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From: rpiercy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Rogers Piercy)
Subject: computers & medicine
Keywords: diagnois/medicine/physicians/decision making
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 17:07:11 GMT

Physicians & Computers (journal mailed to 90,000 physicians at no charge.) is
soliciting manuscripts that will describe changes brought about by the direct
use of computers in the practice of medicine during the decade of the 1990's.
Papers addressing various computer application in research, imaging and other
contributions which advance or illuminates medical science with the direct use
of computers are encouraged.  Physician authored materials preferred.
Examples include:
. Computerized Diagnosis--(various medical disciplines)
. Decision Making
. Physican Authored Medical Software
. Handheld Computers--Patient
  History/Charting
. Medical Practice Networking
. Notebook Computers in Clinical Research
. Computerized Reimbursement
. Developming Trends in Clinical Computing
. Computerized Medical Records
. Pen Computing/Physician Uses

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Rogers H. Piercy   /\/\/\/\/\/\    rpiercy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
"Physicians & Computers"                 Phone  (708) 869-0036
2333 Waukegan Road, Bannockburn, IL 60015   Fax (708) 869-0713
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Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.misc
From: meissner@osf.org (Michael Meissner)
Subject: Re: What is a Data General ECLIPSE ??
Organization: Open Software Foundation
	<FISCHER.92Sep29203457@steiner.iesd.auc.dk>
	<1aba54INN141@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
Date: 30 Sep 92 10:22:45

In article <1aba54INN141@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> jb@falstaff.MAE.CWRU.Edu (Jim Berilla) writes:

| In article <FISCHER.92Sep29203457@steiner.iesd.auc.dk>, fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars Peter Fischer) writes:
| |> 
| |> ...                 ECLIPSE was DGs first 32-bit system ...
| 
| There was also a line of 16-bit ECLIPSEs that came out between the
| company's Nova and MV series machines.  These were the S/nnn and C/nnn
| machines, targetted for the scientific and commercial markets.  The
| first CT scanners were based on the ECLIPSE S/200.

To round out the list, there is the M600, which was an attempt to
merge the S and C lines (S/xxx machines were targeted to the
scientific market and always had floating point, the C/xxx machines
were targeted to the commerical market, and had COBOL and string
related instructions).  The M600 had both instruction sets (as did the
later MV/Eclipse).

While the first CT scanners may have been based on the S/200, I think
the S/140 was the main machine used -- I seem to recall that something
like 10% or more of the total sales in 1979 or 1980 came from the sale
of S/140's for scanners.

| BTW, there is an S/250 sitting in the hall outside of my lab.  If
| anyone wants it, they can have it if they take it away.  It still runs.

Isn't that the model that didn't have zero the guard digits in the
floating point between macro instructions, so that depending on when
interrupts happen, you get different answers, or am I thinking of the
S/200.
--
Michael Meissner	email: meissner@osf.org		phone: 617-621-8861
Open Software Foundation, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA, 02142

You are in a twisty little passage of standards, all conflicting.
Xref: sparky comp.misc:3796 alt.bbs.internet:3804 alt.internet.access.wanted:464
From: brendan@cygnus.com (Brendan Kehoe)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,alt.bbs.internet,alt.internet.access.wanted
Subject: Re: BoardWatch Magazine
Date: 28 Sep 92 13:27:41 GMT
Reply-To: brendan@cygnus.com
Organization: Cygnus Support, Palo Alto, CA
In-reply-to: ternahan@flex.com's message of Sun, 27 Sep 92 07:41:51 HST

In article <gwqRRB1w165w@flex.com> ternahan@flex.com (Philip Ternahan) writes:

   "Boardwatch Magazine (ISSN:1054-2760) is published monthly at an annual 
   subscription rate of $36 ($69 canada/Mexico-$99 Overseas) by Boardwatch 
   Magazine, 7586 West Jewell Ave., Suite 200 Lakewood, CO 80232." Also, the 
   magazine's masthead indicates you can communicate with the editor, Jack 
   Rickard, at the following net addresses: "jack.rickard@boardwatch.com on 
   internet and FidoNet 1:104/555.   I have no connection or financial 
   interest in Boardwatch.  It is the best, most professional magazine of 
   its type that I have found concerning bulletin boards and its specialized 
   lists of certain boards is very helpful.  Some commercial boards also 
   carry an electronic edition of the magazine.  Probably they can tell you 
   who those boards are.


