From ce4b2fdb308d45ba4bbac48607dc2ceb1eb3ab69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ram <ram>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 14:57:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Merged HP and runtime mumbling from net-README

---
 general-info/net-announce.txt | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/general-info/net-announce.txt b/general-info/net-announce.txt
index b244d2bbb..da0bd150b 100644
--- a/general-info/net-announce.txt
+++ b/general-info/net-announce.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 Hewlett-Packard 700-series workstations running HP/UX version 9.x.  The main
 missing features on HP/UX are LOAD-FOREIGN and the Motif interface.
 
-
 Distribution:
 
 CMU Common Lisp is only available via anonymous FTP.  We don't have the
@@ -18,26 +17,43 @@ EMAIL address.)  When you log in, cd to /pub (a symbolic link to the CMU CL
 release area.)  If you have any trouble with FTP access, please send mail to
 slisp@cs.cmu.edu.
 
+The most recent version is: 17e
+The old version is: 16f
+
+The currently supported platforms are:
+    sunos:
+        Sun SPARC machines running the the pre-Solaris BSD SunOS system,
+        version 4.x.
+
+    hp700_ux90:
+        HP 700 series machines (based on the HPPA architecture) running HP/UX
+        9.x.
+
 The release area holds compressed tar files with names of the form:
-    <version>-<machine>_<os>.tar.Z
-    <version>-extra-<machine>_<os>.tar.Z
+    <version>-<platform>.tar.Z
+    <version>-extra-<platform>.tar.Z
+    <version>-runtime-<platform>.tar.Z
+
+ -- The first file holds binaries and documentation for the standard Common
+    Lisp portion of CMU CL.  This includes our version of the PCL
+    implementation of the CLOS object system.  
+ -- The `-extra' file contains the Hemlock editor, the Motif toolkit,
+    the graphical debugger and the CLX interface to X11.
+ -- The `-runtime' file contins one file: lib/runtime.core, which is a
+    smaller substitute for lib/lisp.core.  See the "runtime distribution"
+    section.
+
+The sizes of the configurations are approximately:
+    Basic: 15 megabytes
+    Basic+Extra: 24 megabytes
+    Runtime: 5.3 megabytes
+
+For installation directions, see the section "site initialization".
 
 FTP compressed tar archives in binary mode.  To extract, "cd" to the
 directory that is to be the root of the tree, then type:
     uncompress <file.tar.Z | tar xf - .
 
-As of 11/11/93, the latest SunOS Sparc release is:
-    17e-sunos.tar.Z (6.6 meg)
-    17e-extra-sunos.tar.Z (3.9 meg)
-This version works with all the versions of SunOS we've tried it on, but does
-*NOT* work under Solaris.
-
-The first file holds binaries and documentation for the basic Lisp system,
-while the second `-extra' file contains the Hemlock editor, the Motif toolkit,
-the graphical debugger and the CLX interface to X11.  The basic configuration
-takes 15 megabytes of disk space; adding the extras takes another 8 megabytes.
-For installation directions, see the section "site initialization".
-
 If poor network connections make it difficult to transfer a 7 meg file, the
 release is also available split into 2 megabyte chunks, suffixed `.0', `.1',
 etc.  To extract from multiple files, use:
@@ -46,6 +62,24 @@ etc.  To extract from multiple files, use:
 The release area also contains source distributions and other binary
 distributions.  A listing of the current contents of the release area is in
 FILES.  Major release announcements will be made to comp.lang.lisp.
+CMU Common Lisp is only available via anonymous FTP.  We don't have the
+manpower to make tapes.  These are our distribution machines:
+    lisp-sun1.slisp.cs.cmu.edu (128.2.250.58)
+    lisp-rt1.slisp.cs.cmu.edu (128.2.217.9)
+    lisp-rt2.slisp.cs.cmu.edu (128.2.217.10)
+
+Log in with the user "anonymous" and "username@host" as password (i.e. your
+EMAIL address.)  When you log in, cd to /pub (a symbolic link to the CMU CL
+release area.)  If you have any trouble with FTP access, please send mail to
+slisp@cs.cmu.edu.
+
+The release area holds compressed tar files with names of the form:
+    <version>-<machine>_<os>.tar.Z
+    <version>-extra-<machine>_<os>.tar.Z
+
+FTP compressed tar archives in binary mode.  To extract, "cd" to the
+directory that is to be the root of the tree, then type:
+    uncompress <file.tar.Z | tar xf - .
 
 Source availability:
 
@@ -56,8 +90,8 @@ packages: PCL and CLX.  Although these packages are copyrighted, they may be
 freely distributed without any licensing agreement or fee.
 
 The release area contains a source distribution, which is an image of all the
-".lisp" source files used to build version 17e:
-    17e-source.tar.Z (4.9 meg)
+source code files used to build the current version:
+    <version>-source.tar.Z (5 meg)
 
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