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Date:         Wed, 8 Apr 1992 12:32:00 EDT
From:         STEWART@DUKEMVS.BITNET
Subject:      The key to the enigma

     EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH STUDIES
     The hasty use of an email "reply" function was responsible
for the frivolous allusion to "revolt," not a term which
strictly applies. Here is what it is about.
     Out of a discussion at the French studies luncheon at the
ASECS meeting in Seattle emerged a proposal for what will
likely become an affiliate society of 18th-century French
studies. It might in due time hold a smaller colloquium on its
own, but without affecting the functioning of ASECS or the
French studies group within it.
     No one is rejecting the ASECS forms of
interdisciplinarity: many people in the French studies group
are quite committed to the ASECS format. The point is that
there are different kinds of interdisciplinarity, some of which
are favored in an ASECS meeting, others less so. We not the
lack of participation by social scientists, for example, at
least within the French sphere. But the ASECS program is so
large that the solution does not seem to lie in making it
bigger.
     This leads to the intellectual reasons for thinking about
a smaller meeting with some real coherence: sixty to a hundred
would be fine. A meeting that size will fit on a campus, as
ASECS meetings could in the early days. It couldn't be done
before 1994, in any case. Such meetings have been working
successfully for a number of years in nineteenth- and
twentieth-century French studies.
     Likely a business meeting of this group will be held (in
lieu of a simple luncheon) a year hence in Providence to
discuss a proposal for an affiliate society, of which there are
already several.
     The organizing group includes, besides myself, Josue
Harari (Emory), Christie McDonald (Montreal), Ted Braun
(Delaware). Claudine Hunting (Texas A&M). Good citizens all--
not an authentic conspiracy. But we would be happy to hear as
of now from others who might be interested.
     Philip Stewart      Romance Studies
     Duke University     Durham NC 27706
     (Stewart@dukemvs.bitnet)
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Date:         Mon, 13 Apr 1992 13:57:00 CDT
From:         Bill Kupersmith <BLAWRKWY@UIAMVS.BITNET>
Subject:      Gulliver and Monsters

One of my students wants to write on Jonathan Swift's interest in
freaks and monsters with particular reference to Gulliver's
Travels.  Does anyone have any advice on recent books and articles?

Also, the last 20 or so years seems to have shown little attention
to the meaning of Gulliver's Travels--in contrast to the "hard school"
versus "soft school" debates of the '60s.  Has anyone noticed what
seem to be profitable _new_ approaches.  With the fashionableness of
Edward Said and "Colonialist Discourse" and the "Other" there may
have been some approaches along those lines,  tho' frankly they
seem too obvious to be worth bothering with.

Anyway, any advice would be appreciated, sent either to C18-L
or direct to me.

--Bill Kupersmith
University of Iowa
From: RKORNMAN@PUCC.BITNET (Robin Brooks Kornman)
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Subject: Re: QUERY: The Molyneux Problem
Date: 12 Apr 92 16:14:27 GMT
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              11 Apr 1992 04:02:44 -0700 from <oberghof@ORION.OAC.UCI.EDU>

Recently there was an announcement on this bulletin board of files
available on the "fileserver." In particularly there was a file
I wanted to read which described how to access JANET from North
America. It gave instructions to send an interractive message
to the liserv with the instructions GET.... I did this and received
a letter saying that the information had arrived for me in netsub
data form. What is that? How do I find and read this information?


Robin Kornman
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Date:         Mon, 13 Apr 1992 13:07:15 EDT
From:         BCJ@PSUVM.BITNET
Subject:      CALL FOR PAPERS: Irish Poets After Swift (ASECS 1993)

     Having just received the imprimatur from the redoubtable Edna Steeves
for a session on "Irish Poets after Swift" for the 1993 ASECS meeting in
Providence, Rhode Island, I am herewith declaring I'M FIRST -- that is,
first to post a call for papers.
      Proposals, papers, and ideas for papers about Irish (Irish and Anglo-
Irish) poets after Swift will be considered if submtted before summer's
end.  I'm particularly interested in papers about poets who are not usually
considered in the "English canon" -- though I will consider Goldsmith, of
course.  But we haven't heard enough about Kane O'Hara, William Dunkin,
James Eyre Weekes, the Pilkingtons, George Ogle, John  Philpot Curran, William
Drennan, Edward Lysaght, Andrew Cherry, George Nugent Reynolds, James Orr,
Thomas Dermody, and many others.  I'll also consider papers on poets contem-
porary with Swift, as long as they aren't papers on Swift *through* other
poets.  Please feel free to contact me by e-mail, or write to the address
given below.

