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Computer underground Digest Wed Sep 2, 1992 Volume 4 : Issue 41
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Editors: Jim Thomas and Gordon Meyer (TK0JUT2@NIU.BITNET)
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Copy Editor: Etaion Shrdlu, IV
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Archivist: Brendan Kehoe
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Shadow-Archivist: Dan Carosone
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CONTENTS, #4.41 (Sep 2, 1992)
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File 1--MINDVOX System -- Qs and As
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File 2--Art of Technology Digest Info
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File 3--"Nutshell" Bibliography
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Cu-Digest is a weekly electronic journal/newsletter. Subscriptions are
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available at no cost from tk0jut2@mvs.cso.niu.edu. The editors may be
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contacted by voice (815-753-6430), fax (815-753-6302) or U.S. mail at:
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Jim Thomas, Department of Sociology, NIU, DeKalb, IL 60115.
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Issues of CuD can also be found in the Usenet comp.society.cu-digest
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news group; on CompuServe in DL0 and DL4 of the IBMBBS SIG, DL1 of
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LAWSIG, and DL0 and DL12 of TELECOM; on Genie in the PF*NPC RT
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libraries; from America Online in the PC Telecom forum under
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"computing newsletters;" on the PC-EXEC BBS at (414) 789-4210; and by
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anonymous ftp from ftp.eff.org (192.88.144.4) and ftp.ee.mu.oz.au
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For bitnet users, back issues may be obtained from the mail server at
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mailserv@batpad.lgb.ca.us
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European distributor: ComNet in Luxembourg BBS (++352) 466893.
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COMPUTER UNDERGROUND DIGEST is an open forum dedicated to sharing
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information among computerists and to the presentation and debate of
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diverse views. CuD material may be reprinted as long as the source
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is cited. Some authors do copyright their material, and they should
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be contacted for reprint permission. It is assumed that non-personal
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mail to the moderators may be reprinted unless otherwise specified.
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Readers are encouraged to submit reasoned articles relating to
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computer culture and communication. Articles are preferred to short
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responses. Please avoid quoting previous posts unless absolutely
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necessary.
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DISCLAIMER: The views represented herein do not necessarily represent
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the views of the moderators. Digest contributors assume all
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responsibility for ensuring that articles submitted do not
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violate copyright protections.
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Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 02:53 EDT
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From: digital@PHANTOM.COM(Patrick K. Kroupa)
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Subject: File 1--MINDVOX System -- Qs and As
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(MODERATORS' NOTE: We've been on a system called MINDVOX for the past
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month (cudigest@mindvox.phantom.com), and found it a rather
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interesting place to hang out. Although not officially "on-line" and
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open to the public, there were still a sufficient number of
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interesting posters and posts to keep us going back for more. IRC
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access, multiple on-line chats, disk storage space, usenet feeds, and
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other amenities, combined with the proposed future attractions once it
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goes on line, indicate that MINDVOX may become one of the better
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public access systems around. We played "Question and Answer" with Pat
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Kroupa, who runs it along with his long-time friend Bruce Fancher)).
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++++
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CuD: What is your board's philosophy?
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Vox: Jeez, you got 100K of space for me to go on? Um, well basically
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the MindVox article is pretty much a summary of the causes and
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inceptions of what drove a group of us to put this together, you can
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pick it up off of various ftp sites under the cud/papers sections, and
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it's on MindVox itself as the editorial at the moment. Basically we
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are about evolving Cyberspace and online-communications to the next
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level beyond what is available, and then repeating that process over
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the years. We are about reality, virtual and non-virtual, making
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available to people information that depicts the facts behind a lot of
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things that the mass media tends to cloud and obscure, the hacker
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underground of course, but we also have a strong focus on drugs, their
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effects and uses, recreational, medicinal, steroids and the reality
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behind how they work and the effects they have on muscle building,
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weight-loss or weight gain, etc... The general idea was one of a
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nexus point within Cyberspace where people from all over the world
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could have access to information and first-hand-knowledge from other
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individuals, that was not possible anywhere else. So far we are
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succeeding in that effort.
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CuD: What do users get?
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Vox: Well the services they get access to are all the things they expect
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from Unix in a clean easy-to-use interface. This includes the usenet,
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IRC, software, as well as the MindVox Forums, Archives from the dawn
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of Cyberspace, and all types of games and interactive simulations. We
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also have mailboxes for people who might not want to belong to certain
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mailing lists or sites, from their normal address, because of
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big-brother type of system administrators. Member-selectable crypted
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mail is in the pipeline, as well as various features that allow a high
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level of privacy.
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CuD: How are the conferences?
