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author Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
date Fri, 12 Jul 2013 22:41:18 +0200
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1 Documentation and sample files for the OS-9 UUCP package, UUCPbb
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2 Copyright (C) 1990, 1993 Rick Adams and Bob Billson
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4 This file is part of the OS-9 UUCP package, UUCPbb.
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6 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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8 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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9 (at your option) any later version.
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11 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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14 GNU General Public License for more details.
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16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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17 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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18 Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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19
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20 The author of UUCPbb, Bob Billson, can be contacted at:
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21 bob@kc2wz.bubble.org or uunet!kc2wz!bob or by snail mail:
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22 21 Bates Way, Westfield, NJ 07090
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25 The file COPYING is the GNU General Public License.
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27 The DOC directory contains both doc and man pages files for the UUCPbb
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28 package. These files are formatted, ready-to-print on standard 8 1/2 x 11
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29 inch paper, 66 lines per page. There are no printer control codes embedded
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30 in any of the files.
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32 Please READ the documentation. It will, I hope, make installing the program
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33 easy. If you find mistakes or unclear areas in the docs, please let me know.
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34 I don't like documentation that is unclear. While I am not a writer by
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35 profession, I would like to make the files as useful as possible. If they
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36 are unclear, they are not very useful.
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38 The SAMPLE directory contains various files which go in the /DD/SYS/UUCP when
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39 you are instructed to copy them there. You should edit these files to
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40 conform to YOUR system. The file UUCPBB.DOC will explain what to change.
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41 Each file contains an explanation of the file's contents. It is not necessary
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42 to delete this information after you finish installing UUCP.
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45 The MISC directory contains the following archives:
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47 SCF14.AR is Boisy Pitre's patch for OS-9/6809 Level 2 to allow SCF devices
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48 to be made non-shareable. Instructions for applying the patch are contained
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49 in the archive.
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51 MCRON12.LZH is Boisy Pitre's multi-user version of CRON for OS-9/6809.
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52 Instructions are contained in the archive
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54 CONVERTPALM.LZH is Jeff Shepler's utility for use with his mailer, Palm. If
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55 you are running Palm with Rick's original UUCP on the CoCo, use this utility
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56 to convert Palm's mail to the new form used by UUCPbb.
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58 UUTOOLS.LZH is a version of uuencode and uudecode which allows large files to
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59 split into smaller files. Many UUCP will reject mail files larger than about
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60 100K. UUE (uuencode) allows you easier send a large file in smaller pieces.
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61 UUD (uudecode) allows you to put these pieces back together and decode than
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62 without a lot of hassles. Only the OS-9/6809 executables are in this file.
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63 Put these in your execution directory with names uue and uud.
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65 UUTOOLS_SRC.LZH is the source for UUE and UUD. It includes makefiles for
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66 the OS-9/6809 and OSK versions. Put the executables in your execution
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67 directory with the names uue and uud.
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69 CM.LZH is a mail monitor for use with UUCPbb under OSK. It runs in the
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70 background and checks for new mail at regular intervals. This utility
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71 was contributed by Boisy. Questions or suggestions about it should be
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72 sent to him.
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74 DESKTOP.LZH was also contributed by Boisy. The archive contains some AIF/icon
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75 files for a particular GUI on the MM/1 called Desktop.