This month's issue includes an excellent summary of the many Internet
service and connectivity providers.  There are some very minor errors,
but it's on the whole some really good work.

Brendan
--
Brendan Kehoe                                               brendan@cygnus.com
Cygnus Support, Palo Alto, CA                                  +1 415 322 3811
                                                 Re-elect Clinton/Gore in '96!
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sources.wanted,alt.sources.wanted,news.answers
From: rhaven@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Microsoft & NSTL: See page 8
Keywords: microsoft nstl infoworld foxpro fox paradox benchmarks
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 92 11:48:55 PDT
Reply-To: rhaven@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us
Distribution: usa


Anyone see the reference in InfoWorld to the "related story on page 8"?  It
might have had to do with Microsoft pressuring NSTL to recant its benchmarks
in which Paradox beat FoxPro.  But it isn't there.  Maybe they had to make
room for a Microsoft ad.

Ain't paranoia fun?

--another Borland barbarian
From: sheriffp@Software.Mitel.COM (Peter Sheriff)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Floppy Drive problem.
Date: 2 Oct 92 12:24:07 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Mitel. Kanata (Ontario). Canada.


    I seem to have a problem with my 1.2 M floppy drive. I put a diskette
into it last night and it kept reporting CRC errors. As the evening
progressed they got more frequent until I couldn't load any disks. I
used PCtools Diskfix on one of the floppies and it reported media surface
problems. It looks like that diskette is ruined now.
   Do heads wear down to dangerous levels in 18 months or are they simply
dirty? I don't want to ruin too many more diskettes to find out. How
effective are the head cleaners you can buy?

   Is it better or even possible to clean the heads from inside the unit?

                                      Pete
From: lavoyka@cnsvax.uwec.edu
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Looking for BBS #
Date: 5 Oct 92 15:55:39 -0600
Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

 
I'm looking for bbs number in the Eau Claire area...

						Thanks
						 Kevin

Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
Subject: Re: Program Request
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 15:37:18 GMT

In article <1992Sep26.133605.1@bbs.mdcbbs.com> greer@bbs.mdcbbs.com writes:
> You want to find the perimeter of a triangle.  The average measurement of each
> side are 23.43 +/- 0.02 cm, 53.46 +/- 0.02 cm and 3.25 +/- 0.02 cm.
> Adding the sides together will give you 80.13 cm.
> To find the uncertainty, add 0.02 cm to each value (80.19 cm),
> then, subract 0.02 from each average (80.07).  Giving you a perimeter of
>       80.13 +/- 0.06 cm.

This is correct.

> Example:  Multiplication and Division
> To determine the uncertainty, multiply the shortest lengths together
> then multiply the greatest lengths  (3930 and 4240), Take the difference
> of the highest and lowest (311) and assume the error range is distributed
> equally and divide by 2 giving you an answer of
>   V = 4080 +/- 155 cm^^3, since the tens place is recorded with
> uncertainty, the ones place is even more uncertain, therefore the error should
> reflect the significant digits, with absolute error, the answer is:
> 
>            V = 4080 +/- 155 cm^^3

This is an approximation. The usual approximation, and a handy technique for
hand-calculation. For software solutions, however, surely there is a better
way?

In any case, in one of the Kernighan books there is an implementation of a
calculator that handles error bands (representing them by the high and low
values). I think it's K&P (The UNIX Programming Environment).
-- 
Peter da Silva                                               `-_-'
Ferranti Intl. Ctls. Corp.                                    'U` 
Sugar Land, TX  77487-5012
+1 713 274 5180                                   Har du kramat din varg idag?
From: cmermag@smoke.brl.mil (Chris Mermagen)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Psion hand held computers???
Date: 3 Oct 92 00:42:14 GMT
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Lab, APG MD.

