gilbertd@cricket.bio.indiana.edu (Don Gilbert) (02/15/91)
Just some 2 cents on the subject of newsreaders for VMS. I missed the
original post. We have ANU-NEWs (an old version) running on Iubio.
We get an NNTP feed{from a local Unix newsbox, and need to store only
bionet groups as read. The disk space used by this is about 5 megabytes
including ANU-NEWs software. I don't keep up with the current capabilities
of ANU-NEWS, but it likely can be configured to serve out news to other
vaxes (and personal computers?) via NNTP protocols. You can get some
more, somewhat old info on this via anonymous ftp to iubio.bio.indiana.edu,
cd [archive.util.vms.netnews], get 00news-help.text.
-- Don
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Don Gilbert gilbert@bio.indiana.edu
biocomputing office, biology dept., indiana univ., bloomington, in 47405westerm@aclcb.purdue.edu (Rick Westerman) (02/16/91)
In article <1991Feb15.000728.26425@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>, gilbertd@cricket.bio.indiana.edu (Don Gilbert) writes: >Just some 2 cents on the subject of newsreaders for VMS. I missed the >original post. We have ANU-NEWs (an old version) running on Iubio. >We get an NNTP feed{from a local Unix newsbox, and need to store only >bionet groups as read. (note: the following only applies to VAX/VMS sites) Just to prove that Indiana U. and Purdue U. never agree on anything :-) ... We use the NEWSRDR nntp client news reading software to read news that is stored on a UNIX computer. The software is very good, reliable, small, fast, supported and, IMHO, much better than the ANU-NEWS software (which I tried out a couple of years ago). NEWSRDR is available via anonymous FTP from: vms.ecs.rpi.edu While I'm at it, I also recommend the MX mailing software from the same place. I like it a lot better the PMDF. -- Rick Rick Westerman System Manager of the AIDS Center Laboratory westerm@aclcb.purdue.edu for Computational Biochemistry (ACLCB), BCHM (317) 494-0505 bldg., Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN 47907 Is Superman solar-powered?
kristoff@genbank.bio.net (David Kristofferson) (02/16/91)
One of the advantages of USENET is that you can get up-to-date help on a variety of computer and software issues. In regards to the ANU-NEWS news reading software, the newsgroup news.software.anu-news provides such a forum for assistance. Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson GenBank Manager kristoff@genbank.bio.net
smith@mcclb0.med.nyu.edu (02/16/91)
In article <1991Feb15.000728.26425@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>, gilbertd@cricket.bio.indiana.edu (Don Gilbert) writes: > Just some 2 cents on the subject of newsreaders for VMS. I missed the > original post. We have ANU-NEWs (an old version) running on Iubio. > We get an NNTP feed{from a local Unix newsbox, and need to store only > bionet groups as read. The disk space used by this is about 5 megabytes > including ANU-NEWs software. I don't keep up with the current capabilities > of ANU-NEWS, but it likely can be configured to serve out news to other > vaxes (and personal computers?) via NNTP protocols. ANU-NEWS V6.0-2 is now available. It can be run as a newsreader only, which makes it a very usefull to sites with small disks. There are also other news programs available, but we are very pleased with ANU-NEWS. Note that old (i.e. pre-V6.0) versions do not support the 'diskless' NNTP newsreader function +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Ross Smith, Cell Biology, NYU Medical Center, 550 First Ave., NYC, 10016| |Phone: (212) 263-5356: FAX: (212) 263-8139 (Alternate NYUMC) (212) 263-7190| |E-Mail: SMITH@NYUMED.BITNET (BITNET), SMITH@MCCLB0.MED.NYU.EDU (Internet)| +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+