________ _________ _________ ___ _________ _______ _________ _________ _________ _________ ___ _________ _________ _________ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ ___ ___ _______ ___ ________ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ _________ _________ ___ _________ _________ _________ ___ ________ _________ ___ _________ _________ _______ ___ / › VOLUME 4 NUMBER 11 APRIL 25, 1986 / › The weekly list of active file servers, list servers, name servers, relays, / database servers, internet digests, and electronic magazines. › +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ Please send additions, deletions, and requests to get on the mailing list ³ ³ to the Editor: Chris Condon, BITLIB@YALEVMX ³ +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ Bitnotes: Issue #47 ³ +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it." -- R. A. H. In with a bang, out with a whimper... If you look carefully at the header of this magazine you will notice that the reference to conference machines is missing. That signals the demise of the conference machine section of the BITLIST, and the end of an era. Yes, the last of the old-style, non-Relay, chats is no longer active. It doesn't seem likely that there will be any more. Relay has simply driven those old chats out of busines. If you recall, this whole thing started about a year ago when Henry Nussbacher pointed out the bad characteristics of the single-node chats (mainly high system load and a heavy burden on the links surrounding the host node). In response to this the Relay conference machine network came into being, which was more or less a chat with the added ability to send messages to other Relays. The number of Relays has grown tremendously in the past year and continues to increase at a steady rate. The old chats simply could not compete with their speed and relative acceptance by node administrators. FORUM@TAMCBA is no more. Rest in Peace. Thanks to Bob Plested for the information. New file servers... Brian Nelson is running a new file server for KERMIT users, KERMSRV@UOFT02. The only valid commands are SEND and DIR. It should be noted that this file server runs on a VAX, and so has many files that will run under VMS. In fact, the code for the server itself is available (it is the file KERMSRV.C). There is a distinct lack of file servers for the VAXen, so this is a fair breakthrough. If you intend to run this code on your system, you must be running the jnet software interface with BITNET, and you must have certain access to the jnet system account. I know because I tried running the code on YALEVAX5 but did not have sufficient privelege to append some jnet files to the code (part of the steps involved). As a courtesy you should inform Brian Nelson at KERMSRV@UOFT02 if you are going to use the code. As a courtesy to ME you should name the server something other than KERMSRV. The other server news comes from A. D. Jensen. The new name server NDCSNEWS@NDSUVM1 will now perform some file server functions. You may request files with the following commands: SENDME fname ftype NETDATA - to receive a file in NETDATA format SENDME fname ftype PUNCH - to receive a file in PUNCH format The default format is PUNCH. To recieve an updated list of files, the command would be: SENDME NDCSNEWS FILELIST If you would like to have a public domain file posted on NDCSNEWS, please send the file to NDCSNEWS @ NDSUVM1. Space permitting, all helpful files will be posted. Note: Because the primary concern of this account is to provide CSNEWS contact support at this node, the other services offered