*** *** ******** ******** **** *** ********* ********* ***** *** *** *** ********* ****** *** ********* ******* *** *** ***** *** *** *** **** ********* *** *** *** ******** *** *** *** *** ******* *** *** ******** *** *** **** **** ********* **** *** ********* *** *** ********* *** *** ***** *** *** *** *** *** * *** *** *** ********* *** ********* *** *** *** *** ********* *** ********* *** *** *** *** *** ***** *** *** *** *** *** ********* *** **** *** *** *** *** *** ******* *** *** *** *** *** *** *** NetMonth / An Independent Guide to BITNET *** *** July, 1991 / Issue 38 *** *** Edited by Christopher Condon / BITLIB@YALEVM *** *** CONTENTS: *** *** Bitnotes / 1 *** Why Continued Membership in CREN is Important / 3 *** Headlines / 5 *** Announcing EJournal / 9 *** New Mailing Lists / 10 *** *** BITNET SERVERS is the network list of servers and services. *** If you know of servers not listed in BITNET SERVERS, or if *** some listed are no longer available, please contact the *** NetMonth Editor. *** *** BITNET USERHELP is an introductory document to help the new *** network user understand the different network services and *** how to use them. You can get a copy by sending the command *** SENDME BITNET USERHELP to LISTSERV@BITNIC. *** *** To subsscribe to NetMonth and BITNET SERVERS, send the *** command "SUBSCRIBE NETMONTH your_name" to LISTSERV@MARIST. *** You can unsubscribe by sending the command UNSUB NETMONTH. *** *** Your editorials, articles, and letters are encouraged *** (indeed, sought afer). Send your ideas and letters to the *** Netmonth Editor. ********************** Subscribers: 5414 ********************** Page 1 *** *** Bitnotes *** *** by Christopher Condon *** *** Yale University *** *** BITLIB@YALEVM *** "A Network by Any Other Name..." Well, I've certainly been away too long, what with all the young, cute, Yale women lounging around the Computer Center. Sorry, I have a one-track mind. "Excuse me, do you know how to set tabs in Xedit?" she asks. No, but by God, I wish I did. Well, now that I have totally alienated most of the readers of the female persuasion, I might as well get down to business. As you well know, the most recent previous issue of NetMonth was October, 1990. Now, I could give you the gory details of why it has taken so long to get an issue out, but I seem to do that in every issue, so I'll spare you this time. I spend a good portion of my daylight hours at a Fortune Ten company, setting up, administering, troubleshooting, and babysitting a PC network with about 200 workstations (large, but not huge by todays standards). Somewhere along the line I became the resident "network guru", which I am hoping somehow qualifies me to write this editorial: Namely, a brief comparison of PC networks and networks like BITNET. I'm not talking about wiring, here. Rather, I'm more interested in the things we do with our respective networks, how they are different, and how they are the same. My first inclination was to think that PC networks and mainframe networks are completely different animals, and that any attempt at comparison would be a waste of editorial space. Since you are reading this, I obviously took a little more time to think about it. Here are the results: * Electronic mail: The obvious one. While our my LAN users continue to use PROFS on the mainframe, I know that PC LAN mail packages are a hot market these days. Users on both types of Page 2 network use mail in different ways, though. PC LAN mail is typically a one-on-one proposition. By contrast, we have facilities like LISTSERV which enables many-to-many communications, organized by interest. Some of this difference has to do with size. When you are dealing with as many people as there are in BITNET and the Internet, the communications *has* to be organized in some way. * Interactive messaging: The PC LAN allows users to send messages from one person to another (and sometimes from one user to *everyone*). This is in sharp contrast to BITNET with the Relay service, which allows for a kind of textual teleconferencing. The reason for this, as far as I can tell, is that in the LAN, if I want to have a conversation with Cindy, Rachel, Mike, and Sue, I'll hold a meeting. This doen't work very well in BITNET, where the person you want to talk with is a few time-zones away. * Application sharing: The domain of the LAN. LISTSERV and other servers are applications, to be sure, but I think they fall more into the categories of mail services and file sharing. This really does have something to do with the network hardware, however. Using the types of network links we have today (as well as the traffic) application sharing would be woefully slow. * File sharing: The other obvious one. We do it in different ways, of course. We have to go through a series of commands to retrieve a file from a server and look at it, where the LAN user can look at (and use) a file while it is on a server. Given the right security, both types of users can even change the given files, although this is less likely in in BITNET. * Emphasis: While each network offers similar types of services, the emphasis is decidedly different. PC networks emphasize application and file sharing, while BITNET is used mostly as a communications medium. Each