I am not sure where to send this, but here goes nothin'

I am curious if anyone out there has a psion hand-held computer
that can link to Mac and IBM. My brother just got one and said
it works great, and he was looking for others who were into it.
Please reply email to me @
cmermag@wam.umd.edu or
cmermag@smoke.brl.mil

thanks again
Chris Mermagen
Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: dmcclory@Chaos.mcs.kent.edu (Daniel McClory)
Subject: Re: Magazine subscription... suggestions?
Summary: Byte magazine's latest issue; "IS UNIX DEAD?" 
Keywords: Byte UNIX Death
Organization: Kent State University
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 18:14:23 GMT

Speaking of Byte magazine, have you seen the latest issue with the cover
headline "IS UNIX DEAD?"

Seems that the folks a Byte are convinced that Windows NT will destroy
any chance that UNIX will become a popular operating system for PCs and
those who need to network with PCs.

The ads and articles mentioned several new UNIX packages with user-friendly
graphical front-ends, like Interactive UNIX from SunSoft and 
the NextStep system.  Personally, I'd hadn't much thought about
buying UNIX for my PC until I read these articles and saw all the 
neat new stuff on the market.

Windows NT still seems like vapor-ware to me.  Anybody know when it's
due for public release?

Anybody use these new UNIX systems?  Like 'em?

And on a related topic, does anybody know if it's possible to get
an X-terminal emulator that will run on a PC and work over a 
modem dial-up connection?



-- 
          Daniel McClory               
	  Kent State University        
Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: stineman@phoenix.princeton.edu (Kenneth J. Stineman)
Subject: TurboDos System Giveaway
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Distribution: U.S.
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 06:25:51 GMT

We have a International Micro Systems TurboDos System available...
More than 13 slave terminal cards...
Several Televideo 912 terminals
a 60 Megabyte harddrive...

The system is several years old, runs wordstar and other applications...
it's in good working order...and would be perfect for expanding an
existing TurboDos Network.

If interested in the machine (or parts) contact
Ken Stineman (stineman@phoenix.princeton.edu)


Xref: sparky comp.misc:3828 comp.sys.misc:743
From: lavoyka@cnsvax.uwec.edu
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: DOWN
Date: 5 Oct 92 15:48:22 -0600
Summary: bbs numbers
Reply-To: burrce@uwec.edu
Followup-To: comp.misc
Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

sub : BBS number(help)

I'm looking for a bbs number in the Eau Claire area, if you know of any
please post here or send email to BURRCE@UWEC.EDU or LAVOYKA@UWEC.EDU

					Thanks
From: ah190@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Stuart Pearl)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Special Mapping Software Needed
Date: 5 Oct 1992 12:42:40 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu


A friend of mine who is a Civil War buff is looking for an application
that will enable him to create custom maps of American locales.  Is 
anyone familiar with a package that will do this?

Specifically, he's a student of Civil War battles and would like an app
that allows creation of topography, roads, river, railroads, etc. - 
symbols for soldiers/people, vehicles and military hardware would also
be useful.

Unless it has other features I'm not familiar with, I don't think that
something like Mapinfo would fit the bill.  Sounds like something in 
the area of a draw/paint program with h
 database or statistical features.  Any help would be appreciated.  

Thanks in advance.  -Stu
-- 
                   ---===<<< Stuart Pearl >>>===---
                           Cleveland, Ohio
                      ah190@cleveland.freenet.edu
                         --------------------
Xref: sparky comp.misc:3876 news.misc:1693 comp.society.futures:545 alt.amateur-comp:67
From: hauben@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Michael Hauben)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,news.misc,comp.society.futures,alt.amateur-comp
Subject: Help needed with Communications and Computers
Date: 5 Oct 92 15:57:02 GMT
Organization: Columbia University


	I am taking a Computers & Society Class right now and
need to figure out what would be important to write my term paper
about. I am also thinking of proposing a major or concentration
on Computers & Society. For this paper I am thinking about
writing on the progressive impact computers have had on
communications. So, I would appreciate any references or
suggestions anyone might have to offer. By suggestions I mean
what people think would be a worthwhile question in the
combination of computers and communications that would be worth
focusing on. 

