sean@killer.UUCP (Sean McCollister) (05/23/88)
The "Release Notes" that came with my System V/AT 2.3.0-L say that Honey Dan Ber uucp is available from Microport. Has anyone obtained it, and, if so, how well does it work? Does it include uugetty? Thanks! Sean
wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) (05/23/88)
In article <4152@killer.UUCP> sean@killer.UUCP (Sean McCollister) writes: > The "Release Notes" that came with my System V/AT 2.3.0-L say that >Honey Dan Ber uucp is available from Microport. Has anyone obtained it, and, >if so, how well does it work? Does it include uugetty? Unless there is something I have overlooked, the only HDB they provided is available for downloading from their BBS if you have an upgrade or service contract. It does include uugetty, and works passably well, even though it does not seem to be the latest version as documented in, i.e., the Nutshell Handbook on UUCP, or other recent UNIX books. The greatest drawback, in my opinion, is that this version does not support the "Dialers" file, which lets you define modems other than what's built into uucico; another major problem is that since "cu" is not provided, you still need to keep around all of the old uucp data files in addition to the new ones in order for "cu" to work. (i.e. you need both L.sys and Systems, both L-devices and Devices, etc.). I am quite certain that this is not the version of HDB which Microport provides with their 386 product, and I (and many others) wish they would provide us with binaries for the current version instead of what seems like an outdated beta-test version. -- Wolf N. Paul * 3387 Sam Rayburn Run * Carrollton TX 75007 * (214) 306-9101 UUCP: ihnp4!killer!dcs!wnp ESL: 62832882 INTERNET: wnp@DESEES.DAS.NET or wnp@dcs.UUCP TLX: 910-280-0585 EES PLANO UD
billh@spec0.UUCP (Bill Holliker) (05/24/88)
I bought HDB UUCP and, yes, it does include uugetty (although I don't spawn it). HDB seems to work better than the distributed uucp for networking tasks (uucico). However, Microport did not include an updated version of cu, so you still have to have all the L.sys, L-devices, L-dialers, dialinfo, etc. files in /usr/lib/uucp if you want to use cu. I have spoken with Microport a couple of times on this and have not gotten an answer. The first time was at Uniforum in Dallas, so I know they got the message, and the second was a couple of weeks ago, and still no answer. Maybe they will see this posting and fix cu - other than that, I recommend the upgrade for the cost ($15.00, I think).
wtr@moss.ATT.COM (05/24/88)
In article <92@dcs.UUCP> wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) writes: >In article <4152@killer.UUCP> sean@killer.UUCP (Sean McCollister) writes: >> The "Release Notes" that came with my System V/AT 2.3.0-L say that >>Honey Dan Ber uucp is available from Microport. Has anyone obtained it, >>if so, how well does it work? Does it include uugetty? > >Unless there is something I have overlooked, the only HDB they provided is >available for downloading from their BBS if you have an upgrade or service >contract. IMPORTANT CHANGE IN MICROPORT BBS! -- READ CAREFULLY! microports BBS not allows you to download files even if you DONT have the infameous "SER-VICE CONTRACT". that's ALL files, including KSH, UUCP(hdb?), and fixes. you need to call up (the bbs), login as new, and give them the serial# off of your boot disk. within a few days (hopefully, i just logged in last night!) you will have ability to download files. THANK YOU! microport, for providing this service. my opinion of your suport efforts just rose a quantum level ;-) (standard disclaimer: if anyone at microport has anything to add, or a correction to make, please post it here.) thanks again for hte support! ===================================================================== Bill Rankin Bell Labs, Whippany NJ (201) 386-4154 (cornet 232) email address: ...![ ihnp4 ulysses cbosgd allegra ]!moss!wtr ...![ ihnp4 cbosgd akgua watmath ]!clyde!wtr =====================================================================
egs@killer.UUCP (Eric Schnoebelen) (05/26/88)
I have followed the discussion on HDB UUCP for SysV/AT for the last few messages, and have seen several people mention that microports HDB doesn't come with a new cu. When I ordered ( not downloaded ) my copy from uPort it included a new version of cu that used the Systems, etc. files. It didn't however include a working version of uugetty. I have had no problem with the system, and I have been running it since november. Eric Schnoebelen killer!u-word!egs
brian@cbw1.UUCP (Brian Cuthie) (05/27/88)
I too would like to thank John Sully and microport for the recent change in policy regarding the downloading of files from their bbs. Allowing all customers to download is one of the best moves that microport has made, regarding technical support, in a long time. I have always believed that most of the complaints about microport have not really been that their product was any worse than anyone else's; just that it has been somewhat difficult, in the past, to get timely fixes to known bugs. Many bugs haven't even been fixed until the next release. Things should be *much* better now that we can all get bug fixes as they're corrected. The best part is that everybody wins; it has to be cheaper to post than to mail :-) -brian -- Brian D. Cuthie uunet!umbc3!cbw1!brian Columbia, MD brian@umbc3.umd.edu "Captain, Captain! All the stars have gone out!" "No, you fool, you've leaned on the button. Turn the viewer back on!"
staffan@log-hb.UUCP (E Eriksson) (05/27/88)
In article <4152@killer.UUCP> sean@killer.UUCP (Sean McCollister) writes: > > The "Release Notes" that came with my System V/AT 2.3.0-L say that >Honey Dan Ber uucp is available from Microport. Has anyone obtained it, and, >if so, how well does it work? Does it include uugetty? > > Thanks! > Sean Oh Yes ! Honey Dan Ber UUCP works like a charm. We have been using it to communicate with both a SUN 3, a vax 750 running BSD 4.3. and between 2 80386 machines. Between the 2 80386 machines we use uugetty. It's really nice to be able to poll from both sides, but this only works with the system V systems. Uugetty is not supported on our flavours of bsd unix :-( Staffan Eriksson TeleLOGIC AB UUCP: ...mcvax!enea!log-hb!staffan