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Discussion on: 4 Things Developers Take for Granted That Used to Be Really Hard

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Michiel Hendriks

Oh yes, thing #5. One of the reason for those "big boxes" of software was for the huge amount of dead tree content called: manuals. Back when the fancy new thing called "online help" was a digital manual you easily open from within the application jumping directly to the relevant section.

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Adrian B.G.

Oh yes, the help manuals files ... Good ol times