[news.misc] Changes to USENET Software: History and Sources

spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (09/12/88)

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to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents.

*** old/software.n	Wed Aug 17 23:08:32 1988
--- src/software.n	Sun Sep 11 21:13:47 1988
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*** 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
  
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*** 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)]
  
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*** 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
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*** 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.
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*** 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!spaf

spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (11/13/88)

This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of
the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to the
news.announce.newusers group, and the version posted a few weeks ago.
It is intended to enable experienced users to track changes to the
regularly posted Usenet documents.

*** old/software.n	Sun Sep 11 21:18:07 1988
--- src/software.n	Sat Nov 12 17:25:43 1988
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*** 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)]
  
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*** 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!spaf

spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (04/09/89)

This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of
the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to the
news.announce.newusers group, and the version posted a few weeks ago.
It is intended to enable experienced users to track changes to the
regularly posted Usenet documents.

*** old/software.n	Sat Nov 12 18:50:17 1988
--- src/software.n	Sat Apr  8 16:43:53 1989
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*** 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
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*** 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>]
  
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*** 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
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*** 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!spaf

spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (05/15/89)

This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of
the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to the
news.announce.newusers group, and the version posted a few weeks ago.
It is intended to enable experienced users to track changes to the
regularly posted Usenet documents.

*** 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>]
  
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*** 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!spaf

spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (07/22/89)

This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of
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*** /tmp/fo16277	Fri Jul 21 23:13:04 1989
--- /tmp/fo26277	Fri Jul 21 23:13:04 1989
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*** 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)]
  
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*** 196,198
  		gatech		gatech!usenet
! 		killer		killer!postmaster
  		ncar		ncar!woods

--- 196,198 -----
  		gatech		gatech!usenet
! 		attctc		attctc!postmaster
  		ncar		ncar!woods
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*** 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!spaf

spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (10/17/89)

This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of
the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to the
news.announce.newusers group, and the version posted a few weeks ago.
It is intended to enable experienced users to track changes to the
regularly posted Usenet documents.

*** /tmp/fo123123	Tue Oct 17 00:32:52 1989
--- /tmp/fo223123	Tue Oct 17 00:32:52 1989
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*** 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)]
  
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*** 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