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Linux, NetBSD and FreeBSD Resources in Australia
Eric Yeo
19 October 1996
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Table of Contents:
1. User Groups
1.1. CLUG - the Canberra Linux Users Group
1.2. HUMBUG - Home Unix Machine, Brisbane User Group
1.3. LinuxSA
1.4. LUV - the Linux Users of Victoria
1.5. PLUG - Perth Linux User Group
1.6. SCA User Group : The Griffith University Student Computing
Association Group
1.7. SALUG - South Australian Linux Users Group
1.8. SLUG - the Sydney Linux Users Group
1.9. USQ-LUG - University of Southern Queensland Linux Users Group
2. People who offer assistance
2.1. ACT
2.2. New South Wales
2.3. Queensland
2.4. South Australia
2.5. Victoria
2.6. Western Australia
3. FTP sites
4. Dialup sites
4.1. New South Wales - Sydney area
4.2. New South Wales - Wollongong area
4.3. New South Wales - Hunter Valley
4.4. Queensland
4.5. Victoria
4.6. Victoria - Geelong
4.7. Western Australia
5. Shops and professional support
5.1. ACT
5.2. New South Wales
5.3. South Australia
5.4. Victoria
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1. User Groups
Format of each entry is as follows :
<name>
Started : <date group started>
Meeting Time : <time and date that the group meets>
Meeting Place : <where to go>
Organiser / President / Secretary, etc : <as per usual>
Contact address : <who to ask for more information about the club>
______________________________________________________________________
If you're looking for a user group somewhere else in the world, you
may like to look at the LUGNUTS page, which is at
http://www.tiac.net/users/williams/lugnuts/.
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1.1. CLUG - the Canberra Linux Users Group
Meeting Time : 7:00pm on the fourth Thursday of each month
Meeting Place : Room N101, Computer Science Dept, Australian National
University.
Organizer : Stephen Rothwell <Stephen.Rothwell@nec.com.au>
Contact Address : Andrew Tridgell <Andrew.Tridgell@anu.edu.au>
Mailing List : linux@listproc.anu.edu.au
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1.2. HUMBUG - Home Unix Machine, Brisbane User Group
Meeting Time : 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month, 3pm-1am
Meeting Place : Hawken-3 Lecture theatre, University of Queensland
Organizer : Robert Brockway <s316674@student.uq.edu.au>
Contact Address : <humbug@humbug.org.au>, <brucec@humbug.org.au>
WWW : http://www.humbug.org.au
Mailing List : Mail humbug-request@humbug.org.au with "subscribe
humbug <your email address>" as the body of the message
Cost : $15 / year
Notes : We have 10Mbit/sec Internet access through IP masquerading at
club meetings. We have members who use Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD/i386,
and Solaris/x86, among others.
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1.3. LinuxSA
Meeting Time : 7:00pm on the third Tuesday of each month
Meeting Place : Endeavour House Conference Room, Endeavour House,
Fourth Avenue, Technology Park, THE LEVELS, SA 5095
Contact Address : Matthew Tippett <mtippett@tne.net.au>
WWW : http://www.tne.net.au/linux
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1.4. LUV - the Linux Users of Victoria
Started : first meeting was on the 6th of July 1993
Meeting Time : 7:00pm on the first Tuesday of each month
Meeting Place : Room 3-8 (Third Floor), Centenary Building, Methodist
Ladies' College, Cnr Glenferrie and Barkers Rds, Kew
President : Daryl Moudler <luv-president@luv.asn..au>
Vice President : Andrew Bulhak <luv-vice-president@luv.asn.au>
Secretary : George Hansper <luv-secretary@luv.asn.au>
Contact Address : George Hansper <luv-secretary@luv.asn.au>
Mailing List : melblinux@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
WWW : http://www.luv.asn.au/luv/luv.html
FTP : ftp://ftp.luv.asn.au/luv
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1.5. PLUG - Perth Linux User Group
Started : first meeting sometime in June 1993, restarted in March 1995
Meeting Time : 7:30pm on the last Wednesday of each month
Meeting Place : Edith Cowan University (Mt. Lawley Campus), Bradford
St, Mt. Lawley, Building 17 Room 203
Organiser : Patrick D'Cruze <pdcruze@iinet.com.au>
Contact Address : Patrick D'Cruze <pdcruze@iinet.com.au>
Newsgroup : wa.plug
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1.6. Association Group SCA User Group : The Griffith University Stu-
dent Computing
Note : This is in Brisbane (in case you don't lnow where Griffith Uni
is)
Started : A long time ago - only recently have we offered support for
Linux
Meeting Time : Irregular - they occur around Uni workloads
Meeting Place : Technology building, Griffith Univeristy, Nathan.
