eastick@me.utoronto.ca (Doug Eastick) (02/22/89)
Here's the "poop sheet" (as the author called it) on ufgate.
The archive has just been uploaded to radio.astro.utoronto.ca (128.100.75.4).
Look in directory "upload" or "msdos", depending if Brian has moved it
or not.
The archive is approx 550Kbytes, and you need a hard disk for it.
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Late Night Software is proud to announce UFGATE.
UFGATE is a package that will move files, mail, and news-
groups back and forth between UUCP/USENET and MS-DOS machines.
The package will gate between UUCP/USENET and FidoNet or you can
just run the package stand-alone, effectively being a leaf site
in UUCP/USENET.
UFGATE runs on IBM-PC/XT/AT or PS/2 machines or compatibles.
UFGATE will also work with MS-DOS or PC-DOS machines that are not
100 percent IBM-PC hardware compatible with an appropriate FOSSIL
(a communications device driver). This is needed for the UUCICO
clone, GNUUCP (aka. UUSLAVE).
The GNUUCP program has been brought up to a full implementa-
tion of UUCICO with routines so it can run with the MS-DOS file
structure. You can initiate or receive UUCP connections and
there is full support for l.sys files. You can even use it with
PC Pursuit.
The package will handle the importing, exporting of UUCP
messages, and also the automatic deletion of old USENET newsgroup
messages. UFGATE will also handle mail/newsgroups that have been
either 12 or 16 bit compressed.
UFGATE can handle either UUCP bang-style, ARPA/INTERNET
domain style, or a hybrid of both. It can also handle aliases
for individuals or machine names. Message forwarding is also
built in. UFGATE can handle multiple hosts.
Message formatting, like the automatic appending of
individual signature files, is supported.
Detailed debugging is available, so setup is easier.
UFGATE is free to non-commercial, non-supported users. If
you are interested in support, which includes updates for a year,
the Late Night Software telephone support service, and a hard
copy of the manual, a $35 fee is asked. If you are a commercial
site, you will automatically get the support described above, and
the manual for $195. Support is available to all users via the
UFGATE echo on FidoNet.
You can download the UFGATE package from the Late Night
Software BBS at:
+1 415 695 0759.
Currently we have a 9600b/s V-Series Hayes modem. The time
to transfer the file (UFGATE.ARC) at 9600b/s is 10 minutes, or at
2400b/s, it would be about 40 minutes.
We also accept floppies. You can send either 360Kbyte or
1.2Mbyte, five and a quarter inch floppies. If you send 360Kbyte
floppies, send four. The package will fit completely on one
1.2Mbyte floppy. The floppies should be pre-formatted on your
machine.
Send the floppies in a standard floppy mailer with a return
label, and return postage to:
Late Night Software
Tim Pozar
671 28th Street
San Francisco, CA 94131
If you have further questions, you can write us at the above
address, or call us at +1 415 695 7727, or write to the Email
address below.
Internet: lns@f555.n125.z1.fidonet.org
UUCP: ...!sun!hoptoad!fidogate!lns
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