This book has several tricks to solve problems with old dos games. It's quite simple: it follows a step by step approach and is suitable both for beginner and advanced users. It tells you how to run games without creating a lot of boot disks. The CDROM included is also a collection of old shareware games. The defect of this book is that specific questions about certain games configuration are not covered. So if you have a particular question, try to look if the solution is in the book before you buy it.

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Introduction gives a short descriptions about all (at that time) available RP systems, unfortunately only text, no pics. But, if you're looking for info on SLA and how to use it, this is a book for you. Stereolithography as a method is clearly described (almost in too detalied level) -how it's done, what happens in the process, materials and all. It's all there. Book also describes various applications based on this process. Good reading if you're interested in SLA, but if you're looking for general info on RP&M, this may be a bit too heavily concentrated on SLA for your needs.

As one of Marian Swerdlow's seniors in the NYCTA, I don't think any of us thought we were the subjects of a sociologist's eye while we were working with her. It turns out we were, and Underground Woman is the result.

Swerdlow's book brings back many memories of my former railroad and the people in it. Many of her anecdotes ring true - at times I was laughing out loud - although I was never aware of the depth of the hostility she apparently held towards senior people, motormen, and myself in particular until I read this book. (I am the "Mary Hansen" character in her book, and I find it interesting that Swerdlow chooses to perpetuate in the outside press outright untruths about myself, my career, and my activities in the Transport Workers Union.) None of us who came before her and worked to change conditions in the subway, unless they joined the New Directions movement, apparently did anything worth respecting in her view.

Many of the folk tales and outlines of the life, times, and culture of the NYC subway system are vividly captured in Underground Woman. It's a pity that because of her single-minded focus on union affairs, how they should be conducted, and how New Directions can save subway workers from themselves, that she missed so much more of what goes on outside of "official" union and management channels. The condescending attitude of many New Directions activists, especially towards those who support neither the status quo in TWU nor New Directions, turns many people off who would otherwise support them.

I give Swerdlow credit for having the sense to leave the job when she realized that working in the railroad industry was simply not the place for her. Her book is very good in capturing the rhythm and flow of life in Rapid Transit Transportation, but derails itself by portraying any non-supporters of New Directions in a clearly negative light.

very nice book for reference of unix

As a life-long Chicagoan, I grew up riding buses and the El. For 16 years after I graduated from law school, I lived on the North Side and didn't own a car -- public transit and cabs were all I needed (and I didn't have to worry about parking). Over the years, I've come to love the City's transit system, and if you ride long enough and pay attention, you have to become curious about its history -- you'll notice El spurs that go nowhere, rail tracks peeking through street pavement, and so on. And of course the politics of fare increases, capital improvements, expansion or contraction of routes, and regional planning and cooperation are all fascinating.

So I had high hopes for "Chicago Transit," which I expected would answer a lot of questions I had about a subject I enjoy. Unfortunately, while there is a lot of information here -- lots and lots of facts and figures, in mind-numbing detail -- the story of transit in Chicago seems to have gotten lost. There are glimpses of it -- a few pages on the career of Samuel Insull, some details on the political machinations behind the creation of the Regional Transportation Authority -- but most of the book is about how the various forms of transit were organized and set up financially, whether they made money during any given period, how many miles they covered and how many riders they served. The technological changes from horse to steam to electric to diesel power (for buses and suburban trains) are discussed in some detail, as is the impact of the car, although here Young seems in over his head -- he understands that the car had a major impact on urban development and planning, and indeed claims several times that the car is actually a form of "mass transit" since it is used by masses of people -- but he does not really address how the car affected public transit. He concedes that most people who arrive in the Loop (5 out of 7) do so by mass transit -- so does decreased ridership mean that fewer people work in the Loop? Or that fewer shop in the Loop? Or that fewer people use the El or buses in off-peak hours to get around the rest of the City? None of these questions were answered to my satisfaction.

A couple of choices add to the confusion and piling on of detail. As noted, Young does not confine himself to public transportation, but also devotes a significant amount of space to non-commuter rail traffic and to the development of the car and of highways. Obviously you can't really write a history of public transit without discussing those subjects, but Young devotes whole sections or chapters to them, taking a big detour from his main subject. Young also tends to go through the history of one form of transit (street railways, for example) in one chapter, and then turn to another form of transit (the El) in the next chapter, leading to a lot of repetition and jumping back forth in time. Even within a chapter, Young may cover 50 years of history of the West Side El, and then go back to the beginning to talk about the South Side lines.