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Vox: The conferences are going really well, considering that ratio of
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about 5% of the users typically writing 95% of the messages, we're
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closer to 15% or 20%, but then again we're just exiting beta mode, so
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we'll see if it tops out at that ratio or gets better. Our primary
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topical focus is of course Cyberspace, and we have a series of Forums
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devoted to every tangent of that, ranging from technology, networking,
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security, hardware and software, to discussions of ethics surrounding
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hacking and piracy, the social structure of the underground, with most
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of the players in residence, participating and explaining what it was
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really like. We also have areas for Virtual Reality, Ontology, Drugs,
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Health, Philosophy, Social Issues, the Arts, Business, Entertainment,
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basically anything that people would like to take part in, we'll let
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'em have, but as stated, our principle focus is Cyberspace and its
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history and development.
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CuD: Where are we going?
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Vox: What we're going to be doing as time passes, is constantly evolving
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the state-of-the-art in online systems. What we're really focusing on
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is developing software objects that can be pulled apart and updated in
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a very efficient and fast manner, since everything that is possible
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with the current state of technology, basically moves forward 33%
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every two years. Hardware is really cheap these days, but its still
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running junk that was written in the early 80's and ported from
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mainframes, or some MSDOS-based nightmare that is so ridiculous in
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this day of workstations, that its not even funny. Most online
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services are just user-hostile. Right now our VOICES software is
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getting to a state that we're almost satisfied with, prior to getting
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front-ends for the PC/Mac and Amiga going over the winter. Since
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everything is always late, we probably won't have functional
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front-ends until early spring, but hey, they tell me "winter" right
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now, I just don't believe 'em, since they're always 4-8 weeks wrong.
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CuD: Who is there?
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Vox: Pretty much a cross-section of everybody in Cyberspace, with the
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main focus being on people who are a lot closer to whatever you want
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to term as being "the edge" which tends to define and re-define the
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boundaries of the playing field we're in. We have a lot of
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creative/artistic people, Mondo is online, Bruce Sterling,
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cyberpunk/science fiction writers, movie people, a lot of journalists
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and reporters are on to see what's going on or to communicate with
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each other, we pretty much have EVERYBODY who had a hand in shaping
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the computer underground during the 80's online, most of the ex-Legion
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of Doom, Knights of Shadow, just people from way-back-when who are
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living different lives right now; a lot of the EFF is around,
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government people, a lotta security people from various places are
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checking things out. Elvis was around for a while, but mostly we're
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still negotiating to get Bill the Cat. Oh and hey, you're there too!
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CuD: What's IRC (Inter-Relay Chat) like?
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Vox: IRC is interesting, if the net is working anarchy, IRC is
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dysfunctional anarchy. It's also probably one of the first genuine
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steps into what will become Cyberspace. It's real-time interaction,
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where I mean you're just typing to one another, but there are
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hundreds, sometimes thousands of people there from all over the world.
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And then when you stop and think that people meet, fall in love, even
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get married through this -- it really is a new medium for
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communications between people. On the other hand there are
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individuals who tend to live their entire lives through it, but...
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it's a really fascinating experience, what it means to you will vary
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greatly upon your personal needs of course, to one person its crap, to
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another an interesting diversion, and to a third, a reasonable
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alternative to perpetual loneliness or suicide.
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CuD: How do we access it?
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Vox: You can telnet to phantom.com, the IP address for that is:
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38.145.218.228 or
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you can connect locally by dialing 212-988-5030.
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CuD: How much does it cost to get access?
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Vox: Pricing is broken down into a couple of categories to suit people's
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needs. What we've found during our beta testing stage is that a lot
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of clients are telnetting into Vox because they want to read the
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forums, download from the Archives and hang out with us; they don't
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really care about reading news or hanging out in IRC or whatever,
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since they can do all that from accounts they have right now.
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Conversely there are local people who are just amazed that they can
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FTP software, and wanna read the newsgroups and use mail, and
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basically don't have the slightest have the slightest idea who we are,
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and even less interest in reading the Forums. In fact the majority of
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local people just want Internet services with an easy-to-use front-end
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so they don't have to deal with Unix. So we changed Memberships to
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reflect what we discovered, and fulfill everyone's desires.
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MindVox Membership is $10 a month. Which gives you access to the
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MindVox Forums, the local Chat system, the Archives, Games, Mail, and
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things that fall into these basic categories.
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Internet Memberships are also $10 a month, and that's basically
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Usenet, Software, Mail, IRC, and things that fall into the category of
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"Public Unix Access."
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Or $15 a month gets you all services, period.
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Everybody gets two weeks of free time to check it out and decide if
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its something they want to be part of, before billing gets activated.
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------------------------------
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Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 18:45:13 EDT
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From: Chris Cappuccio <cappucci@CRS.CL.MSU.EDU>
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Subject: File 2--Art of Technology Digest Info
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((MODERATORS' NOTE: The Art of Technology Digest is a new E-'Zine that
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we came across, so we posed some questions to the editor, Chris
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Cappuccio. From what we've seen of it so far, it's worth checking
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out)).
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Q: What's ATD About?
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A: Things That Happen With Technology, How Technology Is Used,
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Wierd Technology Uses, Some Computer Underground News
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Q: How Often Does It Come Out?