network type is suitably strong in its primary service. The question is, are these strengths the result of they way each network is used, or is each network used the way it is because of its strengths? What are your thoughts on this question of questions? Send your sparkling analysis and thoughtful wit to BITLIB@YALEVM. Virtually, Chris Page 3 *** *** Why Continued Membership in CREN is Important *** *** from the CREN Board of Trustees *** *** BITNET Network Information Center *** *** INFO@BITNIC *** Every school periodically reviews networking memberships just as it reviews its other affiliations and expenses. As dual memberships in CREN (BITNET and CSnet) and regional or direct Internet connections have grown, two questions arise: 1. Should a school continue membership in CREN in addition to membership in a regional?; and 2. Is such dual membership in conflict with our common goal of creating an integrated and truly outstanding National Research and Education Network (NREN)?. We believe that it is important to maintain your CREN membership at least until the NREN exists with access rules, funding, and usage policies which enable a smooth and complete transition from current connectivity and capabilities to the new expanded capabilities we aspire to achieve on the NREN. This conclusion is based on a review of the current status of CREN networks and of the NREN and of a recognition that the NSFnet is not the NREN. The following principles are very important to higher education and have been implemented on CREN networks: * CREN networks serve scholars in every discipline. * CREN networks provide instructional and administrative support in addition to research support. * CREN networks support linkages to industrial, federal, and other higher educational partners. * CREN networks provide national and international linkages and have taken a leadership role in creating global scholarly connectivity. * CREN networks are managed by members in support of the broadest possible network access and connectivity consistent with the non-commercial goals of its members. Page 4 * CREN networks have a low entry cost for smaller schools, facilitating the goal of universal connectivity. * CREN(BITNET) is committed to providing basic network services with no traffic-based charges or accounting. * CREN networks are mature and financially stable, entirely supported by members and not dependent on the vagaries of external funding or control. * CREN networks are actively striving to reduce the cost of membership. (For example, recently released software (VMnet) enables some institutions connected to the internet to eliminate their physical BITNET lines.) CREN has also actively negotiated member discounts for software and hardware which often exceed member dues. By contrast, the management, governance, funding, access rules, and policies of NREN have not been established. The interim network called NSFnet while currently pursuing many of the principles itemized above, is governed by rules established by the Federal Research Interagency Coordinating Committee (FRICC), and those rules could change. Similarly, most regional networks pursue many of these principles, but charging, usage and other policies of the regional networks differ widely today and are subject to change. At a NASULGC meeting in Washington in January of 1990, Eric Bloch, Director of the National Science Foundation, indicated that a review was underway that might restrict access to NSFnet to the scientific and engineering research community. The Office of Science and Technology Report dated 5/23/89 and titled "The Federal High Performance Computing Program," calls for Federal funding to establish a federally governed NREN evolving to a commercial network which could include usage charges. Several prestigious national committees have recommended that the government fund individual researchers and not the network. These researchers would then be free to buy whatever network services they needed from commercial networks. This policy would disenfranchise many current network users. CREN is determined to be an advocate for an NREN which will gracefully accommodate all of its users. When this is established, CREN will merge, disband, or cooperate with the NREN as appropriate to advance that network. CREN merits your continued membership and support to maintain and improve networking in higher education and beyond. Page 5 *** *** Headlines *** *** from Various Sources *** *** edited by Christopher Condon *** *** Send your headlines to BITLIB@YALEVM *** * Digital Games Review Digest (from Dave Taylor): This digest is devoted to computer and video game reviews. We're interested in just about any games that run on computers, including IBM PC, Atari, Amiga, Macintosh, Apple II and Unix computers, as well as video games for the Nintendo, Sega, NEC, Atari, and so on. We also cover games for the portable market (e.g. the Atari Lynx and Nintendo GameBoy). This is a *REVIEWS ONLY* digest, with all submissions edited to fit into a common and consistent format. Discussion of the relative merits of different gaming computers, technical discussion of resolution required to display 3D graphics, and general flaming and hostility will be left to the many different forums appropriate