may not be available at all times. As well, due to a break in the link to UMINN1 after 12am CST, this server is not available during the late night hours. Digests... Below is a summary of the changes to the Digests and mailing lists section of the magazine. To learn how to get on these mailing lists you can request the files ARPANET SIGLIST1 and ARPANET SIGLIST2 from any NETSERV file server. The changes: BIZARRE-PEOPLE New mailing list (discussion of recursive descent parsing). INFO-JAPAN New mailing list (discussion of everything Japanese, EXCEPT language). INFO-XLISP New mailing list (XLISP language discussion/coordination). mailjc New mailing list (discussion among christians). NIHONGO New mailing list (discussion of Japanese language). That is all for this week. At the suggestion of Barry Gates I have moved the Bitnotes section to the top of the 'list. It seems to make more sense this way, but if any of you have serious objections, drop me a note. We aim to please. Virtually; Chris (Fuzzyman) BITLIB@YALEVMX +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ Active file servers: ³ +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ BITSERVE @ CUNYVM - City University of New York CANSERVE @ CANADA01 - University of Guelph CSNEWS @ MAINE - University of Maine FORUM @ TAMCBA - Texas A & M College of Business Administration KERMSRV @ CUVMA - Kermit Users Server, Columbia University KERMSRV @ UOFT02 - Kermit Users Server, Uiversity of Toledo LFCNET @ ICNUCEVM - National University Computer Center - Pisa MACSERVE @ BITNIC - Macintosh Users Server, Bitnet Support Center NDCSNEWS @ NDSUVM1 - North Dakota State University NICSERVE @ BITNIC - Bitnet Support Center NYSHARE @ WEIZMANN - Weizmann Institute of Science SERVER @ TAMCBA - Texas A & M College of Business Administration SERVER @ UOGUELPH - University of Guelph SILMARIL @ FINHUTC - Helsinki University of Technology TCSSERVE @ TCSVM - Tulane University UH-INFO @ UHUPVM1 - University of Houston Computing Center Subservers - ACSNET - Academic Computing Services PSYCHNET - Psychology VMBBOARD @ WEIZMANN - Weizmann Institute of Science +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ Active NETSERV file servers/name servers: ³ +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ NETSERV @ AEARN - Austria EARN - Linz NETSERV @ BEARN - National Scientific Research Fund, Brussels NETSERV @ BITNIC - Bitnet Support Center NETSERV @ CANADA01 - University of Guelph NETSERV @ CEARN - Centre Europeene de Recherche Nucleaire NETSERV @ DEARN - German central node of EARN - Darmstadt NETSERV @ EARNET - IBM SC - Roma NETSERV @ EB0UB011 - Universidad de Barcelona NETSERV @ FINHUT - Helsinki University of Technology NETSERV @ FRMOP11 - CNUSC, Montpellier NETSERV @ GREARN - Research Center of Crete - Heraklion NETSERV @ HEARN - Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen NETSERV @ IRLEARN - University College - Dublin NETSERV @ SEARN - Sweden EARN - Stockholm NETSERV @ TAUNIVM - Tel Aviv University NETSERV @ UKACRL - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory - UK EARN +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ Mail-based info servers: ³ +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ INFO @ CSNET-SH.CS.NET - File server REGISTRAR @ CSNET-SH.CS.NET - Name server CIC @ CSNET-SH.CS.NET - Register your name in the CSNET database All three servers accept *only* RFC822 mail. Do NOT send interactive messages, IBM NOTEs or IBM Profs mail. For further info on all the servers, send the following two lines to INFO@CSNET-SH.ARPA: Request: Info Topic: Help NETLIB @ ANL-MCS.ARPA - File server To receive information mail the following command to NETLIB: Send index +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ Active database servers: ³ +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ DATABASE @ BITNIC - Bitnet Information Center +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ Active name servers: ³ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ BITSERVE @ CUNYVM - City University of New York CSNEWS @ MAINE - University of Maine FINGER @ CUVMA - Columbia University LOOKUP @ RITVAXA - Rochester Institute of Technology LOOKUP @ RITVAXB - Rochester Institute of Technology LOOKUP @ RITVAXC - Rochester Institute of Technology LOOKUP @ RITVAXD - Rochester Institute of Technology NDCSNEWS @ NDSUVM1 - North Dakota State University VMNAMES @ WEIZMANN - Weizmann Institute of Science +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ Active list servers: ³ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ LISTSERV @ CEARN - Centre Europeene de Recherche Nucleaire LISTSERV @ BITNIC - Bitnet Support Center LISTSERV @ MARIST - Marist College LISTSERV @ NCSUVM - North Carolina State University LISTSERV @ NDSUVM1 - North Dakota State University LISTSERV @ TCSVM - Tulane University LISTSERV @ UCF1VM - University of Central Florida The current LISTSERV groups are listed in the file LISTSERV GROUPS which is available from the file server NICSERVE@BITNIC. This is not true for the LISTSERV@NCSUVM, which responds to HELP. +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ The Relay conference machine network: ³ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ BASTILLE @ UIUCVMC - University of Illinois CXBOB @ ASUACAD - Arizona State University DSCAWAC @ CFRVM - Central Florida Regional Data Center RELAY @ AEARN - Austrian EARN node at Linz RELAY @ BITNIC - Bitnet Support Center RELAY @ CANADA01 - University of Guelph RELAY @ CEARN - Centre Europeen de Recherche Nucleaire RELAY @ CLVM - Clarkson University RELAY @ CMUCCVMA - Carnegie-Mellon University RELAY @ CZHRZU1A - Zurich University RELAY @ DEARN - German central node of EARN at Darmstadt RELAY @ DKTC11 - Copenhagen Technical College RELAY @ FINHUTC - Helsinki University of Technology RELAY @ FRECP11 - Ecole Centrale de Paris RELAY @ FRHEC11 - Ecole Haute Et Commer Paris RELAY @ HEARN - Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen RELAY @ ISRAEARN - IBM Israel SC - Haifa RELAY @ JPNSUT10 - Science University of Tokyo RELAY @ NCSUVM - North Carolina State University RELAY @ NDSUVM1 - North Dakota Higher Education Computer Network REALY @ NYUCCVM - New York University RELAY @ PURCCVM - Purdue University RELAY @ TCSVM - Tulane University RELAY @ UREGINA1 - University of Regina RELAY @ UTCVM - University of Tennessee - Chattanooga RELAY @ UWAVM - University of Washington RELAY @ UWF - Univeristy of West Florida RELAY @ WATDCS - Waterloo Department of Computer Services RELAY @ YALEVM - Yale University Computer Center RELAY @ YALEVMX - Yale University Computer Center RLY @ CORNELLC - Cornell University 556 @ OREGON1 - Oregon University 8350428 @ UWAVM - University of Washington +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ Electronic magazines: ³ ³ Mailing list information is included in each magazine. ³ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ CLUB ................. The Chat Laypersons User Bulletin For back issues send mail to Bob Baker, BBAKER@MAINE CRTNET ............... The Communication Research and Theory NETwork Back issues available from LFCNET@ICNUCEVM BITLIST .............. You're reading it now Latest issue