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A: Usually Every 1 1/2 Weeks or Whenever I Can Get It Out There
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Q: Where Can I Get It?
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A: For Back Issues, Call Live Wire BBS (313) 464-1470, 1200/2400/HST
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You Will Get Access On Your First Call And All Files Are Zipped So The LD
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Q: How Can I Contribute?
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Q: What Is The Mailserver at batpad.lgb.ca.us?
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A: It's A Different Version Of The Listserv Commonly Found On Bitnet
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A: Give UUCP A Break!
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------------------------------
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Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 15:36:10 PDT
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From: Brian Erwin <brian@ORA.COM>
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Subject: File 3--"Nutshell" Bibliography
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((MODERATORS' NOTE: We are not in the habit of providing free
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advertising for profit-making enterprises, but we feel the following
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"Nutshell" and related products by O'Reilly Associates are relevant
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resources. Whenever we have technical questions, the people we ask
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often refer us to a volume from the Nutshell series as a pointer for
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further information. We asked Brian Erwin of O'Reilly Associates to
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summarize a list of "how-to" books that might be relevant for CuD
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readers, and he came up with the following).
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***New Nutshell Handbooks***
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Power Programming with RPC (New 2/92)
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Guide to Writing DCE Applications (New 6/92)
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UNIX in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference for System V and Solaris 2.0
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(New 6/92)
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UNIX & C Programming
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____________________
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Checking C Programs with lint
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Guide to OSF/1: A Technical Synopsis
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lex & yacc
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Managing Projects with make, 2nd Edition
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POSIX Programmer's Guide
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Power Programming with RPC
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Practical C Programming
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Programming Perl
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Programming with curses
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sed & awk
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Understanding and Using COFF
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UNIX for FORTRAN Programmers
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Using C on the UNIX System
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UNIX Communications
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___________________
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The Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing & Networks
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Managing UUCP and Usenet
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MH & xmh: E-mail for Users & Programmers
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Using UUCP and Usenet
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The Z-Mail Handbook
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UNIX System Administration
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__________________________
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Essential System Administration
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Managing NFS and NIS
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Practical UNIX Security
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System Performance Tuning
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termcap & terminfo
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||
|
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Computer Security
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_________________
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Computer Security Basics
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Practical UNIX Security
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|
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UNIX Text Processing
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____________________
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Learning GNU Emacs
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Learning the vi Editor
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Typesetting Tables on the UNIX System
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|
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UNIX Basics
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___________
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DOS meets UNIX
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Learning the UNIX Operating System
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UNIX in a Nutshell for Berkeley
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UNIX in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference for System V and Solaris 2.0
|
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|
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DCE
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___
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Guide to Writing DCE Applications
|
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|
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|
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|
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***The Pick Series***
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Pick MASTER DICTIONARY: A Reference Guide to User Accounts
|
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Pick ACCESS: A Guide to the SMA/RETRIEVAL Language
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Pick BASIC: A Reference Guide
|
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A Guide to the Pick System
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|
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==========
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The X Window System Series
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Definitive Guides to the X Window System
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Volume 0, X Protocol Reference Manual, for X11 Release 4 and Release 5
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Edited and with an introduction by Adrian Nye
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516 pages, ISBN 1-56592-008-2, $34.95
|
||
3rd Edition, Release 5, February 1992
|
||
|
||
Describes the X Network Protocol which underlies all software for Version 11
|
||
of the X Window System. Includes protocol clarifications of X11 Release 5, as
|
||
well as the most recent version of the ICCCM and the Logical Font Conventions
|
||
Manual. For use with any release of X.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Volume 1, Xlib Programming Manual, Release 4
|
||
By Adrian Nye
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672 pages, ISBN 0-937175-11-0, $34.95
|
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2nd Edition, Release 4, April 1990
|
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|
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Complete programming guide to the X library (Xlib), the lowest level of
|
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programming interface to X. Updated to cover X11 Release 4.
|
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|
||
|
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Volume 2, Xlib Reference Manual, for X11 Release 4 and Release 5
|
||
By Adrian Nye
|
||
1138 pages, ISBN 1-56592-006-6, $34.95 (estimated)
|
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3rd Edition, Release 5, June 1992
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|
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Complete reference guide to the X library (Xlib), the lowest level of
|
||
programming interface to X. Updated to cover X11 Release 4 and Release 5.
|
||
|
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|
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Volume 3, X Window System User's Guide, Release 4
|
||
By Valerie Quercia & Tim O'Reilly
|
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Standard Edition, 752 pages, ISBN 0-937175-14-5, $34.95
|
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Motif Edition, 734 pages, ISBN 0-937175-61-7, $34.95
|
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Standard Edition, Release 4, May 1990. Motif Edition January 1991.
