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From: Peter.Brighton@f513.n635.z3.fidonet.org (Peter Brighton)
Newsgroups: aus.comms
Subject: Modem PULSE dialing / TO
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 01:02:00

JA>Has anyone found that using a modem on an old phone exchange that
JA>supports pulse dialing only is a problem compared to using one
JA>on a newer exchange that supports tone dialing?  I'm on one of those
JA>old pulse dialing exchanges, and it took quite a bit of mucking around
JA>with the modem initialization string to just get the modem to recognize

Jamie I'm on a local exchange here in Torquay the old part is only pulse
and i've had no trouble just plugged in my ten year old 1200b modem and
hey presto we're talking to the world. Just had to change the modem to
pulse and it rattles away. Same modem works fine at work where we're on
a brand new digital switch board just tweek it to tone and away we go.
Is it possible that all these whizz bang light speed modems that
everyone seems to be having trouble with and complaining to
manufacturers that never listen can't hack it in the outback. Lifes
slower in the country anyway.

Cheers

___
 X OLX 2.1 TD X Regards Peter Brighton  Bells Beach Australia

 * Origin: 4-DOS (3:635/513)
Newsgroups: aus.comms
From: wally@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Christian Wilson)
Subject: What are YOU looking for in a comms program?
Keywords: Communications programs, User Wants
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 00:21:28 GMT

Hi All,

I'm thinking of embarking on a project of mammoth proportions.

To complete this project successfully, I'll need a little bit of user
input. Before you ask, yes i am writing a comms program :-). (Or will
try to anyway!).

Please! If you have ANY ideas whatsoever about what should be in a comms
program, mail me! I currently have this list of 'features' that I
believe should be included:


o       Support for Zmodem, Ymodem, Xmodem and Kermit protocols.
        There are also 5 slots for external protocols.

o       Selection of upload files from a directory window.

o       A built in disk manager for disk maintenance.

o       Both IEMSI and EMSI compatible - this means you can autologin

o       Built in host mode. Scripting will be available in a later
        version.

o       External program running. There are 10 external program slots.
        With OS/2's powerful multitasking, WallyCom will spawn programs
        if requested, which means it will keep on running in the background.

o       Fifo buffer support. Extremely necessary for high speed
        communication under any environment.

o       Emulations supported under WallyCom include Avatar 0+/1, ANSI,
        FULL VT100, VT52, and VideoTex.

o       Advanced call costing accounting. In the dialling directory, you
        can specify the cost per minute for calling interstate BBS's, and
        you can also specify a flat rate cost for local calls. This ensures
        total justification of the phone bill.

And yes, before you ask, I intend it to run under DOS, and OS/2 - 2
separate compiled versions.

Thanks, your input is appreciated!

Christian.
From: craig@kralizec.zeta.org.au (Craig Dewick)
Newsgroups: aus.comms
Subject: public access network sites that support batching systems
Date: 25 Dec 1992 08:53:12 +1100
Organization: Kralizec Dialup Unix Sydney: +61-2-837-1183 V.42bis
NNTP-Posting-Host: kralizec.zeta.org.au
Keywords: no UUCP!


I would like to know is there are any public access Unix systems on AARnet that
support batched news and email transfer? It's not possible to port any UUCP
packages to my system (at least not in my lifetime!), so I'm looking at 
alternatives for news/email transfer.

Some sort of batching scheme would be the simplest to set up, but no-one wants
to support such things (typical of most net-types, they think if you can't talk
using a defined protocol then you're not welcome).

Any suggestions?
-- 
 Craig Dewick, Station Master, Possum Power Tank BBS. +612-544-1060 (ringback).
    Send electronic mail to craig@kralizec.zeta.org.au, flames to /dev/null.
                      - Railway Preservation Industries -
          Supporting the Preservation of Australia's Railway Heritage
From: alan@frey.newcastle.edu.au (Alan Hargreaves)
Newsgroups: aus.comms
Subject: Re: Alpha phone numbers?
Date: 13 Jan 1993 11:28:57 +1100
Organization: Maths Department, University of Newcastle, Oz.
NNTP-Posting-Host: frey.newcastle.edu.au

tomw@ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au (Tom Worthington) writes:

>It might be interesting to see what existing phone numbers spell.
>There would appear to be a place for some service for trying to think up
>meaningful words from phone numbers.

