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Last modified: Oct. 24, 1996
0: Send DECstation management queries and summaries to
decstation-managers_at_ornl.gov.
1: This list is NOT moderated! Every message that is sent to the
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3: This list is intended to be a quick-turnaround trouble shooting
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software that is directly related to DECstation management.
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10: Similar lists for non-DECstation platforms are:
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IBM AIX-L send "subscribe aix-l your name" to
listserv_at_pucc.princeton.edu
SGI info-iris-admin ask info-iris-request_at_arl.mil
Sun sun-managers ask sun-managers-request_at_ra.mcs.anl.gov
12: Other forums that relate to DECstations:
Newsgroups:
comp.sys.dec includes all DEC hardware and software
comp.unix.ultrix ULTRIX on VAX, MIPS
Dave Sill
DECstation-Managers maintainer
Workstation Support
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
de5_at_ornl.gov
Received on Mon Nov 11 1996 - 18:58:52 NZDT