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From: pete@relay.nixctc.de (Pete Delaney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.isis
Subject: Re: ISIS V1.3  (please ftp to unido) "early" status report
Keywords: works, better, send-to-unido, doc-wanted, did-you-read-this
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Date: 11 Oct 89 20:09:45 GMT
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	> 
	> Since we had so much trouble with ISIS V1.3 back in early
	> September, I thought it would be a good idea to let people know
	> that the re-release (two weeks ago) seems just fine.
	> 
	> Here at Cornell, we are quite far from a release of ISIS V2.0.
	> Although we hope to have performance figures for the BYPASS
	> mode by the end of the month, I doubt that we will release the
	> next version of ISIS before the end of November.

I've tried installing the ISIS release on unido but am having
trouble getting isis 'up'.  I assume it's a configuration problem,
but unfortunately I can't seem to get the dvi files to convert to
postscript or displayed with the GoodNeWS dvinews utility.  Other
utilities have complained that the dvi file isn't a dvi file.

If someone could send me a postscript version of the user's manual
I could continue playing with the code,  Another copy of the dvi file
might be worth sending thru one of the dvi2ps filters again.

Best might be to get a complette new and improved V1.3 out to 
a/the German backbone (unido, a.k.a. unido.uni-dortmund.de).

I amn currently using a version that I ftp'd from unido in the

	/marvin/ISIS

directory.  Perhaps someone knows how to get this new V1.3
update out to the unido system.  If someone want's to put
it on a tape I could ftp it to unido.


	1. Please e-mail a copy of the doc.dvi file converted
	   to postscript as soon as possible.  The doc.dvi file
	   would also be nice to try out the dvi2ps utilities
	   but I think it may take some time to get the TeX
	   fonts worked out.

	2. If somewone could work with the postmaster@unido and
	   ftp (or uuencode and mail) a copy it would make a nice
	   distrubition center for germany.  (Is there a copy at 
	   mcvax Piet?/Daniel?)

	3.  Is anyone currenty working with the unido:/marvin/ISIS
	    version?  Is there a better one on unido already?

From what I've read up to now in Sun Technology, the EUUG Newsletter,
and the usenet, it looks like ISIS has a lot of potential.  Since the
unido version doesn't have the distributed make utility, I assume it
is a relatively old release.

Any help is appreciated.   (Testing sendmail IDA via unido; return e-mail appreciated)

--pete

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