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From: romkey@asylum.UUCP (John Romkey)
Newsgroups: ne.food,ne.general
Subject: Re: Restaurants North of Boston?
Date: 27 Sep 92 02:57:30 GMT
Followup-To: ne.food
Distribution: ne

Up route 28 a bit in North Reading is a chinese restaurant called
"Our House". They're much, much better than your average suburban
chinese restaurant. Their spicy dishes will still probably be on the
tame side, as they're toned down for their average audience, but if you
ask, they'll fire them up some.

Also on route 28, just a bit over the Reading/North Reading line is Picadilly
Pub, which I tend to enjoy a lot. They serve american food, prepared well
and at reasonable prices, nothing fancy. And they have free refills on iced
tea, and serve iced tea all year long, which is a big feature for me.

Other restaurants such as Bertucci's in Woburn have already been mentioned.

I live in Reading; I end up coming into Cambridge and Boston a lot when I
eat out.
-- 
	- john romkey	  ELF Communications	 romkey@ELF.com
From: pimentel@earrth.enet.dec.com (John Pimentel)
Newsgroups: ne.food
Subject: Re: Looking for a Red Lobster
Date: 6 Oct 92 18:57:20 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <1992Oct5.235041.9127@netcom.com>, wcorea@netcom.com (William C. Corea) writes...
>In article <GLEN.92Oct5135035@midway.Cayman.COM> glen@Cayman.COM (Glen B. Glater) writes:
>>Although I'm not sure why anyone would want one with all of the good/
>>great seafood restauraunts around here
>>
> 
>I have to agree with Glen. With so many good seafood restaurants in
>New England, why go to a mediocre-at-best chain like Red Lobster.

** flame on **
It's unfortunate that two people can't read well.  I do recall asking where
to find a Red Lobster, but I DO NOT RECALL asking if it was any good.
(YO anyone home?)
** flame off **

Why go?
Primarily, because it's there.  I assume that you've gone, right?
How about letting me go without further negative comments or suggesting that 
I spend ***** MY DOLLARS ****** someplace else!


=============================================================================
-- John Pimentel

The opinions expressed are my own.  No rights are granted to take them out of
context nor do they represent the views of my employer, whomever it might be
for the moment.
=============================================================================
Newsgroups: ne.food,ne.general
From: jswartz@mbunix.mitre.org (Swartz)
Subject: Re: Restaurants North of Boston?
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
Distribution: ne
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 13:50:09 GMT

In article <1992Sep25.140909.20540@watson.ibm.com> dmczap@wookie.cambridge.ibm.com writes:
>
>Is Maximillian's in Winchester Center still open? I think it changed hands,
>but what a great place, they had interesting menu.
>

Unfortunately, Maximillian's in Winchester Center has changed hands, and 
is now "Rick's Cafe".  While the food and drink is still excellent, the
menu is not nearly as interesting as it was when it was Maximillian's.
And, one of the finest desserts known to man, Maximillian's "Chocolate
Seduction", is not on Rick's menu. :( 

Still, the food is good, and it is a nice place to dine.

John

-- 
JOHN A. SWARTZ - The MITRE Corp. Bedford, MA * John_Swartz@iegate.mitre.org
>Kill troll with sword

You don't have that!
Newsgroups: ne.food
From: peterco@eff.org (Peter Cohen)
Subject: Cambridge Brewing Company (Flame)
Originator: peterco@eff.org
Organization: The Electronic Frontier Foundation
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 02:11:00 GMT


Newsgroups: ne.food
From: cgates@mitre.org (Curt Gates)
Subject: 9th International Quahog Festival
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 12:47:51 GMT

The 9th International Quahog Festival featuring outstanding food, live 
entertainment, educational exhibits, and *FREE* admission and *FREE* 
parking takes place next weekend, October 3-4, at the Wickford Festival 
Grounds at 235 Tower Hill Road, Wickford, RI, (behind Duffys Tavern).   
Includes special events for kids.  Hours are 10 to 6 each day.  

FOOD & FOOD, AND FOOD:  clam cakes, stuffed quahogs, quahog chowders, 
lobsters, and steamers  prepared on premises by chefs from well known 
Rhode Island restaurants and caterers.

EVENTS:  Hermit crab races, clam shucking contests, quahog shell tossing 
contests, and the Professional Baked Stuffed Quahog Contest with stuffies 
from restaurants and around New England as chefs compete for the honor of 
creating the worlds best stuffie.

