HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: kjhoule@iowegia.uucp (Kevin Houle)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Vacation program
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 92 20:29:00 CDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Iowegia Public Access Usenet/UUCP, Clive IA USA.

jgostin@eternal.chi.il.us (Jeff Gostin) writes:

> Hi Folks! Can anyone tell me where I can find a copy of the Vacation
> program? I don't have FTP, so I'll need to go by either mail server, or
> human server... :-) Thanx muchly!

I can't get vacation.exe to work. I get an error stating my
waffle environment variable is not set, which is nuts because
Waffle wouldn't even start up in the first place if that were
not defined. I even tried, from DOS, doing a set waffle command
and then runing vacation. Same result.

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From: peters@beltrix.guild.org (Peter Sleggs)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Problems with Rockwell-equipped modems
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 08:02:46 EDT
Organization: Bellatrix Systems Corp., Mississauga, ONT Canada

bob@1776.COM (Robert Coe) writes:

> Recently a disgruntled purchaser of a 14.4Kbps Boca modem wrote as follows:
> > I am open to suggestions about what I can do to make this thing work 
> > better.  I am kind of disappointed [in the modem's throughput] so far.  
> > I also have some problem with the modem not resetting after a normal BYE.  
> 
> To which Duane Davis <System@Micromed.COM> responded:
> > You've run into a known problem with the Rockwell v.32bis chipset. The Boca
> > isn't the only one that has problems. Supra, Practical Peripherals, and
> > several others also use the same chipset. 
> >
> > The main problem is that it cannot handle noisy lines at all (or so Supra
> > says). They are supposed to be coming out with an updated ROM to patch the
> > problem in the chipset. ... A friend of mine has ... spoken to Boca tech 
> > support and they know about the problem but have no plans for a fix.
> 
> It sounds as though modems with this Rockwell chipset should be avoided.  Is 
> there an easy way to positively ascertain that a given modem doesn't have it 
> (unless the manufacturer happens to state on the box that the modem has some 
> other chipset)?

I feed a site with this modem and tested it myself, the BOCA modems
work, the factory setup is WRONG for most uses and MUST be changed, I've
called one of these in eastern europe and made a 12000 connect several
times. They connected to more modems than my USR can!

The implementation of the firmware and the board are important - the
BOCA was a well done board. I emailed the poster the settings used
sucessfully here - hopefully this will help him solve the problem.


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From: system@hale.cts.com (System Administration)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Waffle and SLIP (etc)
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 15:44:58 PDT
Organization: Hale Telecommunications San Diego CA

Is anyone doing this with waffle(dos)?

I have a chance to play with slip for free and would like to try this, as 
I can't afford a commerical connection.

(Just leeching off a friend who runs another site.)


             -=-  System Administrator  system@hale.cts.com  -=-
                      Hale Telecommunications, San Diego
From: otto@jybox.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: 115200 Modem speed
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 01:04:32 EDT
Organization: Jyvaskyla Electronic Mailbox

morpheus@entropy.mcds.com (morpheus) writes:

> Actually, speeds in excess of 38.4kbps are not supported by the FOSSIL
> _specification_.  The only way to get higher is to lock the fossil externally
> and telling waffle to use a bps rate it can deal with.  Not that the speed
> increase is above marginal at best.

Mariginal currently (with the fastest *standardized* modems are 14.4kb/s
V.32bis's) but in the near future V.fast and other developments will change
that.  Even currently the Motorola pre-V.fast 24kb/s and the USRobotics
16.8kb/s HST modems are available.   As the base speed is stepped up to
28kb/s (or 24, which ever way the standardization people decide), data
compression may budge the effective speed quite near the 38.4kb/s range.