I seem to remember that such a prog was posted to mod.sources (I
think) about 8-9 years ago ;).

alan.
-- 
Alan Hargreaves (VK2KVF) alan@frey.newcastle.edu.au, Uni of Newcastle, UCS.
Ph: +61 49 215 512 Fax: +61 49 684 742 ICBM: 32 53 44.6 S / 151 41 52.6 E

Software Bloat -  Any UNIX(tm) after Version 7.	(Sm@cerberus.bhpese.oz.au)
Newsgroups: aus.comms
From: lightw@cetra.trl.OZ.AU (Liron Lightwood)
Subject: Re: Alpha phone numbers?
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 00:03:14 GMT

Arthur@cswamp.apana.org.au (Arthur Marsh) writes:

>On Thu 31 Dec at 04:32 quodling@stimpy.enet.dec.com wrote: 

> q> I'd like to see lettered keypads introduced in Australia, if 
> q> for nothing else, to make Mnemonic phone number easier.

> q> Any comments?

>The the matching of letters to digits on telephone keypads/dials is already
>specified in Austel Technical Standard 2, although it is optional whether
>lettering appears on the keypad/dial or not.

>Recent Touchfone 200 phones (i.e. what Telecom supply when you get a new phone
>service) have lettering, but it would be good to have a picture of the lettered
>keypad in telephone books for those who need to know what to dial when
>confronted with an alphanumeric form of a telephone number and an unlettered
>keypad/dial.

They already appear on some payphone keypads.

Interestingly, I have found one number which has been based on lettering,
even though they do not advertise the number in the alpha phone.

The number is for 'The Met' (Melbourne public transport) transport
information hotline.

The number is 131 638 = 131 MET.

Thought tyou might like to know that.

Liron Lightwood                     Internet : r.lightwood@trl.oz.au
Telecom Research Laboratories       Phone : +61 3 253 6535
770 Blackburn Road                  Snail : P.O. Box 249 Clayton 3168 Australia
Clayton  Vic. 3168 Australia        Disclaimer : My views are not my company's
Newsgroups: aus.comms
From: stuarta@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU (Stuart Andrews)
Subject: Re: Alpha phone numbers?
Organization: CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics, Australia
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:19:31 GMT

In article <1993Jan12.070740.7606@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au> tomw@ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au (Tom Worthington) writes:
>It might be interesting to see what existing phone numbers spell.
>There would appear to be a place for some service for trying to think up
>meaningful words from phone numbers.

Peice of cake to do it in s/w really. I once wrote this thing to solve those
jumbled word thingis. You just take the number, translate to all possible
combinations of letters then compare to a dictionary file from ms-word or
some such. Peice of cake...

stuartb

-- 
 "Murder is nothing more than a common assault with unfortunate consequences"
                                                (Rumpole, of the Old Bailey)
################################################################################
Stuart Andrews (stuarta@syd.dms.csiro.au)
Opinions posted here are mine and do not necessarily comply with those of CSIRO
From: Arthur@cswamp.apana.org.au (Arthur Marsh)
Newsgroups: aus.comms
Distribution: world
Subject: Alpha phone numbers?
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 19:03:18 +1000

On Thu 31 Dec at 04:32 quodling@stimpy.enet.dec.com wrote: 

 q> I'd like to see lettered keypads introduced in Australia, if 
 q> for nothing else, to make Mnemonic phone number easier.

 q> Any comments?

The the matching of letters to digits on telephone keypads/dials is already
specified in Austel Technical Standard 2, although it is optional whether
lettering appears on the keypad/dial or not.

Recent Touchfone 200 phones (i.e. what Telecom supply when you get a new phone
service) have lettering, but it would be good to have a picture of the lettered
keypad in telephone books for those who need to know what to dial when
confronted with an alphanumeric form of a telephone number and an unlettered
keypad/dial.

 * Origin: Camelot Swamp MJCNA, Hawthorndene, Sth Australia (8:7000/8)
From: etddh@levels.unisa.edu.au
Newsgroups: aus.jobs
Subject: P/Grad Res Scholarship in Intelligent CAD: Uni of SA
Date: 5 Jan 93 21:02:12 +1030
Organization: University of South Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: sirius.itd.adelaide.edu.au
Originator: daemon@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au

Applications are invited for a postgraduate research scholarship for study
towards a higher degree (M.Eng or Ph.D) in the Dept of Electronic Engineering
at the University of South Australia.  DON'T STOP READING YET IF YOU'RE NOT
IN ENGINEERING! The successful applicant will work on the development of an
environment for integrating intelligent, knowledge-based applications with a
solid-modelling CAD system.  An industrial partner is involved.