|
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|
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Orients the new user to window system concepts and provides detailed tutorials
|
||
for many client programs, including the xterm terminal emulator and window
|
||
managers. Later chapters explain how to customize the X environment. This
|
||
popular manual is available in two editions, one for users of the MIT software,
|
||
one for users of Motif. Revised for X11 Release 4.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Volume 4, X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual, Release 4
|
||
By Adrian Nye & Tim O'Reilly
|
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Standard Edition, 624 pages, 0-937175-56-0, $34.95
|
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Motif Edition, 666 pages, 0-937175-62-5, $34.95
|
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2nd Edition, Release 4, September 1990. Motif Edition January 1991.
|
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|
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A complete guide to programming with Xt Intrinsics, the library of C language
|
||
routines that facilitate the design of user interfaces, with reusable
|
||
components called widgets. Available in two editions. The Standard Edition
|
||
uses Athena widgets in examples; the Motif Edition uses Motif widget examples.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Volume 5, X Toolkit Intrinsics Reference Manual, for X11 Release 4 and Release 5
|
||
Edited by David Flanagan
|
||
916 pages, ISBN 1-56592-007-4, $34.95
|
||
3rd Edition, Release 5, April 1992
|
||
|
||
Complete programmer's reference for the X Toolkit, providing pages for each
|
||
of the Xt functions, as well as the widget classes defined by Xt and the
|
||
Athena widgets. This 3rd Edition has been re-edited, reorganized, and expanded
|
||
for X11 Release 5.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Volume 6, Motif Programming Manual
|
||
By Dan Heller
|
||
1032 pages, ISBN: 0-937175-70-6, $39.95
|
||
1st Edition September 1991
|
||
|
||
The Motif Programming Manual is a source for complete, accurate, and
|
||
insightful guidance on Motif application programming. There is no other
|
||
book that covers the ground as thoroughly or as well as this one.
|
||
Motif Release 1.1.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Volume 7, XView Programming Manual, 3rd Edition
|
||
By Dan Heller, edited by Thomas Van Raalte
|
||
766 pages, ISBN 0-937175-87-0, $34.95
|
||
3rd Edition September 1991
|
||
|
||
XView Reference Manual
|
||
Edited by Thomas Van Raalte
|
||
266 pages, ISBN 0-937175-88-9, $24.95
|
||
1st Edition September 1991
|
||
|
||
Complete programming and reference guides to XView Version 3. XView was
|
||
developed by Sun Microsystems. It is an easy-to-use object-oriented toolkit
|
||
that provides an OPEN LOOK user interface for X applications.
|
||
|
||
|
||
The X Window System in a Nutshell
|
||
Edited by Ellie Cutler, Daniel Gilly, & Tim O'Reilly
|
||
424 pages, ISBN 1-56592-017-1, $24.95
|
||
2nd Edition April 1992
|
||
|
||
Indispensable companion to the X Window System Series. Experienced X
|
||
programmers can use this single-volume desktop companion for most common
|
||
questions, keeping the full series of manuals for detailed reference. This
|
||
book has been newly updated to cover R5 but is still useful for R4.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Programmer's Supplement for Release 5 of the X Window System, Version 11
|
||
David Flanagan
|
||
390 pages, ISBN 0-937175-86-2, $29.95
|
||
1st Edition November 1991
|
||
|
||
For programmers who are familiar with Release 4 of the X Window System and
|
||
want to know how to use the new features of Release 5. This books is an
|
||
update for owners of Volumes 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the X Window System Series,
|
||
and provides complete tutorial and reference information to all new Xlib
|
||
and Xt toolkit functions.
|
||
|
||
|
||
PHIGS Programming Manual: 3D Programming in X
|
||
By Tom Gaskins
|
||
968 pages, ISBN 0-937175-85-4, $42.95 softcover
|
||
ISBN 0-937175-92-7, $52.95 hardcover
|
||
1st Edition February 1992
|
||
|
||
A complete and authoritative guide to PHIGS and PHIGS PLUS programming,
|
||
this book documents the PHIGS and PHIGS PLUS graphics standards
|
||
and provides full guidance regarding the use of PHIGS within the X
|
||
environment.
|
||
|
||
==========
|
||
|
||
The X Resource: A Practical Journal of the X Window System
|
||
|
||
The X Resource is a quarterly working journal for X programmers. Its goal is
|
||
to provide practical, timely information about the programming, administration,
|
||
and use of the X Window System. Issues include:
|
||
-Over-the-shoulder advice from programmers who share their experience with you
|
||
-Suggestions from the people who wrote your software tools
|
||
-Insight on making better use of public domain tools for software development
|
||
-In-depth tutorial and reference documentation
|
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-Annual Proceedings of the X Technical Conference held at MIT (O'Reilly &
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Associates is the official publisher of the Proceedings, which form the
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January issue.)
