::: mail-order-index ::: The linux mail order guide! To recieve a more detailed add send a message with the subject: mail-order #'s Replace "#" with the add number listed below. EXAMPLE Subject: mail-order 1 2 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Softlanding Software, ---> The maintainers of the SLS distribution. 1 US$3.25/disk, $4.00/disk (Candian), +$1.00/disk for 3.5" disks, and 1 US$15.00 S&H, 4% VISA or Mastercard surcharge. 1 Softlanding is also now offering support subscriptions for SLS. 1 Individual support, (one user, one machine) is US $100.00 per year. 1 Group support, primarily for resellers and corporate sites US$1000/year ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 ATC, Computer Science Department. --> Entire SLS $85.50 or $52.00 2 US$2.50/(3.5" disk), US$2.20/(5.25" disk) (cheaper method available) 2 US$10.00 S&H, free partial COD. Delivery time: 1 day processing, 2 UPS 2 Additional assessory disk, and printed documentation available. 2 All disks verified twice before shipping. Do not waste time downloading 3 something that size, order it-- it's worth it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 Bill Davidsen (davidsen@crd.ge.com) --> Increadably low priced 3 I'm not sure if he wants to be listed, or if his letter was just for 3 my information. However, I'll list his letter to me until he asks 3 otherwise. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 Novatec Systems, U.K. --> based upon SLS distribution, U.K. keyboard 4 Complete SLS 69 pounds, shipping 3 pounds, 17% VAT 4 Support will be offered in the future. COD available. 4 Tel 44(0)21 456 5759 4 Fax 44(0)21 455 7472 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated (yci@netcom.com) --> Plug-and-play 5 CDROM-based Linux/GNU/X operating system including CD, 3.5" and 5.25" 5 boot floppy and manual. Beta release (available now) $60, beta+1st 5 production release $99, free to major contributors and qualifying BBS or 5 FTP admins. See the full announcement for shipping charges for your 5 country and for resellers, who accept credit cards. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 Virtual World Information Systems offers Custom Linux software. Tired of 6 trying to kludge together 10 DOS applications to do what you want? Tired of 6 programs that think your 486 with 32 megs has only 640K? Rather than asking 6 if you can afford custom software to make the most of your computer, ask if 6 you can afford the man/woman weeks wasted waiting for MS-DOS programs "Sorry 6 our computer can not accept your order now, please call back later." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 Stephen Balbach 7 Linux is free and available through Internet and many BBS. We offer an 7 alternative to downloading 30 disks (estimated at 10 hours from download 7 to install at 14.4). Price for 30 5.25 is 43.00, 30 3.5 is 55.00, QIC-40 7 tape is 40.00. Specialize in overseas orders, please contact for shipping 7 prices overseas. Sysop inquiries welcome. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 JANA Publishing Once every two months you will get a CD-ROM with Linux 8 and Linux related software, SLS, comp.os.linux.* archives, FAQ's etc, 8 One sample issue U$25.00 8 One year subscription U$59.95 8 Also we are selling you a subscription(6 CD-ROM's) for the 8 price of what others charge for one disk :-). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- x Linux Systems Labs ------> Another Linux distributor x US$59.95 for full 30 disk distribution x 18300 Tara Dr. Clinton Twp. MI 48036 x 800-432-0886 x (no further information available) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- x Metro Link Inc. -----> OSF/Motif, etc, for Linux x $199/runtime, $299/development (includes runtime) x runtime = Motif 1.2.2 with window manager, shared Motif library, demos x development = runtime + shared & static libraries, UIL compiler, x Motif .h files, man pages, Imakefile support, demo source. x voice: (305) 970-7573 fax: (305) 970-7351 e-mail: sales@metrolink.com x (no further information available) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ x For those that are looking for the Yggdrasil LINUX CD-ROM I am making x them available for $49.95. I can be contacted at: rjust@delphi.com x 707-769-1648, 707-765-2447 FAX, uonline@infoserv.comi OR x It can be frustrating to find all of the files to start using LINUX x effectively and this is the quick and dirty way of getting a robust system x running. Visa and Mastercard can be used as well. Happy LINUXing....!!! x (no further information available) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TIPS: 1 Read the copyright information before distributing any material for profit. Linux, GNU, and most other support software with linux is freely distributable, but there are some restrictions you should make yourself aware of. 2 Before adding a listing or making a purchase, read the FAQ's of the misc.forsale and misc.forsale.computers.d news groups. This may help you avoid common mail-order mistakes. 3 This service is a privilege, not a right. I reserve the right to remove any or all listings. I will reserve the right to add editorial comments. Bill ::: mail-order-1 ::: 21 MAY 93 Post on comp.os.linux.announce Softlanding Software announces the SLS CDROM, will be shipping next week. Here is a partial list of what it contains: - the SLS 1.02 packages (features 99p9 kernel and libc 4.3.3) - SLS 1.02 unpacked and pre-installed - the SLS source tree - Werner's Inherited File System (IFS) - mit and contrib X dists - misc X windows srcs (like interviews and the TK X tool kit) - sources for non-SLS things (like snd-kit and rlab) - unsupported Linux patch src (like Xenix fs and kdebug) - two boot disks (3 & 5) - at least 1 patch floppy (contains updates) - the booklet, Using SLS In short, as much as could be crammed into about 550 Meg on the CD. Things such as multimedia (sound and graphics support) are a given. Just a few words about a couple of the above items: The first item, the SLS 1.02 distribution, is included in both packed and unpacked form. The unpacked form, of course, allows access to all the distribution contents without having to install the entire system onto a hard drive. Infrequently used man pages and executables may best be used directly from the CD. Inclusion of the packaged release serves several purposes. It allows installing from the CD. It also permits the floppy distribution to be easily generated from the CD, even from DOS! This means that each SLS CD is a miniture floppy distribution producing facility. More importantly, it also means that, even if Linux does not currently have a device driver for your particular CDROM drive, you can still install and use SLS on your hard drive, just by copying the files either to DOS floppies or to a DOS hard drive partition, and then installing from there. All that is required is a DOS device driver for your particular CDROM drive. As with the floppy distribution, the boot disks can be used to install from HD, FD, Network, CD or Tape. The inherited file system, IFS, is the key to the effective use of the online source and data for read-only media such as CDROM. It allows a read-only directories to be mapped over by a writable directory, such that only the modified files occupy space in the writable directory. Gross networks of symbolic links are unecessary. Complete directory heirarchies are mapped at a stroke, rather than just the contents of one directory at a time. The booklet, Using SLS, has several parts. The first, describes the various installation procedures and options at your disposal, and gives example installs. The second section is of the format "A Day In The Life Of The Linux Hacker". It depicts a somewhat contrived session that attempts to take the user on as complete a tour through the SLS system and it's facilities as possible. Pains are taken not only to describe what kinds of problems are met, but also how and where answers to these problems are found. We end up with a survey of the major subsystems of SLS, touching briefly on topics such as using GhostScript, GCC, term and TeX. The goal of this guide is brevity rather than comprehensiveness, which is better handled by online documentation. The SLS CDROM is available for $99.00 US, plus $15.00 shipping and handling from. Softlanding Software 910 Lodge Ave. Victoria, B.C., Canada V8X-3A8 (604) 360-0188, FAX (604) 385-1292 Quantity pricing for resellers is also available. FLOPPIES: Someone pointed out that the SLS readme had the wrong prices for floppies. Thus, here is the corrected extract, now updated on tsx-11: SLS is available from the address below for a $3.50/disk US ($4.50/disk Canadian) copying charge. Add $1.00/disk for 3 1/2" disks, and $15.00 for shipping and handling. Mail payment, either cheque or money order, in advance, to