Room 0.20 (level 0)
Organiser : Griffith University Student Computing Association
Contact Address : Tim Place <tjplace@gil.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au>
Mailing List : Setting up an SCA announcements list NOW! Keep an eye
on aus.computers.* for details.
WWW : http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/services/sca
Notes : The Linux support is only a recent addition to the group, so
we'll need some good user involvement to build the group up to a good
base. Free parking, free entry and a comfortable air conditioned
environment make the facilities ideal.
______________________________________________________________________
1.7. SALUG - South Australian Linux Users Group
Started : first meeting was on the 29th of November 1993
Meeting Time : About once a month on a Tuesday at 7pm
Meeting Place : Training room of SE Net (222 Grote Street, Adelaide)
Contact Address : Chris Foote <chris@salug.org.au>
Mailing List : salug@tafe.sa.edu.au, To join, send "subscribe" to
salug-request@tafe.sa.edu.au
WWW : http://www.salug.org.au/
______________________________________________________________________
1.8. SLUG - the Sydney Linux Users Group
Started : first meeting was 25th of June 1993
Meeting Time : 6:30pm, last Friday of every month
Meeting Place : UTS, Building 2, Room 639
President : Jamie Honan <jhonan@jolt.mpx.com.au>
Contact Address : owner-slug@spectrum.com.au
Mailing List : slug@spectrum.com.au To join the list, send `subscribe'
to slug-request@spectrum.com.au
WWW : http://www.slug.org.au
______________________________________________________________________
1.9. USQ-LUG - University of Southern Queensland Linux Users Group
Meeting Time : 5:00pm every Monday during semester
Meeting Place : Room R113
Contact Address : lug@usq.edu.au
2. People who offer assistance
2.1. ACT
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Name : Karl Auer <Karl.Auer@anu.edu.au>
Phone : (06) 249 4627
Distributions : Slackware
Disk Format : 3.5" (can make 5.25" boot disks on request)
Notes : The way it works is simple - you take my disks, you bring
them back in 24 hours or less. What you do with them in that time
is your business provided they stay clean and readable.
Expertise : Samba
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Name : Peter Wishart <pjw@canb.auug.org.au>
Phone : (06) 275 0908
Fax : (06) 257 1052
Distribution : SLS, TransAmeriTech CD, Yggdrasil CD
Disk Format : 3.5" / CD
Notes : Happy to lend to people in the Canberra area.
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2.2. New South Wales
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Name : Tim Posney <timp@extro.ucc.su.oz.au>
Notes : I have an older release of Linux on floppy and a release on
CD (the JANA disk). I am about to order another distribution on CD
and would be happy to lend that out to.
I am more than happy for people to make copies of anything on the
CD, but I don't have a spare CD drive to lend to people.
______________________________________________________________________
2.3. Queensland
o
Name : APANA Brisbane
Expertise :
Linux (mail to linux@brisbane.apana.org.au).
FreeBSD (mail to FreeBSD@brisbane.apana.org.au).
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2.4. South Australia
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Name : SALUG (See the ``SALUG'' listing)
Address : geoffrey@tafe.sa.edu.au (Contact address for SALUG)
Distributions : Slackware, Debian
Notes : If people contact SALUG I sure someone will arrange a loan
of a distribution. We are spread around Adelaide geographically.
o
Name : Richard Sharpe
Address : sharpe@nmesis.enet.dec.com
Distributions : Red Hat 2.1, 3.03
Expertise : Samba, GNU compilers, IP networking, IPv6, Windows to
SAMBA
Disk Format : CDs only
Notes : Call, I will see what I can arrange
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2.5. Victoria
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Name : Hamish Coleman <hamish@zot.apana.org.au>
Distributions : Yggdrasil Alpha CD-ROM, Mirror image of his Hard
Disk(!)
Disk Format : CD-ROM, Hard Disk >= 30mb
Notes : Ask for more details on this bizarre offer...
o
Name : Andrew Cosgriff <andrew@bing.wattle.id.au>
Distributions : MCC, Slackware, Red Hat
Disk Format : 3.5", CD, 150mb QIC Tape (8mm Exabyte 2.3 or 5gb tape
can be arranged)
o
Name : Stuart Lamble <lamble@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au>
Distributions : Slackware, Red Hat, Debian on Infomagic Linux
Developer's Resource
Disk Format : April and September 96 CD sets of Infomagic Linux
Developer's Resource CD. Floppies of Slackware distribution can be
arranged but CDs are preferable.
o
Name : Bob Smart <smart@mel.dit.csiro.edu.au>
Distributions : TAMU
Notes : Why TAMU - Because you can get the exact sources that
produced it. I like the idea of being able to recreate all my
software from source.
o
Name : Noel Tippett <ndt@iconix.oz.au>
Distributions : SLS, Slackware
Disk Format : 3.5"
Notes : I have a set of 3.5 SLS linux disks I am willing to lend in
the Werribee area, or near. I am also able to bring the disks to
Williamstown during bus hours for pick-up from there if need be.