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|
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Regular issues of the journal (Spring, Summer, and Fall) include three
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sections: papers, departments, and documentation. The Winter issue is the
|
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Annual Proceedings of the X Consortium's X Technical Conference at MIT.
|
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(The conference proceedings are published exclusively in The X Resource.) All
|
||
four issues are approximately 220 pages in length, with no advertising. The
|
||
journal is practical rather than academic: its primary aim is to help
|
||
programmers learn and program better.
|
||
|
||
Subscribers to The X Resource have the option of subscribing to the journal
|
||
plus supplements. For programmers who want to review proposed X Consortium
|
||
standards and participate in setting those standards, supplements to The X
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||
Resource will include:
|
||
-Public Review Specifications for proposed X Consortium standards
|
||
-Introductory explanations of the issues involved
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|
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We're selling individual copies of The X Resource like books; you can buy
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copies through O'Reilly & Associates or at bookstores. You can also subscribe
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to The X Resource through O'Reilly & Associates. For information about
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subscriptions contact Cathy Record at:
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|
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The X Resource Issue 0, October 1991
|
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Adrian Nye, Editor
|
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253 pages, ISBN 0-937175-79-X, $22.50
|
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|
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Articles for Issue 0 include: default colormap manipulation,
|
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prescient agents, engineering insights from an interactive imaging
|
||
application, C++ with Motif, xterm tips and tricks, Xcms, UIMS systems,
|
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internationalization, editres and more.
|
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|
||
|
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The X Resource Issue 1, January 1992
|
||
Adrian Nye, Editor
|
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240 pages, ISBN 0-937175-96-X, $22.50
|
||
|
||
Issue 1, January 1992, is the Annual Proceedings of the X Technical
|
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Conference at MIT.
|
||
|
||
|
||
The X Resource Issue 2, April 1992
|
||
Adrian Nye, Editor
|
||
190 pages, ISBN 0-937175-97-8, $22.50
|
||
|
||
Articles for Issue 2 include: object-oriented implementation of
|
||
a drag-and-drop protocol, basic extension writing, imake, porting from motif
|
||
to Open Look, documentation on the Widget Creation Language.
|
||
|
||
|
||
The X Resource Issue 3, July 1992
|
||
Adrian Nye, Editor
|
||
220 pages, ISBN:0-937175-98-6, $22.50
|
||
|
||
The X Resource includes in-depth articles and documentation not available
|
||
elsewhere. Articles for Issue 3 include: multi-user application software
|
||
using Xt, using the new font capabilities of HP-donated font server
|
||
enhancements, improving X application performance, the nonrectangular window
|
||
shape extension, GUI Testing, Server instrumentation and tracing, Font Server
|
||
Administration, RichText widget, and more.
|
||
|
||
==========
|
||
|
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Nutshell Handbooks
|
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Concise, hands-on guides to selected UNIX topics
|
||
|
||
|
||
Using C on the UNIX System
|
||
By Dave Curry
|
||
250 pages, ISBN 0-937175-23-4, $24.95
|
||
1st Edition January 1989
|
||
|
||
This is the book for intermediate to experienced C programmers who want
|
||
to become UNIX system programmers. It explains system calls and special
|
||
library routines available on the UNIX system.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Understanding and Using COFF
|
||
By Gintaras R. Gircys
|
||
196 pages, ISBN 0-937175-31-5, $21.95
|
||
1st Edition November 1988
|
||
|
||
COFF--Common Object File Format--is the formal definition for the structure
|
||
of machine code files in the UNIX System V environment. All machine-code
|
||
files are COFF files. This handbook explains COFF data structure and its
|
||
manipulation.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Computer Security Basics
|
||
By Deborah Russell & G.T. Gangemi Sr.
|
||
464 pages, ISBN 0-937175-71-4, $29.95.
|
||
1st Edition July 1991
|
||
|
||
Provides a readable introduction to computer security concepts:
|
||
passwords, access controls, cryptography, network security,
|
||
biometrics, TEMPEST, and more. Describes government and industry
|
||
standards for security, including the "Orange Book" standard for
|
||
secure systems. Includes an extensive glossary of computer
|
||
security terms and sources for more information.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Programming with curses
|
||
By John Strang
|
||
76 pages, ISBN 0-937175-02-1, $12.95
|
||
1st Edition 1986
|
||
|
||
Curses is a UNIX library of functions for controlling a terminal's
|
||
display screen from a C program. This handbook helps you make use of
|
||
the curses library.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Guide to Writing DCE Applications
|
||
By John Shirley
|
||
282 pages, ISBN 1-56592-004-X, $29.95
|
||
|
||
A hands-on programming guide to OSF's Distributed Computing Environment
|
||
(DCE) for first-time DCE application programmers. This book is designed
|
||
to help new DCE users make the transition from conventional, nondistributed
|
||
applications programming to distributed DCE programming. Covers RPC, name
|
||
service, security services, threads, and other major aspects of DCE, and also
|
||
includes practical programming examples.
