Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Forth FAQ Answers: Part 10 (ForthNet: What and how?).  (V1.0:01.Jan.93)
From: FAQ@willett.pgh.pa.us (comp.lang.forth FAQ source)
Date: 2 Jan 93 00:39:38 GMT
Organization: EIEI-U




What is ForthNet?

  ForthNet is a virtual Forth network that links designated message bases
  of several Bulletin Boards and Information Services in an attempt to
  provide greater distribution of Forth related information.

  ForthNet is provided through the courtesy of the SysOps of its various
  links who shunt appropriate messages in a manual or semi-manual manner.
  An incomplete list of the branches of ForthNet includes:

	  UseNet's comp.lang.forth
	  BitNet's FIGI-L
	  the BBoard systems RCFB, ACFB, LMI BBS, Interface BBS, Grapevine
	  FIG's RoundTable on GEnie.



What are the restrictions and guidelines for ForthNet messages?

  The various branches of ForthNet do not have the same rules of
  appropriate postings or ettiquette.  Many BBoard posts are very chatty
  and contain some personal information, and some also contain blatant
  commercial advertising.  Most comp.lang.forth posts are not like that.

  Because ForthNet messages are routed beyound the system from which they
  originate, we, the manual and semi-manual linkers of ForthNet, ask that
  you try to keep the lines in your messages to under 77 characters in
  length.  You do not have to do that.  If you do use long lines, be aware
  that your message will end up formatted differently on the various
  branches of ForthNet.



How do I send email to some one who has posted a message on ForthNet?

  There is NO e-mail link between the various branches of ForthNet.  If you
  need to get a message through to someone on another branch, please either
  make your message general enough to be of interest to the whole net, or
  contact said person by phone, USMail, or some other means.  Thoughtful
  message authors place *a few* lines at the end of their messages
  describing how to contact them (electronicly or otherwise).



How do I access ForthNet?


  From UseNet:   comp.lang.forth

    ForthNet messages that are ported into comp.lang.forth from the rest of
    the ForthNet all originate on GEnie.  All such messages are ported into
    comp.lang.forth with a from line of the form:

		From:  ForthNet@willett.pgh.pa.us ...

    Most messages ported to comp.lang.forth also contain some trailer
    information as to where they actually originated, if it was not on
    GEnie.


  From BITNET:  FIGI-L

    For those who have access to BITNET/CSNet, but not Usenet
    comp.lang.forth is echoed in FIGI-L. The maintainer of the
    Internet/BITNET gateway since 1st quarter 1992 is as follows:

       Pedro Luis Prospero Sanchez       internet: pl@lsi.usp.br (PREFERRED)
       University of Sao Paulo           uunet:    uunet!vme131!pl        
       Dept. of Electronic Engineering   hepnet:   psanchez@uspif1.hepnet
       phone: (055)(11)211-4574  home: (055)(11)914-9756 fax: (055)(11)815-4272


  From a modem:

	RCFB (Real-Time Control Forth Board)	303-278-0364
	    SysOp:		Jack Woehr
	    Location:		Golden, Colorado -USA-

	ACFB (Australia Connection Forth Board)	03-809-1787 in Australia
						61-3-809-1787 International
	    SysOp:		Lance Collins
	    Location:		Melbourne, Victoria -AUSTRALIA-

	LMI BBS (Laboratory Microsystems, Inc.)	310-306-3530
	    SysOp:		Ray Duncan
	    Location:		Marina del Ray, California -USA-

	Interface BBS 				707-544-9661 
	    Sysop:		b0b (Bob Lee) 
	    Location:		Santa Rosa, California -USA-

	Grapevine (Grapevine RIME hub)		501-753-8121 to register
						501-753-6859 thereafter
	    SysOp:		Jim Wenzel
	    Location:		Little Rock, Arkansas -USA-

	GEnie					800-638-9636 for information
	(General Electric Network for Information Service)
	    SysOps:		Dennis Ruffer(D.RUFFER)
			    	Leonard Morgenstern(NMORGENSTER)
			    	Elliott Chapin(ELLIOTT.C)
			    	b0b (Bob Lee)
	    Location:		Forth RoundTable - type M710 or FORTH