HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: vid@zooid.guild.org (David Mason)
Newsgroups: tor.general,ont.general,tor.uucp,ont.uucp
Subject: Re: AST 4-Port Board
Date:  9 Oct 92 16:47:58 GMT

From: vances@xenitec.on.ca (Vance Shipley)
>In article <1992Oct04.204156.2049@r-node.gts.org> marc@r-node.gts.org (Marc Fournier - Sys Admin) writes:
>>
>>	Does anyone know where I could get a 4-Port AST board?
>>It needs to have *atleast* one NS16550A(?) port on it for my
>>Worldblazer.
>
>Why in the world would you want an AST?  These boards were THE most
>unreliable pieces of junk I've ever had to deal with!  I've got about
>a dozen rattling around in a cardboard box.  I don't know if any have
>the 16650's or not, I think some do.  I really wouldn't wish that kind
>of grief on anybody but if you are really determined drop me a note.
>

I'm not sure why you say this.

We're running Xenix. We started off using the standard Xenix drivers, with the
standard COM1 and COM2 ports. Then we needed more lines, so we picked up an
AST board, and a copy of the FAS 2.09 drivers. After minimum problems
compiling, they have been working VERY well for us for the last year. Not only
do they give us good throughput but they also don't give us the problems with
munged modem lines we got with the Xenix drivers. We're using the AST board in
conjunction wtih the two standard ports for a total of 6 ports. Three of the
modem lines are high speed, and one of the COM ports is a high speed line to
another computer. We've had no problems. We have 16550's on three of the
lines.

A few weeks ago we tried to switch over to an intelligent multi port board.
First we tried a Consensys Powerports board and it was nothing but grief. Then
we tried a Computone board and it didn't seem to work at all. Of course the
problem with the Computone board were probably the wrong version of drivers,
but regardless we're back to the FAS drivers with the AST board and happy
again.

If you truly do have a dozen four port boards WITH 16550's lying around, then
let me at 'em.. I could at least use a few 16550s.

What kinds of problems do you have? The AST seems to be a very well designed
dumb multi port shared interrupt board. You can even use two AST boards with
two COM ports for a total of 10 ports using FAS, though of course at that
point it's really going to start taking up CPU time. Perhaps it was the
drivers you were using.  

I guess I should mention here that we TRIED to use the new FAS 2.10 drivers,
and had no luck whatsoever after spending almost 7 hours on the problem. But
we don't have any problems with the 2.09 drivers.
Organization: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Wednesday, 7 Oct 1992 09:47:27 EST
From: Paul Ribeiro <ACAD8012@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca>
Newsgroups: tor.general
Subject: ftp/telnet sites in Toronto

Hi,
does anyone have a list of sites in Toronto that offer dialup
services for FTP and TELNET?
thanks,
/Paul
From: mhenry@tse.uucp (Mark Henry x438)
Newsgroups: tor.general
Subject: Seeking ride to Sarnia area
Date: 13 Oct 92 19:28:45 GMT
Reply-To: mhenry@tse.UUCP (Mark Henry x438)
Organization: Toronto Stock Exchange


Hi.

I would like to make a trip to Sarnia some upcoming weekend.

If you are going to Sarnia or surrounding area in the next while

and don't mind some company / would like to save on gas, I would like a ride.


Mark Henry

---
Mark Henry 
Work: 947-4438
Home: 778-1055
Mail: mhenry@tse.uucp [A phone call is preferable]
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Newsgroups: tor.general,can.usrgroup
From: sheasby@dgp.toronto.edu (Michael Sheasby)
Subject: great student apartment for rent $450/month
Distribution: ont
Date: 14 Oct 92 00:20:27 GMT


########################################
  ROOM IN 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR RENT
########################################

Large 2-bedroom apartment, 15th floor in a
24-story apt. building right beside campus.
Laundry, variety store & pool in the building.
Bedroom has ensuite bathroom. Balcony
overlooking the annex.
Terrific neighborhood: banks, post office,
subway, pharmacy, supermarket, beer store,
and LOTS of restaurants within walking
distance.
Roommate is a quiet male nonsmoker.

