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From: Marc Van Dyck <marc.gr.vandyck@invalid.skynet.be>
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Subject: Re: Upcoming time boundary events
Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 09:46:27 +0200
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bill explained :
> On 5/29/2025 4:24 PM, jayjwa wrote:
>> bill <bill.gunshannon@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>>> There is still a UUCP network.  It runs over the internet rather than
>>> the phone system but it runs the UUCP protocol.
>> Or emulated serial lines.
>> 
>> https://www.digiater.nl/openvms/decus/vax92a/uucp/
>> 
>> ❰jayjwa❙~❱✔≻ rlogin kirin
>> 
>> $ mail
>> 
>> MAIL> send
>> To:	uucp%"atr2!jayjwa"
>> Subj:	UUCP
>> Enter your message below. Press CTRL/Z when complete, or CTRL/C to quit:
>> Can you believe that people are still using UUCP?
>>   Exit
>> 
>> MAIL> exit
>> $ logout
>> rlogin: Connection to kirin closed normally.26:35.15
>> ❰jayjwa❙~❱✔≻ mailx
>> mailx version v14.9.25.  Type `?' for help
>> /var/spool/mail/jayjwa: 2 messages 1 new
>>   O  1 Mail System Intern 2025-05-29 11:12   13/536   DON'T DELETE THIS 
>> MESSAGE -- FOLDER INTERNAL DATA
>> ▸N  2 jayjwa@kirin.lan   2025-05-29 11:26   21/891   UUCP
>> ? 2
>> [-- Message  2 -- 21 lines, 891 bytes --]:
>> Date: Thu, 29 May 25 15:26:30 EDT
>> Message-Id: <00BAB43684479760.00000237@kirin.lan>
>> From: jayjwa@kirin.lan
>> Subject: UUCP
>> To: jayjwa@atr2.lan
>> 
>> Can you believe that people are still using UUCP?
>> 
>> ?
>> 
>
>
> Can you believe people are still using DECNET?  :-)
>
> bill

Well, is anyone else proposing a suitable replacement for FAL and
transparent task to task communication ?

-- 
Marc Van Dyck