|
||
|
||
|
||
DOS meets UNIX
|
||
By Dale Dougherty & Tim O'Reilly
|
||
148 pages, ISBN 0-937175-21-8, $15.00
|
||
1st Edition April 1988
|
||
|
||
Describes the solutions available for integrating DOS and UNIX. It
|
||
also briefly introduces UNIX for DOS users.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Learning GNU Emacs
|
||
By Deb Cameron & Bill Rosenblatt
|
||
442 pages, ISBN 0-937175-84-6, $27.95
|
||
1st Edition October 1991
|
||
|
||
This book is an introduction to the GNU Emacs editor, one of the most
|
||
widely used and powerful editors available under UNIX. It provides a
|
||
solid introduction to basic editing, a look at several important
|
||
"editing modes" (special Emacs features for editing specific types of
|
||
documents), and a brief introduction to customization and Emacs LISP
|
||
programming. The book is aimed at new Emacs users, whether or not
|
||
they are programmers.
|
||
|
||
|
||
!%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing & Networks
|
||
By Donnalyn Frey & Rick Adams
|
||
438 pages, ISBN 0-937175-15-3, $27.95
|
||
2nd Edition May 1990
|
||
|
||
Answers the problem of addressing mail to people you've never met, on
|
||
networks you've never heard of. Includes a general introduction to
|
||
e-mail, followed by detailed reference sections for over 130 networks.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Essential System Administration
|
||
By AEleen Frisch
|
||
466 pages, ISBN 0-937175-80-3, $29.95
|
||
1st Edition October 1991
|
||
|
||
Provides a compact, manageable introduction to the tasks faced by everyone
|
||
responsible for a UNIX system. This guide is for those who use a stand-alone
|
||
UNIX system, those who routinely provide administrative support for a larger
|
||
shared system, or those who want an understanding of basic administrative
|
||
functions. Covers all major versions of UNIX.
|
||
|
||
|
||
UNIX for FORTRAN Programmers
|
||
By Mike Loukides
|
||
264 pages, ISBN 0-937175-51-X, $24.95
|
||
1st Edition August 1990
|
||
|
||
This handbook minimizes the UNIX entry barrier by providing the serious
|
||
scientific programmer with an introduction to the UNIX operating system and
|
||
its tools. Assumes some knowledge of FORTRAN, but none of UNIX nor C.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Learning the UNIX Operating System
|
||
By Grace Todino & John Strang
|
||
84 pages, ISBN 0-937175-16-1, $9.00
|
||
2nd Edition 1987
|
||
|
||
If you are new to UNIX, this concise introduction will tell you just
|
||
what you need to get started and no more. Why wade through a 600-page
|
||
book when you can begin working productively in a matter of minutes?
|
||
|
||
|
||
lex & yacc
|
||
By Tony Mason & Doug Brown
|
||
238 pages, ISBN 0-937175-49-8, $24.95
|
||
1st Edition May 1990
|
||
|
||
Shows programmers how to use two UNIX utilities, lex and yacc,
|
||
to solve problems in program development. Includes explanations
|
||
of the concepts and tutorial examples, as well as detailed technical
|
||
information for advanced users.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Checking C Programs with lint
|
||
By Ian F. Darwin
|
||
84 pages, ISBN 0-937175-30-7, $12.95
|
||
1st Edition October 1988
|
||
|
||
The lint program is one of the best tools for finding portability
|
||
problems and certain types of coding errors in C programs. This
|
||
handbook introduces you to lint, guides you through running it on your
|
||
programs, and helps you interpret lint's output.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Managing Projects with make
|
||
By Steve Talbott and Andrew Oram
|
||
152 pages, ISBN 0-937175-90-0, $17.95
|
||
2nd Edition October 1991
|
||
|
||
Make is one of UNIX's greatest contributions to software development,
|
||
and this book is the clearest description of make ever written. This
|
||
revised second edition includes guidelines on meeting the needs of
|
||
large projects.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Managing UUCP and Usenet
|
||
By Tim O'Reilly & Grace Todino
|
||
368 pages, ISBN 0-937175-93-5, $27.95
|
||
10th Edition January 1992
|
||
|
||
For all its widespread use, UUCP is one of the most difficult UNIX
|
||
utilities to master. This book is for system administrators who want to
|
||
install and manage UUCP and Usenet software. "Don't even TRY to install UUCP
|
||
without it!" --Usenet message 456@nitrex.UUCP
|
||
|
||
|
||
MH & xmh: E-mail for Users & Programmers
|
||
By Jerry Peek
|
||
598 pages, ISBN 0-937175-63-3, $29.95
|
||
1st Edition January 1991
|
||
|
||
Customizing your e-mail environment to save time and make communicating
|
||
more enjoyable. MH & xmh: E-Mail for Users & Programmers explains how to
|
||
use, customize, and program with the MH electronic mail commands, available
|
||
on virtually any UNIX system. The handbook also covers xmh, an X Window
|
||
System client that runs MH programs.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Managing NFS and NIS
|
||
By Hal Stern
|
||
436 pages, ISBN 0-937175-75-7, $27.95
|
||
1st Edition June 1991
|
||
|
||
Managing NFS and NIS is for system administrators who need to set up or manage
|
||
a network filesystem installation. NFS (Network Filesystem) is probably
|
||
running at any site that has two or more UNIX systems. NIS (Network
|
||
Information System) is a distributed database used to manage a network of
|
||
computers. The only practical book devoted entirely to these subjects, this
|
||
guide is a "must-have" for anyone interested in UNIX networking.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Guide to OSF/1: A Technical Synopsis
|
||
The staff of O'Reilly & Associates
|
||
304 pages, ISBN 0-937175-78-1, $21.95
|
||
1st Edition June 1991
|
||
|
||
This technically competent introduction to OSF/1 is based on OSF technical
|
||
seminars. In addition to its description of OSF/1, it includes the differences
|
||
between OSF/1 and System V Release 4 and a look ahead at DCE.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Programming Perl
|
||
By Larry Wall & Randal Schwartz
|
||
482 pages, ISBN 0-937175-64-1, $29.95
|
||
1st Edition January 1991
|
||
|
||
Authoritative guide to the hottest new UNIX utility in years,
|
||
co-authored by the creator of that utility. Perl is a language for
|
||
easily manipulating text, files, and processes.
