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- From: jrkdmd@dmdscs.com (Joe Krulewicz)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
- Subject: Re: Is Windows NT worth the trouble?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.211129.58@dmdscs.com>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 01:11:29 GMT
- References: <1992Nov14.162124.26309@utkux1.utk.edu> <1992Nov16.142635.19937@mksol.dseg.ti.com> <1992Nov16.182353.24149@sequent.com>
- Organization: DMDS Consulting Services, Branchburg, NJ
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- In article <1992Nov16.182353.24149@sequent.com>, iceman@sequent.com (Ian Evans) writes:
- > In article <1992Nov16.142635.19937@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
- >>In <1992Nov14.162124.26309@utkux1.utk.edu> harp@martha.utcc.utk.edu (harp) writes:
- >>
- >>NT may someday be worth the cost of updating your machine, but right
- >>now I would say not. Of course, that doesn't mean you shouldn't buy
- >>the CD anyway, since it is pretty cheap. Of course, you'll also need
- >>a CD drive if you intend to load it.
- >>
- >>you get free at the end of the Beta program) will also be a CD version
- >>(no documentation, except online), won't ship until mid-93 or so, and
- >>may be missing some of the functionality people are expecting it to
- >>have. I guess we'll see.
- >
- > The beta version that is shipping contains BOTH 3.5" diskettes AND
- > a CD ROM. There is NO documnentation on the CD ROM. The only docs
- > that come with it are a system guide and release notes.
- >
- > The final version is 'supposed' to have hard copy docs with it.
- > Of course that can change in a heartbeat :-)
- >
- > --
- > Ian C. Evans Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
- > Senior Systems Administrator 15450 S.W. Koll Parkway
- > Architecture & Technology MS=RHE1-895
- > iceman@sequent.com Beaverton, OR 97006-6063
-
- I don't know what copy of the CD rom YOU have ... but MINE has FULL
- Documention on the CDROM in BOTH WRITE and PS formats. For the 69$
- you are NOT entitled too the Hardcopy DOCS AT ALL. -- thats an extra
- $250 or so.
-
- jrkdmd@dmdscs.com
-