I have my copy of the book of the first edition in front of me and the cover is yellow/pale tan. It is copyrighted 1987 and my copy is from the second printing. It was printed for the US market. It came with no media; a page inside the book describes the four media distributions (three different floppy options and a 9-track tape option) with their ISBN numbers so you could order them from Prentice-Hall. I remember seeing a red cover version of the book. I think it was when I was working in Germany in 91-92, but that was too long ago for me to remember the details. alan