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Article #900Re: Boston public access unix?
From: Pete French
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1989 08:43
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1989 08:43
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From article <3014@uceng.UC.EDU>, by dmocsny@uceng.UC.EDU (daniel mocsny):
> In article <7183@pt.cs.cmu.edu>, jwz@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Jamie Zawinski) writes:
>>One of my friends in Boston has had a taste of netnews and wants more; anyone
>> know of either 1: an inexpensive site that would give him access to news, or
>
> Starting your own site is not really out of the question, if you have
> about $5k to spend (386 AT clone with 4 MB RAM + >120 MB disk), UNIX
[lots of stuff about how hard it is to set up a USENET site deleted]
Actually it can be done far cheaper than that ... and with a lot less hassle.
You can run a public access system off the back of an Atari ST quite
happily as a bulletin board with USENET news and mail.
I have a friend who did this - I suggest you contact him for more information.
he should be contactable as chris@tharr.uucp , but if this doesnt work
then try chris%tharr@kyns.co.bt.uk .
-Pete.
--
-Pete French. | "The rhythm's gone,
British Telecom Research Labs. | The radio's dead.
Martlesham Heath, East Anglia. | And the damage done,
All my own thoughts (of course) | Inside my head."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!mailrus!purdue!bu-cs!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!sunic!mcsun!ukc!axion!galadriel!pcf From: pcf@galadriel.bt.co.uk (Pete French) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Boston public access unix? Message-ID: <535@galadriel.bt.co.uk> Date: 8 Dec 89 08:43:34 GMT References: <3014@uceng.UC.EDU> Organization: RT6115, BTRL, Martlesham Heath, England Lines: 25