HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: peterd@cc.mcgill.ca (Peter Deutsch)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.admin
Subject: Re: archie geographical intelligence?
Date: 12 Dec 92 06:56:20 GMT
Organization: Bunyip Information Systems (the archie people)

In article <JONATHAN.92Dec11220406@speedy.cs.pitt.edu> jonathan@cs.pitt.edu (Jonathan Eunice) writes:
>Every time I use archie, I am amazed at (i) how very useful it is, and
>(ii) how geographically stupid it is.  It generally makese sense to
>use archives that are net-wise close to oneself.  Yet archie gives me
>many site-references in Europe, Japan, Australia, etc in addition to
>US sites.  And I'm sure my friends in Sydney and Munich don't care to
>use US sites any more than I want to use mine.
>
>Is there any way to limit archie's search only to "close" sites?  If
>it's in TFM, I haven't found it.  I can hack a script to filter out
>distant sites, but it seems to me archie would work faster, handle
>more requests, and be more useful were there a built-in 'give me only
>local sites' option.  This could be simply based on country-codes and
>still be right most of the time.  Thoughts?

Help is at hand (almost). The new release of the server
code (now in the hands of its licensees, although not yet
in production in most places) includes the ability to
specify both domain information on searches (for example
"prog pattern *.edu) which would return only examples of
"pattern" from hosts in the domains ending in .edu. In
fact, the operator can also define "pseudo-domains" such
as "europe", or "northamerica", which could be any set of
domains chosen by the operator. These pseudo-domains can
then be used in searches as well.

The new release also allows you to specify directory path
information to further limit searches and lots of other
new stuff, as well (such as a "shortform output format"
which returns less verbose results, allowing hopefully
more rapid scanning of results, since the system so often
generates _lots_ of excess hits.

Unfortunately, the new release of the Prospero protocol
(upon which all this new functionality depends) is not yet
frozen and the clients do not yet support it but it _is_
already supported in the server once the client authors
start upgrading. We'd hoped to have the protocol frozen and
clients usable RSN, although both Prospero development and
client development are to a large part out of our hands.

For what it's worth the new version is a completely
generalized data-gathering engine capable of gathering
files (not just filenames) and we're hoping to find
sponsors for additional interesting collections of
information in the coming months. Contact me for more
details.


				- peterd
From: lucas@cg-atla.UUCP (Dick Lucas)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.admin
Subject: Mail Server for wuarchives?
Keywords: help archive mail server
Date: 11 Dec 92 18:35:52 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Agfa Compugraphic Division, Wilmington, Mass. USA


I'm trying to find out if a mail server exists for an archive known as
"wuarchives".   If you have information about accessing a mail server for
for that site, or suggestions about other ways I might get the information,
I'd welcome a posting or email to:

	lucas@cg-atla.agfa.com

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Dick Lucas
From: jonathan@cs.pitt.edu (Jonathan Eunice)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.admin
Subject: archie geographical intelligence?
Date: 12 Dec 92 03:04:06 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh Computer Science

Every time I use archie, I am amazed at (i) how very useful it is, and
(ii) how geographically stupid it is.  It generally makese sense to
use archives that are net-wise close to oneself.  Yet archie gives me
many site-references in Europe, Japan, Australia, etc in addition to
US sites.  And I'm sure my friends in Sydney and Munich don't care to
use US sites any more than I want to use mine.

Is there any way to limit archie's search only to "close" sites?  If
it's in TFM, I haven't found it.  I can hack a script to filter out
distant sites, but it seems to me archie would work faster, handle
more requests, and be more useful were there a built-in 'give me only
local sites' option.  This could be simply based on country-codes and
still be right most of the time.  Thoughts?

