• Big Sur OS Not Supporting Unison

    From Bill O'Meally@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 15 13:59:36 2021
    XPost: alt.fan.tolkien

    So, the battery on my 8-year-old Macbook decided it will no longer hold
    a charge. Rather than replacing the battery, I decided to upgrade to a
    new machine. My new Macbook is loaded with Big Sur, wheras my old one
    has Catalina OS. To my chagrin, Big Sur does not seem to support my
    newsreader, Unison (I am writing this on my constantly plugged-in old computer). A quick web search appears to confirm this. Another nail in
    the coffin of usenet?!

    Options appear to include include:
    1) Periodically firing up the old Mac to read and post on newsgroups
    2) Hope that this is just a glitch with Big Sur and that Apple will
    correct it with an upgrade
    3) Search for another newsreader that is supported by Big Sur
    4) Say, "Oh well. I guess that's it for usenet for me. It was a good run".

    Any advice?

    --
    Bill O'Meally

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  • From Michael F. Stemper@21:1/5 to Bill O'Meally on Mon Feb 15 14:38:21 2021
    XPost: alt.fan.tolkien

    On 15/02/2021 12.59, Bill O'Meally wrote:

    Options appear to include include:
    1) Periodically firing up the old Mac to read and post on newsgroups
    2) Hope that this is just a glitch with Big Sur and that Apple will
    correct it with an upgrade
    3) Search for another newsreader that is supported by Big Sur
    4) Say, "Oh well. I guess that's it for usenet for me. It was a good run".

    Any advice?

    Well, a quick search shows that there are other Usenet clients for Apple devices; even Thunderbird (which I use from Linux). I know nothing of
    the Apple ecosystem, however.

    --
    Michael F. Stemper
    This email is to be read by its intended recipient only. Any other party reading is required by the EULA to send me $500.00.

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  • From John W Kennedy@21:1/5 to Bill O'Meally on Mon Feb 15 16:30:18 2021
    XPost: alt.fan.tolkien

    On 2/15/21 1:59 PM, Bill O'Meally wrote:
    So, the battery on my 8-year-old Macbook decided it will no longer hold
    a charge. Rather than replacing the battery, I decided to upgrade to a
    new machine. My new Macbook is loaded with Big Sur, wheras my old one
    has Catalina OS. To my chagrin, Big Sur does not seem to support my newsreader, Unison (I am writing this on my constantly plugged-in old computer). A quick web search appears to confirm this. Another nail in
    the coffin of usenet?!

    Options appear to include include:
    1) Periodically firing up the old Mac to read and post on newsgroups
    2) Hope that this is just a glitch with Big Sur and that Apple will
    correct it with an upgrade
    3) Search for another newsreader that is supported by Big Sur
    4) Say, "Oh well. I guess that's it for usenet for me. It was a good run".

    Unison is a dead product, and has been for years. Thunderbird should
    work, but I can’t be sure because my system is too old for Big Sur; I’m waiting for the next-generation Macbook Pro. But I know that Thunderbird
    runs on Catalina.

    --
    John W. Kennedy
    "The blind rulers of Logres
    Nourished the land on a fallacy of rational virtue."
    -- Charles Williams. "Taliessin through Logres: Prelude"

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  • From Fred Smith@21:1/5 to John W Kennedy on Mon Feb 15 22:19:22 2021
    XPost: alt.fan.tolkien

    On 2021-02-15, John W Kennedy <john.w.kennedy@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 2/15/21 1:59 PM, Bill O'Meally wrote:
    So, the battery on my 8-year-old Macbook decided it will no longer hold
    a charge. Rather than replacing the battery, I decided to upgrade to a
    new machine. My new Macbook is loaded with Big Sur, wheras my old one
    has Catalina OS. To my chagrin, Big Sur does not seem to support my
    newsreader, Unison (I am writing this on my constantly plugged-in old
    computer). A quick web search appears to confirm this. Another nail in
    the coffin of usenet?!

    Options appear to include include:
    1) Periodically firing up the old Mac to read and post on newsgroups
    2) Hope that this is just a glitch with Big Sur and that Apple will
    correct it with an upgrade
    3) Search for another newsreader that is supported by Big Sur
    4) Say, "Oh well. I guess that's it for usenet for me. It was a good run".

    Unison is a dead product, and has been for years. Thunderbird should
    work, but I can???t be sure because my system is too old for Big Sur; I???m waiting for the next-generation Macbook Pro. But I know that Thunderbird
    runs on Catalina.


    Is this some sort of new palantir thingy? Didn't know they needed batteries or operating systems.

    Would Sauron use a Mac or a PC?

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  • From Thomas Koenig@21:1/5 to Fred Smith on Mon Feb 15 23:40:31 2021
    XPost: alt.fan.tolkien

    Fred Smith <fred@thejanitor.corp> schrieb:

    Would Sauron use a Mac or a PC?

    Sauron uses a centralized mainframe system. He's probably sitting
    in front of his Blinkenlights console in Barad-dur and waiting
    for the microcode that he mislaid during the War of the Last Alliance.

    In the meantime, thousands of Orcs are sitting at their 029
    keypunches slavishly churning out Cobol code and JCL, while a few
    Hobbits are sneaking around the corner with a PDP-11 running an
    early version of UNIX.

