HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: pv9955@albnyvms.bitnet
Subject: NYC Internet
Reply-To: pv9955@albnyvms.bitnet
Organization: University of NY at Albany
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 06:32:06 GMT

Does anybody know of any Internet sites in New York City?
I am mainly interested in an EMail account, but access to the newsgroups
would also be nice.
Please EMail BBS names, phone numbers, and membership fees to
PV9955@ALBNYVMS.BITNET

Thank yoy,
Peter Volpe
Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: cid@athena.mit.edu (Derek H Cedillo)
Subject: Microsoft Mouse Probs
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 16:09:01 GMT

Help!
My microsoft mouse is dying fast.
Its my understanding that the product isnt that great.
Ive had it for about 6 months now.  Everything was fine for a while,
but about 2 months ago it started "skipping" on me.
I often would have to lift it to repostion and what not...
9	m sure you all know waht 	m talking about.
First I thought it was because I had one of those real fast
mousepads...so I got a not so fast one.  Same problem.  Although 
at first it seemed to improve, in a few days it would be bad again.
Finally, I got a regular mouse pad with the "cloth" coating.
Seemed like the solution till about 1 week later.   Then it was the Same old Same old.
I dont presume it can be that dirty already in a few months.
The ones I use at work (apple though)  havent been cleaned in years.
Any suggestions, or is it just crappy craftsmenship on MS part?

Thanks
.



Derek

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From: mavin@netcom.com (Connector Distribution Corp)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Hashing algorithms
Keywords: hashing 32 bits 40 character strings
Date: 29 Jul 92 02:36:46 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)


	I want to know if there is a news group where I can find information on
hashing algorithms.  I need one that can take a 48 character string (part number
and manufacturer) and hash it into a completely unique 32 bit integer that has
the same sort consistancy as the 48 character ASCII string.  Could some one 
point me in the right direction?????

Edward Hooper
(Dokhebi!)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: kko@fraser.sfu.ca (Samuel Ko)
Subject: Re: UNIX: cal 9 1752
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 08:50:16 GMT


 herzog@ux5.lbl.gov (Hanan M. Herzog) writes:
>
>Can anyone explain why this the output of the unix calendar command when
>applied to September 1752?
>
> September 1752
> S  M Tu  W Th  F  S
>       1  2 14 15 16
>17 18 19 20 21 22 23
>24 25 26 27 28 29 30
>

If you have read the manual page, you should know why ... 

 * An unusual calendar is printed for September 1752.  That is the month 11
 * days were skipped to make up for lack of leap year adjustments.  To see
 * this calendar, type:  cal 9 1752

--
Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca)
The smartest netnews poster from SFU, BC, Canada ...




























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From: grimaldo@tokyo.seri.philips.nl (Emilio Grimaldo)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Looking for Compute Languages magazine
Date: 22 Jul 92 13:31:31 GMT
Organization: SERI-CEN Network Services, Philips C&P, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

Hi there!(?),
	     I am interested in possibly publishing an article again, so I am   looking for the address of a magazine called "Computer Languages" which I have  not found in this continent (huh!). So who can help me? it will be greatly      appreciated.

		       Have a nice day,
					 Emilio  Grimaldo
       grimaldo@tokyo.sce.philips.nl
Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: me@nextross.worldbank.org (My Account)
Subject: European/Asia-Pacific Glossaries
Organization: The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 19:09:40 GMT

I am looking for glossaries of common technology terms and acronymns  
covering European nations, the EC, and Asia-Pacific.  Please EM me or post  
any sources or short glossaries that you might have.

Thanks in advance,

RPAUL@WORLDBANK.ORG@INTERNET
Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: jim@remtech.com (Jim Levie)
Subject: Re: The Time
Organization: Remtech Inc.
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:45:50 GMT

bernard@cpio1.UUCP (Bernard Fouche) writes:


>I'm looking for a file of administrative information about the legal
>time in the USA. For instance, what was GMT when it was april 20,
>1950, 2 a.m. in San Francisco ? Was it daylight saving time ?

