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From: tower@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Leonard H. Tower Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Announcing Release 2 of the X Window System, Version 11
Message-ID: <20576@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Date: 12 Mar 88 15:08:12 GMT
References: <3647@mit-vax.LCS.MIT.EDU> <8803011519.AA24534@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU>
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Summary: X11R2 available from Free Software Foundation.

In article <3647@mit-vax.LCS.MIT.EDU> jim@expo.lcs.mit.edu writes:
|The X Consortium and the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science are proud to
|announce the second release of the X Window System, Version 11.  
|
   ...
|
|Both distributions (we STRONGLY recommend that you to obtain the full set) are
|available on 1600 BPI tapes in tar(1) format from the MIT Software 
|Distribution Center, along with printed copies of the major manuals, for $400
|($200 per distribution). 
|
|To order the full release, please send your request and check to:
|
|			MIT Software Distribution Center
|			room E32-300
|			77 Massachusetts Avenue
|			Cambridge, MA  02139
|
|Their telephone number is (617) 253-6966.

The Free Software Foundation now has both the core and user-supported
X11R2 distribution on it's beta-tape available for $150.00.  GNU Emacs
18.50 includes both X10 and X11 support and is available on a separate
tape for $150.00.  Both tapes include additional freed software.  FSF
is NOT shipping printed copies of the major X manuals.

Full information is available by e-mail from gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or
from:

   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   675 Mass Ave
   Cambridge, MA 02139
   (617) 876-3296

enjoy -len