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From: khor@bnr.ca (Kyle Hor)
Subject: Re: Mortgage Amortization Scheduling Service
Reply-To: khor@bnr.ca (Kyle Hor)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Distribution: ott
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 17:21:58 GMT

In article <1992Sep8.141440.28295@bcrka451.bnr.ca>, kbrough@bcrka393.bnr.ca (Kenneth Brough 1614168) writes:
|> I have already written a couple of spreadsheets in Excel 3.0 for the MAC which
|> calculate payment/amortization options and generate amortization tables. So
|> far they have proved accurate to within cents of what my mortgage co. tells
|> me I owe.
|> 
|> As I am a kind and generous soul who doesn't believe people should have to
|> fork over good money just to figure out Canada's byzantine mortage system
|> I am prepared to post binhexed versions of whatever formats you want that
|> Excel provides. (SYLK, WKS, etc. etc.). Please e-mail requests so the
|> group doesn't get all choked up.
|> 
Good for you Kenneth.  This is what freeware is all about.  Anyway for those who
do not have Excel or anything resembling a spreadsheet, all is not lost. 
The following is the formula for Canadian house mortgage.  It is based on monthly 
payment.
                        P
    A  = -------------------------------
         (12/i + 2.5) (1 - (1+0.5i)^-2n)

where P = principle or amount owing
      A = monthly amortization
      i = annual rate of interest.  e.g. at 7%  i=0.07
      n = loan period in years.

The formulae for biweekly payments and weekly payments are slightly different due 
to the faster rate of reduction of the principle.  I do not have them handy with
me right now.  E-mail me if you want them.

On the side.  I did an analysis how much I would save paying monthly, bi-weekly or
weekly.  The conclusion I have is that the savings are low based on the current low
interest rate but would be significant as the interest rate climbs.
--
...Kyle              khor@bnr.ca         (613) 763-2488
Newsgroups: ott.general,bnr.general
From: kerryy@bnr.ca (Kerry Yackoboski)
Subject: SUMMARY Re: Advice on Ottawa computer stores
Reply-To: kerryy@bnr.ca
Organization: BNR Ottawa
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 23:59:30 GMT


Thanks to the local net for their comments; here (in no particular
order) is my summary.

Places to check into: Computer Concepts in Bells Corners,
		      Computer Korner in Kanata,
		      Competition Computers in (?),
		      Mooney Bay,
		      MICS/Miccount,
		      Inly Systems,
		      Peach Microsystems (O'Connor Near Metcalfe),
		      NitroMicroSystems (sp?), Courtwood Crescent,
		      NorthWest Digital, on Collonade Rd.,
		      Marty Millet (don't know his company's name).

BNR employees get a discount (that might not really a discount) at
Computerland.

Places I'll avoid: Steals,
		   Majestic,
		   Mr. Diskette,
		   Ali,
		   P&A Systems in Montreal Road,
		   Akran.

I'll probably check NorthWest Digital first simply because the person
who recommended them says they're good for HP stuff... perhaps in a
couple of weeks, when my pockets are x^2 dollars lighter, I'll post 
my opinions of the stores I visit.  Again, thank you all.

Kerry
From: gordon@pinetree.org (Gordon Dewis)
Newsgroups: ott.general,bnr.general
Subject: Re: Advice on Ottawa computer stores?
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 23:22:15 EDT
Distribution: ott
Organization: Gordon's Pinetree * Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

dannyd@bcars692.bnr.ca (Croc Duguay) writes:

> If the HP DeskJet you are interested in is the low end one that uses
> Ink Jet technology, I say avoid it. I had to return mine after I struggled
> with the print quality for about a month ( it really smudges alot ) .
> The Apple Stylewriter is infinitely better.

I have an HP 500C on my desk at work and I don't have problems with 
smudging.  But I have noticed that the print quality for black ink is 
actually better on the enviro paper that's bought at work, rather than 
good bond and better than the high clay content paper that I use for 
colour work.  But for colour, you can't beat the special HP paper which 
has a high clay content.

The 500C uses ink jet technology in the form of little disposeable 
cartridges.

It's all in the paper.