The project is supported by an ARC APRA(I) grant, paying $18,600 pa.  This
will be topped up, reflecting the quality of the applicant.  The successful
applicant will have an honours degree in Computer Science or Computer Systems
Engineering.  Issues involved include AI and user interfacing.

Applicants should forward a CV and the names and addresses of two referees to:
Mr David Harris,  School of Electronic Engineering, University of South Aust.
The Levels Campus, SA 5095.  Closing date is the 29th January 1993.
Phone (08) 302 3301; Fax (08) 302 3384; email David.Harris@Levels.UniSA.edu.au

Initial enquiries welcome.
#! rnews 1633
From: xtasc@levels.unisa.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.security.misc
Subject: Security related Documentation sought.
Date: 5 Jan 93 22:16:31 +1030
Organization: University of South Australia

Hi All,

Our site is currently undergoing numerous upgrades to security, physical,
software and procedural. In the process, we are trying to bring our
documentation and procedures up to date, and to that end I've been
looking about for any papers in related areas.

I'd be interested to know of any sources/ftp sites for any documentation
relating to the following topics/questions -

- unix security and procedures
- vms security and procedures
- pc/mac security wrt virii etc
- network security, esp modem access and session tracking
- (generic) password security, checking, education of importance, etc.

I mention the two unix/vms in the hope that there exists some specific
info relating to these environments. In many ways we perceive education of
our users of prime importance (esp in selecting passwords), hence the
reference there.

Unfortunately policies on PD/Freeware software prevent us from implementing
many of the systems that may apon failure preclude production availability
of computing resources, however suites that simply check for obvious
problems (like some password checkers Ive heard of) would not be a problem.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'll summarize to the group if
appropriate !!

Please email any info to mayfield@itd.adelaide.edu.au

Rob Mayfield
(none of the above has anything to do with unisa.edu.au or adelaide.edu.au)
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 21:11:16 CST
From: <U22822@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: aus.jobs
Subject: HELP ON SYDNEY PHONE NUMBERS

COULD ANYBODY PROVIDE ME COUPLE OF PHONE NUMBERS OF EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES
IN SYDNEY?

THANKS
MATT
u22822@UICVM.UIC.EDU
Newsgroups: uc.jobs,aus.jobs
From: btb@adminserver.canberra.edu.au (Brigid Barry)
Subject: Academic Level B Dept Accounting & Finance (6 mths appointment)
Organization: University of Canberra
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 04:46:58 GMT
Expires: 25 Jan 93

UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA


FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT
Department of Accounting and Finance
Academic Level B (Lecturer)
Six Month Appointment
Reference No:  92/2126


The Faculty is seeking a suitably qualified person to 
convene its accounting MBA and strategic management subjects 
in the first semester 1993.  The successful applicant will 
hold professional and academic qualifications in accounting.

Preference will be given to applicants with tertiary level 
teaching experience and/or with extensive management 
experience.

Closing Date:	25 January 1993	
Salary:		$41,000- $48,688
Contact Officer:	Mrs M O'Brien	(06) 201 2685

Applications:  Selection documentation may be obtained by 
telephoning 201 2607 (24 hour answering machine).  
Applications addressing the Selection Criteria and 
containing a contact telephone number during business hours 
should be addressed to:


	The Assistant Vice-Chancellor - Administration
	c/- Registry
	PO Box 1
	BELCONNEN   ACT  2616

The University is
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND MAINTAINS A SMOKE-FREE 
ENVIRONMENT

The University of Canberra is a member of the Unified 
National System and is sponsored by Monash University
From: cas@csource.oz.au (Craig Sanders)
Newsgroups: aus.jobs
Subject: Work wanted in OS2/Mac/Unix/MSDOS environment(s)
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 10:56:00

I'm looking for part time or full-time work.  My experience is
mostly concentrated in the areas of end-user support and systems
administration.

I am particularly interested in roles related to electronic publishing
and/or archiving of hardcopy documentation and records.



                    SYNOPSIS OF CURRICULUM VITAE

Craig Sanders                               Phone: 482-5078
Northcote  VIC  3070                        email: cas@csource.oz.au

Australian citizen, born 7th March, 1967

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

    Total of approximately 10 years, primarily in the fields of end-user
support, communications, systems/LAN administration and programming.

    Partially completed Computer Science degree (La Trobe University)

    8 years experience in end user and/or technical support related roles,
supporting a wide variety of products and hardware & software platforms.  My
support roles have required a variety of problem solving, user training, and
conflict resolution skills.

