NetWeek 1/31/88

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  *********  A BITNET news summary for the week of January 31, 1988  ********

  NetWeek provides a brief look at recent events in Bitnet.  Items noted here
  will be covered in further detail in NetMonth.  For a subscription send the
  following command to LISTSERV@MARIST: SUB NETMONTH your_name.  NetWeek is a
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  Editor:  Chris Condon, CONDON@YALEVM                               Issue #2

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  New mailing lists:

  ADA-SW

     A mailing list  for those  who in accessing and contributing software to
     the Ada  Repository  on SIMTEL20;  it serves two purposes: to provide an
     information  exchange medium  between  the repository users  and to mail
     repository submissions to the Coordinator for inclusion in the archives.

     All  requests  to  be  added to  or deleted  from  this  list, problems,
     questions, etc., should be sent to ADA-SW-REQUEST@SIMTEL20.ARPA.

     Coordinator: Rick Conn 


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     All  requests  to be  added to or  deleted  from  this  list,  problems,
     questions, etc., should be sent to ADVSYS-REQUEST@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.

     Moderator: Brian Preble 


  COCO

     Discussions  related  to the  Tandy  Color  Computer  (any model),  OS-9
     Operating System,  and any  other topics relating to the "CoCo", as this
     computer is affectionately known.

     To subscribe,  send  the  following  command to LISTSERV@PUCC by mail or
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     Coordinator: Eric W. Tilenius 


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     All  requests  to be  added to or  deleted  from  this  list,  problems,
     questions, etc., should be sent to DAVE-BARRY-REQUEST@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.

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  Selected  portions of  the  SIMTEL20 Internet  public  domain archives  are
  available from LISTSERV@RPICICGE.   These are:

    PD:        -- Info-CPM software archives.
    PD:*.*    -- SIG/M software archives.
    PD:*.* -- PC-Blue software archives.
    PD:*.*   -- IBM PC (and friends) software archives.
    PD:*.*    -- Miscellaneous software archives.

  New commands have been  added to this list server so  that you may retrieve
  these files.   Please note that these modifications are EXPERIMENTAL.   The
  server's primary goal is to support the  Info-CPM people on Bitnet,  but as
  long as that goal is still achievable, the server is available to all.

  Commands may be sent by either mail or message:

  The /PDDIR command is used to list the names of files that match some
   pattern.  The syntax for this command is as follows:

    /PDDIR  PD:filename.ext

  The directory name must be one of CPM, SIGM, PC-BLUE, MSDOS, or MISC.   The
  subdirectory, filename, and ext may include asterisks ('*')  as "wild-card"
  characters.   If any of the three are  omitted,  an asterisk is used.   The
  following are examples.

    /PDDIR PD:          --Lists all files in the MSDOS archive.
    /PDDIR PD:    --Lists VAX/VMS related files.
    /PDDIR PD:UUDECODE*.* --Lists uudecode software for CP/M.

  The /PDGET command is used to request specific files.   No pattern-matching
  is allowed.  The syntax for this command is as follows:

    /PDGET  format  simtel.filename   ( encoding

  The format specifies how the file is to be transmitted.  Allowed values are
  NETDATA, PUNCH,  and MAIL.   The encoding specifies any special translation
  for the file data:

  ASIS:  suitable for hosts that can receive  binary data.   The file is sent
  exactly as  it is stored  on the server:  binary  images of the  file data.
  ASIS may be used only with format NETDATA.

  UUENCODE: suitable for hosts that cannot receive binary data.   The file is
  sent uuencoded.

  TRANSLATE:    suitable for  any  host,  but  only  when  the file  actually
  represents readable text.

  If no encoding is specified, then ASIS is assumed for NETDATA, and UUENCODE
  for the others.

  In each of the  following examples the user wants the  UUDECODE.HEX and the
  UNARC16.ARK files to download to a CP/M micro.

  (1)  The user is on an IBM host:

          /PDGET  NETDATA  PD:UUDECODE.HEX (TRANSLATE
          /PDGET  NETDATA  PD:UNARC16.ARK

  (2)   The  user is  on a non-IBM  and can receive  Netdata files,   but not
  binary:

          /PDGET  NETDATA  PD:UUDECODE.HEX (TRANSLATE
          /PDGET  NETDATA  PD:UNARC16.ARK  (UUE

  Problems regarding the service should  be sent directly to FISHER@RPICICGE,
  and  not to  anyone at  SIMTEL20 or  its associated  interest groups.    As
  always, this server will be covered in more depth th the next NetMonth.


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