I'm experimenting with setting up UUCP and Usenet on a cluster of 3B2/400s, and
I've quickly discovered that while it's trivial to find old source code for Usenet
(B News and C News), it's virtually impossible to find source code for old news
*readers*.
I'm looking especially for nn, which was my go-to at the time. The oldest version
I've found so far is nn 6.4, which is too big to compile on a 3B2/400. If I could get
my hands on 6.1 or earlier, I think I'd have a good chance.
I also found that trn 3.6 from 1994 works well enough, though it is fairly bloated.
Earlier versions of that might be better.
Does anyone have better Google-fu than I do? Or perhaps you've got earlier sources
squirreled away?
As an aside: If you were active on Usenet in 1989, what software were you using?
-Seth
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