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Subject: Re: a first time for everything
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Date: 4 Sep 90 14:39:38 GMT
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> > Are you using the Minix uucp posted to comp.os.minix a while back ?
> 
> I don't know.  At the time I wasn't following comp.os.minix and didn't
> hear about the uucp until the article(s) had expired.  I grabbed it via
> ftp from nodak.edu; the comments in uucico.c say it was ported to Minix
> by Peter S. Housel and later mods were done by F. van Kempen.  Does it
> sound like the same beast?

Yep.  I did some searching of my Minix stuff and it appears that it
was posted as three parts to comp.os.minix on 15 May 90 by Fred van Kempen.
Apparently there have been no subsequent updates.

Fred has also posted 'w-mail' and 'u-mail'.  

'w-mail' is a simple local mail agent (ie. mail reader / sender linked to 
lmail, mail, etc).  It was posted on 29 April 90 and was updated on 21 May 90.

'u-mail' is a remote mail transport agent (ie. linked to rmail).  It was
posted on 29 April 90 and has three updates dated 21 May 90, 16 June 90,
and 23 June 90. 
  
> > I think you will be delighted with version 1.5.10.  In all respects it
> > is a substantial improvement over 1.3:
> 
> Keep in mind that much of Bruce's code is 1.5 already.  As I recall
> only one major piece is still at 1.3.
> 
> >         o  Much faster, block io uses an io_vector,
> 
> Interrupts?  It sure needs to use 'em.

I am not sure what you mean.  In version 1.5 the FS builds an array
of block requests that can not be satisfied from the cache.  It then
passes to the block device drive that address of the array along with
the number of elements in the array.  The block driver then loops on
the array of requests.  In 1.3 each block is a separate message
transaction.

> Sounds nice, though right now a better editor is my first priority.
> Not that MicroEmacs is bad; jove is just better.

In the meantime this may help.  Type 'META X' then 'describe-bindings'
then save the resulting buffer for reference.  If command completion
is enabled "des <space-bar>" should do it.  

For some reason my image of Bruce's xemacs is corrupted, so I am
not able to verify the above.  However, it should work.  Also you
might try 'META ?' which should open up a help screen if it
can located a file 'emacs.hlp'.   

Best regards,
johnc

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