Phone :
Bus : (03) 244 4647 Between 1pm and 2pm *only*
AH : (03) 741 7296 Bewteen 6pm and 10pm weekdays and all day on
weekends
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2.6. Western Australia
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Name : Tom Atkinson <tom@tyco.net.au>
Locality: Perth
Distributions : Slackware 3.0, 3.1
Disk Format : CD ROM
Expertise : Installations, C programming, shell and awk scripting.
Notes : Have Mootif (motif 2.0) (August 95) CD-rom. Prepared to
visit anybody in the local area who is in need.
o
Name : Robert Hart <hartr@kepler.hedland.edu.au>
Locality: Port Hedland
Distributions : Red Hat
Disk Format : CD ROM
Notes : I always have the current version of Red Hat Linux on CD
available for loan. I can also offer limited (in time) assistance
to new users.
Phone :
Voice: (091) 72 0429
Fax: (091) 72 3560
3. FTP sites
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archie.au:/unix/{linux/FreeBSD}
Distrbutions : Sunsite Linux Mirror and FreeBSD
o
bond.edu.au/pub/OS/4.4BSD
Distributions : 4.4BSD-Lite. Linux mirror has been terminated.
Maintainer : David J. Hughes <Bambi@Bond.edu.au>
Notes : Partial mirror of sunsite.unc.edu. 64Kbps link to the net.
o
broncho.ct.monash.edu.au:/pub/FreeBSD-(version)-RELEASE
Distributions : FreeBSD
Maintainer : Simon Lai <sjlai@broncho.ct.monash.edu.au>
Notes : If people want to send me tapes or diskettes I am happy to
copy FreeBSD onto them. (Email me before sending anything please
!)
o
cutl.city.unisa.edu.au:/pub/freebsd
Distributions : FreeBSD (with XFree86, ports, packages, etc.)
Maintainer : Mark de Raad <Mark.deRaad@UniSA.edu.au>
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ftp://ftp.it.com.au/mirrors/linux/
Distributions : Debian
Maintainer : Andrew Howell <ftpadm@it.com.au>
Notes : Linux Kernel sources and GNU sources.
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ftp://mirriwinni.cse.rmit.edu.au/pub/FreeBSD
Distributions : FreeBSD, XFree86, some local packages of interest
to EE, plus some Minix.
Maintainer : Phillip Musumeci <phillip@rmit.edu.au>
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ftp.monash.edu.au:/pub/linux
Distributions : MCC, Slackware
Maintainer : Tim MacKenzie <tym@silas.cc.monash.edu.au>
Notes : Slackware, Kernel Sources, XFree86, Linux Doc Project, and
a few others from sunsite.unc.edu
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netbsd.rmit.edu.au:/pub/{NetBSD,contrib,sup}
Distributions : NetBSD (all architectures) and NetBSD-current.
Maintainer : root@netbsd.rmit.edu.au (Luke Mewburn et al.)
Notes : Also provides anonymous SUP services to the -current source
tree. FreeSec (a `cleanroom' version of crypt for Australian UNIX
users) is also available in /pub/contrib.
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sunsite.anu.edu.au:/pub/linux
Distributions : Occasional mirror of sunsite.unc.edu, Debian and
Netscape mirror.
Maintainer : <sysadmin@sunsite.anu.edu.au>
4. Dialup sites
4.1. New South Wales - Sydney area
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Name : Assorted C Software (asstdc.com.au)
Number : (02) 314-5901 (V34 + V.FC)
Sysop / Contact Address : Michael Butler <imb@asstdc.com.au>
WWW : http://www.asstdc.com.au
Notes : Only FreeBSD is now offered .. 2.0.5-RELEASE will be
removed shortly. 2.1-RELEASE, 2.1-stable and 2.1-current archives
are maintained with mirror or sup (sup2.au.freebsd.org resides
here) and continue to be offered via the BBS or for anon. ftp or
sup (software update protocol).
