usenet@gatech.UUCP (03/01/87)
*** old/software.n Mon Feb 16 10:37:56 1987
--- src/software.n Sat Feb 28 13:59:28 1987
***************
*** 5,7 ****
Original from: spaf@gatech (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 16 February 1987 by spaf@gatech.edu]
--- 5,7 ----
Original from: spaf@gatech (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 28 February 1987 by spaf@gatech.edu]
***************
*** 17,38 ****
-------
! Usenet came into being in early 1979 in North Carolina when Tom
! Truscott and Jim Ellis first thought of hooking two of their computers
! together (one at Duke University, one at UNC) to exchange mailing
! lists. Tom and Steve Bellovin put together the first version of the
! news software using shell scripts and installed it on those first two
! sites: "unc" and "duke." Steve later rewrote the scripts into C
! programs, but they were never released beyond "unc" and "duke." Shortly
! thereafter, Tom and Steve Daniel rewrote the programs for public
! distribution. This was the "A" news release. At the beginning of 1980
! the network consisted of those two sites and "phs" (another machine at
! Duke), and was described at the January Usenix conference.
! In 1981 at U. C. Berkeley, Mark Horton and Matt Glickman rewrote the news
! software to add functionality and to cope with the ever increasing
! volume of news -- "A" news was intended for under 100 sites and only a
! few articles per group per day. This rewrite was the "B" news
! version. The first public release was version 2.1 in 1982; the 1.*
! versions were all beta test. As the net grew, the news software was
! expanded and modified. The last version maintained and released
! primarily by Mark was 2.10.1
--- 17,40 ----
-------
! Usenet came into being in early 1979, shortly after the release of V7
! Unix with UUCP. Two Duke University grad students in North Carolina,
! Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis, thought of hooking computers together to
! exchange information with the Unix community. Steve Bellovin, a grad
! student at the University of North Carolina, put together the first
! version of the news software using shell scripts and installed it on
! the first two sites: "unc" and "duke." At the beginning of 1980 the
! network consisted of those two sites and "phs" (another machine at
! Duke), and was described at the January Usenix conference. Steve
! Bellovin later rewrote the scripts into C programs, but they were never
! released beyond "unc" and "duke." Shortly thereafter, Steve Daniel
! rewrote the programs for public distribution. Tom Truscott made
! further modifications, and this became the "A" news release.
! In 1981 at U. C. Berkeley, grad students Mark Horton and Matt Glickman
! rewrote the news software to add functionality and to cope with the
! ever increasing volume of news -- "A" news was intended for under 100
! sites and only a few articles per group per day. This rewrite was the
! "B" news version. The first public release was version 2.1 in 1982;
! the 1.* versions were all beta test. As the net grew, the news
! software was expanded and modified. The last version maintained and
! released primarily by Mark was 2.10.1.
***************
*** 94,100 ****
network and Usenet were joined via gateways doing (sometimes imperfect)
! protocol translation. The interface for "notes" is similar to "rn"
! ("rn" may have been inspired somewhat by "notes") but implements
! different features, many of which are dictated by the internal
! organization of "notes." "notes" was written by Ray Essick and Rob
! Kolstad in 1980-1981 at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. The first public release of "notes" was at the
--- 96,101 ----
network and Usenet were joined via gateways doing (sometimes imperfect)
! protocol translation. The interface for "notes" is similar to "rn" but
! implements different features, many of which are dictated by its
! internal organization. "notes" was written in 1980-1981 by Ray Essick
! and Rob Kolstad, grad students at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. The first public release of "notes" was at the
***************
*** 101,103 ****
January 1982 Usenix conference. The current release of notes is
! version 1.7.0, January 1985.
--- 102,104 ----
January 1982 Usenix conference. The current release of notes is
! version 2.7.
***************
*** 149,154 ****
2.10.2 are considered "obsolete." The various maintainers of the
! Usenet software have never expressed any committment to maintain
! backwards compatability with "foreign" or obsolete news systems and are
unlikely to do so; it is the responsibility of the users to maintain
! compatability of such software if they wish to continue to interact
with the Usenet.
--- 150,155 ----
2.10.2 are considered "obsolete." The various maintainers of the
! Usenet software have never expressed any commitment to maintain
! backwards compatibility with "foreign" or obsolete news systems and are
unlikely to do so; it is the responsibility of the users to maintain
! compatibility of such software if they wish to continue to interact
with the Usenet.
