HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: msc@ramoth.esd.sgi.com (Mark Callow)
Subject: Re: QuickTime
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 20:48:08 GMT


In article <C1F9D7.3Ay@wm.estec.esa.nl>, guy@wmsg02.wm.estec.esa.nl writes:
> 
> The fanfare announcement of the Quicktime port sometime ago was enough to
> push us that little bit further and purchase some Indigos here. We are a
> little worried at the current silence...
> 

The original contract was arranged by marketing people who also made
all the fanfare.  Since then we have been facing the engineering
reality.  The C source code we received from Apple is incredibly Macintosh
specific and difficult to port.  The compression code is all written in 68xxx
assembler.  We are essentially having to write rather than port the quicktime
code.  There will be no further announcements until we have a product to
ship.


P.S.  Could you find a news poster/editor that doesn't write such long
lines.
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From: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.apps,comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Editor on pixel level? (SGI)
Date: 26 Jan 93 23:26:36 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA


In article <1993Jan26.200630.22202@unlv.edu>, elvis@unlv.edu writes:
> 
> 	I am trying to find a "drawing" program that will allow
> editing at the pixel level.  I need to be able to capture some
> screen images and then edit them for documentation purposes.
> Other features would be nice, but I don't need anything too
> fancy.

Check out the man page for "imged".  It is a simple pixel
editor for RGB images, with a few features you wouldn't
expect in a program this simple, such as a smudge tool.

--
Michael Portuesi   Silicon Graphics, Inc.   portuesi@sgi.com
From: benedict@chaos.utexas.edu (Thomas Benedict)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.apps
Subject: npasswd on an SGI machine
Date: 25 Jan 93 22:13:47 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.sgi.apps
Organization: Center for Nonlinear Dynamics, University of Texas at Austin

Does anyone actually have npasswd compiled and running under NIS on an
SGI platform?  I've had a whale of a time getting it to compile and
run properly.  If anyone could share their diffs or experiences
getting it running on an SGI I'd be much obliged.

Tom Benedict
benedict@chaos.ph.utexas.edu
Center for Nonlinear Dynamics
University of Texas at Austin
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From: alan@hal.larc.nasa.gov (alan dare)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.apps,comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Anyone using UIM/X?
Date: 25 Jan 1993 13:54:20 GMT
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA  USA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: hal.larc.nasa.gov
Originator: alan@hal.larc.nasa.gov


We are looking into getting UIM/X. If you are using it how about some 
feedback on the product. Is it easy to use? How much X development are
your required to do outside of the package? Is the GL/X widget supported?

And we thank you for your support...

-- 


Alan Dare
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.apps
From: guy@wmsg02.wm.estec.esa.nl (Guy Brooker)
Subject: Re: QuickTime
Organization: ESA/Estec/WMS, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:15:06 GMT

In article <v6u20sc@zola.esd.sgi.com>, portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) writes:
 > 
 > In article <1jn7hcINN4l9@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>, rdargahi@wilkins.iaims.bcm.tmc.edu writes:
 > > In article <utnn0o4@zola.esd.sgi.com>, portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) writes:
 > > > In article <1il6ddINNpih@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>, rdargahi@wilkins.iaims.bcm.tmc.edu writes:
 > > > > 
 > > > > When will Quicktime be available from SGI
 > > > > 
 > > > 
 > > > When it's ready.
 > > > 
 > > > --
 > > > Michael Portuesi   Silicon Graphics, Inc.   portuesi@sgi.com
 > > 
 > > Thank you for that enlightening answer.
 > > 
 > > Many Thanks
 > 
 > I did post a longer reply on this topic in comp.sys.sgi.graphics.
 > 

I'm sorry Michael, but it seems I am not the only one to have missed your more
enlightening reply on Quicktime in comp.sys.sgi.graphics. I read the SGI newsgroups every day, so I am not sure how this has been bypassed, as it is
of significant interest to myself and my group. Would it be possible for
you to repost this article, as I am sure many people would be very grateful.

The fanfare announcement of the Quicktime port sometime ago was enough to push us that little bit further and purchase some Indigos here. We are a little worried at the current silence...

