From: Victoria.M.Haliburton@dartmouth.edu (Victoria M. Haliburton)
Newsgroups: rec.music.gdead
Subject: RFK tree *on now!* - special instructions
Date: 14 Aug 92 18:28:31 GMT
Article-I.D.: dartvax.1992Aug14.182831.29275
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

Hi there! We got the DATs from RFK, June 20, 1992! 
So here's the tree signup.

Due to vacation coming and also real work to do, I can't let this one
take up too much time. So please follow the special instructions below
and I'll try to get it out in five days or so.

These codes are supposed to make things *simple*, ie reduce
complication - please see the examples before screaming.

1) Basic sign-up will be from now until noon, August 18. 
For those of you who get the digest later than that, I'll add a late
branch, but it will be a while.

2) Please *do not* send back a copy of my instructions. I know what
they are, and it just clutters the reply and wastes bandwidth. (If you
have an uncooperative mailer that insists, I won't hold it against you,
but please try.)

3) Subject line should read:

               Name RFK tree
              (put *your name* in where it says name)

4) The first line should be coded as follows (see codes and examples
further below)

 your.email@blank (Name [format in]/[format out][#
copies][nak][trades])

CODES:
________________________________________________________________________


          formats in/out:
     ______________________
           d = DAT
          ____________
           d,a = you can make DAT *or* analog copies
          ____________
           a = analog

           DB = Dolby B
           DC = Dolby C
           ND = No Dolby
           DB,DC = capability of supporting Dolby B or Dolby C on
output
                  (important for DAT-analog folks)
           nothing here, default => if you don't mention Dolby, you get
none

________________________________________________________________________
____
          # copies
        ________________
         0 = leaf only

         1,2, 3, . . .,n = you will make n copies of a show.
              This means 2n cassettes. (3 copies = 6 cassettes)

________________________________________________________________________
______        naks (This *only* matters in analog.)
       _________________
       nak = you use one nak, singular, and one other machine
       naks = you use two naks, plural, nak-nak copies

       nothing here, default => you don't have a nak
________________________________________________________________________
______
       trades
       __________________
        t = active trader, willing to copy *now*

        nothing here, default => you aren't trading at the moment.
________________________________________________________________________
_____
________________________________________________________________________
_____
        

Examples :

    victoria.haliburton@dartmouth.edu (Vic Haliburton a ND/0)

              Vic wants an analog tape to come in.
              She doesn't like Dolby
              She's a leaf who makes no copies.
              She can't trade at the moment and she doesn't have a nak.
               (she doesn't have anything else, but that's beside the
point!)

    smithj@confusion.com (Jim Smith d/d,a DB,DC 4 t)
              Jim wants a DAT tape to come in.
              He can copy out on *either* DAT *or* analog.
              He can support analog Dolby B *or* Dolby C on output
copies.
              He can make four copies of a show (8 cassettes)
              He doesn't use a nak.
              He is ready and willing to make copies for trade.
     
     DOE55@12345.navy.mil (John Doe a DB/a DB 3 naks *t*)
              John wants an analog tape to come in *with* Dolby B.
              He can copy analog and he will do Dolby B out as well. No
C.
              He can make three copies of a show (6 cassettes).
              He uses two naks, nak-nak copies.
              He's really excited about trading.

________________________________________________________________________
_____

This gets a lot of information in a small space and should save us all
time and trouble.

________________________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________________
___

5) *After* this one line, please give:

A) alternate email addresses
B) postal address
C) phone numbers
D) tape copying setup - how many decks, what brands, etc. (important)
E) any special problems- vacation, sharing email file, auto-reply
bounces, whatever. 

________________________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________________
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Sample post:
____________________
to: victoria.haliburton@dartmouth.edu
subject: Jane Tarzan, RFK tree


Message:
     
    jtarzan@idiocy.uunet.UU.NET (Jane Tarzan a ND/a ND 5 t)

no alternate email

Jane A. Tarzan
110 Bluejay Way #33
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5W 1E6 [postal code]

416-555-1212

I use two Technics decks, both new, sorry forget the models but good
quality (not boom boxes)

My email sometimes bounces off internet - keep trying.

________________________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________________
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I hope everyone here sees how short and simple I'm trying to keep this.
Honest, not changing the system to make trouble.

Send soon

Vic                
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