Rent: $450/month, first/last month required.

Ideal for a student... it couldn't be closer
to campus. Right opposite the athletic centre,
on Spadina at Bloor.

Call 967-7223, or email sheasby@dgp.utoronto.ca

available December first.

----Mike.
Newsgroups: tor.general
From: ben@white.toronto.edu (Benjamin Gamsa)
Subject: Looking for a book holder
Organization: DCS, University of Toronto
Distribution: tor
Date: 8 Oct 92 03:08:07 GMT


I'm looking for a book holder; something that sits on a table and
holds a book open.  It should be able to hold large books like textbooks.
If anyone knows where in Toronto one might be able to buy such a thing,
please let me know.  Thanks.

	ben
--
Ben Gamsa             ben@cs.toronto.edu  or  ben@cs.utoronto.ca
Dept. of C.S., University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. CANADA,  M5S 1A4
Xref: sparky tor.general:1345 can.general:4860 sci.skeptic:17781
From: paul@sco.COM (Paul Jackson)
Newsgroups: tor.general,can.general,sci.skeptic
Subject: Re: Hawaii trip "contest" (was: Is this a scam)
Date: 10 Oct 92 17:32:56 GMT
Organization: SCO Canada, Inc.

In article <1992Oct9.210452.13013@m.cs.uiuc.edu> mcgrath@cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>In article <1992Oct9.185206.4371@eslvcr.wimsey.bc.ca>, ted@eslvcr.wimsey.bc.ca (Ted Powell) writes in part:
>|> >The deal was that, if one joined the health club for a "free" membership
>|> >costing $250 one won a free trip for two to Hawaii (airfare only). 
>
>The question that occurs to me is what do you have to commit to as part 
>of the "free" membership?  This offer would be very profitable to the
>club if the "free" membership is actually the first few months of a 
>life-time subscription....  Or maybe there are usage fees and you are 
>going to have to pay some minimum....   Or whatever.

No, all you have to do is pay $250 for the "free" membership.
Newsgroups: tor.general,ists.general,tor.forsale
From: csteven@nereid.sal.ists.ca (Christopher Stevenson, YorkU)
Subject: Computer systems for sale
Organization: Space Astrophysics Laboratory, ISTS, Toronto, Canada
Distribution: tor
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 15:58:28 GMT


-------------------------------------------------------------------------

            Hardware for sale.  Serious enquiries welcome.


Contact:   C. Stevenson 736-2100   x66391   csteven@aries.yorku.ca
       or  M. De Robertis 736-2100 x77761   mmdr@sol.yorku.ca
           FAX for both: 736-5516


VAXStation 3100 M38; including VS3100 Drive Plate Kit, 20 Mb RAM,
                     16" (VR 297) colour monitor, Wren VI ST4766N 
                     disk (766 Mb), DA10 dual enclosure.
	             Imagen IP-III Imagestation Laser Printer 8ppm

			- asking $5000 negotiable, complete.


Sun 4/280 Data Centre Server; including 16 Mb RAM, CG5 Colour Graphics
                              system, 19" colour monitor, full 6' rack mount,
                              Hitachi DK815-10 900 Mb disk, Fujitsu
                              M2382K 1 Gb disk, Xylogics Controller XD1753,
                              VME/Multibus Adaptor,
                              Xylogics Tape Controller XT472.

			-asking $6000 negotiable, complete

Both systems are complete, fully-operational, and ready-to-go.  Must sell.

  
Newsgroups: tor.general,kw.jobs,ont.jobs,can.jobs,misc.jobs.offered
From: bdb@becker.GTS.ORG (Bruce Becker)
Subject: Re: Position Available - Data Base Programmer
Reply-To: kirk@web.apc.org
Organization: G. T. S., Toronto, Ontario
Distribution: can
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 22:56:39 GMT


The following is posted for NirvCentre - please reply to "kirk@web.apc.org".


