Hi Folks,
Over a week ago here I announced the availability of the RT-11 Freeware
CD, and many folks have ordered copies through Amazon.com. I'm guessing
(hoping) that all US folks who had ordered early on have received
their copies by now. With a little bit of luck, international airmail
may have come through for the folks outside the US too. (Though
Kevin tells me that his still hasn't arrived in Vancouver, and that
has me a bit worried. Some folks in the Seattle area got theirs
on Tuesday - and Vancouver just isn't all that much further away,
at least if you ignore that border! I wonder if the Customs Canada
folks are puzzling over the concept of RT-11 and that's what is slowing
things down...)
The RSX-11 Freeware CD's are coming along. Present plans are
for there to be 4 (yes, *four*) CD's in the set. Two will contain
ODS-1 filesystems, and will be directly readable on an -11 with attached
CD-ROM drive, and two will contain ISO9660 filesystems, and be convenient
for browsing or study on a PC or workstation.
I was rather lucky with the RT-11 CD that I could squeeze both
an ISO9660 volume and 7 RT-11 partitions on the same disc. There's
just *way too much* RSX-11 stuff to do this for the RSX-11 collection,
and besides there's no easy way to put both ISO9660 and ODS-1 filesystems
on the same disc.
For those anxious folks who want to see the RSX CD labels, they
can point their browser at
http://www.trailing-edge.com/www/freeware.html
If any wants to correct the grammar on the labels, specifically the section
that attempts to explain where you should use the ODS-1 CD's and where
you should use the ISO9660 CD's, they're welcome to whack away!
Current plans are for me to sell all 4 RSX CD's in a set for $40.00.
I did once have thoughts of making one set of two for ISO9660 users
and a different set of two for ODS-1 users, but I decided that I'd just confuse
potential users too much about which set they really needed and as
a result the CD's wouldn't get into the hands of potential users. Of
course, by packaging all four at once I have to charge a bit more money
for the larger set, and maybe this keeps the CD's out of the hands of
some potential users too. If anyone has any feelings/thoughts
on this issue, I'd be glad to hear them!
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Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa_at_trailing-edge.com
Trailing Edge Technology WWW: http://www.trailing-edge.com/
7328 Bradley Blvd Voice: 301-767-5917
Bethesda, MD, USA 20817 Fax: 301-767-5927
Received on Sat Oct 23 1999 - 22:15:15 BST