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- From: edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold)
- Subject: UUCP vs SLIP, info wanted
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.150537.18505@alf.uib.no>
- Organization: University of Bergen, Norway
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 15:05:37 GMT
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- A quick question: I would like to know whether I should be setting up
- SLIP or UUCP from my home NeXT to work/school. Here is the situation:
-
- NeXT cube at home, gig hard disk, NO OD (I just sold it :-)
- (I was all set to buy a Floptical only to find out that PLI isn't
- delivering them.)
- From 1.1.93 my central goes ISDN digital...
- I have a 2400 modem and cable.
- I need to be able to back up one way or another.
- The host machine at school will most likely be a Sun.
-
- From now until the new year, I have to have at the minimum a way to
- transfer files to/from home. I don't have a floppy, nor will I buy
- one. I would like to buy a Floptical, if PLI would be finished soon.
- Mostly these files are .ps output, and some stuff like mail, new
- apps, etc.
-
- The University is setting up a SLIP server, which will also handle UUCP.
- I have discussed the possibility of setting up a communication with
- them and they are positive, but we don't know if SLIP or UUCP is
- most appropriate. The main problem is:
- 1. slow (2400) modem and
- 2. I don't have call out possibility (i.e. only incoming calls) so the
- U has to initiate all connections. I know that a UUCP link would
- work fine for mail, and it isn't a problem to be called in the
- middle of the day or in the middle of the night, when I wouldn't
- otherwise use the phone. But it will be a mess extracting .ps from NeXT
- mail attatchments (I don't usually use a NeXT at work :-( to print out,
- and NeXTmail encoding (well, I could of course just uuencode them) new
- apps (Games! ;-) things to be transferred to my home machine. Also,
- as I recall from Seebass, Garth, & Snyder (Unix Sys admin bible), one
- receiving a UUCP connection should offer the service to others, something
- I can't as long as I'm restricted from dialing out. A moral dilemma.
- If SLIP is possible, would it be better to set it up? Would it work in
- the situation I have described?
-
- Non NeXT mail e-mailed responses are appreciated.
-
- Regards,
- Thor
-