nextanswers@next.com (12/13/90)
The November release of NextAnswers is now available on the Internet
archive servers. NextAnswers is a collection of answers to commonly
asked technical questions about the NeXT Computer System. The topics
covered include system administration, programming, and NeXT
applications. When incorporated into Digital Librarian, NextAnswers
will supplement the existing on-line and printed documentation,
further helping you to understand and apply the power of the NeXT
Computer.
We recommend that you obtain the latest release of NextAnswers and
have it installed on the NeXT computers at your site. You can obtain
NextAnswers via anonymous ftp (file transfer protocol) from one of the
following Internet archive servers:
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hostname IP address directory
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sonata.cc.purdue.edu 128.210.15.30 pub/next/docs
cs.orst.edu 128.193.32.1 pub/next/documents/NextAnswers
There is an ftp site in Japan for our Asian customers:
etlport.etl.go.jp 192.31.197.99 pub/NeXT/documents/NextAnswers
There are two versions of NextAnswers: a complete set, and a monthly
supplement for those who already have the previous month's complete
set. The former is called NextAnswers_Nov_90.tar.Z and occupies 415K
of disk space (1.52 Megabytes when installed). The latter is called
NA_Supplement_Nov_90.tar.Z, occupies 119K (733K when installed), and
contains files that are new or changed since the October 90 release.
There is also an ASCII file NextAnswers_README on the archive servers
in the NextAnswers directory.
To obtain NextAnswers from an archive server, su to root in a shell
and type the commands. Replace "filename" with
"NextAnswers_Nov_90.tar.Z" or "NA_Supplement_Nov_90.tar.Z", depending
on whether you want the complete set or the supplement.
mkdirs /LocalLibrary/NextAnswers
cd /LocalLibrary/NextAnswers
ftp hostname-or-IP-address [see table above]
[Login:] anonymous
[enter your own login name as the password]
ftp> cd directory [see table above for the directory name]
ftp> binary
ftp> get filename
ftp> quit
zcat filename | tar -xvf -
This will create a subdirectory of /LocalLibrary/NextAnswers called
Nov_90. Inside Nov_90 will be a WriteNow file called INSTALL.wn that
contains complete instructions on how to finish the installation, for
both the supplement and the complete set.
The November NextAnswers contain entries relating to the 1.0 software
release, as well as new ones pertaining to 2.0. The information below
is contained in a file called CHANGES in the untarred directory:
The following files in the November 1990 release of NextAnswers are
additions or revisions to the October release. Some of the revisions
are trivial.
NEW SINCE OCTOBER:
color.607
hardware.568
hardware.579
hardware.581
hardware.586
hardware.608
misc.558
misc.562
misc.567
misc.575
misc.587
misc.599
misc.603
netinfo.598
netinfo.601
objc.584
objc.591
objc.605
sybase.597
sysadmin.600
tiff.566
video.578
REVISIONS:
INSTALL.wn
README.wn
appkit.503
mail.451
misc.227
network.389.wn
sound.267
sysadmin.82
sysadmin.296
sysadmin.298
sysadmin.326
sysadmin.400
sysadmin.549
sysadmin.556
workspace.309