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From: steved@hrshcx.csd.harris.com (Steve Daukas)
Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
Subject: Coherent questions
Keywords: Usenet, Disk space, etc.
Message-ID: <1057@hrshcx.csd.harris.com>
Date: 4 Apr 91 14:26:34 GMT
Organization: Harris Computer Systems - Fort Lauderdale, Fl.
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Location: New Hampshire


Greetings one and all!  I was pleased to see this group pop up
when I opened RN...  I thought I might add some info that is
neither fully qualified nor something I have seen with mine own eyes,
but have been informed of (e.g., something more than a rumor):

A short while ago, I began posting for help in starting up a Usenet
node under Coherent.  I got lots of help, including a few phone calls
covering various enhancements that individuals are currently working on.
These include:  smail, Cnews, rn, and Elm.  There are several who have
some public directories on their machines and who have offered sources
to me.  I don't feel that I can divulge this info on my own, but I will
alert these individuals about this group.

There is one person who is actually running Cnews using Coherent with a 
feed from a local company via Uucp...

Enough of that!

I wanted to ask some questions since I am a new Coherent user myself
(I haven't even registered with MWC yet):

I have installed Coherent on a 10Meg partition and have played around a little
(nothing too in-depth yet).  I am looking for some real-life feedback on
how much disk is required for a system (e.g., a user partition for
myself and maybe two others - primarily used for work related activity
(software development and archiving stuff)).  I realize this is an ambiguous
question, but what the heck!  I also will need another partition to store
the Usenet stuff for a few days, so I'll guess that this is another ~40Meg.

The other question I would like to ask is:  Are there other Coherent
groups on the way for things like binaries, sources, etc.?

Steve
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