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From: Jon.Guthrie@p25.f506.n106.z1.fidonet.org (Jon Guthrie)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Re: Oberon for MSDOS Available
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Date: 29 Mar 91 02:51:02 GMT
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 On a message of 27-Mar-91, Rick Myers (1:105/42.0) Said:

 > Huh?  If you can read this group (comp.lang.modula2) then the mechanics
 > are definitely there in order for you to read alt.sources!!!  If you do
 > not have access to alt.sources, then gripe to your news administrator,
 > not Mr. Videki!!!

Let me explain something to you.  What we have here is two networks
(usenet and FidoNet) that are cross-linked.  If you're accessing this
echo through FidoNet (if you're on Usenet, you call it a newsgroup -
same thing, almost) then you ONLY have access to comp.lang.modula2.
YOU DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS alt.sources!

I will agree that griping at Mr. Videki is not going to produce the
desired results, but griping at SOMEONE might help.  (Only, of course,
if that someone has access to both Usenet and allows FidoNet File
Requests.)

As it happens, there IS a place where the file OBERONM.ZIP is FREQable
from FidoNet (and he even likes points,) it's 1:397/2.

One crotchet about the file:  The documentation is in PostScript.
While I am sure that those people accessing this from usenet all have
1200 dpi laser typesetters that talk postscript, most of the world
doesn't have anything like that.  In particular _I_ don't.  It would
have been nice to have a plain ASCII text file with the documentation
so that I could simply print it out on my (out of date, but still
hanging in there) MX-100.

In any case, I'll get down off my soapbox now.



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