From: Sven Guckes Subject: Re: Frequently Asked Questions? Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 15:12:58 GMT Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu writes: >This seems to be a circular reference. >Do people frequently ask where to find answers to frequently asked questions? >I have been looking for a "FAQ" file somewhere in the sumex-aim ftp. >Any suggestions? I suggest looking into the *.answers groups, especially news.answers. I've done a little "FAQ of FAQs" about this, so I will append it here. Sven :) ------cut-------8<-----cut------8<--------- From: FAQofFAQs Subject: 00 Administrative stuff X-FAQ-name: FAQofFAQs for "apple, macintosh" X-Version: 00 (just a first draft) X-Last-Updated: 930420 X-Author: Sven Guckes :) From: FAQofFAQs Subject: 01 Required Knowledge for understanding this text FAQ := Frequently Asked Question (or list thereof) This text is a FAQofFAQs, i.e. it is a FAQ to help you find FAQ listings on the Usenet. Many newsreader programs can split up this text to let you choose the seperate parts with a menu. With the newsreader "nn" you can do this with typing 'G' and then '%'. Most other newsreaders supposedly let you do this with '^g'. From: FAQofFAQs Subject: 02 Contents This FAQofFAQs lists all FAQs that meet these criteria: - crossposted to news.answers - the subject line contains either of the keywords "apple" or "macintosh" From: FAQofFAQs Subject: 03 About the items in this list This FAQ lists the most important header lines of each FAQ. I hope the selected order answers the questions in order of priority. Header line ... answers these questions (hopefully) ----------- --------------------------------------- Subject: What's it all about? Summary: What's in it? Newsgroups: Where do I find this? Date: When was this posted? Expires: When will the next update come along? Lines: How long is this thing? From: Whodunnit? Organization: Where is this person from, anyway? Header lines that were gobbled by the editor for breakfast, luch, and dinner: Approved:, Followup-To:, Keywords:, Message-ID:, NNTP-Posting-Host:, Path:, References:, Reply-To:, Sender:, Supersedes:, X-Last-Updated:, Xref:. From: FAQofFAQs Subject: 04 The list Abstract: Three FAQs are maintained by Elliotte Rusty Harold (erh0362@tesla.njit.edu): - The "general FAQ" - The "system FAQ" - The "misc FAQ" The FAQ about UNIX for the Macintoshs is from Jim Jagielski (jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov) and comes in two parts. ===== The "general FAQ" - please read this one! Subject: Introductory Macintosh frequently asked questions (FAQ) Summary: This document answers a number of the most frequently asked questions about Macintoshes on Usenet. To avoid wasting bandwidth and as a matter of politeness please familiarize yourself with this document BEFORE posting. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.wanted,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.answers, news.answers Date: 7 Apr 1993 00:00:12 -0400 Expires: 5 May 1993 04:00:04 GMT Lines: 1012 From: erh0362@tesla.njit.edu (Elliotte Rusty Harold) Organization: Department of Mathematics, NJIT The "system FAQ": Subject: Macintosh system software frequently asked questions (FAQ) Summary: This document answers a number of the most frequently asked questions about Macintosh system software on Usenet. To avoid wasting bandwidth and as a matter of politeness please familiarize yourself with this document BEFORE posting. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.answers,news.answers Date: 7 Apr 1993 00:00:16 -0400 Expires: Lines: 511 From: erh0362@tesla.njit.edu (Elliotte Rusty Harold) Organization: Department of Mathematics, NJIT The "misc FAQ": Subject: Miscellaneous Macintosh frequently asked questions (FAQ) Summary: This document answers a number of the most frequently asked questions about Macintoshes on Usenet. To avoid wasting bandwidth and as a matter of politeness please familiarize yourself with this document BEFORE posting. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.answers,news.answers Date: 7 Apr 1993 00:00:19 -0400 Expires: 5 May 1993 04:00:04 GMT Lines: 713 From: erh0362@tesla.njit.edu (Elliotte Rusty Harold) Organization: Department of Mathematics, NJIT The FAQ about UNIX: (This FAQ comes in two parts.) Subject: Apple A/UX FAQ List (1/2) Summary: Latest posting of FAQ for A/UX Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux,news.answers,comp.answers Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1993 12:06:55 GMT Expires: Wed, 28 Apr 1993 00:00:00 GMT Lines: 1122 From: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski) Organization: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Subject: Apple A/UX FAQ List (2/2) Summary: Latest posting of FAQ for A/UX Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux,news.answers,comp.answers Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1993 12:08:49 GMT Expires: Wed, 28 Apr 1993 00:00:00 GMT Lines: 890 From: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski) Organization: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center ==== That's all, folks! If you can give additional information to this list - please let me know. Sven :) .