We not only offer the software but will install and configure it as
required. The Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust (see
http://www.scgt.oz.au), now runs their entire internetworking
operation on FreeBSD .. this network also includes Homebush Bay.
o
Name : Kralizec
Number : (02) 837-1183 and (02) 837-1868 (300-14400 bps + v.42bis,
8N1), login as 'guest'
Sysop / Contact Address : Nick Andrew <nick@zeta.org.au>
WWW :
http://www.zeta.org.au/
http://www.kralizec.net.au/
Notes :
18 CD-ROMs online, inc. Yggdrasil Plug 'n' Play, et al.
about 4GB of Linux and other goodies online.
All servers (except one legacy host) run Linux.
o
Name : Triode
Number : (02)-389-8022 (7 line rotary with 3 V.Fast modems)
Sysop : Paul Black
Notes : The interests I'm catering for are developer oriented with
special interests in C/C++, Object Oriented, Linux Sources, Music
and SF. I've got heaps of online storage and 6 CDROMS which I am
populating with the latest Linux sources. Do your PC a favour login
to Triode and download Linux or a new kernel...
______________________________________________________________________
4.2. New South Wales - Wollongong area
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Name : ILB Computing
Number : (042) 25-8099
Sysop : Kevin Withnall <kevin@ilb.com.au>
Notes : News/Mail and Periodic updates of /Linux dir from Sunsite.
Batch ftp system available. Mail Kevin for more info.
o
Name : dwarf.apana.org.au
Number : (042) 97 3837
Sysop : Russell Noble
Notes : Public access site with full slackware distribution online
and some other various pieces of Linux software. (BBS caters for
anything-but-DOS ie. has Mac, Linux and OS/2 archives). Login as
"guest" and apply for an account. Has the usual news/email.
______________________________________________________________________
4.3. New South Wales - Hunter Valley
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Name : Praetor
Number : 049 529537 (4x28k8)
Sysop : Matt McLeod <matt@hna.com.au>
Notes : We have Slackware 3.0 online for download, plus Infomagic
Sunsite and TSX-11 CD's from early this year (just before the
release of RH 3.0.3) online, plus a modest collection of Unix
sources, and some binaries (e.g., Netscape ATLAS beta for Linux,
Mosaic 3.? for Linux, etc). We also have the usual Usenet
newsgroups for Linux, NetBSD and FreeBSD (although they aren't
available for free - we provide low-cost net access as well).
We also have a partial copy of NetBSD 1.1 available (just the bits
that were uploaded - e.g., it only has a boot disk for Adaptec
SCSI). Also has most of XFree3.1.2 (W32 server only, but most of
the rest of it is there)
Downloads can be made for free - login as "guest", and apply for a
free account. Once that's been created, you can either go to the
shell and do everything from there (cd ftp), or select "File
Areas" from the menu (which gives you Lynx pointing at our FTP
archive).
Anyone who wants to do a large download (e.g., downloading all of
Slackware 3.0) should contact me first to arrange a time - there
aren't any time limits, but we might get a bit annoyed if someone
is online for 10 hours straight without at least asking first.
o
Name : Craggenmoore
Number : 049 611695 (3 lines, 2 14k4, 1 9k6)
Sysop : Michael Brown <mbrown@hna.com.au>
______________________________________________________________________
4.4. Queensland
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Name : Desire BBS
Number : 07 371 1190 (14.4k)
Voice : (07) 371 3237 (Noddy/Virgil/Phil) and (07) 355 4162 (Phil)
Sysops : Reagan Blundell <noddy@desire.apana.org.au> along with
Michael Tornai <virgil@desire.apana.org.au> and Phil Homewood
<phil@rivendell.apana.org.au>.
Expertise :
Linux (mail to linux@brisbane.apana.org.au).
FreeBSD (mail to FreeBSD@brisbane.apana.org.au).
Notes : Contact the sysops first for an account !
______________________________________________________________________
4.5. Victoria
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Name : Aardvark (aardvark.apana.org.au)
Number : (03) 562-0599 (28.8k VFast - 3 lines)
Sysop : Scott Neville <scott@aardvark.apana.org.au>
Notes : Full access shell accounts for $55/year. There is the
InfoMagic linux developer cdroms online. Running Linux of course..
:)
o
Name : Suburbia
Number : (03) 596-8366 (Multiline) (2400 bps, plus 2 14.4k's)
Sysops : zerohour@suburbia.net.au, proff@suburbia.net.au
Notes :
Provides IRC, email, news, telnet, ftp, etc. via a full internet
link.
Shell or Menu accounts available.
Has an `xfer' login if you just want to download stuff from their
anon. ftp area.