***************
*** 177,178 ****
--- 178,180 ----
philabs philabs!usenet
+ pyramid pyramid!usenet
rutgers rutgers!usenet
***************
*** 183,185 ****
Sources for both news 2.11 and "rn" are also available in the
! mod.sources archives.. Eurpopean sites should request the sources from
their nearest backbone site.
--- 185,194 ----
Sources for both news 2.11 and "rn" are also available in the
! mod.sources archives. European sites should request the sources from
their nearest backbone site.
+
+ Acknowledgements
+ ----------------
+ The preparation of this article (and Usenet itself!) was greatly
+ enhanced by the contributions and assistance of the following persons:
+ Steve Bellovin, Ray Essick, Mark Horton, Brian Kantor, Phil Lapsley,
+ Bob Page, Tom Truscott, and Larry Wall. Thanks, guys.usenet@gatech.edu (05/03/87)
*** old/software.n Wed Apr 29 19:11:44 1987 --- src/software.n Sun May 3 13:44:09 1987 *************** *** 1,2 **** ! Newsgroups: news.admin,mod.announce.newusers Expires: 40days --- 1,2 ---- ! Newsgroups: news.admin,news.announce.newusers Expires: 40days *************** *** 5,7 **** Original from: spaf@gatech (Gene Spafford) ! [Most recent change: 15 March 1987 by spaf@gatech.edu] --- 5,7 ---- Original from: spaf@gatech (Gene Spafford) ! [Most recent change: 13 April 1987 by spaf@gatech.edu] *************** *** 50,52 **** ! The current release of news is 2.11, patchlevel 3, dated 12/29/86. Article format is specified in RFC 850, last revised in October 1986 (a --- 50,52 ---- ! The current release of news is 2.11, patchlevel 8, dated 4/10/87. Article format is specified in RFC 850, last revised in October 1986 (a *************** *** 102,104 **** January 1982 Usenix conference. The current release of notes is ! version 2.7. --- 102,104 ---- January 1982 Usenix conference. The current release of notes is ! allegedly version 2.7. *************** *** 119,130 **** ! NNTP grew out of independent work in 1984-1985 by Brian Kantor at U. C. ! San Diego and Phil Lapsley at U. C. Berkeley, The package is currently ! in release 1.3, and was developed at U. C. Berkeley by Phil Lapsley ! with help from Erik Fair, Steven Grady, and Mike Meyer, among others. ! The NNTP package is distributed on the 4.3BSD release tape (although ! that is version 1.2a and out-of-date) and is also available from the ! various authors, many backbone hosts, and by anonymous FTP from ucbvax, ! sdcsvax, and seismo. A new release should be posted to mod.sources in ! the near future. Reader clients for VMS and TOPS-20 systems should ! also be available soon. --- 119,130 ---- ! NNTP grew out of independent work in 1984-1985 by Brian Kantor at U. ! C. San Diego and Phil Lapsley at U. C. Berkeley, The package is ! currently in release 1.3, and was developed at U. C. Berkeley by Phil ! Lapsley with help from Erik Fair, Steven Grady, and Mike Meyer, among ! others. The NNTP package is distributed on the 4.3BSD release tape ! (although that is version 1.2a and out-of-date) and is also available ! from the various authors, many backbone hosts, and by anonymous FTP ! from ucbvax, sdcsvax, and seismo. A new release should be posted to ! comp.sources.unix in the near future. Reader clients for VMS and ! TOPS-20 systems should also be available soon. *************** *** 143,146 **** B news software (i.e., 2.11). "notes" users may obtain some patches ! from the mod.sources archives which enable recent versions of "notes" ! to interact moderated groups somewhat properly. --- 143,146 ---- B news software (i.e., 2.11). "notes" users may obtain some patches ! from the comp.sources.unix archives which enable recent versions of ! "notes" to interact moderated groups somewhat properly. *************** *** 185,188 **** Sources for both news 2.11 and "rn" are also available in the ! mod.sources archives. European sites should request the sources from ! their nearest backbone site. --- 185,188 ---- Sources for both news 2.11 and "rn" are also available in the ! comp.sources.unix archives. European sites should request the sources ! from their nearest backbone site985:1
usenet@gatech.edu (06/01/87)
*** old/software.n Sun May 3 16:12:37 1987 --- src/software.n Fri May 29 09:37:52 1987 *************** *** 5,7 **** Original from: spaf@gatech (Gene Spafford) ! [Most recent change: 13 April 1987 by spaf@gatech.edu] --- 5,7 ---- Original from: spaf@gatech (Gene Spafford) ! [Most recent change: 29 May 1987 by spaf@gatech.edu] *************** *** 172,174 **** ---- ------- - akgua akgua!usa felix felix!bytebug --- 172,173 ---- *************** *** 183,184 **** --- 182,184 ---- ulowell ulowell!usenet + watmath watmath!usenet
spaf@arthur.cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) (09/15/87)
*** old/software.n Mon Jun 1 06:48:20 1987
--- src/software.n Mon Sep 7 11:38:15 1987
***************
*** 2,7 ****
Expires: 40days
! Approved: spaf@gatech.EDU
! Original from: spaf@gatech (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 29 May 1987 by spaf@gatech.edu]
--- 2,7 ----
Expires: 40days
! Approved: spaf@purdue.EDU
! Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 7 September 1987 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
***************
*** 102,104 ****
January 1982 Usenix conference. The current release of notes is
! allegedly version 2.7.
