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From: yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp
Subject: Re: NNTP for VMS and MS-DOS?
Message-ID: <12388@ames.arc.nasa.gov>
Date: 27 Jul 88 04:16:47 GMT
References: <793@amethyst.ma.arizona.edu>
Reply-To: yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov.UUCP (Peter E. Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
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In article <793@amethyst.ma.arizona.edu> rsm@amethyst.ma.arizona.edu (Robert Maier) writes:
>What exactly is the current status of the planned NNTP newsreaders for
>VMS and MS-DOS systems?  Are beta versions now available; if so, from
>whom may they be obtained?

The VMS version has been completed (in fact it is use here at Ames).  That's
the problem.  There were a few hard-coded ames dependencies (like who the
USENET gateway host is, etc).  These are being changed to be environment
variables (or whatever you call it under VMS), and when this work is done,
it will be made available for public ftp.  This is binary only, and requires
WIN/TCP.

The MS-DOS version, partially ported by Syd Weinstein (yes?) is already
available.  It requires an Excelan ethernet board.  Copies are available
from public ftp to ames.arc.nasa.gov (128.102.18.3).  Get the pcrrn files.
Available in both compressed and uncompressed versions.

There is, in addition, a fully functional VMS news system that is available
from Australia.  Check one of Spaf's postings in news.admin for more details.
We run this software at Marshall Space Flight Center.

							-Peter Yee
							yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov
							ames!yee