Softlanding. Visa and Mastercard are now also accepted, albeit with a 4% surcharge. Because people keep asking about prices, Softlanding has provided this commonly ordered configurations price sheet: NAME #DISKS SERIES 5 1/4 DISKS 3 1/2 DISKS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TINY 4 a US $29.00 (CDN $33.00) US $33.00 (CDN $37.00) BASE 17 a,b,c,d,s US $74.50 (CDN $91.50) US $91.50 (CDN $108.50) MAIN 24 a,b,c,x US $99.00 (CDN $123.00) US $123.00 (CDN $147.00) FULL 30 a,b,c,x,d,s,t US $120.00 (CDN $150.00) US $150.00 (CDN $180.00) When ordering, ensure that you specify the bootdisk type (3 1/2 or 5 1/4). Softlanding is also now offering support subscriptions for SLS. Individual support, (one user, one machine) is $100.00 per year. Group support, primarily for resellers and corporate sites is $1000.00 per year. CDROM ($99) and QIC-150 tape ($150) also available. See Softlanding for a gentle touch down from a DOS bailout. ::: mail-order-2 ::: >>>>> On 20 Jun 93 15:08:51 GMT, tguez@jade.tufts.edu said: [This is an announcement of an independent by-mail distribution of SLS coordinated by tguez@jade.tufts.edu. It does not refer to the Softlanding Software SLS by-mail distribution. --mdw] ANOUNCEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE! * As of June 20, 1993 if you order the entire set of the SLS, you will receive printed documentation of all 152 pages of the Frequently Asked Questions! You will also receive printed copies of all other necessary text files. * The shipping and handling costs changes from $10.00 to $15.00, all other costs remain the same. * Before you mail your order "finger tguez@jade.tufts.edu | more" to see the latest annoucement and pricing. * So don't waste your time downloading 30MG+ of data, it doesn't worth your time and energy! And now that you also get 152 pages of printed documentation, why should you fish around 300+ messages a day tring to get answers to your questions, when you can just sit back, relax and read at your leisure. Besides what is a better way to reduce the traffic on comp.os.linux? Linux is free and can be obtained from numerous ftp sites such as tsx-11.mit.edu and sunsite.unc.edu under GNU license. Downloading the entire SLS with a 9600 baud connection takes about 8 hours, and with a 2400 baud connection about 20 hours. Instead of wasting all this time and energy order the entire SLS on disks for a modest price: US$1.5 copying charge per disk US$1.2 per 3 1/2 disk US$1.0 per 5 1/4 disk US$15.0 Shipping and handling Your *TOTAL* price (includes shipping costs) Series #Disks (3 1/2) (5 1/2) a 4 $25.80 $25.00 a,b,c,d 16 $58.20 $55.00 a,b,c,d,x 26 $85.20 $80.00 a,b,c,d,x,t,s 30 $96.00 $90.00 (all prices are in US$, not including Tax if in MA) Of course one can order individual disks, series or any combinations. Prices may change at any time without notice. Please add 5% tax, if in MA. To order: Mail a check or money order in advance for the entire sum, and receive the disks UPS or by AirMail, as appropriate. NOTE: All disks are verified *twice* before they are mailed. All shipment leave us within a week with a blue UPS label (2nd day air) or Air-Mail, as appropriate. When you order please include: 1) Your name 2) Phone number, (and an email address if possible) 3) a UPS deliverable address 4) The type of *boot* disks you need 5 1/4 or 3 1/2 (note: only disk a1 is required to boot) 5) The type (5 1/4 or 3 1/2) of non-booting disks you would like. Please mail your order to: ATC, Computer Science Dept. 31 Memorial Dr., P.O.Box 504 Avon, MA 02322 Please make check payable to ATC, Computer Science Dept. Questions can be addressed to: tguez@jade.tufts.edu Also available is our SLS accessory disk which contains all the necessary utilities to setup partitions, setup up sls to boot from HD (easily), and a few more invaluable dos/linux utils that do not come with the SLS and are certainly necessary to complete the integration: $1.5 copying charge, $1.0 for 5 1/4 disk or $1.2 for 3 1/2 disk. When a new version of the SLS is available, you may send back your disks to receive a copy of the new version. You will only be charged with a copy charge of the usual $1.5 per disk updated. If any of your disks becomes defective by the time it reaches us, we will replace it for you with the usual $1.0 for 5 1/2 or $1.2 for 3 1/4 for each defective disk. Do not waste time downloading something of that size, order it-- it's worth it. Comments: 1) Any GNU software is freely distributable. Hence, if you want to divide the cost among several friends and use the same installation disks, then that is perfectly legal and a nice way to save money! 