HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns)
Subject: Re: CGM to Regis or Sixel, CGM specification
Keywords: CGM Refis Sixel Conversion Specification Question
Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 11:18:23 GMT

In article <1400@sunatb.UUCP>, adri@sunatb.UUCP (Adri Rijnart) writes:
|> We are provided a series of pictures in "CGM" formatted files, and
|> have a lot of VT340 terminals for our users.
|> 
|> Question 1. Does any of you know a conversion program from CGM in
|> either "sixel" or "regis"(preferred).

None that I'm aware of, though there are several University-produced
(and hence cheap or PD) CGM interpreter `kits'; plugging a library on
the tail end of such things is typically not terribly difficult.

|> Question 2. Does any of you know what how the CGM-format is spelled.

The spec of the format (I assume that's what you're after) is
contained in ISO/IEC 8636-1 to -4.  Sadly, even though that's just
been revised, due to a cock-up by CEN/CENELEC the revised version may
not be published (REALLY!) as a national standard in Europe.  The
latest version is therefore only available (very expensive) direct
from ISO in Geneva, or (presumably) from ANSI and other non-European
national bodies.
--
Robin (come back John Drummond) Fairbairns       rf@cl.cam.ac.uk
U of Cambridge Computer Lab, Pembroke St, Cambridge  CB2 3QG, UK
"They had twelve years to lay in wait for us" - Bush supporter on Nov 4
Newsgroups: comp.org.decus
From: beck@irzr17.inf.tu-dresden.de (Andre Beck)
Subject: VAXNotes <-> USENET Migration
Keywords: VAXNotes News USENET
Reply-To: beck@freia.inf.tu-dresden.de
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, TU Dresden, Germany.
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:17:36 GMT


Hi,

someone advised me to ask the DECUS people for the following problem:
Is there a migration path between a local running VAXNotes Service
and a local running USENET News Server ?
The Notes environment runs on VMS, the USENET on Ultrix. TCP/IP and
DECnet is available on both systems, if this helps.

Our problem is, we want to have some groups on both systems, without
care of WHO prefers WHAT operating system and environment.

Thanx for any comments.

--
,------------------------+---------------------------------------------.
| Andre' Beck (ABPSoft)  |   TCP/IP-Mail: beck@freia.inf.tu-dresden.de |
| HG R 142               |   VMS        : hermes::beck                 |
+------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|       Windows is the best placebo against MS-DOOF headaches !        |
`----------------------------------------------------------------------'

Newsgroups: comp.org.ieee
From: boerncke@kirk.fmi.uni-passau.de (Frank-Roland Boernke)
Subject: Where can I find special subjects in IEEE magazines?
Organization: University of Passau, Germany
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:52:56 GMT

There are a lot of magazines and newsletters made by IEEE with a lot of
really interesting information - a least I think so. My problem is how to 
find an interesting article not by chance but right about that subject I
am interested in. Is there kind of a summary that collects all the abstracts
about all these articles? If such a thing exists, does it exist as a file
too. I think this would be of a  great interest. Please let me know if I have
to continue with my technique (that isn't any) of finding articles.

Thanks in advance...

Frank
 
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Newsgroups: comp.org.ieee
From: cec@planet.bt.co.uk
Newsgroups: comp.org.ieee
Subject: ANSI standard
Date: 23 Nov 92 16:46:30 GMT
Distribution: planet,world
Organization: DNM42, BT Labs, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, UK.
Originator: cec@phoenix


Does anyone know if the IEEE supply the ANSI C standard, or who does ? 
I would like to buy a couple of copies.

Thanks in Advance 

Chris Cox.
From: swiers@plains.NoDak.edu (Aaron Swiers)
Newsgroups: comp.org.ieee
Subject: IEEE contact for address change
Date: 18 Nov 92 05:21:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: ns1.BxwC87.FEr
Distribution: usa
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network

I have moved several times, and unfortunately my IEEE Spectrum
has not yet caught up with me.  I would like to know if there
is an official presence on the net that would handle an address
change.  If not, could someone please post the address that I can
write to to change my address.  BTW - I am a student member (if
it makes any difference).  Thanks in advance for the help,


############################################################
Aaron Swiers                         swiers@plains.nodak.edu 
University of ND
Electrical Engineering
Newsgroups: comp.org.ieee
From: dl_mill@pavo.concordia.ca (MILLER, DARREL L.)
Subject: Looking for an Email address
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Concordia University
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 05:25:00 GMT

Hi,
	I am looking for the Email address of someone involved in the Student 
Activities Board of the IEEE Computer Society.  
      I am a student member of the Concordia University Student Chapter of the
IEEE Computer Society and unfortunately due to a change over in students 
running the chapter we have lost contact.
     If anyone has an Email address through which I can contact someone in the 
activities board please Email me.