    8 years in-depth involvement with data communications including: 6 years
with various LAN environments; modems; and operation of an electronic mail
system for the past 4 years.

    2 years involvement in technology and issues relating to electronic
publishing and archiving.

    Member of IBM OS/2 Developer Assistance Program.


MAIN ENVIRONMENTS:

    MS-DOS      Pascal, BASIC, Dataflex, dBase, Novell, 3Com, TOPS,
                communications, and common business applications such as
                Lotus 123, Q&A, Word Perfect and others.

    Macintosh   MPW Pascal & C, 4th Dimension, Omnis III & V, Hypercard &
                SuperCard, Opal WorkStation Software, Appleshare, TOPS

    OS/2        GNU GCC, Presentation Manager, WPS, SOM.  

    Unix        SCO System V rel 4; standard tools (such as grep, sed, awk
                etc) on Unix machines as well as versions for other oeprating
                systems.

    General     Networking and communications; Electronic Publishing; Database
                design and implementation; User Support.

REFERENCES available upon request.

 --- msgedsq/2 2.1a
 * Origin: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen, 00:00-06:00 MO, PEP (3:632/205) 
 * Origin: The Utility Muffin Research Kitchen, Vic, Australia (3:632/205)
Newsgroups: aus.jobs,aus.general,misc.jobs.offered,comp.databases,comp.ai,comp.lang.prolog,comp.databases.research
From: isaac@etrog.se.citri.edu.au (Dr Isaac Balbin)
Subject: Research Scholarships
Organization: Collaborative Information Technology Research Institute
Distribution: aus
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 11:22:33 GMT

                      RMIT City Campus
           Key Centre for Knowledge Based Systems
              Department of Computer Science
                   Research Scholarships

     The Department is seeking applications from bright  and
motivated  students  who  wish to undertake a Masters or PhD
program in the area of Knowledge Based Systems. Research  in
the  Department is supported by an ARC funded Key Centre for
Knowledge Based Systems. Successful students will  have  the
opportunity  to  work in the modern facilities at CITRI, the
Collaborative Information Technology Research Institute sup-
ported by RMIT and the University of Melbourne.


Some research projects that the Department supports include:

(1)  Atlas:  A Database System for Advanced Applications

(2)  Large Hypertext Databases

(3)  Titan 4.0:  Development of a TQL Interface to Titan

(4)  Database Indexing for Relational Operations

(5)  Query Optimization in Nested Relational Databases

(6)  Design Considerations and Performance  Analysis  of  an
     Electronic Library

(7)  The Tethys Programming Language:  A  Language  Designed
     for the Implementation of an Extensible Database System

(8)  Design of Document Database Systems

(9)  Using a Machine-Readable Dictionary for Text Retrieval

(10) Merging Information Retrieval and Hypertext Systems

(11) Compression for Text Databases

(12) Efficient Retrieval of Hierarchically Structured Data

(13) Coherent Answers from Structured Text

(14) Fast Text Indexing Techniques

(15) TREC - Retrieval from Large Text Collections

(16) Efficient Lossless Compression Techniques for  Document
     Images















(17) SGML-based Text Retrieval

(18) Parallel Processing in Information Retrieval

(19) Management of Software Engineering Documents


The scholarships will be offered at the maximum  APRA  level
of $18,697 per annum.

Applicants should apply in writing to
                 Professor Ron Sacks-Davis
                  Research Director, CITRI
               723 Swanston St., Carlton 3053
		rsd@citri.edu.au

by January 31st, 1993.


RMIT is a University incorporating Phillip Institute of Technology
From: dtb@otto (David Bath)
Newsgroups: aus.jobs
Subject: Close of unix/c/oracle melbourne
Date: 6 Jan 93 10:29:07 GMT
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre
Distribution: aus
NNTP-Posting-Host: otto.bf.rmit.oz.au
Summary: job i advertised filled
Keywords: filled

The job advertised for 2/3 months contract work in melbourne using UNIX
C and Oracle with Global Technology has been filled.

However, should you have these sort of skills, feel free to contact us.

You should ring Gerry Carcour on (03) 347-7511.

