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From: varney@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (Al Varney)
Newsgroups: chi.general,rec.travel
Subject: Re: Need b&b recommendation for Galena, Illinois
Date: 9 Jan 93 05:57:05 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T Network Systems, Lisle, IL

In article <JUNCK.93Jan5111233@okra.fnal.gov> junck@okra.fnal.gov (Kevin Junck) writes:
>
>I have traveled through Galena a couple of times and would like to
>stop there for a quiet weekend with my wife.  Does anyone have any
>recommendations on a good bed and breakfast and what to see and do in
>the area?  Thanks!

>Kevin L. Junck     a.k.a. Junck@okra.fnal.gov            708-840-8368
>Fermi National Accelerator Lab                 Batavia, Illinois, USA

   Kevin,  My wife and her old college room-mate make an annual trek
each spring (to buy Christmas presents, or so they tell me).  They ALWAYS
stay at Hellman House, a few blocks UP from the heart of downtown.
The big green bedroom with fireplace is very nice, I'm told.  This place
was written up in a national B&B magazine last year, because of the period
decor and restoration.  Don't have a number handy now, but you can e-mail
a request for more data and I'll see if my wife can't dig up some Galena
brochures/information to lend, and the phone number.  You will need a
reservation much in advance.

Al Varney
From: dick@smith.CHI.IL.US (Dick Smith)
Newsgroups: chi.general
Subject: Re: Computer Printed Checks
Date: 10 Jan 93 20:24:47 GMT
Reply-To: dick@smith.UUCP (Dick Smith)
Organization: R. H. E. Smith Corp., Wheeling, IL

mandrews@portal.hq.videocart.com (Mike Andrews) writes:
>Jack, the original poster is asking for where to get pre-printed checks, 
>not how to make them himself.  Your bank's check printer will have 
>software-compatible checks in their check catalog. I ordered some laser 
>checks for Quicken from Deluxe Check printers through my bank.  They were 
>slightly cheaper than what Quicken sells.
>Other commercial check printers, including the mail-order ones, have check 
>styles that are compatible with popular PC programs.

Agreed.  Although when I checked, the price from my bank (and from
DeLuxe, which my bank gave me a catalogue for) was a little higher than
the sale flyer than Intuit had sent out (I'm a Quicken user), so I
bought from Intuit.  The alternative printers have more styles, if
you're looking from something that doesn't look like everyone elses
check... me I just pay bills, and who cares.

>There was recently an article I read someplace where somebody asked where 
>to buy magnetic ink toner cartridges for laser printers. The answer was 
>they are available but expensive and unnecessary.  One fellow scanned in 
>a check and made more without magnetic ink and they were processed without 
>problem.  I'd bet that the "magnetic" part of MICR readers went away 
>with punched cards and now they can read optically.

I wouldn't do that... there are still magnetic readers (and especially
machines that read both optically & magnetically as a cross check) out
there, and your checks may have trouble.  The Federal Reserve will only
process checks which have MICR, and so the collecting bank might have
real trouble with it.  I know *you* don't want you check to be processed
fast, but imagine what your creditor will do when he gets a $20 charge
from his bank!

Also, you may not want to do this printing on a laser printer at all,
whether you get expensive magnetic toner, or whether you just print the
amount.  Recent postings in comp.security.misc were discussing the fact
that it's possible to lift laser printing off the surface of the paper,
and get clean paper again.  Sounds like the same risk as typing the
check with a correctable ribbon, or writing it in pencil.  And if I made
a habit of printing the entire check on easy-to-buy plain paper stock, I 
guess I'd be an easy forgery target, too.  What you can scan in, so can I.

I print my checks on an inpact printer with a cloth ribbon.  Besides,
then you can more at once without leftover partial sheets.
-- 
Dick Smith				dick@smith.chi.il.us
Newsgroups: chi.misc,chi.general
From: smartin@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (steven.c.martin)
Subject: Info on Toyota Dealers
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: chi
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 18:30:11 GMT
Keywords: toyota dealer

Does anyone have any significant (good or bad) experience
with any Toyota dealerships in the far west suburbs?  
I'm interested in information on both buying and servicing
a car.  Please email your responses.  Thanks.

