fyl@ssc.UUCP (Phil Hughes) (07/07/88)
I just installed HDB uucp on a 286 V/AT system. Interesting experience
to say the least. Here are some comments and questions.
1. It is on an 'installit' disk along with the documentation. Install
it and you wipe out your old uucp. Be warned.
2. The documentation is AT&T circa 1984. If you guess you can use a
hayes modem instead of an 801 autodailer you are right but don't
expect the documentation to tell you that.
3. It almost works. Here are the features:
uulog looks in the wrong place. It appears that uulog is
for the old uucp as it looks in the old log files not the
distributed logs.
The sequence numbers in the sequence files
(/usr/spool/uucp/.Sequence/_sysname_) are in hex but
whenever there is an a,b,c,d,e or f in the sequence number
uux pukes with an error -11.
I have never used HDB uucp before so if I missed something (or you
know of a fix for either of these features) please let me know.
It does transfer files and produces wonderful statistics. In case
you don't know this, it is available to V/AT users for $15.
Phil Hughes, SSC, Inc. P.O. Box 55549, Seattle, WA 98155 (206)FOR-UNIX
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Phil uunet!pilchuck!ssc!fyl john@wa3wbu.UUCP (John Gayman) (07/07/88)
I'm curious which distribution of the HDB you have from Microport ? They just recently came out with a porting of the 386 HDB to run on the 286. One of the major fixes was that the newer version supports the Dialers file and thus the Telebit Trailblazer easily. I have used both versions and the later one is a big improvement over the old. I've tried uulog and it appears to work properly for me. If your distribution came with a file called "Devconfig" in /usr/lib/uucp, then you probably have the newer one. If not, then you might want to inquire Microport about getting the newer port. John -- John Gayman, WA3WBU | UUCP: uunet!wa3wbu!john 1869 Valley Rd. | ARPA: wa3wbu!john@uunet.UU.NET Marysville, PA 17053 | Packet: WA3WBU @ AK3P