			Thanks
				Darrel Miller
From: fleming@mazatlan.eng.uci.edu (Dennis Paul Fleming)
Subject: IEEE Directory 
Newsgroups: comp.org.ieee
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 20 Nov 92 19:17:51 GMT

	Is there an electronic version of the IEEE Directory.  An ftp site
would be the most convenient.

	Dennis Fleming
	Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering
	University of California, Irvine

Newsgroups: comp.org.sug
From: dan@BofA.COM (Dan Brockman)
Subject: nse
Organization: Bank of America, Capital Products, RMTG #5906
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 22:59:11 GMT


I am considering for my work group the adoption of
Network Software Environment (NSE), a sun product
for administration of source code.

Anyone have experience with this?  What are the 
pros and cons?  Unreliable rumor says there is a 
learning curve quite steep.  What are the competitors
to NSE?  What are their strengths and weaknesses?

Thanks.
-- 
 Daniel Brockman             tel 415-953-0406, fax 415-622-2892
 Bank of America, Dept 5906, 555 Calif St
 San Francisco 94104 USA    email uunet!odinba!dan dan@bofa.com
Newsgroups: comp.org.sug
From: mo@wind.bellcore.com (Michael O'Dell)
Subject: Re: S.U.G. Conference --> what to do & see in California?
Keywords: 
 
Reply-To: mo@bellcore.com
Organization: Center for Chaotic Repeatabilty
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 08:59:54 GMT

Steinhardt aquarium in San Francisco, as well as the Museum of Fine Art
are well.

The Monterey aquarium is even better than Steinhardt.

	-mo
Newsgroups: comp.org.sug
From: dan@BofA.com (Dan Brockman)
Subject: Re: S.U.G. Conference --> what to do & see in California?
Organization: Bank of America, Capital Products, RMTG #5906
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 92 00:42:39 GMT


things to see and do list addenda...

Drive your rentacar over the hill to the ocean and visit
Ano Nuevo state reserve where the elephant seals hang out.
Call 415-879-0852 for info.

Then drive on south from Ano Nuevo to Santa Cruz.
Visit the boardwalk, the surfing museum, too. 
Dine on freshest seafood on the big pier.


-- 
 Daniel Brockman             tel 415-953-0406, fax 415-622-2892
 Bank of America, Dept 5906, 555 Calif St
 San Francisco 94104 USA    email uunet!odinba!dan dan@bofa.com
From: pln@egret0.Stanford.EDU (Patrick L. Nolan)
Newsgroups: comp.org.sug
Subject: Re: S.U.G. Conference --> what to do & see in California?
Date: 19 Nov 1992 19:55:38 GMT
Organization: Stanford University
Reply-To: pln@egret0.Stanford.EDU
NNTP-Posting-Host: egret1.stanford.edu
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Christoph Uloth (eceladm@uniwa.uwa.edu.au) wrote:
: 
: I am also interested in any sight seeing spots.
: 
Maybe I'm wierd, but I always take visitors to see Fry's
Electronics.  It's like being at the epicenter of Silicon
Valley.  There are three branches in Sunnyvale, Milpitas,
and Palo Alto.  They are enormous stores that sell almost
everything electronic: PCs & Macs, video, audio, test
equipment, wire, connectors, ICs, books, software, soldering
supplies, calculators, phones, you name it.  The really
curious thing is that these stores are an outgrowth of
the Fry's grocery chain, so they carry soft drinks, candy,
chips, toothpaste, non-technical magazines, etc.  A one-stop
shopping center for the real nerd.
From: haynes@cats.ucsc.edu (Jim Haynes)
Newsgroups: comp.org.sug
Subject: Re: S.U.G. Conference --> what to do & see in California?
Keywords: SUG Tourist
Date: 19 Nov 92 20:04:57 GMT
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: hobbes.ucsc.edu