2) We don't simply download. The system is installed on a 486/50DX 16MB machine and on a 386/16SX 4MB machine to make sure that the new release is stable. If not, we fix things to make it more stable and useable. ::: mail-order-3 ::: In a letter to bcr@physics.purdue.edu Bill Davidsen (davidsen@crd.ge.com) writes: > BTW: I'm undercutting your prices, but I'm not advertising, and I >offer a deal where you send me $30 and I send you the whole set, then >when I get the set back you get $20 back. That moves the copy load off >my machine. > And one last note, commercial UNIX using the raw (char) device write a >FD a lot faster than Linux, so I write mine on a V.4 system, or Xenix, >which ever is handy. I have the disk images online so I can do that. Unfortunately he didn't e-mail me any ordering information, so you will need to e-mail davidsen@crd.ge.com for ordering information. ::: mail-order-4 ::: From INMANDMK@VAX1.COMPUTER-CENTRE.BIRMINGHAM.AC.UK Sun Mar 14 15:13:26 1993 Novatec Systems 52 Exeter Rd Selly Oak Birmingham B29 6EX U.K. Tel 44(0)21 456 5759 Fax 44(0)21 455 7472 Currently Novatec systems supply Linux distributions based upon the SLS disk distribution. The kernal source has been reconfigured to match that of the kernal image and the Unix and X window keyboards have been redefined to match the UK keyboard. An extencive library of Linux sources and binaries are available together the Yaggdrsill CDROM distibution. A subscription update service will be available in the near future. SLS disk sets a,b,c 35 pounds + VAT SLS disk sets a,b,c,x 49 pounds + VAT Complete SLS set a,b,c,d,s,t,x 69 pounds + VAT CDROM distribution 60 pounds + VAT Update service POA Delivery 3 pounds + VAT All prices are in pounds serling and European orders will have VAT charged at the current UK rate of 17.% (this may go up on 1-4-93). Credit cards are not excepted, however COD is available. ::: mail-order-5 ::: THE YGGDRASIL LINUX/GNU/X OPERATING SYSTEM DISTRIBUTION BETA CDROM CONTENTS: Executive summary Contents of the beta release How to get more information Hardware requirements How to get a free copy How to buy a copy Reseller list Service vendors Direct sales order form EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 18 February 1993 Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated is now shipping a beta CDROM release of a bootable Linux/GNU/X-based UNIX(R) clone for PC compatibles, tentatively named LGX. The system uses version 0.99.5 of the Linux kernel, which is being developed from scratch by Linus Torvalds and an international group of skilled contributors working over the internet to complete the GNU project. LGX beta is the first PC UNIX(R) clone to include multimedia facilities as part of its base configuration. The beta release also features X-windows, networking, a complete source tree (including X windows and TeX), a demonstration facility, an easy installation mechanism, and the ability to run directly from the CDROM. Some of the otherwise unused space on the CDROM has been used to distribute other interesting software. On the beta release, this space holds a copy of the X11R5 MIT contrib tree with an updated version of the Andrew multimedia system. Future releases will include different things in the otherwise unused CDROM space. The LGX beta CDROM is in standard ISO-9660 format with Rockridge extensions, so it can easily be browsed from other types of computers or other operating systems. Yggdrasil is greatly indebted to the many free software developers whose efforts have made this release possible. As a token of appreciation, anyone who has made a major contribution to the LGX beta software can get a free copy, which includes the CD, manual, and boot floppies. Otherwise, the price is $60. The beta release plus the first production release can be purchased together for $99. You can order directly from Yggdrasil or through a reseller in the United States or Europe. For more information, call (510) 526-7531 or send mail to yggdrasil@netcom.com. Reseller and service vendor inquiries welcome. UNIX is a registered trademark of Unix System Laboratories, Inc. Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated has no affiliation with Unix System Laboratories, Inc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS OF THE BETA RELEASE Almost every piece of software on the distribution has been updated since the previous December 8th alpha release. The 34,557 files on this plug-and-play CDROM include: SOURCE CODE o Complete source tree, including X (with Xfree86 1.1 code) and TeX sources. You cannot yet do a complete build from the top of this tree, but you should be able to easily find the source code for any binary on the CD. o SPECIAL FOR THE BETA RELEASE: the complete X11R5 MIT contrib tree with the Andrew 5.0 tree replaced by a snapshot of an Andrew 5.1 tree in the process of being ported to Linux (this is not automatically installed as part of any installation, but it makes the CD useful for reference even after the beta release has been superseded), USER INTERFACE FACILITIES: X-WINDOWS AND MULTIMEDIA o X windows (X11R5) for S3, 8514/A and VGA displays using ET4000, ET3000, Paradise, Trident 8900c, Genoa, or ATI VGA Wonder chipsets. (NOTE: due to trade secrecy Diamond Stealth is not supported), o The full motion video (MPEG) viewer from Professor Larry Rowe's research group at UC Berkeley. o Sound players and Hannu Savolainen's drivers for the AdLib, SoundBlaster 1.0-2.0 (and compatibles including ThunderBoard and Ati Stereo F/X), SoundBlaster Pro, and ProAudioSpectrum 16. (ProAudioSpectrum+ is not supported yet. The original ProAudioSpectrum is not supported nor is it likely to be supported the near future.) o CD audio support, o Tcl, Tk, wish and expect. Tcl is a scripting language ("tool command language") written by Professor John Ousterhout at UC Berkeley. Tk is a toolkit that allows one to quickly write X-windows programs in Tcl. Wish is a Tk/Tcl interpretter. The beta distribution includes versions of wish with support for "drag and drop" applications, and compound documents and hypertext. Expect is a system written in Tcl by Don Libes that "performs programmed dialogue with other interactive programs." ETHERNET NETWORKING: TCP/IP and NFS o simple installation script, o clients: finger, ftp, nslookup and its cousins, ping, rcp, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet, tftp. o daemons: fingerd, ftpd, inetd, ntalkd, rshd, telnetd, tftpd, o name server support, o ethernet card drivers which support the following cards and their clones: - 3Com 3c503, 3c503/16 - NE1000, NE2000, National Semiconductor, Cabletron - Western Digital WD8003, WD8013, SMC elite - Western Digital wd8003/wd8013 o user-level NFS daemon, o support for mounting NFS filesystems, SYSTEM V/SCO-RELATED FEATURES o System V primitives for interprocess communication and shared memory, o the Xenix file system support, o MS-DOS filesystem (usable on both floppy disks and hard disk partitions), o a BIOS emulator that can run DOS, DOCUMENT PREPARATION o ghostscript: a postscript interpretter for X windows, faxes and a variety of printers, o TeX and groff typesetting packages with X previewers, DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT o elvis and GNU emacs text editors, o the standard Xlib/Xt X windows libraries, o the GNU C and C++ compilers o f2c FORTRAN-to-C translator, o GNU debugger o GNU make, o bison and flex FILESYSTEMS o a BSD-like filesystem with long file names, symbolic links, and FIFO's, o iso9660 CDROM filesystem, plus Rockridge support, o MINIX filesystem, o DOS and Xenix fileystems (mentioned above) MISCELLANEOUS o Support for the Sony CDU31A (non-scsi) CDROM drive, o kermit and Z-modem telecommunications programs. HOW TO GET MORE INFORMATION The anonymous FTP area netcom.com:pub/yggdrasil contains more information, including an "ls -RC" listing of the CD's contents, reseller information, and copies of the manual in texinfo, DVI and postscript. If you want to view the DVI version of the manual with xdvi, you can go to the table of contents with the command "84g". If you have questions, you can call (510) 526-7531, fax (510) 528-8508, or send mail to yggdrasil@netcom.com. REQUIRED HARDWARE CPU: Any 386/486-class CPU BUS: Any ISA, EISA or localbus PC compatible. Sorry, no microchannel (no IBM PS/2's). RAM: 8 megabytes CDROM drive (only required for installation): Sony CDU-31A with its standard controller, or a SCSI CDROM drive attached to one of the following controllers. Adaptec 1542B or 1740 Future Domain TMC-1660 or TMC-1680 Ultrastor 14F or 34F Western Digital 7000fasst