[Info-vax] Long uptime cut short by Hurricane Sandy

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In article <anck1gF5etiU2 at mid.individual.net>, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>In article <keq8op$rn3$1 at online.de>,
>	helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) writes:
>> In article <anas2aFlgnoU1 at mid.individual.net>, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu
>> (Bill Gunshannon) writes: 
>> 
>>> Well, I have seen nmerous people here lament the fact that the only
>>> version of emacs available on VMS is rather dated.  Are you saying
>>> that there really is no one who wants a newer emacs on VMS?
>> 
>> Are these VMS types, or unix types who don't know EDT or other VMS 
>> editors?
>
>Don't know.  Look back at the archives and see who they were.
>
>>> >                        and news client
>>> 
>>> Hmmm...  I wonder if Knews could be made to work?  That has
>>> always been my favorite.
>> 
>> NEWSRDR?!
>
>Sorry, don't know it.  But if it is real VMS only software why
>has it not been kept up?  I was thinking more along the lines
>of those programs that have Unix versions at 7.2 while the VMS
>version is still at 3.1.  I am not likely to modernize a program
>but re-porting a newer version is a possibility.  What I have is
>time, not knowledge specific to VMS or these programs.

NEWSRDR was MadGoat/freeware.  It works fine for textual usenet reading and
posting.  However, if you're one to frequent the alt.binaries.some.peculiar.
fetish.or.bizarre.sexual.perversion.pictures.and.videos then, you're out of
luck unless you can get wood with ASCII art! :)

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