gmd@pulsar.UUCP (George MacDonald) (08/11/89)
Re: UUCP > There was a posting recently asking what the latest version of UUPC > was. I don't know; what I do know is that the source that I've been > working from had bugs in the packet-level drivers that prevented > binary file transfers (so if you can transfer binaries you've got > better than the source I started with). A friend of mine is using > a version that claims to be "Camelot 1.8"... The version I got from Dynamix, AmigaUUCP .50 works fine at transferring compressed batched news(binary). I believe it is based on GNU UUCP. It came with source and requires the Lettuce compiler to rebuild it. I haven't built it from sources yet, been trying to avoid getting two compilers. I have a 2500 and run the uucico hourly using DCRON. I have had some problems calling sun systems, although they could call me???? Something to do with role reversal not working properly. I call a 386 based system running Unix to get mail and news, this has been working nicely since March. I get about 10 newsgroups including comp.*.amiga, which is already too much to keep up with. Sigh! I wonder how many others managed to get Dynamix AmigaUUCP working? Is it still available from William Loftus? Have their been any updates since .50? Did anyone get it working using Manx? Has anyone implemented a expire type program? Has anyone had luck calling sun systems? > I have, of course, fixed those bugs and have added some front-end support > for the C-News implementation of "rnews". For those not familiar with > the Un*x news propagating packages, there are basically three. The > version called "A News" is extremely old, buggy, and no longer being > used (I hope :-) and the "B News" is the one that most sites are running. > "C News" is the latest implementation which has as its overriding goals > ease of installation and modification (if the authors are out there > listening, please correct me if I'm wrong). The rnews program I have collapses the normal directory hierarchy into one directory. Newsgroups map to one directory group.group.group, i.e. :news/comp.sys.amiga instead of /usr/news/comp/sys/amiga . What structure does yours use? Do you have rn working? Will the version of rn in news C work with this sort of structure? It would be nice to get a better news reader, Anews makes me hit a lot of "d"'s !!! 8-) > I have a working version of C-News running on my Amiga 500 (and I only > have two floppy drives!) but I have not made it completely automatic, > as I prefer to run some parts by hand in order to keep an eye on them. > To use my C-News implementation you must also use my UUPC (because of > the built-in "rnews" program -- although it's simple and *could* be > worked around). I have a dedicated phone line for my amiga which makes automating this stuff worthwhile. I love it when I'm playing away on my amiga and it dials out automatically, it really impresses people when I explain what my little amiga is doing!! Could you send your version to Fred Fish and perhaps comp.sources.amiga? -- /\ George MacDonald, Pulsar Software Inc. - Unix Software Consultants _____/ \ _____ ..{harvard,decvax}!zinn!pulsar!gmd or gmd@pulsar.mv.com \ / \/ 36 Hickory Ln, Windham, N.H. 03087 Tel (603)-434-2614