From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 16:20:58 -0700
From: Jack Culpepper jack@muddcs.cs.hmc.edu
Subject: Installation problems...
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> 
> >How do I fix this?  Is Bell Labs still supporting this OS?  To say the least,
> >it's mighty frustrating to not even be able to get a semi-working system up.
> 
> Can't help you there, but it brings up a question I wanted to ask ...
> 
> I tried to find a beta release of Plan9 to try this weekend, and found only
> copies that had to be purchased for $350 or thereabouts. I had read that the
> OS was still available to try out -- has this changed recently?
> 
> Rogers Cadenhead
> 

The OS is available to try out -- sort of.  The "try out" version is a stand-
alone PC kernel and minimal system that is available via 

http://plan9.att.com/plan9

It comes on four floppies that you can download, but if you want a networked
system, you have to buy the books and CDROM.

Jack

BTW, do you (or anyone else listening) have any pointers to other info on the
web (besides the links on the att server)?