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From: dell@Apple.COM (Thomas E. Dell)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: PC-RN (Read News)
Message-ID: <42537@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 30 Jun 90 23:24:14 GMT
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>I was informed of a thing called "pcrrn", which I got. However, that
>is not complete - it compiles just fine, if you remove the missing
>header files - but, sure enough, when you try to link it, ....
>lots of undefined global. Also, no doc files AT ALL.

There is a copy of PCRRN on ames.arc.nasa.gov in MSDOS/PCRRN. I
believe it includes binaries. No documentation to speak of.

>I simply refuse to believe that an RN for the PC doesn't exist.
>I am using a Western Digital ethernet card.

Straight RN for the PC does not exist. RN is such an obtuse
piece of code it is unlikely one will ever exist. PCRRN requires
an ethernet card and/or a SLIP connection; it is a port of "rrn"
which is a slightly different animal than "rn".

If your motive is just news on a PC, you can run Waffle, or
UFGATE, or UULINK, or Fsuucp -- however, these generally run
with a newsfeed obtained via UUCP.

I have also seen a port of RRN to VMS; it was a QIO monster.
(it is not and will probably never be available, there are much
better programs to read news with VMS).

   ...Tom

dell@vox.darkside.com / Thomas E Dell