From: SMTP%"wing@tgv.com" 21-APR-1994 11:11:07.97 To: EVERHART CC: Subj: Re: MadGoat NewsReader Question From: wing@tgv.com (Dan Wing) X-Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: MadGoat NewsReader Question Date: 20 Apr 1994 05:42:01 GMT Organization: TGV, Incorporated Lines: 63 Message-Id: <2p2fb9$5hp@news.arc.nasa.gov> Reply-To: wing@tgv.com Nntp-Posting-Host: hq.tgv.com To: Info-VAX@CRVAX.SRI.COM X-Gateway-Source-Info: USENET In article , IAN VAZ writes: >What is the MadGoat news reader and how does it compare to what is >generally known as VMS News by Bernd Onasch? Where would one acquire >this news reader, assuming it is freeware? The MadGoat News reader is NEWSRDR in the following list. -dan wing@tgv.com ----- News Software for VMS --------------------- ANU-News - Not just a news reader, but a full-blown news system for VMS, including both an NNTP client and server. Available by anonymous FTP from kuhub.cc.ukans.edu. VMS style user interface. Contact Bob Sloane (sloane@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu) for more information. NEWSRDR - A news reader (NNTP client). Requires access to a system running an NNTP server. Available by anonymous FTP from public.tgv.com in directory [.MADISON.NEWSRDR], and from ftp.spc.edu (file name [.MACRO32.SAVESETS]NEWSRDR.ZIP). It is also available through e-mail distribution from the BITNET mail server address FILESERV@WKUVX1 (send a one-line e-mail message with the text "HELP" in the message body for more information). Contact Matt Madison (madison@tgv.com) for more information. VNEWS - Another NNTP client. Available by anonymous FTP from arizona.edu in directory [SOFTWARE.VMS.VNEWS]. UNIX style user interface. Contact Joel Snyder (jms@arizona.edu) for more information. VMS NEWS - Yet another NNTP client. Available by anonymous FTP from ftp.rz.uni-ulm.de, directory /pub/VMS/communications, and on ftp.spc.edu, directory [.ucx]. Contact Bernd Onasch (bernd@rzsun2.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de or Onasch@askdonald.ask.uni-karlsruhe.de) for more information. Apparently a threaded newsreader (follows References: lines). DXRN/MXRN - DECwindows and Motif implementations of xrn, an X Windows based NNTP client. Available by anonymous FTP from decuac.dec.com, file /pub/DEC/dxrn.share. Contact Rick Murphy (murphy@burfle.dco.dec.com) for more information. BULLETIN - Includes a USENET news reading mode. Send mail to BULLETIN@ORYANA.PFC.MIT.EDU with the word "INFO" in the message body for details on what BULLETIN is and how to get it. FNEWS - Basically a mixture of NEWSRDR and ANU-NEWS, providing a somewhat different full-screen interface and quick response to all 1800 groups. It can be found in the pub/fnews/vms directory on zephyr.grace.cri.nz. Contact Chrisp@grace.cri.nz for more information. TIN - There's a TIN port available from hobbes.cc.duq.edu in the [ANONYMOUS.TIN] directory, and also on tango.cchs.su.edu.au in [FTP.VMS.TIN]. Many of these programs are also available from DECUS, either from the DECUS Library or on recent VAX SIG tapes. [last update: 11 Apr 1994]