Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU!jim From: jim@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Jim Fulton) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: X availability Message-ID: <8809232112.AA17431@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU> Date: 23 Sep 88 21:12:31 GMT References: <429@metasoft.UUCP> Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Organization: X Consortium, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science Lines: 34 > is there a source server like 'csnet' or 'rice' from whence i could > request sources and fixes for X? There are several places to get things for X. Sources are available for ftp access from gatekeeper.dec.com, uunet.uu.net, and expo.lcs.mit.edu (among others). UUNET and others provide phone line access. Fixes are available for ftp from expo.lcs.mit.edu or through email from the xstuff archive server on expo. To use it, send a message as follows: % mail xstuff@expo.lcs.mit.edu Subject: help path path-back-to-you-if-you-suspect-that-the-normal-reply-wont-work ^D This will give you instructions on how to use the server. To get a list of fixes that are available, do % mail xstuff@expo.lcs.mit.edu Subject: index fixes path path-back-to-you-if-you-suspect-that-the-normal-reply-wont-work ^D > is there any more accurate target date for release of R3? More accurate than what? I'm sure that everyone is sick of hearing "Octoberish" (I'm certainly am), but that is the answer. There probably won't be a more specific date given until the actual release announcement is sent out. Jim Fulton MIT X Consortium