Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!tness7!killer!nasa
From: nasa@killer.UUCP (Daniel Poirot)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: uw with Apollo
Summary: I need help with UW on a Masscomp!
Message-ID: <4783@killer.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jul 88 17:21:14 GMT
References: <4820@husc6.harvard.edu> <870176@hpcilzb.HP.COM> <165@pai.UUCP>
Reply-To: nasa@killer.UUCP (Daniel Poirot)
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection BBS, Dallas, Tx
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(insert standard disclaimer about not knowing what is going on, here)

I have been looking at the UW utility and am very interested in it.  I do
have a few questions.

We are using a Masscomp 5600 that supports UCB 4.2.  I am interested in 
using it to support logins from Macs, Ataris and Amigas.  I understand
servers are available for these machines.  

Is there a generic text-based server?  Ala overlapping text windows.  I 
would need that for PCs or other systems.  

Is there a newer version of the software than 3.4?  In particular, is there 
a version that doesn't have Sun dependent code?  I can't get the code to 
compile on the Masscomp as distributed.  I don't have a  file (?).

Is there an archive of UW stuff?  The version that I have came from a
government BBS at Ames and it was pretty old.  I don't have FTP access so
I would need UUCP info or guest login.

I think that the system is an interesting way to get more done using the
growing number of Macs, Ataris and Amigas out here.  If I could get it
running on the PC I sure would be a hero arround here!

Thanks

Daniel Poirot		{ihnp4,codas}!killer!nasa
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