In article <39004@hoptoad.uucp> rdm@cfcl.com (Rich Morin) writes:
>I live near San Francisco Intl. Airport (SFO); here are some ideas...
>  *	Foothill College Electronics Museum/Surplus stores
The museum is now closed, having been evicted from Foothill College.
Plans are underway to build a new museum, but right now the collection
is packed away.
-- 
haynes@cats.ucsc.edu
haynes@cats.bitnet

"Ya can argue all ya wanna, but it's dif'rent than it was!"
"No it aint!  But ya gotta know the territory!"
        Meredith Willson: "The Music Man"
Newsgroups: comp.org.sug
From: troll@sug.org (A. Newman)
Subject: Re: S.U.G. Conference --> what to do & see in California?
Organization: Sun User Group
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:30:26 GMT


In article <1ecd3vINN21l@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> eceladm@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Christoph Uloth) writes:
>
>Dear S.U.G.,
>
>I have just organised to be able to attend the SUG Conference from the
>7th to 10th of December and will be in California from the 7th till the 
>19th and wondered if there were any places that I could/should visit in
>California.
>
>I am also interested in any sight seeing spots.
>

I was in San Jose in July, and while I didn't do too much sightseeing,
I did get over to the Winchester Mystery House.  The WMH is the estate
of Sarah Winchester who believed her life would be spared an Indian
curse if she built her house 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.  She did
for 38 years, and the result is...bizarre.  

The tours takes about an hour and the House is probably best gotten to
by car.  the tour costs something like $12, but I thought it was worth
it.  The grounds also include small museums of Americana and the
history of the Winchester Company (who's most famous product is
rifles).

Alex Newman
Sun User Group
troll@sug.org
From: pln@egret0.Stanford.EDU (Patrick L. Nolan)
Newsgroups: comp.org.sug
Subject: Re: S.U.G. Conference --> what to do & see in California?
Date: 18 Nov 1992 17:23:12 GMT
Organization: Stanford University
Reply-To: pln@egret0.Stanford.EDU
NNTP-Posting-Host: egret1.stanford.edu
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Barry Shein (bzs@world.std.com) wrote:
: 
: 1. Berkeley is in Berkeley, CA. That is about 50 miles (80km) from San
: Jose. There is a train system (CalTrain) but you might want to arrange
: to have an automobile, particularly if you might be travelling odd
: hours. San Francisco is roughly the same distance from San Jose
: (probably 40 mi / 65 km). San Jose is south of SF and Berkeley, in the
: Silicon Valley area. The obvious road between them is Rte 101 (get a
: map), to get to Berkeley follow the signs as you get to SF to the
: Oakland Bay-Bridge, cross the bridge and follow the main road to
: Berkeley, get off at University Ave I guess, the Berkeley Campus exit
: is marked on the highway (pardon me, easterner here, FREEWAY not
: highway.)
: 
You need to be pretty brave to go from San Jose to Berkeley by
public transportation.  You can ride CalTrain to San Francisco,
but then you have to walk or take a bus several long blocks to
a BART station.  CalTrain is pretty slow, too. (~1.5 hours from
SJ to SF).

The directions given above for driving are good.  The "main road
to Berkeley" is Interstate 80.

Stanford is about 10-15 miles NW of San Jose.  Take highway 101
N (toward San Francisco) to the Embarcadero Road off-ramp in
Palo Alto.  Proceed west for about 2 miles and you'll come to 
the stadium at the corner of El Camino Real.
From: rdm@cfcl.com (Rich Morin)
Newsgroups: comp.org.sug
Subject: Re: S.U.G. Conference --> what to do & see in California?
Date: 18 Nov 92 18:50:27 GMT
Reply-To: rdm@cfcl.com (Rich Morin)
Distribution: world
Organization: Canta Forda Computer Lab, Pacifica, CA
Keywords: SUG Tourist

I live near San Francisco Intl. Airport (SFO); here are some ideas...

  *	Monterey Bay Aquarium/coastal parks

	The 'Moon Jellies' alone are worthe the trip.  The coastal
	rocks have zillions of interesting critters living on them.
	(An upweling allows some 90% of the species found on the
	Pacific coast to be represented there.)

  *	Big Basin/Hwy. 35/Tunitas Creek Rd.

	If you like trees, here's where you can find them.

