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From: richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: UUCP and my whining Amiga
Message-ID: <12868@gryphon.COM>
Date: 4 Mar 89 03:19:39 GMT
References: <8902271703.AA11840@jade.berkeley.edu>
Reply-To: richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton)
Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA
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In article <8902271703.AA11840@jade.berkeley.edu> GIGUERE@WATCSG.BITNET (Eric Giguere) writes:
>Two unrelated questions:
>
>(1) First, how hard is it to set up your Amiga as a UUCP node?  The
>    software is available for readnews, mailer, etc., but what else
>    is required?  Is it easy to convince a local node to feed you?
>    Can you only download the groups you want?  I'm curious to hear
>    from those of you who've set up their systems on the net....

Well, it's kinda lika a Fiat. When it works it's relly great, but
it doesnt always work. Most people who have had problems seem to
have them with posting news after it has been received ok.

I've got my own personal hell isolated down to rnews doing
an Execute to launch unbatchfc, and unbatchfc does all it's
stuff ok, but upon exit'ing it never returns to rnews, it just
exits and leaves rnews and uuqxt sitting there in memory.

ANy ideas anyone?

It sure is nice to be able to mail stuff from your amiga though,
I must say.

Getting a local feed from Waterloo SHOULD be no problem, and yes,
you can receive only what you want.

It's actually reasonably easy to install. ALthough you may want
to buy the nutshell book about managaing UUCP and USENET if you
dont have a sympathetic newsfeed admin.

>(2) My Amiga 2000 is as noisy as a Mac II. 

Look on the bright side. You got all that noise for a fraction
of the price.




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