   /* * * Otto J. Makela <otto@jybox.jyu.fi> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
  /* Phone: +358 41 613 847, BBS: +358 41 211 562 (V.32bis/USR-HST,24h/d) */
 /* Mail: Kauppakatu 1B18/SF-40100 Jyvaskyla/Finland, ICBM: 62.14N25.44E */
/* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: 1.65 for Xenix - where is it?
From: tim@qed.cts.com (Tim Capps)
Date: 12 Sep 92 22:02:19 GMT
Organization: The QED BBS, Lakewood CA

dlhpfm.uucp!dlh@abvax.icd.ab.com (daniel lance herrick) writes:

> tim@qed.cts.com (Tim Capps) writes:
> 
> > So... does anybody else know how I am supposed to get 1.65 for Xenix?
> 
> Send paper mail with a check for $120?

For an update?  ... An UPDATE?  You have got to be kidding (or Tom does).
That's what I paid for 1.64.  Now, I'm all for paying for software I use, but
silly me, I do expect a discount on the next version.  Hell, most companies
provide the next release at no cost at all!

No, I don't believe it.  Tom is a reasonable guy.  Now, if only my email
to him would quit bouncing because of 'mips' disappearing. (sigh)

BTW: Just for public record - if that update price really IS correct,
I'll stick with 1.64, and look around for something better.

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From: mikey@slic.cts.com (Mike Shirley)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: News readers for Waffle.
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 20:24:13 PDT
Organization: Muth Valley Seismic Control District, San Diego, CA / Port2

jbla@giraffe.in-berlin.de (Johannes Blankenstein) writes in part:

> You have to run the programm DIRSCAN.EXE first. This programm will
> create a database which is needed by NWREADER.EXE.

I haven't been able to figure out how to get DIRSCAN to run
either.  You don't realize how much you miss the docs until you do...

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     Mike, WB6WUI   //   INET:  mikey@slic.cts.com   //   GEnie: SLIC
From: system@micromed.com (Duane Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Problems with Rockwell-equipped modems
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 20:33:10 PDT
Organization: Micro-Medic BBS - +1 408 279 5240 - Public Access

bob@1776.COM (Robert Coe) writes:

> Recently a disgruntled purchaser of a 14.4Kbps Boca modem wrote as follows:
> > I am open to suggestions about what I can do to make this thing work 
> > better.  I am kind of disappointed [in the modem's throughput] so far.  
> > I also have some problem with the modem not resetting after a normal BYE.  
> 
> To which Duane Davis <System@Micromed.COM> responded:
> > You've run into a known problem with the Rockwell v.32bis chipset. The Boca
> > isn't the only one that has problems. Supra, Practical Peripherals, and
> > several others also use the same chipset. 
> >
> > The main problem is that it cannot handle noisy lines at all (or so Supra
> > says). They are supposed to be coming out with an updated ROM to patch the
> > problem in the chipset. ... A friend of mine has ... spoken to Boca tech 
> > support and they know about the problem but have no plans for a fix.
> 
> It sounds as though modems with this Rockwell chipset should be avoided.  Is 
> there an easy way to positively ascertain that a given modem doesn't have it 
> (unless the manufacturer happens to state on the box that the modem has some 
> other chipset)?

Pretty much EVERY low cost v.32bis modem on the market uses the Rockwell
chipset. Rockwell is the number 1 manufacturer of modem chipsets.



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711 Lincoln Avenue                   public access usenet (408)279-5240
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               Authorized Waffle beta distribution site.
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From: rick@vsystem.wimsey.bc.ca (Rick Vandenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: replies going to wrong address, vms list
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 20:32:21 PDT
Organization: Vandenberg Systems Research, Vancouver BC

dlhpfm.uucp!dlh@abvax.icd.ab.com (daniel lance herrick) writes:

> I'm trying to create a mailing list using the Vandenberg Mail Server. 

ummm.. That's V-MailServer. :)  Nonetheless, I'd prefer to answer
questions by either direct e-mail or through the VMAIL-L mailing list.

To join the mailing list, send the following command to
mail-server@vsystem.wimsey.bc.ca:

SUBSCRIBE VMAIL-L


> When mail comes to me on Waffle and I reply to it, the reply is
> addressed to the Received from header and not to the Reply-to: header.