EDUCATION: Jack Wait on quahog lore, Curt Gates on wampum making, exhibits 
from the Rhode Island Fishermen and Whale Museum, displays by Rhode Island 
Shellfishermens Association, including typical quahog skiff, fishing 
gear, and other educational materials. Talks by Captain Conservation from 
the Narragansett Bay Commission.

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT: Music (traditional, folk, jazz, country, and rock) 
including blues artist Paul Geremia.  On Sunday, Ted Bird will do his 
current hit, Driving in Rhode Island.  Other groups include the Rhode 
Island Old Time Fiddlers and Jim McGrath & The Reprobates.  Also 
storytellers, magician, dancers, and ice sculpture.

NEW ENGLAND CRAFTS: featuring wampum and other forms of body ornament made 
from the shell of the quahog (mercenaria mercenaria). 

For more information, call 1-800-854-8584 or 401-295-2570.  Sponsored by 
the non-profit Seafood Marketing Group, Inc.

Xref: sparky ne.food:1280 ny.general:338
From: jordan@IMSI.COM (Jordan Hayes)
Newsgroups: ne.food,ny.general
Subject: Re: "Rays" (was: Re: Pizza in Italy)
Date: 25 Sep 92 23:09:46 GMT
Followup-To: ne.food
Organization: Investment Management Services Inc., NYC

Samuel Murphy <sammy@smds.com> asks:

	But which Rays is the REAL Rays? I counted 5 or 6.

There's about 26, last I heard.  Depending on who you talk to, the one
on 6th Avenue & 11th Street is "the" Ray's.  Personally, I like the one
on Prince between Mott & Elizabeth ...

/jordan
Newsgroups: ne.food
From: vsh@etnibsd.uucp (Steve Harris)
Subject: Re: Restaurants North of Boston?
Organization: Eaton Corp, Semiconductor Equipment Div., Beverly, MA
Distribution: ne
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 16:07:03 GMT

Reviewing this topic, I see the discussion has strayed all the way from
Reading, MA to Durham, NH.  So let me add one more recommendation:

	Rudi's Trattoria
	jct. 101 & 137
	Dublin, NH

(I'm pretty sure that's the location -- you'll have to call information
to get the number).

Talk about "off the beaten track", we were wonderfully suprised by the
good, unpretentious, "Northern Italian" food.  If you're in the area,
they're well worth searching out.


Following up another posting, the name of the restaurant in the old
train station in Reading is "Ida's Stationhouse".  The one time I ate
there I was not impressed.  Maybe I should give them a second try.
-- 
... Steve Harris - Eaton Corp. - Beverly, MA - uunet!etnibsd!vsh
From: scb@ll.mit.edu (Steve Blackmon)
Newsgroups: ne.food
Subject: Re: Looking for a Red Lobster
Date: 5 Oct 92 01:21:02 GMT
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory

In article <1847@sousa.ltn.dec.com> pimentel@earrth.enet.dec.com (John Pimentel) writes:
>
>Well the subject pretty much says it all.  In Massachusetts, where are the 
>restruants located?
>
>
>
>=============================================================================
>-- John Pimentel
>
>The opinions expressed are my own.  No rights are granted to take them out of
>context nor do they represent the views of my employer, whomever it might be
>for the moment.
>=============================================================================

There is a Red Lobster in Springfield, MA.
From: gove@kendall.bu.edu (Alan Norwood Gove)
Newsgroups: ne.food
Subject: romantic dinner
Date: 28 Sep 92 23:32:26 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Boston University Center for Adaptive Systems

My SO's birthday is next week.  Can anyone suggest a restaurant
in the Boston area meeting the following criteria?

1) Excellent food, of any type, that is fresh and well-spiced
     (but not necessarily spicy)
2) Under $20/entree, preferably under $15/entree (we're still 
     in school)
3) Romantic atmosphere
4) Clean

Great desserts would be a plus, small portions a minus.
Wine selection is irrelevant since we don't drink wine.

I hope this isn't too general a description of what we're looking for.
To give you an idea of what we like, here are some of our favorite
places: Legal Seafoods, Jae's, Bluestone, Kebab N Curry, Chef Changs.
Of these, Legal's is probably closest to what I want, but I'd like a
place that's a little more intimate.  

Last year we went to Rebecca's, which was good, but not excellent, and
we left still a bit hungry.  For another occasion we tried Cafe
DuBarry and were very disappointed.  The food was barely mediocre; I
think the real chef must have been on vacation (I hope it's not always
that bad).  

Anyway, this time I'm trying to get some advice first.  I'm
considering Elephant Walk (which people here have raved about), Cafe
Budapest, Locke-Ober, Michela's (or their Caffe, for which we have a
coupon), or any place the net recommends.  But I've never been to
these places, so I don't know if they even meet the above
requirements.

