Re: It works ;-)

From: Craig S. Levay (levay_at_tcfreenet.org)
Date: 2000-08-27 13:49:58

50 pounds for a slim little technical manual versus 7 bucks in U.S. of A.
whoa....hoss.....remind me not to get any Commie stuff from Britain.

Must be the Tony Blair/Inland Revenue cut....hehehe

I do know that books in England are about the only thing that is non-VAT
next to purchased food.  Books and food...hmmmm.

Craig LeVay


On Sun, 27 Aug 2000, Mark wrote:

> On 25-Aug-00, Hársfalvi Levente wrote:
> > Well probably. Once I was thinking on leaving the serial mouse idea in
> > favour of the PS/2 mouse, but I had no infos on this latter. Does anyone
> > on this list have docs for the PS/2 mouse? (Connector layout, protocol
> > and so on).
> 
> You can order a copy of the PS/2 Mouse Technical Reference from the IBM web
> site. Cost is US$4 or $5 from memory.
> 
> (Cost may vary from country to country. For example, some time ago I wanted to
> order a technical reference for an IBM disk drive. Cost in the US was $7 or
> so, cost in the UK was around 50 pounds(!) I arranged for a friend in the USA
> to order it and then post it to me.)
> 
> 
> -- Mark
> 
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