jse
From: eanders+@CMU.EDU (Eric A. Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.admin
Subject: Re: SURAnet archie server down
Date: 17 Dec 92 03:45:27 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.UfA8Fri00VQwQ1LgwR
	<morten.724503280@oase>
Organization: Junior, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

morten@oase.kemi.aau.dk (Morten Kjeldgaard) writes:
> In <1992Dec11.012227.955@sura.net> jmalcolm@sura.net (Joseph Malcolm) writes:
> 
> >The SURAnet archie server is back up.
> 
> Yeah, but what about archie.funet.fi?? It is S..L..O..W and has been for
> months! I have started to always use the UK one, but that is not the idea,
> being on the european continent, right? 
You can send mail to archie-admin@archie.funet.fi to ask them about
this, assuming they don't read it here.  I know that they are running
many things other than archie on their machine.  WHat interface are
you using?  The prospero one (c-archie) should be the fastest.
          -Eric 
*********************************************************
"Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out."
           -The Nine Billion Names of God
"Yes, you're very smart.  Shut up."
           -In "The Princess Bride"
*********************************************************
Newsgroups: comp.archives.admin
From: profile@netcom.com (Tom Czarnik)
Subject: Re: Anonymous FTP List - FAQ (Part 2 of 3)
Supercedes: <list-faq-2-724891466@netcom.com>
Organization: Associates & Thomas
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 23:53:36 GMT

Newsgroups: comp.archives.admin
From: morten@oase.kemi.aau.dk (Morten Kjeldgaard)
Subject: Re: SURAnet archie server down
Organization: Aarhus University, Denmark
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 10:54:40 GMT

In <1992Dec11.012227.955@sura.net> jmalcolm@sura.net (Joseph Malcolm) writes:

>The SURAnet archie server is back up.

Yeah, but what about archie.funet.fi?? It is S..L..O..W and has been for
months! I have started to always use the UK one, but that is not the idea,
being on the european continent, right? 

/Morten

--
Morten Kjeldgaard  ~ morten@oase.kemi.aau.dk ~ mok@kemi.aau.dk
Biostructural Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University
Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Phone: +45 86 12 46 33 ~ +45 86 20 27 11 x6518 ~ Fax: +45 86 19 61 99
From: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.admin
Subject: ftp.cis.ohio-state.edu down
Date: 16 Dec 1992 01:32:40 GMT
Organization: Msen, Inc. -- Ann Arbor, Michigan
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.msen.com
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]

Newsgroups: comp.archives
From: romig@brachiosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Steve Romig)
Subject: osu-cis, ftp.cis.ohio-state.edu unavailable this week
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 20:47:39 GMT

We are recabling our machine room this week, and so our anonymous ftp
and uucp services will be unavailable until Friday (Dec 18).

Just so you know...

--- Steve


Newsgroups: comp.archives.admin,comp.misc,alt.sources.wanted,comp.sources.wanted,news.answers
From: profile@netcom.com (Tom Czarnik)
Subject: Re: Anonymous FTP List - FAQ (Part 1 of 3)
Supersedes: <list-faq-1-724892776@netcom.com>
Organization: Associates & Thomas
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 23:52:33 GMT

Newsgroups: comp.archives.admin
From: profile@netcom.com (Tom Czarnik)
Subject: Re: Anonymous FTP List - FAQ (Part 2 of 3)
Supersedes: <list-faq-2-724892776@netcom.com>
Organization: Associates & Thomas
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 23:56:21 GMT
From: profile@netcom.com (Tom Czarnik)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.admin
Subject: Ignore these FTP FAQ posts
Date: 21 Dec 92 00:02:29 GMT
Organization: Associates & Thomas
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]

Please ignore the recent post regarding the FAQ for the Anonymous
FTP List. They were generated by a very stupid auto faq poster.


...Tom
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 o Anonymous FTP Directory:                     aftp-list@netcom.com
 o Whatis dB Project:                           whatis-db@netcom.com
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   [For comp-based game developers; in EPS, ASCII, RTF, & MS Write]
From: peterd@cc.mcgill.ca (Peter Deutsch)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.admin
Subject: Re: SURAnet archie server down
Date: 18 Dec 92 15:53:58 GMT
Organization: Bunyip Information Systems (the archie people)

In article <morten.724503280@oase> morten@oase.kemi.aau.dk (Morten Kjeldgaard) writes:
>In <1992Dec11.012227.955@sura.net> jmalcolm@sura.net (Joseph Malcolm) writes:
>
>>The SURAnet archie server is back up.
>
>Yeah, but what about archie.funet.fi?? It is S..L..O..W and has been for
>months! I have started to always use the UK one, but that is not the idea,
>being on the european continent, right? 

Users of this machine should be aware that this archie
currently serves much of Europe and also handles other
tasks, as well. Given the magnitude of the task, I'd
suggest that its response is quite understandable.

Still, help is on the way in that since we anounced
licensed support for archie a number of additional
European sites have signed on and should be running
supported archies in the new year. 

