13 Jun
2001
13 Jun
'01
3:12 p.m.
--- Ken Seefried <ken(a)seefried.com> wrote:
It was pretty much all TCP/IP in '97 in Holmdel.
They've talked about removing the UUCP support inside Lucent but too
many people have embedded it into operations... and I enjoyed still
having it around like an old friend.
I taught 3 different uucp versions at Pyramid Technology -- the SysV pre
HDB one, the 4.3BSD one, and the HDB BNU one. You could literally
install two versions on a machine (one in the AT&T universe and one in
the BSD universe and have your machine talking to itself with two
different UUCP's over ethernet and serial port).
The source code for uucp is availible any number of places; that's probably
the best existing doco. I occasionally have to dust off my ancient UUCP
sk1llz to get files on and off some antique for a client.
When I was a system admin for Lucent (1997-1999), I was amazed at how much
they depend on UUCP for internal file transfer. I don't know... UUCP has the advantage of working
with just about everything
that can take a hard disk but doesn't have Ethernet (Amigas, AT&T 3B1/Unix-PCs,
PDP-11s, etc.). In the case of classic hardware, baroque software is a good
thing - it means you don't have to roll your own. About the only thing that
is more universal than UUCP is Kermit.
Yup.
Kermit's great. I was surprised that my Concurrent Computer
make CCOP1 make file mods were distributed with the recent releases.
They were internal hacks that I never figured would get outside.
(Supported 4.2 BSD Direct/Dirent stuff with SysVR0 stuff and some PD
software).
I can almost remember when I was
"...!ucbvax!gatech!weasel!ken".
I was "...!ihnp4!cbosgd!osu-eddie!giza!kumiss!erd"