Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!noao!mcdsun!mcdchg!falkor!heiby
From: heiby@falkor.UUCP (Ron Heiby)
Newsgroups: news.newsites
Subject: Re: Map addition for u.usa.ny.1, a new site: "entire".
Message-ID: <109@falkor.UUCP>
Date: 31 Dec 87 14:23:57 GMT
References: <3121@entire.xerox.com> <1777@epimass.EPI.COM> <2613@killer.UUCP> <3094@phri.UUCP>
Reply-To: heiby@mcdchg.UUCP (Ron Heiby)
Organization: Luck Dragons, Etc., Riverwoods, IL
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Roy Smith (roy@phri.UUCP) writes:
> It seems to me that the only practical thing to do for
> single-user home PC's would be to have some larger site which is in the
> maps to agree to forward mail for them.
> 
> 	Oh, and before somebody jumps on me, by PC I mean the generic
> concept of a Personal Computer, be it an IBM-PC or your own personal Vax.

I agree with Roy.  For some time, I've had a 68020-based system at home
with 10 serial ports.  It is nominally an 8 user system.  I am the only
user.  I use an MS-DOS PC (AT&T 6300) as the console terminal.  My site
has been in the maps for a long time, but only as a site talked to by
my machine at work, mcdchg.  My home system would clearly not be considered
a PC based on hardware configuration.  It is a well-run site, causing no
problems for my feed (me).  I use this system for actual work-related
matters for my job, so it's not really a "personal" system.  However,
I have not submitted a full map entry for it, as I am the only real user.
I believed the information on map entries that said that the mapping project
was not interested in having a map entry for every PC out there.  Typically,
a PC (like my "8-user" home system) will have just one (or maybe two)
UUCP connections.  Their "upstream" site(s) will have them in their map
entry, so they can be found, just as "falkor" can be found, via "mcdchg".
The only real reason why a map entry for "falkor" might be useful is
so someone could contact me by mail or phone.  Well, in that case, a call
to my feed site admin (me) would get them the proper information on the
falkor admin (me).
-- 
Ron Heiby, heiby@mcdchg.UUCP	Moderator: comp.newprod & comp.unix
"Intel architectures build character."