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                      2:        The prices on the order form below EXPIRE on 30 June 1992
                      3: 
                      4:           GNU Emacs availability information, January 1992
                      5: Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
                      6: 
                      7:        Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute
                      8:        verbatim copies of this document provided that the
                      9:        copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved.
                     10: 
                     11: GNU Emacs is legally owned by the Free Software Foundation, but we
                     12: regard the foundation actually as its custodian on behalf of the
                     13: public, since all software ought to be the common property of mankind.
                     14: 
                     15: The foundation permits everyone to have and run copies of GNU Emacs,
                     16: at no charge, and to redistribute copies under certain conditions
                     17: which are designed to make sure that that all modified versions of GNU
                     18: Emacs remain as free as the versions we distribute.  These conditions
                     19: are stated in the document "GNU Emacs General Public License," a copy
                     20: of which is required to be distributed with every copy of GNU Emacs.
                     21: It is usually in a file named COPYING in the same directory as this
                     22: file.
                     23: 
                     24: If you do not know anyone to get a copy of GNU Emacs from, you can
                     25: order a tape from the Free Software Foundation.         We distribute Emacs
                     26: version 18 on mag tape in different formats for many machines. We also
                     27: distribute nicely typeset copies of the Emacs user manual, Emacs Lisp
                     28: Reference Manual, the Emacs reference card, etc.  See the order form at
                     29: the end of this file.
                     30: 
                     31: If you have Internet access, you can copy the latest Emacs
                     32: distribution from host prep.ai.mit.edu.         There are several ways to do
                     33: this; see the file `FTP' in the same directory as this file for more
                     34: information.  Even better, get the latest version of the file from
                     35: `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/FTP' on prep.ai.mit.edu for the most current
                     36: arrangements.  It may also be possible to copy Emacs via uucp; the
                     37: file `FTP' contains information on that too.
                     38: 
                     39: Emacs has been run on both Berkeley Unix and System V Unix, on a
                     40: variety of types of cpu.  It also works on VMS and on Apollo
                     41: computers, though with some deficiencies that reflect problems in
                     42: these operating systems.  See the file MACHINES in this directory for
                     43: a full list of machines that GNU Emacs has been tested on, with
                     44: machine-specific installation notes and warnings.
                     45: 
                     46: Note that there is significant variation between Unix systems
                     47: supposedly running the same version of Unix; it is possible that what
                     48: works in GNU Emacs for me does not work on your system due to such an
                     49: incompatibility.  Since I must avoid reading Unix source code, I
                     50: cannot even guess what such problems may exist.
                     51: 
                     52: GNU Emacs is distributed with no warranty (see the General Public
                     53: License for full details, in the file COPYING in this directory), and
                     54: neither I nor the Free Software Foundation promises any kind of
                     55: support or assistance to users.         The foundation keeps a list of people
                     56: who are willing to offer support and assistance for hire.  It is
                     57: usually in a file named SERVICE in the same directory as this file.
                     58: You get the latest version of the file from `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/SERVICE' on
                     59: prep.ai.mit.edu.
                     60: 
                     61: However, we plan to continue to improve GNU Emacs and keep it
                     62: reliable, so please send me any complaints and suggestions you have.
                     63: I will probably fix anything that I consider a malfunction.  I may
                     64: make improvements that are suggested, but I may choose not to.
                     65: Improving Emacs is not my highest priority now.
                     66: 
                     67: If you are on the Internet, report bugs to
                     68: [email protected]; on UUCP, use the address
                     69: ...!uunet!prep.ai.mit.edu!bug-gnu-emacs.  Otherwise, phone the
                     70: foundation at the number listed below, or write to the address listed
                     71: below. General questions about the GNU Project can be asked of
                     72: [email protected].
                     73: 
                     74: If you are a computer manufacturer, I encourage you to ship a copy of
                     75: GNU Emacs with every computer you deliver.  The same copying
                     76: permission terms apply to computer manufacturers as to everyone else.
                     77: You should consider making a donation to help support the GNU project;
                     78: if you estimate what it would cost to distribute some commercial
                     79: product and divide it by five, that is a good amount.
                     80: 
                     81: If you like GNU Emacs, please express your satisfaction with a
                     82: donation: send me or the Foundation what you feel Emacs has been worth
                     83: to you.         If you are glad that I developed GNU Emacs and distribute it
                     84: as freeware, rather than following the obstructive and antisocial
                     85: practices typical of software developers, reward me.  If you would
                     86: like the Foundation to develop more free software, contribute.
                     87: 
                     88: Your donations will help to support the development of more useful
                     89: software to be distributed on the same basis as GNU Emacs.  Eventually
                     90: we will have a complete imitation of the Unix operating system, called
                     91: GNU (Gnu's Not Unix), which will run Unix user programs.  For more
                     92: information on GNU, see the file GNU in this directory.