 --------- 8< --------- 8< --------- 8< --------- 8< --------- 8< ---------

| 
| 
|                        Position Available
|                       Data Base Programmer
|                    (Foxbase, C, Awk and Perl)
| 
| This is a contract position to start immediately and continue
| until April 30, 1993 with the strong possibility of ongoing
| employment.
| 
| [...]


	Please note that this position is limited to applicants
	who are Canadian citizens or landed immigrants.


Newsgroups: tor.general,can.general,sci.skeptic
From: mcgrath@cs.uiuc.edu (Robert McGrath)
Subject: Re: Hawaii trip "contest" (was: Is this a scam)
Reply-To: mcgrath@cs.uiuc.edu
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept of Computer Science
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 21:04:52 GMT

In article <1992Oct9.185206.4371@eslvcr.wimsey.bc.ca>, ted@eslvcr.wimsey.bc.ca (Ted Powell) writes in part:
|> >The deal was that, if one joined the health club for a "free" membership
|> >costing $250 one won a free trip for two to Hawaii (airfare only). 

The question that occurs to me is what do you have to commit to as part 
of the "free" membership?  This offer would be very profitable to the
club if the "free" membership is actually the first few months of a 
life-time subscription....  Or maybe there are usage fees and you are 
going to have to pay some minimum....   Or whatever.
Newsgroups: tor.general
From: blazic@ecf.toronto.edu (BLAZIC Joseph R)
Subject: Tragically Hip Tickets
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 17:41:44 GMT

As far as I know, their first show (Nov 18) sold out.  Have the tickets
for their second show gone on sale yet, and if so, is there any talk of
a third show??

Joe Blazic

Newsgroups: tor.general,can.general,sci.skeptic
Newsgroups: tor.general,ut.general,ut.dcs.gradnews
From: steve@eecg.toronto.edu (Steve Jantzi)
Subject: Tickets to the SHAW FESTIVAL
Date: 13 Oct 92 17:36:06 GMT



**********************************************

		For Sale:
	Tickets to the SHAW FESTIVAL

**********************************************

This is a great time of year to visit the Niagara
peninsula and see the beautiful fall colours...



	Saturday, October 17th, 1992

	2 p.m.   Charley's Aunt
 		 (A Comedy with good reviews)

	8 p.m.   Pygmalion



Good seats... Selling for $95/pair


phone Amy Stein
416-440-7637 (any time)
(please leave a message)


Newsgroups: tor.general,ont.general
From: changl@ecf.toronto.edu (CHANG LI)
Subject: Digitizer in autoCad
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 01:19:46 GMT

Hi,

I am going to be a new user of autoCAD.
I intend on using the TABLET MENU with a digitizer and a puck.
I have a few questions maybe you could help me.


1) Does the TABLET MENU come with the autoCAD softwear?
   So if I have a digitizer then I can use the TABLET MENU?  True/False?

2) There is such a thing as a template, is it simply a piece of paper
   that I can color photocopy?

3) I have asked around in the computer stores around Spadina and College.
   The prices are $475 for a large digitizer with puck, no template
		  $450 Summasketch II plus 12x12 digitizer, no template
		       with puck
		  $239 9x6 inch digitizer with template.

   How do these prices sound?


All comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.
I intend on using autoCad to do mechanical drawings.

Is there a 1-800 number I could call about autoCad?  Customer service?

Thank you.



