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From: west@gargoyle.UUCP (Steve Westfall)
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.news.group
Subject: Re: Wanted: net.micro.xenix
Message-ID: <403@gargoyle.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 9-Apr-86 23:14:41 EST
Article-I.D.: gargoyle.403
Posted: Wed Apr  9 23:14:41 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 18-Apr-86 20:24:46 EST
References: <950@rlgvax.UUCP> <387@gargoyle.UUCP> <> <12@lmi-angel.UUCP>
Reply-To: west@gargoyle.UUCP (Steve Westfall)
Organization: U. of Chicago Graduate School of Business
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Summary: Watch out for those quotes!!!

In article <12@lmi-angel.UUCP> jmturn@lmi-angel.UUCP (James Turner) writes:

>In article <> gemini@homxb.UUCP (Rick Richardson) writes:
>>west@gargoyle.UUCP (Steve Westfall) writes:
>>> In article <950@rlgvax.UUCP> dennis@rlgvax.UUCP (Dennis Bednar) writes:
>>> >
>>> >How about a new group "net.micro.xenix" for Xenix 286/System 5 for
>>> >the PC/AT?  The problem with net.micro.pc, is that its full of
>>> >stuff for pc/mdos machines.
>>I would like to see a group "net.micro.unix" created (NOT net.micro.xenix).
>>The groups charter would be for and about uses of all versions of UNIX
>>on single user computers.  I think that the breadth of machines and
>>UNIX ports which this group would justify its existance.  Some of the
>>machines that I think fit into this category are: IBM PC/AT, Tandy,
>>AT&T PC6300+, AT&T UNIX PC, DEC PRO.  Some of the UNIX ports that fit are:
>>MS-Xenix (3 or SVR2), SCO-Xenix, Venix (2 or SVR2), AT&T OS-Merge,
>>AT&T UNIX SVR2.
>
>James
>
>Helping Computers With Speech Impediments
>LISP Machine, Inc.
>
>{harvard|cca|mit-eddie}!lmi-angel!jmturn

I just want to point out that, while I did post something
a while back regarding the proposed net.micro.xenix,
I did not write A SINGLE WORD from the verbage which James
Turner quotes above.  Please be a little more careful about
using those "in article xxx so-and-so writes" lines that are
automatically supplied by postnews!


Steve Westfall		      uucp:    ihnp4!gargoyle!west
Univ. of Chicago
Graduate School of Business