FYI, we are also finishing up changes to the telnet client
that will ship with the system (not the p.d. version
available on the net, but the one you speak to when you
telnet to "archie.wherever") that will allow support of 8
bit character sets and easy replacement of the on-line help
and other text. This obviously will make it much easier to
offer additional language support. We expect a
French-language archie to be on-line in January or so, and
other may follow.  (heck, Bunyip will even arrange
translations ourselves, for a suitable fee..  :-)


					- peterd
Newsgroups: comp.archives.admin,comp.misc,alt.sources.wanted,comp.sources.wanted,news.answers
From: kbibb@maui.qualcomm.com (Ken Bibb)
Subject: Re: Mail Server for wuarchives?
Keywords: help archive mail server
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 20:02:47 GMT

In <10172@cg-atla.UUCP> lucas@cg-atla.UUCP (Dick Lucas) writes:


>I'm trying to find out if a mail server exists for an archive known as
>"wuarchives".   If you have information about accessing a mail server for
>for that site, or suggestions about other ways I might get the information,
>I'd welcome a posting or email to:

>	lucas@cg-atla.agfa.com

>Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

>Dick Lucas 

Send email with a subject of "help" to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com (this machine
is a mail server for any anon ftp site that you're interested in).  Don't
let the number of jobs in the queue scare you--it processes the jobs quite
quickly.

-- 
Ken Bibb                "he heard the snow falling faintly through the
kbibb@qualcomm.com	 universe and faintly falling, like the descent of
jester@crash.cts.com     their last end, upon all the living and the dead."
				--"The Dead", James Joyce
From: gerinlaj@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Robert Gerin-Lajoie)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.admin
Subject: iros1 moving to ftp.iro.umontreal.ca
Date: 16 Dec 92 19:22:45 GMT
Organization: Universite de Montreal

Change iros1.iro.umontreal.ca
for ftp.iro.umontreal.ca
on your archie server's list.

Actually ftp and iros1 are the same system, but after mid january 93,
we will move dns pointer and ftp files to a new system.

Robert Gerin-Lajoie
--
Robert Ge'rin-Lajoie, Chef des laboratoires,	<gerin-lajoie@iro.umontreal.ca>
De'partement IRO, Universite' de Montre'al				
CP 6128, Succ A,				Tel: (514) 343-7480
Montre'al,Canada, H3C 3J7			FAX: (514) 343-5834
Newsgroups: comp.archives.admin
From: profile@netcom.com (Tom Czarnik)
Subject: Re: Anonymous FTP List - FAQ
Supersedes: <list-faq-1-724895198@netcom.com>
Organization: Associates & Thomas
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 23:58:59 GMT
From: sls16@po.CWRU.Edu (Samuel L. Shank)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.admin
Subject: FTPing with a freenet acct
Date: 13 Dec 1992 01:51:13 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc5.ins.cwru.edu


I have a freenet acct and can't FTP.  I have to go to a Mac Lab on campus 
and do it tghere
Is there any way to call in to a server somewhere and anonymous ftp from there?
Thanks,
-- 
Sam Shank
sls16@po.cwru.edu
From: brownt1@lincoln.ac.nz
Newsgroups: comp.archives
Subject: [comp.text.tex] REANNOUNCE: LaTeX flowchart system
Followup-To: comp.text.tex
Date: 20 Dec 1992 20:56:58 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu
X-Original-Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
X-Original-Date: 30 Nov 92 10:09:19 +1300

Archive-name: auto/comp.text.tex/REANNOUNCE-LaTeX-flowchart-system


I've uploaded a slightly updated version of a utility to produce 
flowcharts in the latex picture environment

>Input            Output
>                 _______
>Oval            /       \
>  START         | START |
>Box             \_______/
>  This is           |
>  the box           |
>Right          _____V_____          ______
>Oval          |  This is  |        /      \
>  STOP        |  the box  |------->| STOP |
>              |___________|        \______/

flow096.readme
flow096.lzh  (include Amiga and PC executeables)
flow096.tar.z

are in

fenris.claremont.edu   /pub/submission
pip.SHSU.edu           /incoming/flow096
ftp.tex.ac.uk          /incoming

I know you can ftp it from the first, the other 2 may have to wait until 
it's been moved to the appropriate dir.

