|07
    |11N|09> |10with a manual that had a cartoon depiction of a street with a couple|07
    |11N|09> |10cars on the back. I liked that manual.|07
    |11N|09> |07
    |11N|09> |10Nightfox|07

    |09I remember when software would come with leather binders with instructions and |07|09manuals in it. Back in 1996 working on the mainframe we bought a new version |07|09of COBOL or something from IBM and the books and manuals literally came on a |07|09pallet there were so many.|07

    |11Dmxrob|07

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