  *	SF/Cable Cars/Car Barn/Exploratorium/Golden Gate Park

	The Cable Car Barn is a cross between a museum and the guts
	of the cable car system.  worth visiting for hackers.

	The Exploratorium is a funky, wonderful collection of science
	toys that you're *encouraged* to play with.  It also has a
	really nifty store full of science goodies.

	The park has scads of museums, trees, etc.  Also nice places
	to kick back and relax.

  *	Foothill College Electronics Museum/Surplus stores

	The museum has lots of nifty old electronics cruft.  The local
	surplus stores do, too, though not so old, and for sale.  There
	are around two dozen (!) electronic surplus stores in the area.

  *	Golden Gate National Recreation Area, etc.

	Numerous large parks, hiking trails, etc.

Gotta go now - hope this helps...

-rich morin
rdm@cfcl.com
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Newsgroups: comp.org.sug
From: webber@world.std.com (Robert D Webber)
Subject: Re: S.U.G. Conference --> what to do & see in California?
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 19:54:28 GMT

In article <1edu60INNi5n@morrow.stanford.edu> pln@egret0.Stanford.EDU writes:
>Barry Shein (bzs@world.std.com) wrote:
>: 
>: 1. Berkeley is in Berkeley, CA. That is about 50 miles (80km) from San
>: Jose. There is a train system (CalTrain) but you might want to arrange
>: to have an automobile, particularly if you might be travelling odd
>: hours. San Francisco is roughly the same distance from San Jose
>: (probably 40 mi / 65 km). San Jose is south of SF and Berkeley, in the
...
>: 
>You need to be pretty brave to go from San Jose to Berkeley by
>public transportation.  You can ride CalTrain to San Francisco,
>but then you have to walk or take a bus several long blocks to
>a BART station.  CalTrain is pretty slow, too. (~1.5 hours from
>SJ to SF).

I went back and forth between San Jose and San Francisco a couple of
times by CalTrain at last year's SUG, and from SJ to Berkeley via
a county bus and BART.  The only really bad part was hiking down
to the CalTrain station to catch the last train to San Jose the
night before my 7:00 AM plane; crossing under the freeway is
annoying, and the neighbourhood, while not overtly dangerous,
is pretty empty in the evening.

The CalTrain stop in San Jose is a reasonable walk from the
convention centre; there are also buses which go there, if you
can find one.

Getting to BART by bus from San Jose requires patience and exact
change.  Getting on BART requires currency notes wrinkled to just
the right point to match the particular not reader you're using,
but it's nice not to have a car most places in San Francisco.
If you _do_ have a car but don't want to take it into the city, you
could investigate parking near BART stations in, e.g., Hayward.

Bob


-- 
Bob Webber, webber@world.std.com ===========================================
==========================================================  Laurie Anderson:
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of these objects will be useful, and some of them will just be odd.
From: eceladm@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Christoph Uloth)
Newsgroups: comp.org.sug
Subject: S.U.G. Conference --> what to do & see in California?
Date: 18 Nov 1992 11:25:51 +0800
Organization: The University of Western Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: uniwa.uwa.edu.au


Dear S.U.G.,

I have just organised to be able to attend the SUG Conference from the
7th to 10th of December and will be in California from the 7th till the 
19th and wondered if there were any places that I could/should visit in
California.

I am especially interested in network security; large networks with
Macintoshes, Suns, PCs and peripherals; lab management; UNIX
administration.

I am also interested in any sight seeing spots.

I currently wish to visit the Berkeley and Stanford campuses and check
out what they are doing in the computing fields and would be interested
if anyone could give me some names to contact to arrange visits.  Also,
if anyone could tell me how I can get from San Jose to these places 
cheaply I'd really appreciate knowing.

Please email me at chris@ecel.uwa.edu.au.

Thanks in advance.

--
Christoph Uloth      Division of Economics Commerce Education & Law
Systems/Networks Administrator      University of Western Australia
Phone: (w)+61-9-380 1796 || (h)+61-9-387 7952   Fax: +61-9-380 1068
email: chris@ecel.uwa.edu.au                                    :-)
From: geer@world.std.com (Dan Geer)
Subject: Mobile Computing Workshop - Call for Papers
Summary: call for papers
Keywords: mobile workshop
Organization: The World @ Software Tool & Die
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 11:44:49 GMT


Call for Papers:
Symposium on Mobile & Location-Independent Computing 
Cambridge, Massachusetts
August 2-3, 1993 

Much of the growth of UNIX has been due to its support for casual
communications, thus fostering cooperative work within a location-
independent framework.  The latest incarnation of location independence
is "Mobile Computing."  Distributed computing, now fashionable in other
circles, was pioneered by the UNIX community.  Support for Mobile
Computing is the next logical step in assuring the role of UNIX as the
operating system that offers a rich and complete feature set.

