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From: bex@acpub.duke.edu (becky)
Newsgroups: triangle.general
Subject: Free Demo:martial arts open house
Date: 10 Nov 92 02:56:30 GMT
Organization: duke


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Newsgroups: triangle.general
From: sasjcs@canoe.unx.sas.com (Joan Stout)
Subject: Computer Advice
Originator: sasjcs@canoe.unx.sas.com
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 19:35:31 GMT
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.


My soon-to-be-ex-husband and I are trying to negotiate a divorce
settlement. I bought a computer during our marriage, so he's legally
entitled to half its value. I have no problem with that, but I want
to know what a fair price is for this computer. The store where I
bought it is no longer in business. Two places told me that the marker
value is "$400-500," but I think it's worth less, based on similar 
systems I've seen for sale on triangle.forsale. All opinions are 
welcome!

This is what I have:

IBM-compatible XT (8088)
20mg hard drive, 5.25 floppy drive
640K RAM
Samsung monochrome monitor
Enhanced keyboard
NEC Pinwriter 2200 printer


Thanks.

Joan

<------------------------------->
|  Joan Stout                   |
|  Technical Writer             |
|  sasjcs@unx.sas.com           |
|  SAS Institute, Inc.          |
|  Cary, NC 919 677-8000        |
<------------------------------->





Newsgroups: triangle.general
From: rbn@ralph.rtpnc.epa.gov (Bob Boyd)
Subject: Re: Toyota mechanics?
Reply-To: rbn@ralph.rtpnc.epa.gov
Organization: Unisys/EPA
Distribution: triangle
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 15:01:47 GMT

In the RTP area I have used Phil's Toy Store for several years now.  
They are reasonably priced, reliable and very honest in my 
experience.  One time my wife took our 85 Corolla in for a tuneup
and they called her to tell her it didn't need a tuneup!
--
Bob Boyd                 
rbn@ralph.rtpnc.epa.gov 
Unisys/EPA
From: marshall@marshall.cs.unc.edu (Jonathan A. Marshall)
Newsgroups: triangle.general
Subject: Re: Toyota mechanics?
Date: 6 Nov 92 01:14:30 GMT
Followup-To: triangle.general
Distribution: triangle

> Hi, I've recently moved here and am looking for suggestions for reliable
> Toyota mechanics, prefereably in the Chapel Hill area.  Any suggestions?
> [or is there an FAQ for mechanics in general?  I'm sure this question
> arises all the time.]  Thanks, Alan
> 
> Alan Munn                     <amunn@gibbs.oit.unc.edu>
> Dept. of Linguistics, CB# 3155 UNC Chapel Hill NC 27599

Some information about local auto mechanics is archived in the file
/unc/csa/recommendations/auto-repair on machine hatteras.cs.unc.edu.
I will send you a copy.

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From: carvajal@aurs01.uucp (Carlos Carvajal)
Newsgroups: triangle.general
Subject: Newsweek late
Date: 11 Nov 92 19:45:42 GMT
Distribution: triangle
Organization: Alcatel Network Systems, Raleigh NC

Yes, Since I moved to Raleigh my Newsweek started to arrive late.
I think it is the postal service in this area that causes
the slowdown. I never had a problem with delivery when I lived
in Atlanta. Newsweek always arrived on Tuesday there.
From: bennett@merak.cs.unc.edu (Robert Bradley Bennett)
Newsgroups: triangle.general
Subject: Re: Cable TV and you
Date: 11 Nov 92 02:35:31 GMT
Distribution: nc


In Cable Vision of Carrboro, the "Basic" channels are unscrambled, so you
can hook you VCR between the wall outlet & the descrambler to record channels
2 thru 12 (I think) even while viewing channels on TV via the scrambler.

The downside, of course, is that you can't record channels above 12 w/out
redoing the cables.
Newsgroups: triangle.general
From: kk@mcnc.org (Krzysztof Kozminski)
Subject: Re: Nearest source of non-oxygenated gas ...
Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC
Distribution: triangle
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 15:15:01 GMT

In <Bx7JLF.C2J@unx.sas.com> saselm@bronco.unx.sas.com (Edward McGee) writes:
>>
>>In Krzysztof Kozminski writes:
>>|[looking for non-oxygenated gas]
>>|> as opposed to the oxygenated gasohol inflicted on us here in Durham/RTP?
>>
>Please check with a dealer for your make of car first before you start
>"bypassing" something that is being done for the good of our environment.