--- 102,104 ----
January 1982 Usenix conference. The current release of notes is
! version 1.7.
***************
*** 126,128 ****
from the various authors, many backbone hosts, and by anonymous FTP
! from ucbvax, sdcsvax, and seismo. A new release should be posted to
comp.sources.unix in the near future. Reader clients for VMS and
--- 126,128 ----
from the various authors, many backbone hosts, and by anonymous FTP
! from ucbvax, sdcsvax, and gatech. A new release should be posted to
comp.sources.unix in the near future. Reader clients for VMS and
***************
*** 179,181 ****
rutgers rutgers!usenet
- seismo seismo!usenet
tektronix tektronix!news
--- 179,180 ----
--
Gene Spafford
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@arthur.cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) (10/01/87)
*** old/software.n Tue Sep 15 11:48:13 1987
--- src/software.n Fri Sep 18 14:49:34 1987
***************
*** 5,7 ****
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 7 September 1987 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
--- 5,7 ----
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 18 September 1987 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
***************
*** 127,130 ****
from ucbvax, sdcsvax, and gatech. A new release should be posted to
! comp.sources.unix in the near future. Reader clients for VMS and
! TOPS-20 systems should also be available soon.
--- 127,132 ----
from ucbvax, sdcsvax, and gatech. A new release should be posted to
! comp.sources.unix in the near future. Reader clients for VMS systems
! should also be available soon. A TOPS-20 reader was developed by Dave
! Edwards of SRI <dle@kl.sri.com>, and is available for public FTP from
! cu20b.columbia.edu in the directory "PK:<SOURCE.TOPSUX.NEWS>".
***************
*** 192,193 ****
Steve Bellovin, Ray Essick, Mark Horton, Brian Kantor, Phil Lapsley,
! Bob Page, Tom Truscott, and Larry Wall. Thanks, guys.
--- 194,195 ----
Steve Bellovin, Ray Essick, Mark Horton, Brian Kantor, Phil Lapsley,
! Bob Page, Tom Truscott, and Larry Wall. Thanks, folks.
--
Gene Spafford
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (01/02/88)
This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of
the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to this
group, and the version posted a few weeks ago. New users may ignore
this posting -- it is intended to enable experienced users
to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents.
*** tmp/software.n Thu Oct 1 08:35:49 1987
--- src/software.n Thu Dec 10 17:58:58 1987
***************
*** 5,7 ****
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 18 September 1987 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
--- 5,7 ----
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 10 December 1987 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
***************
*** 59,61 ****
! A new version of news, becoming known as "C" news, is being developed
at the University of Toronto by Geoff Collyer and Henry Spencer. This
--- 59,61 ----
! A new version of news, becoming known as "C" news, has been developed
at the University of Toronto by Geoff Collyer and Henry Spencer. This
***************
*** 64,70 ****
the reliability of the news system through better locking, etc. The
! package is about to go into beta test stage (they have all the beta
! testers they need, thank you), and will be made available to the Usenet
! community when it is deemed stable enough. For more information, see
! the paper "News Need Not Be Slow," published in The Winter 1987 Usenix
! Technical Conference proceedings.
--- 64,68 ----
the reliability of the news system through better locking, etc. The
! package was released to the net in the autumn of 1987. For more
! information, see the paper "News Need Not Be Slow," published in The
! Winter 1987 Usenix Technical Conference proceedings.