				Steve


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From: junck@okra.fnal.gov (Kevin Junck)
Newsgroups: chi.general,rec.travel
Subject: Need b&b recommendation for Galena, Illinois
Date: 5 Jan 93 17:12:33 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Fermilab, Batavia, IL
NNTP-Posting-Host: okra.fnal.gov


I have traveled through Galena a couple of times and would like to
stop there for a quiet weekend with my wife.  Does anyone have any
recommendations on a good bed and breakfast and what to see and do in
the area?  Thanks!

--
Kevin L. Junck     a.k.a. Junck@okra.fnal.gov            708-840-8368
Fermi National Accelerator Lab                 Batavia, Illinois, USA
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From: cstollen@meltdown.chi.il.us (Carolyn Stollen)
Newsgroups: chi.general
Subject: Re: Computer Printed Checks
Date: 9 Jan 93 22:59:45 CST
Organization: The Meltdown - A Team Star BBS

  There was a Computer Column in the Business Section of the Chicago Tribune
newspaper last week that noted that one does not even need pagnetic ink to
create perfectly valid and acceptable computer printed checks and that people
have been doing it for years and banks have been accepting them with no
problems.

  Even if some people make judgements re status from your checks printed
qualities.  What of one done with an inkjet printer and fancy paper stock? 
could you care, really?

  BTW, a consumer program, "Quicken" has been printing checks for years.

  Just another newsbrief in a fastbreaking world.  Humor to be sent directly to
me.  Flames to gbush@whitehouse.usa.com
  WorldPeace

signed Cookie . . . . . . . . . . . . . USEnet: cstollen@meltdown.chi.il.us
                                                Chicago (708) Illinois  USA
Newsgroups: chi.general
From: dave@hp1.holl.com (David Vrona)
Subject: Re: Connections to clout
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 23:59:16 GMT
Organization: Hollister Incorporated,  Libertyville, IL

In article <1993Jan4.071041.6455@timesink.chi.il.us> mikebo@timesink.chi.il.us (Michael Borowiec) writes:
>
>I've been seeing this problem for months now... Every other call to
>the UofC terminal server yields a good modem CONNECTED, but nada else!
>There is either a bad modem, a bad port on the term server, a wiring
>glitch or the term server is misconfigured. I'd like to see this
>cleaned up too, as a call to CLOUT is toll city for me...

I've had the SAME problem for a LONG time.  We've got a Telebit T2500
and we're calling from Libertyville.  However, the ZyXel modem on
my machine at home (sashimi) doesn't seem to have this problem.

dave

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Newsgroups: chi.general
From: heiby@chg.mcd.mot.com (Ron Heiby)
Subject: Re: New SF Shows
Keywords: WGN, DS9
Organization: Motorola Computer Group, Schaumburg, IL
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 15:10:20 GMT

jriemer@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (John Riemer) writes:

>	I have been told by the WGN-TV switchboard operator and syndication
>programmer that there will be another broadcast of the debut episode of
>Deep Space 9 on Channel 9 at 4:00 pm Saturday January 9, 1993.  Enjoy.

I just called WGN's Programming department.  They confirmed that the
debut will be re-broadcast at 4:00 pm on 1/9.  To my further question
of whether there would be a regular re-broadcasting, they answered
that yes, future episodes would be re-broadcast at 5:00 pm on
Saturdays.  The first one is at 4pm rather than 5pm, because it is a
special two hour episode.

I will also be forwarding this info to the "keeper of the DS9
broadcast list".
-- 
Ron Heiby, heiby@chg.mcd.mot.com	Moderator: comp.newprod
"proteus: any of a genus of aerobic ... bacteria that include saprophytes in
 decaying organic matter and forms associated with gastrointestinal disorders"
From: Conrad_Geiger@NeXT.com (Conrad Geiger - Manager, International NeXT User Groups)
Newsgroups: chi.general
Subject: Chicago NeXT Users Group (ChiNUG) - January 13 meeting
Date: 12 Jan 93 21:11:42 GMT
Reply-To: user_groups@next.com

The January meeting of the Chicago NeXT Users Group (ChiNUG) will be
this Wednesday, January 13, at 7pm in room A310 of Northwestern
University's Technological Institute.