>Depending of the history of a country, this file could be difficult to
>make : for instance, during world war two, France was divided in two
>zones. Depending of the war, some cities moved out from DST and came
>back a few weeks or months later because the two zones applied different
>time calculations.

After looking at one of my wife's astrology books that lists the local
aberations, I'd say you have a formidable task. A quick persual found
areas that have lists of time corrections that need to be applied.  It
seems to me that one would need a "map-time" database whose look-up
entries were the lattitude/longitude of the place in question and the
date/time.

>In the USA, I do not know if DST is decided by a national bureau, or
>if it is applied localy, county per county.

>I need "only" information from January 1St 1900 to today.

>Any help would be welcome.

Go check out any of the astrology data books that list timezone
adjustments for the US.

>Please, use the net to answer if your answer is short enough : mail
>arrives here only randomly !
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>Postal Mail : CPIO S.A., 13-15 Rue de la Verrerie, 75004 Paris, France
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From: tague@omphalos.bug.co.jp (Tague Griffith )
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: E-Mail/News access in Germany
Date: 30 Jul 92 03:52:22 GMT
Organization: BUG, Inc.   Sapporo, Japan

i'm posting this for a friend:

what would be the most in-expensive way for a small startup company (5 people) 
to get a mail and news feed in Germany using either Mac's or PC compats?  
Please respond via email.  Thanks.
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"You truly understand the certainty of taxes when you work in a forigen
	country and Uncle Sam still gets his grubby hands on your paycheck."
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From: rcronh@wsres1.info.win.tue.nl (Ron Helwig)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Why are computers so expensive in Europe???????????
Keywords: computers, sgi
Date: 30 Jul 92 08:23:18 GMT
Reply-To: rcronh@info.win.tue.nl


Hi there,

In BYTE Magazine (July 1992 issue), there is an article about the new
R4000-based Crimson systems. The article ends with the following
`FACTS':

	Crimson/VGXT, 	128 MB of RAM
			780 MB disk space

			$ 110,900

(I don't know if any taxes should be added to this price)

Recently, I have received the following quote from our Dutch SGI 
distributor:

	Crimson/VGX,	128 MB of RAM
			1,6 GB disk space

			$ 198,200 (1 $ = Dfl. 1.80)

Local taxes (called BTW), as well as a 30% educational discount are 
included in this quote.

Clearly, the quote from BYTE is much better:

	Pro:	VGXT vs. VGX graphics
		$ 110,900 vs. $ 198,200 (local taxes ?)

	Con:	780 MB disk vs. 1,6 GB disk 
		(the 1,6 GB disk costs $ 10,800)

I suppose that the quote I got is comparable to any quote one would get
in Europe. The question arrises why there is such a big difference in
pricing between both continents. 
I suppose the same differences occur when one compares the pricing of
SUNs, HP-stations, IBM RS/6000 etc. in Europe and the US.

Thanks for any suggestions,

	Ron Helwig

-- 
e-mail: rcronh@win.tue.nl           | Ron Helwig
                                    | Dept. of Mathematics & Computing Science
phone:  +31 (0)40 472724            | Eindhoven University of Technology
fax:    +31 (0)40 436685            | P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, NL
Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: herzog@ux5.lbl.gov (Hanan M. Herzog)
Subject: UNIX: cal 9 1752
Followup-To: comp.misc
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 08:23:34 GMT


Can anyone explain why this the output of the unix calendar command when
applied to September 1752?

 September 1752
 S  M Tu  W Th  F  S
       1  2 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30


Please reply by e-mail.

Thanks.


-- 
Hanan Herzog
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
herzog@ux5.lbl.gov
From: blair@lll-crg.llnl.gov (Gary Blair)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: internet access
Date: 27 Jul 92 16:17:48 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory


I am interested in posting some stuff to the net which I really shouldn't be
posting from my work account.  I have heard that there are outfits that
sell you accounts for internet access for about $20/month.  Does anyone
know of such a place, preferably in the East Bay?  

Also, I have heard of a bulletin board called DICE for contractors and
consultants.  Anyone got the number?  