***************
*** 131,132 ****
--- 129,134 ----
cu20b.columbia.edu in the directory "PK:<SOURCE.TOPSUX.NEWS>".
+
+ An IBM VM/SP (CMS) version of the Usenet software is supposedly
+ available. Interested sites should contact irwin@pucc.bitnet
+ (Princeton University Computing Center) for details.
--
Gene Spafford
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (02/04/88)
This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of
the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to this
group, and the version posted a few weeks ago. New users may ignore
this posting -- it is intended to enable experienced users
to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents.
*** old/software.n Fri Jan 1 15:41:07 1988
--- src/software.n Tue Feb 2 23:27:15 1988
***************
*** 5,7 ****
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 10 December 1987 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
--- 5,7 ----
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 31 January 1988 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
***************
*** 50,52 ****
! The current release of news is 2.11, patchlevel 8, dated 4/10/87.
Article format is specified in RFC 850, last revised in October 1986 (a
--- 50,52 ----
! The current release of news is 2.11, patchlevel 14, dated 12/1/87.
Article format is specified in RFC 850, last revised in October 1986 (a
***************
*** 124,126 ****
from the various authors, many backbone hosts, and by anonymous FTP
! from ucbvax, sdcsvax, and gatech. A new release should be posted to
comp.sources.unix in the near future. Reader clients for VMS systems
--- 124,126 ----
from the various authors, many backbone hosts, and by anonymous FTP
! from ucbvax, ucsd, and gatech. A new release should be posted to
comp.sources.unix in the near future. Reader clients for VMS systems
***************
*** 130,134 ****
! An IBM VM/SP (CMS) version of the Usenet software is supposedly
! available. Interested sites should contact irwin@pucc.bitnet
! (Princeton University Computing Center) for details.
--- 130,136 ----
! At least one IBM VM/SP (CMS) version of the Usenet software is
! available. Interested parties should contact Irwin Tillman of
! Princeton University (irwin@pucc.princeton.edu or irwin@pucc.bitnet)
! for details. Another version may also be available from Bill Verity at
! Penn State (whv@psuvm.bitnet).
--
Gene Spafford
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (03/02/88)
This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of
the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to this
group, and the version posted a few weeks ago. New users may ignore
this posting -- it is intended to enable experienced users
to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents.
*** old/software.n Wed Feb 3 18:19:19 1988
--- src/software.n Sun Feb 7 20:06:34 1988
***************
*** 5,7
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 31 January 1988 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
--- 5,7 -----
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 7 February 1988 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
***************
*** 51,53
The current release of news is 2.11, patchlevel 14, dated 12/1/87.
! Article format is specified in RFC 850, last revised in October 1986 (a
version is distributed with the news software).
--- 51,53 -----
The current release of news is 2.11, patchlevel 14, dated 12/1/87.
! Article format is specified in RFC 1036, last revised in December 1987 (a
version is distributed with the news software).
***************
*** 77,79
A second, more versatile interface, "rn", was developed by Larry Wall
! of SDC (now UNiSYS) and released in 1984. This interface also uses
full-screen display with direct positioning, but it includes many other
--- 77,79 -----
A second, more versatile interface, "rn", was developed by Larry Wall
! of SDC (now JPL/NASA) and released in 1984. This interface also uses
full-screen display with direct positioning, but it includes many other
***************
*** 182,183
munnari munnari!kre
philabs philabs!usenet
--- 182,184 -----
munnari munnari!kre
+ osu-cis osu-cis!bob
philabs philabs!usenet
--
Gene Spafford
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (04/04/88)
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to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents.
*** old/software.n Tue Mar 1 20:19:17 1988
--- src/software.n Sun Apr 3 17:50:42 1988
***************
*** 5,7
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 7 February 1988 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
--- 5,7 -----
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 2 April 1988 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
***************
*** 77,81
A second, more versatile interface, "rn", was developed by Larry Wall
! of SDC (now JPL/NASA) and released in 1984. This interface also uses
! full-screen display with direct positioning, but it includes many other
! useful features and is very popular with many regular net readers. The
interface includes reading, discarding, and/or processing of articles
--- 77,81 -----
A second, more versatile interface, "rn", was developed by Larry Wall
! of JPL/NASA and released in 1984. This interface also uses full-screen
! display with direct positioning, but it includes many other useful
! features and is very popular with many regular net readers. The
interface includes reading, discarding, and/or processing of articles
***************
*** 135,136
Penn State (whv@psuvm.bitnet).