Kevin Berland
English / Comparative Literature         BY E-MAIL:
Penn State - Shenango
147 Shenango Avenue                      Bitnet:  BCJ@PSUVM.BITNET
Sharon, Pennsylvania 16146 USA           Internet:  BCJ@psuvm.psu.edu
Telephone: 412 983-5856
FAX:       412 983-5863
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Date:         Wed, 15 Apr 1992 13:13:41 EDT
Comments:     In-Reply-To:  BAER AT MACALSTR.EDU -- Mon,
              13 Apr 1992 16:15:00 CST
From:         BCJ@PSUVM.BITNET
Subject:      Re: Internet access software for library catalogs

Please check with your local SYSOP or postmaster -- many mainframe
operations may already have this prpgram, or an equivalent.  --Kevin
Berland for C18-L
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Date:         Mon, 13 Apr 1992 14:46:01 -0400
From:         Hans Rollmann <hrollman@MORGAN.UCS.MUN.CA>
Subject: Re: Internet accessible library catalogs

Would Mark Resmer provide a source code for his I-Net program?
Or is he thinking of marketting it?

HANS Rollmann
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Date:         Wed, 8 Apr 1992 12:39:24 EDT
From:         BCJ@PSUVM.BITNET
Subject:      CALL FOR PAPERS: WSECS

       CALL FOR PAPERS: Western Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
                    University of California, Santa Barbara
                               February 12-14, 1993

             18th-Century Views Reviewed: New and Old Historicisms

     The topic is intended to include 18th-century views of its own history
-- its past and projected future -- and post-18th-century views of the 18th
century.  The entire range of topics ordinarily considered relevant to the
Society will also continue to remain open for proposals.

     Submit proposals for papers to:
              Robert A. Erickson
              Department of English
              University of California
              Santa Barbara, CA 93106

     Abstracts only (limited to 1 page, please) by September 15, 1992.
From: P85025@BARILVM.BITNET (Doron Shikmoni)
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Subject: NNTPXMIT
Date: 12 Apr 92 14:56:29 GMT
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Does anyone know what is the status of the outgoing NNTP support for
PSU NETNEWS? If I recall correctly, it was posted here that someone
has it "almost complete", but I haven't heard anything since. Am I
missing something? Does anyone know anything about it?

Thanks
Doron
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Date:         Mon, 6 Apr 1992 23:46:13 EDT
From:         Bill Rubin <RUBINM@YKTVMV.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: tn3270 ATTN-function

> > We are under developement of a tn3270-tsr for MS-DOS.
> > Now we have to implement the "ATTN"-function.
>
> I've heard varying reports on this.  Some claim that ATTN on a channel
> attached (non-SNA) controller is a dead key, on an SNA controller it
> generates a special interrupt RU, or that from a real 3270 device attached
> to a 3x74, what you see on the other side of the 3x74 (going to the host)
> is a DFC (Data Flow Command).  I hope these are leads are not just garbled
> retransmissions.  Good luck.

We are currently adding ATTN support to the IBM TCP/IP V2 for MVS product
via APAR PN07602.  It will work with our recently released LU2 code,
available via APAR PN07092.  The latest service update for the IBM x3270
emulator product supports this code.  I will have our programmer drop you
a note telling you what you need to send to our TCP/IP for it to recognize
the ATTN.

Bill Rubin
IBM TJ Watson Research
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Date:         Tue, 7 Apr 1992 09:37:29 EDT
From:         Jim McIntosh <JIM@AMERICAN.EDU>
Subject:      NEW LIST: APPC-L for the Discussion of APPC

APPC-L on LISTSERV@AUVM.BitNet  -- APPC Discussion List
       or listserv@american.edu

   APPC-L  was  formed  to discussion  IBM's  Advanced  Program-to-
   Program Communication  (APPC) as well as  associated topics such
   as LU 6.2 and CPI-C. Archives of APPC-L and related files, which
   will include examples of  APPC programming, configuration files,
   and so forth, will be stored  in the APPC-L FILELIST. To receive
   a list of files send  the command INDEX APPC-L to LISTSERV@AUVM.
   These files  will also  be available from  auvm.american.edu via
   ftp.  APPC-L will  be gateway'ed  to  the (soon  to be  created)
   bit.listserv.appc-l newsgroup, and posts can also be read there.

