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From: Conrad.Bullock@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Conrad Bullock)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0beta availability
Message-ID: <1991Apr26.002345.4659@comp.vuw.ac.nz>
Date: 26 Apr 91 00:23:45 GMT
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In article <1991Apr25.045944.25966@cs.uow.edu.au>,
u8902741@cs.uow.edu.au (Kiddie) writes:
|> kushner@ux5.lbl.gov (Gary Kushner) writes:
|> >Why doesn't someone leave a message to the sysop asking if a posting
|> to
|> >an anonymous ftp site would be allowed.  Repeated downloads of 18MB
|> at
|> >9600 baud seems like a waste of money.
|> 
|> This sounds like a good idea to me as calling for 18Mb at 2400bps
|> from Australia would probably cost a little too much for a student
|> Whats the reason for this policy ? It doesnt make too much sense to
|> me
|> see ya

Messages asking for it to be made available on Internet have been left on
the BBS - the sysop said no (at this stage). The Beta code is available on
a special system (not on a toll free number) so that only those seriously
interested will get a copy. You are not allowed to redistribute the code
after you get it - this is because when you download it, you read a set
of conditions and agree to the statements, and if the code is passed on,
there is no guarantee that these conditions are known. Also if you get it
from the BBS, IBM will have a log of who has it.

Has anyone successfully downloaded it yet? I have the first 4 (of 13) files,
but I haven't been able to get through for the rest of them.

If you use ZMODEM, you don't have to restart the whole lot if you get
through again.
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