mgb@macs.UUCP (Michael Branton) (01/29/89)
I include below an announcement of a uucp product that may run on
the Rainbow. I've seen the fossil stuff for the Rainbow on Compuserve.
Anyone have any of this ? Anyone willing to post it to the net ?
<> From: hoptoad!pozar (Tim Pozar)
<> Newsgroups: comp.newprod
<> Subject: UFGATE
<> Keywords: UUCP, FidoNet, newsgroups, mail, UUCICO, MS-DOS
<> Message-Id: <16737@mcdchg.chi.il.us>
<> Date: 17 Jan 89 16:47:20 GMT
<> Sender: usenet@mcdchg.chi.il.us
<> Followup-To: poster
<> Organization: Late Night Software (San Francisco)
<> Lines: 76
<> Approved: usenet@mcdchg.UUCP
<>
<>
<> 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
<> --
<> ...sun!hoptoad!\ Tim Pozar
<> >fidogate!pozar Fido: 1:125/406
<> ...lll-winken!/ PaBell: (415) 788-3904
<> USNail: KKSF / 77 Maiden Lane / San Francisco CA 94108
<>
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-mgb
...{killer,allegra,decvax!ucf-cs,uflorida}!ki4pv!macs!mgb : UUCPklr@hadron.UUCP (Kurt L. Reisler) (01/30/89)
The ufgate software is real and should work w/o problems on the DEC
Rainbow. We have been running a FidoNet<->UseNet gateway here in the DC
area for over a year. The fossil software should be available on a
large number of BBS around the country.
Kurt Reisler (703) 359-6100
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