The manual of my Mazda 626 warns that using gasohol may damage the
*emission control* systems.  "Good of our environment", indeed.
IMHO, just another example of a misguided miracle cure, force-fed to
us by pseudo-environmentalist politicians.

I have a strong suspicion that having a properly tuned engine is likely to
both increase the mileage and have more effect on the polluting components
in the exhaust than just the publicized 17% reduction in CO emissions from
the oxygenated fuel. And it would lower the gas expenses, too.

Convincing people to carpool just one day a week would reduce *all*
emissions by 20%, reduce the operating cost, and cause less inconvenience
than having to rebuild the engine (OK, not all, fuel distribution only).

Finally, the implementation of this "good of our environment" thing,
whereby everybody is forced to use the same stuff, is pure communism.
I'd be much more sympathetic to a solution using a higher tax on more
polluting fuels - provided, of course, that it could be trusted that
the proceedings will be used for environment improvement.  Hmm, this
kinda disqualifies the tax idea :-)

>What year is your car?  Anything made in the past 5 years should be safe
>(regardless of manufacturer).  A lot of manufacturer's warnings (in owner's
>manual) were not "justified".

The manual says that any resulting damage may not be covered by the
warranty.  Sounds like a good enough justification.  I'd rather spend
my $$ on planting some trees to take care of the CO I produce ...

KK

PS: another poster mentioned that I might have been using the stuff without
noticing - I doubt it.  As I noticed upon refueling my other car (which is
OK to use gasohol, except it get lower mileage), oxygenated gas STINKS
quite distinctively...
-- 
"Legalize freedom.  Vote libertarian"
Newsgroups: triangle.general
From: jb@rti.rti.org
Subject: Re: Cable TV and you
Organization: Research Triangle Institute, RTP, NC
Distribution: nc
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 05:52:38 GMT

sch@unx.sas.com (Steve Holzworth) writes:
>This is true. Some systems, like Raleigh Cablevision, scramble ALL channels,
>so you MUST use their box to get ANYTHING (this may have changed - I doubt

    After a good rain storm, the static is so high on the upper channels that
    the descrambling looses lock, and the stations go to 'black'.
    But even if its not raining it can take 20 seconds to aquire a station
    as you are flipping around.  Sometimes this requires going to an adjacent
    station, aquiring lock, then returning to your choice.

    The VHF band is not scrambled, but this doesn't mean that the Zenith
    converter boxes will not randomly "drop to black" briefly on Saturdays
    from 7 to 8pm. (Fox 22 on channel 2)

>Vision Interfaith Satellite Network (VISN)--------------------0.030

    Does this mean that part of my $56/month is paying for religious
    programming?  I didn't see QVC or HSC in that list.  At least "The Family
    Channel" runs some old re-runs and sitcoms.


Jeff Bartlett
jb@rti.rti.org
From: nick@sunpix.East.Sun.COM (Nick England - Sun NC Development Center)
Newsgroups: triangle.general
Subject: Re: Cable TV and you
Date: 10 Nov 1992 16:19:03 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Research Triangle Park, NC
Distribution: nc
NNTP-Posting-Host: trancjne.east.sun.com

I used to get along fine with Cablevision in Raleigh - they dropped the
scrambler box a few years ago and you could make full use of your
"cable ready" VCR and TV - I guess that means they converted to a
pole mounted gadget that scrambled or blocked channels I didn't
subscribe to. Then I moved to Chapel Hill and back into the dark ages -
once again a scrambler box with yet another remote control - and no
way to effectively use my VCR for more than 1 channel. 

Does anyone make a programmer that has a "learner" IR transmitter so you
could teach it to control your VCR and your scrambler box ???


Newsgroups: triangle.general,triangle.text
From: wolfe@rock.concert.net (Joanna Wolfe -- Oxford University Press)
Subject: : DECUS Newsletter typo - RTP LUG NovOV Meeting WILL be held 11/18/92
Organization: CONCERT-CONNECT -- Public Access UNIX
Distribution: nc
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:38:28 GMT


PLEASE NOTE:  There was a typographical error in the November DECUS
Newsletter.  The DECUS RTP LUG November LUG Meeting will be held on:

			WEDNESDAY, NOVEMVER 18, 1992	
				   at the
			Digital Equipment Corporation
			  RTP / Morrisville Offices
		             Creekstone Drive
			   Exit 282 from Route 40
Newsgroups: triangle.general
From: shava@hermes.oit.unc.edu (Shava Nerad Averett)
Subject: Re: Nearest source of non-oxygenated gas ...
Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Distribution: triangle
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 17:16:05 GMT

In article <1992Nov5.151501.19657@mcnc.org> kk@mcnc.org (Krzysztof Kozminski) writes:
>The manual of my Mazda 626 warns that using gasohol may damage the
>*emission control* systems.  "Good of our environment", indeed.
>IMHO, just another example of a misguided miracle cure, force-fed to
>us by pseudo-environmentalist politicians.