This month:

	PasteUp from RightBrain
	Questor and Graphity from Xanthus
	Steve Jobs Video

	Raffles for priceless objects!

For more info, contact Joe Yoon, ChiNUG coordinator 708-332-1340,
Email: onyx@nwu.edu
From: blucas@warren.med.harvard.edu (Brenda Lucas)
Newsgroups: chi.general
Subject: Hotel/motel recommendation
Keywords: hotels, motels, lodging
Date: 5 Jan 93 13:54:41 GMT
Organization: Countway Library of Medicine

I'll be in Chicago May 14-20 for a librarian's meeting and am looking for a 
very inexpensive but clean and safe hotel or motel either in the loop or 
within easy public transportation to the loop.

Thank you.
Please reply to me directly.  
Brenda Lucas
blucas@warren.med.harvard.edu
Newsgroups: chi.general
From: aieta@ils.nwu.edu (Michael Aieta)
Subject: Schwa Unplugged Sat. 1/9 at the Gargoyle
Organization: The Institute for the Learning Sciences
Distribution: chi
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 01:43:37 GMT


For your acoustic listening pleasure, Schwa will be performing
a couple unplugged sets at the Gargoyle Bar&Grille at
3222 N. Clark - just north of Belmont, this Saturday Jan. 9th at
11:30 and 12:30.  Come see and hear classic Schwa tunes in their most
'stripped down' arrangements, ever.

$2, and the eclectic Grille serves international concoctions until midnight.
Newsgroups: chi.general
From: prb@chinet.chi.il.us (Paul Botts)
Subject: Global Conquest opponents sought
Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 06:10:52 GMT

Global Conquest (a PC wargame modelled on the classic Empire) supports
modem play. Myself and two friends who have gotten into it are looking
for more Chicago-area players. Once you've played a game by modem, any
computer opponent just pales by comparison. If you're interested, give
me a call.

Paul Botts
prb@chinet.chi.il.us
312-772-2741
From: magus@drktowr.chi.il.us (Louis Giliberto)
Newsgroups: chi.general
Subject: Re: Announcing the 1993 NeXTWORLD EXPO and the First Call for Exhibitors
Date: 8 Jan 93 18:12:45 GMT
Organization: DarkTower Software
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]

Conrad Geiger - Manager, International NeXT User Groups (Conrad_Geiger@NeXT.com) wrote:
: Announcing the 1993 NeXTWORLD EXPO
: 
: What it is....
: 
: The 2nd annual gathering of the world-wide NeXT community!
: 	An international Developers Conference!
: 		An educational Users Conference!
: 			A NeXTSTEP product exposition!
: 				A global User Group Meeting!
: 

Cool! Is the next_hackers_group@speedy gonna be there too?

Just kidding! ;)

NeXT is cool, too bad I can't afford one :(

-Louis
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From: jim@jimmc.chi.il.us (jim mcnicholas)
Newsgroups: chi.general
Subject: Re: Connections to clout
Date: 5 Jan 93 14:46:33 GMT
Reply-To: jim@jimmc.chi.il.us (jim mcnicholas)
Organization: Prime Time Productions Aurora, Illinois

vikki@precipice.chi.il.us (Victoria Welch) writes:

> magus@drktowr.chi.il.us (Louis Giliberto) writes:
> 
> > Andy Lester (alester@meltdown.chi.il.us) wrote:
> > : I'm running Waffle on a PClone, trying to connect to clout.  My dialing s
> > : gets to the CONNECTED, and then no matter how I bang /r/n combinations, I
> > : get any farther, and I certainly don't get the 'cc-tip>' I so yearn for. 
> > : got a PPI 9600SA modem, running V32/V42/V42bis, but not V32bis.  It alway
> > : works if I do it manually via a term program, except for once when it wou
> > : stop at the CONNECTED, but I'll be darned if I know what register/AT
> > : commands/etc were different.
> >
> > If this has been in the last week, then you're not the only one.
> > I poll clout at 6pm and 6am every day for my news.
> 
> You get news from clout ?  I guess I need to pay more attention
> around here, last I heard clout was a mail machiine.  If this is
> so, then this may account for some of it.
> 
> clout has always been "flakey" here.  Sometimes it works fine and
> sometimes (very frequently) it never gets passed connect or is
> unable to open clout itself.  Throughput is *always* abysmal
> here.  I *assumed* it was a loading problem since clout is (from
> what I understand) a mail server for this area out of the
> goodness of their hearts (and it *is* appreciated here, to be
> *very* sure).  If they are doing news as well, that is going to
> be additional loading on the system which is already slow enough.
> 
> FWIW, I have heard that PPI modems have problems when dealing
> with less than pristine phone lines although I suspect that they
> are the same as the zooms which have ROMS that are buggier than
> an anthill.