Thanks in advance for your help.

alan
Newsgroups: ne.food
From: moel@mtl.mit.edu (A. Moel)
Subject: Re: romantic dinner
Reply-To: moel@mtl.mit.edu
Organization: Massachvsetts Institvte of Technology
Distribution: ne
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 03:30:41 GMT

In article <GOVE.92Sep28193226@kendall.bu.edu> gove@kendall.bu.edu (Alan  
Norwood Gove) writes:
> My SO's birthday is next week.  Can anyone suggest a restaurant
> in the Boston area meeting the following criteria?
> 
> 1) Excellent food, of any type, that is fresh and well-spiced
>      (but not necessarily spicy)
> 2) Under $20/entree, preferably under $15/entree (we're still 
>      in school)
> 3) Romantic atmosphere
> 4) Clean
> 

Maybe you should try Marcella's, accross from the Porter Square 
exchange. The place is small (~10 tables), with white linen 
tablecloth, candlelight, dim light. Service from one waiter can be
slow. However, their food is truly superb. Simple, fresh ingredients
and very generous portions. Small, but deadly dessert selection. Try
their cappucino or espresso cakes. Best I have had in my life, and
I have been around. 

Just a satisfied customer. 

                                               Alberto

Newsgroups: ne.food,ne.general
From: dmczap@wookie.cambridge.ibm.com ()
Subject: Re: Restaurants North of Boston?
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 18:10:41 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: IBM T. J. Watson Research

In article <1992Sep25.140909.20540@watson.ibm.com>, dmczap@wookie.cambridge.ibm.com () writes:

|> Thai: Lanai Island on Rt 1 S in Danvers (or is that Lynnfield?)
|> 
|Oops, I meant Lanna Thai on Rt 1. Lanai Island is a chinese/polynesian 
rest. on the lake in Wakefield. I've never been there. Sorry for the 
confusion.
From: bac2@gte.com (Beth Carlson)
Newsgroups: ne.food
Subject: Re: Looking for a Red Lobster
Date: 2 Oct 92 18:57:22 GMT
Followup-To: ne.food
Organization: GTE Laboratories

In article <1847@sousa.ltn.dec.com>, pimentel@earrth.enet.dec.com (John
Pimentel) wrote:
> 
> 
> Well the subject pretty much says it all.  In Massachusetts, where are the 
> restruants located?
> 
> 
> 

My husband and I recently moved here from Atlanta and had a hard time
finding a Red Lobster in Massachusetts.  After many calls through
information, we found out there were only two in the whole state:  one in
North Dartmouth and the other in Springfield.  We went to the one in N.
Dartmouth and it was well worth the drive.  The address is 464 State Road
which I think is off Route 6 (?) and the number is (508) 993-3600.  If you
live north of Boston, I think that there is another one in Concord, NH
which might be closer.

--Beth
From: ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Radio shack 199.00 special..
Date: 2 Oct 92 17:16:09 +1200
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

In article <1874@shaman.wv.tek.com>, andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner) writes:
>
> 	"A while back PC magazine did a review on CD-ROMs.  They had a
> 	sidebar about the Tandy one.  The one they were talking about
> 	impressed them.  Basically it was about average in read time
> 	..."
>
> But absolutely abysmal in mean access time, rated at *900*
> milliseconds!  What impressed PC Magazine was the low price -- CD-ROM
> for the masses who don't need multimedia performance.

But I thought it *was* capable of multimedia performance. According to one
definition of "multimedia", anyway. :-)

The access time may have been 900ms, but its data throughput was, I gather,
more than high enough to meet the MPC spec.

Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: +64-7-856-2889
Computer Services Dept                     fax: +64-7-838-4066
University of Waikato            electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz
Hamilton, New Zealand    37^ 47' 26" S, 175^ 19' 7" E, GMT+12:00
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.periphs.scsi
From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Subject: Cleaning and/or aligning CD-ROM lens?
Followup-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Keywords: CD-ROM
Organization: The John Fluke Mfg. Co.  /a.k.a. The Gizmonics Institute/
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 22:32:57 GMT

I'm having problems with multimedia CD-ROMS on my internal NEC 84 SCSI
CD-ROM player (mostly seek errors and problems, apparently, reading the
disc) which do not occur when running these same discs (in the same CD-ROM
caddy) on my NEC 73 external CD-ROM player at work.  I am assuming that the
problem is due to dust on the laser lens / bad alignment on the drive (but
if anyone has some alternate suggestions....)

