From roberts@mukluk.hq.decus.ca Fri Jan 17 12:07:30 1997 Received: from MUKLUK.HQ.DECUS.CA (mukluk.hq.decus.ca [198.53.154.2]) by vifa1.freenet.victoria.bc.ca (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA11342; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 12:07:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by mukluk.hq.decus.ca (MX V3.3 VAX) id 11178; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 14:03:27 EST Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 13:58:06 EST From: "Rob Slade, doting grandpa of Ryan & Trevor" To: bthompson@nvdpl.north-van.bc.ca, mwitney@capcollege.bc.ca, tcarter@capcollege.bc.ca, rgil@terranet.ab.ca, cccf@altern.com, orvis@llnl.gov, vern@wic.ca, gen@dla.ucop.edu, woody@diversicomm.com, pitzel@cs.sfu.ca, camsoc@xc.org, myles@idirect.com, kms@northcoast.com, jb@paris7.jussieu.fr, vclib@uts.cc.utexas.edu, kehoe@fortuity.com, temetz@carleton.edu, mae@freenet.victoria.bc.ca, pd@nwavbbs.demon.co.uk, jon@stekt.oulu.fi, swanson@csmes.ncsl.nist.gov, rstewart@mars.superlink.net, pfratus@compubooks.com, rjames@fox.nstn.ns.ca, roswell@fox.nstn.ca, ecbs@sas.ab.ca, sanj@wordsworth.com, jkcohen@uci.edu, keithx@technical.powells.portland.or.us, innesj@cpque.am.doe.ca, shaering@direct.ca, bam@onramp.net, root@mag.mechnet.com, clovf@ruby.ils.unc.edu, arthur@msm.com, steele@wolfe.net, cnews@libtech.com, mulholland@psc.org, robertbl@mukluk.hq.decus.ca CC: rslade@vcn.bc.ca, slade@freenet.victoria.bc.ca, brock@ucsub.colorado.edu, book-reviews@lace.colorado.edu, roberts@mukluk.hq.decus.ca X-VMSmail-To: @REVIEW X-VMSmail-CC: @BOKLSTRV,ROBERTS Message-ID: <009AE806.EE069E60.11178@mukluk.hq.decus.ca> Subject: "Macintosh Crash Course" by Brown Status: RO X-Status: BKMCCRCS.RVW 960926 "Macintosh Crash Course", Glenn Brown. 1995, 0-12-135910-7 %A Glenn Brown %C 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495 %D 1995 %G 0-12-135910-7 %I Academic Press Professional %O 619-231-0926 800-321-5068 fax: 619-699-6380 app@acad.com %P 517 %T "Macintosh Crash Course" From the title, you might be forgiven for thinking this book was about troubleshooting or data recovery. In a way, you'd be right. The first rule of computer troubleshooting is "Know Thy Computer", and this is about getting that information. Not out of the book, but from utilities. This volume is a compendium of information about utilities. Some of the utilities are given full reviews. For most, contact information and a short description have to suffice. But there are hundreds listed, for such tasks as loading extensions, managing memory, backups, compression, diagnostics, protection, resolving conflicts, file recovery, fonts (of course), and printing. In addition, Brown includes bios on authors, and interviews with a select few. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996 BKMCCRCS.RVW 960926 ============== ______________________ Vancouver ROBERTS@decus.ca | | /\ | | swiped Institute for rslade@vcn.bc.ca | | __ | | __ | | from Research into Rob.Slade@f733.n153.z1/| | \ \ / / | | Mike User .fidonet.org| | /________\ | | Church Security Canada V7K 2G6 |____|_____][_____|____| @sfu.ca