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From: hansm@cs.kun.nl (Hans Mulder)
Subject: Re: Perot's "Platform" Posted to the Usenet
Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 12:25:12 GMT

In <1992Oct13.235821.13401@netcom.com> noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring) writes:

>Carefully read this document before deciding on who you will vote for
>President come Election Day.  And of course, get off your kaziski (a.k.a.
>butt) and VOTE!

I'd love to.  Trouble is, there are no elections in my country this year.
Can I come over to your country and vote?

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From: noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,misc.consumers,misc.education,misc.entrepreneurs,misc.invest,misc.jobs.misc,misc.legal,misc.misc,misc.taxes
Subject: Perot's "Platform" Posted to the Usenet
Summary: I encourage everybody to read it.
Date: 13 Oct 92 23:58:21 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)


Perot's detailed stand on many issues was posted today in four parts to the
following newsgroups:

     alt.politics.perot
     alt.politics.elections
     talk.politics.misc

Subject: Perots Economic Plan


It apparently was excerpted from his best-selling book.  It is fairly long
when the four parts are combined, over 170K.  I'll admit that I am not sure
that the poster (it was not me) had permission to post this to Usenet, but
the "damage" has been done.  I'm sure Perot would like his views disseminated
to as large of an audience as possible, and the electronic ether is one of
Perot's more favored means of communication, bypassing the interpretation and
vagaries of the Press (tm).


Note:  I'm posting this notification here since Perot touches upon issues
pertinent to this newsgroup.


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Carefully read this document before deciding on who you will vote for
President come Election Day.  And of course, get off your kaziski (a.k.a.
butt) and VOTE!

Jon Noring

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From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
Subject: Re: Origin of QWERTY
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 15:28:57 GMT

In article <1992Oct14.132501.7027@cis.ohio-state.edu> conaway@carp.cis.ohio-state.edu (jason william conaway) writes:
> The old mechanical type writers were prone to jamming caused by fast typing.

No, they were prone to jamming caused by hitting adjacent characters too fast.
It's been a long time since I've seen a mechanical typewriter, so I guess
you may never have seen one. The typehead is on a bar about 5-6 inches long,
that wings through an arc of several inches, and if two adjacent letters are
struck the typewriter is very likely to jam.

The QWERTY keyboard was designed so that adjacent letters in words would be
separate from each other in the type mechanism as much as possible. The keyboard
and the type mechanism are pretty tightly coupled, so it wasn't really
practical to build things differently.

Given this requirement, the QWERTY keyboard was ALSO designed to also allow
the operator to type as fast as possible. Slowing down the operator was not
a design goal, and the clumsiness of QWERTY is pretty much overrated.
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From: dohoang@bnr.ca (Do Nguyen)
Subject: test (Please Ignore)
Reply-To: dohoang@bnr.ca (Do Nguyen)
Organization: dohoang@nmerh102
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 16:23:38 GMT

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From: mrdunn@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Michael Robert Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: help D-Link
Date: 15 Oct 1992 03:52:41 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4
Originator: mrdunn@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

Hello, I bought a used computer with no docs and after opening it
found a D-Link board in it.  The person I bought it from has moved out
of the state, with no forwarding phone number and so I am left
clueless about what this board is and what it's supposed to do.
So, if you have any ideas about what this board is for I would be
forever in your debt if you would tell me.

Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: oprrrmx@gsusgi1.gsu.edu (Robert McCullough)
Subject: Silicon Graphics 4d/380s
Organization: Georgia State University
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 09:14:37 GMT

Anyone have any information or could point me in the right direction?
I'm looking for info on Silicon Graphics 4d/380s (a RISC-based"supermini-
computer").
Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: kbowles@den.mmc.com (mac bowles)
Subject: Re: Building a computer
Organization: Martin Marietta Astronautics, Denver
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 21:24:35 GMT

In article <1992Oct12.202518.6821@pencom.com> twriter1@pencom.com writes:
>Does anyone have information on how to build,
>say, an IBM-compatible PC?  Is this possible?
>I see so many ads in magazines for components, I just
>wondered if one could construct a whole computer
>out of them.  
>
>Has anyone out there undertaken such a project?
>
>twriter1@pencom.com

