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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!nshore!steve
- From: steve@nshore.org (Stephen J. Walick)
- Subject: Re: GIF viewer for Xenix
- Reply-To: steve@nshore.org (Stephen J. Walick)
- Organization: Nshore Hacking and Salvage
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 00:52:11 GMT
- Message-ID: <Btz931.K6t@nshore.org>
- Followup-To: comp.unix.xenix.sco
- References: <715380840.7509@zooid.guild.org>
- Lines: 78
-
- As quoted from <715380840.7509@zooid.guild.org> by vid@zooid.guild.org (David Mason):
-
- +---------------
- | From: lawriew@runx.oz.au (Lawrie Waller)
- | [talk about a gif viewer fo Xenix]>>>
- | >>
- | >>SCO makes this available on sosco under the Games hierarchy.
- | >>
- | >
- | >And it works like a dream on my 33/386 using 2.3.2(I have just
- | >downloaded it).
- | >
- |
- | A lot of people are interested in a gif viewer for Xenix that doesn't
- | require the CGI kit to be installed. Can someone post it to an appro-
- | priate newsgroup, with notification here? Not everyone has the kind
- | of access required to grab this software.
- +---------------
-
- I'm sorry, but I do not understand your last statement. All that you
- need is a computer, a modem and a telephone line. The following is
- from the freely downloadable file: sosco!/usr/spool/uucppublic/Games/info
-
- >> List of SCO Games available for transfer using UUCP
- >> Last updated: 8/24/90
- >>
- >>
- >> UUCP Connection information:
- >>
- >> Machine name: sosco
- >>
- >> Phone numbers: (408) 425-3502 (300-2400 baud)
- >> (408) 429-1786 (9600 baud Telebit)
- >>
- >> Login name: uusls (fourth character is letter "l" rather than numeral "1")
- >> No password
- >>
- >> [ ...deleted instructions; the file in question... ]
- >>
- >> Size in bytes
- >> File name (checksum) Description
- >>
- >> video_demo.Z 354229 (31786) Programs from Brian Chapman's SCO Forum90
- >> presentation on direct access to the video
- >> hardware under SCO UNIX and XENIX. Contains
- >> executables and C source code.
-
- It would be best to obtain this < ~/info > file as well as the other
- freely downloadable < ~/info > files from SCO --
-
- >> As you know, the SCO Online Support system provides various support and
- >> educational materials for interactive access via our BBS systems, and by
- >> anonymous uucp. Most of these files reside in directories under
- >> /usr/spool/uucppublic. In addition, these directories are replicated at
- >> ftp.uu.net under ftp/pub/sco-archive. The directories online are:
- >>
- >> SLS - SCO Support Level Supplements (fixits, updates, etc.)
- >> EFS - Extended Feature Supplements (improved product components)
- >> Games - unsupported, recreational games and amusing material
- >> Term - updated termcap and terminfo files
- >> TLS or Devref - SCO Technical Library Supplements, unsupported
- >>
- >> Each of these directories has a README or "info" file that describes
- >> the material therein, and they are fairly self explanatory. [ ... ]
-
- ...Obtained, via anonymous uucp file transfers --
-
- uucp sosco!/usr/spool/uucppublic/SLS/info [sys]/[dir]/SLS/info
- uucp sosco!/usr/spool/uucppublic/EFS/info [sys]/[dir]/EFS/info
- uucp sosco!/usr/spool/uucppublic/TLS/info [sys]/[dir]/TLS/info
- uucp sosco!/usr/spool/uucppublic/Term/info [sys]/[dir]/Term/info
- uucp sosco!/usr/spool/uucppublic/Games/info [sys]/[dir]/Games/info
-
- --
-
- Stephen J. Walick Internet: steve@nshore.org [192.150.241.1]
- Data Phone: (216) 942-1118 UUCP: {uunet|backbone}!nshore!steve
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