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From: dennis@peanuts.nosc.mil (Dennis Cottel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: What versions of netnews exist for Apollos?
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Date: 24 Aug 89 18:47:44 GMT
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dclemans@mentor.com (Dave Clemans @ APD x1292) writes:

> I tried once to compile nn (under sys5) but it had problems with hanging
> after reading one character.  I haven't had time to look at it to see why,
> or to try to compile it instead as a bsd program.

Under SR9.7, NN compiles and runs fine as a BSD4.2 program (not counting
a couple of makefile problems).  We are only using NNTP to a non-Apollo
news server and not the full news setup.

	Dennis Cottel  Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA  92152
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