Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!petsd!fredc
From: fredc@petsd.UUCP (Fred Cassirer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga UUCP/UseNet & Berks Amiga BBS
Message-ID: <1412@petsd.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jan 89 11:31:59 GMT
References: <5312.AA5312@heimat>
Reply-To: fredc@petsd.UUCP (Fred Cassirer)
Organization: Concurrent Computer Corporation
Lines: 59

In article <5312.AA5312@heimat> sneakers@heimat.UUCP writes:
>In Message <8812281419.AA08795@decwrl.dec.com>, plouff@levers.dec.com (Wes Plouff) writes:
>  There are NO plans to modify code and remove Lattice specific calls at this
>  time. As for the reason Lattice and Hayes compatible modems were supported,
>  and continue to be supported, is because 90% of Amiga UUCP/UseNet users have
>  both.
>
>  The solution to Lattice calls taken by Fred Cassirer was to write replacement
>  functions for use with Manx. I know he has written several and im sure if you
>  asked, he would be glad to share them with you. (Sorry to say I lost Fred's
>  mail address. So if your reading this Fred, please send it to me and post a
>  follow up message).
>
>  Sneakers
>
>
>--
>Dan "Sneakers" Schein          {pyramid|rutgers|uunet}!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers
>Sneakers Computing

    When I first received UUCP from dan I attempted to "manxify" it by 
    using some creative macros that would allow the source to compile 
    pretty much untouched.  All I did was add a "config.h" file to most
    of the sources and then a "manx.h" file to config.h.  Manx.h used 
    some #defines to change lattice specific stuff to manx specific.
    I got the whole thing to compile, and sorta run, but uucico would
    hang up inside a AmigaDos call somewhere during a connect (I don't
    remember where).    

    I've been sending dan some source for Anews for both Manx and Lattice.
    I don't have Lattice, but I took a shot at some of the lattice versions
    of any manx specific stuff (like manx's set_raw/set_con, I used raw()
    and cooked() that was posted a while back in the stevie editor), it looks
    like it worked :-)

     Once I get a copy of the new UUCP I'm going to try again to get it to
     compile under manx, if I succeed I'll send the changes to dan, I'd like
     to think I could do it without changing any of the code except for maybe
     some header files.   

     Currently I use UUPC with a version of Anews and an unbatcher, if anyone
     is interested I could post them.  

                                                   -Fredc

     PS  Dan, my address is  ..rutgers!petsd!pecnos!fredc


455 McKinley Ave.                     Of course heimat is an Amiga.
>West Lawn, PA 19609           Doesn't everyone run UUCP & UseNet on an Amiga?
>
>>  Call: BERKS AMIGA BBS - 60+ Megs - 24 Hrs - 3/12/2400 Baud - 215/678-7691


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