|
||
|
||
|
||
POSIX Programmer's Guide
|
||
By Donald Lewine
|
||
640 pages, ISBN 0-937175-73-0, $34.95
|
||
1st Edition April 1991
|
||
|
||
Most UNIX systems today are POSIX-compliant because the Federal government
|
||
requires it for their purchases. However, given the manufacturer's
|
||
documentation, it can be difficult to distinguish system-specific features
|
||
from those features defined by POSIX. The POSIX Programmer's Guide, intended
|
||
as an explanation of the POSIX standard and as a reference for the POSIX.1
|
||
programming library, will help you write more portable programs.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Practical C Programming
|
||
By Steve Oualline
|
||
420 pages, ISBN 0-937175-65-X, $24.95
|
||
1st Edition July 1991
|
||
|
||
C programming is more than just getting the syntax right. Style and debugging
|
||
also play a tremendous part in creating programs that run well. Practical C
|
||
Programming teaches you not only the mechanics of programming, but also
|
||
describes how to create programs that are easy to read, maintain and
|
||
debug. There are lots of introductory C books, but this is the Nutshell
|
||
Handbook!
|
||
|
||
|
||
Practical UNIX Security
|
||
By Simson Garfinkel & Gene Spafford
|
||
512 pages, ISBN 0-937175-72-2, $29.95
|
||
1st Edition June 1991
|
||
|
||
Tells system administrators how to make their UNIX systems--either System V
|
||
or BSD--as secure as they possibly can be without going to trusted system
|
||
technology. The book describes UNIX concepts and how they enforce security,
|
||
tells how to defend against and handle security breaches, and explains network
|
||
security (including UUCP, NFS, Kerberos, and firewall machines) in detail.
|
||
|
||
|
||
UNIX in a Nutshell for Berkeley
|
||
272 pages, ISBN 0-937175-20-X, $19.50
|
||
1st Edition December 1986
|
||
|
||
This UNIX quick-reference goes beyond the list of frequently used
|
||
commands and options found in most quick refs. "I highly recommend the
|
||
UNIX in a Nutshell handbooks as desktop references. [They] are
|
||
complete and concise; they pack more information into fewer pages than
|
||
I've ever seen." --DEC Professional, Sept. 1987
|
||
|
||
|
||
UNIX in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference for System V and Solaris 2.0
|
||
444 pages, ISBN 1-56592-001-5, $9.95
|
||
By Daniel Gilly and the staff of O'Reilly & Associates
|
||
2nd Edition June 1992
|
||
|
||
You may have seen UNIX quick reference guides, but you've never seen
|
||
anything like UNIX in a Nutshell. Not a scaled-down quick-reference of
|
||
common commands, UNIX in a Nutshell is a complete reference containing
|
||
all commands and options plus generous descriptions and examples that
|
||
put the commands in context. For all but the thorniest UNIX problems,
|
||
this one reference should be all the documentation you need.
|
||
Covers System V Releases 3 and 4 and Solaris 2.0.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Power Programming with RPC
|
||
By John Bloomer
|
||
494 pages, ISBN 0-937175-77-3, $29.95
|
||
1st Edition February 1992
|
||
|
||
RPC, or remote procedure calling, is the ability to distribute
|
||
the execution of functions on remote computers. Written from a
|
||
programmer's perspective, this book shows what you can do with
|
||
RPC and presents a framework for learning it.
|
||
|
||
|
||
sed & awk
|
||
By Dale Dougherty
|
||
414 pages, ISBN 0-937175-59-5, $27.95
|
||
1st Edition November 1990
|
||
|
||
For people who create and modify text files, sed and awk are power
|
||
tools for editing. Most of the things that you can do with these
|
||
programs can be done interactively with a text editor. However, using
|
||
sed and awk can save many hours of repetitive work in achieving the
|
||
same result.
