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From:         Mary Kalnin <kalnin@u.washington.edu>
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From: kelsey@pilot.njin.net (Ann KELSEY)
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Subject: Access to MLA Index
Date: 6 Oct 92 15:21:41 GMT
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----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Since MLA Index is no longer available on Dialog, the question has
frequently come up as to where it can be accessed online.  It is
apparently available through OCLC EPIC and FirstSearch but this isn't
too helpful to people whose libraries do not subscribe to these
services.

Does anyone know of any other access to MLA through the Internet that
can be accessed by individuals?

Ann Kelsey
kelsey@pilot.njin.net
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From: GATEH@CONNCOLL.BITNET
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Subject: UREP 3.5 and Sendmail 5.65
Date: 6 Oct 92 19:44:37 GMT
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Howdy UREP folks,

I upgraded to Ultrix 4.3 this weekend, and discovered that they had
included sendmail 5.65, which appears to have a number of differences
with previous versions.  Also, the config file as distributed by DEC is
quite different.  I've mucked with the config file before, so I'm
not entirely unfamiliar with it, but I tried adding the changes for
BITNET in what seemed to be the appropriate places without success.
Has anyone else fiddled with the config file under 5.65, preferably
the one distributed by DEC?

Also, I run UREP hacked so that incoming mail is passed off directly
to sendmail in BSMTP mode via a shell script.  This used to generate
"command unknown" error messages for every line of text in the
message body, but I could redirect them in the script to /dev/null.
Sendmail 5.65 nows dumps these messages in the syslog, which is not
such a good thing at all.  I assume that there is no way around this
without recompiling sendmail, or using something else like ibsmtp for
incoming mail delivery, yes?

Cheers  - Gregg

Gregg TeHennepe | Comp & Info Services | Internet: gateh@mvax.cc.conncoll.edu
Post/Hostmaster | Connecticut College  | BITNET/CREN: gateh@conncoll
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Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1992 11:50:20 EDT
From:         Jeff Courtright <JCOURT@MIAMIU.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Religious SCA
              5 Oct 1992 08:11:58 GMT from <eia018@COMP.LANCS.AC.UK>

Dear Sir:

Unfortunately, there is no fax or e-mail for the address as far as I know.
For information on the Religious Speech Communication Association (RSCA),
write to Dr. Jessica L. Rousselow, Executive Secretary, RSCA, Taylor
University, Upland, IN  46989 USA.

Jeff Courtright (JCOURT @ MIAMIU)
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Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 14:54:00 MDT
From:         EDEMEEST@DUCAIR.BITNET
Subject:      National Republican and Democrat Convention Speeches by Women

I am looking for copies of speeches given by Women at National Republican
and Democrat Conventions since 1964.  Send responses to EDeMeest@ducair.
Thanks.  Erin DeMeester
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              barbwarn@MILTON.U.WASHINGTON.EDU
From:         Barbara Warnick <barbwarn@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Subject:      Re: post/modern

Try Robert Scholes, *Structuralism in Literature* and Frank Lentricchia
*After the New Criticism* for structural and some post structural
theory introduction.  On the postmodernists, I'll leave that to someone
who has better control of the secondary source literature than I.
From: eia018@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Mr.A.Wilson)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.rhetoric
Subject: Religious SCA
Date: 5 Oct 92 08:11:58 GMT
Organization: Department of Linguistics at Lancaster University, UK.

I wonder if anyone would be able to tell me the membership address
for the Religious Speech Communication Association (fax and/or email
preferable).

Many thanks,

Andrew Wilson,
Linguistics and Modern English Lang.,
Lancaster University, UK
email:  eia018@lancaster.ac.uk
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Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1992 13:38:27 EDT
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From:         "Dennis R. Hall" <DRHALL01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU>
Subject:      post/modern

Director of Composition, Department of English
Phone: (502) 588-6896
I was out of town when this cycle began, but I notice that no one
mentioned David Harvey's THE CONDITION OF POSTMODERNITY (Oxford: Balackwell.
1990); jus the itme you are looking for I should think. Good luck.
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Date: 01 Oct 1992 07:55:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: ggagnon@bruge.rouyn-ogc.Hydro.Qc.CA (Guy Gagnon)
Subject: :)
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Please delete my e-mail adresse  fro mthe  Gaynet list :)
(ggagnon@rouyn-ogc.hydro.qc.ca)
Thank :)
GOod morning :)

