[Coco] terrifying sysadmins for fun with UUCP was Re: old backups, RESTORED!

[Frank Pittel]

I used to use uucp a lot and it wasn't that long ago!!

The Other Frank


On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 04:35:26PM -0700, Willard Goosey wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 05:41:14PM -0500, gene heskett wrote:
> > Be careful & don't step on it or kick it.  I've used the 1984 time frame 
> > for that and been called a liar by many.  It was 85 when I discovered os9, 
> > and I was off the the races.
> 
> Actually, I think I said "the early 80's" which is comfortably vague.
> I know LII goes back to 86-ish.  Back when the CoCo was a current
> product I was a BASIC boy, I never could have convinced Dad to buy
> software that cost as much as the computer did. :-(
> 
> But at least my sysadmin didn't give me The Look he used when I told
> him about setting up UUCP so my 3b1 could trade email with my Linux
> boxes.  He's a Model 100 nut so he's not completely unsympathetic, but
> he does have limits. ;-)  He gets this wonderful look of abject terror
> when I say things like "I wonder if Taylor UUCP has been compiled for
> MS-DOS with a packet driver."
> 
> Humm, I wonder if Rick Adam's UUCP would work over a Drivewire 4
> network link....  HDB config files aren't *that* obscure... :-)
> 
> Hehehe!
> Willard
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