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Newsgroups: bit.listserv.urep-l
Date:         Tue, 21 Jul 1992 09:48:02 -0400
From:         Dan Ehrlich <ehrlich@CS.PSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: urep - buy
              21 Jul 92 09:18:58 EDT. <9207211333.AA03932@psucurt.cs.psu.edu>

>On Mon, 20 Jul 92 13:16:37 -0400 Robert Michael Owens said:
>>
>>instead try 1.814.865.9505 and ask for tammy
>>
>>owens
>Please note that the person who asked for the address is in Portugal, Europe.
>First a phone call is expensive, second there is a problem with the time lag.
>Why can't you folks reply via email? A few weeks ago I sent several
>email asking for conditions and information about UREP to no avail. I've
>given up. I thought service for this product is similar to this behaviour.
>It is a pity.
>Gerhard
>

The e-mail address <tammy@cs.psu.edu> will also work.

-- Dan Ehrlich
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Date:         Tue, 21 Jul 1992 13:18:58 MSZ
From:         Gerhard Rentschler <ZRSL@DS0RUS1I.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: urep - buy

On Mon, 20 Jul 92 13:16:37 -0400 Robert Michael Owens said:
>
>instead try 1.814.865.9505 and ask for tammy
>
>owens
Please note that the person who asked for the address is in Portugal, Europe.
First a phone call is expensive, second there is a problem with the time lag.
Why can't you folks reply via email? A few weeks ago I sent several
email asking for conditions and information about UREP to no avail. I've
given up. I thought service for this product is similar to this behaviour.
It is a pity.
Gerhard

Gerhard Rentschler             email: g.rentschler@rus.uni-stuttgart.de
Regional Computing Center      bitnet: zrsl@ds0rus1i
University of Stuttgart        tel.   ++49/711/685 5806
Allmandring 30a                fax:   ++49/711/682357
D 7000 Stuttgart 80
Germany
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On Mon, 20 Jul 92 13:16:37 -0400 Robert Michael Owens said:
>
>instead try 1.814.865.9505 and ask for tammy
>
>owens
Please note that the person who asked for the address is in Portugal, Europe.
First a phone call is expensive, second there is a problem with the time lag.
Why can't you folks reply via email? A few weeks ago I sent several
email asking for conditions and information about UREP to no avail. I've
given up. I thought service for this product is similar to this behaviour.
It is a pity.
Gerhard

Gerhard Rentschler             email: g.rentschler@rus.uni-stuttgart.de
Regional Computing Center      bitnet: zrsl@ds0rus1i
University of Stuttgart        tel.   ++49/711/685 5806
Allmandring 30a                fax:   ++49/711/682357
D 7000 Stuttgart 80
Germany
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>On Mon, 20 Jul 92 13:16:37 -0400 Robert Michael Owens said:
>>
>>instead try 1.814.865.9505 and ask for tammy
>>
>>owens
>Please note that the person who asked for the address is in Portugal, Europe.
>First a phone call is expensive, second there is a problem with the time lag.
>Why can't you folks reply via email? A few weeks ago I sent several
>email asking for conditions and information about UREP to no avail. I've
>given up. I thought service for this product is similar to this behaviour.
>It is a pity.
>Gerhard
>

The e-mail address <tammy@cs.psu.edu> will also work.

-- Dan Ehrlich
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Date:         Tue, 21 Jul 1992 09:47:40 -0400
From:         Robert Michael Owens <OWENS@PSUVAX1.BITNET>
Subject:      info

if you want urep info, send your name and mailing address to

       tammy@cs.psu.edu

she will send it to you. she is also the person you will talk to
if you call the number given then you call 1-814-863-0392.

owens

i have asked her to send info to the two people who have already asked
for it.
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if you want urep info, send your name and mailing address to

       tammy@cs.psu.edu

she will send it to you. she is also the person you will talk to
if you call the number given then you call 1-814-863-0392.

owens

i have asked her to send info to the two people who have already asked
for it.
.
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Date:         Fri, 31 Jul 1992 15:31:43 +0200
From:         Henk Sandkuyl <sandkuyl@PHCOMS.SERI.PHILIPS.NL>
Subject:      UREP BSC alternatives?

Any help or comments appreciated.

At the moment we are using UREP (Unix RSCS Emulation Program) from
Pennsylvania State University to connect our SUN to an IBM VM system.
Let me state that we are quite happy with what the UREP software has to offer.