Overall, there's lots of data here, but very little story and only a few (questionable) conclusions. There is nothing on the impact public transit (or the absence of it) has on the lives of people everyday. There is a nice selection of black-and-white photographs, mostly featuring the railcars of various eras. If you need a resource for basic information on Chicago transit, you will find this volume useful, but if you are a general reader looking for an interesting and thought-provoking read, you had best look elsewhere.

This is 1 of the weakest horror novels I've ever managed 2 finish reading (the other was Daniel Gower's THE ORPHEUS PROCESS, also part of Dell's Abyss horror series, home of the brilliant Kathe Koja). Hanner creates some spooky, gruesome atmosphere, with women giving birth 2 malignant tumors, & hints that San Jose, Calif.'s computer industry might B at the root of it all. But she does nothing with it -- nothing ever really happens. There R other problems: The book was poorly proofread, & 1 Air Force Lt. Col. has his full rank completely spelled-out every single time his name appears -- an irritating waste of space if you're in the AF & know ranks -- it coulda been abbreviated after the 1st couple times. Plus Hanner Cms 2 confuse the names of San Jose-area cities (I used 2 live there) -- this also coulda been fixed with better proofreading. I DID finish the book, & there R a few chills, but ... disappointing.

Author Stan Fischler's interest in Subways developed as a child in New York City and having ridden subways all over the world, he has now written about 10 major systems (London, New York, Moscow, Paris, Toronto, Boston, Chicago, Washington DC, San Franciso, and Tokyo). As is typical of Motorbooks works, about half of the 96 pages are taken up with (generally) crisply reproduced color photographs, well laid out amid the author's text. Unfortunately, both the text and the photographs leave something to be desired.

A large majority of the photos are the work of one person and in some cases those used provide a very limited view of a given system. In the case of Boston, for example, there are 3 views of the current Orange Line cars, 2 shots of one of the 4 types of Green Line cars - but none of the other 3, no shots of any Blue Line cars, and 2 of the 3 Red Line photos are of a series that was scrapped some time ago while one of the current series goes unseen. At least 4 different series of Chicago cars are shown with little effort to identify their differences, while each of three series of nearly identical DC cars are shown and identified separately - if it matters. On the plus side, some of the photos provide unique views of the diverse systems: a snow-covered underground platform in New York, the museum-like interiors of several Moscow stations, classic brickwork on the London Underground, and interior shots of several cars.

With an average of eight pages available to describe each system, and much of that given over to photos, an author must be very focused to convey information consisely. Unfortunately Mr. Fischler's abbreviated histories of each system lack such a focus. A large part of his Chicago chapter is devoted to the South Shore Lines - an interurban railway which never ran on CTA subway or elevated tracks. Yet no mention is made of Chicago's two other interurbans which did use the 'L' to reach downtown. He is sharply critical of some systems for their failure to build express tracks or run 7x24 like his beloved New York while never mentioning these shortcomings (if, indeed, they are) about other systems. And, clearly, the LRV subways of Boston and San Francisco bother him; he doesn't seem to know how to deal with these aspects of those cities' systems and never mentions their common usage of the ill-fated Boeing LRVs.

Motorbooks aren't known for publishing academic reference books, so perhaps I'm being too critical. This book does provide a variety of information and photos on many of the world's subway systems and may be appealing to those with a developing interest in the subject. But it left me disappointed and unsatisfied.

It's almost criminal to release a book like this considering how difficult exam 70-018 is. Let it be known, this book is a joke. It's loaded with errors and the end of chapter questions are so simple they're pathetic. Use New Riders or MS Press or ANYTHING but this book! This exam is BRUTAL so be prepared!

For starters, this test is difficult. EXTREMELY difficult! This book is an absolute joke, as the "Getting Started" book that Microsoft ships with SMS is actually more detailed... for that matter than this book....Compound the fact that 70-018 is one of the (if not THE) hardest MCSE electives, the end of chapter questions absolutely insult ones intelligence. Bottom line: DON'T buy this book!!!

Granted, its only $..., but even if it were free, it is a waste of time to go through the motions for this article. There are 3 pages, 2 of which are cover sheets. The one page that is left contains virtually no valuable information. If you have any knowledge of rapid prototyping, or really business in general, you could write a comparable article yourself during lunch.

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