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Subject: X11 Release 3 availability announcement, IBM/4.3 patches
Index: X11r3 MIT announcement, IBM/4.3 patch file location

Description:

Many requests have been made for a version of X11 release 3 for
IBM/4.3. X11 release 2 is IBM's supported product, not release 3.
However, to assist users of IBM's 4.3 Unix PRPQ on the 6150, 6151,
and 6152 platforms who wish to install release 3, the announcement
describing X11r3, and how to get it, as published by Bob Scheifler,
Jim Fulton, Keith Packard, Donna Converse, and Michelle Leger of
the X Consortium, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science, and Ralph
Swick of MIT's Project Athena follows.

Note that X11 release 3 distribution and the improvements made since
the release of X11r3 for the IBM RT are NOT AVAILABLE from either
the host ibmsupt, IBM's Advanced Workstations Division (Palo Alto),
or the ACSC. These are only availble directly from MIT, or other
locations on the Internet as described below.

The latest IBM/4.3 code (patches, etc.) is available via anonymous ftp
from expo.lcs.mit.edu, the file name is:

	contrib/ibm-rt.r3-fixes.tar.Z

The size of this file it is about 730k. The Scheifler et al announcement
follows.

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The X Consortium and the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science are proud to
announce the third release of the X Window System, Version 11.  Highlights of
this version include:

    o  many bugs have been fixed
    o  backing store and save-unders in sample servers
    o  professionally designed fonts donated by Adobe/Digital and Bitstream
    o  long font names, font name aliasing, font name wildcarding
    o  client and server support (monochrome only) for MacII under A/UX
    o  Xlib support for Cray supercomputers under UNICOS
    o  server support for Parallax Graphics video controllers
    o  correct arc code
    o  version of the X Toolkit Intrinsics adopted by the X Consortium
    o  improved documentation
    o  new Display Manager for running X automatically
    o  new utilities and demos
    o  updated versions of Andrew, Xr11, and InterViews
    o  lots of new user-contributed software, including:
	-  awm, twm, and rtl window managers
	-  fonts from X10, Berkeley Mac Users Group, and INFO-MAC
	-  HP and Sony widget sets
	-  lots of random utilities
	-  previewers for DVI, TROFF, and PIC
	-  mazewar, qix, xmille, and xtrek


The sample server, libraries, and applications are not in the public domain, 
but are freely available.  No license is required and there are no royalties;
vendors are actively encouraged to base products upon this software.

This release is available from the MIT Software Center, the DARPA Internet
sites listed below, the UUNET Project, and several consulting/mail-order firms.
It is organized into three pieces: the core software, user-contributed
toolkits, and the rest of the user-contributed software.  Sites that that have
access to the Internet will be able to retreive all three pieces themselves
from any of the following machines outside of normal business hours (9am-6pm
at that machine) using anonymous ftp:


    USA					Internet	anonymous ftp
    Location	Hostname		Address		directory

    West	gatekeeper.dec.com	128.45.9.52	pub/X.V11R3/
    Midwest	mordred.cs.purdue.edu	192.5.48.2	pub/X11/Release3/
    East	uunet.uu.net		192.12.141.129	X/X.V11R3/
    *		expo.lcs.mit.edu	18.30.0.212	pub/R3/

(*) in a galaxy far, far away.
(**) If mordred.cs.purdue.edu doesn't respond on 192.5.48.2, try 128.10.2.2.

Other sites that have since made part or all of the release available:

    West	nic.mr.net		192.12.250.5	pub/X.V11R3/
    Midwest	cygnusx1.cs.utk.edu	128.169.201.12	pub/X.V11R3/
    Midwest	giza.cis.ohio-state.edu	128.146.8.61	pub/X.V11R3/
    South	dinorah.wustl.edu	129.252.118.101	pub/X.V11R3/

The directories listed above contain a README (which you should read first), a
PostScript version of the release notes, and three directories containing
split, compressed tar files.

A set of three 1600bpi tapes in UNIX tar format plus printed versions of the
major manuals and a copy of the new Gettys, Newman, and Scheifler book "X
Window System: C Library and Protocol Reference" are available from the MIT
Software Center for the following rates (prices include shipping):

                                                     tapes,
                                 manuals,           manuals,     
                                   book               book         
                                ----------         ----------

          North America            $125               $400           

         Everywhere Else           $175               $500           


To order, please send a letter and a check payable to MIT in US currency for
the appropriate amount to:


			MIT Software Center
			Technology Licensing Office
			room E32-300
			77 Massachusetts Avenue
			Cambridge, MA  02139



For ordering information, call the "X Ordering Hotline" at +1 (617) 258-8330
after 31 October 1988 or the Software Center at +1 (617) 253-6966.


   Bob Scheifler, Jim Fulton, Keith Packard, Donna Converse, Michelle Leger
                                                               X Consortium
                                        MIT Laboratory for Computer Science

                                                                Ralph Swick
                                                         MIT Project Athena


Eric Brunner, Consultant IBM AWD Palo Alto	(415) 855-4486
inet: brunner@monet.berkeley.edu
uucp: uunet!ibmsupt!brunner