The Following are just notes I made to myself. But if you feel
there is a way further to build on them, please let me know.

	Thanks!
	-Michael    hauben@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu

Paper Topic Ideas for Computer & Society

My paper will focus on the developing role and importance of
telecommunications ( or maybe the combination of computer and
communication technology.) Possible topics would be:

1) The Equalitarian role computers play in communications. (How
conferencing + bbses allow animosity and thus remove many
intimidations putting ideas in the front. Also because asychorous
allows as many people as possible to participate in whatever
timeframe. Basically allows anyone who wants to speak the right
to speak.) Facilitation of freedom of speech

2) How computer networks facillitate the transfer of information
and flow of information. More specific?
Spreading information to a wider body of people. allowing people
to become more educated.

3) Making the world a smaller place...allowing for new
international communities to form. (based on common interests,
backgrounds, or abilities.)

4)What Usenet is and what it might or could become, or what
direction it is going in. What potential exists.

-------

Or is my question: did telecommunications help bring the berlin
wall down and the events in eastern europe.
Also remember how students in China (Tianiman Square) and France
utilized the new telecommunications technologies.
From: ian@ukpoit.co.uk (Ian Spare)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: INTEROP E-Mail/contact address
Date: 1 Oct 92 14:41:15 GMT
Organization: iT - The Information Technology Business Of The Post Office
NNTP-Posting-Host: george.ukpoit.co.uk


Is there an e-mail address for Interop, I've asked someone to get details
but they don't seem to have had any success, if I could just send an
email to book/get details !!


-- 
Ian Spare , iT , Barker Lane , CHESTERFIELD , DERBYS , S40 1DY , GREAT BRITAIN
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      iT - The Information Technology Business Of The Post Office
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  In Tune With Technology ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sources.wanted,alt.sources.wanted,news.answers
From: sporter@engws1.ic.sunysb.edu ()
Subject: --> Opinions on handheld scanners wanted <--
Originator: sporter@engws1.ic.sunysb.edu
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 22:22:28 GMT



	I am planning to buy a handheld scanner in the near
	future for my IBM compatable. I don't want to spend
 	over $200 for it either. I am looking for a good 
	quality scanner that has one or more of the following:

	      - 400 dpi resolution or better
	      - 64 or 265 levels greyscale
	      - OCR program included
	      - Image editing software

	If you own a scanner or know a lot about scanners,
	please send me email about your opinion on the 
	scanner. Please comment on what is included with the
	scanner, the scan quality, price, and compatibility
	with other software.


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Newsgroups: comp.misc,misc.misc
From: hoefling@mdd.comm.mot.com (Paul Hoefling)
Subject: Re: Name of company in Arizona wanted
Organization: Motorola, Mobile Data Division - Seattle, WA
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 22:13:11 GMT

ct@dde.dk (Claus Tondering) writes:
> Consider the following address:
> 
> 	2900 South Diablo Way
> 	Tempe, Arizona 85282
> 	USA
> 
> I believe this is the address of a major computer company, but which one?
> My best guess is Motorola, but I am far from sure. Does anybody know?

This is, indeed, Motorola.  In particular, it's the Motorola Computer
Group, Technical Systems Division.
--
Paul Hoefling
Information Pack Rat
Mobile Data Division - Motorola, Inc.
Bothell, WA
Internet: hoefling@mdd.comm.mot.com

I think, therefore I laugh;  |  Old Celts never die,
I feel, therefore I weep.    |  they just have harp failure.
Newsgroups: comp.misc,rec.audio,alt.censorship
From: greeny@top.cis.syr.edu (J. S. Greenfield)
Subject: Re: DAT Royalty Tax Bill passes the House
Keywords: DAT, tax
Organization: Syracuse University, CIS Dept.
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 92 10:22:56 EDT

In article <1992Sep25.174041.28512@m.cs.uiuc.edu> kadie@herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie) writes:

>The bill just passed the House under a suspension of rules whereby
>there was no debate and no record was kept of the vote.

