Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!ox.com!emv From: NextAnswers@next.copm Newsgroups: comp.archives Subject: [next] January NextAnswers Message-ID: <1991Feb2.035636.18898@ox.com> Date: 2 Feb 91 03:56:36 GMT References: <350@next.com> Sender: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) Reply-To: NextAnswers@next.copm Followup-To: comp.sys.next Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Lines: 193 Approved: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) X-Original-Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Archive-name: next/documents/nextanswers/1991-01-31 Archive-directory: sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/docs/ [128.210.15.30] Original-posting-by: NextAnswers@next.copm Original-subject: January NextAnswers Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) The January release of NextAnswers is now available on the Internet archive servers. NextAnswers is a collection of answers to commonly asked technical questions about NeXT computers. The topics covered include system administration, programming, and NeXT applications. When incorporated into Digital Librarian, NextAnswers will supplement the existing on-line and printed documentation, further helping you to understand and apply the power of NeXT computers. We recommend that you obtain the latest release of NextAnswers and have it installed on the NeXT computers at your site. You can obtain NextAnswers via anonymous ftp (file transfer protocol) from one of the following Internet archive servers: ________________________________________________________ hostname IP address directory ________________________________________________________ sonata.cc.purdue.edu 128.210.15.30 pub/next/docs cs.orst.edu 128.193.32.1 pub/next/documents/NextAnswers It should soon also be available on: umd5.umd.edu 128.8.10.5 NeXT/NextAnswers There is an ftp site in Japan for our Asian customers: etlport.etl.go.jp 192.31.197.99 pub/NeXT/documents/NextAnswers The NextAnswers release is also available by email from the Purdue archive server, for those without ftp access. Send a message consisting of "help" to archive-server@cc.purdue.edu. If the "From:" line in your message header will not be in Internet format (e.g. name@site.edu), include a line like path mrd@sun.soe.clarkson.edu or path wellknownsite!yoursite!yourname@uunet.uu.net Note that name@site.bitnet or name@site.UUCP won't work. There are two versions of NextAnswers: a complete set, and a monthly supplement for those who already have the previous month's complete set. The former is called NextAnswers_Jan_91.tar.Z and occupies 456K of disk space (1.57 Megabytes when installed). The latter is called NA_Supplement_Jan_91.tar.Z, occupies 132K (588K when installed), and contains files that are new or changed since the November 90 release. Whether you download the complete set or the supplement, after you untar it you can complete the installation by following the instructions the file INSTALL.wn. There is also a directory called TechSupportNotes on the archive servers, which contains longer Technical Support Notes from NeXT. There is one new TechSupportNote since the November release of NextAnswers, called 2.0EntryPoint.rtf. This is a particularly important one for programmers; it explains differences between 1.0 and 2.0. It is 65K in size. To obtain NextAnswers from an archive server, sure you have about two megabytes of free space on your disk, then su to root in Terminal and type the following commands. Replace "filename" with "NextAnswers_Jan_91.tar.Z" or "NA_Supplement_Jan_91.tar.Z", depending on whether you want the complete set or the supplement. mkdirs /LocalLibrary/NextAnswers cd /LocalLibrary/NextAnswers ftp hostname-or-IP-address [see table above] [Login:] anonymous [enter your own login name as the password] ftp> cd directory [see table above for the directory name] ftp> binary ftp> get filename ftp> quit zcat filename | tar -xvf - This will create a subdirectory of /LocalLibrary/NextAnswers called Jan_91. Inside Jan_91 will be a WriteNow file called INSTALL.wn that contains complete instructions on how to finish the installation. The information below is contained in a file called CHANGES in the untarred directory: The following files in the January1991 release of NextAnswers are additions or revisions to the November release. Many of the revisions are trivial. NEW SINCE NOVEMBER: appkit.613 appkit.619 appkit.632 appkit.633 appkit.636 appkit.639 appkit.640 appkit.641 appkit.642 appkit.643 appkit.644 fax.617 framemaker.610 framemaker.611 hardware.602 ib.638 mathematica.630 misc.612 misc.614 misc.615 objc.624 objc.627 objc.629 os.623 printer.625 shell.616 sysadmin.626 REVISIONS [many of these have simply been verified for 2.0]: appkit.15 appkit.160 appkit.23 appkit.3 appkit.33 appkit.337 appkit.345 appkit.349 appkit.35 appkit.354 appkit.368 appkit.396 appkit.463 appkit.503 appkit.517 appkit.525 appkit.552 appkit.555 appkit.57 appkit.573 appkit.58 appkit.595 appkit.97 color.607 dsp.212 hardware.146 hardware.170 hardware.185 hardware.213 hardware.231 hardware.241 hardware.251 hardware.265 hardware.307 hardware.340 hardware.499 hardware.568 hardware.579 hardware.581 hardware.586 help.392 mail.451 misc.558 misc.562 misc.567 misc.575 misc.587 netinfo.535 objc.29 objc.584 objc.591 sound.571 sysadmin.508 tiff.566 video.578 winserver.25 winserver.7 winserver.8 winserver.9 workspace.301 workspace.309 workspace.325 workspace.333 workspace.380 workspace.398 workspace.480 workspace.500 workspace.548 workspace.577 RENAMED FILES: [none] DELETED FILES [obsolete or redundant]: appkit.295 appkit.311 appkit.34 appkit.59