UUCP on Coherent

[Lauren Weinstein]

It was recently asked if Coherent would support UUCP.  (Coherent, for
those of you who don't know, is a multi-user/multi-tasking V7 look-alike
that sells for $500.)  The answer to the question is about to become a 
definite YES.  In fact, the UUCP they will be distributing (including
reasonably sophisticated mail and netnews generation/receiving facilities) 
is a version of my own private UUCP/mail/netnews code.

As a matter of fact, that's what site "vortex" is -- an IBM PC/XT
running Coherent.  I am very satisfied with Coherent and find that
it does an excellent job of providing a decent V7 environment with
what is essentially a rather limited piece of hardware.  

My UUCP/mail/netnews code is churning away 24 hours a day without
problems.  (Since my code is all written from scratch, I don't have
to contend with any of the various "uucp bugs" that seem to be
reported on a regular basis.  I'm not trying to be critical of Unix
UUCP -- I'm simply saying that due to its rather convoluted history
and widespread modifications a substantial number of problems have
crept in over time.)  Anyway, my own UUCP and related code is running
fine and handles my rather voluminous mail/news load (something 
like 150 to over 200 incoming calls a day, not to mention outgoing)
without difficulty.

If all goes well, Mark Williams Co. (the distributers of Coherent)
will be demo'ing my UUCP/mail/netnews code at UniForum this week.

I'll be roaming around the conference as well, so I may see many
of you there.  I hope UniForum doesn't turn into TOO much of a zoo.

--Lauren--