  --G

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Newsgroups: ott.general
From: myhui@bnr.ca (Michael Hui)
Subject: Re: LOW gas prices in West End!
Keywords: gas wars, prices, low
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa, Canada
Distribution: ott
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 23:45:50 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.201942.3959@bmerh85.bnr.ca> I wrote:
>I believe the other one is a Sunoco station, MY FAVORITE !!!
>That station is on the south side of Richmond Road.
>Their top of the line 94 octane stuff is (was) at 63 cents/L.

Ooops. Not anymore. It's back up at 66.9 cents/litre.
Newsgroups: cu.news,ott.general
From: dfs@doe.carleton.ca (David F. Skoll)
Subject: Printer and Tandy Color Computer peripherals for sale
Organization: Dept. of Electronics, Carleton University
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 15:04:01 GMT

For sale:

o  DEC LA50 dot matrix printer, RS232 interface.  In good working order.
	--- $60, includes programmers reference guide.

o  Radio Shack "multi-pack" interface for Color Computer.
        --- $40, includes manual.

o  Radio Shack "X-Pad" graphics tablet.  Requires an old CoCo with a +12V
   supply, or the multi-pack interface above.
        --- $50, includes manual.

o  Almost complete collection of Byte Magazine from Aug 1990 to Sept 1992.
   (Only one issue missing - Dec 1991, I think.)
	--- $20

Prices are negotiable!

Contact me via e-mail or call 567-3662.

--
David F. Skoll

Newsgroups: ott.general
From: khor@bnr.ca (Kyle Hor)
Subject: Re: Zen and the Art of the Internet
Reply-To: khor@bnr.ca (Kyle Hor)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Distribution: ott
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 16:47:03 GMT

In article <wcsjc.715958756@cunews>, wcsjc@alfred.carleton.ca (John Coughlin) writes:
|> In <LTVRqB5w165w@pinetree.org> breath@pinetree.org (Norma Joseph) writes:
|> 
|> >I have heard of a publication called "Zen and the Art of the Internet"
|> >but am having trouble locating  a copy.
|> >If anyone has heard of this, probably obscure, document, please let
|> >me know if there is a copy around the Ottawa that I could borrow or
|> >copy or buy.
|> >Thanks in advance.
|> 
|> I too would like to know where to obtain it.

Nope it is not obscure at all.  Could not remember which ftp sites have it but
I got a copy in postscript.  If there is sufficient number of people interested, 
I'll post it up in compressed, uuencoded format.
-- 
...Kyle              khor@bnr.ca         (613) 763-2488
From: breath@pinetree.org (Norma Joseph)
Newsgroups: ott.general
Subject: Ottawa area computer stores
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 17:14:43 EDT
Distribution: ott
Organization: Gordon's Pinetree * Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

I only ever deal with one computer store in this area anymore... due
mainly to the fact that I have received excellent point of sale and 
after-sales service from them. 
They are Inly Systems on Cummings Avenue (off Ogilvie road near
St. Laurent).  I buy all my hardward and software from them and have
no qualms whatsoever about calling them up at any time with any 
question no matter how stupid I feel it might sound.
Their prices are competitive as well, I believe, although I have
ceased shopping around.  


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From: gordon@pinetree.org (Gordon Dewis)
Newsgroups: ott.general
Subject: Re: Zen and the Art of the Internet
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 20:38:09 EDT
Distribution: ott
Organization: Gordon's Pinetree * Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

khor@bnr.ca (Kyle Hor) writes:

> Nope it is not obscure at all.  Could not remember which ftp sites have it bu
> I got a copy in postscript.  If there is sufficient number of people interest
> I'll post it up in compressed, uuencoded format.

How big is it?

  --G

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Newsgroups: ott.general
From: david@zone4.ocunix.on.ca (David Stimson)
Newsgroups: ott.general
Distribution: ott
Subject: Re: Mailbox rental?
Organization: Zone4
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 16:25:07 GMT


Yes, you can go to most post offices to rent a box...I think it was something
like $50/year last  I checked...<about a year ago>
 

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-- New quote in progress
From: jstewart@Software.Mitel.COM (John Stewart)
Newsgroups: ott.general
Subject: Re: Mortgage Amortization Scheduling Service
Date: 10 Sep 92 13:16:31 GMT
Distribution: ott
Organization: Mitel. Kanata (Ontario). Canada.

