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From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.announce.newusers
Subject: Changes to USENET Software: History and Sources
Message-ID: <2824@arthur.cs.purdue.edu>
Date: 1 Jan 88 21:04:00 GMT
Expires: 10 Feb 88 21:03:59 GMT
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Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ.
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This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of 
the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to this
group, and the version posted a few weeks ago.  New users may ignore
this posting -- it is intended to enable experienced users
to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents.

*** tmp/software.n	Thu Oct  1 08:35:49 1987
--- src/software.n	Thu Dec 10 17:58:58 1987
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*** 5,7 ****
  Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 18 September 1987 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
  
--- 5,7 ----
  Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 10 December 1987 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
  
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*** 59,61 ****
  
! A new version of news, becoming known as "C" news, is being developed
  at the University of Toronto by Geoff Collyer and Henry Spencer.  This
--- 59,61 ----
  
! A new version of news, becoming known as "C" news, has been developed
  at the University of Toronto by Geoff Collyer and Henry Spencer.  This
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*** 64,70 ****
  the reliability of the news system through better locking, etc.  The
! package is about to go into beta test stage (they have all the beta
! testers they need, thank you), and will be made available to the Usenet
! community when it is deemed stable enough.  For more information, see
! the paper "News Need Not Be Slow," published in The Winter 1987 Usenix
! Technical Conference proceedings.
  
--- 64,68 ----
  the reliability of the news system through better locking, etc.  The
! package was released to the net in the autumn of 1987.  For more
! information, see the paper "News Need Not Be Slow," published in The
! Winter 1987 Usenix Technical Conference proceedings.
  
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*** 131,132 ****
--- 129,134 ----
  cu20b.columbia.edu in the directory "PK:<SOURCE.TOPSUX.NEWS>".
+ 
+ An IBM VM/SP (CMS) version of the Usenet software is supposedly
+ available.  Interested sites should contact irwin@pucc.bitnet
+ (Princeton University Computing Center) for details.
  
-- 
Gene Spafford
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet:  spaf@cs.purdue.edu	uucp:	...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf