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

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <00ACE716.157DC892 at sendspamhere.org>,
	VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
> 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! :)

OK, so, if this started as VMS software, was never available on anything
but VMS, was written and is maintained by a VMS expert, what could I
possibly do with it?  :-)
 
bill

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