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8. DISCLAIMERS - NO WARRANTIES

Please note that in the UK, our infant reading schemes do not use capital letters, but word shapes (flashcards). This means that proper text is more readable than everything in UPPER CASE. Personally I cannot read blocks of text that are all in CAPS LOCK, a mild form of dyslexia. I can't read it and won't write it.

I am relying on your intelligence to perceive that this is the DISLCLAIMERS section, so it is not converted to all upper case. Similarly it should be clear that this applies to each Issue (this is the Raven Base Station).

IE A disclaimer would only make sense to an adult, and an adult could easily find this section, and read it.

8.1 WARNING

Risks

There are risks such as losing data, losing hardware, and there is a risk of injury or even electrocution.

NOT Mine

The authors and publishers of Raven cannot be held in any way responsible for your actions after reading it.

Yours

This magazine is for people who want to build their own workstation from scratch. There are risks, and they're all yours.

Choices and Rumours

Recommendations made in Raven MUST be taken as sweeping generalisations, for you to think out. Remember, you are the system administrator - not me.

Test it to your OWN satisfaction

You can minimise the risks and costs, by not depending on a system that you have not tested to YOUR satisfaction. You build up a new system to your own specification, test it, then depend on it according to your own judgment. When happy, you bring the new system into use.

Be prepared to start again from scratch, or not be able to do everything you used to. With the old system to depend on, you have only lost time and progress.

SIMON SAYS

To allow a more 'direct' style, which is less verbose and more likely to be remembered and understood, Raven will tell you what to do in the tersest way. You are expected to question every instruction, and make changes to suit your system.

Above all you should locate the proper documentation, and use that in preference to Raven. Hopefully there will be only mild confusion.

unix systems is a complex subject, and easy to get wrong. Any errors in Raven are errors. You should not use suggestions taken from Raven before testing them on a test system, and making your own mind up. See the unix.horrors faq.

8.2 Phew!

Nuff said.

8.3 Postal Address

        Graham Swallow
        87 Burley Road
        Bransgore
        BH23  8BA


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