GUy Gagnon
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Date:         Mon, 28 Sep 1992 17:37:00 BSC
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From:         gomide@FPSP.FAPESP.BR
Subject:      Apologies re: InterMeta course

PLEASE DO NOT SEND MONEY !
It is with regret that I perform this task. Dr. Gelson V. Gomes. a
professor of the University of Parana, Brazil, has exceeded this
privileges and announced a eletronic course:

> ____________________________________________________________
>        Mastering INTERNET Tools, Seizing METANET Power -
>                      The InterMeta Course
> ____________________________________________________________

I must apologize for this flagrant breach of network etiquette. Please
be aware that Dr. Gelson had no right to do so, since this is against
the rules of our ANSP network, and also against the Bitnet rules.
PLEASE DO NOT SEND MONEY!
I will not discuss what his motivations were. But his account has been
revoked, and there will be no such course through my network.

Please write by normal mail, to:
-> Gelson V. Gomes
-> 358, R. Alvaro Andrade - ap.1201
-> Curitiba PR BRAZIL 80610-240
to get more information on his objectives. He may want to give the
course by normal mail.  :-)

With regards,
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Organization: Borland International
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Date:         Mon, 28 Sep 1992 14:37:00 PDT
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From:         "(Wesley Leung)" <wesleyl@BORLAND.COM>
Subject:      Re: Multi user lock-up?

What is he doing with dBASE IV v1.0?  It was a free upgrade to v1.1
and v1.5 is out and works much better on a network!
Wes,
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Date:         Sat, 26 Sep 1992 14:10:00 CST
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From:         FERRILL@EGLIN.AF.MIL
Subject: Re: Sick and Tired....Sorry Off Topic

                               E G L I N     A F B

From:  JAMES P. FERRILL                     Date:     26-Sep-1992 02:09pm CDT
       FERRILL                              Tel No:   904 678 2001
Dept:  ASC/ENO*SVERDRUP

TO:    Internet Addressee                   (
 _SMTP[DBASE-L@tecmtyvm.mty.itesm.mx] )


Subject: Re: re: Re: Sick and Tired....Sorry Off Topic

Please remove me from this list.

THanks

Paul Ferrill
Ferrill@eglin.af.mil
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Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 1992 14:52:00 EST
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From:         jeff lewis <JLEWIS@INDYCMS.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Control HP Deskjet with CLipper

On Thu, 1 Oct 1992 10:06:50 GMT Ralf Timmer I89 said:
>I'm trying to control my HP Deskjet 500 with Clipper.
>To get the deskjet in draft mode, for example, I tried:
>
>SET DEVICE TO PRINT
>@ 1,1 SAY CHR(27)+CHR(40)+CHR(115)+CHR(49)+CHR(91)
>SET DEVICE TO SCREEN
>
>This didn't work. What is wrong with this ?
>
>Thanks, Ralf.
Using the SAY command redirected to the printer does some strange formatting
modifications.  Your best be is to use the ? or QOUT().

? CHR(27)+CHR(4).....

Jeff
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Date:         Mon, 28 Sep 1992 15:24:50 EDT
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From:         SBA@CORNELLC.BITNET
Subject:      DBIII config.db

dbase looks in the current directory for a config.db, if one is not found
then the it looks for a config.db in the dbase load directory.  So, you
can put your very own special config.db in whatever directory your going
to be working in and then load dbase.  All other users would load the
default config.  I have found this very useful for various configurations
, applications and user ability.  Hope this helps.

 Steveb
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Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 09:22:43 ITA
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From:         Germano Rossi <GERMANO@IVRUNIV.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Array in Clipper 5.01

Sorry for my silly question....

This night I'd realized that my question is very very stupid, becouse:
1) I define "menu2" array after using it in "main_menu" array; so
   main_menu1,2 is NIL;
2) TYPE does not work with LOCAL variable.

