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From: jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr)
Subject: QIC NEWS and Notes -- Flash #2
Message-ID: <jmonroyCBJGvI.4JE@netcom.com>
Keywords: QIC-40/80
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1993 10:23:42 GMT
Lines: 119
02:22:31 Tue 08-10-1993
NEWS FLASH
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Due to popular demand, QIC NEWS and Notes is proud to
announce the FTP availablility of this publication.
All back issues will be available after 8-12-93 in
directory:
/pub/Zines/QIC.News
>> I can offer space for anonymous ftp and gopher+ access on two (and
>> indirectly four) sites: etext.archive.umich.edu and
>> gopher.cic.net/ftp.cic.net. etext.archive.umich.edu also ends up
>> mirrored on a variety of other servers such as ftp.uu.net and
>> unix.hensa.ac.uk. Send all back issues to
>> pauls@umich.edu if you decide to accept. No strings attached.
>>
>> Paul Southworth
>> Archivist
>> etext.archive.umich.edu
>> nic.cic.net
>>
Official FTP site
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etext.archive.umich.edu
Below is a list of back issues for QIC News and Notes
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| volume 1 | issue number size in bytes
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QIC_NEWS 001 6139
<1>__ What the heck is QIC?
<2>__ Where to get QIC Specs?
<3>__ Who is working on this thing?
<4>__ Should it be Cross-platform?
QIC_NEWS 002 11233
<1>__ What tape drives are involved?
<2>__ What tape drives work?
<3>__ Implementation problems. (hardware)
<4>__ What DOCS you'll need?
<5>__ REPORT: The other OS efforts.
QIC_NEWS 003 19388
<1>__ Implementation problems. (software)
<2>__ Design problems. (general)
<3>__ Backward compatibility problem.
<4>__ Problem of the (un)Convention.
QIC_NEWS 004 20301
<1>__ Dumb things not to DO.
<2>__ Smart things ...
<3>__ Designing from other points.
<4>__ Another OS joins the effort.
QIC_NEWS 005 21042
<1>__ Things to Come.
<2>__ What is Really Coming.
<3>__ Advance Proposal.
<4>__ More Advanced Ideas. (design)
<5>__ *(variabl[]->obfuscated())
QIC_NEW and Notes 006 21654
<1>__ Hey! What happened?
<2>__ Standards, Standards, Defacto
<3>__ Will We Ever See ...
<O>__ One OS at a Time (Coherent OS)
QIC_NEWS and Notes 007 21800
<1>__ Hey! What happened? (articles delayed)
<2>__ Question, Questions
<O>__ One OS at a Time (MACH 386)
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| special issue | number size in bytes
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QIC_NEWS SE1 19717
Stories about the frustrations with QIC-40/80.
[I want my QIC-40/80]__
[The Great Prophets]__
[Fall of Babylon]__
[Blinded by the MS-Window]__
[The First Breakdown]__
QIC_NEWS SE2 12899
The Political Maelstrom Continues
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Report on a Responsive flood of mail
to QIC NEWS special edition #1.
QIC_NEWS SE3 4593
New Standards
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The QIC sub-committee's recommendations
were taken for changes in the QIC-40/80
standard.
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| News Flash | issue number size in bytes
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QICNEWS FL1 2265
Information pertaining to the legal implications with
the use of UNIX as an operation system, with the
use of the "fork" process.
QICNEWS FL2 8888
FTP Site found for QIC News and NOTES.
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Jesus Monroy Jr jmonroy@netcom.com
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