for that type of discussion. If you would like to subscribe to this digest, please send a subscription request note including your favored email return address to: digital-games-request@Digital-Games.Intuitive.Com If you would like to submit some reviews to a future issue, please send your contributions to: digital-games-submissions@Digital-Games.Intuitive.Com We think Digital Game Review Digest can prove to be a terrific alternative to the unpleasant, hostile flame wars that seem to result in just about any game review being posted to the networks...and if you're willing, we'll get another nice alternative information source for game recommendations and reviews to boot! * US Dept of Commerce Rules (from Jim Conklin): The following files, all from LISTSERV@BITNIC, contain information about the U.S. Department of Commerce rules for general availability of data which may be useful to participants in BITNET and its international Cooperating Networks: Page 6 LEGAL GTDA: The GTDA rules for info which may be generally distributed without special Dept of Commerce license LEGAL COMMERCE: The Letter of Clarification to CREN (BITNET) from the U.S. Department of Commerce, explaining the issues involved in allowing East Block countries to connect to BITNET (directly or via EARN) LEGAL COUNSEL: The opinion of the CREN counsel regarding the implications of allowing the East Block countries to connect to BITNET CREN and BITNIC are not staffed to follow the changes in Department of Commerce rules in detail. We will gladly post advisory memoranda that are made available to us by the Department or by others, however. At present, the above constitute the online information. All organizations which use the networks are responsible for ensuring their own compliance to the Department of Commerce Rules, so Member Representatives, Information Representatives, and others in positions of responsibility in the organizations which participate in BITNET or other networks should take the time to become familiar with these files and to educate their faculty, students, and staff about these responsibilities. * New Countries and Cooperating Networks (from Jim Conklin): Ecuador has recently established a Cooperating Network, ECUANET. Colombia established one several months ago about which no announcement was made; the Colombian net is RUNCOL. Those of you interested in East Block connection but not following the special-interest groups devoted to this topic will be pleased to learn that Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland now have active nodes on the network. * New List of Lists Available (from David Avery): Dartmouth maintains a merged list of the LISTSERV lists on Bitnet and the Interest Group lists on the Internet. It is a single file with one line for each mailing list. The list has been updated monthly for the last year and has a stable format. Each line consists of seven fields, delimited by tabs. This month's list contains information about 1,770 lists. The fields are: Category (Computing, Science, Humanities, etc) List name "Mail to" address for submitting to the list "Command to" address for subscribing, unsubing Page 7 One line description of the list subject Email address for the owner of the list Long description of the list, up to 450 characters. This list-of-lists differs from some similiar lists in that: Duplicate entries are deleted Lists obviously intended only for local use are omitted Information about the lists is field delimited Both Internet and BITNET lists are included To get this file, send the command SENDME LISTSERV LISTS to LISTSERV@DARTCMS1 via mail or message. * BITNET Working Group Formed (from Jim Conklin): The Technical Committee of the CREN Board is pleased to announce the formation of a BITNET Working Group of experienced technical professionals active in the BITNET community. The purpose of this group is to work with the BITNIC staff and the CREN Technical Committee in an advisory capacity. The BITNET Working Group is expected, with input from the BITNET community, to evaluate, develop, and propose technical practices and procedures for consideration by the Technical Committee. The Working Group will be the primary advisory body to the CREN Technical Committee regarding BITNET issues. Its initial activities are expected to include, but not be limited to, implementation of the new BITEARN Nodes structure, the development and implementation of BITNET standards, the handling of domain names within BITNET, and the related issue of services provided by BITNET-Internet gateways. The term of service on the BITNET Working Group will be one year, individually renewable at the discretion of the CREN Technical Committee. The initial Working Group includes the following people: Harry Williams, Marist John Wagner, Princeton Lee Varian, Princeton Mark Strawcutter, Indiana U. of Penn. Richard Schafer, Rice David Lippke, U. Texas John Klensin, MIT Terry Kennedy, St. Peters Roger Fajman, NIH Bruce Crabill, UMD Scott Bradner, Harvard Page 8 We believe that the efforts of this select group will significantly enhance the ability of the Technical Committee to respond to the needs of the BITNET community. The CREN Technical Committee: Mark Laubach, Chairman Doug Bigelow, Vice Chairman Bill