Cheers -tb
----------------------------------------------------------------------
     Terry Brown, INTERNET brownt1@lincoln.ac.nz, 
                  UUCP     tb@tbnode.equinox.gen.nz,
                  /earth is 98% full ... please delete anyone you can.
From: linton@marktwain.rad.sgi.com (Mark Linton)
Newsgroups: comp.archives
Subject: [comp.windows.interviews] 3.1 is now available
Followup-To: comp.windows.interviews
Date: 20 Dec 1992 20:57:19 GMT
Organization: Internet-USENET Gateway at Stanford University
Distribution: world
Reply-To: linton@sgi.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu
X-Original-Newsgroups: comp.windows.interviews
X-Original-Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 05:00:56 GMT

Archive-name: auto/comp.windows.interviews/3-1-is-now-available

InterViews 3.1 is now available via anonymous ftp
from "interviews.stanford.edu" (IP address 36.22.0.175).
The distribution is in a compressed tar file named "pub/3.1.tar.Z"
(about 3.8Mb).  The distribution is also ftp-able from sgi.com
in "graphics/interviews/3.1.tar.Z".

The README file in the top-level directory contains information
about how to build InterViews.  The PostScript file iv/src/man/refman/cover.ps
contains general information about 3.1, including a brief
discussion of differences from 3.0.

Please send problems to interviews-bugs@interviews.stanford.edu.

      Mark
From: mrex@roxi.rz.fht-mannheim.de (Martin Rex)
Newsgroups: comp.archives
Subject: [comp.os.linux] (announce) X8514 with TCP/IP avail
Followup-To: comp.os.linux
Date: 14 Dec 1992 10:43:29 GMT
Organization: Fachhochschule fuer Technik Mannheim
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu
X-Original-Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
X-Original-Date: 10 Dec 92 19:30:43 GMT

Archive-name: auto/comp.os.linux/announce-X8514-with-TCP-IP-avail

Hi there,

This is a quick first announcement of a newly compiled Xlinux.8514
from Kevin Martin, this time with TCP/IP support.

It uses the jump-41 shared libs (same as in SLS-98).
I haven't even had the time to put a README in, sorry.
For those which need a tcp/ip-capable Server for their 8514,
they can pick it up on my FTP-Server here:

	ftp.fht-mannheim.de: /pub/linux/local/X8514tcp.zip

It's a zip-ped tar file. You will need unzip-50 to unwrap this file.
A binary for Linux (again jump-41) is in the same directory, for those
who don't have it yet.

The X8514 Server is still based on the old X-v1.1 release, and therefore
needs uncompressed fonts (the fonts in SLS-98 are compressed).


-Martin

--
 Martin Rex                              |  "Have the courage to take
 Rechenzentrum                           |   your own thoughts seriously,
 Fachhochschule fuer Technik Mannheim    |   for they will shape you."
 E-Mail:  mrex@aix01.rz.fht-mannheim.de  |             -- Albert Einstein
From: bush@ecs.ox.ac.uk (Mark Bush)
Newsgroups: comp.archives
Subject: [comp.lang.smalltalk] ANNOUNCE: First release of GNU Smalltalk GUI
Followup-To: comp.lang.smalltalk
Date: 14 Dec 1992 10:19:04 GMT
Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu
X-Original-Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
X-Original-Date: 30 Nov 92 17:22:27 GMT

Archive-name: auto/comp.lang.smalltalk/ANNOUNCE-First-release-of-GNU-Smalltalk-GUI


Well, the time for waiting is now over!  I have made my code which I've been
writing available for anonymous ftp.  You can get it from:

            site: ftp.comlab.ox.ac.uk
            file: /pub/Packages/mst/mstGUI-1.0.tar.Z

This file contains a replacement for socket.c in the stix directory of the
source code, and a replacement for Server.st.  You will need to recompile
mst and rebuild your image.

I have not had chance to test this with version 1.1.1, nor have I had chance
to do much more with the text input methods.

The README explains what to do once you've unpacked the distribution.

Briefly, this package contains the basics for creating window applications
in the manner available in other graphical based Smalltalk implementations.
That is, you have a display screen, and are able to create windows with
titlebars, menus, etc.  List and Text views are implemented, though Text
views aer not complete.

