From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 10 21:30:31 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id VAA06041 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 10 Aug 1995 21:30:31 -0700 Received: from penzance.econ.yale.edu (penzance.econ.yale.edu [130.132.32.100]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with SMTP id VAA05951 for ; Thu, 10 Aug 1995 21:30:15 -0700 Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 00:32:19 -0400 (EDT) From: -Vince- To: Chuck Robey cc: "Daniel M. Eischen" , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some questions In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 10 Aug 1995, Chuck Robey wrote: > On Thu, 10 Aug 1995, -Vince- wrote: > > > On Wed, 9 Aug 1995, Daniel M. Eischen wrote: > > > > > >> Hmmm, okay. Just curious but what was your price on the DNS and > > > >> Bind book? > > > > > > > >I don't remember, it's been at least 9 months since I bought it, I don't > > > >keep the receipts. The Readme.Doc folk's receipts show the list price > > > >and the price after their discount, and it seemed like real numbers, > > > >compared to what I used to pay bookstores before I found out about > > > >Readme.Doc. I post this info about twice a year, because I think I'm > > > >doing folks (who probably don't have much more money than I) a favor. > > > >I spend FAR too much of my money on books. > > > > > > The ReadMe.Doc catalog on floppy lists the DNS and Bind book at $24.00. > > > I'm not sure whether the catalog includes the standard 20-25% discount > > > or not. I remember seeing you message about ReadMe.Doc, Chuck, and I've > > > purchased a few books from them since. It is definitely a good deal since > > > I don't find any discounts on technical books; they're hard enough to find > > > where I live. > > > > I bought mines from Barnes & Noble for $29.95 and they claim to have > > given a 20% discount already. But at $24.00, that really is a good deal. > > > > > Even if they do not carry the book, they will order it from the publisher > > > and still give you their standard 20-25% discount. > > > > Do they just sell computer books since they offer really good prices. > > > > > >Just bought the Magic Garden, a really neat thing that Terry told me > > > >about. Tells me all about the VFS stuff (besides lots of other stuff) > > > >that I've been very curious about. It's pointed at SVR4, but there ISN'T > > > >one on bsd like that, so it's the next best bet. > > > > > > > >Thanks, Terry. > > > > > > Thanks, Chuck. > > > > Thanks Dan, Chuck and Mike. > > I suspect we've just about beaten this to death, fellas. They sell > mostly dos oriented computer books, but they have been stocking more and > more Unix books, including the full O'Reilly line. Pretty good sized > inventory, and they distribute a 3 1/2" disk catalog for free. Give them > a call. Okay, but atleast now the whole list knows where to buy their books... ReadMe.Doc really owes you a big one for this... Cheers, -Vince- vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu - GUS Mailing Lists Admin UCLA Physics/Electrical Engineering - UC Berkeley Fall '95 SysAdmin bigbang.HIP.Berkeley.EDU - Running FreeBSD, Real UN*X for Free! Chabot Observatory & Science Center