Yundt * A new mail server (from Ron Chennells): MAILBASE (at MAILBASE@NEWCASTLE.AC.UK) is a prototype mailing list management/file server modeled after LISTSERV. It is being developed as part of the NISP (Networked Information Services Project) based at Newcastle University. It uses an INGRES database, and accepts commands via mail. Send it the command HELP to get started. * Soviet Union Digest (from John B. Harlan): USSR-D (USSR news & information digest) is a regular digest of traffic culled from USSR-L (USSR news & information list), a public discussion and distribution list dedicated to the dissemination and analysis of non-classified news and information regarding the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and its past and present (if not future) constituent Soviet Socialist Republics. To subscribe send the command Sub USSR-D Your_full_name to LISTSERV@INDYCMS. Page 9 *** *** Announcing EJournal *** *** by Ted Jennings and Ron Bangel *** *** State University of New York *** *** EJOURNAL@ALBNYVMS *** EJournal is an all-electronic, Bitnet/Internet distributed, peer-reviewed, academic periodical. We are particularly interested in theory and praxis surrounding the creation, transmission, storage, interpretation, alteration and replication of electronic text. We are also interested in the broader social, psychological, literary, economic and pedagogical implications of computer-mediated networks. Texts that address virtually any subject across this broad spectrum will be given thoughtful consideration. Members of the electronic-network community and others interested in it make up a large portion of our audience. Therefore we would be interested (for example) in essays about whether or not anyone should own a communication that has been shared electronically, about the pragmatics of cataloguing and indexing electronic publications, about net-based collaborative learning, about artful uses of hypertext, about the challenges that distance learning may offer to residential campuses, about the role of The Matrix in cultural history and Utopian polemic, about digitally recorded aleatoric fiction, about the significance of resemblances between the electronic matrix and neural systems, ... and so forth. The journal's essays will be available free to Bitnet/Internet addresses. Recipients may make paper copies; EJournal will provide authenticated paper copy from our read-only archive for use by academic deans or other supervisors. Individual essays, reviews, stories -- texts -- sent to us will be disseminated to subscribers as soon as they have been through the editorial process, which will also be "paperless." We expect to offer access through libraries to our electronic Contents, Abstracts, and Keywords, and to be indexed and abstracted in appropriate places. EJournal is now soliciting essays for possible publication. We will be happy to consider reviews, letters, and (eventually) annotations that ought to accompany texts we have already published. We would be happy to add interested specialists and generalists to our panel of consulting editors. Please send essays for review, and inquiries, to EJOURNAL@ALBNYVMS Page 10 *** *** New Mailing Lists *** *** Moderated by Marty Hoag *** *** North Dakota State University *** *** Send your list descriptions to NEW-LIST@NDSUVM1 *** Each of the lists described here is maintained on a LISTSERV machine unless otherwise noted. To subscribe to one of these lists you would send the following command to the the appropriate server via mail or message. SUBSCRIBE listname Your_full_name For example, if your name is Kristen Shaw and you want to subscribe to a list described as "DIAPERS@YALEVM" you would send the following command to LISTSERV@YALEVM: SUBSCRIBE DIAPERS Kristen Shaw To make contributions to the list you would send mail to DIAPERS@YALEVM. Please note that this is just and example and to my knowledge there are no mailing lists about diapers (although you never know). ***** SGANET-x on LISTSERV@VTVM1 SGANet, developed and implemented at Virginia Tech, is a global electronic mail network for student government organizations. SGANet provides student associations worldwide with instant access to electronic mail discussions, archives and a global directory of student governments. Student governments, which may go by a different name at your university, represent the students at their university, make sure the university responds to the needs of the students, and are freely elected by the student body. Regional discussion groups are available for providing a discussion media for discussion of issues relevant to those regions. The regional discussions currently operational are: SGANET-A: Asia and Australia SGANET-E: Europe SGANET-N: North America SGANET-S: South America (language: Espanol) SGANET-T: Technical discussion group Page 11 PSRT-L on LISTSERV@UMCVMB PSRT-L@UMCVMB is a moderated discussion list on Bitnet which deals with issues of interest to professional political scientists, both researchers and teachers. Submissions from all sub-fields of political science as well as related disciplines are encouraged. The list is not intended to serve as a public forum for debate over current issues in politics, as other lists already fill that niche. Rather