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Subject:Re: Size of Manuals From:CASSIN Gilles <GCassin -at- MEGA -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 14 Apr 1999 16:47:09 +0100
Eric Dunn wrote: <snip>My argument may come down to the question of
Chicken or Egg?<snip>
When we changed from binders to perfect binding, the first thing done
was to measure the average size of manuals, with a ++ for MS ones, then
build a box that holds them.
Though there may be some postage standards involved. (Who decided
those?)
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