*Very* pseudo-environmentalist.  My understanding has been that the Sierra
Club and other environmentalist groups are opposed to gasahol usage, but
that the Archer Daniel Midlands Corp (ADM, for those of you who watch
Face the Nation...;) got Bush's government to push thru gasahol legislation
to handle a potentially financially damaging corn surplus of the past 
couple years.  ADM is the major producer of grain alcohol for gasahol
production.

There are many better alternatives.  Gasahol reduces CO, but produces
other nasties...

/* disclaimer -- I have no documentation of this other than a conversation
with a friend of mine who keeps up with these things better than I do... */

Oh, and Granville county has regular gas, too...

-- 
Shava Nerad Averett				shava@unc.edu
/*  all original materials (c)1992, Shava Nerad Averett, and have nothing 
    significant to do with the University of North Carolina, a mostly owned 
    subsidiary of the NC Legislature, a mostly owned subsidiary of NC DOT. */
Newsgroups: triangle.general
From: ghosh <SASAXG@mvs.sas.com>
Subject: Marine and reef aquarium
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 15:08:00 GMT
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.

Hi,
I have just recently got into keeping a marine fish aquarium and
I am just going to start a micro reef aquarium. Does anyone
know of any local chapter or user group for marine aquarists.
Also I would like to hear from anyone who has experience in
small reef aquariums like 20-30 gallon tanks.
Thanks - ami
 
sasaxg@mvs.sas.com
Newsgroups: triangle.general
From: saswta@terrapin.unx.sas.com (Bill Arnette)
Subject: Re: Cable TV and you
Originator: saswta@terrapin.unx.sas.com
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 14:08:10 GMT
Distribution: nc
Organization: The Village


>Does anyone make a programmer that has a "learner" IR transmitter so you
>could teach it to control your VCR and your scrambler box ???

I may be mistaken, but I beleive that VCR Plus will do this.  RCA has a new
VCR out with VCR Plus and an emitter that faces up through the top of the VCR 
so that it can control your cable box.  You just position your cable box on top
or above the VCR so that it can "see" the emitted signal.  There's a review of
this VCR in this months Video magazine.
-- 
Bill Arnette, SAS Institute Inc.  (919)677-8000x6193  | saswta@unx.sas.com
SAS Campus Drive, Cary, NC 27513  (919)677-8123(fax)  | ...!mcnc!sas!saswta
Newsgroups: triangle.general
From: hhamouda@unity.ncsu.edu (Hechmi Hamouda)
Subject: Re:CONVERSION US & INTERN'L VIDEOTAPES
Organization: North Carolina State University Project Unity
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 22:07:21 GMT

There is a service in Raleigh, NC where video conversion from any country format
to any format can be made (VHS, VHS-C and 8 mm types of cassettes).
This will allow playback of videotapes made overseas, here on U.S. TV's and VCR's
(NTSC System). The service will also convert the other way around, from
U.S. system to any of the systems used anywhere else in the world (PAL,
SECAM, etc..) 
 
Mailing Address:  INTERNATIONAL VIDEO CONVERSION
                  520 Harvest Lane
                  Raleigh, NC 27606-2217
 
Phone:            (919) 233-8689
 
Fees:             $20.00 + $5.00 S&H 
                  (Price of a High Grade Cassette Included, 2hrs or less)

Delivery:         Mailed back the next day, express shipping at request. 
 
Payment: 	  Cheque, Cash or Money Order mailed with tape.


Regards,
Hechmi.
From: infante@acpub.duke.edu (Andrew  Infante)
Newsgroups: triangle.general
Subject: Re: Nearest source of non-oxygenated gas ...
Date: 6 Nov 92 20:01:41 GMT
Distribution: triangle
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.

>
>The manual says that any resulting damage may not be covered by the
>warranty.  Sounds like a good enough justification.  I'd rather spend
>my $$ on planting some trees to take care of the CO I produce ...
                                                 ^^^^>

Trees use CO2 not CO. 

So there!  :)

andy
Newsgroups: triangle.general
From: brophy@med.unc.edu (J. Jon Brophy)
Subject: Re: VW mechanics ?
Organization: UNC-CH School of Medicine
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 18:56:31 GMT


Allow me to second a nomination for melton's service center.  Both Larry
M<elton and his son Dub work there.  The service is very good, but be
warned that they both offer repair work and not necessarily maintanence.
I still bring my car there and am very pleased.  Sometimes one runs into
the attitude of 'if it ain't broke....' .