Please email to blair@dancer.llnl.gov.

-- 
     Gary J. Blair   (510) 422-6675        blair@dancer.llnl.gov
     Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory        
     P.O. Box 808, L-156
     Livermore, CA 94550
From: bernard@cpio1.UUCP (Bernard Fouche)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: The Time
Date: 15 Jul 92 18:37:02 GMT
Organization: CPIO S.A.


I'm looking for a file of administrative information about the legal
time in the USA. For instance, what was GMT when it was april 20,
1950, 2 a.m. in San Francisco ? Was it daylight saving time ?

Depending of the history of a country, this file could be difficult to
make : for instance, during world war two, France was divided in two
zones. Depending of the war, some cities moved out from DST and came
back a few weeks or months later because the two zones applied different
time calculations.

In the USA, I do not know if DST is decided by a national bureau, or
if it is applied localy, county per county.

I need "only" information from January 1St 1900 to today.

Any help would be welcome.

Please, use the net to answer if your answer is short enough : mail
arrives here only randomly !
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Postal Mail : CPIO S.A., 13-15 Rue de la Verrerie, 75004 Paris, France
From: petrilli@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Chris Petrilli)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Building your own PC
Date: 29 Jul 92 22:19:07 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Department of Redundency Department

In article <55421@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> gfritz@sage.cc.purdue.edu ("Happy Fun Ball") writes:
>Hello, netters.  I`m interested in building my own computer from
>scratch, but I don`t know where to begin.

Well the first question I have to ask is what KIND of computer.  If
you're just gonna build an IBM compatible, then it's a piece of cake,
since you can just assemble a set of off the shelf parts, but this is
drone work, and not really BUILDING a computer, as any monkey with a
screwdriver and an 8th grade education can put parts together.

I will work then on the assumption that you are talking about truly
BUILDING a computer, including the design of an architecture.

>So, you may ask, why would I want to even try?  I`ve had quite a bit
>of experience with software, and a little with installing some
>hardware.  I`d like to learn a little bit more about how the machines
>I work on tick, so I figure building my own would probably be the
>best way to do this.  I`d like to do this as a sort of hobby, over
>maybe a 1-year period.

Well, before you start, I suggest you learn electronics.  Building a
computer has never been an easy task, and it hasn't gotten any easier.
Now you have to know abou micro-strip lines and various other things
if you're gonna work with modern components running at anything
resembling current speeds.  At 40MHz, things ahve to be treated as
radio as well as electrical signals.

Software is also a necessary requirement since you're most likely
gonna have to write your own OS and other things unless you try and
duplicate an existing architecture.

>My question: Are there any text files out there (especially obtained
>by FTP) that explain how to do this?  Could anyone reccomend any good
>published books for the novice?

Hmm.. all a question of how much you want to do.  If you wanna build a
Z80 system, it's easy, if you wanna build a RISC machine, you're in
deeper. 

>Among the many things I don`t know, here are a few examples:
>
>-- What tools would I need

Depends on what you're building.

>-- How do I install memory 

What kind of memory? DRAM? SRAM? VRAM? SIMMS? DIPS?  Gotta tell more
info. 

>-- How do I match CPU speed, bus speed, and memory speed to prevent
>wait-states

Depends on the architecture and timing specs on the CPU you're using.
There are various tricks such as caching, interleaving, page-mode,
burst-mode that can be used in certain situations.

>Any help, pointers, and tips would be appreciated.

Well, the question is still: What do you MEAN by building a computer?