--- 135,147 -----
Penn State (whv@psuvm.bitnet).
+
+ A VAX/VMS implementation is available that implements a screen-based
+ user interface with the functionality similar to rn. The program allows
+ reading, posting, direct replies, moderated newsgroups, etc. in a
+ fashion closely related to regular news. The implementation includes
+ the RFC1036 news propagation algorithms and integrated use of the NNTP
+ protocols to support remote news servers, implemented as a VAX/VMS
+ Decnet object. A RFC977 server implemented as a Decnet object is also
+ included. The license for the software is free, and there are no
+ restrictions on the re-distribution. For more info, contact
+ gih900@fac.anu.oz (Geoff Huston).
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (05/09/88)
This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of
the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to this
group, and the version posted a few weeks ago. New users may ignore
this posting -- it is intended to enable experienced users
to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents.
*** old/software.n Sun Apr 3 18:44:41 1988
--- src/software.n Thu Apr 21 15:57:10 1988
***************
*** 5,7
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 2 April 1988 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
--- 5,7 -----
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 21 April 1988 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
***************
*** 118,121
NNTP grew out of independent work in 1984-1985 by Brian Kantor at U.
! C. San Diego and Phil Lapsley at U. C. Berkeley, The package is
! currently in release 1.3, and was developed at U. C. Berkeley by Phil
Lapsley with help from Erik Fair, Steven Grady, and Mike Meyer, among
--- 118,122 -----
NNTP grew out of independent work in 1984-1985 by Brian Kantor at U.
! C. San Diego and Phil Lapsley at U. C. Berkeley. It is now in release
! 1.5, and includes support for System V UNIX with Excelan Ethernet cards
! and DECNET under Ultrix. NNTP was developed at U. C. Berkeley by Phil
Lapsley with help from Erik Fair, Steven Grady, and Mike Meyer, among
***************
*** 124,130
from the various authors, many backbone hosts, and by anonymous FTP
! from ucbvax, ucsd, and gatech. A new release should be posted to
! comp.sources.unix in the near future. Reader clients for VMS systems
! should also be available soon. A TOPS-20 reader was developed by Dave
! Edwards of SRI <dle@kl.sri.com>, and is available for public FTP from
! cu20b.columbia.edu in the directory "PK:<SOURCE.TOPSUX.NEWS>".
--- 125,134 -----
from the various authors, many backbone hosts, and by anonymous FTP
! from ucbvax, ucsd, and gatech. Reader clients for VMS systems should
! be available soon. A TOPS-20 reader was developed by Dave Edwards of
! SRI <dle@kl.sri.com>, and is available for public FTP from
! cu20b.columbia.edu in the directory "PK:<SOURCE.TOPSUX.NEWS>". There
! is also an NNTP-based netnews reader for Symbolics Lisp Machines (under
! Generra 7) available for anonymous FTP from ucbvax.berkeley.edu
! [10.2.0.78] in pub/nntp-clients/lispm written by Ian Connolly
! <connolly@ge-crd.arpa>.
***************
*** 145,147
restrictions on the re-distribution. For more info, contact
! gih900@fac.anu.oz (Geoff Huston).
--- 149,151 -----
restrictions on the re-distribution. For more info, contact
! gih900@fac.anu.oz.au (Geoff Huston).
***************
*** 161,163
from the comp.sources.unix archives which enable recent versions of
! "notes" to interact moderated groups somewhat properly.
--- 165,167 -----
from the comp.sources.unix archives which enable recent versions of
! "notes" to interact with moderated groups properly.
***************
*** 191,193
gatech gatech!usenet
! hao hao!woods
munnari munnari!kre
--- 195,198 -----
gatech gatech!usenet
! ncar ncar!woods
! mirror mirror!usenet
munnari munnari!kre
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (05/17/88)
This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of
the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to this
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this posting -- it is intended to enable experienced users
to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents.
