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- From: HART@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU ("Michael S. Hart")
- Subject: CIA World Factbook for Free
- Message-ID: <CDROM-L%92072711104080@UCCVMA.UCOP.EDU>
- Sender: CD-ROM <CDROM-L@uccvma.ucop.edu>
- Reply-To: "Michael S. Hart" <HART@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU>
- Organization: FUNET-NGW
- Distribution: alt
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 18:07:55 GMT
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- I have been reluctant to post a note to this entire listserver but. . .
- the following should get some of you a free copy of the CIA Factbook.
- This reply up to date as of July 1, 1992
- This message contains information for BOTH email and FTP users.
- ******* REPLY *******
- In response to your request for more information about Project Gutenberg:
- I would suggest the following:
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- One. . .please send a small donation to:
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- Project Gutenberg
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- [if these suggestions do not work well for you, please ask again]
- [Try Bulletin Board System, The Bitter Butter Better BBS, (503)-620-0307]
- [if you are not an internet site, you will either have to find one to use
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- dir [to see files]
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- get or mget [to get files. . .set bin for zip files]
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