I have a zoom vfp v.32bis v.42bis 14.4 fax 14.4 data modem and it's fine!!
I use it for everything all the time and it connects as often as any modem 
I've used!!


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Newsgroups: chi.general
From: arf@ddsw1.mcs.com (Jack Schmidling)
Subject: Re: Computer Printed Checks
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 05:44:09 GMT
Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM Contributor, Chicago, IL

 
 Article 3425 (20 more) in chi.general:
 From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
 Subject: Re: Computer Printed Checks
 
 >If the check includes the magnetic code on the bottom, they 
 have to be accepted for deposit.
 
 I don't understand that at all.  First of all, how do I know 
 it is a magnetic code?  Just because the numbers look funny 
 like a bank code does not mean they could not bo counterfit.
 
 >From: phil@pex.eecs.nwu.edu (William LeFebvre)
 
 >The coded numbers across the bottom of the check (with bank 
 #, account #, and check #) cannot be generated by check, as 
 they must be printed with a special ink---required by the 
 machines that read the encoded numbers.
 
 Not sure what you mean by "by check" but there are all sorts 
 of ways to generate them including drawing them in by hand.
 
 >So when you have the blank checks printed up, you must have 
 the check numbers printed on them as well---the printer does 
 not print the check number on the check.
 
 The check I received was generated on a MAC by the user and 
 it included the number code on the bottom.
 
 >But why would such a check cause greater suspicion?  
 Corporations and such have been using this technique for 
 years now. 
 
 I am not worried about "corporations", I am concerned about 
 personal checks or checks drawn up by anyone with a MAC.
 
 > As long as the signature is done by hand, what makes these 
 any more suspicious than "regular" checks?
 
 I use a rubber stamp for all my check signing so "by hand" 
 has nothing to do with it.
 
 What makes it suspicious is the ease with which it can be 
 created.  It's like a Xerox of a $10 bill.
 
 js
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 00:01:24 CST
From: <U25096@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: chi.general
Subject:    Call for Donations to Pan/Zhang


  As you may all know, Ms. Jingjing Zhang, a 28 years old young
lady and wife of a UIC Chinese student, died on January 3rd after
two-day struggle with the crash injuries in a chain traffic
accident in which about 40 cars crashed on I-90, the Kennedy
Expressway. Ms. Zhang was the only one who died although dozens
of people were injured in this accident. However, this is not
the only tragedy for the newly married young couple. Her husband,
Mr. Zikang Pan, 27, a UIC graduate student of EECS, was also
terribly injuried in this accident and is still in critical
condition. This young couple have been in the United States for
two years, and they do not have any relatives here.

  We are asking you for help. Your contributions will be used
for her funeral service, for having their parents to come and
for sending her remaining back to China. Any amount of your
donation will be appreciated by Zhang's and Pan's family and the
UIC Chinese community.

Please make your check payable to:

PAN/ZHANG FUND

and addressed to:

Credit Union 1, UIC, (M/C 612)
AOB 1737 W. Polk, RM7
Chicago, IL 60612

Fund rising by:

THE CHINESE STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS FRIENDSHIP ASSO. AT UIC
From: magus@drktowr.chi.il.us (Louis Giliberto)
Newsgroups: chi.misc,chi.general
Subject: Re: Casion--Vote
Date: 11 Jan 93 12:17:26 GMT
Followup-To: chi.misc,chi.general
Distribution: chi
Organization: DarkTower Software
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]

Ken Konecki (kenk@sdc.com) wrote:
: Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he'll
: eat for a lifetime.  Jobs are a short term solution.  Education is a long
: term solution.