I have no interest in Melton's other than a satisfied customer.
I cannot speak strongly enough against Durham Auto Ripoff er Park.

my opinions only
jon

Newsgroups: triangle.general,sas.misc
From: jp@rosemary.unx.sas.com (Jeff Phillips)
Subject: Car Battery
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 14:59:12 GMT
Distribution: triangle
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.
Keywords: raleigh cary battery

Does anyone know of a good place to get a car battery installed in the
Raleigh/Cary area (preferably a good price)?  I have just had mine go out on 
me.  Please reply via e-mail if possible (jp@unx.sas.com).

Thanks in advance,
-- 
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"Just because I don't know what it means doesn't mean I'm lying." 

     Jeff Phillips             Email: jp@unx.sas.com
Newsgroups: triangle.general
From: uchuck@med.unc.edu (Charles Bennett)
Subject: Re: Nearest source of non-oxygenated gas ...
Organization: UNC-CH School of Medicine
Distribution: triangle
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 13:20:43 GMT

In article <Bx7JLF.C2J@unx.sas.com> saselm@bronco.unx.sas.com (Edward McGee) writes:
>
>In article <1992Nov4.180757.3498@mcnc.org>, kk@mcnc.org (Krzysztof Kozminski) writes:
>|> Does anybody know what counties near the Triangle still sell real gasoline
>|> as opposed to the oxygenated gasohol inflicted on us here in Durham/RTP?
>|>
>|> My car's manufacturer warns against using gasohol in no uncertain words,
>|> and I think that the environmental cost of replacing a blown engine (OK,
>|> maybe I exagerrate a bit :-) might be significantly higher than a bit of
>|> extra CO from a recently tuned engine...
>|>
>
>Please check with a dealer for your make of car first before you
>start "bypassing" something that is being done for the good of
>our environment.  What year is your car?  Anything made in the
>past 5 years should be safe (regardless of manufacturer).  A
>lot of manufacturer's warnings (in owner's manual) were not
>"justified".
>
>-- 
>Ed McGee (saselm@unx.sas.com) J393 x7937
>

I HAVE checked with my dealer and manufacturer Ford Motor Company.  They
state that 10% (the State is mandating *15%*) MBTE or Ethanol is OK as
far as performance is concerned.

However, THEY WILL *NOT* HONOR THE WARRANTY IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG WHILE
USING SUCH FUEL.  One vehicle is a 1988 Lincoln Town Car the other is a
1991 Ford Ranger XLT.  Both have extended warranties and would be
expensive to repair without them.  Also, both vehicles have recently been
inspected and checked for emmissions and are orders of magnitude BELOW the
very strict requirements imposed.

According to my dealer some of the problems that may be caused by using
these fuels are:  1) deteriation of neoprene seals and fuel lines;  2)
waxy buildup in injectors which requires complete disassembly and
professional cleaning (not just running a can of injector cleaner through
the system).

Therefore, due to the foregoing I will offer the following information:
	Located in the area of Cole Park Plaza (in Chatham County) on 
	15/501 South of Chapel Hill there are three stations which will be
	selling REAL gasoline.  A Citgo, an Amoco and a Phillips 66.

I, for one, shall be using these stations until March 1, 1993.

Chuck Bennett                       INTERNET #1: uchuck@unc.oit.unc.edu
Medical Sciences Teaching Labs      INTERNET #2: uchuck@med.unc.edu
CB# 7520  University of NC          
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-7520         PHONE:       919-966-1134
From: nick@sunpix.East.Sun.COM (Nick England - Sun NC Development Center)
Newsgroups: triangle.general
Subject: Re: Toyota mechanics?
Date: 5 Nov 1992 21:03:38 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Research Triangle Park, NC
Distribution: triangle
NNTP-Posting-Host: trancjne.east.sun.com

In article <Bx8y1I.5qy@unx.sas.com> saswta@terrapin.unx.sas.com (Bill Arnette) writes:
>
>
>Is there a garage like this in the Raleigh/Cary area?

I have always heard good things about Happy Jap's in Cary. Knowledgable
and honest folks.

Nick

Newsgroups: triangle.general
From: sasjcs@canoe.unx.sas.com (Joan Stout)
Subject: Re: NEWSWEEK subscribers
Originator: sasjcs@canoe.unx.sas.com
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 18:33:00 GMT
Distribution: nc
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.