Our IBM group however wants to get rid of all the BSC lines. And that's
where our problem starts. What are the alternatives for using UREP to
connect to IBM VM systems?

Now its not only a matter of transferring spool files. Our SUN system
is a gateway between our TCP/IP network and the VM and other IBM systems.
With the UREP software we can tell the IBM about the origin (host and
username in the tcp/ip network) of the file. WE NEED THAT!.

With the UREP software we can specify exits (escapes), where we can
do our own processing of incoming files. Basically what we do is pick
up every file that comes in and transfer via the TCP/IP network. The
destination (host and username) are supplied by the UREP software. WE NEED
THAT TOO!

The files that are being transferred to and from the IBM system are
e-mail (mainly PROFS), MVS jobs and print/punch (also binary punch) files.
Also files sent with the VM sendfile or TSO xmit are processed thru this
gateway.

Alternatives?

UREP with VMNET protocol.
This solution would be the simplest. But this requires TCP/IP for
VM (with VMNET from Princeton). At the moment there are no plans for
buying TCP/IP for VM.
Any comments on using the VMNET protocol between UREP and VM are welcome
however.

UREP SNA.
Does such a thing exist/planned?

OCS (Open Connect Systems)
We are using OCS at the moment for terminal emulation. Anybody want to
comment on using OCS for RJE/E-MAIL?

RS/6000
We have a RS/6000 for OCS. What are the possibilities of connecting
this machine to the SNA network?

Any suggestions/remarks/alternatives?

Thanks in advance,
Henk Sandkuyl

Henk Sandkuyl,                                   Philips C&P, VN513,
Tel: +31-40-784976                               P.O. Box 218,
Fax: +31-40-782900                               5600MD Eindhoven,
Email: sandkuyl@seri.philips.nl                  The Netherlands
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Date:         Thu, 30 Jul 1992 13:18:39 EDT
From:         Jeff Courtright <JCOURT@MIAMIU.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: political hotline
              30 Jul 1992 09:30:15 -0400 from <sdf@CRAFT.CAMP.CLARKSON.EDU>

When I was in graduate school four years ago, a friend of mine subscribed
to the service you describe.  However, he split the cost of it with three
other friends.  I think it cost around $750 for the duration of the campaign.
Don't have any other info.

Jeff Courtright (JCOURT @ MIAMIU)
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Date:         Thu, 30 Jul 1992 09:30:15 -0400
From:         STEPHE DOHENY-FARINA <sdf@CRAFT.CAMP.CLARKSON.EDU>
Subject:      political hotline
X-cc:         PURTOPOI@PURCCVM.BITNET

I heard a news piece the other day on NPR about a political bb service
out of Washington DC that specializes in the daily internal news of
the campaigns, named The Hotline, I think. Does anyone out there know
anything about this? Is it possible to hook into it by academic types?

Steve Doheny-Farina
Clarkson University
sdf@craft.camp.clarkson.edu
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Newsgroups: bit.listserv.gaynet
Date:         Sun, 26 Jul 1992 08:17:03 -0400
From:         gaynet@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Subject:      GayNet Digest Volume 5 Issue 578

In this issue:
                             UK gaynetters

Please send messages for the entire list to gaynet@ATHENA.MIT.EDU,
requests to be added or deleted to gaynet-request@ATHENA.MIT.EDU, and
personal replies directly to the other person, not the entire list.
Postings to GayNet are public communications.  If you must keep your
privacy, send your messages to gaynet-anonymous@ATHENA.MIT.EDU.

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From: nwhite@mrc-crc.ac.uk (Mr. N.J. White)
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 12:15:50 BST
Subject: UK gaynetters

Hello netters

I've just begun subscribing to Gaynet and was wondering about the possibilty
of starting a similar group here in the UK.

I'm sure there are enough gaynetters in the UK  to make it worthwhile - I
don't actually have the equipment to start a net group but someone over
here must have.

If there is anyone interested  in setting up a gay news group (or maybe one
already exists and I haven't discovered it yet) e-mail me.

Here's hoping for a start in the UK.

Nick


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| Haematological Medicine,                                               |
| Cambridge University,                                                  |
| MRC Centre, Hills Road,                                                |
| Cambs. CB2 2QH U.K.                                                    |
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Date:         Thu, 23 Jul 1992 08:54:27 EDT
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From:         Cliff Green <green@UMDNJ.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Expanding Letters
X-To:         "'Discussion on the use of the dBase language and related
              dialects'" <DBASE-L%NMSUVM1.BitNet@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU>
              23, 92 6:22 am

Brian Boudreaux sez:

> What I need to do is take a normal size letter/number and make it
> larger in height, not s p r e a d out.  I need to be able to print
> labels that contain as a minimum 3/4" lettering.

What kind of printer are/will you use?  This is a non-trivial
point in a question like yours.

c
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Date:         Tue, 21 Jul 1992 09:03:47 EDT
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From:         Y01S000 <Y01S@SETONMUS.BITNET>
Subject:      dbaseIV v. Lotus

I am in the process of trying to get my office to purchase
a network version of dbaseIV.  However there is someone in
my office who believes that whatever I need to do in dbase I
can do in Lotus (which we already own).  I am not that familiar
with Lotus so I don't feel comfortable responding on this
question.

This is what I'm in need of:

Ability to manipulate databases of 200-20,000 records with 10-30
fields.

Obtain from the data statisitical information, labels, and
addresses I can convert for use in WP mail merges.

Ability to compare information on several independent databases.

Ability to customize data input environs.

Ability to create programs that manipulate several databases.


It would seem to me that dbaseIV would be most appropriate.  However,
I would appreciate all comments pro and con sent directly to me
(pref. to my bitnet address).  Also how much would a network copy
of dbaseIV with say 4 nodes cost?  Where should I order it from?
Thanks.

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
David J. Adinaro                     BITNET: y01s@setonmus
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Seton Hall University                 VOICE: (201) 761-9332
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From: tjc@acsu.buffalo.edu (Thomas J. Corsalini)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.dbase-l
Subject: help with dbase...
Keywords: help
Date: 27 Jul 92 14:00:14 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: UB Law School

I am not a regular subscriber to this list. I am posting here because it
would seem to best place to get assistence. We have a budget tracking
system that was created using dBase III plus. Our problem is that no one
here knows how to start a new financial year i.e. make a new directory
and recreate the file structures. The individual who created the database
is no longer with us. 
	If we were to create a new directory and copy all .prg, .scr, .frm
and other dbase files and then copy all the .dbf and .ndx files to it -- 
could we delete the records from the .dbf files and assume the system would
function as intended?

Please e-mail to this account any suggestions.

Tom


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Date:         Tue, 21 Jul 1992 13:52:23 GMT
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From:         Mike Vore W3CCV <mvore@FEDIX.FIE.COM>
Subject:      Re: dbaseIV v. Lotus
              92 9:03 am

>
>I am in the process of trying to get my office to purchase
>a network version of dbaseIV.  However there is someone in
>my office who believes that whatever I need to do in dbase I
>can do in Lotus (which we already own).  I am not that familiar
>with Lotus so I don't feel comfortable responding on this
>question.
>

dBase is a database manager - Lotus (123) is a spreadsheet.  One
difference is that if data fields are functions of other fields - even
crossing records a spread sheet is more appropriate.  A crude analogy
would be the Income Tax (YUCK) forms.

But on the other hand a data base is made up of identical records, they
may have _no_ functional interaction possibly other than running totals.
 By that I mean that a field in record 33 does not depend on a differing
field in record 200, which depends on.....

I have found that Lotus may be easier for entering data, but it should
be in dBase when stored.

>This is what I'm in need of:
>
>Ability to manipulate databases of 200-20,000 records with 10-30
>fields.
>
>Obtain from the data statisitical information, labels, and
>addresses I can convert for use in WP mail merges.
>
>Ability to compare information on several independent databases.
>
>Ability to customize data input environs.
>
>Ability to create programs that manipulate several databases.
>

Both dBase and Lotus could meet all these needs, but still dBase seems
to me to more appropriate.  As to the programming, dBase is almost a
second language to me, but I've seen Lotus programs that can do wonders.

Another consideration, is that you will have a possibility of 600k
fields, each of which probabbly will be some where between 5 and 20
bytes long (??)  You are maybe talking about 6 meg of data.  dBase pages
into memore records as needed and then flushes them back to disk when
you are finished.  Lotus 1-2-3 (up through version 2.0) that I'm
familiar with, attempts to read the entire data file into ram.  And will
fail if there is not enough memory.  The limits as I remember lotus also
is 2048 rows by 2048(?) columns.  Another reason for keeping a database
in a data base program.  dBase has a limit of about 1,000,000,000
records, and they can be an the order of 128 fields, of 64k bytes each.
Newer versions of dBase (I've not worked with in in about a year ande
that was dBase III+) have new limitations which are growing with each
release.  Clipper and the other compilers also stretch the limitations
also.

