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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Path: sparky!uunet!peora!tarpit!tous!rbt
- From: rbt@tous.oau.org (Robert B. Tate)
- Subject: Re: Can you help a UUCP novice with ISC V3 please?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug30.232705.10691@tous.oau.org>
- Summary: try Nutshell books
- Organization: Tate Enterprises
- References: <1992Aug30.194943.14060@abbott.com>
- Distribution: na
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 23:27:05 GMT
- Lines: 38
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- In article <1992Aug30.194943.14060@abbott.com> pat@abtlabs.uucp (Patrick Conroy) writes:
- >I could'a sworn I *wasn't a complete idiot* until I tried to get
- >UUCP up and working today.
-
- It has a way of making you feel like you are one, doesn't it?
-
- >
- >If someone out there is using ISC V3 and an internal modem, (gee
- >if it was a Gateway Telepath 9600 internal modem!), may I humbly
- >beg of you to share:
- >
- > * your Devices file
- > * your Dialers file
- > * any other file that a novice like me wouldn't know to ask for
- >
- Can't help you there, but....
-
- >And can anyone PLEASE recommend a %$#%! manual that explains what
- >the hell Unix wants from me and my modem? After today I'll pay
- >just about any price!
- >
- >I Thank you and my ulcer thanks you. Patrick
- >
-
- There are 2 books that helped me get going.
-
- 1. "Managing UUCP and Usenet" O'Reilly & Associates (NUTSHELL)
- 2. "Using UUCP and Usenet" O'Reilly & Associates (NUTSHELL)
-
- Without them I may not have gotten going when I started. The first helps
- you get it setup and running. The second lets you know what you should
- expect and be be doing.
-
-
-
- --
- rbt@tous.OAU.ORG (Robert B. Tate) | A little knowledge is a dangerous
- {ucf-cs,peora,tarpit}!tous!rbt | thing. Any less can kill you.
-