Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!agate!darkstar!ucschu.UCSC.EDU!humtech From: humtech@ucschu.UCSC.EDU (Mark Frost) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: Looking for a Mac news reader Message-ID: <2427@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Date: 9 Apr 90 04:31:42 GMT References: <15642@eagle.wesleyan.edu> <1990Apr5.194010.4207@intercon.com> <21713@cs.yale.edu> Sender: usenet@darkstar.ucsc.edu Reply-To: humtech@ucschu.UCSC.EDU.UUCP (Mark Frost) Organization: Humanities Division, UC Santa Cruz Lines: 30 In article <21713@cs.yale.edu> kauffman-jon@CS.YALE.EDU (Jon Kauffman) writes: >In article <1990Apr5.194010.4207@intercon.com> kdb@macaw.intercon.com (Kurt Baumann) writes: > >> Well APDA is selling a HyperCard stack that allows you to connect to a NNTP >> server and read mail. It's a bit slow but it is servicable. >> I believe that they sell the package for about >> $50-100. > >I should add that the newsreader is very serviceable on machines >of > 1M of RAM, but its performance on <= 1M machines is less than robust. > I dunno. I've run the NewsStack on a IICX with 5.5Meg and it was unbelievably slow. It's the only mac program I've ever run in which I've clicked on a button and waited several seconds for a response. I think it's keen for a demo stack, but it's just too slow for normal use. When given the choice, I'd much rather read news from UNIX as it's much faster. What I've been hoping for is a solution using MacX - Apple's X-window emulator (when/if it comes out). I would assume that someone has written an X-window newsreader. Just pie in the sky, I guess... Mark Frost Office of the the Computing Director Humanities Division University of California at Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, California 95064 (408) 459-4603 Internet: humtech@ucschu.UCSC.EDU Bitnet: humtech@ucschu.bitnet Uucp: ...!ucbvax!ucscc!ucschu!humtech