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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Feb 2.1 beta availability???
- Keywords: os/2, 2.1, beta,february
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.222856.20952@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 22:28:56 GMT
- References: <1k19ofINN2jc@crcnis1.unl.edu>
- Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
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- In article <1k19ofINN2jc@crcnis1.unl.edu> pickrell@hoss.unl.edu (Andrew Pickrell) writes:
- >I am interested in how the second beta will be distributed. I purchased
- >the first on cd and would be interested in an incrimental update like
- >the service pack. Since there are no real patches to speak of, wouldn't
- >an incrimental update be only a couple of disks? Maybe even do it with
- >patches to files and make it really small.
- >This would save the hobbes from buckiling under another 40 meg download
- >party.
-
- It is being called Version 2.1, which indicates a new set of fresh
- diskettes (or CD-ROM, if you prefer). You get a brand new shrinkwrap
- package -- including a new manual, by the way.
-
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