Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 10:56:57 -0500 From: Jim Mock <jim@geekhouse.net> To: Shill <shill@free.fr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Paper version of the handbook Message-ID: <20010130105657.A27733@envy.geekhouse.net> In-Reply-To: <3A76231B.C0564DF1@verizon.net>; from fake@verizon.net on Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 06:12:44PM -0800 References: <3A76231B.C0564DF1@verizon.net>
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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 <jim@geekhouse.net> 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
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