*** old/software.n Sun May 8 23:36:54 1988
--- src/software.n Mon May 9 09:11:35 1988
***************
*** 5,7
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 21 April 1988 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
--- 5,7 -----
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 9 May 1988 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
***************
*** 130,132
is also an NNTP-based netnews reader for Symbolics Lisp Machines (under
! Generra 7) available for anonymous FTP from ucbvax.berkeley.edu
[10.2.0.78] in pub/nntp-clients/lispm written by Ian Connolly
--- 130,132 -----
is also an NNTP-based netnews reader for Symbolics Lisp Machines (under
! Genera 7) available for anonymous FTP from ucbvax.berkeley.edu
[10.2.0.78] in pub/nntp-clients/lispm written by Ian Connolly
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (06/01/88)
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*** old/software.n Tue May 17 11:46:45 1988
--- src/software.n Tue May 17 16:47:36 1988
***************
*** 5,7
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 9 May 1988 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
--- 5,7 -----
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 17 May 1988 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
***************
*** 195,196
gatech gatech!usenet
ncar ncar!woods
--- 195,197 -----
gatech gatech!usenet
+ killer killer!postmaster
ncar ncar!woods
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (07/27/88)
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*** old/software.n Wed Jun 1 01:28:54 1988
--- src/software.n Tue Jul 26 16:31:14 1988
***************
*** 113,117
news without having to store articles on each system. Many of the
! Usenet backbone hosts that are also on the Internet exchange news
! articles using NNTP because the load impact of NNTP is much lower than
! uucp (and NNTP ensures much faster propagation).
--- 113,117 -----
news without having to store articles on each system. Many of the
! Usenet hosts that are also on the Internet exchange news articles using
! NNTP because the load impact of NNTP is much lower than uucp (and NNTP
! ensures much faster propagation).
***************
*** 124,126
(although that is version 1.2a and out-of-date) and is also available
! from the various authors, many backbone hosts, and by anonymous FTP
from ucbvax, ucsd, and gatech. Reader clients for VMS systems should
--- 124,126 -----
(although that is version 1.2a and out-of-date) and is also available
! from the various authors, many major hosts, and by anonymous FTP
from ucbvax, ucsd, and gatech. Reader clients for VMS systems should
***************
*** 185,187
! Current software is obtainable from almost any Usenet backbone site.
Source to the 'rn' newsreader program is also widely available.
--- 185,187 -----
! Current software is obtainable from almost any Usenet major site.
Source to the 'rn' newsreader program is also widely available.
***************
*** 209,211
comp.sources.unix archives. European sites should request the sources
! from their nearest backbone site.
--- 209,211 -----
comp.sources.unix archives. European sites should request the sources
! from their nearest Eunet backbone site.
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (08/18/88)
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*** old/software.n Tue Jul 26 19:55:59 1988
--- src/software.n Wed Aug 17 23:00:30 1988
***************
*** 5,7
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 17 May 1988 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
--- 5,7 -----
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 17 August 1988 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
***************
*** 97,99
internal organization. "notes" was written in 1980-1981 by Ray Essick
! and Rob Kolstad, grad students at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. The first public release of "notes" was at the
--- 97,99 -----
internal organization. "notes" was written in 1980-1981 by Ray Essick
! and Rob Kolstad, (then) grad students at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. The first public release of "notes" was at the
***************
*** 124,129
(although that is version 1.2a and out-of-date) and is also available
! from the various authors, many major hosts, and by anonymous FTP
! from ucbvax, ucsd, and gatech. Reader clients for VMS systems should
! be available soon. A TOPS-20 reader was developed by Dave Edwards of
! SRI <dle@kl.sri.com>, and is available for public FTP from
cu20b.columbia.edu in the directory "PK:<SOURCE.TOPSUX.NEWS>". There
--- 124,129 -----
(although that is version 1.2a and out-of-date) and is also available
! from the various authors, many major hosts, and by anonymous FTP from
! ucbvax, ucsd, and gatech. Reader clients for VMS systems should be
! available soon. A TOPS-20 reader was developed by Dave Edwards of SRI
! <dle@kl.sri.com>, and is available for public FTP from
cu20b.columbia.edu in the directory "PK:<SOURCE.TOPSUX.NEWS>". There
***************
*** 132,134
[10.2.0.78] in pub/nntp-clients/lispm written by Ian Connolly
! <connolly@ge-crd.arpa>.
--- 132,136 -----
[10.2.0.78] in pub/nntp-clients/lispm written by Ian Connolly
! <connolly@ge-crd.arpa>. An NNTP reader suite for PC's running MS-DOS
! and having Excelan boards is available for ftp from ames.arc.nasa.gov;
! get the pcrrn files.
