Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 10:48:59 +0200 (CEST)
Message-Id: <200006190848.KAA24676@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>
From: Markus Leypold <leypold@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>
To: robin@ruffnready.co.uk
Cc: sms@moe.2bsd.com, PUPS@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au, SHOPPA@trailing-edge.com
In-reply-to: <G$mbSLAfS1S5EweW@ruffnready.co.uk> (message from Robin Birch on
	Sat, 17 Jun 2000 11:36:15 +0100)
Subject: Re: Yet Another "where does it fit" question
References: <200006170209.TAA24691@moe.2bsd.com> <G$mbSLAfS1S5EweW@ruffnready.co.uk>
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 > Delivered-To: leypold@lesbains.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de
 > Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 11:36:15 +0100
 > Cc: PUPS@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au, SHOPPA@trailing-edge.com
 > From: Robin Birch <robin@ruffnready.co.uk>
 > Sender: owner-pups@minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au
 > 
 > In message <200006170209.TAA24691@moe.2bsd.com>, Steven M. Schultz
 > <sms@moe.2bsd.com> writes
 > >Hi --
 > >
 > >       I hope I'm in the right mailing list :)
 > >
 > >> From: Tim Shoppa <SHOPPA@trailing-edge.com>
 > >> Yesterday I asked:
 > >> 
 > >> >Two tapes labeled "Vol 1 of 2" and "Vol 2 of 2" and then "2.10.2 SMS
 > >> >Unix".  Steven, does this mean you know what's on this and how it's
 > >> >different than the 2.10 and 2.10.1 stuff already in the archive? :-)  Terry
 > >> >didn't remember...
 > >> 
 > >> Now that I've read the tapes, this is a 1990-ish step halfway between
 > >> 2.10.1 and 2.11, as developed by Steven Schultz (and debugged by
 > >> Terry on his 11/70, judging from the comments.)  Is this something
 > 
 > >       I think it would be - I didn't save a copy for myself ;)
 > >
 > For what it's worth I think this brings in an interesting branch to the
 > archive.  Should there be a space for stuff we should hold for purely
 > historical reference purposes and a different one for stuff that would
 > normally be interesting to the average user group punter?.  This might
 > have some effects on the archive structure.

Well, perhaps not the archive structure should be changed. What I miss
is more something like a getting-started-guide: Which versions you
could try first with - let's say the emulator - and how to boot them.


Regards -- Markus


 > 
 > Robin
 > 
 > ____________________________________________________________________
 > Robin Birch     robin@ruffnready.co.uk
 > 
 > M1ASU/2E0ARJ/M5ABD     Old computers and radios always welcome
 >