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1.1     ! root        1: We are pleased to announce version 1.3 of the GNU distribution of the
        !             2: Mach kernel.  It may be found in the file (about 3.6 MB compressed)
        !             3: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnumach/gnumach-1.3.tar.gz;
        !             4: unidiffs from version 1.2 (about 310 KB compressed) are in
        !             5: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnumach/gnumach-1.2-1.3.diff.gz.
        !             6: 
        !             7: This distribution is only for x86 PC machines.
        !             8: Volunteers interested in ports to other architectures are eagerly sought.
        !             9: 
        !            10: We are no longer actively developing version 1.x of GNU Mach.  We plan to
        !            11: make only necessary bug fixes or trivial enhancements in the 1.x line,
        !            12: and make further 1.x releases only as necessary for those purposes.
        !            13: New development efforts have been underway for some time on a new version
        !            14: of GNU Mach using the OSKit from the University of Utah for hardware
        !            15: support.  Those efforts previously called OSKit-Mach are now working
        !            16: towards the future version 2.0 of GNU Mach.
        !            17: 
        !            18: Aside from bug fixes, major changes from 1.2 (from the NEWS file) are:
        !            19: 
        !            20: The kernel now directly supports "boot scripts" in the form of multiboot
        !            21: module names with the same syntax as the Hurd's `serverboot' program.
        !            22: That is, instead of telling GRUB "module /boot/serverboot", you can give
        !            23: GRUB a series of command like "module /hurd/ext2fs ${...}" where the
        !            24: syntax after "module" is the same as in boot scripts for Hurd's `serverboot'.
        !            25: 
        !            26: The kernel message device `kmsg' is now enabled by default.
        !            27: --disable-kmsg turns it off.
        !            28: 
        !            29: Large disks (>= 10GB) are now correctly supported, the new get_status
        !            30: call DEV_GET_RECORDS can return the number of records of a device.
        !            31: 
        !            32: Lots of tweaks have been done to the virtual memory management to make
        !            33: it perform better on today's machines.
        !            34: 
        !            35: The console supports ANSI escape sequences for colors and attributes.
        !            36: 
        !            37: Support for the terminal speeds B57600 and B115200 has been added.
        !            38: 
        !            39: 
        !            40: Bug reports relating to this distribution should be sent to
        !            41: [email protected].  Requests for assistance should be made on
        !            42: [email protected].
        !            43: 
        !            44: The md5sum checksums for this distribution are:
        !            45: 
        !            46: 61e90803889b079a380e30056b21d076  gnumach-1.3.tar.gz
        !            47: 56ca6aa9040c4d4c4ef7a9757bb0509c  gnumach-1.2-1.3.diff.gz

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