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From: guido@mcvax.UUCP (Guido van Rossum)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Is it feasible to connect a PC running UNIX to USENET?
Message-ID: <6202@mcvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 08:00:51 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 28 08:00:51 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 30-Nov-84 07:36:30 EST
Reply-To: guido@mcvax.UUCP (Guido van Rossum)
Organization: CWI, Amsterdam
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Some questions to which I would like to receive answers (by mail) from
those who have tried (successfully or not) or from those "in the know":

  - Is it possible to run a version of UNIX on a PC which supports
    UUCP and thus allows access to USENET?

  - What kind of upgrade would be necessary for the PC?  (I suppose
    512 kb of memory and a 10 Mb hard disk would suffice; correct me
    if I'm wrong.)

  - What suitable versions (for this application) of UNIX for the PC exist?

  - What hardware exists to support access to the UUCP network? (auto-
    answer modems and/or autodiallers.)

  - Does anyone use a PC for this kind of application?  Do you find it
    adequate?  Experiences?

(Remember, I live in Europe, where everything happens a bit later.
But you may hear from us some day!)

    Thanks in advance,

	Guido van Rossum, CWI, Amsterdam
	guido@mcvax.UUCP

"Life is like a sewer.  What you get out of it, depends on what you put
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