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Not a modest proposal (was Re: 3.0 CD-ROM is *really* shipping.)

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From: George Chow
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 05:17
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In article <1992Sep11.211445.22102@cs.sfu.ca> oneill@cs.sfu.ca (Richard O'Neill) writes:
>So, it is here. Even better is the fact that there are very few files
>only available as part of compressed packages, so people like me with small
>hard drives can mount the CD-ROM and access documentation and occasionally
>used tools straight from that, freeing up hard disk space.
>
>The only things in packages only are:
>
>   English.pkg (contains on-line help stuff)
>   NeXTTeX.pkg (the only annoying one for me, since I use TeX occasionally)
>   NeXT_AppleTalk.pkg
>   Sybase_DB-Library.pkg
>

Is any 3.0 owner willing to take the time to post a complete filelist of
what's on the 3.0 CD-ROM? That would certainly answer a lot of questions.
If size is really a problem, submitting the list to a suitable ftp site
would be great too.

>Regards,
>
>    Richard.
>-- 
>Composing a suitably apt and witty | [Mail to home machine is down right now]
>signature and disclaimer is left   | oneill@fornax.UUCP | NeXTmail OK, but
>as an exercise for the reader.     | oneill@cs.sfu.ca   | not >100K OK!

George
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Subject: Not a modest proposal (was Re: 3.0 CD-ROM is *really* shipping.)
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