Is there a good way of cleaning the CD-ROM lens without opening up the drive?
(which I believe is a Major Bad Thing to do.)  If not, do you know if PC
repair centers usually have someone who can be paid to align your CD-ROM
drive?  (Mine's about 2-3 months old, and under warranty, but God, I don't
want to have to extract it from out of my PC again and mail it somewhere
unless I *have* to.)

Any advice or suggestions you can offer this ignorant sould would be greatly
appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

                           "If I've still got my pants on in the second scene,
                            I think they've sent me the wrong script."
                                           -- Mel Gibson
---
                                        Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
INTERNET:     moriarty@tc.fluke.COM
Manual UUCP:  {uunet, uw-beaver, sun, microsoft}!fluke!moriarty
CREDO:        You gotta be Cruel to be Kind...
                 **>> Keep circulating the tapes <<**
From: exubrst@exu.ericsson.se (Brad Steele)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Radio shack 199.00 special..
Date: 28 Sep 92 21:03:48 GMT
Reply-To: exubrst@exu.ericsson.se
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems, Inc.
X-Disclaimer: This article was posted by a user at Ericsson in North America.
              The opinions expressed are strictly those of the user and
              not necessarily those of Ericsson.

In article 1790@head-cfa.harvard.edu, kenter@head-cfa.harvard.edu (Almus Kenter) writes:
>
>
>	Radio shack is having a special sale on an internal
>        CD ROM reader for only 199.00. (reg 399.00)
>        what is the net wisdom on that unit? Is it really slow?
>        is it only for some perverse Tandy format.....?
>
>
>				--Almus

A while back PC magazine did a review on CD-ROMs.  They had a sidebar about the Tandy one.  The one they were talking about impressed them.  Basically it was about average in read time and I think it required its own driver card.  The only explanation they gave about the price was that you have to manually load the CD.  To load it you just press on the door and the whole unit pops out, then you lift the lid and set the CD inside.  They claimed that it reduced the cost by several hundred dollars since they 

could remove some motors, gearing, etc.  That's what I know.  I think I might go check that out.

Brad
From: galenr@hpgrla.gr.hp.com (Galen Raben)
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 22:55:07 GMT
Subject: Re: Where is MS Windows driver for PC speaker (B200?)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Greeley, CO
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia

In comp.multimedia, robasky@bagpipe.cis.ohio-state.edu (Kimberly Robasky) writes:
>...I think its called B200, and its a software solution to sound boards
>(i.e., you can play sounds on your PC speaker without needing Sound Blaster)
>A friend told me it was publicly available somewhere.

>Thanks,

>Kim Robasky
>CIS, BME
>email: robasky@cis.ohio-state.edu

Are you looking for the one for Windows 3.1?  I think it's called MSSPEAKER 
(or something like that).  You might check ftp.cica.indiana.edu (129.79.20.84)
in /pub/pc/win3/drivers ...  They have it on CompuServe in the Windows forum
there (GO MSWIN).  Think it's in their drivers library... 

If you are looking for one for Windows 3.0 there is (was) a shareware one
called SOUNDER.  You can contact the author at aaron@jessica.stanford.edu

Good hunting!
- Galen -
From: usp@futserv.austin.ibm.com (Uma S. Pandey)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Suggestion for MM Machine
Date: 28 Sep 92 19:58:35 GMT
Organization: IBM AWD Austin, TX


Hello,

I want to setup a Video Lab in which I can edit the pre-recorded videos, and
add various digital effects, and also I want the capability of stereo audio 
dubbing. I have talked to various people about this, a lot of people have
suggested Apple's Mac IIsi with their new video boards, and some of them
have suggested Amiga's Video Toaster. I have seen Video Toaster's demo tape,
and it looks really good. 

Can anyone shed some light on these machines, or if you know of any video/audio
cards that go with the IBM PC compatible's. Does anybody know the quality of
output produced by Video toaster and other machines.

I would prefer a PC based machine.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.


-- 
===============================================================================
Uma S. Pandey,						    Phone: 512-838-8573
Email: usp@futserv.austin.ibm.com
Disc: All opinions are mine and mine only.
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: dierick@brsux0.bro.dec.com (Dierick Dominique)
Subject: Re: HELP! Output video card for DecStation 5000
Reply-To: dierick@ketje.enet.dec.com
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Brussels
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 14:01:15 GMT


In article <1992Sep28.124238.5559@huracan.cr>, erick@huracan.cr (Erick Mata) writes:
>Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
>From: erick@huracan.cr (Erick Mata)
>Subject: HELP! Output video card for DecStation 5000
>
>We have a DeCStation 5000/240 with XMedia Tools. We urgently need a video
>output capability so that we can record our work on a VHS VCR.
>. Does anybody know of a video out card for either the
>DecStation 5000/240 or the DecStation 5000/133?
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Erick Mata-Montero
>Departamento de Computacion
>Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica
>erick@huracan.cr
>

Pls contact your DEC sales representative. We have partners that
offer such options for DECstations.
If you can't get them for one reason or another, mail me and I'll
try to look up the names and addresses myself.


