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From: wnp@killer.UUCP (Wolf Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Getting an MS-DOS computer onto the UUCP network
Message-ID: <2621@killer.UUCP>
Date: 30 Dec 87 02:57:25 GMT
References: <3194@psuvax1.psu.edu> <1863@netsys.UUCP>
Reply-To: wnp@killer.UUCP (Wolf Paul)
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection BBS, Dallas, Tx
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Keywords: uulink software USENET uupc uucp
Summary: UULINK is commercial, UUPC is public-domain

In article <1863@netsys.UUCP> tsl@netsys.UUCP (Tom Livingston) writes:
>
>	Before you write something to do that, be aware that there is
>software to do that sortof thing, which could be atleast a starting
>block.  If my memory serves me correctly, I had heared of a package called
>UUlink a long time ago, which gave the capability of interacting with the
>network to MS-DOS type machines.  I've never used it though, so can't say
>much more about it.  I would try looking in an archive site as something
>like that was bound to be posted to USENET.

UULINK is a commercial package ( ca. $300 ) written and sold by Lauren
Weinstein at Vortex. It is a complete implementation (file transfer, mail,
netnews, with background operation and a cron-type scheduler), and if I were
stuck with DOS and could afford it, I would buy it.

There is a public-domain uucico and rmail in a package called UUPC,
which was posted to comp.sources.misc a few months ago. It will run
on a variety of machines (MS-DOS compatibles, Atari ST, Amiga, Mac)
and is based on an earlier posting called DCP.

UUPC is supposedly maintained by Stuart Lynne (Stuart.Lynne@van-bc.UUCP),
but I have seen no revisions since the original posting in August.

The package still needs some work (i.e. there is no uucp command for file
transfer, and interaction with L.sys could be improved), but since I have
swapped DOS for UNIX on my AT, I've not looked at it any more.

Hope this helps - email Stuart and you may get at least a starting point.

Wolf Paul
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