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From: robsch@robkaos.ruhr.de (Robert Schien)
Subject: Re: BSD CD-ROM : Walnet Creek or Infomagic ?
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Date: Tue, 3 Jan 1995 00:22:20 GMT
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Julien SIMON (simon@masi.ibp.fr) wrote:
: Hi,

: which BSD CD-ROM would you recommend ?

: I understand that the Infomagic CD has both NetBSD and FreeBSD, but is the
: FreeBSD distribution as complete as the one found on the Walnut Creek CD ?

: If this is the case, I'll go for the Infomagic CD since it's cheaper :-)

: Thanks.

Well, I have them both :-)
The only part the InfoMagic CD is missing seems to be the souce code
of XFree86. All other parts (ports and packages) seem to be identical.
But: the Infomagic has the X11R6 (Xconsortium) tar files.
Plus: InfoMagic has the binaries and souces for NetBSD for i386, mac68k,
amiga and sparc platforms. Plus: usenet articles of the comp.386bsd.* groups.

BTW: the InfoMagic CD is almost full (689 MB), whereas the Walnut Creek
contains only 417 MB (it's one  of the smallest WC CDs I ever had).

I'm happy to answer further questions you may have.

Robert