it is intended to provide an opportunity for political scientists to present their ideas and ongoing research for discussion, to consider the directions in which the discipline is advancing, and to encourage the dissemination of new concepts in research and teaching. In addition to ongoing discussions, the list editors would like to post announcements of job openings and upcoming conferences. LibRef-L on LISTSERV@KENTVM This list is a discussion of the changing environment of library reference services and activities. Topics include traditional reference services, patron expectations, staff training, as well the impact of CD-ROM and online searching on reference service. This forum will serve as a professional networking and information source. We will share ideas, solutions and experiences. This list is run from the LISTSERV at Kent State University and moderated by the Reference Librarians at Kent State University Libraries. OPTICS@TOWSONVX OPTICS is an open list devoted to the interchange of ideas, discussions and meeting announcements in the field of optics. You are welcome to send any newsworthy item to OPTICS@TOWSONVX or OPTICS@TOE.TOWSON.EDU and it will be forwarded to the mailing list. For example, If you will be giving a lecture (colloquium), organizing a scientific meeting in some optic related discipline or if you would just like to comment in some specific area of optics please send a message and it will be posted on the list. To add your name to the list send a mail message to MAILSERV@TOWSONVX or MAILSERV@TOE.TOWSON.EDU with the command SUBSCRIBE OPTICS. FFP-L on LISTSERV@UIUCVMD The FFP-L electronic mailing list is a forum for the discussion of file formats and protocols. This includes the file formats Page 12 used by various archiving programs, the encodings used to transfer data via electronic mail and other text-only media, and other networking protocols such as DECNET, UUCP, TCP/IP and OSI. Discussion of file formats are welcome, including UUENCODE, XXENCODE, LCODER, SUPENCOD, ARC, ZIP, ZOO, TAR, COMPRESS, SFIF, GIF, TIFF, PBM, NETDATA, SHAR, and any others. HSPNET-L on LISTSERV@ALBNYDH2 HSPNET-L provides consultation, a monthly digest, and a data base of hospital networks. It emphasizes restoration and extension of consulting for rural hospitals by connection to major medical centers. All aspects (hardware, software, staff training, confidentiality of patient data, etc) will be covered. Particular attention will be paid to existing networks both in USA and abroad. Transmission of both text and medical image data will be considered via both land- lines and satellite. The cost-effectiveness of such distance-consulting will be reviewed in the light of declining rural hospital acute-care capabilities, and the economic benefits of keeping the patient in the rural area. INDOLOGY on LISTSERV@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK The INDOLOGY list is chiefly aimed at academics interested in the study of classical India. The group might be expected to discuss topics such as the history of linguistics, Indo- european philology and grammar, issues of character set encoding, the location of citations, and the exchange of e- texts. Note that you must send the SUBSCRIBE command to this LISTSERV via mail. Pol-Econ on LISTSERV@SHSU Pol-Econ is a new list to provide an unmoderated environment where issues, questions, comments, ideas, and uses of Political Economy as a logical framework can be discussed. In a broad sense, this includes virtually anything dealing with economics. The explicit purpose of Pol-Econ is to provide timely interchange between subscribers, to provide a forum where interesting questions can be addressed within the context of interactive exchange between many individuals, to discuss the evolution and application of Political Economy, to announce professional meetings, calls for papers, etc., and to provide partial tables of contents for current periodicals. As is the case on all unmoderated lists, the discussion and topics are Page 13 only limited by the participation and interest of its subscribers. Subscribers are welcome to take an active role by posting to Pol-Econ or an inactive role by monitoring the list. Although not necessary for participation, it shall be assumed that subscribers are basically familiar with technical economic jargon. Note that you must send the SUBSCRIBE command to this list server via mail. USSRecom on LISTSERV@INDYCMS USSRecom (USSR means-of-Electronic-COMmunication list) is a public discussion and distribution list dedicated to the dissemination and exchange of non-classified information regarding electronic communication to, from and within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and its past and present (if not future) constituent Soviet Socialist Republics. It is intended to treat all means of electronic communication, including but not necessarily limited to electronic mail, telex, telefacsimile and telephone. USSRecom is intended as a how-to forum. PURTOPOI on LISTSERV@PURCCVM The Purdue Rhetoric, Professional Writing, and Language Discussion Group is a scholarly forum for the discussion of current issues or "topoi" in the fields of rhetoric and composition, professional writing, and language research. While the