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From: epsilon@wet.UUCP (Eric P. Scott)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: What is dial-up-able
Message-ID: <405@wet.UUCP>
Date: 11 Aug 89 21:26:59 GMT
References: <1531@ns.network.com>
Reply-To: epsilon@wet.UUCP (Eric P. Scott)
Organization: Wetware Diversions, San Francisco
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In article <1531@ns.network.com> logajan@ns.network.com (John Logajan) writes:
>This might be a bit to technical for this group, but I've always wanted
>to know.  I know that uucp transported news can be handled over dial-up
>modems (I even wrote a BASIC language uucp clone) but I don't know how
>those high speed direct connect internet links work.
>
>I've just heard from a guy looking to hook his VMS system into the net.
>He mentioned a software package from Carnegie/Mellen that interfaced
>VMS to TCP/IP?  He wanted to know what else he needed to get news to
>his VMS machine, like a modem? a direct connect line?  I didn't know
>what to tell him.

"USENET is not UUCP" (repeat ad nauseum)
USENET depends on something else for transport.  What else?
Anything that works.   For VAX/VMS this usually means DECNET or
TCP/IP, but is by no means limited to these.  There are uucp
implementations for VMS.  What really matters is that you have
some way of getting a news feed (i.e. you can both speak a common
protocol).

The Internet is a wonderful thing... if you can afford it.  The
University down the street has to fork over $40,000 to join
BARRNET.  Of course this serves hundreds of machines...
There's a reason why "the Telebit alternative" is so popular.

There are a number of TCP/IP implementations available for
VAX/VMS.  A complete list is available from the DDN Network
Information Center (800) 235-3155, or FTPable from NIC.DDN.MIL
as NETINFO:VENDORS-GUIDE.TXT  (huge! it includes everything in
the known universe.)

Oh yeah... check out ANU-NEWS for VAX/VMS (you may want to wait
for 5.9 though).
					-=EPS=-