Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: mail/news for Minix
Message-ID: <1989May9.174747.832@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <940@midgard.Midgard.MN.ORG>
Date: Tue, 9 May 89 17:47:47 GMT

The upcoming release of C News ought to be able to run just fine under Minix.
It does not rely on silly features of System V or Berklix.  We haven't
actually tested it on a 16-bit machine lately, since utzoo made the jump
to 32 bits, but it at least *used* to run fine on one.  You will need
compress if you want to send or receive compressed batches, but 16-bit
compression/decompression is not necessary if your neighbors make the
(minimal) effort needed to send you only 12-bit stuff (this is the default
in C News, in fact).
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