Would it be possible for you to outline the levels of integration of Quicktime into IRIX and its supporting applications that are being planned ?

- Will files be directly exchangable between Macs and IRIX ?
- Will there be support under ImageVision for the Image Compression facilities ?
- Will PICTs now be a supported file format ( and in ImageVision ?)
- I presume there will be support in Showcase.
- Will the programming interface/library be standard, or part of the developers
  option ?
- Will it be possible (even feasable) to show movies on remote X displays ?

Guy

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.apps
From: huober_r@hal.rz.uni-ulm.de (Reiner Huober)
Subject: File transfer via RS232 to PC (kermit?)
Organization: Universitaet Ulm
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 09:17:57 GMT

Hi there,

we have an Indigo (IRIX4.0.5F) and a PC386. We occasionally
want to transfer data via the serial line. What is the
best way (kermit) and how have the cables to be configured
(RTS/CTS a.s.o).

Thanks in advance

Reiner Huober
email: reiner.huober@rz.uni-ulm.de
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.apps
From: renaud@CERCA.UMontreal.CA (Alain Renaud)
Subject: Re: SGI Developer's Forum
Organization: Universite de Montreal
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 15:17:30 GMT

Richard.Fisker@ecmwf.co.uk (Richard Fisker,x2355) writes:

>---
>We are anticipating to becoming a new SGI site, using Indigos and Crimsons.

>I have heard that there is an  annual  SGI Developer's Forum. but would like more information if possible - place, date, fee, tentative agenda etc.

>If anyone could give me a SGI email contact address for this, that would 
>be perfect!

>Many Thanks,
> 

Me too

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.apps
From: dsk@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Daniel Katz)
Subject: cribbage game
Reply-To: dsk@nwu.edu
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:34:29 GMT

I am looking for a grphics based cribbage game that runs on SGI
machines.

If anyone knows of such a game, I would appreciate hearing how I could
get a hold of it.

Dan
-- 
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Dept. of Electrical Engineering                             1(708)491-8887
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208                E pur si muove
From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: interminttent pauses
Date: 23 Jan 93 19:23:33 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA

In <9201@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> jsin@smogland.janet.ucla.edu (John Sin) writes:
| We have a SGI Indigo with 48MB.  Every once in a while, the machine seems
| to pause/halt briefly.  For example, while you're typing away in a vi
| session, it would stop responding for anywhere from 1 sec upto several minutes
| before continuing.  There are no CPU intensive processes running, nor is there 
| any out-of-control processes.  This machine is used by single person, and
| he usally has a few windows open to do latex, read mail, preview
| postscript, etc.   Is there any known problem with the OS or hardware that
| will exhibit this kind of behavior?  If not, what tools/methods can I
| employ to track down the cause?  I'm mostly SunOS person and have little
| experience with tools available for SGI machines.
| 
| uname -a gives:
| IRIX pegasus 4.0.5 06151813 IP12

I'm not aware of any such problems.  It would be interesting to
run either osview or gr_osview and see what is happening at the
time.  Also, is it possible that files or commands are being
accessed over NFS and you are having network problems (possibly
including triggering some bugs in the ethernet driver)?
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From: cook@bebop.esd.sgi.com (Doug Cook)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Mailbox program
Date: 21 Jan 93 23:13:33 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA


In article <1993Jan21.163834.25509@pica.army.mil>, mfolenta@PICA.ARMY.MIL writes:

>      OK, for what it's worth, I also irregularly get the  "mailbox: Error 0" 
>  in my console window.
> 
>      And it's all running on a 4D35TG with IRIX 4.0.5 and is fired up from
>  my ".sgisession" using the following:
> 
> /usr/sbin/mailbox -L 41 -M 74 -S MIKE -m "/usr/sbin/winterm -f
> -adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--20-140-100-100-m-110-iso8859-1 -t MikeMail  -c
> /usr/sbin/Mail"
> 
>      What is really happening here SGI?  Not one of the biggies as bugs go, but why
>  is it happening?

The problem initially showed up in the 4.0.X releases, and the only
side-effect of the bug is the annoying messages on the console; 
otherwise, mailbox should work perfectly. I checked in a fix a long
time ago, but it appears that this fix didn't make it into any of 
the recent releases. I'll track it down to make sure that it is in
future releases.