      Li Chang   Comp Eng 9T4                     ____
  First Class of Computer Engineering            /_|__\--,
     @ the University of Toronto           []Oo. `0-----0'

     changl@ecf.toronto.edu
-- 



      Li Chang   Comp Eng 9T4                     ____
Newsgroups: tor.general,ut.general
From: tryggve@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (Joan Tryggve)
Subject: Items for SALE
Organization: University of Toronto Physics/Astronomy/CITA
Distribution: tor
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 17:08:06 GMT


I'm posting this for a friend, please reply to the address below.
___________________________________________________________________

		**  M O V I N G    S A L E  **

     I'm moving in two weeks and have several items for sale:
	      (reasonable offers will be considered)

 Crib + mattress, excellent condition both, hard wood, only used
	for 6 months (>$250 original price for crib)............$129.00

 Single bed frame (very good condition, steel frame, off-white, modern
 	style) and mattress (>$290 original price for both).....$139.00

 3-seat couch + chair, in reasonable shape  (brown) .............$15.00

 Loveseat, old style, good shape.................................$20.00

 Braun Multispeed Food Processor (complete, extra accessories)
	Electric parts  in excellent conditions.		 $69.00

 Braun Citrus Juicer, perfect conditions.........................$10.00

 Kitchen table and 4 wooden folding chairs, good shape...........$19.00

 Gerber's Electric Breast Pump. New, Still in its original 
	packaging. (wife changed her mind about breast feeding)..$39.00

 Staedtler Drawing table, in very good shape.....................$39.00

 Matching bookcase/wall unit for the drawing table...............$35.00

 Wall unit, custom made, white/black, stereo fits on top,
	covers ~5.5' (w) x 5' (h) with dedicated spaces for tapes and 
	CD's ....................................................$55.00

 Divider, custom made, covers ~7' (h) x 6' (w) with space for
	a poster in the center black/white/gray shades...........$29.00

 Plants.................................................$4.00 to $10.00

 4' tobogan, wooden, used only 3 times, Exc++....................$20.00

 Stove, four burners, oven, perfect working conditions...........$50.00

 Some other miscellaneous items also available if you want to drop by.

	Please reply to:
	
		Patricio Ortiz        (ortiz@vela.astro.utoronto.ca)
		       ^- yes, that's an 'o' :-)

	or phone: 
				978-3147 (days until ~7:30 pm)
				763-2659 (after 9 pm)

	I do not have a car, so items must be picked up. I live in the
 area of Eglinton and Jane.

Newsgroups: tor.test
From: gary@gov.on.ca (Gary van Rassel)
Subject: test
Keywords: test
Organization: Government of Ontario
Distribution: tor
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 18:31:47 GMT

test 
-- 
Regards Gary
Newsgroups: tor.test
From: gary@emr1.emr.ca (Gary van Rassel)
Subject: test from emr
Organization: Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa
Distribution: ont
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 00:02:22 GMT

test
Newsgroups: tor.test
From: news@scilink.org (Usenet News Subsystem)
Subject: test (what else?)
Organization: Plan It Earth -- SciLink Network
Distribution: tor
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 02:36:01 GMT

test, test, and again... test
From: mjn@pseudo.uucp (Murray Nesbitt)
Newsgroups: tor.test
Subject: Re: What do you expect?
Date: 16 Oct 92 08:08:57 GMT
Distribution: tor
Organization: Private system in Toronto, ON


jrm@spctrm.UUCP (John R MacMillan) writes:

>Surprise!  It's a test.

Wait a minute...we don't have a ``jrm'' at Spectrum...

Oh wait!  Was he that long-haired goof who predicted the Jays would
choke again this year?

-- 
Murray
From: mike@nttor.uucp (Mike Hollander)
Newsgroups: tor.test
Subject: Re: Testing Testing 1 2 3
Date: 8 Oct 92 17:08:03 GMT
Distribution: tor
Organization: Northern Telecom CAC

Testing followup...
Newsgroups: tor.test
From: gary@gov.on.ca (Gary van Rassel)
Subject: testing thru ontmoh
Keywords: test
Organization: Government of Ontario
Distribution: tor
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 18:55:43 GMT

test thru ontmoh
-- 
Regards Gary
From: mike@nttor.uucp (Mike Hollander)
Newsgroups: tor.test
Subject: Testing Testing 1 2 3
Date: 8 Oct 92 17:05:31 GMT
Distribution: tor
Organization: Northern Telecom Toronto.