______________________________________________________________________
4.6. Victoria - Geelong
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Name : Euphoria Public Access Unix (euphoria.apana.org.au)
Number : (052) 72 2995 (33k6) Data, (019) 932496 VOICE
Sysop : Dave Keller <keller@euphoria.apana.org.au>
Notes :
New users to Euphoria need to call Dave Keller on (019) 932496 or
send email. Further details are available at
http://euphoria.apana.org.au/euphoria
PPP Access $150pa 4.5 hrs/day
5.6 gig of public file areas (not incl CD's)
3 CD-ROMs online, including SimTel and SunSite
Current kernels and other Linux packages mirrored from SunSite
UUCP feeds available
___________________________________________________________________
4.7. Western Australia
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Name : Informed Technology
Number : (09) 245-2511
Voice : (09) 245-2279
Fax : (09) 245-2107
Admin :
General contact <info@it.com.au>
Andrew Howell (for Linux stuff) <andrew@it.com.au>
Notes : All of servers run Linux and many of our users do to. We
mirror the Linux Kernel sources and the Debian Linux distribution.
Personal user accounts are $30 a month, no volume charges, time
charges or time limits.
o
Name : iiNet technologies
Voice : (09) 307 1183
Admin : iinet@iinet.com.au.
Notes : Have a number of linux boxen on the net. Main one is
classic.iinet.com.au. Have full mirror of slackware, and bits and
piece of lots of other things. Main business is selling internet
access in the perth area. Can offer full PPP access, and full IP
accounts.
5. Shops and professional support
Discliamer
We do not in any way or form endorse or favour the establishments
listed below. We are providing this listing for the purpose of
information only.
5.1. ACT
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Name: Bitstorm
Address: Shop CL10, Canberra Centre, Canberra ACT 2601
Phone: (06) 257-7157
Notes: CLUG usually organises a group buy of the infomagic 6 cdrom.
o
Name : The Software Shop
Address : 42 Townshend St, Philip 2606
Phone : (06) 285 4622
Notes : Apparently whenever they get stocks in, it goes straight
out the door so it is best if you place orders and get them to call
you.
___________________________________________________________________
5.2. New South Wales
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Name : VK Computer Pty Ltd
Address : 131 Bathurst St, Sydney 2000
Phone : (02)-283-2079
Notes : They have a good range of Linux CD Roms in stock. The
owner David Wan is very Linux aware and can advise on which
hardware will or wont work with Linux.
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Name : Cetus Technology, Australia
Address : 36 Bouvardia St, Asquith NSW 2077, Australia
Phone : (02) 482-1566
Fax : (02) 482-3781
WWW : http://www.zip.com.au/~lychan/
E-mail : Leonard Chan lychan@zip.com.au
Notes : RedHat 3.0.3 Mar 96, Motif and Infomagic Linux Apr 96.
Need to preorder apparently.
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Name : Interactive Infotainment Systems Pty Ltd
Address : Sydney
Phone : 015-955-042
Services : Support, installation, maintainance, consulting,
development, C, Perl, web, networking
Systems : Specialising in Linux, can also support other Unix
systems
______________________________________________________________________
5.3. South Australia
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Name : NetCraft Australia
Address : P.O. Box 390, Blackwood, SA 5051
Phone : (08) 8370 3650
Fax : (08) 8278 8325
WWW : http://www.netcraft.com.au/redhat
Email : sales@netcraft.com.au
Notes : Red Hat Linux 4.0, Motif 2.0, ApplixWare
______________________________________________________________________
5.4. Victoria
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Name : Laserbaud
Address : 49 Ramsden St, Clifton Hill 3068
Phone : (03) 482 3814
Fax : (03) 482 3876
WWW : http://www.laserbaud.com.au
Email : web@laserbaud.com.au
Notes : Infomagic, Plug 'n' Play, Morse, Moo-Tiff, Walnut Creek,
FreeBSD 2.0, X11R6, 4.4 BSD-Lite, PrimeTime Freeware, et al.
o
Name : Micro City Computers
Address : 52 O'Sullivan Road, Glen Waverley (South of the Glen
Shopping Centre)
Phone : (03) 9803 6659 / 9886 4022
Fax : (03) 9886 4033
Notes: Infomagic Linux Developer's Resource.
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Name : SuperCom Computers
Address : 12 Macedon Plaza, 325 Manningham Road, Lower Templestowe,
Vic 3107
Phone : (03) 850 6053
Fax : (03) 852 2021
Email : info@supercom.DIALix.oz.au
Notes : Linux Professional, SWiM 2.0, dBMAN, FlagShip, Dr. Linux,
accelerated-X (for Linux), BSDisc (FreeBSD 2.0, NetBSD 1.0 and
XFree86 .1). Linux Journal coming soon.
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