|
||
|
||
|
||
System Performance Tuning
|
||
By Mike Loukides
|
||
336 pages, ISBN 0-937175-60-9, $24.95
|
||
1st Edition November 1990
|
||
|
||
System Performance Tuning answers the fundamental question: How can I
|
||
get my computer to do more work without buying more hardware? Some
|
||
performance problems do require you to buy a bigger or faster computer,
|
||
but many can be solved simply by making better use of the resources you
|
||
already have.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Typesetting Tables on the UNIX System
|
||
By Henry McGilton & Mary McNabb
|
||
280 pages, ISBN 0-9626289-0-5, $24.95
|
||
|
||
For those UNIX users who depend on troff, the definitive guide to tbl.
|
||
If you're a novice UNIX user, this book is the best way to learn tbl.
|
||
If you're an expert, the book will pay for itself the first time you want
|
||
to show off.
|
||
|
||
|
||
termcap & terminfo
|
||
By John Strang, Linda Mui, & Tim O'Reilly
|
||
270 pages, ISBN 0-937175-22-6, $21.95
|
||
3rd Edition April 1988
|
||
|
||
For UNIX system administrators and programmers. This handbook provides
|
||
information on writing and debugging terminal descriptions, as well as
|
||
terminal initialization, for the two UNIX terminal databases.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Using UUCP and Usenet
|
||
By Grace Todino & Dale Dougherty
|
||
210 pages, ISBN 0-937175-10-2, $21.95
|
||
1st Edition February 1986
|
||
|
||
Shows users how to communicate with both UNIX and non-UNIX systems
|
||
using UUCP and cu or tip, and how to read news and post articles.
|
||
This handbook assumes that UUCP is already running at your site.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Learning the vi Editor
|
||
By Linda Lamb
|
||
192 pages, ISBN 0-937175-67-6, $21.95
|
||
5th Edition October 1990
|
||
|
||
Complete guide to text editing with vi, the editor available on nearly
|
||
every UNIX system. Early chapters cover the basics; later chapters explain
|
||
more advanced editing tools, such as ex commands and global search and
|
||
replacement.
|
||
|
||
|
||
The Z-Mail Handbook: 3 Interfaces for E-mail
|
||
By Hanna Nelson
|
||
462 pages, ISBN 0-937175-76-5, $29.95
|
||
1st Edition October 1991
|
||
|
||
Z-Mail is a superset of the widely-used public-domain program, Mush.
|
||
Z-Mail runs on UNIX terminals or on graphic workstations running the
|
||
X Window System, and even supports multimedia attachments (so you can
|
||
mail anything that you can store on disk). This is the complete guide
|
||
to this powerful mail program. Also covers Mush.
|
||
|
||
==========
|
||
|
||
The Pick Series
|
||
|
||
If you've ever wanted more out of Pick documentation--understanding a
|
||
passage at first reading; speedily looking up an option; finding
|
||
complete coverage of a topic; having a guide you can give to a first-
|
||
time user--the Pick Series is for you. It's complete, accessible,
|
||
authoritative, and it even looks good.
|
||
|
||
The Pick Series is a complete Pick documentation set, based on a
|
||
mainstream implementation of the Pick operating system (R83) with notes
|
||
on SMA standards and other implementations.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
Pick ACCESS: A Guide to the SMA/RETRIEVAL Language
|
||
By Walter Gallant
|
||
368 pages, ISBN 0-937175-41-2, $29.95
|
||
1st Edition November 1989
|
||
|
||
Pick ACCESS introduces ACCESS concepts, documents all commands, features,
|
||
and functions, and includes a thorough description of correlatives and
|
||
conversions.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Pick BASIC: A Reference Guide
|
||
By Linda Mui
|
||
338 pages, ISBN 0-937175-42-0, $39.95
|
||
1st Edition March 1990
|
||
|
||
Pick BASIC is complete documentation for applications programmers. The large
|
||
reference section covers all Pick BASIC functions and statements.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Pick MASTER DICTIONARY: A Reference Guide to User Accounts
|
||
By Walter Gallant
|
||
576 pages, ISBN 0-937175-44-7, $39.95
|
||
1st Edition March 1990
|
||
|
||
A complete command reference guide for all TCL and Editor commands available
|
||
in user accounts. Pick MASTER DICTIONARY includes more information than any
|
||
other reference volume currently available. Commands and options for major
|
||
Pick implementations such as ADDS Mentor, Ultimate, General Automation, PICK
|
||
Systems R83, and REALITY are included.
|
||
|
||
|
||
A Guide to the Pick System
|
||
By Dale Dougherty
|
||
330 pages, ISBN 0-937175-43-9, $34.95
|
||
1st Edition January 1990
|
||
|
||
This book is designed for the applications programmer or other experienced
|
||
user who wants to know how Pick structures database files and how to set up
|
||
databases.
|
||
|
||
===============
|
||
|
||
US and Canada: To order these books contact O'Reilly & Associates at
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To send a FAX: +1 707-829-0104.
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Email questions to nuts@ora.com or uunet!ora!nuts.
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|
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--
|
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|
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|
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