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"Son of Stupid Mac Tricks", Bob LeVitus, 1991, 0-201-56787-3, U$19.95/C$25.95
%A   Bob LeVitus 76004.2076@compuserve.com levitus@aol.com levitus@mcimail.com
%C   1 Jacob Way, Reading, MA   01867-9984
%D   1991
%G   0-201-56787-3
%I   Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.
%O   U$19.95/C$25.95 416-447-5101 fax: 416-443-0948 markj@aw.com 800-822-6339
%O   617-944-3700 Fax: (617) 944-7273 bkexpress@aw.com
%P   100
%T   "Son of Stupid Mac Tricks"
 
The software is the really important stuff here.  This really isn't a book as
much as a software package.  The main item is the 800K floppy disk bound into
the back.  (The programs are compressed, so leave a bit more room on your hard
disk.)  The book is only a sort of third party documentation for the programs.
 
Mind you, there is still a lot of work involved here.  Finding and testing the
programs alone must have been a project.  The title to the contrary, there is
significant programming involved in the programs here.  Unlike many other
shareware collections, LeVitus has put together a legitimate "best of" here,
and tested them thoroughly.  There are suggestions for troubleshooting, as well
as some tips on "easter eggs" in even these gag programs.  (My only quibble
would be that the majority are INITs or cdevs, and therefore require some
system alteration and rebooting.  But here again, LeVitus is on the spot with
suggestions and warnings.)
 
Many books include "free disks!" of shareware, with a small notice somewhere in
the back saying that the programs are shareware.  Given the fact that the book
is the disk in this case, one might expect more.  LeVitus is reasonably careful
in this regard.  For each program that is shareware (there is some freeware)
the price and address is given, as well as a recommendation that you register.
 
(I am occasionally sent out of print books, and from the date I fear this may
be the case here.  Perhaps you could try computer swap meets, or the discount
bins.  It's worth a peek.)
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995   BKSOSMTR.RVW   951109

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