Re: C code available
Rolfe Tessem (w3vh!rolfe@uunet.UU.NET)
Sat, 4 Jul 92 17:44:06 EDT
> Bill Fenner writes:
> Sean Petty writes:
> >
> > Here we seem to have a problem. From everything I have heard so
> > far, the *NIX users have a useable piece of software. However,
> > myself and I'm sure the majority of others on this list are
> > concerned with an MS-DOS version, as well as Amiga.
>
> The problem with coming up with an MS-DOS version is that without requiring
> Windows or DesqView, the same process has to be your data receiver and
> news reader. This program would work almost unmodified if you were going
> to run under MS-DOS Waffle (or some other USENET software) using a multitasker.
>
> > It is my feeling that we can get the ball rolling even faster if
> > someone can develop this recent code into an executable that
> > will work on MS-DOS machines
>
> I can port the code to MS-DOS, but it will require a multitasker and
> USENET software to be usable. If that's what you want, let me know and
> I'll have an .EXE for you in a day or two.
>
> However, like I said, without a multitasker and USENET software like Waffle,
> the code in its present state is mostly useless to MS-DOS folk.
>
> How would the MS-DOS users on the list feel about a Windows-only client?
> It would make sense to write a client for native Windows, or maybe even
> for OS/2.
>
Speaking for myself, I'd love to see an OS/2 client. There is a simple
news system that originated on MS-DOS and has been ported to OS/2, called,
appropriately enough, SNews. It requires UUPC/Extended and is suitable
only for leaf-nodes (i.e., there are no facilities for feeding another
site.) It is simple to install (once UUPC is running) and has a point
and shoot interface similar to nn. I'd think that adding X-Press reading
capability to this software would be relatively simple now that the
format is known. Note that most, if not all, the GNU development tools
now run on OS/2 (gcc,emacs,etc.)
Rolfe Tessem