For PC users, Simtel20 (or a mirror site) has a package called ddmtg in
msdos/finance (or something close) which is a Canadian Mortgage calculation
program.

I have not run it in a while (indeed I no longer have it - I left it in 
New Zealand!) but it appeared fairly flexible - bulk deposits, changing
interest rates, etc could all be programmed in. 

--
"I wish to god these calculations had | John Stewart - Mitel Corp, Kanata Can.
been executed by steam" - C Babbage.  | jstewart@software.mitel.com
Newsgroups: ott.general
From: schous@bnr.ca (Christian Schousboe)
Subject: Madawaska Highlands Car Rally 
Reply-To: schous@bnr.ca (Christian Schousboe)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Distribution: ott
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 19:08:17 GMT

On Saturday October 3 the Cornwall Light Car Association will host the
the Madawaska Highlands Car Rally. Note that this rally will be a
performance type car rally and it will count toward the Ontario Region
Performance Rally Championship. It is expected to draw competitors from
all across Ontario and Quebec and perhaps even the United States. It will
start from the Renfrew Inn in Renfrew Ontario and there will be four
special stages over which competitors will race flat out against the
clock.

The organizing team is looking for volunteers to help out as course marshals
on the day of the rally. If you are interested in helping out or in obtaining
further information please call Chris Schousboe at 765-2883 or Bryson
Guptill at 737-7292.


Newsgroups: ott.general
From: stuck@moose.cs.umn.edu (Elizabeth Stuck)
Subject: Looking for an apartment in Ottawa
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.
Distribution: ott
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 19:06:51 GMT

My husband and I are moving to Ottawa in November.  We're looking for
an apartment to rent for a year.  We would prefer to live near the
National Research Council on Montreal Road (where I'll be working),
and/or near an appropriate bus line.  We're hoping to find a one or
two bedroom apartment in a relatively quiet area for $800 Canadian or
less per month.  We'll be visiting in October to choose an apartment.
If you know of an apartment that fits this description, please post or
send me e-mail.

Thanks in advance.


Liz Stuck
--
Elizabeth Stuck                                 University of Minnesota
stuck@cs.umn.edu                                Computer Science Department

Newsgroups: ott.general,bnr.general
From: kerryy@bnr.ca (Kerry Yackoboski)
Subject: Advice on Ottawa computer stores?
Reply-To: kerryy@bnr.ca
Organization: BNR Ottawa
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 01:39:48 GMT

Can anyone recommend Ottawa-area computer stores to visit or to avoid?
I'm somewhat new here and I'm interested in buying a good-quality
printer (probably an HP DeskJet to hang off of my 386) but I'd like to
have some questions answered first...and I just dread trying to explain
that the only thing I'll use the printer for is LaTeX.

Are there any stores known for high-quality service and respectably
knowledgeable sales people?  Exceptionally low prices?  What are the
odds of the intersection of these two criteria being a null set?
---
thanks,
Kerry Yackoboski
Newsgroups: ott.general
From: kbrough@bcrka393.bnr.ca (Kenneth Brough 1614168)
Subject: Re: Mortgage Amortization Scheduling Service
Reply-To: kbrough@bnr.ca
Organization: Bell Northern Research, Ottawa
Distribution: ott
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 14:14:40 GMT

I have already written a couple of spreadsheets in Excel 3.0 for the MAC which
calculate payment/amortization options and generate amortization tables. So
far they have proved accurate to within cents of what my mortgage co. tells
me I owe.

As I am a kind and generous soul who doesn't believe people should have to
fork over good money just to figure out Canada's byzantine mortage system
I am prepared to post binhexed versions of whatever formats you want that
Excel provides. (SYLK, WKS, etc. etc.). Please e-mail requests so the
group doesn't get all choked up.

For other BNR types, these spreadsheets are available on a Mac fileserver.
Cocos me for details.