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (09/12/88)
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*** old/software.n Wed Aug 17 23:08:32 1988
--- src/software.n Sun Sep 11 21:13:47 1988
***************
*** 1,4
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.announce.newusers
! Expires: 40days
! Approved: spaf@purdue.EDU
--- 1,4 -----
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.announce.newusers
! Expires: 90days
! Approved: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU
***************
*** 5,7
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 17 August 1988 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
--- 5,7 -----
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 11 September 1988 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
***************
*** 77,81
A second, more versatile interface, "rn", was developed by Larry Wall
! of JPL/NASA and released in 1984. This interface also uses full-screen
! display with direct positioning, but it includes many other useful
! features and is very popular with many regular net readers. The
interface includes reading, discarding, and/or processing of articles
--- 77,81 -----
A second, more versatile interface, "rn", was developed by Larry Wall
! now of JPL/NASA and released in 1984. This interface also uses
! full-screen display with direct positioning, but it includes many other
! useful features and is very popular with many regular net readers. The
interface includes reading, discarding, and/or processing of articles
***************
*** 187,189
! Current software is obtainable from almost any Usenet major site.
Source to the 'rn' newsreader program is also widely available.
--- 187,189 -----
! Current software is obtainable from almost any major Usenet site.
Source to the 'rn' newsreader program is also widely available.
***************
*** 195,197
---- -------
- felix felix!bytebug
gatech gatech!usenet
--- 195,196 -----
---- -------
gatech gatech!usenet
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (11/13/88)
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*** old/software.n Sun Sep 11 21:18:07 1988
--- src/software.n Sat Nov 12 17:25:43 1988
***************
*** 5,7
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 11 September 1988 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
--- 5,7 -----
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 12 November 1988 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
***************
*** 127,136
available soon. A TOPS-20 reader was developed by Dave Edwards of SRI
! <dle@kl.sri.com>, and is available for public FTP from
! cu20b.columbia.edu in the directory "PK:<SOURCE.TOPSUX.NEWS>". There
! is also an NNTP-based netnews reader for Symbolics Lisp Machines (under
! Genera 7) available for anonymous FTP from ucbvax.berkeley.edu
! [10.2.0.78] in pub/nntp-clients/lispm written by Ian Connolly
! <connolly@ge-crd.arpa>. An NNTP reader suite for PC's running MS-DOS
! and having Excelan boards is available for ftp from ames.arc.nasa.gov;
! get the pcrrn files.
--- 127,134 -----
available soon. A TOPS-20 reader was developed by Dave Edwards of SRI
! <dle@kl.sri.com>, but current availability is unknown. There is also
! an NNTP-based netnews reader for Symbolics Lisp Machines (under Genera
! 7) available for anonymous FTP from ucbvax.berkeley.edu [10.2.0.78] in
! pub/nntp-clients/lispm written by Ian Connolly <connolly@ge-crd.arpa>.
! An NNTP reader suite for PC's running MS-DOS and having Excelan boards
! is available for ftp from ames.arc.nasa.gov; get the pcrrn files.
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (04/09/89)
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*** old/software.n Sat Nov 12 18:50:17 1988
--- src/software.n Sat Apr 8 16:43:53 1989
***************
*** 1,3
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.announce.newusers
! Expires: 90days
Approved: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU
--- 1,3 -----
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.announce.newusers
! Expires: +90days
Approved: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU
***************
*** 5,7
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 12 November 1988 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
--- 5,7 -----
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 7 April 1989 by Gene Spafford <spaf@cs.purdue.edu>]
***************
*** 50,52
! The current release of news is 2.11, patchlevel 14, dated 12/1/87.
Article format is specified in RFC 1036, last revised in December 1987 (a
--- 50,52 -----
! The current release of news is 2.11, patchlevel 17, dated Feb 1989.
Article format is specified in RFC 1036, last revised in December 1987 (a
***************
*** 118,134
NNTP grew out of independent work in 1984-1985 by Brian Kantor at U.
