Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!midway!chsun1!kusumoto From: kusumoto@chsun1.uchicago.edu (Bob Kusumoto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Proline (was Re: TCP/IP UUCP (was:Re: Amiga Bashers)) Keywords: confusing subject lines. Message-ID: Date: 24 Sep 90 18:23:49 GMT References: <1990Sep24.050419.19702@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Chicago Lines: 31 cbdougla@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Collin Broad Douglas) writes: >In article <7085@darkstar.ucsc.edu> unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) >writes: >> Isn't TCP/IP related to UUCP? If I'm even correct that they >>have something to do with each other, then I think I have something to say >>about this.. TCP/IP is separate from UUCP. TCP/IP is the protocol that is used to talk to machines over the Internet. It's used primarily on machines connected over ethernet. UUCP (unix to unix copy program?) was a protocol used to make connections between two UNIX machines (usually over phone lines) and transfer data between each other. I THINK (I'm not totally sure on this one) that UUCP for the Apple // line is close to impossible with real UUCP because of the amount of data being passed or the rate that the data is being passed (it wouldn't be able to keep up). Just for reference, a full feed USEnet connection would take up around 400MB in disk space. On top of that, you'd probably need the programs to deal with news and email, plus space for email and your personal files. If you go for a partial feed, you should select carefully (look to news.lists for a regular message about the amount of traffic generated by each group at uunet for the past two weeks or past month). I believe we expire messages around 7 days after they arrive (maybe less) and keeping messages around will chew into the space you might not have. Bob Bob Kusumoto | Find the electric messiah! Internet: kusumoto@chsun1.uchicago.edu | The AC/DC God! Bitnet: kusumoto@chsun1.uchicago.bitnet | - My Life with the Thrill Kill UUCP: ...!{oddjob,gargoyle}!chsun1!kusumoto | Kult, "Kooler than Jesus"