Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site mcvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!seismo!mcvax!guido 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 Article-I.D.: mcvax.6202 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 Lines: 28 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 into it."