Sorry again for my idiocy ("Hurry up!", tell me my chief)

Germano
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Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 12:59:02 EST
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From:         Joel Saunders <RJFS@SNYCENVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: DBASE ON A NETWORK

On Tue, 6 Oct 1992 12:32:58 EDT Cliff Green said:
>>
>> Our contract review/budget office is interested in developing a
>> database containing information about all contracts between the
>> university and outside firms/individuals.  All original signed
>> contracts are kept in our office and we need to be able to access
>> them quickly.  Four people need to be able to search and update
>> the database file.  I am currently researching networking
>> options.  Currently I am the only one in the office with a PC
>> (PS2/Model 70 386) the others have terminal connected to a VAX
>> using All-in-One.  We anticipate buying three more PC's, but even
>> after reading tons of literature, I can't decide if we need a
>> simple peer-to-peer network like Lantastic or Netware Lite, or
>> if we need Netware 3.11. I don't want to have to spend a lot of
>> time maintaining the network once it's operational.  Any
>> thoughts/suggestions would be appreciated!!!
>>
>Interesting.  We've been talking about doing something similar
>here.
>
>I think your last thought (about minimizing network maintenance)
>will probably push you to using something running on the VAX.  This
>means you should look into a product like Recital, an xbase product
>for VAX/VMS and unix, which in turn will handle the multiuser
>issues (like locking and permissions) for you, and the VAX system
>administrator is maintaining the network for you, and you don't
>have to do any network maintenance.
>
>Just a thought.
>
>c
>--
>Clifford Green               Internet:   green@rwja.umdnj.edu
>Academic Computing Services     voice:   908-463-4436
>UMDNJ-RWJMS                       fax:   908-463-5252
>#include <fineprint.h>

SOME THOUGHTS....

1)  I think that Borland has a version of DBASE that runs on the VAX.

2)  AS a consultant, I've had experiences with 10-Net, Lantastic, Netware-Lite
    and Netware.

    If you want to minimize your support but the VAX solution is unacceptable,
    both Lantastic and Netware-lite should be considered.  Be sure to pick a
    package that fits into your departments/organizations long-term plans. Too
    many times have I seen departments go on their own only to find out that
    their incompatible with future decisions.  Get many opinions now!!!

    Also, if you have the money, make sure that the new machines are at least
    386 based with some extended memory.  The ability to load drivers high will
    pay off with reduced support time in the future.


    .... Joel Saunders
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From:         RESLIFPA@OSHKOSHW.BITNET

ignore this message, just testing
From: ACSMSS@SAUPM00.BITNET (Siddiq, Mohammed)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.dbase-l
Subject: NDX.obj with Clipper 5.01
Date: 6 Oct 92 09:36:34 GMT
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Organization: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, S.A.
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I used Clipper Summer,88 version and there is and NDX.OBJ file which helps
use use the dBASE index files under Clipper. Now I tried to shift to Clipper
5.01 but facing problem in using this NDX files.

Any help regard the above problem, appreciated and thanks in advance.
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Date:         Mon, 28 Sep 1992 15:18:03 EDT
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Comments:     Resent-From: Rajesh Bansal <V696CF06@TEMPLEVM>
Comments:     Originally-From: Rajesh Bansal <V696CF06@TEMPLEVM>
From:         Rajesh Bansal <V696CF06@TEMPLEVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Introduction

Hi ,

I am new to this list so my introduction is as below :-

I am Rajesh Bansal, a student of Management Information Systems at
Temple University, Philadelphia, in the M.S. Program. This is my first
year of my Masters Degree, although I have quite a lot of computer
experience and background due to my Bachelor's Degree in Computer
Engineering.

Currently I am working on SAS (IBM-VM), DBase & LOTUS (IBM-PC).
I am new at SAS (and I am struggling with it. Maybe some of you can
help me with it by suggesting some books, references etc.)

DBase & LOTUS, I use to mantain database and generate reports about
the schedule of the School of Business and Management where I work
part-time.

And yes, I e-mail from the IBM-VM computer facility at our university.


Regards,

Rajesh Bansal, v696cf06@templevm
Temple University,
Philadelphia, PA.
From: jamesc@BORLAND.COM ((James Chuang))
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.dbase-l
Subject: Re: ?: Fixing Corrupted Files
Date: 6 Oct 92 07:32:00 GMT
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Organization: Borland International
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There used to be a couple of commercial apps which specifically
tried to fix corrupted dbase files.  Lokk in the Database Advisor
to see if there are any ads in there.

jamesc


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From: lapworth@mizar.usc.edu (Bill Lapworth)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.dbase-l
Subject: clipper 5.01: memvarblock("array-element")
Date: 2 Oct 92 20:01:45 GMT
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: mizar.usc.edu

I'm trying to avoid use of macro operator by using memvarblock().
However, it seems that memvarblock() will not work on an array
element, returning NIL instead of a codeblock.  Is this because
an array element is a refrence to a variable while memvarblock()
wants a variable as a parameter?


