From: rdm@cfcl.com (Rich Morin)
Newsgroups: comp.archives
Subject: [alt.cd-rom] Prime Time Freeware 1-2 Bulletin, 920907
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Date: 9 Sep 1992 08:10:40 GMT
Organization: Canta Forda Computer Lab, Pacifica, CA
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	*****   Prime Time Freeware 1-2 Bulletin, 920907   *****

The second issue of PTF has now been shipping for four weeks.  Sales are
going like crazy (the first printing is practically sold out), but some
annoying problems have surfaced:

	a2z/bin/p.get
	archive/9660_u
	a2z/docs/booklet.ps
	disc readability
	file errors

a2z/bin/p.get:

  The p.get (package retrieval) script does not work properly on systems
  which use version numbers (;1) and/or UPPER_CASE letters in file names.
  A new version is available.

a2z/docs/booklet.ps:

  The booklet PostScript on the discs is for Issue 1-1, and was left on
  by accident.  The correct PostScript is available.

archive/9660_u:

  The 9660_u (ISO-9660) utilities miss files in the top-level directory
  and in some large directories.  A new version is available.

disc readability:

  The PTF 1-2 discs exercise a flaw in certain (e.g., Everex, Mitsumi,
  NEC) drives.  DMI has said it will solve this in the second printing,
  so the problem should not recur.  If you have disc(s) that you cannot
  mount/read/etc., please contact us so that we can replace them:

    Prime Time Freeware		 	Tel: +1 408-738-4832
    415-112 N. Mary Ave., Suite 50  	Fax: +1 408-738-2050
    Sunnyvale, CA  94086  USA	 	ptf@cfcl.com

file errors:

  Some bits got munged between the tar tape and the one-off for the 1-2b
  disc.  (We naively assumed we only had to make up a clean tar tape; now
  we know better...)  We have fixed this in the second printing, but there
  are still around 1000 copies out there with bogus files.  So:

    1)	We have made up some adb patches for most of the bogons.
    2)  We will be glad to swap you new discs for old, as above.

  Here are the 1-2b adb patches (for more detail, see below):

    0.all					(OK on 1-2a)
    a2z/lists/hpl.txt				(OK on 1-2a)
    gnu/cygnus/solaris/1_0_bin.atz		0t1546554?w7e0a
    gnu/cygnus/vintage/911206.at		(too many ...)
    usenet/comp/sources/games/volume10.at	0t2864390?wa3d9
						0t2864458?w368
    window/i_views/3_0_1.atz			0t2705154?wb33


	*****	Obtaining PTF bug fixes, information, etc.   *****

  Walnut Creek CD-ROM has graciously provided a PTF directory in their FTP
  archive (cdrom.com:/pub/ptf).  The directory contains annotated adb hacks,
  bug fixes, text, booklet PostScript, the Hierarchical Package List for PTF
  1-2, etc.  If you do not have FTP access, or if the directory contents do
  not meet your needs, please email to:

    ptf@cfcl.com	inquiries
    ptf-bugs@cfcl.com	bug reports
    ptf-help@cfcl.com	requests for assistance, updates, etc.
--
Rich Morin, Canta Forda Computer Laboratory | Prime Time Freeware - quality
  UNIX consulting, training, and writing    | freeware at affordable prices
  P.O. Box 1488, Pacifica, CA, 94044, USA   |          ptf@cfcl.com
rdm@cfcl.com    +1 415-873-7841 (Voice/Fax) | +1 408-738-4832 (V), -2050 (F)