                     93: 
                     94:                        Richard M Stallman
                     95:                        Chief GNUisance,
                     96:                        President of the Free Software Foundation
                     97: 
                     98:                 Free Software Foundation Order Form
                     99: 
                    100:        This order form is effective 1 January 1992 - 30 June 1992
                    101: 
                    102: Prices and contents may change without notice.
                    103: 
                    104: Please allow six weeks for delivery (though it won't usually take that long).
                    105: 
                    106: All software and publications are distributed with permission to copy and to
                    107: redistribute.
                    108: 
                    109: Texinfo source for each manual is on the appropriate tape.  The prices for
                    110: tapes do not include printed manuals.
                    111: 
                    112: All software and documentation from the Free Software Foundation is provided
                    113: on an "as is" basis, with no warranty of any kind.
                    114: 
                    115: Contents of Tapes:
                    116: 
                    117: GNU Emacs Tape
                    118: 
                    119: The tape includes source code for:
                    120: * GNU Emacs (the extensible, customizable, self-documenting, real-time display
                    121:   editor)
                    122: * The GNU Emacs Manual, as Texinfo source
                    123: * The GNU Termcap Manual, as Texinfo source (the GNU termcap library is
                    124:   included with GNU Emacs)
                    125: * The GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, as Texinfo source
                    126: * Calc (the extensible, advanced desk calculator and mathematical tool that
                    127:   runs as part of GNU Emacs)
                    128: * The Calc Manual, as Texinfo source
                    129: * MIT Scheme (a dialect of Lisp)
                    130: * T (Yale's implementation of Scheme)
                    131: * Texinfo (beta-test of an enhanced Texinfo.  Texinfo is GNU's structured
                    132:   documentation system, included with GNU Emacs.  Texinfo is used to produce
                    133:   both on-line and printed documents.)
                    134: * The Texinfo Manual, as Texinfo source
                    135: * texi2roff (for printing Texinfo source with [nt]roff)
                    136: * Data Compression Software (to uncompress source on the tape)
                    137: 
                    138: GNU Languages Tape
                    139: 
                    140: The tape includes source code for:
                    141: * GCC 1 (the GNU C Compiler, including COFF support)
                    142: * The GCC Manual, as Texinfo source (not yet on our order form)
                    143: * G++ (the C++ front end to GCC)
                    144: * The GNU G++ Users Guide, as Texinfo source (not yet published on paper)
                    145: * libg++ (the G++ class library)
                    146: * NIH Class Library (formerly known as OOPS)
                    147: * Gas (the GNU Assembler)
                    148: * GNU binary file utilities (ar, gprof, ld, nm, size, strip, & ranlib)
                    149: * dld (a dynamic linker)
                    150: * COFF support for GNU software tools
                    151: * Flex (Vern Paxson's fast rewrite of lex)
                    152: * Bison (a free, compatible replacement for yacc)
                    153: * The Bison Manual, as Texinfo source
                    154: * GDB 3.5 (The GNU source-level C debugger)
                    155: * The GDB Manual, as Texinfo source
                    156: * GNU make
                    157: * The GNU Make Manual, as Texinfo source
                    158: * GNU indent
                    159: * Gawk (the GNU implementation of the AWK programming language)
                    160: * The Gawk Manual, as Texinfo source
                    161: * GNU Smalltalk (the GNU implementation of this programming language system)
                    162: * Perl (a programming language interpreter)
                    163: * gperf (a perfect hash-table generator)
                    164: * ae (works with GCC to produce more complete profiling information)
                    165: * f2c  (a FORTRAN to C translator)
                    166: * gdbm library (GNU implementation of the standard dbm & ndbm libraries)
                    167: * texi2roff (for printing Texinfo source with [nt]roff)
                    168: * Data Compression Software (to uncompress source on the tape)
                    169: 
                    170: GNU Experimental Tape
                    171: 
                    172: This tape will not be ready until March 1992.  The tape's source code
                    173: will include:
                    174: * GCC 2 (the GNU C/C++/Objective-C Compiler with many new features)
                    175: * GDB 4 (The GNU source-level C debugger)
                    176: * BFD ((Binary File Descriptor Library)
                    177: * GNU C Library (POSIX.1 compliant, upward compatible with 4.3 BSD & System V)
                    178: * GNU Graphics (graph, plot, plot2ps, et al.)
