>>I would've included a copy of "Discovering Ada" too, if I had an
>>extra one. That's a better way to get a journalist involved,
>>because of the multimedia interface.
>
>My recollection is that CD was Microsoft-only, so folks should take
>care that the journalist in question is not from MacWorld or one of
>the Unix magazines.  (Even if they have access to a Microsoft machine
>it would be unwise and inaccurate to give Ada an appearance of being
>Microsoft-centric.)

for what its worth on my Mac 8600/200 at work (which these days is kind of
the low end of the mac machines) and virtual pc the discover Ada CD appears
to run same speed as on a pentium machine.  it is very usuable in this mode
is a lot irritating that i have to. ;-)

jim



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