compiled with /a /m /n /w

proc main
private a1[1],c1,atoc
c1    := "fred"
a1[1] := "barney"
atoc  := a1[1]
cls

? "c1",c1                                 // output:  fred
? "atoc",atoc                             // output:  barney
? "a1[1]",a1[1]                           // output:  barney

? eval(memvarblock("c1") ,"flintstone" )  // output:  flintstone
? eval(memvarblock("atoc"), "rubble")     // output:  rubble
foo = "a1[1]"
&foo := "rubble1"
? a1[1]                                   // output: rubble1
? eval(memvarblock("a1[1]"),"rubble2")    // blows up!, error BASE/1004
return
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Date:         Wed, 30 Sep 1992 08:49:51 EDT
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From:         Peter Horwitz <HORWITZ@KENTVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: DBASE CONFIGURATION

On Mon, 28 Sep 1992 15:16:09 EDT Rajesh Bansal said:
>Hi ,
>
>I am facing a problem in setting DBase III+ configuration. The DBase is
>on a Novell Netware Environment and what I want to do is set my own
>configuration as soon as I execute Dbase. I cannot do this through the
>config.db file because it sets the configuration for all the network users.
>
>Is there any method by which I can do the above leaving the configuration
>for other users as it is ?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Rajesh Bansal, v696cf06@templevm

Put the config.db in the in a subdirectory which is secure to your userid
on the network only. Then run DBASE from this newly created directory. The
config.db file will be found in the local directory as opposed to the
main system dbase directory.

By the way, I always copy the config.db file to the secure personal subdir
where the files for the rogram are residing.

Yours sincerely
PETER HORWITZ
HORWITZ@KENTVM

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 He'll rip your lungs out Jim,         Werewolves in London
 Huh, I'd like to meet his tailor'
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Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 12:32:58 EDT
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From:         Cliff Green <green@UMDNJ.EDU>
Subject:      Re: DBASE ON A NETWORK

>
> Our contract review/budget office is interested in developing a
> database containing information about all contracts between the
> university and outside firms/individuals.  All original signed
> contracts are kept in our office and we need to be able to access
> them quickly.  Four people need to be able to search and update
> the database file.  I am currently researching networking
> options.  Currently I am the only one in the office with a PC
> (PS2/Model 70 386) the others have terminal connected to a VAX
> using All-in-One.  We anticipate buying three more PC's, but even
> after reading tons of literature, I can't decide if we need a
> simple peer-to-peer network like Lantastic or Netware Lite, or
> if we need Netware 3.11. I don't want to have to spend a lot of
> time maintaining the network once it's operational.  Any
> thoughts/suggestions would be appreciated!!!
>
Interesting.  We've been talking about doing something similar
here.

I think your last thought (about minimizing network maintenance)
will probably push you to using something running on the VAX.  This
means you should look into a product like Recital, an xbase product
for VAX/VMS and unix, which in turn will handle the multiuser
issues (like locking and permissions) for you, and the VAX system
administrator is maintaining the network for you, and you don't
have to do any network maintenance.

Just a thought.

c
--
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Academic Computing Services     voice:   908-463-4436
UMDNJ-RWJMS                       fax:   908-463-5252
#include <fineprint.h>
From: rjus@uonline.com (ren_just)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.dbase-l
Subject: Re: Controlling a modem from dbase?
Date: 30 Sep 92 00:04:18 GMT
Organization: Just Computers!

4_FSALEEM@FAIR1.BITNET writes:
: Greetings!  I  am trying to control a modem (connected to COM2) from
: Dbase IV 1.0 to dial a number stored in a customer-list database.
: I tried using a dos run command to "echo atdt phonenum>com2:" but that
: didn't seem to work. Does anyone know of a way to do this? It seemed
: pretty simple in theory. Can I just set device to com2 and "? phonenum"
: 
: Thanx!
: 
: FS!
: 4_Fsaleem@fair1
: fsalem@admiral.uucp

It has been awhile since I have played with this sort of thing on FoxBASE+,
but if my memory serves me correctly, do the following:

SET PRINTER TO [COM PORT]

And then send your commands to the port.  Not all modems work properly
with this technique though.  As an alternative, there is a BIN file
floating around that you can LOAD and CALL.  It worked flawlessly.  It was
shareware, so look around your favorite BBS that is oriented towards
programming and you can find it.  If you are still unsuccessful, let me
know and I probably can dig it up for you and you can call my BBS.

Randy Just
uonline!rjus@infoserv.com

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