Subject: Re: 4.4 manuals + CDROM from ORA
To: None <current-users@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
From: Paul Dokas <pdokas@pms988.pms.ford.com>
List: current-users
Date: 07/13/1994 09:11:53
> Just FYI; I just got off of the phone with O'Reilly & Assoc.
> apparently, all of the 4.4 manuals and the US-only CDROM are
> now available. Sorry, the non-US CDROM is NOT ready yet, it'll
> be a couple more weeks.
Ok, sorry about the lack of details. Here's what the latest ORA.COM
has to say about the books.
BOOKS
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4.4BSD System Manager's Manual, 646 pages, ISBN 1-56592-080-5, $30
Man pages for system administration commands and files, plus
papers on system administration.
4.4BSD User's Reference Manual, 898 pages, ISBN 1-56592-075-9, $30
The famous "man pages" for over 500 utilities.
4.4BSD User's Supplementary Documents, 686 pages, ISBN 1-56592-076-7, $30
Papers providing in-depth documentation of complex programs
such as the shell, editors, and word processing utilites.
4.4BSD Programmer's Reference Manual, 868 pages, ISBN 1-56592-078-3, $30
Man pages for system calls, libraries, and file formats.
4.4BSD Programmer's Supplementary Documents, 606 pages, ISBN 1-56592-079-1, $30
The original Bell and BSD research papers providing in-depth
documentation of the programming environment.
4.4BSD-Lite CD Companion, 64 pages (est.) plus CD-ROM disk, ISBN 1-56592-081-3, $40
This CD is a copy of the University of California, Berkeley's, 4.4BSD-Lite
release, with additional documentation and enhancements. [lots more description
removed]
SETS
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Volumes 1-5 only, ISBN 1-56592-077-5, $120
All five manuals. No CDROM.
Volumes 1-5 plus CDROM, ISBN 1-56592-082-1, $150
All five manuals and the CDROM.
For ordering in US/Canada, call 1(800)8898969. Local/Overseas, call 1(7078290515.
For inquiries, call 1(800)9989938. Ordering is also available by FAX at 1(707)8290104,
or via email at order@ora.com
Their open weekdays 6am - 6pm PST.
Hope that's enough detail ;-)
Paul Dokas
pdokas@pms988.pms.ford.com
PS, I have nothing to do with O'Reilly & Assoc., I just buy books from them.
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