Regards

David T. Bath	Email:dtb@otto.bf.rmit.oz.au	Phone:03-3477511
Global Technology Corporation, 179 Grattan St, CARLTON, VIC, 3153, AUSTRALIA
"Failure to emulate is the best revenge" - Marcus Aurelius
-- 
David T. Bath	Email:dtb@otto.bf.rmit.oz.au	Phone:03-3477511
Global Technology Corporation, 179 Grattan St, CARLTON, VIC, 3153, AUSTRALIA
"Failure to emulate is the best revenge" - Marcus Aurelius
Newsgroups: aus.jobs
From: CXTY <CXTY@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA>
Subject: environmental engineering jobs in Adelaide--inquiry
Organization: McGill University
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 17:22:59 GMT

I would be grateful if someone could offer advice on opportunities
for environmental engineers in Adelaide (water treatment, waste
management).  I have been offered a position at the University of
Adelaide, but my wife (M.Sc.in Engineering) is concerned about
employment opportunities for herself.


D. Schoen, Biology, McGill University, Canada
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 21:15:37 CST
From: <U22822@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: aus.jobs
Subject: HELP ON PUBLISHER INFORMATION

COULD ANYBODY PROVIDE ME PUBLISHER INFORMATION OF A FEW BOOKS GIVING
PROFILES OF THE AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES AROUN SYDNEY?

THANKS
MATT
U22822@UICVM.UIC.EDU
From: maj112@phys.anu.edu.au
Newsgroups: aus.jobs
Subject: Research Scientist - ANU
Date: 12 Jan 93 14:47:24 GMT
Organization: Research School of Physical Sciences, ANU
NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.15.75


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - ANUTECH

RESEARCH SCIENTIST (Plasma Deposition)

   We are looking for a scientist/engineer with a PhD in plasma studies
and 3 to 4 years experience in plasma deposition from gases such as
silane using low pressure, high density diffusion plasmas. A sound background
in design, assembly, operation and analysis of results from plasma systems
is crucial to the project. Industrial experience is also required. 

   The position is available for one year initially with the possibility of
a two year extension. Salary is expected to be in the range $36285 - $41000

     For further information contact Dr Rod Boswell (06) 249 3442 by 
19th January 1993
Newsgroups: aus.jobs
Subject: For Herbert only
From: trathenac@brt.deakin.edu.au
Date: 13 Jan 93 15:02:09 EST
Organization: Deakin University, Melbourne

Herbert (syz@mullian.ee.Mu.OZ.AU),

I tried to email you about the casual work available for a student.
Your email address did not work. Could you ring me?

Chris

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Chris Trathen
Technology Management Centre   _--_/\  
Burwood Campus                /      \     trathenac@brt.deakin.edu.au
Deakin University             \_.--._/          Fax: +61 3 888 8562
221 Burwood Highway                 v         Phone: +61 3 805 3936
Burwood  Victoria
Australia  3125
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From: bigk@cs.uq.oz.au (Kathy Williamson)
Newsgroups: aus.jobs
Subject: Research Scientist Positions
Date: 6 Jan 93 06:53:25 GMT
Reply-To: bigk@cs.uq.oz.au



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                COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE FOR
                DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY
                      Brisbane, Australia
          trading as DSTC Pty Ltd, A.C.N. 052 372 577


                      RESEARCH POSITIONS
                     2 Research Scientists

                   Distributed Database Unit

The Cooperative Research Centre for Distributed Systems Technology has 
been established under an Australian Government programme with initial 
Government and industry funding of $54 million over 7 years.  It's mission
is to develop and extend technologies that will form the infrastructure for 
global distributed information systems and services.

The main research activities of the CRC are focussed on distributed
architectures; databases; software tools; management, security and
performance; and resource discovery.

The CRC is seeking 2 people at the Research Scientist level to work in
the Distributed Database Unit.  The main problems being studied in this
unit are transaction management in distributed database systems and the
integration of heterogeneous database systems.  Applicants should have a
PhD and relevant research experience.  Systems development experience
would be advantageous.

The positions are located at the universities in Brisbane participating in
the CRC.  Appointments will be for an initial period of 3 years.  Salaries
will be at least commensurate with equivalent positions offered by
universities and public research organizations.  For further information,
Rob Cook:  Tel: +61(7)365 4321, Fax:  +61(7)365 4399, Internet:
cook@citr.uq.oz.au.

Written applications should include names and contact addresses for 
2 referees and should be addressed to Rob Cook, CEO, DSTC Pty Ltd, 
The University of Queensland, Brisbane Q 4072, Australia.  Applications
close on 31 January 1993.

Note: Previous applicants for these positions will be reconsidered
without having to re-apply.

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