Yes, it is relatively easy if you ask the correct questions of the people you
by from, know the correct questions to start with, are at least a little 
familiar with the options to everything out there, know the kind of system
you want and the capabilities you need to perform the tasks you anticipate 
doing, can do a little wiring, read manuals well, take your time and really
enjoy making things from scratch. BEWARE, not all parts work with all other
parts even though they all adhere to "standards", warranties are limited and
less likely to be honored, and if you "kill" a board because you did something
wrong, you may have to buy another one, not get a replacement. You will have to
deal with infant mortality problems. It is also frequenlty cheaper to by an 
entire system from a single source and customize only a few add in boards or
parts on your own than to start with a case and power supply and work your way
up to a whole system. I thought the process was fun. But then I frequently do
things the hard way. Good LUCK.

____________________________________________________________________________
Ain't nobody's bus'ness but my own and I of course want you to know that!
____________________________________________________________________________


Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: oprrrmx@gsusgi2.gsu.edu (Robert McCullough)
Subject: Re: Can't you run unix on a 386?
Organization: Georgia State University
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1992 03:18:52 GMT

There is a good article on this in Unix World this month or at least
something along the subject line. 


Bruce Mccullough
GSU
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From: weiss@staff.tc.umn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.periphs,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.misc,uky.misc
Subject: Re: Seagate ST-251 Help
Date: 12 Oct 92 17:17:28 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Minnesota

I've had the ST-238R, the ST277R, and now the ST157R. The last two drives are
prone to stiction . Seagate?? Never again. Not on your life.

My Mitsubishi model 535 65mb RLL is quieter, cooler, and never sticks.
From: davis@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu ("John E. Davis")
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: coprighting software
Date: 15 Oct 92 16:48:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: pacific.DAVIS.92Oct15114817
Reply-To: davis@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu  (John E. Davis)
Organization: "Dept. of Physics, The Ohio State University"

Hi,

   I am about to release a large software package which consists of many
source files.  I want:

  1. to provide the software free of charge to anyone who wants it
  2. forbid its use in commercial products without my consent
  3. reserve future rights to me (the author)
  4. Not be held responsible for any damage or loss caused by the product

I can probably write up something official sounding which does this but how do
I distribute it.  I have looked at the GNU emacs distribution and there is
about a 24 line warranty/disclaimer on ever source code.  Is this necessary?
Why can't I just include a single file stating this information and reference
the file in the source code?

Also,  what is the proper way to copyright the software?  I was once told that
just including something like:

                     copyright (C) 1992 by John E. Davis

is sufficient.  Is this true?

Thanks,                     
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From: Stefan Haefs <haefs@schrott.Math.Uni-Duisburg.DE>
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Information for 68HC11 Single Chip Micro Cpomp
Date: 7 Oct 1992 00:24:27 +0100
Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site

I'm looking for info and source code in Pascal for a 68HC11 single
chip micro computer.

Please reply by mail because otherwise I'm not reachable.
I will post a summary after received !

Thank you in advance
Stefan

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From: tld@moon.base.bellcore.com (Terry Davidson)
Subject: Re: Perot's "Platform" Posted to the Usenet
Reply-To: tld@cosmos.bellcore.com
Organization: Bellcore
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 13:50:51 GMT

In article <1992Oct14.201739.4839@asl.dl.nec.com>, alie@csl.dl.nec.com (Andrew Lie) writes:
|> In article <1992Oct14.183247.23037@hubcap.clemson.edu>, michaet@hubcap.clemson.edu (michael dale townsend) writes:
|> |> hansm@cs.kun.nl (Hans Mulder) writes:
|> |> 
|> |> >In <1992Oct13.235821.13401@netcom.com> noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring) writes:
|> |> 
|> |> >>Carefully read this document before deciding on who you will vote for
|> |> >>President come Election Day.  And of course, get off your kaziski (a.k.a.
|> |> >>butt) and VOTE!
|> |> 
|> |> >I'd love to.  Trouble is, there are no elections in my country this year.
|> |> >Can I come over to your country and vote?
|> |> 
|> |> >--
|> |> >Hans Mulder			hansm@cs.kun.nl
|> |> 
|> |> [sarcasm on]
|> |> WHAT?  You mean they have computers in other countries?  You mean the
|> |> network is INTERNATIONAL???  Really?
|> |> No wonder we are sometimes accused of being arrogant and ignorant! We 
|> |> either don't know how to limit distribution to U.S., or we think
|> |> everyone in the world needs to hear what we say!
|> |> [sarcasm off]
|> |> Michael Townsend
|> |> michaet@hubcap.clemson.edu
|> |> Ok Ok Ok   here it is:         :-)
|> |> 
|> |> 
|> |> 
|> Come to think of it, I have been receiving postings which Distribution had been
|> set to the states of the originators which were different from the state I am
|> in (i.e., Texas). Does anyone know why?