	-Doug

Doug Cook, cook@sgi.com		Software Engineer	 Silicon Graphics, Inc.

"...Men ought to be treated well or crushed, because they can avenge themselves
of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot..."	-Machiavelli
From: figuei@lutece.rutgers.edu (Francisco Figueirido)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: testing
Date: 21 Jan 93 17:28:04 GMT

just testing ...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
From: feuille@sc2a.unige.ch
Subject: Which CD-ROMs are Supported
Organization: University of Geneva, Switzerland
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:15:37 GMT



     Hello netusers,

   

       I'd like to know whitch type of CD-ROM are supported on an INDIGO apart
  from the SGI CD-ROM? Is there a way of connecting an HPGL plotter to 
  that machine?

 
      Thanks in advance.

Feuilleaubois Eric
Lab. ITODYS
Paris, FRANCE
E-mail: feuilelauboi@jupiter.itodys.jussieu.fr
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
From: merritt@climate.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (John H. Merritt)
Subject: Re: How to know how much memory needed to run executable(a.out)
Organization: Climate and Radiation Branch
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:12:54 GMT

In article <C19tKx.F0u@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, amg8408@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Avijit  Moitra) writes:
|> I am interested to know how much memory (core) will be needed to run
|> my executable.  It does not run on a 16MB m/c but runs on a 32-64 MB
Run the program on the 32-64MB machine.
Identify the process with ps.
ls -l /debug | grep pid     --     where pid is the process id that
                                   you found with ps.  The size field
                                   of ls is the core size of your program.

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From: klin@iat.uni-paderborn.de (Peter Klingebiel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: HELP: Kernel values on IRIX 4.0.5
Date: 27 Jan 1993 15:23:42 GMT
Organization: Uni-GH Paderborn, Germany
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: mlap-ws7.uni-paderborn.de
Keywords: nlist

Hi,

On a SGI Indigo R4000 running IRIX 4.0.5 I'm trying to read some kernel
values (physmem, freemem, and sysinfo), but this fails. I use the following
C program to read these kernel variables:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <nlist.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/sysinfo.h>

#define UNIX    "/unix"
#define KMEM    "/dev/kmem"

static struct nlist nl[]  = {
#define SYSINFO 0
  { "sysinfo", 0L, 0, 0 },
#define PHYSMEM 1
  { "physmem", 0L, 0, 0 },
#define FREEMEM 2
  { "freemem", 0L, 0, 0 },
  { NULL, 0L, 0, 0 }
};

int kmem;
struct sysinfo oldinfo;
int physmem, freemem;

main()
{
  off_t o;
  int n;

  if((kmem = open(KMEM, 0)) < 0)
    perror("kmem error");
  if(nlist(UNIX, nl) < 0)
    perror("nlist error");

  printf("sysinfo=%lx\n", nl[SYSINFO].n_value);
  printf("physmem=%lx\n", nl[PHYSMEM].n_value);
  printf("freemem=%lx\n", nl[FREEMEM].n_value);

  if(nl[SYSINFO].n_value == 0 || nl[PHYSMEM].n_value == 0 || nl[FREEMEM].n_value == 0)
    fprintf(stderr, "data error\n");

  if((o = lseek(kmem, (off_t) nl[PHYSMEM].n_value, SEEK_SET)) == (off_t) -1)
    fprintf(stderr, "seek physmem %lx\n", o);
  if((n = read(kmem, &physmem, sizeof(physmem))) != sizeof(physmem))
    fprintf(stderr, "read physmem %d\n", n);
  if((o = lseek(kmem, nl[FREEMEM].n_value, 0)) == (off_t) -1)
    fprintf(stderr, "seek freemem %lx\n", o);
  if((n = read(kmem, &freemem, sizeof(freemem))) != sizeof(freemem))
    fprintf(stderr, "read freemem %d\n", n);
  if((o = lseek(kmem, nl[SYSINFO].n_value, 0)) == (off_t) -1)
    fprintf(stderr, "seek sysinfo %lx\n", o);
  if((n = read(kmem, &oldinfo, sizeof(oldinfo))) != sizeof(oldinfo))
    fprintf(stderr, "read sysinfo %d\n", n);
}

The output of the program is as follows:

     sysinfo=0
     physmem=88113ec0
     freemem=88113f3c
     data error
     seek physmem ffffffff
     read physmem -1
     seek freemem ffffffff
     read freemem -1
     read sysinfo -1

Why this? I'm sure sysinfo is defined in the kernel. Why I can't lseek?
Are the addresses as returned from nlist wrong?