In article <1992Nov10.144602.3155@ncsu.edu>, kester@mte.ncsu.edu (Dan Kester) writes:
|>  A question for Newsweek subscribers:
|>
|> In other places I've lived (other states) my copy of Newsweek arrived on
|> Tuesdays.  Reliably.  Since moving to Raleigh, I've been getting it on Fridays
|> or Saturdays.  Sometimes on Wednesday or Thursday, but rarely. For example, I
|> have not yet gotten the election special issue (as of Monday). Is this typical
|> for this area?  Or is my post office extra slow (27615 in North Raleigh). Is
|> the problem with the post office or with Newsweek's distribution system? What
|> about TIME subscribers? When does that arrive?
|>
|> Dan Kester
|> kester@mte.ncsu.edu

When my subscription started, a year ago, I usually received the
magazine on Tuesday, sometimes on Wednesday. Now it's Thursday at
the earliest, more often on Friday or Saturday, and occasionally
the following Monday! 8-( I live in Orange County, Chapel Hill
Post Office. 

Joan
<------------------------------->
|  Joan Stout                   |
|  Technical Writer             |
|  sasjcs@unx.sas.com           |
|  SAS Institute, Inc.          |
|  Cary, NC 919 677-8000        |
<------------------------------->



Newsgroups: triangle.general
From: flash@unx.sas.com (Gordon Keener)
Subject: Re: Cable TV and you
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 17:53:49 GMT
Distribution: nc
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.

In <17342@borg.cs.unc.edu> hardarso@weiss.cs.unc.edu (Kari Hardarson) writes:
>[cable boxes]
>Why do we need those boxes on top of our TV?  They look ugly, they
>consume energy even when turned off (mine is always hotter than skin
>temperature) and they complicate TV watching in general.  Does anyone
>know if they benefit the consumer in any way?

The boxes make it easier to turn on/off pay channels, because they can just
program the box down the wire. They also allow a two-tier service for the
other channels, by providing a tiny subset of service for a lower price while
scrambling all the useful channels. BTW, I'm *glad* I don't have a box.

A friend of mine in the DC area has a box because he has 2 physical cables
running into his apartment. Apparently, a single coax doesn't have the
bandwidth for the 110 or so channels he can get. Is this true, and if so,
how could 100+ channel "cable ready" sets work anywhere?

>I called my friendly cable company the other day and told them that the
>picture on the Pay-per-view channels was bad - interference and such.
>The answer I got was: "you may come to our office and get your cable box
>exchanged".  I was supposed to drive 5 miles and get another box to test
>the phone operators theory that this was probably the box.  What are those
>vans with Cablevision logos for?  Foreign spies tapping phones, perhaps?

The operator probably did you a favor. All the boxes probably have problems,
and they would likely charge you $35 for the honor of not doing anything, not
to mention you having to be at home for them to come by "sometime Thursday".
Note: heavy sarcasm intended.

>While I'm on the subject of cable TV: How come the cable
>company doesn't broadcast the evening program on a separate channel like
>so many companies do?  Instead they have been trying to get people to
>subscribe to a Cable guide for 4-5$ extra a month (which only lists a subset
>of the channels, i.e. not the network programs).  And how come they
>charge 23.50$ for *basic* service?  Don't they know there's a recession?

"We're the cable company. We can do anything we want."
- possibly misremembered quote frm the Saturday morning "Garfield" cartoon.

Actually, I was visiting the Bay area in CA in August, and things were *worse*.
There were 8-10 cable companies, each with their own monopolized area, and each
carried about 20-25 channels. They even stole 3 of the channels for the "Triple
Cast", instead of using holes like Cablevision. I hate monopolies.

BTW, I heard something second hand about the Justice Dept. not enforcing the
cable bill that got Bush's only overridden veto. Does anyone have any info
(or pointers to info) about this?

>Ahhhhhh!  That felt better!

Indeed.
--
Gordon Keener         SAS Institute, Inc.
flash@unx.sas.com     SAS Campus Dr, Cary,
+1 919 677 8000       NC 27513-2414 USA
"There is a heppy lend, fur, fur a-wa-ay." - _Krazy_Kat_, George Herriman
Newsgroups: triangle.general
From: David F. Austin <David_Austin@ncsu.edu>
Subject: Futon-'couch' sources?
Organization: NCSU
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 14:54:59 GMT

Can anyone recommend stores in the Triangle that sell futon-'couches'
that convert
into a bed?  (I know that Morgan Imports in Durham is one source.) Thanks.