Could you please explain how the rules were suspended?  I thought that
*every* bill gets passed by acclamation unless there is a specific motion
to do otherwise.

Did the House really do something out of the ordinary with this bill?


-- 
J. S. Greenfield                                         greeny@top.cis.syr.edu
(I like to put 'greeny' here, 
but my d*mn system wants a 
*real* name!)                        "What's the difference between an orange?"
From: shaw@incubus.csee.usf.edu (David Shaw)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: ftp listing
Date: 21 Sep 92 21:35:11 GMT
Organization: University of South Florida, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Newsgroups: 
Distribution: world
Followup-To: 
From: shaw@incubus.csee.usf.edu (David Shaw)
Reply-To: shaw@incubus.csee.usf.edu (David Shaw)
Organization: University of South Florida, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Subject: Re: ftp.listing
Keywords:Thanks



I wolud like to thank those of you who have sent me info. on obtaining the ftp
listing.

PLEASE do not  send any more.

Shaw@ren.csee.usf.edu
From: deutsch@lagrange (jesse deutsch  )
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: zoo210 and AIX
Date: 5 Oct 92 14:08:49 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins

How can I get zoo210 (or kermit for that matter) to
compile on an AIX machine?  We switched over to
AIX machine from an ultrix and I am having some
trouble.

(Is this the correct newsgroup, by the way.  Sorry if it
isn't)

Jesse
#include standard disclaimer
From: mcelwre@cnsvax.uwec.edu
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: MARK-OF-THE-BEA$T bar-code$
Date: 6 Oct 92 18:03:33 -0600
Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire



                           THE "MARK OF THE BEA$T"

               ALL Christians are PROHIBITED by Revelation 14:9-11 from 
          cooperating with the "MARK-OF-THE-BEA$T" bar-code, OCR-
          number, and magnetic-strip scanning systems, (as found in 
          local libraries, supermarkets, retail establishments, etc.), 
          which also THREATEN to SUBVERT Individual Privacy and 
          Freedom. 

               The scanners can serve THE SAME CRIMINAL PURPOSE as the 
          TV cameras in the book "1984"! 

               The UPC bar-codes are probably the most blatant form of 
          the "MARK OF THE BEA$T" so far, with the "NUMBER OF THE 
          BEA$T", 666, ALREADY CODED INTO THEM.  Each of the so-called 
          "guard patterns", pairs of thin lines spaced close together 
          at the beginning, middle, and end of each full-length UPC 
          bar-code, is IDENTICAL to one of the two codes for a 6. 

               WARN YOUR FRIENDS!


               UN-altered REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this 
          IMPORTANT Information is ENCOURAGED. 


                                   Robert E. McElwaine


Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks
From: eugene@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
Subject: [l/m 3/17/92] PERFECT CLUB (3/28)	c.be FAQ
Keywords: who, what, where, when, why, how
Organization: NAS Program, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 92 11:25:11 GMT
Reply-To: eugene@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)

3	PERFECT	Club/Suite 				<This panel>
4
5	Performance Metrics
6	Temporary scaffold of New FAQ material
7	Music to benchmark by
8	Benchmark types
9	Linpack
10
11	NIST source and .orgs
12	Measurement Environments
13	SLALOM
14
15	12 Ways to Fool the Masses with Benchmarks
16	SPEC
17	Benchmark invalidation methods
18
19	WPI Benchmark
20	Equivalence
21	TPC
22
23
24
25	Ridiculously short benchmarks
26	Other miscellaneous benchmarks
27
28	References
1	Introduction to FAQ chain and netiquette
2	Benchmarking Concepts

PERFECT
(post-facto acronynm:
PERFormance Evaluation for Cost-effective Transformations)
Contact:	J. Larson (jlarson@csrd.uiuc.edu)
		Center for Supercomputing Research and Development
		305 Talbot Laboratory
		104 South Wright Street
		Urbana, Illinois 61801

PERFECT is a UI research effort oriented to supercomputers and parallel
processing.  It seeks real applications.

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