is stored on NETSERV as BITNET SERVERS FSFNET ............... The Fantasy and Science Fiction NETwork Back issues available from SERVER@TAMCBA, or send mail to Dave Liscomb, CSDAVE@MAINE NUTWORKS ............. The BITNET humor magazine Back issues available from CSNEWS@MAINE VM/COM ............... The University of Maine CSNEWS network newsletter Back issues available from CSNEWS@MAINE +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ Forums and Digests: ³ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------+-------------------------+------------------------+ ³ ADA-SW ³ INFO-KERMIT ³ NA (numerical analysis)³ ³ AI-EDÕucationþ ³ INFO-LAPTOPS ³ NAMEDROPPERS ³ ³ AILIST ³ INFO-LAW ³ NIHONGO ³ ³ AMETHYST-USERS ³ INFO-MAC ³ NORTHSTAR-USERS ³ ³ APOLLO ³ INFO-MACFORTH ³ NUKE-WINTER ³ ³ ARMS-D ³ INFO-MICRO ³ PACKET-RADIO ³ ³ ARPA-MHS ³ INFO-MODEM7 ³ PARSYM ³ ³ ARPANET-BBOARDS ³ INFO-MODEMXX ³ PCIP (PC TCP/IP) ³ ³ ASM370 ³ INFO-MODULA-2 ³ PHILOSOPHY-OF-SCIENCE ³ ³ Astronomy Events ³ INFO-NETS ³ PHYSICS ³ ³ AVIATION ³ INFO-PASCAL ³ POLI-SCI ³ ³ BIZARRE-PEOPLE ³ INFO-PCNET ³ PROLOG/PROLOG-HACKERS ³ ³ CADinterestª ³ INFO-POSTSCRIPT ³ ProtocolS ³ ³ CLUSTER ³ INFO-PRINTERS ³ PUP-LOVERS ³ ³ Computers and Society ³ INFO-PYRAMID ³ RAILROAD ³ ³ CUBE-LOVERS ³ INFO-RIDGE ³ REXX Forum ³ ³ Dead-Heads ³ INFO-RSTS ³ RISKS ³ ³ EDITOR-PEOPLE ³ INFO-SEQUENT ³ SCHEME ³ ³ EVOLUTION ³ INFO-TERMS ³ SCRIBE-HACKS ³ ³ FANZINE ³ INFO-/BUG-TI-EXPLORER ³ SECURITY ³ ³ FIGIL (FORTH Int Grp) ³ INFO-UNIX ³ SELF-ORGANIZATION ³ ³ FIREARMS ³ INFO-V (V dist op sys) ³ SF-CONS LIST ³ ³ FRANZ-FRIENDS ³ INFO-VAX ³ SF-LOVERS ³ ³ GOULDBUGS ³ INFO-VLSI ³ SKY-FANS ³ ³ HEADER-PEOPLE ³ INFO-XENIX310 ³ SMAUG ³ ³ HEATH-PEOPLE ³ INFO-XLISP ³ SOFT-ENG ³ ³ HEALTH-NET ³ INTEREST-GROUPS LIST ³ SPACE ³ ³ HUMAN-NETS ³ INTRO ³ STD-UNIX ³ ³ ICON-GROUP ³ IRLIST ³ SUN-SPOTS ³ ³ INFO-1100 (& BUG-1100)³ KILLER ³ SYMBOLIC MATH ³ ³ INFO-68K ³ L-5 ³ TCP-IP ³ ³ INFO-ADA ³ LAN-News ³ TECHNICAL RPTS REDIST'N³ ³ INFO-AOS ³ LASER-LOVERS ³ TELECOM ³ ³ INFO-AMIGA ³ LIST OF MAILING LISTS ³ TEXHAX ³ ³ INFO-APPLE ³ LOVE-HOUNDS ³ TheoryNet ³ ³ INFO-APPLEBUS ³ Mail-Men ³ TOPS-20 ³ ³ INFO-ATARIÕ8/16þ ³ mailjc ³ UNIX-EMACS ³ ³ INFO-BITGRAPH ³ MER.SIGBIG (supercomp's)³ UNIX-SOURCES ³ ³ INFO-C ³ METAPHILOSOPHERS ³ UNIX-SW ³ ³ INFO-CPM ³ MH-USERS ³ UNIX-TeX ³ ³ INFO-DEC-MICRO ³ MH-WORKERS ³ UNIX-WIZARDS ³ ³ INFO-FUTURES ³ MHS (X.400) implement'n ³ V2LNI-PEOPLE ³ ³ INFO-GRAPHICS ³ MILSIM ³ VECTREX-PEOPLE ³ ³ INFO-HAMS ³ MMM-PEOPLE ³ VIDEOTECH ³ ³ INFO-HZ100 ³ MsgGroup ³ VISION ³ ³ INFO-IBMPC ³ MUS (Masscomp User Grp) ³ VPLLIST ³ ³ INFO-JAPAN ³ ³ WorkS Õtationsþ ³ +-----------------------+-------------------------+------------------------+ For more information on the Digests listed here, refer to the files ARPANET SIGLIST1 and ARPANET SIGLIST2 on any NETSERV file server. The list is maintained by Rich Zellich and Gligor Tashkovich. Please note that addition to many of these mailing lists will result in LARGE amounts of mail arriving in your virtual reader. It is strongly suggested that you make sure you are really interested in a particular Digest before you request it. Also, be sure to send a note to the moderator of the list when you change userids or your account expires. Please send additions and corrections for the Digest list to ZELLICH@SRI-NIC.ARPA. +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ³ An ongoing request: ³ ³ If the BITLIST is stored on a public disk at your institution, please ³ ³ send me a note with the node and name of your university. Thank you. ³ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+