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 <h1>Octave</h1>
-<hr>
 
 <p>
 Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical
 computations.  It provides a convenient command line interface for
 solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically.
 </p>
+<hr>
+
+<h2>News</h2>
+<p>
+Version 2.0 was released Tuesday December 10, 1996.  There are many
+new features including:
+<ul>
+<li>dynamic linking support on more systems</li>
+<li>user-defined data types</li>
+<li>many new functions</li>
+<li>lots of bug fixes</li>
+</ul>
+A more complete <a href="NEWS-2.html">list of changes for version 2</a>
+is a available as is an older <a href="NEWS-1.html">list of changes for
+versions up to 1.1.1</a>.
+</p>
 
 <h3>Source and Binaries</h3>
 <p>
 Octave source and binaries are available by anonymous ftp from
-<a href="ftp://www.che.wisc.edu/pub/octave">ftp://www.che.wisc.edu/pub/octave</a>.
+<a href="ftp://ftp.che.wisc.edu/pub/octave">ftp://ftp.che.wisc.edu/pub/octave</a>.
 </p>
 
-<p>
-Source and binaries for a port of Octave to OS/2 are available from
-<a href="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/math">ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/math</a>.
-
 <h3>Documentation</h3>
 <p>
 To get started, there is a
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 <h3>Mailing Lists</h3>
 <p>
-There are two active mailing lists devoted to Octave.  The
+There are three active mailing lists devoted to Octave.  The
 <em>help-octave</em> mailing list is available for questions related
 to using, installing, and porting Octave that are not adequately
 answered by the Octave manual or by the FAQ.  The <em>bug-octave</em>
-list is used for reporting bugs.  An archive of postings to both lists
-are available <a href="mailing-lists">here</a>.
+list is used for reporting bugs.  the <em>octave-sources</em> list is
+for posting sources and enhancements to Octave.
+A <a href="mailing-lists/index.html">complete archive</a> of postings
+and <a href="mailing-lists/index.html#JOIN">instructions for joining
+the lists</a> is also available.
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 <h3>Contributed Functions</h3>
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 <a href="http://www.tsc.uvigo.es/GTS/Octave/oct_arch.html">http://www.tsc.uvigo.es/GTS/Octave/oct_arch.html</a>.
 </p>
 
+<hr>
+<p>
+Back to the
+<a href="http://www.che.wisc.edu/octave.html">Octave home page</a>.
+</p>
+<hr>
 <p>
 <a href="http://www.che.wisc.edu/~jwe">John W. Eaton</a><br>
 <a href="mailto:jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu"><i>jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu</i></a><br>
 University of Wisconsin<br>
 Department of Chemical Engineering<br>
 Madison WI 53719
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