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- From: ashok@biochemistry.cwru.edu (Ashok Aiyar)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: PC Usenet?
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 02:40:35 GMT
- Organization: CWRU School of Medicine
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- In article <2.5000.10.fidonet.2b4bc174@che.nsk.su> Eric Fletcher <eric@che.nsk.su> writes:
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- >From: Eric Fletcher <eric@che.nsk.su>
- >Subject: PC Usenet?
- >Date: Thu, 07 Jan 93 05:35:38 +0700
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- >Hello drkerns@sony7.sdrc.com!
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- >Thursday December 31 1992 14:51, drkerns@sony7.sdrc.com wrote to All:
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- > dsc> I know this has got to be a FAQ, but I'm new and don't know how to get to
- > dsc> those or what to do with them, so I'll stick my neck out and ask: I acces
- > dsc> Usenet News from my workstation at work. Is it possible to access from a
- > dsc> communications program on a PC? If so, how, and are there specific
- > dsc> comm programs I should use? I just have the one that came free with my
- > dsc> Hayes-clone modem, so upgrading isn't out of the question..
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- >There is great programm which allows you to have USENET news on PC called
- >Waffle. The latest version I know is 1.65.
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- Yes, Waffle is good PC UUCP program. Please also take a look at Drew
- Derbyshire's UUPC program as well as FSUUCP if you are interested in a UUCP
- news/mail feed on PC platform.
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- For direct TCP/IP NNTP connection, there are several PC clients available, at
- least one of which (trumpet) works very well over SLIP modem connections.
-
- Ashok
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- Ashok Aiyar
- Department of Biochemistry
- CWRU School of Medicine
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