This is a test.
Newsgroups: tor.forsale,ont.forsale,misc.forsale.computers,comp.sys.amiga.marketplace
From: bryanf@comspec.com (Bryan Fullerton)
Subject: Amiga 500 system for sale
Organization: Computer Variables, Inc
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 04:05:08 GMT

Yes!  Another Amiga for sale!

Here's what I have up for grabs:
 
Amiga 500
	- 1 Mb Chip RAM (Super Agnus)
	- 2 Mb Fast RAM (Baseboard)
	- 1010 external drive (with pass-through)
	- Naksha mouse (much nicer than the Commodore one)
	- 1084D monitor
	- SAS/Lattice C Development system 5.10b (binders, disks, etc)
	- AmigaDOS 1.3 Rom Kernal Reference manuals (all three)
	- Abacus Amiga C for Beginners book
	- Abacus Amiga C for Advanced Programmers book
	- ~50 disks of utils, old(ish) games, etc

I'm asking $750 CDN for everything, but feel free to make any offer.

Bryan Fullerton
bryanf@cspace.comspec.com
Work:   see .sig ............................ 10:00 am to 6:00 pm EST
Home:   (416) 422-1476 or (416) 422-5533 .... 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm EST
-- 
----------------- All comments and opinions are my own ----------------------
   Bryan Fullerton  -  bryanf@comspec.com || bryanf@cspace.comspec.com
   Computer Variables Inc     Tel: (416) 771-6807   Fax: (416) 771-6810
      165 East Beaver Creek, Unit 29, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Newsgroups: tor.forsale
From: mjn@pseudo.uucp (Murray Nesbitt)
Subject: Borland C++ 3.0 Professional
Organization: Private system in Toronto, ON
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 08:03:07 GMT


- K&R C, ANSI C, and C++ compilers
- Turbo Debugger, Assembler and Profiler
- Windows development environment

Everything is mint - I haven't had to do any DOS development since I
bought it earlier in the year.

I'm looking to get about half of what it can be had for in the stores.
I'll also throw in the manual "Programming Windows" by Charles
Petzold.

email: mjn@pseudo.uucp
phone: 7779267 (H)   3654296 (W)

-- 
Murray
Newsgroups: tor.forsale
From: peterl@xenitec.on.ca (Peter Lauda)
Subject: Chess Computer
Organization: XeniTec Consulting, Kitchener, Ontario, CANADA
Distribution: tor
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 19:30:05 GMT

I am selling a Fidelity Electronics 'Excellence chess computer...

It plays to approx. 2100 rating and is in new condition...

I am asking 70$ or b/o ...

Anyone interested please e-mail me at ...
peterl@lsuc.on.ca

Thanx...
--p
Newsgroups: tor.forsale,ont.forsale,ut.general
From: singh@r-node.gts.org (Rajendra Singh)
Subject: Fastback 3.0 For Sale
Reply-To: 88singhr@chasm.scar.utoronto.ca
Organization: R-node Public Access UNIX Information System (416-249-5366)
Distribution: tor
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 23:16:49 GMT

I purchased a copy of FastBack 3.0 a couple of weeks ago and wish to sell
it.  Reason:  When I purchased it, I was running DOS 5.0.  Since then, I
have upgraded to OS2 and find that I no longer need Fastback.

It is claimed to be THE FASTEST backup program available.  I paid $90 + GST
+ PST, but I am willing to part with it for $50 or best offer.

If interested, reply by E-Mail A. S. A. P.
-- 
Raj (singh@r-node.gts.org)  If you wish to reply by E-Mail and your response
is greater than 100 lines (or 15K), then please send your response to:
                    88singhr@chasm.scar.utoronto.ca

Xref: sparky tor.news:84 tor.uucp:50 ont.uucp:334 can.uucp:249
From: rwm@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca (Russell McOrmond)
Date: 14 Oct 92 15:43:13 EST
Newsgroups: tor.news,tor.uucp,ont.uucp,can.uucp
Subject: Re: MBAS resurgence
Distribution: can

merce@xenitec.on.ca (Jim Mercer) writes:
>note: i did call his home, and left a message with his wife.  8^)

  About all I can say to the above is this:  It is frightening that
people like him are actually adults, have a 'wife', and might even
reproduce.


