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Article #3951Re: NeXT Edu Sampler CD
From: Robert F. Cahalan
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 13:42
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 13:42
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In article <1egkgbINN9cn@gap.caltech.edu> madler@cco.caltech.edu (Mark Adler) writes: > > Well, I got mine. It'll take me while to look what all is on it. > The documentation with it says that it has all the NeXT modified > GNU software, which if true is a pleasant suprise. > > Mark Adler > madler@cco.caltech.edu There's a lot of fabulous stuff on NeXTs new CD. One of my favorites is "DarkForest", in the /Utilities directory. It shows that a program can be very useful, and entertaining at the same time. The README file only tells you about the useful part. When you run the code, though, there are lots of cute surprises. Is this at the archives yet? It ought to be! Here's the README: By: Garth Snyder garth_snyder@next.com DarkForest allows you to easily view the sizes of entire directory structures. You can also delete and compress files and directories from within the application, making disk usage reduction painless. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .Dr. Robert F. Cahalan (Bob)...#..Laboratory for Atmospheres...... .cahalan@clouds.gsfc.nasa.gov..#..NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center .*** NeXTMail accepted ***.....#..Greenbelt, MD 20771............. .FAX: (301) 286-1627...........#..voice: (301) 286-4276........... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!ames!nsisrv!usenet From: cahalan@clouds.gsfc.nasa.gov (Robert F. Cahalan) Subject: Re: NeXT Edu Sampler CD Message-ID: <1992Nov20.134208.23143@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> Sender: usenet@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov (Usenet) Nntp-Posting-Host: clouds.gsfc.nasa.gov Organization: Goddard Space Flight Center References: <1egkgbINN9cn@gap.caltech.edu> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 13:42:08 GMT Lines: 29