I agree sort of.  But education costs money and the lottery is bullsh*t when
it comes to giving to education.  Daley had it on paper (which is something
most politicians never do) that x amount would go straight into
the education fund.  And there are plenty of educated people (many with
PhD's) who would rather work at a casino table than at McDonalds which
is where they are working now.

3 of my high school teachers quit to become salesmen.  In grade school,
one of my teachers left his teaching position to become the head 
janitor for the same school -- it paid more.

Yeah, it's robbing Peter to pay Paul, but if Paul don't get paid, the
children can't learn.  

-Louis
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Newsgroups: chi.general
From: gk00@ellis.uchicago.edu (Greg Kuperberg)
Subject: Gambling
Reply-To: gk00@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago
Distribution: chi
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:47:48 GMT

While we are on the subject of gambling, I heard that some students in
California drafted plans for a small device that would compute the
trajectory of a ball in a roulette wheel.  I also heard that after
getting news of the plans, the Nevada state legislature made it a
felony to carry such a device anywhere inside the state line.

The vote on this bill was 35 oranges, 10 lemons, and 2 bells.  Then
the speaker pulled the lever for the next bill.

Ching! Ching! Plink!
Newsgroups: chi.general
From: ignatz@chinet.chi.il.us (Dave Ihnat)
Subject: Re: Info on Toyota Dealers
Summary: Decided to post; they're pretty fair...
Keywords: toyota dealer
Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
Distribution: chi
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 07:54:01 GMT

In article <1993Jan4.183011.23296@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> smartin@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (steven.c.martin) writes:
>Does anyone have any significant (good or bad) experience
>with any Toyota dealerships in the far west suburbs?  
>I'm interested in information on both buying and servicing
>a car.  Please email your responses.  Thanks.

Don't know if Lombard fits your definition of 'far west', but in case it does,
I'd like to put in a positive plug for Lombard Toyota.  They're just a few
hundred feet west of Finley Road on Roosevelt in Lombard, and most specifically,
the night service manager has been outstanding.  His name is Bill Noeseges,
and he's quite simply convinced me to buy my next Toy from them.  They're open
until midnight most weekdays and Fridays; I've always had intelligent and
reasonable conversations with not only Bill, but all the mechanics and other
service managers (granted, I've spent some time under a hood, so that may give
me some credit with them); and the customer rep there, Laura (sorry-I-don't-
remember-her-last-name) has also been good as gold in helping out with any
questions or problems.

Now, I've never bought a car there, so I can't speak for the sales staff; but
service and customer representation have been very, very good to me in the last
3-4 years or so.  (FYI, I own an '87 Supra Turbo on which I've already put
130,000 miles, and so far, it's running like the Energizer rabbit; I've no
doubt that the extra work that Bill put into it just before the 100,000 mile
extended warranty expired did the trick.)

Cheers,
		-Dave
Newsgroups: chi.general
From: rrezaian@austral.chi.il.us (Russell Rezaian)
Subject: Re: Connections to clout
Organization: D.O.C. Data Processing Systems
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 20:41:22 GMT

In article <9301023942@drktowr.chi.il.us> magus@drktowr.chi.il.us (Louis Giliberto) writes:
>EIther there is an intermittent modem problem over there (like one of
>the modems isn't connected to a computer and everyone forgot about it
>and if you connect with that modem you end up talking to /dev/null)
>or the school is doing work on the system over break.
>
>Can maybe postmaster(.of-the-month)@clout shed some light on this?
>And maybe some other sysadmins check their logs to see if their
>systems have had any of the same problems?

We have noticed this, I have been bumping into all sorts of weird little
problems...

No ideas as to a cause yet, but if I hear anything I will try to post an
explanation.  My guess, vacation time maintainance.
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Russell Rezaian			|  rrezaian@austral.chi.il.us
  rrezaian@clout.chi.il.us	|  rrezaian@zed.chi.il.us