Chris
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| petrilli@gnu.ai.mit.edu                                    \  /
| I don't even speak for myself.                              \/
Xref: sparky comp.misc:3048 comp.unix.admin:4389
From: mike@boulder.wrc.unr.edu
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.unix.admin
Subject: ansitape for Unix ...
Date: 30 Jul 92 22:06:50 GMT
Reply-To: mike@boulder.wrc.unr.edu ()
Followup-To: comp.misc
Organization: Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, NV



Can someone tell me where I can get a copy of the ansitape program for the
Sun.  Please mail me the info:  mike@boulder.wrc.unr.edu

Thanks.
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mike@boulder.wrc.unr.edu
Computer Operations Manager
Desert Research Institute
Las Vegas,  NV
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From: dternes@duke.cdc.com (David Ternes)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: The Time
Date: 27 Jul 92 19:41:07 GMT
Reply-To: dternes@mips.COM (David Ternes)
Organization: Advanced Product Development

In article <8860007@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> mike@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Mike McNelly) writes:
>
>In the U.S., the timezones are organized largely along state boundaries
>but the legal requirements are regulated by the individual states, each
>with its own set of laws.  Most (but not all) states require the change
>to daylight savings time to be applied uniformly throughout the state.
>I believe that at least one state allows individual communities to
>determine whether they wish to participate in daylight savings time.
>Historically, if a state participates in daylight savings time, it
>changes its time at the same time as other places in the U.S.
>
>Alaska is a state that encompasses several timezones, I believe.
>
Also, communities along the timezone boundaries have some leeway
in deciding what zone to belong to.  The city of Mandan, ND, was
once in Mountain Time but is now a part of Central Time.  This
was done to ease commerce with the city of Bismarck, ND, across 
the Missouri River.  Since Bismarck-Mandan are really one population
center it would have been foolish to separate them between zones.

A personal aside, being on the extreme western edge of a timezone has
the benifit of staying light later into the evening.  It more than
makes up for the later dawn since most people sleep thru dawn anyway.
E. David J. Ternes                                       dternes@udev.cdc.com
Goal: To live either in obscurity or in competance.
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.zenith
From: scls_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Eric Scoles)
Subject: Re: Word Vs. WordPerfect--Opinions Wanted
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 16:02:32 GMT

In <1992Jul29.131807.1021@athena.mit.edu> cid@athena.mit.edu (Derek H
Cedillo) writes: 
>Hi,
>Im in the market for a WP .  Seems that there is either Word Perfect 5.1 
>or word for windows 2.0 I know I could get them both and just test them
> out for a while.  but I dont have that much time to testdrive every feature.
>So Im hoping anyone who would care to help would offer an opinion
>on what they use and like or dislike, or if yoiuve tried both 
>let mek know.  Thanks for all the future pros and cons.

OH NO, NOT THIS ONE AGAIN! (Not your fault of course.)

I'll put in my $.02 worth and say that the opinion of sensible people from
the last time this was gone round about was not much different from the
conventional wisdom.  If it's windows, go with Word (WP for Win smells
_bad_).  If it's DOS, go with WordPerfect if you're interested in great
phone support, fast execution, good solid printer support, wide portability
to other DOS word processors, and a somewhat less vulnerable file structure. 
Go with Word for DOS (especially sinc version 5.5) if you like Microsoft's
menu system or have to _read_ _in_ docs from other word processors
(WordPerfect is at best mediocre in that area, even with their new separate
conversion product -- hey, BTW, doesn't that steam you WP people out there? 
That means no more development on the Convert utility!). 

>Derek
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>"There Are Two Great Tragedies In Life, One Is Not To Get Your Heart's Desire.
>		The Other Is To Get It.		-Bernard Shaw 
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scls_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu  :    here >>
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Newsgroups: comp.misc

> I'm looking for a file of administrative information about the legal
> time in the USA. For instance, what was GMT when it was april 20,
> 1950, 2 a.m. in San Francisco ? Was it daylight saving time ?
> 
> Depending of the history of a country, this file could be difficult to
> make : for instance, during world war two, France was divided in two
> zones. Depending of the war, some cities moved out from DST and came
> back a few weeks or months later because the two zones applied different
> time calculations.
> 
> In the USA, I do not know if DST is decided by a national bureau, or
> if it is applied localy, county per county.
> 
> I need "only" information from January 1St 1900 to today.
> 
> Any help would be welcome.
> 
> Please, use the net to answer if your answer is short enough : mail
> arrives here only randomly !

