as_m332@titan.kingston.ac.uk (The Warlock) (05/23/91)
Does anyone know if it is possible to recieve these Newsgroups outside the academic community ? What I want to do is recieve and contribute to them on my Amiga via a modem from home. Are there any bulletin boards or user groups which support the Newsgroups (particularly alt.* and comp.*) ? Many thanks for any help, Sean Eaton (Maths, Kingston Poly, England) as_m332@uk.ac.king.titan
lmbailey@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Laurana Bailey) (05/24/91)
In article <1991May23.093144.1@titan.kingston.ac.uk> as_m332@titan.kingston.ac.uk (The Warlock) writes: > > Does anyone know if it is possible to recieve these Newsgroups > outside the academic community ? What I want to do is recieve > and contribute to them on my Amiga via a modem from home. Are > there any bulletin boards or user groups which support the > Newsgroups (particularly alt.* and comp.*) ? > > Many thanks for any help, > Sean Eaton (Maths, Kingston Poly, England) > as_m332@uk.ac.king.titan UUCP is available which will let your machine work as sort-of a point (Using FidoNet terminology) from your local university. Also Dialog Pro BB/OS has the distinction of being the only BBS for the Amiga with UseNet abilities. It is VERY expensive, but everyone I know who owns it enjoys it. -- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ |Just another lemming... | Yet another Amiga maniac set loose | | | on the world...and you thought things| |lmbailey@vela.acs.oakland.edu | couldn't get any worse. |
mcr@Sandelman.OCUnix.on.ca (Michael Richardson) (05/24/91)
In article <6548@vela.acs.oakland.edu> lmbailey@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Laurana Bailey) writes: >UUCP is available which will let your machine work as sort-of a point >(Using FidoNet terminology) from your local university. Also Dialog >Pro BB/OS has the distinction of being the only BBS for the Amiga Steve Tibbett's BBX has long had 'Usenet' capabilities. (For what their worth to a dialup person who has only an hour a day) It also has Fidonet utilities care of Gregory Kritsch's modified juliet.library that access Steve's message base library. Something very similar could be written for RFC1036 format. (In fact, I think Greg may be nearly finished) I believe that several people have also added 'usenet' capabilities via AREXX. >UseNet abilities. It is VERY expensive, but everyone I know who owns >it enjoys it. -- :!mcr!: | The postmaster never | So much mail, Michael Richardson | resolves twice. | so little time. HOME: mcr@sandelman.ocunix.on.ca Bell: (613) 237-5629 Small Ottawa nodes contact me about joining ocunix.on.ca!
lmbailey@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Laurana Bailey) (05/26/91)
In article <1991May24.154045.15703@Sandelman.OCUnix.on.ca> mcr@Sandelman.OCUnix.on.ca (Michael Richardson) writes: >In article <6548@vela.acs.oakland.edu> lmbailey@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Laurana Bailey) writes: >>UUCP is available which will let your machine work as sort-of a point >>(Using FidoNet terminology) from your local university. Also Dialog >>Pro BB/OS has the distinction of being the only BBS for the Amiga > > Steve Tibbett's BBX has long had 'Usenet' capabilities. (For what >their worth to a dialup person who has only an hour a day) > It also has Fidonet utilities care of Gregory Kritsch's modified >juliet.library that access Steve's message base library. Something >very similar could be written for RFC1036 format. (In fact, I think >Greg may be nearly finished) > I believe that several people have also added 'usenet' capabilities >via AREXX. I stand corrected. As I understand it there are doors available for C-Net Amiga that also allows UseNet access. Paragon even has a program to allow read-only access to UseNet. Write access should be forthcoming soon I am told. Dialog is the only one I knew of that allowed for UseNet being part of the original software. Still, there are a number of options open to people anymore. Laurana -- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ |Just another lemming... | Yet another Amiga maniac set loose | | | on the world...and you thought things| |lmbailey@vela.acs.oakland.edu | couldn't get any worse. |
m0030@tnc.UUCP (FRANK MCPHERSON) (05/26/91)
> Steve Tibbett's BBX has long had 'Usenet' capabilities. (For what > their worth to a dialup person who has only an hour a day) I've seen BBX mentioned here before, but I have yet to see it available anywhere. Is it available for FTP, or would I have to make a long distance modem call to get it? Replies may be directed to emcphers@manu.cs.vt.edu. Thanks, Frank
billsey@agora.UUCP (Bill Seymour) (05/27/91)
In article <819@tnc.UUCP>, FRANK MCPHERSON writes: >> Steve Tibbett's BBX has long had 'Usenet' capabilities. (For what >> their worth to a dialup person who has only an hour a day) > > I've seen BBX mentioned here before, but I have yet to see it > available anywhere. Is it available for FTP, or would I have to make > a long distance modem call to get it? BBX is a commercial software package still in beta test. So, you should not have any luck finding it available for FTP anywhere. :-) I'm running BBX at my location, and am running a UUCP node also. I don't have write access for any of my callers, but they can all read the groups I get, and I can feed other nodes down the line. > Frank -Bill Seymour nesbbx!billsey@agora.uucp or nesbbx!billsey@agora.rain.com ***** American People/Link Amiga Zone Hardware Specialist NES*BILL ***** Bejed, Inc. NES, Inc. NAG BBS NES BBX BBS Home Sometimes (503)281-8153 (503)246-9311 (503)656-7393 (503)640-9337 (503) 640-0842
Tom_Conroy@tptbbs.UUCP (Tom Conroy) (05/28/91)
In a message dated Tue 28 May 91 04:59, Nesbbx!billsey@agora.uucp (bill Sey wrote: >> Steve Tibbett's BBX has long had 'Usenet' capabilities. (For what >> their worth to a dialup person who has only an hour a day) Our package, DLG Professional BB/OS has excellent UseNet capabilities. We have full read/write news, full UUCP mail, and the ability to forward any type of mail to other desitnations... Eg, UUCP->FidoNet, or FidoNet->UUCP... It is also a commercial program that is available for sale in pre-release form right now. -- Via DLG Pro v0.975b __ /// __ /// - Tom Conroy - UUCP: herald!telepro!tptbbs!tom_conroy \\\/// ---------------- FIDO: 1:140/90 (CM) \XX/ DLG Professional TelePro BBS ** Multiline ** ------------------------------- +1 306 249-2352 (14400 BPS) Bulletin Board Operating System +1 306 652-2084 (2400 BPS)