>[ Jim Mercer  jim@lsuc.On.Ca  || ...!uunet!uunet.ca!lsuc!jim  +1 416 947-5258 ]
--
  Opinions expressed in this message are my Own. I represent nobody else.
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  FidoNet 1:163/109 Welmat Help 1:1/139  Current WELMAT 'keeper of sources'.
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Newsgroups: tor.news.stats
From: news@ecf.toronto.edu (News Administrator)
Subject: skule.ecf news summary
Date: 17 Oct 92 04:05:29 GMT

News log summary from Oct 16 04:04:01 to Oct 17 00:02:14

Sitename              Accept Reject Junked I-Have Sendme   Total    Sent
------------------------------------------------------------------------
torn                   13809     76    715      .      .   14600      40
utcsri                  6709   3211    289      .      .   10209   13581
skule.ecf                109      .      .      .      .     109       .
epas                      11      .      .      .      .      11   20547
drill.me                   4      .      .      .      .       4   20554
helios.physics.utoro       .      9      .      .      .       9   20549
TALLY                      .      .      .      .      .       .   20558
             Totals:   20642   3296   1004      .      .   24942   95829

Newsgroups: tor.news.stats
From: news@ipsa.reuter.com (News Administrator)
Subject: itcyyz news, mail & UUCP traffic
Organization: Reuters Information Services (Canada) Ltd., Toronto, Ontario
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 06:30:17 GMT


For the 24-hour period ending:  Sun Oct 11 00:05:00 EDT 1992

                  News Articles          Mail           UUCP Traffic (Kb)
            Accepted    Dups  Queued  Recv Sent    Recv    Sent     Time Byte/S

Total         15,565      54  59,709   252  252  23,156  81,860 27:47:19  1,049

yrloc                         14,253     3  176          29,632  7:24:30  1,111
xrtll              1          14,252    11    2      21  17,284  4:58:59    964
geac          15,378      27      52     2    1  22,495      51  4:44:16  1,321
lsican                        12,206                     13,975  3:32:00  1,098
tsltor             4           8,245     1    1       9   8,433  2:08:28  1,095
torag                          3,534     1            3   5,187  1:55:49    747
ksrpc                          3,489                      3,885  1:45:17    615
tmsoft             1       3   3,665    14    4      56   3,309  1:01:06    918
uunet.ca          46       1           218   28     518      78    15:25    644
jtsv16            23      23      13                 50      22     1:24    863
<local>          112                     2   40

Newsgroups: tor.news.stats
From: news@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (News Administrator)
Subject: helios.physics.utoronto.ca news summary
Originator: root@helios.physics
Organization: University of Toronto Physics/Astronomy/CITA
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 04:04:13 GMT

News log summary from Oct 12 00:11:24 to Oct 12 23:59:58


Sitename              Accept Reject Junked I-Have Sendme   Total    Sent
------------------------------------------------------------------------
utcsri                  9465   3990      8      .      .   13463       .
skule.ecf               5369   3654     25      .      .    9048      10
helios.physics.utoro      84      .      .      .      .      84       .
alchemy.chem.utoront       5      .      .      .      .       5   14838
wave.scar                  .      .      .      .      .       .    9594
utzoo                      .      .      .      .      .       .   14762
utstat                     .      .      .      .      .       .    4228
psych.utoronto.ca          .      .      .      .      .       .   14843
news-server.csri.tor       .      .      .      .      .       .      10
TALLY                      .      .      .      .      .       .   14844
             Totals:   14923   7644     33      .      .   22600   73129




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