Re: Old newsreader source code

On Thu, 10 May 2018, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: On 05/10/2018 07:18 AM, geneb via cctalk wrote: Rich, if you point a reader at nttp.olduse.net, you can start reading in 1988 again. :)  The most recent messages posted are from 05/10/88.  The messages that appear on the server are exactly

Re: Old newsreader source code

On 05/10/2018 07:18 AM, geneb via cctalk wrote: Rich, if you point a reader at nttp.olduse.net, you can start reading in 1988 again. :)  The most recent messages posted are from 05/10/88.  The messages that appear on the server are exactly 30 years behind the current date.  It's pretty cool. 

Re: Old newsreader source code

On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 9:18 AM, geneb via cctalk wrote: > Rich, if you point a reader at nttp.olduse.net, you can start reading in > 1988 again. :) The most recent messages posted are from 05/10/88. The > messages that appear on the server are exactly 30 years behind the

Re: Old newsreader source code

On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 9:18 AM, geneb via cctalk wrote: > Rich, if you point a reader at nttp.olduse.net, you can start reading in > 1988 again. :) The most recent messages posted are from 05/10/88. The > messages that appear on the server are exactly 30 years behind the

Re: Old newsreader source code

> 1989 was a bit before my time, Usenet-wise (I was still hitting the BBS scene > at the time), but around '93-94 when I got my first Unix shell account, I > recall using nn, but not terribly often (I mean, gopher was _right there_ for > the taking!). Another vote for nn (and, for that matter,

RE: Old newsreader source code

On Wed, 9 May 2018, Rich Alderson via cctalk wrote: From: Seth Morabito Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2018 9:23 AM As an aside: If you were active on Usenet in 1989, what software were you using? 1988-89 is about when I started reading Usenet newsgroups. At first, I used rn under Ultrix (on a VAX

Re: Old newsreader source code

On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 06:52:34PM +, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > > On 05/09/2018 02:17 PM, Rich Alderson via cctalk wrote: > > From: Seth Morabito > > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2018 9:23 AM > > > >> As an aside: If you were active on Usenet in 1989, what software were you > >> using?

Re: Old newsreader source code

> On May 9, 2018, at 4:38 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk > wrote: > > On 05/09/2018 03:23 PM, Frank McConnell via cctalk wrote: >> It occurred to me (and before I saw Peter Corlett’s post) to go looking for >> some of the old CD-ROMs that have been uploaded to archive.org,

Re: Old newsreader source code

On 05/09/2018 03:23 PM, Frank McConnell via cctalk wrote: It occurred to me (and before I saw Peter Corlett’s post) to go looking for some of the old CD-ROMs that have been uploaded to archive.org, and I found this one: https://archive.org/details/CDROM_March92 While browsing through the

Re: Old newsreader source code

Just a quick look at http://sources.vsta.org/comp.sources.unix/ found "rn version 4.3" from 1985 in volume 1. Others may be available if you look thru the archive. bill On 05/09/2018 05:23 PM, Frank McConnell via cctalk wrote: On May 8, 2018, at 9:23, Seth Morabito wrote: I'm

Re: Old newsreader source code

On May 8, 2018, at 9:23, Seth Morabito wrote: > I'm experimenting with setting up UUCP and Usenet on a cluster of 3B2/400s, > and I've quickly discovered that while it's trivial to find old source code > for Usenet (B News and C News), it's virtually impossible to find source code > for old

Re: Old newsreader source code

On 05/09/2018 02:17 PM, Rich Alderson via cctalk wrote: > From: Seth Morabito > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2018 9:23 AM > >> As an aside: If you were active on Usenet in 1989, what software were you >> using? > 1988-89 is about when I started reading Usenet newsgroups. At first, I used > rn under

RE: Old newsreader source code

From: Seth Morabito Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2018 9:23 AM > As an aside: If you were active on Usenet in 1989, what software were you > using? 1988-89 is about when I started reading Usenet newsgroups. At first, I used rn under Ultrix (on a VAX 3600, the staff Ultrix system at LOTS), but soon

Re: Old newsreader source code

On Wed, 9 May 2018, Mike Loewen via cctalk wrote: I recall using 'trn' as my goto reader, back in the day. Some of us still use trn to this day Gordon

Re: Old newsreader source code

On 05/08/2018 12:23 PM, Seth Morabito via cctalk wrote: > I'm experimenting with setting up UUCP and Usenet on a cluster of 3B2/400s, > and I've quickly discovered that while it's trivial to find old source code > for Usenet (B News and C News), it's virtually impossible to find source code >

Re: Old newsreader source code

On Tue, May 08, 2018 at 09:23:26AM -0700, Seth Morabito via cctalk wrote: [...] > Does anyone have better Google-fu than I do? Or perhaps you've got earlier > sources squirreled away? I likely have some on one of the various Unix shovelware CDs of the early 1990s. It's probably quicker for you to

Re: Old newsreader source code

On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 12:23 PM, Seth Morabito via cctalk wrote: I'm experimenting with setting up UUCP and Usenet on a cluster of 3B2/400s, and I've quickly discovered that while it's trivial to find old source code for Usenet (B News and C News), it's virtually

Re: Old newsreader source code

On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 12:23 PM, Seth Morabito via cctalk wrote: > I'm experimenting with setting up UUCP and Usenet on a cluster of 3B2/400s, > and I've quickly discovered that while it's trivial to find old source code > for Usenet (B News and C News), it's virtually

Old newsreader source code

I'm experimenting with setting up UUCP and Usenet on a cluster of 3B2/400s, and I've quickly discovered that while it's trivial to find old source code for Usenet (B News and C News), it's virtually impossible to find source code for old news *readers*. I'm looking especially for nn, which was