Peter Klingebiel
klin@iat.uni-paderborn.de



Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
From: mario@efe.frk.cdc.com (Mario Wuest)
Subject: CANON CLC10 Printer/Scanner DRIVER
Reply-To: mario@efe.frk.cdc.com (Mario Wuest)
Organization: Comtrol Data GmbH
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 10:34:20 GMT


Does anyone know, if there exists a scanner and printer driver for the CANON CLC10?
If so, who is the distributor?
From: ashish@eng.umd.edu (Ashish Nedungadi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Backup ? from remote machine --> INDIGO
Date: 27 Jan 1993 23:18:17 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: valkyrie.eng.umd.edu
Originator: ashish@valkyrie.eng.umd.edu


Hello,
	I have an INDIGO ELAN with a DAT drive.  What I'd like to do is an
incremental backup of files I have on a SUN4 machine to the SGI. BOth computers
are on the same network but are unfortunately not NFS mounted. If, for example, 
I need a file from the SUN4, I have to use ftp or rcp to get it. 

	Is there someonme out there who can help me with this or guide me in
the right direction.  Maybe there is someone who is already doing this and
can send me some info.

Thanks for your time.

-- Ashish

==============================================================================
                  |  Dept. of Aerospace Engineering  |  (301) 405 - 1153
Ashish Nedungadi  |  University of Maryland          |  ashish@eng.umd.edu
                  |  College Park, MD 20742          |
==============================================================================

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==============================================================================
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
From: igor@fine.Princeton.EDU (Igor Rivin)
Subject: strange compiler behavior
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 04:34:04 GMT


Why is it that if you declare an uninitialized global array,
three times as much virtual space as necessary gets allocated?

Trivial example program:

#include <stdio.h>

char dog[100000];

main() {}


result of of running size on the executable:

cc -o stupid1 stupid.c
vulcan% size stupid1

Size of stupid1:380688  

        Section          Size     Physical Address      Virtual Address

          .text          5984            4194672              4194672 
          .init            32            4200656              4200656 
          .data          2704          268435456            268435456 
         .sdata           112          268438160            268438160 
          .sbss            96          268438272            268438272 
           .bss        371760          268438368            268438368 


	Inquiring minds want to know...
From: ec@matufia.stg.trw.com (ec)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: UNSUBSCRIBE
Date: 25 Jan 93 18:03:48 GMT

UNSUBSCRIBE
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
From: rogerc@kuhio.wpd.sgi.com (Roger Chickering)
Subject: Re: Which CD-ROMs are Supported
Organization:  Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 21:11:47 GMT

In <1993Jan26.191537.1@sc2a.unige.ch> feuille@sc2a.unige.ch writes:
>
>       I'd like to know whitch type of CD-ROM are supported on an INDIGO apart
>  from the SGI CD-ROM? Is there a way of connecting an HPGL plotter to 
>  that machine?

You can mount efs CDs (the ones that come from SGI), ISO 9660 discs,
and High Sierra discs.  Using System Manager or cdromd(1M) is the
easiest way.

-Roger
From: figuei@lutece.rutgers.edu (Francisco Figueirido)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: testing
Date: 21 Jan 93 17:27:35 GMT

just testing ...
From: shankar@sgi.com (Shankar Unni)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Does an Indigo make read-only text segments?
Date: 25 Jan 93 21:07:39 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: boris.wpd.sgi.com
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Stephen Samuel (samuel@cs.ubc.ca) wrote:

> char *astring="a constant string";

This is a direct violation of ANSI C right there. The RHS expression
has a type (by language definition) of "const char *", and therefore
the LHS *must* be "const char *" (or an explicit cast must be
introduced).