In the U.S., the timezones are organized largely along state boundaries
but the legal requirements are regulated by the individual states, each
with its own set of laws.  Most (but not all) states require the change
to daylight savings time to be applied uniformly throughout the state.
I believe that at least one state allows individual communities to
determine whether they wish to participate in daylight savings time.
Historically, if a state participates in daylight savings time, it
changes its time at the same time as other places in the U.S.

Alaska is a state that encompasses several timezones, I believe.

Mike McNelly
mike@fc.hp.com
Xref: sparky comp.misc:3022 comp.sys.zenith:712
From: omf@tiamat.hacks.arizona.edu (Oscar Fowler)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.zenith
Subject: Re: Word Vs. WordPerfect--Opinions Wanted
Date: 30 Jul 92 04:00:03 GMT
Reply-To: omf@tiamat.hacks.arizona.edu
Distribution: world,local
Organization: Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-a4

In article <1992Jul29.160232.10114@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>, scls_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Eric Scoles) writes...
>In <1992Jul29.131807.1021@athena.mit.edu> cid@athena.mit.edu (Derek H
>Cedillo) writes: 
>>Hi,
>>Im in the market for a WP .  Seems that there is either Word Perfect 5.1 
>>or word for windows 2.0 I know I could get them both and just test them
>> out for a while.  but I dont have that much time to testdrive every feature.
>>So Im hoping anyone who would care to help would offer an opinion
>>on what they use and like or dislike, or if yoiuve tried both 
>>let mek know.  Thanks for all the future pros and cons.
> 
>OH NO, NOT THIS ONE AGAIN! (Not your fault of course.)
> 
>I'll put in my $.02 worth and say that the opinion of sensible people from
>the last time this was gone round about was not much different from the
>conventional wisdom.  If it's windows, go with Word (WP for Win smells
>_bad_).  If it's DOS, go with WordPerfect if you're interested in great
>phone support, fast execution, good solid printer support, wide portability
>to other DOS word processors, and a somewhat less vulnerable file structure. 
>Go with Word for DOS (especially sinc version 5.5) if you like Microsoft's
>menu system or have to _read_ _in_ docs from other word processors
>(WordPerfect is at best mediocre in that area, even with their new separate
>conversion product -- hey, BTW, doesn't that steam you WP people out there? 
>That means no more development on the Convert utility!). 
> 
I'll second this recommendation, especially when it comes to Windows:
get Word, WordPerect is just plain nasty programming.  On the DOS side,
definitely go with WordPerect.  Now wasn't that easy?  Just don't ask
"Should I go with Windows or DOS?" ...

#############################################################################

               "If you can't lick'em, put 'em on with a big piece of tape."
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omf@tiamat.hacks.arizona.edu                              | \/    \
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Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: dedwards@uk.oracle.com (Dave Edwards)
Subject: HP SoftBench and Encapsulation
Keywords: HP SoftBench  Encapsulation
Reply-To: dedwards@uk.oracle.com
Organization: Oracle UK
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:33:22 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by an unauthenticated user
              at Oracle Corporation.  The opinions expressed are those
              of the user and not necessarily those of Oracle.

Hi
  Have you had any experience with Encapsulating applications into SoftBench.
I am especially interested to know if you where able to encapsulate a cursors
based application. Could you spend a few minutes and email a summary of how
you encapsulated your application.

Regards
Dave Edwards
email dedwards@uk.oracle.com
From: mtie@deimos.mathcs.carleton.edu (Michael Tie)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: PC-NFS and SLIP
Date: 31 Jul 92 19:12:40 GMT



	Does anyone have any experience in getting PC-NFS to run a serial  
line from a PC to a terminal server?  We've been trying to get a SLIP line  
between a DOS machine and a Datability Vista Terminal Server (VCP-1000).   
The  configuration file for the DOS machine has been set for a direct  
serial connection, a port on the Vista has been configured for a SLIP  
interface.  A SLIP route and address have been added.  But when the DOS  
machine is booted, it  connects to the correct port, but is unable to  
telnet / ping / etc. 

	Anyone with any ideas, hints, etc., please e-mail.


	Thanx.

				- C. Liang
				sys_liangc@carleton.edu
				
				
Newsgroups: comp.misc