   Critical circuit-number thresshold has been reached on Internet:  It has
   become self-aware and is now exploring its cyberspace existence 8*)
   Shades of Skynet!  Perhaps all the recent inflamatory (sp?) postings
   on the various groups are nothing more than its attempt to start the
   ultimate *flamewar* [double 8*) ]...

   Ok - ' nuff humor:  Considering the incredible variences in the
   platforms that comprise internet, it is not surprizing that some
   glitches occur due to minor incompatibilities ... Every month, I
   read an article in one group or another apologizing for their 
   software/hardware malfunctioning and posting/cross-posting/multiple
   posting ...

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From: paj@uk.co.gec-mrc (Paul Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: MARK-OF-THE-BEA$T bar-code$
Date: 9 Oct 92 08:54:22 GMT
Reply-To: paj@uk.co.gec-mrc (Paul Johnson)
Organization: GEC-Marconi Research Centre, Great Baddow, UK

In article <1992Oct6.180333.1580@cnsvax.uwec.edu> mcelwre@cnsvax.uwec.edu writes:

>                           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.

However, the presence of three 6 digits in product bar codes (as
synchronisation markers for the scanners) does not fulfil the
Revelations prophecy.  The prophecy states that everyone will have to
wear the number on their right hand or forehead.  This is not the same
as having it on the things you buy.

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

Depends what you mean by "can".  All technology could in principle be
subverted for evil purposes.  However this is no reason to go back to
the caves.  In any case, bar code scanners cannot watch you.  How are
they supposed to subvert your Individual Privacy and Freedom?

>               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.

What other examples are there?  This sounds familiar.  Is this the
church that believes the Beast is a computer living in Holland?

Paul
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From: alie@csl.dl.nec.com (Andrew Lie)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,misc.consumers,misc.education,misc.entrepreneurs,misc.invest,misc.jobs.misc,misc.legal,misc.misc,misc.taxes
Subject: Re: Perot's "Platform" Posted to the Usenet
Date: 14 Oct 92 20:17:39 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: NEC America, C & C Software Development Lab

In article <1992Oct14.183247.23037@hubcap.clemson.edu>, michaet@hubcap.clemson.edu (michael dale townsend) writes:
|> hansm@cs.kun.nl (Hans Mulder) writes:
|> 
|> >In <1992Oct13.235821.13401@netcom.com> noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring) writes:
|> 
|> >>Carefully read this document before deciding on who you will vote for
|> >>President come Election Day.  And of course, get off your kaziski (a.k.a.
|> >>butt) and VOTE!
|> 
|> >I'd love to.  Trouble is, there are no elections in my country this year.
|> >Can I come over to your country and vote?
|> 
|> >--
|> >Hans Mulder			hansm@cs.kun.nl
|> 
|> [sarcasm on]
|> WHAT?  You mean they have computers in other countries?  You mean the
|> network is INTERNATIONAL???  Really?
|> No wonder we are sometimes accused of being arrogant and ignorant! We 
|> either don't know how to limit distribution to U.S., or we think
|> everyone in the world needs to hear what we say!
|> [sarcasm off]
|> Michael Townsend
|> michaet@hubcap.clemson.edu
|> Ok Ok Ok   here it is:         :-)
|> 
|> 
|> 
Come to think of it, I have been receiving postings which Distribution had been
set to the states of the originators which were different from the state I am
in (i.e., Texas). Does anyone know why?
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Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: georg@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de (Georg Schwarz)
Subject: Info about Sony KX-14CP1 monitor needed
Summary: request for info about Sony KX-14CP1 monitor
Keywords: sony, monitor
Organization: ZRZ/TU-Berlin
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 21:16:10 GMT

