The drawback is that reformatting of the machine's hard drive can obliterate the TSR fix. A simpler solution, described by PC Magazine, is manual setting of the RTC , through the BIOS setup interface. A number of other groups are eager to emulate the Amazon model. One of the newest is ChaptersGlobe , a partnership of Canadian companies Chapters Inc. and the Globe and Mail . ChaptersGlobe is making a serious strategic marketing mistake.
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