lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) (01/16/84)
It was recently asked if Coherent would support UUCP. (Coherent, for those of you who don't know, is a multi-user/multi-tasking V7 look-alike that sells for $500.) The answer to the question is about to become a definite YES. In fact, the UUCP they will be distributing (including reasonably sophisticated mail and netnews generation/receiving facilities) is a version of my own private UUCP/mail/netnews code. As a matter of fact, that's what site "vortex" is -- an IBM PC/XT running Coherent. I am very satisfied with Coherent and find that it does an excellent job of providing a decent V7 environment with what is essentially a rather limited piece of hardware. My UUCP/mail/netnews code is churning away 24 hours a day without problems. (Since my code is all written from scratch, I don't have to contend with any of the various "uucp bugs" that seem to be reported on a regular basis. I'm not trying to be critical of Unix UUCP -- I'm simply saying that due to its rather convoluted history and widespread modifications a substantial number of problems have crept in over time.) Anyway, my own UUCP and related code is running fine and handles my rather voluminous mail/news load (something like 150 to over 200 incoming calls a day, not to mention outgoing) without difficulty. If all goes well, Mark Williams Co. (the distributers of Coherent) will be demo'ing my UUCP/mail/netnews code at UniForum this week. I'll be roaming around the conference as well, so I may see many of you there. I hope UniForum doesn't turn into TOO much of a zoo. --Lauren--