Xref: utzoo comp.sys.3b1:490 unix-pc.general:7539 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!public!thad From: thad@public.BTR.COM (Thaddeus P. Floryan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1,unix-pc.general Subject: Re: how do I get ftp? Keywords: ftp source Message-ID: <1931@public.BTR.COM> Date: 26 Feb 91 14:09:33 GMT References: <4645@apricot17.UUCP> <1832@public.BTR.COM> Followup-To: comp.sys.3b1 Organization: BTR Public Access UNIX, MtnView CA, Contact: cs@btr.com 415-966-1429 Lines: 54 One person (whom some of you may remember) is presently having a news feed problem, with nothing entering or exiting his site. He asked me to repost the enclosed reply on his behalf. So be it. Thad Floryan [ thad@btr.com (OR) {decwrl, mips, fernwood}!btr!thad ] -------------------- begin enclosed material Forwarded message: >From kpc.com!bri Wed Feb 20 20:42:00 PST 1991 Article: 102 of comp.sys.3b1 Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1 Path: kpc.com!bri From: bri@kpc.com (Brian Rice) Subject: Re: how do I get ftp? Message-ID: <1991Feb21.042853.17764@kpc.com> Keywords: ftp source Organization: Kubota Pacific Computer, Inc, 2630 Walsh St, Santa Clara, CA 95051 References: <4645@apricot17.UUCP> <1832@public.BTR.COM> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 1991 04:28:53 GMT Ah, as many of you know, I rarely post my input publicly... I prefer to respond directly in most cases... but since the subject has come up... First, I am saddened by the fact that we still have only one choice for network software for this machine. WIN TCP/IP is hardly a solution: sendmail is completely unusable and file transfers are slower than a call back from your favorite customer service rep. That part strikes me as funny: I now have a sun 3/50 on my home network and while the 3b1 is nearly 3 times faster in MANY aspects, if you connect two suns together the file transfer rate is almost four times faster. A Sun addict will be quick to respond that "that's because networking is built into the kernel" but my response to that ridiculous comment is "I'd like to see you get networking up and running WITHOUT kernel support" (These comments I make BECAUSE a sun "guru" made the prior statement!). It's actually a close to true statement: The problem lies in the device driver... And since Thad just distributed DOZENS of device driver manuals I wonder if one of you folks is going to come up with some neat stuff. In the meantime, had anyone compiled a version of sendmail that doesn't leave defunct processes or 'worm-holes'? Thanks fer yer support. P.S. Will-Go-Wrong won my heart again today, as my MIS manager and I debugged a WIN TCP problem on our VAX: Seems the example for defining a gateway capability shows an arguement of "...GATEWAY=YES" (don't remember the exact syntax, just the arguement) Since that wasn't what we wanted we set it to NO. Guess what: ANY arguement to the line is interpreted as YES. It needs to be de-assigned. Documented? Fuck no. Brian Rice -- -------------------- end enclosed material Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com