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Re: DEC Ultrix freeware CD (was Re: decwindows cdrom program)

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From: Martyn Johnson
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 17:56
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In article <1992Aug26.141822.16179@morgan.ucs.mun.ca>,
kforward@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Ken Forward) writes:
|> Would some kind soul please describe this disk's contents and availability ?
|> I was unaware of it's existance, and cannot find any reference to it in the
|> latest ultrix-faq.

It comes from the European UNIX Competency Circle, so it may not have made
it to the whole of New World yet. Makes a change for us to get something
before you do :-)

Here's some information from the disc itself:

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This CD of UNIX(tm) software is being distributed worldwide by local offices
of Digital from an initial production of approximately 10,000 copies.  It is
not a corporate product but a project of local initiative, and it is not sold
for profit, so you can't order it through Digital's product channels.  (See
README.1ST.)

How can you get a copy of the disk?  Ask a local Digital support person or
sales representative and tell them you're interested in the "European
freeware CD".  I don't know exactly where the disk will be available, so
don't bother to write me to ask.  Ask someone local to you; refer them to
me for further information if you wish.

___Pete Kaiser

freeware@uniriv.vbo.dec.com

________________
UNIX is a trademark of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc.
ULTRIX is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation
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There's a great miscellany of stuff on it, from Chinese xterm through
multimedia demos to a translation of the Magna Carta. Too much to list
here. It might be nice if Digital made the inventory file available by
anonymous FTP.

Martyn Johnson      maj@cl.cam.ac.uk
University of Cambridge Computer Lab
Cambridge UK
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Subject: Re: DEC Ultrix freeware CD (was Re: decwindows cdrom program)
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