Anthony Clifton - Retrocomputing.com skrev:
>Well, there's lots of ways to transport data. The fastest is to connect your
>Windows or Macintosh to an ISP, download files and write them to a compatible
>floppy with some disk conversion software.
Isn't a network much faster?
>Answer 1: But we can already do that! =-D
No, we can't. Lack of Windows/Macintosh.
>Answer 2: What fun is that??? =-D
Exactly, that would require moving about.
>I think what I was thinking of was a way to DIRECTLY get mail, news and
>files ON TO antique machines without having to use newer machines as an
>intermediary.
Network.
>In other words, a UUCP network of vintage machines all talking to each
>other. Of course, there are SOME isps who still support UUCP but the
>number is rapidly decreasing. Probably 99% of ISP folks would say,
>"UU whatzit? You mean UUnet? Weren't they bought by WorldCom and
>MCI? You want a T1? We can sell you a T1!"
It's good to be on a real ISP. I wonder if they still offer UUCP services.
They did when I first signed up, mostly for sysops.
>My thought was a loosely connected network of vintage computers
>connected by UUCP and bound together by some part-time (midnight)
>dialup servers, which would allow you to send files DIRECTLY from
>your Kaypro to someone else's CompuPro. Or from your Commodore
>to someone's PDP-11.
Who cares about the protocol? If you may run NNTP or SMTP somewhere, why not?
If someone prefers Fidonet (which is just as widespread as UUCP), Bluewave or
QWK, why not that as well?
>I'm reasonably certain you can run UUCP not only on about anything
>that has a hard disk but even some things that don't.
Hey, Cameron, does the C128 have UUCP?
>It also has the advantage of being a) VERY well tested software and
>b) not under the control of any monolithic organization.
VUNIC?
--
En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.
But a graphical client/server model that slices the interface down some
arbitrary middle is like Solomon following through with his child-sharing
strategy. The legs, heart, and left eye end up on the server, the arms and
lungs go to the client, the head is left rolling around on the floor, and
blood spurts everywhere.
Don Hopkins - The Unix hater's handbook; The X-Windows disaster
Received on Fri Jun 15 2001 - 16:19:04 BST