From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 12 19:08:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA20954 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 19:08:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from wedge.its.utas.edu.au (cp_nairn@wedge.its.utas.edu.au [131.217.10.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA20945 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 19:08:31 -0800 (PST) Received: (from cp_nairn@localhost) by wedge.its.utas.edu.au (8.7.6/8.6.6) id OAA29172; Wed, 13 Nov 1996 14:07:36 +1100 (EST) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 14:07:35 +1100 (EST) From: Carey Nairn X-Sender: cp_nairn@wedge.its.utas.edu.au Reply-To: Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au To: "Sean J. Schluntz" cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about new dist of FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, Sean J. Schluntz wrote: > Has any one heard of a company called Pacific HiTech Inc.? I just got a > catalogue from them called "Best of Internet" and in it on a two page > spread (labled Linux much to my iritation) they have a cd called Turbo > FreeBSD for 29.95 which appears to be a 2.1.5 distribution of FreeBSD. > > I'm not ordering from them, I've got the subscription from WC-CDROM, but > I was wondering if anyone had heard about this. > I just found it on the Pacific HiTech Inc. website. http://pacific.pht.com/catalog/cd_pages/960053.stm There is very little useful information about the OS and, yes they do label it as Format: Linux... I don't think I'll rush out and cancel my WC subscription just yet ;) Cheers, Carey ========================================================================= | Carey Nairn | email : Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au | | Infrastructure Services | phone : (03) 6226 7419 | | Information Technology Services | fax : (03) 6226 7898 | | University of Tasmania. | int'l : (+61 3) | =========================================================================