hrh@well.UUCP (Harry Henderson) (08/24/87)
*UNIX PAPERS for UNIX Developers and Power Users*, proposed on USENET last year,
and authored by a variety of UNIX experts, has been published by The Waite Group
and Howard W. Sams & Company (a division of Macmillian, Inc.). This book
contains a wide variety of specially-commissioned essays on a variety of UNIX
topics. The topics and their authors are:
UNIX: Rights and Wrongs Dan Franklin
The USENET System Harry Henderson
All About UNIX Mailers Dave Taylor
Comparing UNIX Shells John Sebes
awk Power Plays David Hueslbeck
C++ Under UNIX Keith Gorlen,
Device Drivers Under UNIX George E. Pajari
Remote File Systems, Streams,
and Transport Level Interface John Emrich
Ethernet: A UNIX LAN Charles Spurgeon
Real-Time UNIX Geoff Kuenning
A UNIX Port to the 80286 Anthony D. Andrews
A UNIX Port to the 80386 David Robboy
A UNIX Port to the 68030 Michael Cruess
Multiprocessor UNIX Tom Jermoluk
The Future of UNIX and
Open System Standards Eric Raymond
The essays range in complexity from intermediate to advanced and present today's
most important ideas for understanding the development of UNIX, for creating new
UNIX implementations, and for getting the most out of your UNIX applications.
There is simply no comparable survey of the most important current and emerging
UNIX topics. The book has 518 pages and sells for $26.95.
To order by mail,send $26.95 plus $2.50 postage and handling and your
appropriate state sales tax: check, money order, Visa, M/C, or American Express
(signature and expiration date for credit cards, please) to
Howard W. Sams & Company
Department DM
P.O. Box 7092
Indianapolis, IN 46206
Specify book number 22578, UNIX Papers, Edited by The Waite Group
Or order directly by phone: 800-428-SAMS except in Alaska, Hawaii, or Indiana,
where the number is 317-298-5699.
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The opinions expressed are my own, but you're welcome to share them.
Harry Henderson (freelance technical editor/writer).