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Re: A copy of XINU!!!!!

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From: Patrick Hertel
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 1990 12:01
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In article <2262@kiwi.mpr.ca> ritchie@dssmv2.UUCP (Stuart Ritchie) writes:
>An MS-DOS version of XINU, called PC-XINU, is available.  I have
>a copy myself, and I'm very impressed with it.  I purchased it directly
>from the publisher of Dr. Comer's book.  The name of the publisher has
>escaped me at the moment, so check the book.  The price was ~$99.
>
>Unfortunately, a couple of days after I mailed my cheque, I found a
>computer book store in town which sold PC-XINU.  So it pays to look
>around locally before you go to the publisher.
>
>Or, if you were really desperate, type the code in directly from the
>book.  This is one way to appreciate how small XINU really is!
>
>Happy hacking.

 I feel I should add a warning here. I bought PC-XINU a while back and 
the version I have (sorry can't remember the version no.) is not compatible
with Turbo C 2.0.  You can get a compatible version from Purdue U.
-- 
Pat Hertel                 Canadian Meteorological Centre
Analyst/Programmer         Environment Canada
phertel@cmc.aes.doe.ca
    "Nobody loves me but my mother and she could be jiving too" - B.B. King
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From: afsipmh@cid.aes.doe.CA (Patrick Hertel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.xinu
Subject: Re: A copy of XINU!!!!!
Message-ID: <1990Jul20.120126.11870@cid.aes.doe.CA>
Date: 20 Jul 90 12:01:26 GMT
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