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| From | Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: Usenet Stories |
| Date | 2020-09-09 19:02 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <rjb8sr$u9f$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (4 earlier) <hrpjldFlqecU5@mid.individual.net> <20200908205336.58608544eb2e9c65eca38702@eircom.net> <hrs851F9t9iU2@mid.individual.net> <rjb2tk31aah@news2.newsguy.com> <20200909184816.aec913f569efc4e23bd2b2a7@eircom.net> |
On Wed, 09 Sep 2020 18:48:16 +0100, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: > On 9 Sep 2020 17:20:52 GMT Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> > wrote: > >> On 2020-09-09, Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> wrote: >> >> > On 2020-09-08, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote: >> > >> >> I had a lot of fun configuring sendmail when I built a puntmail >> >> workalike (I called it drop-kick and it actually had a "drop" and a >> >> "kick"), raw sendmail.cf no macros. >> > >> > You're a better man than I. I consider sendmail.cf a Lovecraftian >> > nightmare. >> >> I never went near sendmail. Configuring X was bad enough. > > Compiling X the first time caused me some grief - the version of > Interactive I had lacked TCP/IP, streams and IPC. It also had an > irritating line length limitation in make that broke the Xlib Makefile > (at least) in X11R5. Pseudo TTY pairs was the only communication > mechanism available, and only one side of that was implemented in the > X11 code. Getting an X on the screen that moved with the mouse took some > effort. I thought that STREAMS was in the base product of Interactive UNIX, I bought the AT&T manuals for it and remember writing a driver to get X11 to work. I was using a graphics card with a TMS34010 processor so getting the display part working was a lot more effort than the comms driver.
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Usenet Stories Jason Evans <jsevans@mailfence.com> - 2020-09-06 12:08 +0000
Re: Usenet Stories Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-09-06 14:08 +0000
Re: Usenet Stories Bud Spencer <bud@campo.verano.it> - 2020-09-06 18:02 +0300
Re: Usenet Stories John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2020-09-06 18:27 +0000
Re: Usenet Stories Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-09-06 23:01 +0100
Re: Usenet Stories Jason Evans <jsevans@mailfence.com> - 2020-09-07 16:59 +0000
Re: Usenet Stories Michael LeVine <mlevinespmfltr@redshift.com> - 2020-09-07 10:35 -0700
Re: Usenet Stories JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-09-08 09:31 -0500
Re: Usenet Stories Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-09-08 14:43 +0000
Re: Usenet Stories Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-09-08 14:53 +0000
Re: Usenet Stories Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-09-08 15:41 +0000
Re: Usenet Stories Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-09-08 20:53 +0100
Re: Usenet Stories scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-09-08 20:45 +0000
Re: Usenet Stories Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-09-09 14:45 +0000
Re: Usenet Stories Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-09-09 17:20 +0000
Re: Usenet Stories Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-09-09 18:48 +0100
Re: Usenet Stories Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.co.uk> - 2020-09-09 19:02 +0000
Re: Usenet Stories Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-09-09 21:06 +0100
Re: Usenet Stories John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2020-09-09 21:33 +0000
Re: Usenet Stories Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.co.uk> - 2020-09-09 21:50 +0000
Re: Usenet Stories scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-09-10 15:49 +0000
Re: Usenet Stories Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-09-09 18:03 +0100
Re: Usenet Stories Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2020-09-06 16:22 +0000
Re: Usenet Stories Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-09-06 19:01 +0000
Re: Usenet Stories Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2020-09-06 19:44 +0300
Re: Usenet Stories Owen Rees <orees@hotmail.com> - 2020-09-06 21:46 +0100
Re: Usenet Stories Jason Evans <jsevans@mailfence.com> - 2020-09-07 06:27 +0000
Re: Usenet Stories Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-09-09 12:22 -0500
Re: Usenet Stories "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> - 2020-11-03 19:46 +0000
Re: Usenet Stories DNews <newsup@somewhere.cbr> - 2020-10-16 08:23 +0000
Re: Usenet Stories Faux Dameron <fauxdameron@mailfence.com> - 2020-10-16 14:40 +0000
Re: Usenet Stories f6k <f6k@huld.re> - 2020-10-16 23:02 +0200
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Re: Usenet Stories Schmitty <Thomas.Heinrich.Schmidt@googlemail.com> - 2020-12-04 15:17 +0100
Re: Usenet Stories f6k <f6k@huld.re> - 2020-12-09 18:58 +0100
Re: Usenet Stories f6k <f6k@huld.re> - 2020-12-09 19:06 +0100
Re: Usenet Stories Schmitty <Thomas.Heinrich.Schmidt@googlemail.com> - 2020-12-11 15:56 +0100
Re: Usenet Stories "A.T. Murray" <mentificium@gmail.com> - 2020-10-21 12:30 -0700
No Usenet Stories Schmitty <Thomas.Heinrich.Schmidt@googlemail.com> - 2020-10-23 12:05 +0200
Re: No Usenet Stories Jason Evans <jsevans@mailfence.com> - 2020-10-24 07:10 +0000
Re: No Usenet Stories Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-10-24 08:47 +0100
Re: No Usenet Stories Jason Evans <jsevans@mailfence.com> - 2020-10-24 18:00 +0000
Re: No Usenet Stories JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-10-24 18:17 -0500
Re: No Usenet Stories Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-10-25 08:03 +0000
Re: No Usenet Stories JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-10-25 10:32 -0500
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