Dominique Dierick

Digital Equipment Corporation
Brussels, Belgium
From: marni@VNET.IBM.COM ("Marni Goldshlag   marni@vnet.ibm.com")
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: multmedia major
Date: 1 Oct 92 12:55:37 GMT

Ref: SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME!
     "Robert W. Jordan" <rj25+@andrew.cmu.edu>

What about some courses in education - i.e. curriculum development type things?
Certainly this ought to be an area in which more and more multimedia is used.
How about some psychology courses related to human interface issues?
Good luck - and unless you really have to figure out now what you will do with
a major like this, I'd suggest just going with it and worry about that later.

Marni Goldshlag
Team Mwave
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia,comp.os.ms-windows.apps,rec.arts.movies
From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Subject: Microsoft's Cinemania MultiMedia CD-ROM is out
Followup-To: rec.arts.movies
Summary: ...and it's verrrry nice
Reply-To: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Organization: The John Fluke Mfg. Co.  /a.k.a. The Gizmonics Institute/
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 23:11:04 GMT

I received, and am playing around with, my new Microsoft Cinemania CD-ROM
(for MS WIndows), and I have to say that it's very nice.  It's a combination
of Maltin's Film Guide, several Film Encyclopedias (used for career synopsi,
detailed film reviews and discussion of film topics), a large number of
performer photos, some stills from various pictures, and a number of
digitized bits from various films.

The package's use of hypertext for jumping around from place to place is its
greatest advantage; I'm often gone wandering through Halliwell's Film Guide,
and gotten lost leaping from place to place; Cinemania uses MS's MultiMedia
Viewer, and it keeps a history of the last X subjects I've looked at.

Film-wise, I'm very impressed at how complete it is.  They have filmographys
of people who I thought would be obscure for a mainstream film guide, like
Wim Wenders, or a detailed description of the plot of "FrankenHooker" (!)
On the other hand, I couldn't find a listing for Gabby Hayes anyplace, but
them's the breaks (and moreover, it's a deficiency of the source material.)
My only major complaint is that I have to put up with Maltin's ratings; I'm
more of a Halliwell's kind of person, myself.  And given the relatively
small number of stills from films, why waste one on YOUNG GUNS II?  But, I'm
grousing -- this is really well worth the money.

Kudos all around -- this is really a treat.

                           "As a last resort, we can
                            always sic Les Nesman on
                            them."
                                                     "My God... that could
                                                      signal the end of
                                                      organized religion as we
                                                      know it."
---
                                        Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
INTERNET:     moriarty@tc.fluke.COM
Manual UUCP:  {uunet, uw-beaver, sun, microsoft}!fluke!moriarty
CREDO:        You gotta be Cruel to be Kind...
                 **>> Keep circulating the tapes <<**
From: galenr@hpgrla.gr.hp.com (Galen Raben)
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 16:55:18 GMT
Subject: Re: comment about MPEG Player
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Greeley, CO
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia

In comp.multimedia, zilla@ccrl.nj.nec.com (John Lewis) writes:
[stuff deleted...]
>The 'MPEG player' must therefore be software only, which must
>mean that it loads the file, slowly decompresses into memory, and
>then plays back from memory.

>This is a rather limited solution compared with systems (JPEG or
>quicktime) which allow recording & playback from disk.

>Correct?

Actually this goes both ways...  Yes, it may seem limited as generally
software implementations are much slower than hardware implementations.  
However there is also an advantage to software, as when standards change
or a better compression/decompression technology becomes available, it
is more easily updated than hardware...  Considering the prices of fast
cpu's are dropping everyday, it seems that the speed advantage of hardware
is crumbling.  It may very well end up that the extra flexibility of a
software solution may outweigh any speed advantage hardware may still have...
[so much for my $.02 worth...]

Awhile back someone mentioned that quicktime might be implemented for
MS Windows...  Does anyone know anything more about who & how (or even
when)???

- Galen -
galenr@hpgrla.gr.hp.com

These are MY opinions... not those of anyone else or the company I work for!
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia