ml27192@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (10/29/90)
I've seen a couple of references to news readers lately that suggest that these readers are hypercard stacks. I've seen mac/gnuucp and so i could believe that such a thing would exist. What I'd like to know is: What/where are the news readers available? What are the advantages to using one, as opposed to rn (or even notes)? Are they hard to set up? I find the idea of using my Mac as a front end for news interesting, but if mac/gnuucp (for mail) is typical, it would be like using Fourth Dimension to keep track of my CDs--massive overkill. Can these things just log in and get everything or do they need to have anything in particular running on the unix end? And could they work with MacTCP, which is my connection to my unix account, or only dialup. Thanx much, Mark Lanett