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From: covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: UUCP packages
Summary: Not PD But Beckmeyer Dev. Tools has a Good UUCP For $49.95
Keywords: UUCP, Atari St, IBM Emulator..
Message-ID: <4533e8ec.14a1f@force.UUCP>
Date: 23 Aug 89 15:38:01 GMT
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In article <3847@m2-net.UUCP>, moses@m2-net.UUCP (Eric Doggett) writes:
> Does anyone know of a PD UUCP package that would work on the IBM emulator
> or the Atari ST itself, I would like one that can handle news as well..
> I would like to know of one that can be gotten through ftp...
>              cardiology.ummc.umich.edu!m-net!moses
>              cardiology.ummc.umich.edu!sharkey.cc.umich.edu!spirit!wybbs!moses

	About a month ago my local Atari store got a copy of Beckmeyer's
UUCP program fro the Atari ST. I inquired on USENET about it and it appears tobe
a very good implementation. It costs $49.95 which I feel is a reasonable price
for it. I looked at the docs, which seemed sparse but adequate. You will proabably
want to buy one the NUTSHEEL books on UUCP to really get a handle on using UUCP
and netnews.

	As far as a PD UUCP, don't hold your breath. I found one in an archive,
but it was three years old, used the old Alycon C complier, and probably doesn't
even compile. If your time is worth anything, it should be worth enough to
buy Beckmeyer's UUCP. I have heard of different other versions of UUCP, including
one written in GFA BASIC, but I haven't tried them myself.

	The NUTSHELL books are :

	"Using uucp and Usenet"

	and

	"Managing uucp and Usenet"

Both are by O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. I ordered my NUTSHELL books from 
B.Dalton's Bookseller. They took less then a week to arrive. Excellent books!!

P.S. NUTSHELL has a series of UNIX related books, I also bought one on MAKE.

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