waltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org (Fred 'The Rebel' van Kempen) (03/30/91)
Dear People,
Please find below the complete source package of the W-NEWS NEWS
processing package for MINIX (and other small UNIX-like) systems.
It is a fairly complete system, which has already proven its powers
(and, we have to be honest here, bugs and shortcomings) because it
is used by most (if not all) people on the European part of MUGNET.
It currently runs on the following systems:
- MINIX-PC (IBM PC/XT) 640Kb RAM
Contact: Wim van Dorst, <baron@wiesje.hobby.nl>
- MINIX-PC (IBM PC/AT) 1Mb RAM
Contact: me
- MINIX-PC (AT/386 (Bruce Evans' Kernel)) 4Mb RAM
Contact: Paul Schneider <paul@demug.de.mugnet.org>
- MINIX-ST (Atari 1040Stf version 1.5.10.3) 1Mb RAM
Contact: Bert Laverman <bert@arrakis.nl.mugnet.org>
- Advanced MINIX 1.5.10-PC (IBM PC/XT) 640Kb RAM
Contact: me
- Advanced MINIX 1.5.10-PC/286 (PC/AT) 1Mb RAM
Contact: Peter de Vrijer <peter@pa3ebv.nl.mugnet.org>
- Advanced MINIX 1.5.10-PC/286 (PC/AT) 4Mb RAM
Contact: me
- Advanced MINIX 1.5.10-PC/386 (AT/386) 4Mb RAM
Contact: me
So, no Mac's or Amiga's yet, and only one Atari. This should
be the main target of testing..
This version of W-NEWS is actually a pre-release; it is not yet
completely finished. However, I got _swamped_ with requests for
it, so I just post it here. The alpha and beta test phases went
fairly well, so I expect little problems.
However:
1. Install the software and see if it runs. It probably will, but
then again, I do not have a Mac, Atari or Amiga...
2. Try to isolate _bugs_ in the software as much as possible.
I am not (yet) interested in features. This package has to be
"OK" as soon as possible, since many people want it. We can always
add features later :-)
3. Study the documentation carefully. I used the standard MINIX
"nroff" to create all docs, and they look good here. I am not
sure if what I did works on all systems...
4. In the final stage, let me know about "things yet to be done in
the future". W-NEWS is already a fairly complete system, but it
could use some improvements here and there...
Anyway, happy hacking with this software. I enjoyed (yeah, really!)
writing it, and I hope you all will enjoy debugging it :-) :-)
The next four (4) postings will contain the four parts of the UUencoded,
compressed shar archive (yes, I know. Wasting bandwidth and such, but
this keeps the Bitnetters happy :-). The resulting SHAR file is about
235Kbyte ...
Regards,
Fred `The Rebel' N. van Kempen
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MicroWalt Corporation, for MINIX Development waltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org
Tel (+31) 252 230 205, Hoefbladhof 27, 2215 DV VOORHOUT, The Netherlands