- mike


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Date:         Mon, 27 Jul 1992 06:59:39 -0700
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From:         S-DELA@UMINN1.BITNET
Subject:      temp index files

 Thanks to all who responded to my query. My out of disk space problem
 was solved when I added this line to my autoexec.bat:

 set dbtmp=d:temp

 Thanks again,

     Sarah Delaney                       University of Minnesota
 s-dela.uminn1.bitnet               Mgmt Planning & Info Service
 s-dela@vm1.spcs.umn.edu                   30 Wulling Hall
 FAX: 612-624-6057,  Phone: 624-1093     Minneapolis, MN 55455
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From: schli@cs.tu-berlin.de (Wolfram Schlickenrieder)
Subject: Re: Clipper/MEMO Question
Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 09:36:20 GMT



	Got it! Thanks to everyone who responded!

	...Wolfram
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Date:         Thu, 30 Jul 1992 13:22:42 EST
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From:         ALDSTF06@OUACCVMB.BITNET

A few weeks ago, I saw that some were having trouble using dBase IV under
DOS 5.0.  My department is currently installing DOS 5.0 on all computers.
I am also in the process of making an application with dBase IV.  Can anyone
tell me to which version I might have to upgrade in order to use dBase IV
without worry?

Any suggestions are free to come directly to me.
Thanx
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Date:         Thu, 30 Jul 1992 08:36:49 EDT
Reply-To:     "Mark W. Schumann" <mark@whizbang.wariat.org>
              dialects" <DBASE-L@NMSUVM1.BITNET>
From:         "Mark W. Schumann" <mark@WHIZBANG.WARIAT.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Dbase 3 / 3+
X-To:         DBASE-L Mailing List <dbase-l%nmsuvm1.BITNET@cunyvm.CUNY.Edu>

On Wed, 29 Jul 1992 13:31:33 GMT,
 wariat!nshore!ncoast!usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu!VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK!hsr4 wrote:

> One thing which has become apparent is that the 32 bit number which lies in
> offset bytes 4-7 doesn't translate as it stands.  For example, when I look at
> one of my (problem) .dbf files, the hex values for bytes 4-7 are 3F 91 01 00.
> The direct conversion of that number to decimal gives 1,066,467,584 - which
> isn't the number of known records in the file!
>
> What appears to be necessary is to reverse the sequence of the bytes - so
> 3F 91 01 00 becomes 00 01 91 3F, which turns out to be decimal 102,719 (and
> which also happily is the number of known records in the file).

That is Intel-standard stuff.  All numbers are in "little endian" order,
meaning the little end of the number comes first.
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Date:         Sat, 25 Jul 1992 06:41:32 PDT
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From:         Mark Hamamoto <hamamoto@AMERICA.TELEBIT.COM>
Subject:      Re: temp index files

Please take me off list...I'm mh@nisc.sri.com...that's forwarding it to me.

Thanks!
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.dbase-l
From: mrdunn@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Michael Robert Dunn)
Subject: changing letters to uppercase
Summary: I need to change all the letters in a mailing list 
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 23:52:25 GMT

Hello, does anyone know if there's a program (preferably one I can get
with ftp) that will change all the letters in a dbase file to
uppercase.  I could do it by hand, but it's a longggg file.
From: davei@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Mr D Ingles)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.dbase-l
Subject: Dbase 3 / 3+
Date: 24 Jul 92 10:23:14 GMT
Organization: Department of Computing at Lancaster University, UK.

Can someone tell me where I can find the file format description of a Dbase 3
/ 3+ database file ?

Thanks

Davei (davei@lancaster.ac.uk)
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Date:         Mon, 27 Jul 1992 08:36:07 -0500
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From:         DON SMITH <DSMITH@INDYVAX.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Dbase 3 / 3+

> Can someone tell me where I can find the file format description of a Dbase 3
> / 3+ database file ?

Believe it or not, the answer is as close as Appendix D of your "Learning and
Using dBASE III Plus" manual...

Don Smith
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Date:         Tue, 28 Jul 1992 11:28:57 +0200
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From:         Wolfram Schlickenrieder <schli@CS.TU-BERLIN.DE>
Subject:      Clipper/MEMO Question
X-To:         rboyer2@ius.indiana.edu
              27 Jul 92 10:47:33 EST <9207271047.A03461@ius.indiana.edu>

	Hi...!

	Thanks for the hint -- I didn't think it would be so easy :-)

	Regards,
	...Wolfram
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