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  • From Bill O'Meally@21:1/5 to Michael F. Stemper on Wed Feb 17 19:53:11 2021
    XPost: alt.fan.tolkien

    On 2021-02-15 20:38:21 +0000, Michael F. Stemper said:



    Well, a quick search shows that there are other Usenet clients for Apple devices; even Thunderbird (which I use from Linux). I know nothing of
    the Apple ecosystem, however.

    I just spent the last 24 hours trying to get set up on (not so)
    Easynews. Very frustrating. I told them to cancel my subscription
    immediately.

    Thunderbird sounds worth a shot. Meanwhile, just firing up the old
    computer to periodically read and respond to articles appears the best
    way to go.
    --
    Bill O'Meally

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  • From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to omeallymd@geemail.com on Thu Feb 18 09:33:50 2021
    XPost: alt.fan.tolkien

    On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:53:11 -0500, Bill O'Meally
    <omeallymd@geemail.com> wrote:

    On 2021-02-15 20:38:21 +0000, Michael F. Stemper said:



    Well, a quick search shows that there are other Usenet clients for Apple
    devices; even Thunderbird (which I use from Linux). I know nothing of
    the Apple ecosystem, however.

    I just spent the last 24 hours trying to get set up on (not so)
    Easynews. Very frustrating. I told them to cancel my subscription >immediately.

    Thunderbird sounds worth a shot. Meanwhile, just firing up the old
    computer to periodically read and respond to articles appears the best
    way to go.

    It's amazing how often old technology just keeps on truckin' while the
    new stuff is mired in it's own undeniable superiority.
    --
    "I begin to envy Petronius."
    "I have envied him long since."

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  • From Thomas Koenig@21:1/5 to Paul S Person on Fri Feb 19 11:27:48 2021
    XPost: alt.fan.tolkien

    Paul S Person <psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid> schrieb:
    On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:53:11 -0500, Bill O'Meally
    <omeallymd@geemail.com> wrote:

    I just spent the last 24 hours trying to get set up on (not so)
    Easynews. Very frustrating. I told them to cancel my subscription >>immediately.

    Thunderbird sounds worth a shot. Meanwhile, just firing up the old
    computer to periodically read and respond to articles appears the best
    way to go.

    It's amazing how often old technology just keeps on truckin' while the
    new stuff is mired in it's own undeniable superiority.

    The tendency in software is to increase bloat slightly faster than
    computers get better, so the overall user experience gets worse.

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  • From Louis Epstein@21:1/5 to Bill O'Meally on Thu Feb 25 05:12:57 2021
    XPost: alt.fan.tolkien

    In alt.fan.tolkien Bill O'Meally <omeallymd@geemail.com> wrote:
    So, the battery on my 8-year-old Macbook decided it will no longer hold
    a charge. Rather than replacing the battery, I decided to upgrade to a
    new machine. My new Macbook is loaded with Big Sur, wheras my old one
    has Catalina OS. To my chagrin, Big Sur does not seem to support my newsreader, Unison (I am writing this on my constantly plugged-in old computer). A quick web search appears to confirm this. Another nail in
    the coffin of usenet?!

    Options appear to include include:
    1) Periodically firing up the old Mac to read and post on newsgroups
    2) Hope that this is just a glitch with Big Sur and that Apple will
    correct it with an upgrade
    3) Search for another newsreader that is supported by Big Sur
    4) Say, "Oh well. I guess that's it for usenet for me. It was a good run".

    Any advice?

    Get a shell account on a place with a news server/reader?
    Get a unix box?

    -=-=-
    The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,
    at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.

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  • From Paul Walker@21:1/5 to Bill O'Meally on Wed Mar 3 12:39:11 2021
    XPost: alt.fan.tolkien

    On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 13:59:36 -0500, Bill O'Meally wrote:

    2) Hope that this is just a glitch with Big Sur and that Apple will
    correct it with an upgrade
    3) Search for another newsreader that is supported by Big Sur
    4) Say, "Oh well. I guess that's it for usenet for me. It was a good run".

    I think you can get slrn via Homebrew; it's a text based reader, so it
    depends how much you want a GUI.

    If you do want a GUI experience then Thunderbird might work, but Usenapp is
    a GUI client under active development. :-)

    https://www.usenapp.com/

    --
    Paul

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  • From Nomen Nescio@21:1/5 to Bill O'Meally on Thu Apr 15 01:38:52 2021
    XPost: alt.fan.tolkien

    Bill O'Meally <omeallymd@geemail.com> writes:

    On 2021-02-15 20:38:21 +0000, Michael F. Stemper said:


    Well, a quick search shows that there are other Usenet clients for
    Apple
    devices; even Thunderbird (which I use from Linux). I know nothing of
    the Apple ecosystem, however.

    I just spent the last 24 hours trying to get set up on (not so)
    Easynews. Very frustrating. I told them to cancel my subscription immediately.

    Thunderbird sounds worth a shot.

    Why not Usenapp? Seems like it was actually meant to be a replacement
    for Unison. Overall look is quite similar.

    https://www.usenapp.com

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