AB084%DK0RRZK0.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (09/01/88)
I would like to know whether we could order minix floppies/books directly
from PH (instead of going to our computer bookstore) and if so, what the
conditions would be.
Michael Eibl, Inst. f. Theor. Physics, Universitaet zu Koeln
Cologne, West Germanysampson@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Steve Sampson) (09/03/88)
In article <3935@louie.udel.EDU>, AB084%DK0RRZK0.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu writes: > I would like to know whether we could order minix floppies/books directly > from PH (instead of going to our computer bookstore) and if so, what the > conditions would be. > > Michael Eibl, Inst. f. Theor. Physics, Universitaet zu Koeln > Cologne, West Germany Conditions: You send them money, they send you a book, floppies, whatever you ordered. You can interact with them via U.S. Mail, and U.S. Dollers, or via the Telephone: 1-800-223-1360. I don't know what our country prefix is. "Only true americans know their Country Telephone Prefix..."
chasm@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Charles Marslett) (09/03/88)
In article <5398@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>, sampson@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Steve Sampson) writes: > In article <3935@louie.udel.EDU>, AB084%DK0RRZK0.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu writes: > > I would like to know whether we could order minix floppies/books directly > > from PH (instead of going to our computer bookstore) and if so, what the > > conditions would be. > > > > Michael Eibl, Inst. f. Theor. Physics, Universitaet zu Koeln > > Cologne, West Germany > > Conditions: You send them money, they send you a book, floppies, whatever > you ordered. > > You can interact with them via U.S. Mail, and U.S. Dollers, or via the > Telephone: 1-800-223-1360. I don't know what our country prefix is. If that is the same telephone number posted last year -- if you did not get the number from your very own P-H representative, that is if you do not fall into their clasification of preferred customers whatever that is (a school system, university, or perhaps book store?) they will not even give you time of day (and the telephone number I got was not even a working number when I called it 30 minutes later!). Mail seems to be all that works for us commoners, and it not very well. BTW, if this sounds like a flame aimed at P-H, IT IS and a better company to go bankrupt I'll never see! Charles Marslett chasm@killer.dallas.tx.us
wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) (09/04/88)
In article <5399@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> chasm@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Charles Marslett) writes: >In article <5398@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>, sampson@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Steve Sampson) writes: >> In article <3935@louie.udel.EDU>, AB084%DK0RRZK0.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu writes: >> > I would like to know whether we could order minix floppies/books directly >> > from PH (instead of going to our computer bookstore) and if so, what the >> > conditions would be. >> > >> > Michael Eibl, Inst. f. Theor. Physics, Universitaet zu Koeln >> > Cologne, West Germany >> >> Conditions: You send them money, they send you a book, floppies, whatever >> you ordered. >> >> You can interact with them via U.S. Mail, and U.S. Dollers, or via the >> Telephone: 1-800-223-1360. I don't know what our country prefix is. > >If that is the same telephone number posted last year they will not even >give you time of day (and the telephone number I got was not even a working >number when I called it 30 minutes later!). And if you are outside the US & Canada, area code (800) numbers cannot be dialled, anyway. Besides, I believe that distribution agreements with overseas book wholesalers prohibit P-H from selling directly to customers in Western Europe. A better suggestion would be to order the book via an outfit like the C Users Group, Box 97, McPherson, KS 67460, USA; Phone +1 (316) 241-1065 (no, this is not "One Plus" dialling; the notation +1 means that "1" is the country code for the US, and has to be preceded by local long-distance access codes - I believe in West Germany that is "00", so Michael would dial 001-316-etc.). They list the MINIX book in their catalog for $44.95, and they do ship overseas. Their catalog says, "add 45% for overseas airmail, or 15% for overseas surface shipping". I don't know if they handle the MINIX software -- ask them when you order the book. If you're not in too much of a hurry, or can afford the call, check with them if they have the more recent "MINIX Users Manual" -- a separately published trade paperback which contains only the MINIX-specific chapters from the original book, without all of the OS theory textbook stuff. That retails here for ca. $25-30. -- Wolf N. Paul * 3387 Sam Rayburn Run * Carrollton TX 75007 * (214) 306-9101 UUCP: killer!dcs!wnp ESL: 62832882 DOMAIN: dcs!wnp@killer.dallas.tx.us TLX: 910-380-0585 EES PLANO UD
ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) (09/04/88)
In article <5398@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> sampson@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Steve Sampson) writes: >You can interact with them [P-H] via U.S. Mail, and U.S. Dollers, or via the >Telephone: 1-800-223-1360. I don't know what our country prefix is. If life were only that simple. I can call any phone number in the world from my phone, except U.S. 800 numbers. Attempts to do so are intercepted by a polite but firm machine-generated answer saying basically "No way." Thank heavens that the U.S. phone system is so screwy that most companies have an 800 number for national sales, but a regular number for in-state, which also works abroad. I should talk, however. The Dutch PTT in its wisdom introduced the 06 number, which is a merge of the 800 and 900 concepts. Either it is free or it costs a fortune, and there is no way to tell which. For the record, the U.S. does not have a country code of its own. It shares the code 1 with Canada. Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)
bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) (09/07/88)
For what it's worth, I clipped the coupon out of my copy of The Book, sent it in, attached a piece of paper with my address on it since the coupon has NO space for such irrelevant information. SOMEHOW they figured out that I'm affiliated with the IU Computer Science Dept. ( *I* didn't tell them!! ) and sent the disks to the grad student office! (I'm a grad student here.) Big Brother Lives! Yow! Bob Montante, resident gadfly, dilettante, and paranoiaque nouvelle -- -- bob,mon (bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu) -- "Aristotle was not Belgian..." - Wanda
henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) (09/08/88)
In article <1339@ast.cs.vu.nl> ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes: >... For the record, the U.S. >does not have a country code of its own. It shares the code 1 with Canada. Close but not quite. Country code "1" is for the "Unified Calling Area", or some such blurf, which covers the US, Canada, Mexico [I think], and a fair number of other little odds and ends in places like the Caribbean. Think of it as the code for North America. -- Intel CPUs are not defective, | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology they just act that way. | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu
walterc@hpsad.HP.COM (Walter Coole) (10/04/88)
I got a card from some mailing list, and sent it in. P-H was fairly succesful in getting it to me, even agreeing to swap floppies for tape when I was unable to boot on a Vectra. Unfortunately, the tape was 6250 bpi, which was hard to read on our 1600 drives.