From: steve@nshore.org (Stephen J. Walick)
Subject: Re: GIF viewer for Xenix
Reply-To: steve@nshore.org (Stephen J. Walick)
Organization: Nshore Hacking and Salvage
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 00:52:11 GMT
Followup-To: comp.unix.xenix.sco

As quoted from <715380840.7509@zooid.guild.org> by vid@zooid.guild.org (David Mason):

+---------------
| From: lawriew@runx.oz.au (Lawrie Waller)
| [talk about a gif viewer fo Xenix]>>>
| >>
| >>SCO makes this available on sosco under the Games hierarchy.
| >>
| >
| >And it works like a dream on my 33/386 using 2.3.2(I have just
| >downloaded it).
| >
| 
| A lot of people are interested in a gif viewer for Xenix that doesn't
| require the CGI kit to be installed. Can someone post it to an appro-
| priate newsgroup, with notification here?   Not everyone has the kind
| of access required to grab this software.
+---------------

I'm sorry, but I do not understand your last statement.  All that you
need is a computer, a modem and a telephone line.  The following is
from the freely downloadable file: sosco!/usr/spool/uucppublic/Games/info

>> List of SCO Games available for transfer using UUCP
>> Last updated: 8/24/90
>> 
>> 
>> UUCP Connection information:
>> 
>> Machine name: sosco
>> 
>> Phone numbers: (408) 425-3502 (300-2400 baud)
>>                (408) 429-1786 (9600 baud Telebit)
>> 
>> Login name: uusls  (fourth character is letter "l" rather than numeral "1")
>> No password
>>
>> [ ...deleted instructions; the file in question... ]
>>
>>                 Size in bytes
>> File name       (checksum)      Description
>> 
>> video_demo.Z     354229 (31786) Programs from Brian Chapman's SCO Forum90
>>                                 presentation on direct access to the video
>> 	                           hardware under SCO UNIX and XENIX.  Contains
>>                                 executables and C source code.

It would be best to obtain this < ~/info > file as well as the other
freely downloadable < ~/info > files from SCO --

>> As you know, the SCO Online Support system provides various support and
>> educational materials for interactive access via our BBS systems, and by
>> anonymous uucp.  Most of these files reside in directories under
>> /usr/spool/uucppublic.  In addition, these directories are replicated at
>> ftp.uu.net under ftp/pub/sco-archive.  The directories online are:
>> 
>>    SLS - SCO Support Level Supplements (fixits, updates, etc.)
>>    EFS - Extended Feature Supplements (improved product components)
>>    Games - unsupported, recreational games and amusing material
>>    Term - updated termcap and terminfo files
>>    TLS or Devref - SCO Technical Library Supplements, unsupported
>> 
>> Each of these directories has a README or "info" file that describes
>> the material therein, and they are fairly self explanatory.  [ ... ]

...Obtained, via anonymous uucp file transfers --

    uucp sosco!/usr/spool/uucppublic/SLS/info [sys]/[dir]/SLS/info
    uucp sosco!/usr/spool/uucppublic/EFS/info [sys]/[dir]/EFS/info
    uucp sosco!/usr/spool/uucppublic/TLS/info [sys]/[dir]/TLS/info
    uucp sosco!/usr/spool/uucppublic/Term/info [sys]/[dir]/Term/info
    uucp sosco!/usr/spool/uucppublic/Games/info [sys]/[dir]/Games/info

-- 

Stephen J. Walick            Internet: steve@nshore.org [192.150.241.1]
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