I'm not quite sure what you mean here - are you saying Waffle replies to
the From: address, as opposed to the Reply-To:?  Or do you mean
V-MailServer does this?  It will always reply back to the Reply-To:
address first.

> One transaction from someone else followed the same path - a
> contribution intended for the list shows up addressed to the
> VMS-Daemon.  Is this a feature?

This could be a result of not having a 'R' (reply-to) address specified
in the mailing list file.  Generally, you would set this to the list
address, so replies to list messages go back to the mailing list.

Rick.

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From: steve@presoft.com (Steve Kohlenberger)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: 2 of 5 Waffle site have UUCICO problems hanging during transfer
Keywords: Waffle UUCICO hang
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 02:56:35 PDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Presoft Architects

Hi All:

Two of the five Waffle sites taht I personally know of ocassionally
get a hang mid transfer.  It results in the modem hanging the phone.

Symptoms:

No matter which system calls the other, the systems transfer a
significant amount of data.  This is several files of random length as
little as a few K and as much as a few hundred K.

Then in the middle of file N, I see lights on the receiving modem
indicating data is being sent and received but the transfer stopps. 
UUCICO never resequences.

For the next several calls between these sites, the same file will
not fully transfer.  The file hangs at different points in the same
file.  It often takes 3-10 tries to get the file accross.

One site is a 286 AT on 2400 baud with X00 loaded on a 16450
(vanilla) connecting to a college.

The other problem site is fed from my Waffle system.  He is using
Waffle on a 386/33 using a Hayes 9600 baud with X00 loaded on
a 16550A. Mine is a 486/25 at 9600 baud with a 16550A and X00.

Only similarity is between the problem sites is the X00 Fossil driver
and UUCICO.

It does not seem to be only the phone lines (we listened and are real
close).  They may not be perfect but they are not bad.  We swapped
modems, no effect.  The other three Waffle sites send and receive
fine.  When the problem is seen, the modem 'timed out'.  This is
different than if the modem was not able to stay in sync (V.42) and
just hung up the phone.  

Why these sites and consistantly? 

Our suspicion is a data sensitivity in the recovery process in UUCICO
when mildly inaccurate lines are used.  We are still checking further
to try to discover the nature of the messages when the problem shows
up.  Sometimes it becomes impossible to transfer very large
(1,000,000 bytes) files.

Any knowledge of these kind of events would be appreciated.


Steve
   
 Steve Kohlenberger, PreSoft Architects      Internet: steve@presoft.com
 Novell Professional Developer                            (714) 538-6002
 Specialists in NLM and Disk/Tape Driver development for NetWare 3.X/4.X

Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
From: ralphs@halcyon.com (Ralph Sims)
Subject: Re: Waffle HELP!
Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. (206) 455-3505
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 20:50:23 GMT

krc@ecl.psu.edu writes:

>My friend recently acquired a copy of Waffle v1.65, Penn State is willing to
>give him a feed where he is at.  However the connection to the University is
>7-E-1, will Usenet and UUCP still work?  If not is there any way around it
>(besides having it set at 8-n-1 which the university switcher won't do).

Usenet has nothing to do with uucp, other than providing a considerable
amount of traffic.  Usenet is the evening news;  uucp is the television
network.

But, in answer to your question: yes, it will work.

Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
From: patrick@actrix.gen.nz (Pat Cain)
Subject: Re: News readers for Waffle.
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 09:44:23 GMT

In article <JsBTqB2w165w@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca> frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca writes:
> I was just wondering, has anyone thrown in a drop-in replacement for news 
> reading in the DOS version of Waffle?

I've been working on a newsreader for DOS Waffle use.  The main aim
was to make it user friendly because users here seem to dislike the
Waffle newsreaders.  

There is a good newsreader from Waffle - the NWM (?) one, but that's
about 300k and defintely won't work remotely.  My aim is to keep the
executable small so that it can run remotely when waffle.exe is loaded.


