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Today's feature stories:

The Bell System's next software distribution will not be called
System VI, but rather 6bsd (Bell Software Distribution)! If you
can't beat 'em...

Alan Swatt's radix-64 uucp temporary names are the work of the devil!
Getname() keeps generating uncouth words as filenames.

Read about the horrible plight of ancient C programs with obsolete
language constructs! You can edit this program or you can turn the
page.

HACK's annual Junk Food competition! Are Ding Dong's better than
Ho Ho's when you're burning the midnight LED's?

Drive password-crackers nuts! Install a null shell that just prints
prompts which gets exec'd after 5 unsuccessful password attempts.
Guaranteed to cause heart attacks and early death.

Exclusive story! Mercenary MIA detective Bo Gritz ventures into
darkest /usr/spool/uucp searching for uucp mail long presumed dead.

Turn your PDP-11 into an attractive planter! 45 fun decorating ideas
for your 16 bit minis.

And much much more, all for only $.69! Don't forget to read our
financial page, which has a desperate plea to ANSI to make the
cent-symbol an ASCII character.

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Andy Tannenbaum Bell Labs Whippany, NJ (201) 386-6491