   To subscribe to APPC-L, send the following command to either via
   interactive  BitNet  message  to LISTSERV@AUVM,  or  via  e-mail
   message to listserv@american.edu:     SUBSCRIBE APPC-L Your_name
   For example:                          SUBSCRIBE APPC-L Jane Doe

   Owner:  Jim McIntosh <jim@american.edu>

And I promise... no posts from HANK@BITNIC.  :-)
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Date:         Mon, 6 Apr 1992 16:23:01 EDT
From:         BENH@NIHRRLIB.BITNET
Subject:      tn for MSDOS

|Date: 4-6-92  4:18pm
|From: benh:ncrr-lib:nih
|  To: $IBM-NETS@BITNIC:BITNET
|Subj: tn for MSDOS
------------------------------------------------------------------
Are there any Telnet Host programs for MSDOS enviroments?  I have FTP's
FTP HOST but I'd like to know if it's possible to telnet to a PC.

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Ben Hope                                 Bitnet: benh@nihrrlib
NIH Library                            Internet: benh@nihrrlib.bitnet
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Date:         Mon, 6 Apr 1992 15:03:44 -0700
From:         Vide Infra <CEARLEY_K%WIZARD@VAXF.COLORADO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: tn3270 ATTN-function

> We are under developement of a tn3270-tsr for MS-DOS.
> Now we have to implement the "ATTN"-function.

I've heard varying reports on this. Some claim that ATTN on a channel attached
(non-SNA) controller is a dead key, on an SNA controller it generates a
special interrupt RU, or that from a real 3270 device attached to a 3x74,
what you see on the other side of the 3x74 (going to the host) is a DFC
(Data Flow Command). I hope these are leads are not just garbled
retransmissions. Good luck.

BTW, Have you implemented the RESET function? CUTCP seems to be lacking in
this respect... (what does it come across as?)

        -Kent Cearley
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Date:         Fri, 10 Apr 1992 18:42:29 MET
From:         Bernard Fruga <KULUSS@PLUMCS11.BITNET>
Subject:      Could you write one page for the QLpress?

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Dear Friend,

This e-mail is using by the Student Government of the Catholic University
of Lublin. I'm its president.

We are editing students' paper QLexpress and magazine QLpress.

I'd like to ask you for short article for our magazine (more
less one page). Could you answer the question: How does your typical study day
look? and we will publish it in the QLpress.

Please write when you have the opportunity.
Yours sincerely,
Bernard Fruga

e-mail: KULUSS at PLUMCS11.BITNET

post address:
Bernard Fruga
Samorzad Studentow KUL
al. Raclawickie 14
PL-20950 Lublin
From: WALLAC09@SNYBUFVA.BITNET (LESLIE M. WALLACE)
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Date: 10 Apr 92 18:37:00 GMT
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From: mconte@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Marc Vincent Conte)
Subject: Vend A Cards
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 00:50:53 GMT


At Ohio State University (60,000 students), the university owned copy 
center called CopEz sells the cards that are good in all the copy
machines on campus except in the Law School Library.  In the computing
labs that have laser printing, you buy a card (actually called Vend A Card)
that costs 50 cents but you can keep adding money to it.  The CopEz cards
are either good for 100 or 200 copies and then you throw it away.

Marc

-- 
  Marc Conte at The OSU---SCARLET AND GrAY
       mconte@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
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Date:         Wed, 15 Apr 1992 23:12:32 EST
From:         A056000 <A056@NMUMUS.BITNET>
Subject:      vend-a-cards

Tom,
    At Northern Michigan University, students can purchase "copy
cards" which allow them to make copies without using change.  The
cards are *required* when students use laser printers in the computer
labs.  We are also considering going to a general "debit card" system
for meals, books and other such necessities.
    In both cases, the principle is the same. . .you pay up front for
the credits whcih are deducted as you use the services.  All in all,
the system is convenient and beats the hell out of lugging a
pocketful of change around to plagerize that term paper.