As examples of the power already available in this distribution, the class
Inspector is available, as is class ClassHierarchyBrowser, though you may
not change elements of an Object you inspect, nor edit classes using these
applications due to the limitations of the Text classes.

Errors are now diverted from standard output and appear in a window instead
(with a view to being able to call up a Debugger eventually...).  When Text
classes are fully implemented, all remaining stdout output will be diverted
to the system transcript window.

Please have a look at this package and let me know what you think.

Send all comments and bug reports to me and I will try to fix any problems
in future releases.

Have fun,
Mark
Organization: Arizona State University
Date: Sunday, 13 Dec 1992 23:06:46 MST
From: Robert's Dad <ISPAJW@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject:    Paradox 4.0 ShowDialog CheckBoxes question

Hi,
  I would like to create a dialog box in such a way that the user can
select one or more ID numbers to process.  I know that I can use the
ShowDialog CheckBoxes feature.  Here's the fun part:  The list of ID
numbers is not static.  They are contained in a table which I load into
an array using Scan.  Is there a way to use CheckBoxes (or another,
similar feature) so that the user can select one or more ID numbers
when the number of ID numbers is not known until runtime?

-Andy

Andrew J. Wollert
ispajw@asuvm.inre.asu.edu
From: feldman@diu.cms.udel.edu (Judy Feldman)
Subject: Re: Logical design experiences?
Reply-To: feldman@diu.cms.udel.edu
Organization: U of Delaware, College of Marine Studies / Lewes
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 20:22:36 GMT

It's more a cost savings.  Does your company believe in software design
before implementation?  do they often model the software / hardware system
before implementing?  the same paradigm holds true for logical database design.
you'll find the bottleneck of your design before building the database
rather than afterwards.

/judy
From: steve.silverwood@filebank.cts.com (Steve Silverwood)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Clipper s87 - Need BIG cu
Date: 17 Dec 92 12:43:00 GMT
Reply-To: steve.silverwood@filebank.cts.com (Steve Silverwood)
Organization: The File Bank BBS - Fallbrook, CA  619-728-4318


 >Newsgroups: comp.databases
 >From: Garth_Johnson@mindlink.bc.ca (Garth Johnson)
 >Subject: Clipper s87 - Need BIG cursor
 >Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 19:16:30 GMT
 >Message-ID: <17663@mindlink.bc.ca>
 >
 >Help!
 >
 >A program of mine is now being run on a laptop computer, (MONO VGA), and the
 >user can not find the underscore cursor.
 >
 >What I need is a BIG block cusor instead of the default _ underscore.
 >
 >I have tried using Norton Control Center, and a couple of other programs that
 >redefine the cursor size, but after the light bar menu appears,
 >(Prompt/Menu),
 >the cursor is reset to the standard underscore character.
 >
 >Is there a simple way of defining a cursor that will not be reset by the
 >Prompt/Menu combination every time.
 >
 >All help is greatly appreciated!
 >
 >- Garth

Garth:

I believe it's possible using a DOS interrupt call.  If you like, let
me know and I'll research out the information for you.

//Steve//

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From: hoefer4739@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: DBASE IV 1.5 read-only file error!
Date: 13 Dec 92 16:36:13 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa


        I am having a mega-problem - I have written a dbaseIV 1.5 program to
edit a queried record (one searched for on a key and found).  I am using the
REPLACE command on all of the fields in the record.  I am receiving a "Cannot
write to read only file" error.  I have tried to remedy the problem with the
following to no avail:

                        o SET LOCK off
                        o UNLOCK all
                        o examine MS-DOS file attribute
                                (is not read-only/system file)
        
        Does anyone know what I am missing (besides the answer)?  I need help
immediately (before Monday, preferrably tonite).

                                        - Tim
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Newsgroups: comp.databases
From: nowacki@porsche.net.com ( Michael Nowacki I.T. Database Contractor)
Subject: Re: Accounting using an RDBMS
Organization: Network Equipment Technologies, Redwood City
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:01:50 GMT

In article <1992Dec17.201517.10277@qualix.com> dshaker@qualix.com writes:
>I have been calling up people using accounting systems
>based on RDBMSs and almost all of them _despise_ the
>system they are using.  Does anyone have a positive
>experience to report?  

Yes. One time Godzilla invaded our town, tripped over a Chevy, and
squashed the building with all the accountants in it.

Why do you think they call them "users"?
Newsgroups: comp.databases