! C. San Diego and Phil Lapsley at U. C. Berkeley. It is now in release
! 1.5, and includes support for System V UNIX with Excelan Ethernet cards
! and DECNET under Ultrix. NNTP was developed at U. C. Berkeley by Phil
! Lapsley with help from Erik Fair, Steven Grady, and Mike Meyer, among
! others. The NNTP package is distributed on the 4.3BSD release tape
! (although that is version 1.2a and out-of-date) and is also available
! from the various authors, many major hosts, and by anonymous FTP from
! ucbvax, ucsd, and gatech. Reader clients for VMS systems should be
! available soon. A TOPS-20 reader was developed by Dave Edwards of SRI
! <dle@kl.sri.com>, but current availability is unknown. There is also
! an NNTP-based netnews reader for Symbolics Lisp Machines (under Genera
! 7) available for anonymous FTP from ucbvax.berkeley.edu [10.2.0.78] in
! pub/nntp-clients/lispm written by Ian Connolly <connolly@ge-crd.arpa>.
! An NNTP reader suite for PC's running MS-DOS and having Excelan boards
! is available for ftp from ames.arc.nasa.gov; get the pcrrn files.
--- 118,136 -----
NNTP grew out of independent work in 1984-1985 by Brian Kantor at U.
! C. San Diego and Phil Lapsley at U. C. Berkeley. It is now in
! release 1.5, and includes support for System V UNIX with Excelan
! Ethernet cards and DECNET under Ultrix. NNTP was developed at U. C.
! Berkeley by Phil Lapsley with help from Erik Fair, Steven Grady, and
! Mike Meyer, among others. The NNTP package is distributed on the
! 4.3BSD release tape (although that is version 1.2a and out-of-date)
! and is also available from the various authors, many major hosts, and
! by anonymous FTP from ucbvax, ucsd, and gatech. Reader clients for
! VMS systems should be available soon. A TOPS-20 reader was developed
! by Dave Edwards of SRI <dle@kl.sri.com>, but current availability is
! unknown. There is also an NNTP-based netnews reader for Symbolics
! Lisp Machines (under Genera 7) available for anonymous FTP from
! ucbvax.berkeley.edu [10.2.0.78] in pub/nntp-clients/lispm written by
! Ian Connolly <connolly@coins.cs.umass.edu> and maintained by Richard
! Welty <steinmetz!lewis!welty>. An NNTP reader suite for PC's running
! MS-DOS and having Excelan boards is available for ftp from
! ames.arc.nasa.gov; get the pcrrn files.
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (05/15/89)
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*** old/software.n Sat Apr 8 16:50:03 1989
--- src/software.n Sun May 14 22:44:09 1989
***************
*** 5,7
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 7 April 1989 by Gene Spafford <spaf@cs.purdue.edu>]
--- 5,7 -----
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 14 May 1989 by Gene Spafford <spaf@cs.purdue.edu>]
***************
*** 132,134
Ian Connolly <connolly@coins.cs.umass.edu> and maintained by Richard
! Welty <steinmetz!lewis!welty>. An NNTP reader suite for PC's running
MS-DOS and having Excelan boards is available for ftp from
--- 132,134 -----
Ian Connolly <connolly@coins.cs.umass.edu> and maintained by Richard
! Welty <welty@lewis.crd.ge.com>. An NNTP reader suite for PC's running
MS-DOS and having Excelan boards is available for ftp from
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (07/22/89)
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*** /tmp/fo16277 Fri Jul 21 23:13:04 1989
--- /tmp/fo26277 Fri Jul 21 23:13:04 1989
***************
*** 5,7
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 14 May 1989 by Gene Spafford <spaf@cs.purdue.edu>]
--- 5,7 -----
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 21 Jul 1989 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
***************
*** 196,198
gatech gatech!usenet
! killer killer!postmaster
ncar ncar!woods
--- 196,198 -----
gatech gatech!usenet
! attctc attctc!postmaster
ncar ncar!woods
***************
*** 218
Bob Page, Tom Truscott, and Larry Wall. Thanks, folks.
--- 218,219 -----
Bob Page, Tom Truscott, and Larry Wall. Thanks, folks.
+
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (10/17/89)
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*** /tmp/fo123123 Tue Oct 17 00:32:52 1989
--- /tmp/fo223123 Tue Oct 17 00:32:52 1989
***************
*** 5,7
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 21 Jul 1989 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
--- 5,7 -----
Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 10 Oct 1989 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
***************
*** 87,88
release, but is very widely available due to its popularity.
--- 87,94 -----
release, but is very widely available due to its popularity.
+
+ There are two popular macro packages named "GNUs" and "Gnews" that can
+ be used with the GNU Emacs text editor. These allow reading,
+ replying, and posting interaction with the news from inside the Emacs
+ text editor. Copies can be found on most archive sites that carry the
+ GNU archives.
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf