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From: RM5I%DFVLROP1.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: EARN - BITNET
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Date: 1 Sep 88 10:57:36 GMT
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Date: 01 September 1988, 12:48:45 MEZ
From: RM5I     at DFVLROP1
To:   info-min at udel
Subject: EARN and BITNET

I'm sitting at the EARN site and get the news and diffs from
INFO_MINIX. My machine here is a IBM mainframe with VM running.
Connected to this is a PC where i download all the stuff i get.

Some problems arised which i like to mention here:

1)    Variable record length is changed into fixed record length,
      this causes problems using FIX.
2)    The  and != operators in C get changed to square brackets
      and square bracket with an equal sign.
3)    Word counts in the diff files fail.

Maybe these problems are well known, but ran into them when upgrading
to 1.3 of MINIX.

I have the ability, using VAX machines, to get into SPAN, but don't
know if it is possible to reach some UNIX machines from SPAN.

Could someone drop a line on this if he knows what i can do......


Regards Roland (rm5i@dfvlrop1) Bitnet