Progress in Mobile Computing is everywhere evident both in academic and
non-academic circles.  We intend to concentrate on it in a true
state-of-the-art symposium and technical free-for-all on what it takes
to make Mobile Computing work and work right.  The workshop will address
many issues and ongoing developments, including, but not limited to:

-Naming (e.g. Prospero or OSF/DCE DNS)

-Wide area information distribution (e.g. WAIS and archie)

-Security (e.g. authentication based on devices and digital
 signature services)

-User locatability (e.g. paging systems and active badges)

-Rendevous (e.g. videoconferencing over the internet and
 various groupware efforts)

-Networking and Connectability (e.g. the new IETF routing
 work, movement of ``sockets'' from site to site, and the
 rumored advent of IP connections from airplanes)

-Portable tiny devices (e.g. the various palmtops and
 personal information assistants)

As is usual for a USENIX symposium, we are looking for new and
arresting developments in systems that directly contribute to a
technical understanding of Mobile Computing.  UNIX will be the lingua
franca of discussion, but we are eager for progress from other world
views to be presented as well.  This symposium will have limited
attendance.

Extended abstracts of 1500-2500 words (9000-1500 bytes or 3-5 pages)
should be sent to Dan Geer at the address below (those submitting
hardcopy abstracts must send five copies).  Shorter abstracts run a
significant risk of rejection as there will be little on which the
program committee can base an opinion.

Dates For Refereed Paper Submissions 

April 19, 1993	Extended abstracts due 
May 3, 1993	Notification to authors 
June 14,1993	Camera-ready copy due 

Program Chair: 
Dan Geer, Geer Zolot Associates 

Vice-Program Chair: 
Clement Cole, Locus Computing Corporation 

Information:
For further information about the symposium, 
contact the Program Chair: 

		Daniel E. Geer
 		Geer Zolot Associates 
		200 Portland Street 		
		Boston, MA 02114 		
		Email: geer@world.std.com 		
		Telephone: +1 617 367 2010 		
		FAX: +1 617 367 6131 

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From: ariel@seer.gentoo.com (Cathy Hampton)
Subject: Re: AFM to PFB conversion
Summary: Shareware program called REFONT does it
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 07:20:57 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Brad Lanam,  Walnut Creek, CA
Keywords: AFM PFB metrics
Followup-To: comp.fonts

In article <1e7kmpINNm6v@escargot.xx.rmit.OZ.AU> 
rcomw@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Chris Cogdon) writes:

>I have a large collection of Type 1 fonts that I would like to convert
>to be able to run under ATM in MS Widnose. Converting the PFA to PFB is
>trivial... but getting a working PFM file is not! Does anyone have a
>reliable (reliable=non-MS publication) specification of the PFM format, or
>have written a converter and don't want $1000 for it! (less is OK)

There's a shareware program out there called REFONT, by Acute Systems,
P.O. Box 37, Algonquin, IL  60102.  (I don't have a phone number -- sorry).
I've used it to convert a few Mac type 1 fonts to pc type 1 and it generates
PFM files for them.  CorelDraw version 2.0's WFNBoss utility (latest version
was 2.0T, I think) also does the job.  I think this version of WFNBoss was
released publicly -- I am a Corel user and, as I recall, upgraded it from 
the GEnie network.

Hope this helps . . . .

Ariel
From: st1pp@elroy.uh.edu (Karafa, Matthew)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: TeX fonts??????????
Date: 19 Nov 1992 01:44 CST
Organization: University of Houston
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: elroy.uh.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

Hey gang,
	I was just wondering a few things
		1) What are these sort of font files for???
		2) Are the useable on IBM PC Compatible
		3) Can they be converted to TTF/Adobe/something useable
			by WIN3.1?????
thankx
Matt
PS has anyone found that font decompiler thing on the src.doc.ic.ac.uk site??