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This file contains the latest news and status of the entire NeXTanswers
project. It is updated regularly.
--Dan Grillo
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.
10/18 NeXTanswers now contains a list of shipping third party products.
Look in General_NeXT_Information/Third_Party_Products.
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.
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.