OFFICIAL USER GROUP REGISTRATION
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Attached is the 386BSD user group registration form and
survey. Please fill it out completely and return it via
email, regular mail, or fax. We will put you on the Official
386BSD User Group mailing list for information and updates
A userdirectory file is installed at official distribu-
tion sites to allow 386BSD users to contact and become
acquainted with other 386BSD users. If you wish your name,
company or university, and email address to be placed in
this public directory, please check the box on the registra-
tion form. (NOTE: You do not have to select this option in
order to participate in the 386BSD SIG and regular mailing
lists and other activities. This directory has been
installed only as a courtesy to the 386BSD user community.
Participation is not mandatory.)
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There are a number of 386BSD special interest groups
forming, focussing on topics of interest to the research and
development community. Among these areas of interest are:
* Symmetric Multiprocessing
In addition, a number of smaller projects focussing on
improvements in the kernel and utilities are getting under-
If you are interested in learning about any of these
groups, or you would like to form your own SIG, please fill
out and send in this REGISTRATION form and we will put you
on the SIG mailing list (along with the general 386BSD mail-
ing list) and help you form contacts with other users
interested in discussing these topics.
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For information and questions on 386BSD seminars,
tutorials, and materials, contact:
San Francisco, California 94114 USA
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386BSD is intended by the developer to be used for edu-
cational and research purposes. As such, the developer of
this release is making it available to the user at no
charge, in order to encourage and facilitate its use in
research and education. However, 386BSD has been a costly
product to develop and maintain, and each release consumes
Release 0.0, the first complete freely available
release of BSD for the 386/486 PC, was completed entirely as
a personal project. 386BSD Release 0.1, the second release
of a complete 386BSD system, was motivated primarily due to
the enthusiasm and contributions of the Release 0.0 user
In sum, 386BSD has taken over four years of personal
financing on the part of the developers to get it out to the
user. Unfortunately, we are not funded by any granting
agency, university, corporation, or non-profit company.
If you like 386BSD, you may elect to make a contribu-
tion to defray the cost of development and to demonstrate
support of this project. If just 10% of the number of peo-
ple using 386BSD out there right now sent in $100 each, this
project would be adequately funded for the next two years!
Should you with to make a contribution, return this
form with your check or money order (suggested contribution:
$50.00US binary and $100.00US source) made out to:
If you are located in Europe and you wish to make a
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contribution, but you are having difficulty with currency
transactions, please contact for instructions:
They will collect monetary contributions for 386BSD and
transfer the funds for you. However, please specify that
this is a "386BSD contribution to defray development costs"
to avoid confusion with other items which are offered by
There is no mandatory payment required by the developer
for use of 386BSD Release 0.1. However, your contribution
would be greatly appreciated.
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Software contributions, bug fixes, software ports and
other items are welcome for submission. For novel software
contributions (such as major modules) and ports of public
domain or otherwise unencumbered software, please use the
software.form. For bugs and their appropriate fix, please
Please contact us directly for equipment or other
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A service.support file is available at official distri-
bution sites. This file contains a unverified and dis-
claimed list of people, groups, and/or companies offering
support for 386BSD. We require that anyone wishing to
appear on this list send mail properly requesting inclusion
or exclusion, to avoid any potential problems. Requests for
inclusion should state the following: name, firm (if any),
contact address and country, contact phone/fax/telex/email,
areas of specialty, rates, and experience. This information
is only for the purposes of aiding users, and is definitely
not intended as *advertising*.
Thank you for your support.
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____________________________________________________________
Please complete this registration form and survey and
Should you wish to make a monetary contribution, please
attach check or money order (made out to "Lynne Greer Jolitz
- 386BSD Contribution") and return with this registration
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1. A userdirectory file is installed at official distribu-
tion sites to allow 386BSD users to contact and become
acquainted with other 386BSD users. Would you like
your name, company or university, and email address to
be placed in this public directory? (y/n).
NOTE: You do not have to select this option in order to
participate in the 386BSD SIG and regular mailing lists
and other activities. This directory has been installed
only as a courtesy to the 386BSD user community. Parti-
cipation is not mandatory.
2. What type of site are you working at?
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3. Do you have Internet access?
4. Do you work on (commercial/government/university/other)
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1. Where did you first find out about 386BSD?
2. What aspect of 386BSD most interests you?
advanced operating system
3. Why do you think 386BSD is interesting ?
3. We write regularly in Dr. Dobbs Journal and UNIX Maga-
zin about 386BSD and other topics. What aspect of
386BSD would you like to read more about? What techni-
cal areas should we cover in more depth? (You can also
contact the editors of DDJ at CIS 76703,50 and the edi-
tors of UNIX Magazin at jf@unixmag.mut.de for comments
5. Is a 386BSD forum a good idea?
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6. Would you be interested in attending a seminar on the
installation and maintenance of 386BSD ? Is this a good
7. Would you be interested in attending a seminar on the
kernel internals of 386BSD ? Is this a good idea ?
8. Would you like to hear more about any of the 386BSD
SIGs forming right now? (Please select a topic of
interest, or add one of your own. I will try to match-
make you to others interested in the same area of
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386BSD Release 0.0 (March 1992) was the first fully-
operational and freely available version of 386BSD.
1. Did you obtain 386BSD Release 0.0 ?
2. If yes, were you able to get 386BSD Release 0.0 opera-
3. If yes, what did you like about 0.0 ? What was unsatis-
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1. What do you intend to use 336BSD Release 0.1 for?
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replacement for other UNIX
2. Would students be using this system? (yes/no) If yes,
would 386BSD be integrated into a course or lab study?
3. What aspects of 386BSD Release 0.1 do you most like?
4. What aspects of 386BSD Release 0.1 would you like to
5. Where do you think 386BSD should head, in terms of
6. Would you like to help contribute to this effort to
facilitate further releases of 386BSD? (Check all that
yes - monetary contribution to 386BSD effort (see instructions)
yes - software enhancements to 386BSD (see bugnfix.form and software.form)
yes - hardware loans for new software testing (see instructions)
7 Do you see the need for a centrally-supported version
of 386BSD ? How would this best be done ? (This is
intentionally an open-ended question. We would like to
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1. If you have any suggestions or comments regarding
386BSD Release 0.0 or our writings on this subject,
please take a moment and attach them.
Thank you for completing this survey. Your input will help
us in making 386BSD Release 0.1 more accessible and targeted
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