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Article #12048

Re: Unix V7 functionality under (or along with) AmigaDOS? (*LONG*)

#12048
From: Deven Corzine
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1989 08:11
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In article <5241@ardent.UUCP> rap@ardent.UUCP (Rob Peck) writes:
 >There are actually 3 versions of the RKM's floating around (soon to be
 >4 when the full 1.3 version comes out.  The first one was "1.0" and I
 >wrote the entire EXEC portion.  The second one is for 1.1, and it was
 >bound entirely in white.  The third one is with a nice Addison Wesley
 >cover, handles 1.2, and has the Green or Plum or Yellow stripe on the
 >cover.

That Addison-Wesley edition is the one I have.

 >As updates were made, wording got changed, chapters got moved and/or
 >replaced.  Some useful information, such as the above, mighta gotten
 >picked up and moved or picked up and deleted by one of the editors
 >who sincerely believed that certain material was either covered elsewhere
 >or he/she INTENDED to move it elsewhere.  C'est la vie.  It happens.

I figured as much...

 >From what I have seen of the Autodoc portion of the 1.3 RKM, and the
 >amount of work that Bryce has put into it, I'd have to say that the
 >1.3 RKM, as a bunch, will doubtless be the best of the bunch, most
 >useful and so on.  I'll gladly push the old versions to the back of
 >the bookshelf in favor of using the new set when it becomes available.

I hope they will be the best of the bunch...  (it would be nice...)

Deven
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From: deven@pawl.rpi.edu (Deven Corzine)
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Subject: Re: Unix V7 functionality under (or along with) AmigaDOS?  (*LONG*)
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Date: 31 Mar 89 08:11:23 GMT
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