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From: roman@btr.btr.com (Roman Yanovsky roman@btr.com)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Linux CD-ROM. Competitive upgrade!
Date: 17 Nov 1994 00:18:01 GMT
Organization: BTR Communications Company
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Message-ID: <3ae7fp$3is@openlink.openlink.com>
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!!!! Attention, users of the Linux and BSD operating systems !!!!
Trans-Ameritech is announcing COMPETITIVE upgrade!
The company that pionered the Slackware distribution on a CD-ROM, the "live"
file-system and DOS-assisted installation procedures is proud to announce
a new revolutionary Installation Free (tm) release of Linux.
We offer the best of Linux - Slackware installation package that lets
the user install only the needed programs to a hard disk and a convenient
way to delete a package if need be, and also the unpacked "live" filesystems,
so that a user can run less often needed space hungry applications directly
from the CDROM.
In addition we have FreeBSD on the same disk and all Linux sources.
To make it easier for you to compare our product to others, for a limited time
we offer a COMPETITIVE UPGRADE for half the price!
!!! HERE IS THE DEAL !!!
Send us ANY OLD CDROM Software Title in ANY condition, and we'll mail
the great Trans-Ameritech Linux Plus CDROM for ONLY $15.
Release 4 of Trans-Ameritech Linux Plus CD-ROM!
Here is the brief information about our product:
We hope you will find it easy to install and use. This CD-ROM has one feature
not found on any other distribution of Linux: it is possible (and very easy!)
to start running Linux from your hard drive WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE NORMAL
INSTALLATION ROUTINE! It will work with ANY CD-ROM that DOS can read. The only
assumption that the automated procedure makes,is that you have an IDE drive C:
with at least 20 MB of disk space to automatically put a Linux system with
X-windows on! We call this a Test Drive. After going through this, you can
add software by a normal "setup" procedure or you can decide to dedicate a
partition to Linux.
The Release 4 is based on the Slackware 2.0.1.
The full Slackware tree (145 MB compressed!) is provided as well
as the Slackware sources tree. And of course the Trans-Ameritech trademark
"live" filesystem that can be used to save disk space. In addition to the
many kernels of all flavors that come with Slackware, we provide a number of
kernels based on the post-code-freeze Linux kernel 1.1.50. It has many
desirable features not found in the 1.0.x kernels standard with most
distributions:
Considerable improvements in disk performance - SCSI and IDE
Support for huge IDE disks (over 1024 cylinders).
Support for the IDE CD-ROMs (NEC 260).
Standard support for UMSDOS filesystem.
Way too much more to list here.
The highlights of this release:
DOOM for Linux!!!
Read-only Double-Space filesystem!
NCR PCI SCSI.
IDE CD-ROM support.
An X server for et4000/w32-based boards.
Software for the Ham Radio enthusiasts.
Two sets of compilers and libs - 4.4.4 and 4.5.26
Kernels from 1.0.9 to 1.1.50.
Jazz 1.0 - a comfortable MIDI sequencer
Easy configuration of Xwindows.
New NTeX 1.2
BSD Sendmail 8.6.9
util-linux-1.10
term 2.1.0
calc2.9.3t8 - arbitrary precision calculator.
irsim - An event-driven logic-level simulator for MOS circuits
DOSEMU 52.3 beta for the new kernels.
For BSD users we included FreeBSD packages 1.1
Other important software:
GNU emacs 19.25 and 19.26 for tty and X.
Interviews - text and graphics utilities
ANDREW
If you prefer to go through a much more flexible custom installation, an MSDOS
based program provided on the CD-ROM ("install.exe") will help you make the
right choice of a boot kernel depending on the hardware that you have and will
actually create the two floppies to be used for Linux installation.
Furthermore, the "setup" script modified by the Trans-Ameritech, will put the
kernel used during the installation on your hard disk for use with actual
operation. This guarantees that all the hardware that worked during the
installation will continue to work afterwards.
The important documentation is uncompressed and ready to read under DOS before
installing Linux on the CD-ROM.
* If you have questions or problems Trans-Ameritech provides free support
for INSTALLATION questions via e-mail ONLY, usually within 24 hours
from receipt of your questions.
New releases will be available every 3 month. Subscription is available.
Our address:
Trans-Ameritech
2342A Walsh Ave, Santa Clara, CA, 95051
e-mail: roman@trans-ameritech.com
We accept VISA/MC/AmEX, personal check, compnay check, POs and
ship COD.
Our phone: (408) 727-3883 (6 lines)
Our FAX: (408) 727-3882
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