From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SUBJ_ALL_CAPS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id c4ff1601 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 05:45:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 6F7EF948FC; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:45:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E1479480A; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:44:52 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 6A6049480A; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:44:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1F622947D8 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:44:50 +1000 (AEST) X-Envelope-From: arnold@skeeve.com Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id x6A5imWm020552 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 9 Jul 2019 23:44:48 -0600 Received: (from arnold@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id x6A5ilIN020551; Tue, 9 Jul 2019 23:44:47 -0600 From: arnold@skeeve.com Message-Id: <201907100544.x6A5ilIN020551@freefriends.org> X-Authentication-Warning: frenzy.freefriends.org: arnold set sender to arnold@skeeve.com using -f Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 23:44:47 -0600 To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org, lyndon@orthanc.ca References: <40c8dad5e0198e3d@orthanc.ca> In-Reply-To: <40c8dad5e0198e3d@orthanc.ca> User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] UREP X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > Back in the day I had the pleasure of firing up what was possibly > the last North American BITNET node (certainly the last one on > NetNorth), on a Sun 3/xxx deskside server running SunOS 3.5(+). > (AUCS, at Athabasca U.) > > I'm curious to know if the UREP source code that drove that link > ever escaped. I recall it being licensed code at the time, but > from academia vs. a commercial product. I don't know if that also > applied to the bisync serial driver. > > --lyndon You don't want to see the source code. We ran it at Emory, and I remember that I had to work with it, and after every dive into the code, I felt like I needed a shower afterwards. I don't remember the details, only the strong associated emotions. :-( Arnold