It has the same user interface as the Searchlight BBS message reader except
it has a few other non Searchlight things:

 - an interactive article select (like ANU news under VMS, or xrn under X)
 - ^N/^P for next/prev same-subject article
 - group specific and global kill files (author or subject only though)
 - ability to list or jump to any newsgroup

The executable is currently around 38k.  But due to lack of time, I doubt
if it'll be finished til at least early next year.
-- 
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From: elendil@mintir.new-orleans.la.us (Edward J. Branley)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Unix vs. DOS version...
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 19:25:22 CDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Minas Tirith BBS (Public Access Usenet for New Orleans)

vds7789@aw2.fsl.ca.boeing.com (Vincent D. Skahan) writes:

> there are dozens of unix mail servers, though none (IMHO) with the ease of
> setup and use of VMS.  A couple/few weeks ago I asked and the question was
> that VMS was dos-specific at this time.

I was afraid of that.  Oh well, so long as there's some sort of replacement.

> >WafMail -- I've got lots of users who like the convenience of using QWK
> >packets.  Back when I was a fidonet node, I didn't bother with the offline
> >readers, and just told everyone who wanted that luxury to become a point
> >system.  I suppose I could do something similar, but if there's a *nix versi
> >I'd like to retain the feature.
>
> I'm pretty sure there is one...just can't remember the darn file name.

Well, when you do, I'd appreciate it if you pass it along...

> Tom might hate me for this, but there's really no reason to run Waffle on a
> personal-only system under unix because almost all of its functionality is
> easily available with *nix.
>
> You can grab C-news/uucp/elm/smail pretty easily and get a 'real' unix system
> compiled and up under most *nixes.
>
> Now if you want to run a *nix BBS, Waffle is a great choice...
>

My plan for moving to *nix is to start with installing the OS on a partition on
my 486, set it up as a site independent of the BBS, and send some mail and news
to it from the BBS.  Then, once I've got the hang of that, put Waffle up.
You're right that you probably don't need Waffle for a personal-only system, or
a corporate site where everyone has a login id, but I can't see how anyone
wanting to be public-access can beat Waffle.




>Edward J. Branley         elendil@mintir.new-orleans.la.us<
>Seashell Software, Metairie, LA            +1-504-455-5087<
From: sreck@rebox.in-berlin.de (Stefan Reck)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: news reader for DOS.  (just like rn)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 23:30:01 GMT
Distribution: world               
Organization: REBOX's Host, Berlin, Germany

rhawk@netcom.com (Sean Ackley) writes:
>
> I would like to know if there is a good news reader for DOS, just like the
> rn program on UNIX?
> 
> Waffle is the best I have seen so far, but maybe rn has a DOS version?
> 
> the commands rn uses are so user friendly, and you can choose the news you
> want, and keep better track of the news you have read, over that of Waffle.

You can test the NWREADER. If you want it you can e-mail me.

  Stefan

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From: mikey@slic.cts.com (Mike Shirley)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: RE: Outbox2.uue
Summary: Repost after Cancellation
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 10:22:12 PDT
Organization: Muth Valley Seismic Control District, San Diego, CA / Port2

Works like a charm.  As I was using Outbox1 (Outfold), this new
release is much simpler to use and the docs are straight-forward.
Michael's program makes excellent use of V1.65's new folders.  If
you keep copies of all outgoing traffic, this is an excellent way
do it.

And I use Stefan's RWMail to read the folders.  Nice way to put 2
excellent 3rd party programs to use.

...a repost as names were incorrect, original canceled...mps

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     Mike, WB6WUI   //   INET:  mikey@slic.cts.com   //   GEnie: SLIC
From: steveh@grafex.Cupertino.CA.US (Steve Harding KA6ETB)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Using STATS
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 92 19:02:17 PDT
Distribution: world
Organization: The GRAFex Company

Perhaps I am missing something.  When I run STATS USAGE the totals I get
are totally incorrect and never vary.

