chmr@fstgds01.tu-graz.ac.at (Christoph Robitschko) (06/10/91)
The subject says it all: I need a remote newsreader (preferably rrn) for Mac. We have rrn on our UNIX Workstations, and I have seen rrn for PC (pcrrn) and VMS, but not for the Macintosh. Could someone please tell me if rrn exists for Apples, and where I can get it from (via anonymous ftp). Also, who has the current versions of rrn for PC and VMS ? Please reply by mail. Thanks in advance. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Christoph M. Robitschko | "the only man who got his work done by Friday chmr@edvz.tu-graz.ac.at | was Robinson Crusoe."
enger@seka.scc.com (Robert M. Enger) (06/10/91)
Hi: I believe the following options exist (there are undoubtedly others too!) TCP/Connect from Intercon TheNews a Shareware program A Hypercard stack based news reader X-Windows server software on mac, and execute XRN remotely on some big machine. I have a BIG active file, and some of the programs have difficulty with that. XRN definately DOES NOT. It works great, is extremely USER FRIENDLY and flashy. (note, I have only executed XRN on Suns so far. I presume it will output correctly to the Mac X-server, but I have not tried it personally. Has anyone else actually send XRN output to the Mac X-server display ??) Hope that helps, Bob -- Robert M. Enger CONTEL Federal Systems enger@seka.scc.com (Internet)
rob@mother.bates.edu (Rob Spellman) (06/11/91)
xrn will work with MacX. I use it, and I like it better then rn. -- Rob Spellman rob@mother.bates.edu Computing Support Services Bates College
chooper@cc.curtin.edu.au (Todd Hooper) (06/13/91)
In article <1991Jun10.163048.388@europa.asd.contel.com>, enger@seka.scc.com (Robert M. Enger) writes: > > I believe the following options exist (there are undoubtedly others too!) > > TCP/Connect from Intercon > TheNews a Shareware program The latest version of TheNews is available from the info-mac archive at sumex-aim.stanford.edu, as info-mac/comm/thenews-202.hqx You need a fairly fast NNTP server to provide reasonable response. It runs fine using our Sun Sparcserver 2 as a server, but runs like a dog if I use our VAX 6340 (which is heavily loaded). The Hypercard News readers are really slow and I wouldn't recommend them. Todd
louis@deveel.aero.org (Louis McDonald) (06/13/91)
In article <1991Jun11.141718.13393@mother.bates.edu> rob@mother.bates.edu (Rob Spellman) writes: > >xrn will work with MacX. I use it, and I like it better then rn. >-- >Rob Spellman >rob@mother.bates.edu >Computing Support Services >Bates College Look at thenews-202.hqx on sumex.stanford.edu. Requires MacTCP. It is real nice. -- =============================================================================== Louis McDonald louis@deveel.aero.org| THIS SPACE FOR RENT Phone: 213-336-8914 FAX: 213-336-5827 | ===============================================================================
cnolan@mee.tcd.ie (06/19/91)
In article <1991Jun13.153842.18371@speedy.aero.org>, louis@deveel.aero.org (Louis McDonald) writes: > In article <1991Jun11.141718.13393@mother.bates.edu> rob@mother.bates.edu (Rob Spellman) writes: >> >>xrn will work with MacX. I use it, and I like it better then rn. >>-- >>Rob Spellman >>rob@mother.bates.edu >>Computing Support Services >>Bates College Where might one find xrn. Conor Nolan cnolan@mee.tcd.ie
rob@mother.bates.edu (Rob Spellman) (06/19/91)
In article <1991Jun18.172432.1@mee.tcd.ie> cnolan@mee.tcd.ie writes: > >Where might one find xrn. > >Conor Nolan cnolan@mee.tcd.ie A lot of software for X can be found in the contrib directory on export.lcs.mit.edu. -- Rob Spellman rob@mother.bates.edu Computing Support Services Bates College