From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 30 7:57:33 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtpd.ha-net.ptd.net (smtpd.ha-net.ptd.net [207.44.96.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EC31037B67D for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 07:57:15 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 17729 invoked from network); 30 Jan 2001 15:57:47 -0000 Received: from mail1.ha-net.ptd.net (HELO mail.ptd.net) ([207.44.96.65]) (envelope-sender ) by smtpd.ha-net.ptd.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 30 Jan 2001 15:57:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 12337 invoked from network); 30 Jan 2001 15:57:16 -0000 Received: from du128064.mtz.ptd.net (HELO envy.geekhouse.net) ([204.186.128.64]) (envelope-sender ) by mail.ptd.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 30 Jan 2001 15:57:16 -0000 Received: (from jim@localhost) by envy.geekhouse.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f0UFuwA31077; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 10:56:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jim) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 10:56:57 -0500 From: Jim Mock To: Shill Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Paper version of the handbook Message-ID: <20010130105657.A27733@envy.geekhouse.net> Reply-To: jim@geekhouse.net References: <3A76231B.C0564DF1@verizon.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.14i In-Reply-To: <3A76231B.C0564DF1@verizon.net>; from fake@verizon.net on Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 06:12:44PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 at 18:12:44 -0800, Shill wrote: > I have the paper version of the handbook sold by Walnut Creek: > http://www.cdrom.com/titles/freebsd/bsdhandbkx.phtml > > However, my version was published in February 1999 and is now > somewhat dated. It is 489 pages long compared to the latest (online) > version's 787. It wasn't. It was published in April of last year. I'm not sure why it it still has Feb 1999 in the front. The reason it's 489 pages long is because quite a bit was cut out of the printed version. > I want a paper copy of the latest version. I went to kinko's and > they quoted me a price of $60 to print it! I would have thought it > was much cheaper to print 787 pages (394 sheets recto verso). I was > thinking around 7 cents a sheet so my estimate was in the $30 price > range. > > Has anyone ever paid to print the handbook? Can I get a better price > than $60? Where? Get yourself a printer and some paper :-) - jim -- jim mock work: jim@osd.bsdi.com | jim@FreeBSD.org http://soupnazi.org/ BSDi Open Source Div | http://bsdi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message