cambler@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Fubar's Carbonated Hormones) (11/09/90)
Here is the latest propoganda on FSUUCP for those interested: The next ship date is this Monday, 12 November. If you have sent a disk for FSUUCP and have not yet received your copy, expect it to be in this shipment. I would like to express my pleasure at the fact that since posting that the USPS won't take metred disk mailers, I have not received any more like this, but with stamps on them. Many thanks! We are currently working on the next version of FSUUCP with improved features as per user reports. There is no timetable, but certainly before the end of the year, as Thanksgiving break will afford us poor students plenty of hacking time. (Poor students? Did I write that? :-)) There is still time to send wishlists if you have any features you'de like to see in the next version. Here is the latest propoganda sheet: --- FSUUCP Version 1.1 release 5 is the most current version of FSUUCP. FSUUCP implements a UUCP/Usenet transfer protocol for MSDOS based machines. It comes complete with a full 7 window uucico, uuxqt with rnews and rmail capability, mail, readnews, postnews, uuq, uusnap, and news utilities like batcher and expire. Unlike other packages, FSUUCP implements these programmes as DOS commands directly. By putting the executables on your PATH, and setting an environment variable pointing to your configuration file, you can have UNIX mail and news on your MSDOS machine from the prompt, just like UNIX. To get a copy of FSUUCP: 1. Get it via anonymous FTP from polyslo.calpoly.edu. The file name will be fsuu11r5.zip. The current naming convention is fsuu[VV]r[R].zip, where VV is the version number in V.V format, and R is the release number. In this case, fsuu11r5 means version 1.1, release 5. Check occasionally on polyslo to be sure you have the latest version. 2. Mail us the $35 shareware registration and we will mail you back a disk with a registered copy. Please specify: A. 3.5" 720K B. 5.25" 1.2Meg 3. Mail us a self-addressed stamped disk mailer with either formatted 5.25" 1.2 Meg or 3.5" 720K or 1.44Meg disk. ***NO 360K DISKS!!!*** remember, postage your mailer with STAMPS, *not* metres! We cannot send out metred mail! Registered users remain registered through all major revisions, or for a full year from time of registering, whichever is longer. That is, if you register your copy of 1.1, you are still registered through 1.2, 1.3, ..., 1.x, and all releases of these versions, and you are also still registered regardless of the version for a full year. Note that if you choose method 3, you DO NOT need to send the registration until/if you decide to use FSUUCP. And, as always, any bug reports or wishlists will be addressed for future releases. ADDRESS FOR SENDING DISK: Fubar Systems FSUUCP Request 1525 Mill #6 San Luis Obispo, Ca 93401-2543 (805) 54-FUBAR -- BBS (FSBBS 2.0 prototype system) (805) 544-9234 -- Voice support (message machine when we're in class) For more information, send mail to: support@fubarsys.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ++Christopher(); --- cambler@polyslo.calpoly.edu --- chris@erotica.fubarsys.com --- A feature is a bug with seniority.