HARD DISK SPACE LGX can share your hard disk with DOS or another operating system. The beta release can be configured to use approximately 5MB (by running system programs directly from the CDROM), 100MB (source tree remains on the CDROM), 250MB (everything is installed on the hard disk). You can use MFM, RLL, IDE, ESDI or SCSI hard disks. If you use a SCSI hard disk, then you have to use one of the SCSI controllers listed above or a Seagate ST-01, ST-02, Future Domain TMC-88x series or other SCSI controller based on the Future Domain TMC-950 chip for your hard disk only, but you cannot use these additional cards to control a CDROM drive. SUPPORTED HARDWARE ETHERNET CARDS - 3Com 3c503, 3c503/16 - NE1000, NE2000, National Semiconductor, Cabletron - Western Digital WD8003, WD8013, SMC elite - Western Digital wd8003/wd8013 SOUND CARDS - AdLib - SoundBlaster 1.0-2.0 (and compatibles including ThunderBoard and Ati Stereo F/X) - SoundBlaster Pro, - ProAudioSpectrum 16. (ProAudioSpectrum+ is not supported yet. The original ProAudioSpectrum is not supported nor is it likely to be supported the near future.) MULTIPORT SERIAL CARDS - AST Fourport - Accent Async 4 driver is included, but not compiled in. You cannot currently use an Ultrastor SCSI controller with the Accent Async 4 drive compiled in. SERVICE VENDORS The LGX beta manual lists a small number of vendors offering support services related to the Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X distribution. If you or your business would like to offer a service related to LGX, send a description of your business and contact information to yggdrasil@netcom.com. There may also be an advertising section in the production release manuals if there is interest. It would be nice to have a longer list of support vendors to disseminate in the publicity for the production release. If you have ideas for cooperation that you'd like explore, please get in touch. HOW TO GET A FREE COPY If you are a principal maintainer or author of any software or documentation in the distribution, or if you are making some other major contribution that supports the development of the software on this CD (e.g., you organize an FTP site, run a BBS, etc.), then you can get a free copy of the beta release by sending mail to yggdrasil@netcom.com with your name, your postal mailing address and a pointer to your contribution. HOW TO BUY A COPY The beta release is $60, or you can save money and buy the beta release plus the production release when it ships for $99. You can buy a copy from Yggdrasil or from one of the resellers listed below. Yggdrasil's shipping charges and money-back guarantee are described on the direct sales order form below. Resellers have their own shipping charges and return procedures. Yggdrasil does not take credit cards, but most of the resellers do. RESELLER LIST MAIL ORDER, EUROPE: CD-ROM Mail Order Starcom CDROM Versand Karl-Marx-Ring 148 Limburggasse 45 8000 Munich 83 A-9073 Klagenfurt GERMANY AUSTRIA phone: ++49 89 637 8421 phone +43 463 23 84 98 fax +43 463 29 67 24 Wasaware Oy Palosaarentie 31 SF-65200 VAASA FINLAND phone: +358 61 173365 fax: +358 61 173 025 MAIL ORDER, UNITED STATES: Austin Code Works Forest Neocom Corporation 11100 Leafwood Lane 10879 San Pablo Avenue Austin, Texas 78750-3587 El Cerrito, CA 94530 (512) 258-0785 (510) 234-4362 fax (512) 258-1342 fax (510) 234-4FAX InfoMagic, Inc. Walnut Creek CDROM Post Office Box 338 1547 Palos Verdes Mall, Suite 260 Pennington NJ 08534 Walnut Creek, California 94596 (609) 683-5501 (510) 674-0783 fax (609) 683-1342 fax (510) 674-0821 COMPUTER STORES (SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA): Quality Computers Positive Solutions 2435 Channing Way 10032 San Pablo Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704 El Cerrito, CA 94530 (510) 548-2245 (510) 527-6908 fax (510) 548-0442 fax (510) 527-3823 DIRECT SALES ORDER FORM: -------------------------------CUT HERE------------------------------------- ORDER FORM Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X Operating System, Beta Release CDROM SHIP TO: ______________________________ DAYTIME PHONE: ________________ ______________________________ EMAIL: ________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ Item Quantity (US dollars) Linux/GNU/X beta release (includes _____ X $60 = $________ CDROM, 3.5" and 5.25" boot floppies and manual) Linux/GNU/X beta release + 1st production _____ X $99 = $________ release (includes CDROM, 3.5" and 5.25" boot floppies and manuals for both releases) California residents add 8.25% sales tax $________ Shipping & handling (US & Canada: $5 flat fee; other $________ countries: $15 per shipment--i.e., $30 for the $99 beta + 1st production release offer). Optional tax deductible contribution $________ to the Free Software Foundation Total $________ Enclose money order, international money order (available at the post office in your country) or check drawn on a US or Canadian bank, payable in US dollars, to "Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated" and mail to: Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated CDROM sales PO Box 8418 Berkeley, CA 94707-8418 If this order is received after the production release has been made, you will receive only the most current production release. This order form expires on March 22, 1993. Call (510)526-7531 or fax (510) 528-8508 for a new order form after that date. All offers and prices are subject to change at any time without notice. If you have a problem with this software, you can return it within 30 days for a full refund. Beyond that, THERE IS NO OTHER WARRANTY FOR ANY OF THIS SOFTWARE (not the beta distribution, and not even the production distributions). THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ::: mail-order-6 ::: From lfoard@hopper.acs.virginia.edu Thu Mar 25 10:27:45 1993 "Virtual World Information Systems" Linux consulting services available, rates from $30-$50 an hour or per job. . Device driver development. . Software porting. . Application development/customization. . Kernel modifications. . Limited custom hardware design. Send e-mail to entropy@world.std.com or call 508-795-1190, please leave your name and number on the voice mail. Most device drivers and all kernel modifications are covered by the GNU license, and must be freely distributed. -- ------ Join the Pythagorean Reform Church! . \ / Repent of your evil irrational numbers . . \ / and bean eating ways. Accept 10 into your heart! . . . \/ Call the Pythagorean Reform Church BBS at 508-793-9568 . . . . ::: mail-order-7 ::: From: stephen@access.digex.net (stephen balbach) Linux on Disk/Tape Linux is a PC 32-bit Unix operating system complete with all source, networking, X-windows, DOS file system and more... ... each disk is $1.50(5.25) (20 disk minimum) $2.00(3.5) (20 disk minimum) A Minimal System : 4 Disks 6.00/ 8.00 B Base System Extras : 7 Disks 10.50/14.00 C Compilers : 3 Disks 4.50/ 6.00 D Documentation : 2 Disks 3.00/ 4.00 S Source, misc. : 1 Disk 1.50/ 2.00 T TeX : 3 Disks 4.50/ 6.00 X X-Windows : 10 Disks 15.00/20.00 NOTE: Linux is free and available through the Internet and on some BBSs. I offer an alternative to downloading 30 disks and installing them, estimated time at 14000 plus copy from HD to disk is 10 hours. The price includes shipping in the USA. * Specialize in out of US orders. Please inquire. * - Entire set %5 discount: 43.00/55.00 US - Entire set on QIC-40 tape for 40.00 (Colorado Jumbo 120 for DOS) - Version is most current Linux SLS (currently SLS 1.02) WARANTY: If any disks are damaged during shipment they will be replaced. If after installing Linux for reasons of hardware incompatibility Linux may be returned for the costs of the materials minus any incured shipping charges. All full orders include available documentation and installation help on disk. TERMS: Certified funds (cashiers check or money order). Personal check (5 day hold). Bank wire transfer (please ask for ABA#). MAIL: Stephen Balbach 5437 Enberend Terrace Columbia, MD 21045 USA PHONE: (410) 740-1157 INTERNET: stephen@access.digex.net ::: mail-order-8 ::: Jay> Hi, sorry for the delay in shiping the first CD's. Jay> I do not have them on stock, I did not expect this Jay> much orders from Linux users. The second disk is Jay> coming up in about a week and I have made a LOT of Jay> them so we will not have any problems. Jay> Also if you are sending a cheque from US please Jay> put a 0.58 cents stamp, because if you put a reguler Jay> 0.29 cents then the mail will not get to Canada. My Jay> E-Mail feed is not a good one, I use a local BBS for Jay> my feed ("jana@canrem.com' ). Last week thay lost Jay> about 100 of my E-Mails during a HD crash. I will be Jay> geting a "@jana.com" type of direct feed in about 2 Jay> weeks with FTP. Jay> If you would like to talk to me then