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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: 1.3 updates
Message-ID: <1462@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 4 Oct 88 10:16:45 GMT
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Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
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In article <4364@louie.udel.EDU> jnall%FSU.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (John Nall 904-644-5241) writes:
> if there is someone who
>has gone through 3+ upgrades (1.2-->1.3a-->1.3b-->1.3c-->glitches) and wants
>to make available to the vast majority of us a single package (preferably on
>floppy disk(s)) I suspect there are more people than me who would be willing
>to shell out a few bucks to get it.

I am not sure how many people are confused by all the updates.  With some
prodding, I could conceivably make up a directory-by-directory cdiff
listing of the definitive 1.2==>1.3 update.  This will no doubt be huge,
and the net gods will rain their wrath upon me if I posted it, but I could
send it to the archives to allow people who haven't succeeded in upgrading
to do so.  As to selling floppy disks, I don't think that is a good idea.
Suppose 1000 people asked you for the upgrade it, which I reckon is about
5 disks worth.  You might wear out your disk drive, and besides, P-H
might not like the idea much.

In any event, I have made up an upgrade kit which P-H will sell around the
end of the year (if all goes well).  It has the full 1.3 sources, and some
important binaries (C compiler, ELLE, patch).  It is 6 full 360K disks, and
will sell for substantially less than the $80 for the original.  

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)