From: crossd@gmail.com (Dan Cross)
Subject: [TUHS] UUCP "bag" files
Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 16:03:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEoi9W5c5nMtEOF-JCj5J6U2b2+2hNxmLTiVoJYU2CA9X+fRYQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9a749ac4-6017-c907-dc6e-28eff66858a5@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net>
On Thu, May 10, 2018, 11:28 AM Grant Taylor via TUHS <tuhs at minnie.tuhs.org>
wrote:
> On 05/10/2018 08:25 AM, Chet Ramey wrote:
> > Yes. Bag files are a file format used to transfer news via uucp,
> > popularized by dnews. I think they originated with satellite news
> systems.
>
> This seems to be exactly the topic that I'm asking about.
>
> Unfortunately it doesn't hint at why the files are called "bag" files.
>
Totally hazarding a guess, but I'd imagine the etymology comes from a news
bag, as in the thing slung over the should and hauled around by the
neighborhood kid who delivers newspapers in the morning (that holds the
to-be-delivered news).
- Dan C.
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-10 3:49 Grant Taylor
2018-05-10 3:51 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2018-05-10 4:53 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-10 5:03 ` Bakul Shah
2018-05-10 15:46 ` Mary Ann Horton
2018-05-10 16:08 ` Chet Ramey
2018-05-10 14:25 ` Chet Ramey
2018-05-10 15:28 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-10 16:03 ` Dan Cross [this message]
2018-05-10 16:24 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-10 14:10 ` John P. Linderman
2018-05-10 23:38 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2018-05-11 0:24 ` John P. Linderman
2018-05-11 3:51 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-11 3:42 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-11 3:58 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2018-05-11 4:09 ` Grant Taylor
2018-05-11 4:18 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2018-05-12 4:39 ` Grant Taylor
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