Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Marc Van Dyck Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: Upcoming time boundary events Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 09:46:27 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 53 Message-ID: References: <100fp4v$1nmtf$1@dont-email.me> <100omli$3t023$1@dont-email.me> <100qdop$6q13$1@dont-email.me> <100qg5t$3jb0$1@dont-email.me> <1014ad8$2jurh$1@dont-email.me> <874ix3np14.fsf@atr2.ath.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 09:46:28 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="486d5f792ad4e92bf27d68a0e3bc70a7"; logging-data="416492"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18dtwIZ1DqTAJhp/dbJ0Bhw" Cancel-Lock: sha1:+Nx9BaQcoqr6yV5reFjOs1plxSw= X-Newsreader: MesNews/1.08.06.00-gb X-Face: #0?irvdFiM!(Tpl}/tO%_kuSW_^9G5aeIEnY1uNPcd@N_U.B30\*[%N-cnqSC,rEfeq\m:b oR({RM{x03]Iv}^2xc7\J][^MkbL3DYdLevZ$&h0WbH!i:>O1i#FLy/mO2G~xMF *uQnfN4xre8v9%0fqg;i.!ymm~6w2nEx);Q~Q*8&dUO(fn Bytes: 2869 bill explained : > On 5/29/2025 4:24 PM, jayjwa wrote: >> bill 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