shields@yunccn (Paul Shields) (03/19/88)
Does anyone have experience in dealing with MED-FLEX, Myrtle Beach, SC? I just received CTAR for SCO Xenix from them. It is a TAR-like utility that does file compression and (I think) error correction on floppy disk and tape archives. I received two versions, one for SCO Xenix, the other for MS-DOS. These are compatible formats, allowing the transfer of data from Xenix to DOS and back easily. It must do weird and wonderful things for backups, because it pricked the interest of a secret US Government organisation who stopped it at the Canadian border. Although No Such Agency was mentioned, this caused a three-day lag in its delivery time! 8-( -- Paul Shields, shields@yunccn.UUCP Communication is a two-way street. Don't get run over.
KHD@PSUVMA.BITNET (The Kzinti Ambassador) (03/20/88)
In article <316@yunccn>, shields@yunccn (Paul Shields) says: > [blah blah blah I'm a comp.unix.moron blah blah blah] > >It must do weird and wonderful things for backups, because it pricked the >interest of a secret US Government organisation who stopped it at the >Canadian border. Although No Such Agency was mentioned, this caused >a three-day lag in its delivery time! 8-( Actually, there is the Net Government organisation MUCH (More Useless Cross- posting Haters), which stops asinine postings at the comp.* border whenever a comp.unix.fool tries to crosspost outside of comp.*. Understand me (as if I haven't said this before to idiots who crosspost to talk.bizarre); WE DON'T FIND THIS GARBAGE HUMOROUS. Comp.unix.whackoffs crossposted before, and they were roundly flamed. Now go play nice in your own newsgroup. >-- >Paul Shields, shields@yunccn.UUCP > >Communication is a two-way street. Don't get run over.