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Richard M Stallman Chief GNUisance, President of the Free Software Foundation Free Software Foundation Order Form This order form is effective 1 January 1992 - 30 June 1992 Prices and contents may change without notice. Please allow six weeks for delivery (though it won't usually take that long). All software and publications are distributed with permission to copy and to redistribute. Texinfo source for each manual is on the appropriate tape. The prices for tapes do not include printed manuals. All software and documentation from the Free Software Foundation is provided on an "as is" basis, with no warranty of any kind. Contents of Tapes: GNU Emacs Tape The tape includes source code for: * GNU Emacs (the extensible, customizable, self-documenting, real-time display editor) * The GNU Emacs Manual, as Texinfo source * The GNU Termcap Manual, as Texinfo source (the GNU termcap library is included with GNU Emacs) * The GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, as Texinfo source * Calc (the extensible, advanced desk calculator and mathematical tool that runs as part of GNU Emacs) * The Calc Manual, as Texinfo source * MIT Scheme (a dialect of Lisp) * T (Yale's implementation of Scheme) * Texinfo (beta-test of an enhanced Texinfo. Texinfo is GNU's structured documentation system, included with GNU Emacs. 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Quantity Price Item For Unix systems, on 1600 bpi reel-to-reel 9-track 1/2" tape in Unix tar format (tape contents described above): ________ $200 GNU Emacs Tape ________ $200 GNU Languages Tape ________ $200 GNU Experimental Tape (not ready until March 1992) ________ $200 GNU Utilities Tape ________ $200 X11R5 Required Tape ________ $200 X11R5 Optional Tape For Suns and some other Unix Systems, on QIC-24 DC300XLP 1/4 inch cartridge tape, Unix tar format (tape contents described above): ________ $210 GNU Emacs Tape ________ $210 GNU Languages Tape ________ $210 GNU Experimental Tape (not ready until March 1992) ________ $210 GNU Utilities Tape ________ $210 X11R5 Required Tape ________ $210 X11R5 Optional Tape For HP Systems, on 16-track DC600HC 1/4 inch cartridge tape, Unix tar format (tape contents described above): ________ $230 GNU Emacs Tape ________ $230 GNU Languages Tape ________ $230 GNU Experimental Tape (not ready until March 1992) ________ $230 GNU Utilities Tape ________ $230 X11R5 Required Tape ________ $230 X11R5 Optional Tape For IBM RS/6000 Systems, on DC600A 1/4 inch cartridge tape Unix tar format (tape contents described above) (the GNU Languages Tape is not yet available for the RS/6000): ________ $215 GNU Emacs Tape, plus executable files of Emacs ________ $215 GNU Experimental Tape (not ready until March 1992) ________ $215 GNU Utilities Tape ________ $215 X11R5 Required Tape ________ $215 X11R5 Optional Tape For VMS systems, on 1600 bpi reel-to-reel 9-track 1/2" tape in VMS BACKUP (aka interchange format): ________ $195 GNU Emacs source code and binaries. 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