Paul White
A056@NMUMUS
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Date:         Wed, 15 Apr 1992 19:13:00 N
Reply-To:     GSPC_RSCDA@UDUNIV.CINECA.IT
From:         GSPC_RSCDA@UDUNIV.CINECA.IT
Subject:      RE: PUBLIC ORAL EXAMS?

Hello, we are some of the students representants of the faculty of Economic
 and Banking Sciences of the University of Udine, Italy. Here is our
experience: the oral exams are public, either students or other people
can assist to them.  This is a great guarantee for us, since teachers are
obliged to respect all the formal rules concerning it. Please, contact us
as soon as a decision will be took by your council.By the way, how many
dates of examining have you got at your disposal during the year? Here
they're very few! Good luck, Rosita C. & Gian Luca G.
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Date:         Wed, 15 Apr 1992 19:13:00 GMT-0400
From:         thardy@OYSTER.SMCM.EDU
Subject:      vend-a-cards
X-To:         sganet@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu

	I have a question that  I hope the subscribers to the SGA network can help me
 out on.
here at St. Mary's College of Maryland, USA, we presently have to pay each time
 we use
the xeroxing machines in coins. Some other schools have a system that allows the
 student
ID cards to tally your xeroxing so the student is not forced to carry money
 around and
thus,  avoid being potentially robbed. Does any one presently have in place such
 a
system of vend-a-cards? Even if this doesn't pertain to xeroxing , please let me
 know how
your system works so I can report this back to the SGA here.


Thank you for your help.

Tom Hardy
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Date:         Thu, 16 Apr 1992 15:09:14 EST
From:         A056000 <A056@NMUMUS.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: vend-a-cards

I should have mentioned in my earlier response that at Northern Mich.
Univ., there is no initial charge for copy cards.  In addition, they
my be purchased from a vending machine in the library (which also
recharges them) or they can be charged to your student account at the
circulation desk.  Cards are available in $5, $10 and $20
denominations.

Paul White
A056@NMUMUS
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Date:         Wed, 15 Apr 1992 19:32:59 EDT
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From:         Jim Howard <JAHOWA01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU>
Subject:      vend-a-cards

President, Student Government Association
Phone: (502) 588-6695

Tom,

At the University of Louisville we use a type of vendacard that allows you to
put money on the card, and then use it in a machine until it runs out.

For a one-time cost of $0.50 the patron gets a plastic card. At the present
time you must insert a dollar to get the card, thus encoding the rest of the
50 on the card. After that you can add money amounts to the card.

If you need additional info, please let me know.
`
--JIM HOWARD
President, SGA
University of Louisville, KENTUCKY (USA)
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Date:         Sat, 11 Apr 1992 15:50:32 MES
From:         "Fachschaft Informatik"
              <fachscha@GRIS.INFORMATIK.UNI-TUEBINGEN.DE>
Subject:      REMOVE US
X-To:         SGANET%VTVM1.BITNET@RUSVM1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de

REMOVE US FROM THIS LIST
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Date:         Sun, 12 Apr 1992 21:50:17 EDT
From:         Brian McConnell <BMCCONNE@VTVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Info about SG Networks
X-To:         sganet@VTVM1.BITNET, sganet-n@VTVM1.BITNET,
              sganet-s@VTVM1.BITNET, sganet-a@VTVM1.BITNET,
              sganet-e@VTVM1.BITNET, sganet-t@VTVM1.BITNET

Hello everyone,

My name is Brian McConnell, system moderator of SGANet. I have been quite
busy lately, and have noticed many new people joining the network. Here is
some quick information.

There are actually several SGANet's, SGANET@VTVM1 (global distribution),
SGANET-N (North Amer. distribution), SGANET-S (South/Latin Amer. distribtion),
SGANET-A (Asian distribution), SGANET-E (European distribution), SGANET-T
(technical discussion group). Some people have subscribed to a regional group
without subscribing to the global group.

To subscribe to any discussion group send the following message to:

LISTSERV@VTVM1.BITNET or LISTSERV@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU

SUB (name of discussion group ... i.e. SGANET-N) (Your name)

To retrieve instructions on how to use SGANet discussion groups, send the
following message to LISTSERV@VTVM1

GET SGANET INSTRUCT

To retrieve a list of all subscribers to SGANet, send the following message
to LISTSERV@VTVM1

REV SGANET

Note:: Do not send commands to SGANET or other discussion groups, send them
to LISTSERV@VTVM1

Enjoy!