Regards,

Ken Brough
Merchant ASIC Engineering
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Newsgroups: ott.general
From: sharma@nrcphy1.phy.nrc.ca (Rohit Sharma)
Subject: Indian Music stores
Followup-To:  sharma@nrcphy1.phy.nrc.ca
Summary: looking for
Keywords: music
Organization: National Research Council of Canada
Distribution: ott
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 19:17:45 GMT
Expires: Sept 17 1992


 Does anybody know  of good Indian Music stores which would have a
good collection of CDs in the Ottawa/Nepean area ?? (And yes, I did
check the yellow pages, there are none listed).

email to    sharma@nrcphy1.phy.nrc.ca

- Rohit
-------------------------------------
Rohit Sharma, TRLabs - SSOC - NRC
-------------------------------------
Newsgroups: ott.general
From: kinc@bnr.ca (Kin Chan)
Subject: Re: LOW gas prices in West End!
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Distribution: ott
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 21:15:44 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.191131.22700@bcars6a8.bnr.ca> colette@bnr.ca (Colette George) writes:
>GET THE LOW GAS PRICES WHILE THEY LAST!
>
>There are two "warring" independant gas stations with low prices in the
>west end.  They are located on Richmond Road, (corner of Richmond
>and Ambleside/McEwen).  The exact location is about 2 blocks east
>of Lincoln Heights Galleria.
>
>The station on the left is called Mr. Gas and is selling regular 
>unleaded for 51 cents a litre (full service).  The other gas station
>is right across the street (I forget the name), and it's selling
>for the same price.
>
>Don't know how long this will last...

It's good that we finally see a price war.
Unfortunately these aren't brand name stations.
I haven't gone to any non-brand name stations since 
last time when some of them put solvent into the gas that would
screw up your fuel pump 8^{ 

This gives me an idea though. Why don't whoever see a good
gas price somewhere, whoever would post it on the net.
This way we don't have to shop around ourselves and get
the best deal in town :) BTW, the gas price in Toronto
is 51.7 constantly! Let's do something about it in Ottawa.

Cheers,

K.C.


Newsgroups: ott.events
From: momtahan@bnrca (Parham Momtahan)
Subject: Re: Dr. Walter Brown speaking 24 Oct. in Orleans.
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 13:00:13 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.185948.23850@bmerh85.bnr.ca>, crath@jetform.com (Christopher Rath) writes:

|> .....
|>     "Dr. Walter T. Brown is an eminently qualified speaker on the topic of
|>     creation science.....  He puts in laymen's terms the profound results of
|>     his research.  Dealing with topics such as dinosaurs, Noah's Ark,
|>     and the age of the earth Dr. Brown shows the truth about Creation,
|>     and reveals the deceptiveness of evolutionist thinking.  

And, for an alternative venue, I would recommend attending your public
library and reading the Harvard biologist, Stephen J Gould's "Ever Since Darwin"
(as well as his many other popular books on evolution). Gould makes an
effective debunking of the creationist account: in particular, the creationist
Noah's Ark's lack of explanation for distinct layering of extinct species within
the fossil record.
  

Parham Momtahan (momtahan@bnr.ca).  
                           
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Newsgroups: ott.events
From: crath@jetform.com (Christopher Rath)
Subject: Dr. Walter Brown speaking 24 Oct. in Orleans.
Reply-To: crath@jetform.com
Organization: JetForm Corp., Ottawa
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 18:59:48 GMT

Dr. Walter T. Brown, Director of the Centre For Scientific Creation,
is speaking 24 October and 26 October.

Time & Date:  Sat. 24 Oct'92, 9:00am -- 4:00pm
              Mon. 26 Oct'92, 7:00pm
Place:        Community Pentecostal Church
	      1825 St. Joseph Blvd.
              Orleans, ON
Info Phone#:  Doug Stringer, 837-3555

To quote from the flier I received (spelling errors are mine):

    "Dr. Walter T. Brown is an eminently qualified speaker on the topic of
    creation science.  With a Ph. D. from the Massachusetts Institute
    of Technology, and years of research in the area of Creation, Dr.
    Brown gives a presentation that solidly backs the Biblical account
    of Creation.  He puts in laymen's terms the profound results of
    his research.  Dealing with topics such as dinosaurs, Noah's Ark,
    and the age of the earth Dr. Brown shows the truth about Creation,
    and reveals the deceptiveness of evolutionist thinking.  His
    seminar is one that builds faith and courage in a world in which
    there is so much that causes doubt and fear."

I attended his lecture last year and enjoyed it very much.  Highly
recommended.

