Subject: Re: Documentation from DEC
To: NetBSD Bob <nbsdbob@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
From: Bernhard H. Buckel <buckel@wmad95.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de>
List: port-pmax
Date: 10/26/1999 09:15:46
Dear list,

>>>>> "Bob" == NetBSD Bob <nbsdbob@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> writes:

    >> Dear list,
    >> 
    >> I sent the list of wanted documantation Toru compiled to
    >> Jeffrey Mogul at Compaq. Let's see how this evolves and knock
    >> on wood!
    >> 
    >> Cheers, Bernhard

    Bob> One thought, along the basic premise of preserving the older
    Bob> dying docs, for history and the hobbyist/educational
    Bob> crowd....

Which reminds me that clarifying the status of the docs already
floating around on the NetBSD sites might also be an issue. But one
thing at a time...

    Bob> What formats are available for use?  I would think pdf or ps
    Bob> output would be good, but on some of the older docs, I have
    Bob> no idea of what is the standard DEC inhouse publishing
    Bob> format.  I would assume they could provide us a pdf or ps
    Bob> output of some sort.  pdf would probably be the best, or most
    Bob> versatile, but ps would be fine, too.

Usually it's PS, sometimes in a strange manner - I've seen Ghostscript
sometimes throwing up on the larger ones. This usually means that the
documents arent 100% conforming the standards. 

    Bob> But, thanks for your efforts Bernhard, and likewise, kudos to

Uhmmm - too much honor done to me. Since I'm a lousy programmer and my
knowledge ist mainly on PASCAL and FORTRAN this is the best I can
do. Kudos should go to Toru-san since I (mainly) only forwarded his
compiled list.

    Bob> the folks at DEC, for whatever assistance they may be able to
    Bob> provide.

Yup. Hopefully we can remember of DEC in a positive manner the next
time we're asked by our bosses what hardware should be obtained...

			       Bernhard

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