list began as a list for Purdue only, it became so popular that it has been opened up for general subscriptions. DTK-L on LISTSERV@SHSU DTK-L is a new list to provide an unmoderated environment where issues, questions, comments, ideas, and uses of Digital's DECTalk can be discussed. The explicit purpose of DTK-L is to provide timely interchange between subscribers, to provide a forum where interesting questions can be addressed within the context of interactive exchange between many individuals, to discuss the evolution and application of DECTalk. The discussions of DTK-L will be archived for reference. As is the case on all unmoderated lists, the discussion and topics are only limited by the participation and interest of its subscribers. Subscribers are welcome to take an active role by posting to DTK-L or an inactive role by monitoring the list. Note that you must subscribe to this list via MAIL. Page 14 CANINE-L on LISTSERV@PCCVM The CANINE-L list has been created to discuss matters of interest to dog owners. A full statement of purpose, plus any applicable restrictions, will be automatically mailed to new subscribers. Monthly notebooks will be kept at PCCVM. LIBADMIN on LISTSERV@UMAB LIBADMIN is an electronic mailing list dealing with issues of library administration and management. The list is intended to serve as a vehicle of communication to enhance and promote discussion among library administrators and managers. The goal of LIBADMIN, then, is to provide a sort of electronic brainstorming session. The University of Maryland serves as host to the listserver. SUEARN-L on LISTSERV@UBVM The SUEARN-L consists of news items, articles, and how-to questions about the ongoing work on connecting the U.S.S.R. to international computer networks (the internet) contributed by its readers, cross-posted from other mailing lists, and retyped (usually without permission) from the "real" press. Topics often discussed include directions on reaching Soviet sites by e-mail, discussions of how modems and other equipment work over Soviet phone lines, technology export restrictions, and prospects for connecting more sites to the net. ACTNOW-L on LISTSERV@BROWNVM ACTNOW-L exists to fulfil three goals: 1. To act as an information repository for data on college activism, events and items of importance. 2. To act as a "meeting place" where college students can discuss events and their implications both on their home campuses and elsewhere. 3. To act as a forum for the discussion of issues relating to college students, faculty, and administration; and to the academic world in general. BIRDCHAT on LISTSERV@ARIZVM1 BIRDCHAT is an unmoderated discussion list on wild birds, birding, and birders. The subscribers will set the tone of the discussion and the directions it will take. Our only hope is that BIRDCHAT users will stick to wild birds and leave messages about pet birds and falconry to other venues. Page 15 MCLR on LISTSERV@MSU Midwest Consortium for Latino Research: You are invited to actively participate, dialogue and exchange research ideas dealing with Latinos (Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano; Puerto Rican; Cuban or other Latino), living in the United States, via the Midwest Consortium for Latino Research List Service: MCLR-L. Whether you wish to ask questions or share your wealth of knowledge on Latinos in the Midwest with other MCLR-L subscribers, MCLR-L can be the impetus for conducting collaborative and comparative research which can be used to develop culturally relevant public policy that is beneficial to Latinos. IDFORUM on LISTSERV@YORKVM1 IDFORUM provides a global electronic meeting place for all involved in industrial design. Practicing designers, design educators and design students are invited to subscribe. Subscribers will receive Voice of Industrial Design (VOID), a newsletter complied by industrial design students. E-HUG on LISTSERV@DARTCMS1 The new list E-HUG@DARTCMS1 provides for distribution of the Electronic Hebrew Users Newsletter. The newsletter is the successor to the print publication, "Hebrew Users Group Newsletter" which was edited by Jack Love, and emanated from the Berkeley Hillel Foundation through 1989. WMST-L on LISTSERV@UMDD WMST-L has been formed to facilitate discussion of Women's Studies issues, especially those concerned with research, teaching, and program administration, and to publicize relevant conferences, job announcements, calls for papers, publications, and the like. It is hoped that the list will also serve as a central repository for course materials, curriculum proposals and projects, bibliographies, and other files related to Women's Studies. SYS7-L on LISTSERV@UAFSYSB SYS7-L is a new list dedicated to the discussion of issues related to the installation, configuration, features and product compatibilities of the Macintosh Operating System Page 16 version 7.0. Full discussion of all topics related to this subject are appropriate for the list, which will be unmoderated unless moderation becomes necessary to reduce the traffic to a reasonable level. To receive a list of files send the command INDEX LISTNAME to LISTSERV@UAFSYSB. *************************************************************** Another Chris Condon Production "Because We're Here."