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From: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Prentice Hall listening?
Message-ID: <197@dcs.UUCP>
Date: 4 Sep 88 02:14:04 GMT
References: <3935@louie.udel.EDU> <5398@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> <5399@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Reply-To: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul)
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In article <5399@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> chasm@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Charles Marslett) writes:
>In article <5398@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>, sampson@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Steve Sampson) writes:
>> In article <3935@louie.udel.EDU>, AB084%DK0RRZK0.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu writes:
>> > I would like to know whether we could order minix floppies/books directly
>> > from PH (instead of going to our computer bookstore) and if so, what the
>> > conditions would be.
>> > 
>> > Michael Eibl, Inst. f. Theor. Physics, Universitaet zu Koeln
>> >               Cologne, West Germany
>> 
>> Conditions: You send them money, they send you a book, floppies, whatever
>> you ordered.
>> 
>> You can interact with them via U.S. Mail, and U.S. Dollers, or via the
>> Telephone: 1-800-223-1360.  I don't know what our country prefix is.
>
>If that is the same telephone number posted last year they will not even
>give you time of day (and the telephone number I got was not even a working
>number when I called it 30 minutes later!).

And if you are outside the US & Canada, area code (800) numbers cannot be 
dialled, anyway.

Besides, I believe that distribution agreements with overseas book wholesalers
prohibit P-H from selling directly to customers in Western Europe.

A better suggestion would be to order the book via an outfit like the
C Users Group, Box 97, McPherson, KS 67460, USA; Phone +1 (316) 241-1065
(no, this is not "One Plus" dialling; the notation +1 means that "1"
is the country code for the US, and has to be preceded by local long-distance
access codes - I believe in West Germany that is "00", so Michael would dial
001-316-etc.).

They list the MINIX book in their catalog for $44.95, and they do ship overseas.
Their catalog says, "add 45% for overseas airmail, or 15% for overseas surface
shipping".

I don't know if they handle the MINIX software -- ask them when you order the
book. If you're not in too much of a hurry, or can afford the call, check with
them if they have the more recent "MINIX Users Manual" -- a separately 
published trade paperback which contains only the MINIX-specific chapters from
the original book, without all of the OS theory textbook stuff. That retails
here for ca. $25-30.
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