[596] in netbsd-help mailing list archive
Announcing the NetBSD IAP Class
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Hawkinson)
Sun Jan 21 13:10:15 1996
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 13:06:02 -0500
To: netbsd-announce@MIT.EDU,
"Users sending inquiries to netbsd-help":;@mit.edu
Cc: netbsd-help@MIT.EDU, kretch@MIT.EDU (SIPB IAP web page coordinator)
From: John Hawkinson <jhawk@MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: netbsd-help@MIT.EDU
First off, I'd like to apologize for announcing this so late in the
game. Things have been somewhat busy for me, and I jsut haven't had
time to deal. Anyway:
What: NetBSD: A UNIX for Your i386-based PC
When: Thursday and Friday, January 25th and 26th, 6:00pm
Where: 3-133
Description: Want an Athena workstation at home? NetBSD/Athena
provides a cluster-like UNIX environment for your
i386, i486, or Pentium -based PC. We'll show you how
to set it up and install it, plus question and
answer. NetBSD runs binaries for Linux, BSDI, SCO
UNIX, as well as most Athena software, including Xess,
Matlab, and Maple. Sponsor: Student Information
Processing Board. Contact: John Hawkinson
(netbsd-help@mit.edu), W20-557, x3-7788.
Duration: Probably about two hours. We have the room 'till 9:00pm
both days, and the presentation schedule is still rough,
so we might go over with a break in the middle. Open
to user input :-)
Reservations are not required. So far 44 people expressed interest by
sending mail to netbsd-help -- there's no real reason for anyone else
to send in advance notice. 3-133 technically seats about 50 people, so
we may be a bit bit crowded, but hopefully that will be fine.
What's going to be covered?
We'll go over our installation procedure of NetBSD on a 486 that we'll
connect to the projection system. We'll demo some popular applications
and show you what it's like to have a NetBSD system. If there are other
particular items you think should be covered that might require advance
preparation, just let us know and we'll try to accomidate.
We'll also try and answer any questions you have about NetBSD on
non-i386 machines, if any.
Thanks!
--John Hawkinson
<jhawk@mit.edu>
