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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: <3126@arthur.cs.purdue.edu>
Date: 3 Feb 88 23:20:17 GMT
Expires: 14 Mar 88 23:20:17 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ.
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Approved: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU
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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.

*** old/software.n	Fri Jan  1 15:41:07 1988
--- src/software.n	Tue Feb  2 23:27:15 1988
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*** 5,7 ****
  Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 10 December 1987 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
  
--- 5,7 ----
  Original from: spaf@purdue (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 31 January 1988 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
  
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*** 50,52 ****
  
! The current release of news is 2.11, patchlevel 8, dated 4/10/87.
  Article format is specified in RFC 850, last revised in October 1986 (a
--- 50,52 ----
  
! The current release of news is 2.11, patchlevel 14, dated 12/1/87.
  Article format is specified in RFC 850, last revised in October 1986 (a
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*** 124,126 ****
  from the various authors, many backbone hosts, and by anonymous FTP
! from ucbvax, sdcsvax, and gatech.  A new release should be posted to
  comp.sources.unix in the near future.  Reader clients for VMS systems
--- 124,126 ----
  from the various authors, many backbone hosts, and by anonymous FTP
! from ucbvax, ucsd, and gatech.  A new release should be posted to
  comp.sources.unix in the near future.  Reader clients for VMS systems
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*** 130,134 ****
  
! 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.
  
--- 130,136 ----
  
! At least one IBM VM/SP (CMS) version of the Usenet software is
! available.  Interested parties should contact Irwin Tillman of
! Princeton University (irwin@pucc.princeton.edu or irwin@pucc.bitnet)
! for details.  Another version may also be available from Bill Verity at
! Penn State (whv@psuvm.bitnet).
  
-- 
Gene Spafford
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet:  spaf@cs.purdue.edu	uucp:	...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf