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From: chip@ateng.UUCP (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Starting a Public Access Unix System -- How?
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Date: Mon, 26-Oct-87 13:11:02 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 26 13:11:02 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.

You know, I run news on a Xenix/286 system and I haven't had this problem...

>John M. Sully         UUCP: ...!{sun | ucbvax | ihnp4}!amdcad!uport!techs
>Microport Systems     ARPA: uport!techs@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
>Technical Support         

Oh, that explains everything.  :-)

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