                    179: 
                    180: GNU Utilities Tape
                    181: 
                    182: The tape includes source code for:
                    183: * Bash (GNU's Bourne Again SHell)
                    184: * Groff (GNU troff & pic, eqn, tbl, refer; -man, -ms, -mm macros; & drivers)
                    185: * GNU tar & cpio
                    186: * GNU diff, grep, egrep, fgrep
                    187: * patch
                    188: * RCS (Revision Control System)
                    189: * CVS (Concurrent Version System)
                    190: * GNU fileutils (chgrp, chmod, chown, cp, dd, df, du, install, ln, ls, mkdir,
                    191:   mkfifo, mknod, mv, mvdir, rm, rmdir, & touch)
                    192: * GNU shellutils (basename, date, dirname, env, expr, groups, id, logname,
                    193:   nice, nohup, pathchk, printenv, printf, sleep, stty, tee, test, tty, uname,
                    194:   whoami, & yes)
                    195: * GNU textutils (cat, cmp, comm, csplit, cut, expand, fold, head, join, paste,
                    196:   pr, sort, split, sum, tac, tail, unexpand, uniq, & wc)
                    197: * Ghostscript (a Postscript interpreter)
                    198: * Gnuplot (an interactive mathematical plotting program)
                    199: * GNU m4, sed, & find
                    200: * elvis (a clone of the vi/ex Unix editor)
                    201: * screen (a terminal multiplexor that allows you to handle several independent
                    202:   ``screens'' (ttys) on a single physical terminal)
                    203: * GNU time & tput
                    204: * ms (MandelSpawn, a parallel Mandelbrot program for the X window system)
                    205: * GNU Chess (a chess playing program with an interface to X)
                    206: * Nethack (a rogue-like game)
                    207: * GNU GO (the GNU implementation of the game of GO)
                    208: * the freed files from the 4.3BSD-Tahoe distribution
                    209: * GNU make
                    210: * The GNU Make Manual, as Texinfo source
                    211: * texi2roff (for printing Texinfo source with [nt]roff)
                    212: * Data Compression Software (to uncompress source on the tape)
                    213: 
                    214: X11R5 Required Tape
                    215: 
                    216: This tape has source code for the required MIT X Window System X11R5,
                    217: including core software and documentation, and contributed client software.
                    218: 
                    219: X11R5 Optional Tape
                    220: 
                    221: This tape has source code for the optional MIT X Window System X11R5,
                    222: including contributed software, libraries, games, Andrew and toolkits.
                    223: 
                    224: Quantity  Price         Item
                    225: 
                    226: 
                    227: For Unix systems, on 1600 bpi reel-to-reel 9-track 1/2" tape in Unix tar format
                    228: (tape contents described above):
                    229: 
                    230: ________ $200  GNU Emacs Tape
                    231: 
                    232: ________ $200  GNU Languages Tape
                    233: 
                    234: ________ $200  GNU Experimental Tape (not ready until March 1992)
                    235: 
                    236: ________ $200  GNU Utilities Tape
                    237: 
                    238: ________ $200  X11R5 Required Tape
                    239: 
                    240: ________ $200  X11R5 Optional Tape
                    241: 
                    242: 
                    243: For Suns and some other Unix Systems, on QIC-24 DC300XLP 1/4 inch
                    244: cartridge tape, Unix tar format (tape contents described above):
                    245: 
                    246: ________ $210  GNU Emacs Tape
                    247: 
                    248: ________ $210  GNU Languages Tape
                    249: 
                    250: ________ $210  GNU Experimental Tape (not ready until March 1992)
                    251: 
                    252: ________ $210  GNU Utilities Tape
                    253: 
                    254: ________ $210  X11R5 Required Tape
                    255: 
                    256: ________ $210  X11R5 Optional Tape
                    257: 
                    258: 
                    259: For HP Systems, on 16-track DC600HC 1/4 inch cartridge tape, Unix tar format
                    260: (tape contents described above):
                    261: 
                    262: ________ $230  GNU Emacs Tape
                    263: 
                    264: ________ $230  GNU Languages Tape
                    265: 
                    266: ________ $230  GNU Experimental Tape (not ready until March 1992)
                    267: 
                    268: ________ $230  GNU Utilities Tape
                    269: 
                    270: ________ $230  X11R5 Required Tape
                    271: 
                    272: ________ $230  X11R5 Optional Tape
                    273: 
                    274: 
                    275: For IBM RS/6000 Systems, on DC600A 1/4 inch cartridge tape Unix tar format
                    276: (tape contents described above) (the GNU Languages Tape is not yet available
                    277: for the RS/6000):
                    278: 
                    279: ________ $215  GNU Emacs Tape, plus executable files of Emacs
                    280: 
                    281: ________ $215  GNU Experimental Tape (not ready until March 1992)
                    282: 
                    283: ________ $215  GNU Utilities Tape
                    284: 
                    285: ________ $215  X11R5 Required Tape
                    286: 
                    287: ________ $215  X11R5 Optional Tape
                    288: 
                    289: 
                    290: For VMS systems, on 1600 bpi reel-to-reel 9-track 1/2" tape in VMS BACKUP (aka
                    291: interchange format):
                    292: 
                    293: ________ $195  GNU Emacs source code and binaries.  None of the other
                    294:                software on the GNU Emacs Tape, described above, is included.
