info-mac@uw-beaver (info-mac) (08/29/84)
From: Randy Forgaard <RANDY@MIT-XX.ARPA>
A marginally silly message:
Some or all of the early copies of Inside Macintosh were shipped in binders
with flattened rings. These binders allow the pages to lie somewhat flatter,
and you don't have to shake them upside down to get them to close, like in
regular ring binders.
The current copies of Inside Mac are being shipped in regular binders. Pages
toward the beginning and end tend to curl up on the base of the ring mechanism.
If you use Inside Mac a lot, this might be somewhat of a pain, and might make
the pages tear out faster.
If you are in the mood to obtain truly high-quality binders for your copy of
Inside Mac, look into the White 2" Clear-Vue Slant-D binders by Cardinal,
Catalog No. 10500, available at many stationery stores. You will need one of
these binders for each volume (its a snug fit), just as you have now. The
Slant-D keeps the pages lying flat (more so than the flattened ring binders
mentioned above), pages don't bind when you close the binder, the binders hold
more so they take up less shelf space, they are more durable, etc. Because
they are the Clear-Vue variety, you just slide out the special cardboard
decorations on the current binders, and slide them into the Slant-D binders.
Two disadvantages: They are incredibly expensive (about $12 apiece). Also,
because they aren't as wide, you will have trim the decorative side cardboard
pieces ("Macintosh 1" and "Macintosh 2") to make them fit in the new binders.
-- Randy Forgaard
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