Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!uunet!xanth!mcnc!rutgers!ucsd!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!cuuxun!jhunix!ecf_hap From: ecf_hap@jhunix.JHU.EDU (Andrew Poling) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general Subject: rn/nntp on unixpc? Keywords: rn, nntp, space?, do-able? Message-ID: <293@jhunix.JHU.EDU> Date: 27 Nov 88 05:03:21 GMT Organization: Johns Hopkins University - HCF Lines: 36 I gotta coupla questions about running rn on this here miniature 3b20 :-). How much disk space do you need to install rn for the unixpc (I mean, not counting the gigabytes you need for the actual news)? Has anyone ever tried nntp(Network News Transfer Protocol) on this box? Believe it or not, I have the unixpc in my office hitched to the Internet and I'd really rather use the "free" network than long-distance calls. I just don't know if I'm up to the task of trying to get nntp working on it if it's a real pain. BTW- a tip for anyone putting a unixpc on ethernet: don't put it on a DELNI. I can only testify for the DEC variety, but any multi-port-transciever-type box will probably give you headaches. The ethernet card for the unixpc doesn't seem to handle collisions well, and that's how a DELNI-type box keeps all the devices from talking at once. Every time someone on the DELNI sends a packet, the DELNI sends a collision to the other devices - thus the problem if your device doesn't like collisions. The symptoms are short-packets on the cable, and terrible performance from the ethernet interface (telnet, for instance, is no longer preferable to that 1200-baud modem). I also had problems with connections that didn't die becauses the final packets were short, and therefore never received properly. Really shows the potential shortcomings of datagrams. 'Nuff said. Andy . * . * . * . * . * * . * . * _ . * * . . * andy@gollum.hcf.jhu.edu . * . _/ \ * _ . . * * * . * . \ / \_ _/ \ * _/\ * ap@ipgate.hcf.jhu.edu * \ . * _/ /\ \ / () \_ /\_ / \_* . * . * . . ^ \_ / _/ \ _/ \_/ <> \_ ecf_hap@jhunix.UUCP \ /` <> / <> \_ / <> _ \ * . * . \ \_ () __/ _ \ /\ / \_ ^ \ L64A0429@jhuvm.BITNET . /\ \_ _/ () _/ \_ \_ _/ \_ \___________________________