Path: gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu! bloom-beacon!dont-send-mail-to-path-lines From: r...@expo.lcs.mit.EDU (Bob Scheifler) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Obtaining Release 5 of the X Window System Message-ID: <9109032312.AA00625@expire.lcs.mit.edu> Date: 3 Sep 91 23:12:19 GMT Sender: dae...@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background) Organization: The Internet Lines: 341 OBTAINING RELEASE 5 OF THE X WINDOW SYSTEM Release 5 of the X Window System, Version 11, will be available to the public starting September 5 at 9:00am EDT (13:00 GMT). The software in this release is not in the public domain, but is freely available. No license is required and there are no royalties; vendors are actively encouraged to base products on this software and on the standards defined by the MIT X Consortium. Sites that have network file transfer ability can retrieve the release from the network location nearest them listed further below. If you are unable to retrieve the release from the network, or you want to obtain printed copies of the documentation, the MIT Software Center provides sets of tapes and documentation as follows: Core Software Tape The "core" X Window System software, supported by the MIT X Consortium. Contains implementations of X Consortium standards plus fonts, utility libraries and toolkits, and applications. Sources for all hardcopy documents listed below are included on the tape. Approximately 77Mb on disk. Contributed Software Tapes Contains a large variety of user-contributed software, including protocol extensions, toolkits, utilities, applications, fonts, and documentation sources. This software is not supported by the X Consortium; it is distributed as a public service. This software will not be available on tape until mid-October. (A preliminary version is available only on the network.) Client Standards Set (for Application Programmers) Contains one hardcopy each of the following X Consortium standards documents: Bitmap Distribution Format, Compound Text, Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual, X Logical Font Description Conventions, Xlib, X Toolkit Intrinsics, X Nonrectangular Shape Extension, and X Input Extension Library. Approximately 800 pages. Client Standards Set w/ DP book Contains all documents in the Client Standards Set, plus one copy of the 2nd Edition of the Digital Press book "X Window System: The Complete Reference to Xlib, X Protocol, ICCCM, XLFD". Please note that this edition contains Release 4 specifications, but contains a far superior index than the standards documents, as well as other useful information. Protocol Standards Set (for System Developers) Contains one hardcopy each of the following X Consortium standards documents: X Protocol, Font Service Protocol, X Input Extension Protocol, X Display Manager Control Protocol, and PEX Protocol. Approximately 550 pages. MIT Documentation Set (for Users and Application Programmers) Contains one hardcopy each of the following documents: Athena Widget Set Manual, Xmu Library Manual, MIT Shared Memory Extension, Xterm Control Sequences, X client manual pages, PEX User Guide. Approximately 500 pages. PHIGS Documentation Set (for PHIGS Programmers) Contains one hardcopy of the PHIGS manual pages. PHIGS is an international standard programming interface for 3D graphics, and is the interface supported by the X Consortium for using the PEX 3D graphics extension. Approximately 900 pages. ALL Tapes and Documentation Contains: Core Software Tape, Contributed Software Tapes, Client Standards Set w/ DP book, Protocol Standards Set, MIT Documentation Set, and PHIGS Documentation Set. The rates for obtaining these sets are as follows: NORTH AMERICA OVERSEAS ALL Tapes and Documentation $450.00 $550.00 Core Software Tape $100.00 $150.00 Contributed Software Tapes $145.00 $200.00 Client Standards Set w/ DP Book $100.00 $125.00 Client Standards Set $ 50.00 $ 60.00 Protocol Standards Set $ 30.00 $ 40.00 MIT Documentation Set $ 30.00 $ 40.00 PHIGS Documentation Set $ 50.00 $ 60.00 When you order tapes, you must specify either QIC-24 cartridge tape, or 6250bpi 9-track tape, as the media format. Tapes come in "tar" format. No other media or data formats are available from M.I.T. All prices include shipping via UPS for U.S. and Canadian orders, and international UPS service for overseas orders. However, if you would like next-day delivery, please supply your DHL or another courier account number. We are unable to ship via Federal Express at this time. The only form of payment accepted by M.I.T. is a check or bank transfer. If ordering from outside of the U.S., checks must be in U.S. dollars and drawn on a U.S. bank. We cannot accept purchase orders. Please send a check for the appropriate amount, as indicated above and make the check payable to the "Massachusetts Institute of Technology". Mail your order to: Software Center Technology Licensing Office Massachusetts Institute of Technology 28 Carleton Street, Room E32-300 Cambridge, MA 02142-1324 phone: (617) 258-8330 Please send bank transfers to: First National Bank of Boston 100 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110 Acct# 51463306 Reference: M.I.T. Technology Licensing Office PLEASE PROVIDE A SHIPPING ADDRESS WITH YOUR ORDER. P.O. BOXES ARE UNDELIVERABLE VIA UPS. X Window System is a trademark of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. X WINDOW SYSTEM, VERSION 11, RELEASE 5 NORTH AMERICA ORDER FORM Tape Format: _____ 6250bpi 9-track _____ QIC-24 cartridge QUANTITY TOTAL ALL Tapes and Documentation ____ X $450.00 $_______ Core Software Tape ____ X $100.00 $_______ Contributed Software Tapes ____ X $145.00 $_______ Client Standards Set w/ DP Book ____ X $100.00 $_______ Client Standards Set ____ X $ 50.00 $_______ Protocol Standards Set ____ X $ 30.00 $_______ MIT Documentation Set ____ X $ 30.00 $_______ PHIGS Documentation Set ____ X $ 50.00 $_______ GRAND TOTAL: $_______ Courier: ____________________________ (for next-day delivery only) Courier account number: _____________________________ Shipping address: X WINDOW SYSTEM, VERSION 11, RELEASE 5 OVERSEAS ORDER FORM Tape Format: _____ 6250bpi 9-track _____ QIC-24 cartridge QUANTITY TOTAL ALL Tapes and Documentation ____ X $550.00 $_______ Core Software Tape ____ X $150.00 $_______ Contributed Software Tapes ____ X $200.00 $_______ Client Standards Set w/ DP Book ____ X $125.00 $_______ Client Standards Set ____ X $ 60.00 $_______ Protocol Standards Set ____ X $ 40.00 $_______ MIT Documentation Set ____ X $ 40.00 $_______ PHIGS Documentation Set ____ X $ 60.00 $_______ GRAND TOTAL: $_______ Courier: ____________________________ (for next-day delivery only) Courier account number: _____________________________ Shipping address: North America anonymous FTP: Location Address Directory -------- ------- --------- California gatekeeper.dec.com pub/X11/R5 16.1.0.2 California soda.berkeley.edu pub/X11R5 128.32.131.179 Indiana mordred.cs.purdue.edu pub/X11/R5 128.10.2.2 Maryland ftp.brl.mil pub/X11R5 128.63.16.158 (good for MILNET sites) Massachusetts crl.dec.com pub/X11/R5 192.58.206.2 Massachusetts export.lcs.mit.edu pub/R5 18.24.0.12 (crl.dec.com is better) Michigan merit.edu pub/X11R5 35.1.1.42 Missouri wuarchive.wustl.edu packages/X11R5 128.252.135.4 Montana ftp.cs.montana.edu pub/X.V11R5 192.31.215.202 New Mexico pprg.eece.unm.edu pub/dist/X11R5 129.24.24.10 New York azure.acsu.buffalo.edu pub/X11R5 128.205.7.6 North Carolina cs.duke.edu dist/sources/X11R5 128.109.140.1 Ohio ftp.cis.ohio-state.edu pub/X.V11R5 128.146.8.52 (not online until ~ 9 Sept) Ontario ftp.cs.utoronto.ca pub/X11R5 128.100.1.105 Washington DC x11r5-a.uu.net X/R5 192.48.96.12 Washington DC x11r5-b.uu.net X/R5 137.39.1.12 Europe/Middle East/Australia anonymous FTP: Australia munnari.oz.au X.V11/R5 128.250.1.21 Denmark freja.diku.dk pub/X11R5 129.142.96.1 England src.doc.ic.ac.uk graphics/X.V11R5 146.169.3.7 Finland nic.funet.fi pub/X11/R5 128.214.6.100 France nuri.inria.fr X/X11R5 128.93.1.26 Germany x11.informatik.uni-dortmund.de pub/X11R5 129.217.26.140 Israel cs.huji.ac.il pub/X11R5 132.65.6.5 Italy ghost.sm.dsi.unimi.it pub/X11R5 149.132.2.1 (not online until ~ 7 Sept) Netherlands archive.eu.net windows/X/R5 192.16.202.1 Norway ugle.unit.no pub/X11R5 129.241.1.97 Norway nac.no pub/X11R5 129.240.2.40 Switzerland nic.switch.ch software/X11R5 130.59.1.40 Japan anonymous FTP: Kanagawa sh.wide.ad.jp X11R5 133.4.11.11 Kwansai ftp.ics.osaka-u.ac.jp X11R5 133.1.12.30 Kyushu wnoc-fuk.wide.ad.jp X11R5 133.4.14.3 TISN utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp X11R5 133.11.11.11 Tokyo kerr.iwanami.co.jp X11R5 133.235.128.1 Tokyo scslwide.sony.co.jp pub/X11R5 133.138.199.1 UUCP: uunet for UUNET customers ~/X/R5 decwrl existing neighbors only ~/pub/X11/R5 osu-cis ~/X.V11R5 (not online until ~ 9 Sept) WJanon (host: watjo.swp.wj.com) ~/X/X11R5/ Modem: Telebit TB2500 (PEP, V.32, etc) Systems or L.sys suggested/approximate entry: WJanon Any ACU 19200 1-408-435-0240 "" \r login: WJanon utai existing neighbors only ~/ftp/pub/X11R5 hp4nl Netherlands only ~uucp/pub/windows/X/R5 NFS: Missouri wuarchive.wustl.edu /archive/packages/X11R5 128.252.135.4 mount point: /archive AFS: Pennsylvania /afs/grand.central.org/pub/X11R5 NIFTP (hhcp, cpf, fcp, ...): England uk.ac.ic.doc.src <X.V11R5> 00000510200001 user "guest" anon FTAM: England 000005102000 (Janet) X.V11R5 146.169.3.7 (Internet) 204334504108 (IXI) ACSNet: Australia munnari.oz (fetchfile) X.V11/R5 Please fetch only one file at a time, after checking that a copy is not available at a closer site.