call me at Jay> my 800 number or call me home after 5.00 PM EST at Jay> 1-416-538-7820. I was in SF for NeXT World Expo and Jay> got back only a few days back. Jay> I have more orders then there is CD's for now, Jay> wait for a week and then I will post more info Jay> on comp.linux.anounce. I am sorry if I have not Jay> replied f or some of your E-Mails I have a backlog Jay> of about 1000 E-Mails which I have to go through. Jay> CALL ME......CALL ME.......CALL ME :-) bcr> Right now, I'm not really recommending JANA to anyone. bcr> They promised me several hundred dollars if I could get bcr> Generic.A1 ready in time for the current release. I bcr> can't get them by phone, and they won't respond to my bcr> e-mail. Initially, I had promised the money to help bcr> support a local youth organization, but at this point bcr> it looks so doubtfull they'll actually ever reply, that bcr> I've mailed them that I would consider a donation to the bcr> Free Software Fundation, or a new hard disk for tsx-11 bcr> acceptable if they just send me a copy of the receipt. bcr> However, I did recieve the first CD promptly, and the bcr> second may already be waiting for me at my U.S. address. bcr> The first one was a good quality CD. Hello, I have been getting a lot of questions on the low cost Linux CD-ROM I am doing. Due to the large volume of E-Mail I am sorry that I could not give individual answers, So I have made the following FAQ which should give answers to the most common questions, if you have any more questions please call me at 1-800-363-2083. What is Linux CD-ROM bimonthly ? Once every two months you will get a CD-ROM with Linux and Linux related software, SLS, comp.os.linux.* archives, FAQ's etc. This project was started so people without net access or slow connections to the net can obtain Linux. The first disk contains about 150 Megs of Linux related software including the 0.99pl5 Will this CD-ROM work on my drive ? If you can read your a CD-ROM from Dos then you can use this CD. This CD is in ISO 9660 format. To install Linux you have to copy some files from the CD to floppy disks and then install. How many subscribers are there ? At present about 200 but we are growing very fast. Also we have about 300 subscribers in the NeXT computer side so we are not a fly by night company. How much does it cost ? One sample issue U$25.00 One year subscription U$59.95 Two year subscription U$99.95 If you purchase a subscription you will get 6 CD-ROM's a year. Do you ship to foreign countries ? Yes, if you live outside of US or Canada then One sample issue will cost you U$29.95 and subscription will cost you an additional $20( So one year is = U$79.95 ) per year for air-shipments. Payments should be made in U$ cheques or in International Money Orders. We do not take credit cards at this time. Why should I subscribe ? With each subscription you will get the updated version of Linux. Also new Linux related software and comp.sys.archives. Also we are selling you a subscription(6 CD-ROM's) for the price of what others charge for one disk :-). How can I order ? E-Mail me your address and phone number and I will put a disk on mail for you. Once the disk arrives you can send us a cheque or money order. If you don't like the disk then you can send it back to us too but no one has done that so far. When will my CD-ROM ship ? All orders received before 10th April 1993 has been shipped, any orders after that will ship on 30th of April 1993. Shipment is done in bulk to save on postage. Do you provide technical support ? Nope, we are not selling Linux, we are just a distrubuter. Our job is to get Linux in your hands on a affordable way. If you have technical questions, then you can find them in the FAQ's or on the comp.os.linux group. The disk contain information on how to install Linux on your system. How can I submit software ? If you are on the Internet, you can submit Linux software which you have either written or ported by uploading it to the FTP archive site tsx-11.mit.edu. After you upload it, please send mail to ftp-linux@tsx-11.mit.edu. Software thus uploaded will generally be included in the next CD-ROM. Jay JANA Publishing 1-800-363-2083 1-416-538-2311 PS : No flames please, at this low price I can't place a ad on BYTE or PC Mag and still make a bug so I have to use the Net :-). Also tell your friends about this CD-ROM -- Canada Remote Systems - Toronto, Ontario 416-629-7000/629-7044