gordon@scgvaxd.UUCP (07/01/83)
ommunity belonging can these networms achieve a parity in
status, so much deserved in the VAX world.
Please help.
Support a net.VMS newsgroup. (I also suggest a net.VMS.silly
group for all those who would like to spend their time arguing merits
of VMS vs. UNIX)
By the way, I am a VMS user and proud of it. I LIKE VMS, and I
LIKE USENET (and, for the record, many other UNIX utilities). I
selfishly want the best of both worlds.
VMS users (and others), let me know what you think of this.
decvax!trw-unix!scgvaxd!engvax!gordon
Gordon Howell
Hughes Aircraft
Space and Communications Group
El Segundo, California
(213) 615-9075dee@cca.UUCP (Donald Eastlake) (07/03/83)
Last time I subscribed to it (which I do not do now) fa.info-vax was effectively a net.VMS Donald Eastlake dee@cca, decvax!cca!dee
cfv@packet.UUCP (07/03/83)
The question is: can we use fa.info-vax, or should we separate the usenet
traffic into a net. topic the way we do with others such as sf-lovers? With
the lack of reliability on the arpanet side of things since the cutover, I
would tend to vote for something like net.ifo-vax with the fa-material being
sent in through it when it comes through (expecially since fa.info-vax isn't
digestified).
--
>From the dungeons of the Warlock:
Chuck Von Rospach
ucbvax!amd70!packet!cfv
(chuqui@mit-mc) <- obsolete!mark@cbosgd.UUCP (07/06/83)
I would prefer to see a net.vms, assuming there is interest out there. fa.info-vax, when it exists and works, is for vax related issues, usually also vms issues, but not necessarily. Mark
tim@unc.UUCP (07/06/83)
Presumably, those interested in this have news readers that run under VMS. I'm working with a EUNICE site, and would greatly appreciate word of a EUNICE version of readnews if any such thing exists. Please reply directly to me. (In case you're wondering, my access to the net comes from a UNIX login at unc.) We already have UUCP going, but the problem of porting readnews seems intractable. ______________________________________ The overworked keyboard of Tim Maroney duke!unc!tim (USENET) tim.unc@udel-relay (ARPA) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
gordon@scgvaxd.UUCP (07/12/83)
As I understand it, the INTENTION of fa.info-vax is a VAX hardware or operating-system independent newsgroup. The fact that it is being used as a forum for VMS users should be significant of a need for a separate newsgroup devoted to problems/discussions of VMS related issues. Another problem is that many sites (mine, in particular) do not recieve any or some of the arpanet group -- or the group may be "filtered" out someplace upstream by a system that is not particularily interested in a particular group (such as a purely UNIX site not wanting news on VMS) Although the news at our site has been coming through sporadically, the mail has been pretty steady. I have received a number of positive responses to my inquiry re VMS newsgroup, especially for a group such as net.vms.flame to debate UNIX vs. VMS issues which would "otherwise overwhelm the good stuff" in the words of one respondant. I have also recieved some rather negative responses... (presumably some synapses temporarily fused to anal cavities) Gordon Howell ...still following the discussion (and trimming my fingernails!) decvax!trw-unix!scgvaxd!engvax!gordon