jromine@buckaroo.ics.uci.edu (John Romine) (02/20/91)
Archive-name: mail/readers/mh/1991-02-19
Archive: ics.uci.edu:/pub/mh/mh-6.7.tar.Z [128.195.1.1]
Original-posting-by: jromine@buckaroo.ics.uci.edu (John Romine)
Original-subject: Re: Is mh easy to build and use?
Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti)
>I know this is a FAQ, but where can I get mh sources to try out ???
HOW TO GET MH
Since you probably already have MH, you may not need to read
this unless you suspect you have an old version. There are
two ways to get the latest release:
1. If you can FTP to the ARPA Internet, use anonymous FTP
to ics.uci.edu [128.195.1.1] and retrieve the file
pub/mh/mh-6.7.tar.Z. This is a tar image after being run
through the compress program (approximately 1.5MB). There
should also be a README file in that directory which tells
what the current release of MH is, and how to get updates.
This tar file is also available on louie.udel.edu
[128.175.1.3] in portal/mh-6.7.tar.Z. You may also find MH
on various other hosts; to make sure you get the latest ver-
sion and don't waste your time re-fixing bugs, it's best to
get it from either ics.uci.edu or louie.udel.edu.
2. You can send $75 US to the address below. This covers
the cost of a 6250 BPI 9-track magtape, handling, and ship-
ping. In addition, you'll get a laser-printed hard-copy of
the entire MH documentation set. Be sure to include your
USPS address with your check. Checks must be drawn on U.S.
funds and should be made payable to:
Regents of the University of California
The distribution address is:
Computing Support Group
Attn: MH distribution
Department of Information and Computer Science
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92717
714/856-7554
Sadly, if you just want the hard-copies of the documenta-
tion, you still have to pay the $75. The tar image has the
documentation source (the manual is in roff format, but the
rest are in TeX format). Postscript formatted versions of
the TeX papers are available, as are crude tty-conversions
of those papers.
/JLR
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John Romine