Hello Bob!

11 Jun 03 15:39, you wrote to me:

 >> This is my gripe with some of the hubs that have
 >> switched to LINUX based systems -- they have ingnored being
 >> compatible with the older systems in this area -- breaking sofware
 >> for their downlinks that used to work....  :(

 BS>> Now you had said it twice. Whitch tossers does that?

 BJ> It was not a "tosser" but an areafix / raid function.  I'm not sure
 BJ> which one.  I was seeing it as a node trying to obtain a feed from a
 BJ> source that turned out to be running under a Linux box -- a few years
 BJ> ago.  Probably part of the BBBS package....

Hmm.. Ok, i remember the Crashmail tosser, had a special Areafix, but hpt
has a full compatible areafix.. Btw look in my tearline :)

 BJ> Because I use multiple
 BJ> feeds, I need the regular controls that allow me to get echos by
 BJ> specific names without running implicit grep wild carding on the
 BJ> string presented to the software.

Ok.

 BS>> HPT is standard areafix.

 BJ> Good.  With max comming along for Linux, I need to get a test box
 BJ> setup and processing stuff.  It looks like almost everything is
 BJ> comming together that I need in order to switch the hub from OS/2 to
 BJ> Linux.  Fortunately, I can run in parallel for a while before I switch
 BJ> the Linux box in for hub duties....

Now we only need Sqafix.. Wesley will tell pete to send the source, and i
will go ahead porting it..

Regards, Bo

... "LUKE! .. LUKE! .. Use the MOUSE!" Obi Wan Gates

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