                    295: 
                    296: ________ $195  GNU C compiler source code and binaries.  Includes Bison and
                    297:                GAS.  None of the other software on the GNU Languages Tape,
                    298:                described above, is included.
                    299: 
                    300: 
                    301: The following manuals are all bound to lie open, flat on a table:
                    302: 
                    303: ________  $20  GNU Emacs manual, unit price for 1 to 5 copies.
                    304:                ~280 pages with a reference card, phototypeset and
                    305:                offset printed.
                    306: 
                    307: ________  $13  GNU Emacs manuals, unit price for 6 or more.
                    308: 
                    309: ________  $50  A single GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, ~550 pages,
                    310:                offset printed, spiral bound.
                    311: 
                    312: ________ $200  A box of 5 GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manuals.
                    313: 
                    314: ________  $50  Calc Manual, ~590 pages.  Calc is an extensible, advanced desk
                    315:                calculator and mathematical tool that runs under GNU Emacs.
                    316: 
                    317: ________  $15  GDB Manual, ~170 pages, with a reference card.
                    318: 
                    319: ________  $15  Texinfo Manual, ~220 pages.  Texinfo is GNU's structured
                    320:                documentation system, included with GNU Emacs.  Texinfo is
                    321:                used to produce both on-line and printed documents.  This
                    322:                manual describes how to write Texinfo documents.
                    323: 
                    324: ________  $10  Termcap Manual, ~60 pages.  Documents the termcap library and
                    325:                GNU's extensions to it.  The GNU termcap library is included
                    326:                with GNU Emacs.
                    327: 
                    328: ________  $10  Bison Manual, ~100 pages.
                    329: 
                    330: ________  $15  Gawk Manual, ~200 pages.
                    331: 
                    332: ________  $15  Make Manual, ~120 pages.
                    333: 
                    334: 
                    335: The following reference cards:
                    336: 
                    337: ________   $1  One GNU Emacs reference card, without the manual.
                    338: 
                    339: ________   $5  Packet of ten GNU Emacs reference cards.
                    340: 
                    341: ________   $1  One GDB reference card, without the manual.
                    342: 
                    343: ________   $5  Packet of ten GDB reference cards.
                    344: 
                    345: 
                    346: ________  Subtotal
                    347: --------
                    348: 
                    349: ________       In Massachusetts: add 5% sales tax, or give tax exempt number.
                    350: 
                    351: We pay for shipping via UPS ground transportation in the contiguous 48 states
                    352: and Canada.
                    353: 
                    354: ________   In Alaska, Hawaii, or Puerto Rico, for shipping:
                    355:                - For Emacs Lisp Reference and Emacs Calc manuals, add $5 each,
                    356:                  or $20 per box.  For all other items, add $5 base charge,
                    357:                  then $1 per item except reference cards.
                    358: 
                    359:           If outside of U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico, for shipping costs:
                    360:                - for tapes or unboxed manuals, please add $15 base
                    361:                  charge, and then add $15 more for each tape or unboxed
                    362:                  manual (not reference cards) in the order:
                    363: ________         Shipping cost for tapes and unboxed manuals = $15 + $15 * n;
                    364:                - for each box of Emacs Lisp Reference manuals,
                    365: ________         please add $70.
                    366: 
                    367: ________   Optional tax deductible donation.
                    368: 
                    369: 
                    370: ________   Total paid
                    371: --------
                    372: 
                    373: Orders are filled upon receipt of check or money order.         We do not have the
                    374: staff to handle the billing of unpaid orders.  Please help keep our lives
                    375: simple by including your payment with your order.
                    376: 
                    377: Please make checks payable to: "Free Software Foundation".
                    378: 
                    379: Please mail orders to:
                    380: 
                    381:        Free Software Foundation, Inc.
                    382:        675 Massachusetts Avenue
                    383:        Cambridge, MA  02139
                    384:        USA
                    385: 
                    386:        +1 617-876-3296
                    387: 
                    388: 
                    389: This Order Form is EFFECTIVE 1 January 1992 - 30 June 1992
                    390: 
                    391: 
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                    421: responsible for paying all duties, tariffs, and taxes. If you refuse
                    422: to pay the charges, the shipper will return or abandon your order.
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