From: web@loomcom.com (Seth Morabito)
Subject: [TUHS] Old Usenet newsreader source code?
Date: Tue, 08 May 2018 09:25:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1525796737.680198.1365037152.60B79FDC@webmail.messagingengine.com> (raw)
Hi all,
Forgive this cross-post from cctalk, if you're seeing this message twice. TUHS seems like a very appropriate list for this question.
I'm experimenting with setting up UUCP and Usenet on a cluster of 3B2/400s, and I've quickly discovered that while it's trivial to find old source code for Usenet (B News and C News), it's virtually impossible to find source code for old news *readers*.
I'm looking especially for nn, which was my go-to at the time. The oldest version I've found so far is nn 6.4, which is too big to compile on a 3B2/400. If I could get my hands on 6.1 or earlier, I think I'd have a good chance.
I also found that trn 3.6 from 1994 works well enough, though it is fairly bloated. Earlier versions of that might be better.
Does anyone have better Google-fu than I do? Or perhaps you've got earlier sources squirreled away?
As an aside: If you were active on Usenet in 1989, what software were you using?
-Seth
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Seth Morabito
web at loomcom.com
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2018-05-08 16:25 Seth Morabito [this message]
2018-05-08 16:36 ` Larry McVoy
2018-05-08 16:43 ` Warner Losh
2018-05-08 17:06 ` arnold
2018-05-08 17:27 ` Dan Cross
2018-05-08 17:42 ` Andy Kosela
2018-05-08 21:27 ` [TUHS] Old Usenet / local communitites Mike Markowski
2018-05-08 17:53 ` [TUHS] Old Usenet newsreader source code? Seth Morabito
2018-05-08 18:28 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-08 18:35 ` Arthur Krewat
2018-05-08 18:45 ` Warner Losh
2018-05-08 19:00 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2018-05-08 19:09 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-08 19:11 ` Arthur Krewat
2018-05-08 21:50 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-08 21:54 ` Larry McVoy
2018-05-08 21:58 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-08 22:22 ` Henry Bent
2018-05-08 22:32 ` Arthur Krewat
2018-05-08 22:59 ` Henry Bent
2018-05-09 2:01 ` Michael Parson
2018-05-09 1:55 ` Michael Parson
2018-05-08 20:01 ` Bakul Shah
2018-05-08 21:56 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-08 20:54 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2018-05-08 19:05 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-08 19:15 ` Arthur Krewat
2018-05-08 19:35 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-08 19:23 ` Steve Nickolas
2018-05-08 19:29 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-09 0:46 ` Steve Nickolas
2018-05-08 19:26 ` Ron Natalie
2018-05-08 19:48 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-08 20:54 ` Daniel Camolês
2018-05-08 22:55 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-08 23:16 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2018-05-08 23:18 ` Henry Bent
2018-05-08 23:21 ` George Michaelson
2018-05-08 23:25 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-08 23:22 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-08 23:37 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-09 0:54 ` Steve Nickolas
2018-05-08 17:09 ` Clem Cole
2018-05-08 16:53 ` Arthur Krewat
2018-05-08 17:01 ` Seth Morabito
2018-05-08 19:41 ` Dave Horsfall
2018-05-08 21:49 ` Jeremy C. Reed
2018-05-08 23:39 ` John Labovitz
2018-05-09 0:08 ` Jeremy C. Reed
2018-05-09 0:11 ` Jeremy C. Reed
2018-05-09 0:42 ` Warren Toomey
2018-05-09 0:31 ` Bakul Shah
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