The only case a compiler may not catch easily is if you stick
inconsistent declarations in different files and try to link them
together (at least, it won't be caught for C; for C++, many more of
these violations are caught due to name mangling and the fact that
prototypes are mandatory).
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Silicon Graphics Inc.			Phone:	+1-415-390-2072
From: alain@paris.asd.sgi.com (Alain Dumesny)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Inventor Mesh Data
Date: 26 Jan 93 04:12:25 GMT
Reply-To: alain@sgi.com
Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: paris.asd.sgi.com

In article <1993Jan19.123522.13966@cophos.co.at>, js@cophos.co.at (Jodok Schaeffler) writes:
|> 
|> How do I have to design a mesh data structure that I can use
|> this mesh data with Inventor in a later version?
|> 

The same way you would do for GL. Say your tri or quad mesh is aligned to
the screen, then arrange your verteces into a 2D array, beginning with the
upper left corner, one row at a time.

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Alain Dumesny	alain@sgi.com	(415)390-5250	    Silicon Graphics Inc.
Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 23:11:34 EST
From: <COOCHE@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: multi-processor Indigo??

Greetings...

One of my colleagues is suggesting we buy a SPARC 10, since it can ultimately
be upgraded to multi-processors. I've been considering an Indigo,
but don't have enough info on them yet to know if multi-pro is an option for
the Indigo series (perhaps the R4000)? Can anyone help me out here? All the SGI
 reps in my part of the world are off at trainning, so I figured this would be
faster.

Thanks in advance...

Evan Cooch
COOCHE@QUCDN.QUEENSU.CA
From: gersappe@emmy.mse.pitt.edu (Dilip Gersappe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Mailer woes...
Date: 28 Jan 93 16:55:13 GMT

Hi there,
	Thanks to a lot of help from the net I got elm up and running
on my system. Now mail works to all addresses that are suffixed with
"edu" but wheneever the address ends with a .com or a .bitnet the mail
simpley bounces back. 
	I have nameservice running, and I can ftp and telnet to the 
.com suffixes. Any help would be appreciated..

thanks
Dilip


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From: gplan@cs.umb.edu (George Planansky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: SCSI disk for Mac *and* Indigo2 Extreme ??
Date: 28 Jan 93 03:40:41 GMT
Reply-To: george@tusk.med.harvard.edu
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Boston

We need to purchase a large (>= 1 Gbyte) scsi disk, to use
first on a Mac, then, moved onto an Indigo Extreme.  (We also
need to get some disks just for SGI's.)

I seek a disk that will:

 * work on either ( preferably without changing internal jumpers, etc. )
 * use the Extreme's Fast SCSI-2 to advantage
 * be reliable

A vendor I like offers:

  Seagate Elite ST41600N    1.3GB formatted
  Seagate Elite ST41200N    1.0GB formatted

  Hewlett Packard 97558T    1.0GB formatted

  Toshiba MK538-FB          1.2GB formatted

Any recommendations, pro or con?

Thanks.

George
From: figuei@lutece.rutgers.edu (Francisco Figueirido)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: testing
Date: 21 Jan 93 12:36:30 GMT
Organization: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Sorry for the waste of bandwith!
--
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	email: figuei@lutece.rutgers.edu
	phone: (908)932-3278
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
From: vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver)
Subject: Re: Net News Setup
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:03:28 GMT

In article <35258@adm.brl.mil>, SUTPHINWB@npt.nusc.navy.mil (SUTPHIN WILLIAM B) writes:
> I'd like to set up a local news forum as well as be able to read
> news like comp.sys.sgi.  I've ftp'ed cnews, nntp and nr from ftp.uu.net
> but cnews doesn't want to compile very smoothly.
> 
> I'd like to know, before I attempt full scale ports, am I on the
> right track here?  Has anyone done this before? etc, etc. I really
> have no special love for source code; how about some SGI binaries?


Henry & Geoff made C-news work on some version of IRIX.  You just have
to answer the questions of the configuration script.  I don't think any
of the many news machines inside the SGI network are still running
B-news.  NTP is a little more hassle, but not much.  There are many
news readers.

If you don't want to touch source, then your best bet is to hire it
done.  Or get a remote account on a machine that is already running
news.


Vernon Schryver,  vjs@sgi.com