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Subject: Waffle 1.61 available (DOS Version)
Message-ID: <NagPF1w161w@vox.darkside.com>
From: root@vox.darkside.com (Postmaster)
Date: 8 Mar 90 08:04:46 GMT
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Organization: Darkside International, Mountain View CA
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Waffle 1.61 (DOS version) is available, and can now be obtained
in a number of places, listed below. Waffle/DOS is an extensive
package for the PC which implements UUCP and Usenet for both
individual users or as a BBS.

  Anonymous FTP
     from simtel20.army.mil, in PD:<MSDOS.BBS>WAF161.ARC

  X,Y,ZMODEM at 2400
     from +1 408 245 SPAM, in /public/waffle/waf161.arc

  FREQ at 14.4 HST
     from Fido node 1:350/341, magic filename WAFFLE

There have been some major changes since 1.60, both to
the DOS UUCP portions and to the BBS. These include

o  Support for compressed outgoing Usenet news (you can give
   a compressed newsfeed to downstream sites, whereas before only
   batch was supported)

o  a FOSSIL driver is recognized if one is present. Also, the modem
   routines have been enhanced such that it should no longer require
   gymnastics to get waffle to answer at high speeds

o  improved gatewaying features - hooks are now available to do
   custom actions with mail or news on a per site(s) basis. This
   helps people who are using waffle to gateway into Fidonet

o  a UUQ and UUX are now provided, anonymous UUCP is now secure,
   and the UUCP command implements -C option, etc

o  the Usenet & UUCP networking documentation for DOS has been
   extended and consolidated into a single document

o  Several more pages of enhancements

       ...Tom

root@vox.darkside.com / Thomas E Dell