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From: karl.kleinpaste@osc.edu
Subject: Re: Whither osu-cis archive site?
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1991 14:21:53 GMT
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wgh@ubbpc.uucp writes:
   What is the story with the osu-cis uucp archive site?  I have not been
   able to connect with their anonymous uucp service for almost a week.
   When I connect to their 3124 number, I get a message "NO RESOURCES
   ASSIGNED".  Did I miss an announcement of a new anon uucp signon
   script, or are they experiencing "technical difficulties".

The latter.  I don't know where you got "no resources assigned"
(that's usually a result of a mistyped hostname -- did you really say
"osu-cis" or was it actually "osucis" or somesuch thing?), but it's
definitely not the happiest of campers:

| The Ohio State University Network Switch.
| For authorized users only.
| Type a host name or type HELP for a list of available services.
| Host Name?osu-cis
| Calling From: 16/018(A) Connect To: 02/053(A)
| REMOTE ACCESS
| 
| On GO hit RETURN twice
| SELECTED RESOURCE OUT OF SERVICE
| 
| DISCONNECTED

Checking its console reveals that it has blown its UUCP filesystem out
of space, Bryan Dunlap has it down and is cleaning it up.

For those who don't subscribe to info-nets@think.com (to which I sent
some explanation the other day), the short version is...

The CompuServe gateway went insane again.  We were in excess of 8000
messages inbound behind for a while.  MBASes are at least partially
responsible again.  We are (were?) getting ahead of the game, but
Saqqara ("osu-cis") is having real trouble with the load.  Even when
Saq's been up, he's been a dog for uucico.  You can either [a] wait
out the current load, which I was hoping would clear by today, or [b]
say "giza" at the Host Name? prompt instead of "osu-cis" which will
get you essentially the same services.

The guys at CIS are working on it...

--karl