Waffle 1.65 Usage Summary for 05-Sep-92 19:03

    6   sbay.talk
    3   sbay.waffle
    3   ba.announce
    3   rec.arts.tv.soaps
    2   rec.radio.amateur.misc
    2   rec.radio.amateur.packet
    2   rec.radio.amateur.policy
    2   rec.radio.broadcasting
    1   ba.broadcast
		.
		.
		.
    0   ba.news.group
    0   ba.news.stats
    0   news.sysadmin
    0   monitor
    0   control

Any ideas?

steve

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From: mikey@slic.cts.com (Mike Shirley)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: RE: Outbox2.uue
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 09:22:33 PDT
Organization: Muth Valley Seismic Control District, San Diego, CA / Port2

Works like a charm.  As I was using Outbox1 (Outfold), this new
release is much simpler to use and the docs are straight-forward.
Mark's program makes excellent use of V1.65's new folders.  If
you keep copies of all outgoing traffic, this is an excellent way
do it.

And I use RWMail to read the folders.  Nice way to put 2
excellent 3rd party programs to use.

--
     Mike, WB6WUI   //   INET:  mikey@slic.cts.com   //   GEnie: SLIC
From: jgostin@eternal.chi.il.us (Jeff Gostin)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: sig length in waffle
Date: 11 Sep 92 23:05:22 GMT
Organization: The little node that could...

donal@brewich.hou.tx.us (Donal) writes:

> > Rule No. 6:  There is no Rule No. 6
>
> Rule No. 7: No Pooftas!
Ok, I give up-- Where'd this start from? I mentioned something about "Who
pays attentions to purists, anyways?? :-)", and suddenly these Rule #x
replies are running rampant! Which train did I miss?

                              Jeff

...From a tiny little node called Eternal!
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From: rat@ruth.UUCP (David Douthitt)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: HISTORY
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 92 07:05:09 CDT
Organization: Network XXIII - +1 608 222 9253

ralphs@halcyon.com (Ralph Sims) writes:

| dawson@willard.UUCP writes:
| 
| >I'm wondering... of those fellow Wafflers here who are actually running
| >mail archive servers, who offers an interface for RECEIVING program files?
| >Is there a reliable way for submissions to be made, or is my only out to
| >submit this stuff to comp.binaries.ibm.pc, alt.binaries, etc.?
| 
| If authors send a copy of their wares to ralphs@halcyon.com...

Perhaps this is somewhat out of line, but I thought I would ask it..

Does remote accept files via Fidonet?  Through a file transfer, I mean.

ruth.uucp will accept files this way, as well as from anon uucp.  I don't
have ftp though - I'm a uucp box.

I don't usually check the incoming anonymous uucp directory; so send
Email.  Same goes for Fidonet files; send "netmail".


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From: bo836@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Richard D. Mccombs)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: shroom
Date: 15 Sep 1992 08:33:46 GMT
Organization: The Red Headed League; Lawton, Ok
Reply-To: bo836@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Richard D. Mccombs)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc4.ins.cwru.edu


I posted two messages asking about shroom and I haven't seen either of
them on cleveland.freenet.edu so I'm wondering if they got out. 
If you see either of the original messages let me know.


>Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: shroom
Summary: I found shroom 1.6 is there a later version?
From: rick@ricksys.lonestar.org (Richard McCombs KB5SNF)
Reply-To: rick@ricksys.lonestar.org
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 03:22:00 CDT
Organization: The Red Headed League; Lawton, Ok

rick@ricksys.lonestar.org (Richard McCombs KB5SNF) writes:

> 
> 
> All of the recent talk about shroom made think maybe I want to try it.
> 
> I looked on remote and couldn't find it.
> 
> Who has the latest version either via anon-uucp @ 2400 bps  or
> via  a mailserver.
> 

I found out that have version 1.6 but if there is a later version then I
probably should get it.


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