I am looking for information about the Sony KX-14CP1 monitor.
It's a 14" triniton monitor which I guess is about five years old.
It works fine with both PAL and NTSC FBAS (video) sources.
In addition, there is a digital and an analog RGB input.
Unfortunately, I do not have any manuals.
I would highly appreciate it if someone could provide me with some
additional info about this monitor. I would be especially interested
in any information about which different video standards (resolutions)
the two RGB inputs do support. Does someone happen to use the same
monitor on a computer system?

please reply to
georg@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de

Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.text
From: conaway@carp.cis.ohio-state.edu (jason william conaway)
Subject: Re: Origin of QWERTY
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 13:25:01 GMT

In article <1992Oct14.082344.4344@dde.dk> ct@dde.dk (Claus Tondering) writes:
>It is frequently claimed that the QWERTY-keyboard was originally
>designed so that frequently used letter combinations were close together.
>(This later turned out to be a bad idea, but that's another story.)
>
>My problem is, that I find this hard to believe. Sure, I can see that
>the letters in words such as "was" and "were" are placed close together.
>But what about other common combinations? The letters in common words
>such as "and", "or", "is" and "the" are not placed particularly close
>together. And common letter combinations such as "qu", "wh" and "sh"
>are also quite far from one another. So is the popular explanation of
>the origin of the QWERTY-keyboard perhaps just a myth?
>-- 
>Claus Tondering
>Dansk Data Elektronik A/S, Herlev, Denmark
>E-mail: ct@dde.dk


The QWERTY keyboard was invented for very practicle (and now outdated) reasons.
The old mechanical type writers were prone to jamming caused by fast typing.
When a human types, they often begin to hit the next key as the're already
typing the present key (in fact they may be reaching for up to three characters
in advance). The QWERTY keyboard was developed to slow down the typing process
in order to reduce jamming. Notice that the most commonly used letters in the
English language happen to be primarily on the left side. It was thought to be
harder to type when you had to use your left hand all the time, since most
people are right handed.

Now that almost everyone uses electronic keyboards, the QWERTY keyboard has
lost its usefulness and is really nothing but a pain in ass to use, but after
all that's what it was designed for. That`s why the Dvorak keyboard was
invented; to equalize the demands of typing on both hands. Unfortunately,
Dvorak never replaced QWERTY because QWERTY had already become the standard.
Its very hard to change standards, so were stuck with the clumsy QWERTY.

Jason W. Conaway
The Artist at Large

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From: bob1@cos.com (Bob Blackshaw)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.periphs,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.mi
Subject: Re: Seagate ST-251 Help
Date: 16 Oct 92 13:37:34 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Corporation for Open Systems

In <DiyPsB2w165w@cybrspc.UUCP> roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) writes:

>shyguy@ocf.berkeley.edu (David S. Shy) writes:

>> Why are there so much complaints about Seagate drives?  I also have a
>> ST251 from about five years ago.  It's still humming along happily
>> in my brother's XT... (maybe i can sell it one of these days as
>> an antique...)

>I have one of 'em, too.  The only problems have been _very occasional_
>failure to spin up on the first power-on (less than 10 total), and
>having to redo the low level format after 2.5 years (but that happens
>with almost any MFM drive).

>It used to scream, too, but I flicked the tab a couple times and it
>quit.  Overall, it's been very solid.
>--
>Roy M. Silvernail --  roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu - OR-  cybrspc!roy@cs.umn.edu

They seemed to come in two flavors - some worked well and some stuck.
I have one at home that got to the point where you had to physically
move the heads (phillips screwdriver in the stepper motor shaft) to
get it to spin up. It became so annoying that I figured it was scrap
so I took the cover off and very carefully cleaned the heads - at
least all that I could reach without removing platters. Now it spins
up every time and much to my surprise, does not show any more bad
sectors than it had before :-) Somedays you're lucky.

Bob
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From: schiles@valentine.us.oracle.com (Suzanne Chiles)
Subject: Re: Origin of QWERTY
Reply-To: schiles@us.oracle.com
Organization: Office Automation Division
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 21:29:27 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by an unauthenticated user
              at Oracle Corporation.  The opinions expressed are those
              of the user and not necessarily those of Oracle.

I'd always heard that the QWERTY keyboard was developed to purposefully
slow typists down.  If one typed too fast, the keyboard would jam, so
they designed the keyboard to be awkward.  An excellent example of
engineering triumph (she said with her tongue in her cheek).

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