carlson@hpindda.HP.COM (Bob Carlson) (02/28/89)
This may seem like a silly question, but what's the cheapest way to get a notes feed with only a MAC running MAC OS (not A/UX) and a modem? Cheers, Bob carlson%hpindda@hplabs.hp.com
melby@s.cs.uiuc.edu (03/04/89)
There is a Mac version of UUPC which runs under the Aztec C shell. I haven't heard of any standalone versions yet, although when I posted a request for info on UUPC here, about 7 people asked me to send them info. The source code, as well as an Aztec C-specific binary, is available, but that's it. A good amount of extra code would be necessary to add any sort of news feature. (By the way, if anyone finds a standalone version of UUPC, please let me know.)
carlson@hpindda.HP.COM (Bob Carlson) (03/10/89)
The responses below seem to indicate that software is available which can retrieve and serve as a user agent, but I haven't heard from anyone about an actual feed. Though there are many sites, it's not cheap to provide a feed to someone. Is there anywhere that a feed can be obtained for free or a small fee? Thanks for the interest from those of you who resonded. Cheers, Bob ___________ Try checking the sumex-aim.stanford.edu (10.0.0.56) [you can ftp there anonymously] for a program called UUPC...<- note inverted P & C... This will allow you to talk to unix machines with uucp and allow you to get newsfeeds...Last I heard, they were working on a new version.. Marc Runkel aka The Jolly German Giant UUCP : {ames!elroy, <backbone>}!gryphon!pnet02!marcr INET : marcr@pnet02.cts.com WWIVnet: 1@16 or The Jolly German Giant@16 ___________ The only way I know if is to use Tabby alond with RRH or Mansion. If you find other other ways please let me know. Red Ryder Host is a BBS program by Scott Watson of Red Ryder fame. Mansion is another BBS package. Tabby is an extension for any BBS which allows you to pull news off of FidoNet and I think Usenet. I just don't know where to get a newsfeed. Chris Kinsman uw-beaver!microsoft!t-chrisk
relkins@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Rob Elkins) (03/11/89)
In article <40260008@hpindda.HP.COM> carlson@hpindda.HP.COM (Bob Carlson) writes: >Try checking the sumex-aim.stanford.edu (10.0.0.56) [you can ftp >there anonymously] for a program called UUPC...<- note inverted P & C... >This will allow you to talk to unix machines with uucp and allow you >to get newsfeeds...Last I heard, they were working on a new version.. The UUPC software on sumex-aim will not run as it. It requires the Aztex-C shell. Does anyone know how to get this to run?\ Rob -- ARPA: relkins@vax1.acs.udel.edu UUCP: ...!uunet!vax1.acs.udel.edu!relkins Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor not a <Insert Occupation Here> I am the NRA.
lipa@polya.Stanford.EDU (William J. Lipa) (03/11/89)
>In article <40260008@hpindda.HP.COM> carlson@hpindda.HP.COM (Bob Carlson) writes: >Try checking the sumex-aim.stanford.edu (10.0.0.56) [you can ftp >there anonymously] for a program called UUPC...<- note inverted P & C... 10.0.0.56 is not the right address. I believe it points to the old archive on the computer now called sumex-2060.stanford.edu. The correct name and number is SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (36.44.0.6). Bill Lipa Info-Mac
carlson@hpindda.HP.COM (Bob Carlson) (03/14/89)
Here's another response which promises some help with the software side of the question. Cheers, Bob ______________ MACINTOSH UUCP/MAIL/NEWS INFORMATION (as of 6-Mar-89) Using a combination of public domain, modified, and original programs, I have successfully hooked up a Macintosh onto the UUCP network. Currently, only mail can be read and received. USENET news is planned. Following is some brief information on the various programs. * UUCP -- I'm using John Gilmore's "gnuucp" program. He took his "uuslave" program (posted to the net a while back, I think, and available on a few BBSs) and rewrote it. It had no Mac support (only PC, Amiga, Unix, and a few others), so I added that, as well as a little PC Pursuit support. There is built-in support for Hayes-compatible modems, but other modems should be usable as well. John once said that gnuucp did *not* currently work with the Telebit Trailblazer high-speed modems (some problem with the spoofing mode, I assume). Hopefully it will one day. The program seems to work relatively well. However, it's only in beta test now. I've been trying to send messages to John to tell him what I've done, but he seems to be out of town for a couple of weeks. When he gets back, I'll hopefully find out the status of gnuucp, and insert my changes into his master code. I assume he will generally release the program. * UUXQT -- This takes the incoming UUCP work files, puts them into a certain format, and then queues the files up for various programs to work on. For instance, mail is queued for the RMAIL program (see below) to pick up, news is queued for RNEWS, etc.) * RMAIL -- This takes queued mail files from either the user mail program or from UUQXT and sends them to remote or local users, depending on what the address looks like. It's not very smart yet -- if it doesn't know an host name, it sends it off to a defined relay site that is supposed to know how to get to the given host. It's also not very smart about parsing addresses (for instance, you must use UUCP-format addresses ("site!user") rather than internet-format addresses ("user@site")). * MAIL -- This is the user mail program. It reads a standard Unix-format mail file (with the starting "From " line for each message) and displays them in windows. It's not quite finished yet -- I don't as yet rewrite the mail file, so messages can't be deleted. And there are still a few bugs in how addresses are formatted. I based UUXQT and RMAIL on programs that were distributed with DCP (another version of UUCP that was posted on the net), but have rewritten them entirely, and I don't think there's an original line left. MAIL was written from scratch by me. MAIL has a full Mac interface, with menus, windows, buttons, and so on. It's not yet very pretty, but it works ok. The interface will be improved as time goes on and as it gets more use. GNUUCP UUXQT, and RMAIL are currently using the Unix-like stdio library, where diagnostic and status messages are display in a scrolling window of text. UUXQT and RMAIL will be converted to use a standard Mac interface before they are released. Since GNUUCP is portable to various other machines, I'd rather not add a full window/menu interface to it. However, I probably will add some kind of front-end so a user isn't required to type a Unix-like command line. All the programs have been developed and tested on a standard Mac Plus with 1 meg of RAM, running system version 6.0.2. As of yet, none of the programs have anything special that require any particular system version, except HFS. I will probably at some point add some niceties like pop-up menus to the MAIL program, however. All are compilable with LightSpeed C 3.0p4. I will be working on a news interface once I get a higher speed modem (i.e., a Trailblazer). It will, of course, have a full Mac interface, with windows and buttons and the like. If you are interested in beta-testing any of these, let me know. As I said, there's still more to do before the beta stage, but I'll definitely need some testing (and suggestions) after that. Let me know if you want to know more. John Labovitz wb3ffv!sly!xylo (the macintosh) jsl@cup.portal.com