---
 Christopher Rath   | crath@jetform.com
 JetForm Corp.      |
 Ottawa, ON, Canada | "Hydrogen is a colourless, odourless gas which, given 
 (613) 594-3026     | enough time, turns into people." -- Henry Hiebert
Newsgroups: ott.events,ont.events,can.usrgroup
From: mcr@Sandelman.OCUnix.on.ca (Michael Richardson)
Subject: September Ottawa Carleton Unix users group meeting
Organization: Sandelman Software Works, Debugging Department, Ottawa, ON
Distribution: ott
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 22:12:24 GMT

  The meeting date is Wednesday September 16, 1992. 
  Yes, that is tomorrow, but we've had complications with booking a room at Algonquin.
  We do have a room, C11, an auditorium. I have no idea where it is in the building.

  There is no planned speaker, but I'll probably bring in my 386BSD machine, and 
Andrew Low may bring his machine in too. If you have a that you want to install 
386BSD on, bring it, that might prove interested. If you just want disks, then bring 
about 20 (formatted) 3.5" HD disks. If Andrew brings his machine, then 5.25" will also
do.

  The place:

    Algonquin College
    Rideau Campus
    200 Lees Avenue

  The date:
    September 16, 1992
    7:30pm

  We usually go towards Monkey Joes at around 9:30pm.


  The Ottawa Carleton Unix Users' group is a group of Unix
enthusiasts: users, system administrators, integrators, kernel hackers
and bit twiddlers. We hold meetings every 3rd Wednesday of the month
(except July and August). Our meetings are open to anyone interested
in Unix, and we have no membership fee. We are an Ottawa Carleton
Research Institute affliated group.

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From: Fergus_Doherty@vme.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk
Newsgroups: bionet.software
Subject: Thanks for help on Ca/EGTA
Date: 11 Sep 92 09:28:27 GMT
Distribution: bionet
Original-To: BIO-SOFT@uk.ac.daresbury

Thanks to all who sent help regarding Ca/EGTA buffers, including program 
listing, a hqxed Mac program and details of PC programs-and also valuable
practical advice.  I am currently digesting all these replies. Yep, this 
net really works because folks out there take the time to help others.
Isn't science wonderful?!
Fergus Doherty, Nottingham, UK.
Newsgroups: bionet.software
From: deboer@bio.vu.nl (Thon de Boer)
Subject: mailfasta 3.0
Organization: VU Biology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 16:49:08 GMT

Version 3.0 of the mailfasta program is available via anonymous FTP from
fly.bio.indiana.edu::/incoming/mailfasta3.0
Mailfasta 3.0 is a UNIX shell script which
will take a DNA or PROTEIN sequence and will mail it to all the
different mail-servers where it can be searched against the DNA or PROTEIN
databases using the FASTA and/or BLAST programs. It can also be used to identify
ORFs using the GRAIL and/or GeneID/NetGene mail servers and to identify homology
using PROSITE blocks with the BLOCKS server.
It uses the new BLAST server at NCBI and the FLAT server in Japan for FASTA
searches because the services at GenBank will be terminated at the end of this
month. 

It is packed as an shell archive. It contains :
mailfasta : the UNIX shell script
cid.c     : A small c program which will determine if the sequence is DNA or AA
getentry  : A shell script which can be used to retrieve entries of interest
mailfasta.doc : The documentation file

The shar file will unpack all these files and will compile cid.c into cid
using the cc c compiler.

mailfasta makes use oif the program 'readseq' for file conversion.
This program MUST be present and is NOT packed with this shar file.
It can be obtained via FTP from various FTP sites (fly.bio.indiana.edu etc.)

This shar file can also be found on this FTP site. First in the 'incomming'
directory and later in the /molbio/unix directory.

Thon de Boer
From: prevelig@eastman1.mit.edu (Peter Prevelige)
Newsgroups: bionet.software
Subject: CONITN for CD Analysis
Date: 14 Sep 92 14:01:18 GMT
Distribution: bionet
Organization: Mass. Inst. of Tech., Dept. of Chemistry

Does anybody have a copy of the source (or executable any platform) of
the program CONTIN by Provencher (Provencher & Glockner 1981,
Biochemistry, 20:33-37 for analysis of CD curves they could send to
me. Thanks

Peter Prevelige
Dept. of Biology
MIT
617-253-3545