Brian
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Date:         Wed, 15 Apr 1992 17:04:00 N
From:         Urs Baer <INFLIBMOD@CSGHSG5A.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: public oral exams?

hmmm, did only get 2 answers so far, so I try it again:

Dear friends

the university senate here in St.Gallen, Switzerland is now preparing
new regulations for the exams. On the formal side, they are reasoning
about the topic whether oral exams should be public. We as student
representatives want it, but it seems the professors don't like the
idea that much.

SO PLEASE: if anybody attends a university (business administration or law)
where the exams are public, please let me know the name of your university
and the experience that you made with it.

Thank you!! Urs
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Date:         Wed, 8 Apr 1992 23:03:11 LCL
From:         Chia-hei YangHuan-chiu Ku <g803352@PHYS.NTHU.EDU.TW>
Subject:      A note of the Moderator SGANET-A
X-To:         sganet@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu

To All:
   It is sorry to tell you that Gene Hong, the Moderator Sganet-A, had been
 "Kicked out" of the school, and lost his network account of National Chiao-
Tung Univ.. That means the e-mail address "7831030@TWNCTU01" is no more existed
 now.
   And no one in Taiwan can help you. Sorry for that you lose the Network
Liason for Taiwan and South East Asia. But it is not necessary for the network
 because that Hong was left NCTU almost a year, and you guys still can't find
this event until now.
                                    Yang
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Date:         Tue, 14 Apr 1992 15:45:54 EDT
From:         jon@AFS.COM
Subject:      Oops

Never Mind.

jon@afs.com
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Date:         Thu, 9 Apr 1992 17:14:15 CDT
From:         %%% PACO %%% <S100725@UMRVMA.BITNET>
Subject:      COBOL programs..

I know this subject isn't relevant for this group, but I really need some help.
Does anyone know where I can subscribe to COBOL programmers list?
Or where I can get some decent COBOL programs that are accessible through
FTP??   Please......HELP!!

PACO D.
S100725@umrvma.umr.edu
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Date:         Sun, 12 Apr 1992 21:01:00 MST
From:         Dan Danz <dan@QUIENSABE.AZ.STRATUS.COM>
Subject:      Re: NewsGrazer (PROBLEM FIX KNOWN)

"Eric P. Scott" <eps%TOASTER.SFSU.EDU@brownvm.brown.edu> writes:
> Any site that automatically honors newgroup control messages for
>alt deserves whatever misfortunes befall it.

Sorry, Eric - I may be naive, but I think that software should
be written to anticipate and control things like this.  And I

would rather not have the SysAdmin censor things too much.

FYI, and for the rest of you who might have more control over
your news feed than I do, I'll pass on the mail I got from my
SysAdmin ...

> From: jjm@transfer.stratus.com (Jim Murray)
>

> They were so silly that I blasted the whole set away.
> I should know better than to change more than one thing at a time.
>

> Here is the script I ran.
> /usr/lib/news/rmgroup
 "alt.music.pop.will.eat.itself.X.Y.&.Z.electrix.sunshine.mix"
> /usr/lib/news/rmgroup alt.music.pop.will.eat.itself
> /usr/lib/news/rmgroup alt.music.pop.will.eat.itself.the.poppies.are.on.patrol
> /usr/lib/news/rmgroup
 alt.music.pop.will.eat.itself.X.Y.and.Z.electrix.sunshine.mix
>

> I also added the following code to control.c in inews.
>

>

> #ifndef ALLOWBOGUSGROUPS
> 	{
> 	int	num_sections;
> 	char	*tptr;
> 	char	cur_char;
>
> 	tptr = argv[1];
> 	num_sections = 0;
> 	while (cur_char = *tptr++)
> 			{
>   		if (cur_char == '.' && num_sections++ > 8))
>   		{
>     			logerr ("Newsgroup %s has too many parts", argv[1]);
>     			return (1);
>   		}
>
>   		if (!isalnum (cur_char) && (strchr ("+-_.", cur_char) == 0))
>   		{
>     			logerr ("Bad character in newsgroup name %s", argv[1]);
>     			return (1);
>   		}
> 	}
> 	}
> #endif
>


This seems to be a more sensible thing to me.

--
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Sr Consulting Software SE         NeXT Mail: dan@az.stratus.com
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