>Craig,
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>Surely you mis-read - or has MS gone "over the edge" calling something "Visual Studio 6.0a Edition" but really meaning "MSDN??
>
>If they have, then I have absolutely no hope at all!
>
>Jim N
>

I'm looking at the disk now. It is labeled "MDSN Library, Visual Studio 6.0a Edition". It is dated October, 1998 Edition. If I remember correctly, this shipped with MSDN at the same time as VS6, Service Pack 1.