rschmidt@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (roy schmidt) (07/21/90)
Some time back (not all that far back) someone had posted disappointment that Borland had not sent new Turbo Assembler manuals with his/her shipment of TC++ Professional. I experienced the same problem. I immediately called Borland. The representative said, "Well, you see, part of the deal with yoou getting such a good price on this package was that we don't send the Assembler manuals. They're the same, and we felt you could just use the olde ones, and refer to the Quick Ref Guide for changes." (This is paraphrased). I pointed out that my TASM manuals were old, worn, and had been red-inked to death with the errata file that Borland sent with them. And anyway, if there are changes, shouldn't we have the documentation for them? She took my name, etc., and said she would have someone look into it. Within a week, I had a FedEx Overnight shipment: The TASM 2.0 manuals. I would think any mature company would see that such a policy is penny-wise and pound foolish. Withholding manuals to save a couple of bucks while angering customers is downright dumb. Anyway, if this is *your* problem, call Borland now! (And use their toll-free sales line, not the stupid you-pay-for-it-all Technical Assistance line -- this is their mistake, not yours.) Now, if we can just get them to produce those two handy utilities they promised in the manuals......:-) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roy Schmidt | #include <disclaimer.h> Indiana University | /* They are _my_ thoughts, and you can't Graduate School of Business | have them, so there! */