Norton and Salinger
Mattis Fishman (mattis@argos.argoscomp.com)
Fri, 02 Jul 1999 09:27:25 -0400 (EDT)
Hello friends,
Colin notes:
> His beginners guide to DOS (or whatever it was called) saved my sanity
> when I first started using a PC. It had a nice chatty, friendly
> conversational tone, a bit like 'Catcher', maybe it influenced Norton's
> style when he came to write his computer book!
["Honey, where's the typewriter?... you know the *typewriter*!..
the garage?... I know it's late but I've got this great idea and all..."]
"The Hacker in the Rye"
You probably want to know all about the bits, bytes, sectors and interupt
vectors, and all that Bill Gates kind of salade...
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all the best,
Mattis