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- This file contains the latest news and status of the entire NeXTanswers
- project. It is updated regularly.
-
- --Dan Grillo
-
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- Underlying Document System
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-
- The Documents directory is filled with NSFIP config info,
- NEXTSTEP in Focus issues, Questions and Answers, supported
- hardware listings, drivers, and software tools. Engineering,
- Software Quality, Pubs, CST, DST, FRONTLINE, and Marketing are
- contributing.
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- 10/18 NeXTanswers now contains a list of shipping third party products.
- Look in General_NeXT_Information/Third_Party_Products.
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- 11/15 The 3.2 Hardware Compatibility Guide is here, in PostScript.
- Request document #1002. An ASCII copy will follow.
-
- 11/18 The 3.2 Plain Text Hardware Compatibility Guide is here.
- Request document "1157 ASCII"
-
- 01/31 NXApp is here! The first issue of NeXT's new developer journal
- is in the NXApp subdirectory, complete with examples and source code.
-
- E-mail system (nextanswers@next.com)
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-
- The e-mail system is up and running. Send suggestions for
- improvements to nextanswers-request@next.com.
-
- There are 3 new NA email commands: "index by date", "search", and
- "split". Ask for the help file for more information.
-
- A new command "tag <some-string>" has been added. Any mail sent
- by NeXTanswers in reply to your tagged request will contain
- <some-string>.
-
- Another new command has been added -- "reply-to <your email
- address>" Use this when your email headers get mangled.
-
- 02/24 Email searches don't work anymore. We are working on the problem.
- 02/25 Fixed.
-
-
- Fax-Back System (415 780-3990)
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-
- Please report any problems with the fax-back system to
- nextanswers-request@next.com or call 1-800-848-NEXT and tell
- Tech Support. Leave your voice number, your fax number,
- and the documents you tried to request.
-
- You can use the fax system within the U.S. only.
-
- Anonymous FTP (ftp.next.com)
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-
- Anonymous FTP is up and running on ftp.next.com.
- You can FTP all the documents in NeXTanswers.
-
- Thanks to suggestions from Internet users, the ByNumber directory
- has been added to ftp! Once you know the number of the document
- you want, just ftp to ftp.next.com, change directories to
- pub/NeXTanswers/ByNumber, and fetch NUMBER.compressed.
-
- You can now ftp all of NeXTanswers at once. Get the file
- pub/NeXTanswers/NA.compressed.
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- Bulletin Board System (nextbbs, no phone number yet)
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-
- A BBS system for downloading NeXTanswers data is planned for
- the near term. Like FTP, it will offer direct access to the
- AsciiDocuments and the CompressedDocuments trees. It will
- support X, Y, and Z modem.
-