KR> i've been freezing my arse off in a little place about 30 miles out of
KR> boston mass (and i do mean litteraly freezing, the temp went positive
KR> 4 times in 28 days!).
BV> Geezzz, it's a rough life but sombody's gotta do it, right :)
KR> yearh well.... it was my first time in the states, and frankly, i can
KR> take it or leave it, it know that i only saw one small part, and not at
KR> it's best then,

ROFL...The East Coast is much better than the West Coast.
You DID see the best of it.

KR>i spent some time in the computer supermarkets ((:) but the savings are
KR> very spotty, some things aren't much cheaper there than here, but then
KR> others were far cheaper

It's weird, ain't it.

KR> i found it hard to get used to the fact that nothing in the country
KR> cost what it is advertised for, theres always some tax or tip to
KR> be added.

Yeah, a right royal pain.

BV> That's the important part. I just bought BC++ 4.5 with Database
BV> Tools and the Visual Solutions Pack. At $359 it was a _steal_.
KR> i think that i got ripped, i paid i think $280 for v4.5 with docs and
KR> an extra copy of 4.0 thrown in. all i need is someone who wants an unused
KR> copy of 4.0.

Wasn't there someone in Aust_Trading who was after a BC++ ?

KR> all told, at the moment, i have 2 floppy copies of 4.0, a 4.0, a 4.0s,
KR> and a 4.5 cd rom, the dos power pack, and vis solutions.

Shit. You should be charging Borland a warehousing fee :)

BV> Same here. Frank went. Bob lost interest when he found out that it
BV> required 128Mb of disk space and a CD-ROM to load it . Of course
BV> this was after I ordered and paid for his copy at the special price
BV> of $250. If you're interested I have _one_ only copy at that price.
KR> shit, thats even more disk space than c++ 4.5 at 100 meg.

It was also wrong. A Full install requires 69Mb. No doubt you could
hack that back quite a bit as it also has every database driver and
all the sample/demo/tutorial stuff. A bit like VB which only requires
VB.EXE and VBRUNx00.DLL to run. When you install it, it requires 25 Mb
but in reality you only _need_ 1.2Mb

KR> at the moment sadly i have not the time, the money, or the disk
KR> space (100 megs left out of 920) what i desperately need is more ram,
KR> photoshop uses it like a drunken sailor - 32megs would be ok but
KR> 48megs would be about optimum

It's a worry ain't it. Still it could be worse. You might be trying
to setup WinWord 6 :)

Cheers, Brenton
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