It would also be nice to put up a statement on the www.netbsd.org
	site to that DEC for their permission to duplicate the docs, and
	in making them available in the first place. Can someone
	(Bernhard? :) find out if DEC has any particularly contact and or
	URL they would like listed in such an entry....


		David/absolute

On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Bernhard H. Buckel wrote:

> 
> 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
> 
> -- 
> "You, sir, are drunk."
> 	--Woman
> "Yes. But you, madam, are ugly, and I shall be sober in the morning."
> 	--Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
>