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From: dave@sdeggo.UUCP (David L. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Starting a Public Access Unix System -- How?
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Date: Sat, 24-Oct-87 14:18:12 EST
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Posted: Sat Oct 24 14:18:12 1987
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In article <171@uport.UUCP>, jmsully@uport.UUCP (John M. Sully) writes:
> I tried running news 2.10.3 on several 286 machines here and had no end of 
> problems.  The main one was that the active file would periodically 
> dissappear leaving the system busted and NO oactive file which could be 
> used to replace the missing active file without too much pain.  I took to
> keeping a copy of the active file around which could be used to replace
> the destroyed one, but this foobar'ed the reader.  Oh well.  News runs 
> just fine on the '386 (death to the kludgey 286!! it makes my life hell).

John,
	I've had news running for quite a few months here on sdeggo and,
yes, I did run into that problem for a time.   I can't remember the fix
for it, but if I remember right, it had something to do with expire running
at the same time as an rnews job, or something.

	In any case, it's not the fault of the '286.  If Microport can't make
Unix work properly on a '286, then you should admit so and refund our money.
C'mon John, don't pass the buck to the micro-processor.  If it won't run on
your OS, it's your OS's fault.  

-- 
David L. Smith
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