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- From: geoff@pmafire.inel.gov (Geoff Allen)
- Subject: rec.roller-coaster FAQ, part 1/3: General info & introduction
- Summary: This document contains the introductions to the
- rec.roller-coaster newsgroup, and to Usenet in general.
- Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster,rec.answers,news.answers
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- Date: 04 Jun 93 15:35:37 GMT
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- Archive-name: roller-coaster-faq/part1
- Last-modified: Thu Jun 03, 1993; 09:00:24 MDT
-
-
- Welcome to the world of Roller-Coaster fanaticism!
- --------------------------------------------------
-
- This article, and the two that follow it, make up the regular info
- posting for rec.roller-coaster, the net's own asylum for coaster
- fanatics. In this posting, you'll find everything (or, almost
- everything) you need to know to be a coaster fanatic, too!
-
- Enjoy your ride!!!!
-
- --------
-
- Changes from the last posting:
-
- Added a definition for Pipeline Coaster.
-
- Added a first cut at an entry on the ever-popular ``how do I get a
- job designing coasters?'' question.
-
- Added a few international parks to the ``Amusement Park Attendance
- Statistics'' with the March 26, 1993 Wall Street Journal as the
- source.
-
- Added reference to ``New for 93'' list mentioning that the July
- 1992 ACE News said there *will* be a Pipeline coaster built
- somewhere in 1993. The Pipeline has not, however, been added
- to the list. I'll wait for some more substantial rumors before
- doing that.
-
- A few more entries were added to the ``New for 93'' and ``New for
- 94'' lists.
-
- The Comet from Crystal Beach, Ontario has been moved from the
- ``with a chance'' list to the ``assured to be saved'' list. Some
- well-placed rumor sources say someone will be relocating the Comet
- for 1994!
-
- The West Point, PA jr. woodie was moved from ``in danger'' to
- ``with a chance'' since it is in storage at CCI with a price tag.
-
- A few spelling errors throughout the document were corrected.
- --------
-
- Contents:
-
- Part 1 (this part):
- 1. Newsgroup Charter -- rec.roller-coaster
- 2. Usenet info
- 3. About this document
- Part 2:
- 4. Common abbreviations
- 5. Definitions of Roller-Coaster terms
- 6. Roller Coaster/Amusement Park Organizations
- A. American Coaster Enthusiasts - ACE
- B. Mid-Atlantic Coaster Club - MACC
- C. Western New York Coaster Club - WNYCC
- D. First Drop - U.K. Coaster Club
- E. National Amusement Park Historical Association - NAPHA
- F. National Carousel Association - NCA
- 7. References, Resources, etc.
- A. Books on Roller Coasters and Amusement Parks
- B. Magazines
- C. FTP site
- 8. Amusement Industry Jobs
- Part 3:
- 9. Lists, statistics, and other arcana
- A. Roller Coaster Designer Info
- B. Roller Coaster Record Holders
- C. ACE's Classic Coaster Roster
- D. Inside Track ``Top Coasters'' Readers Survey
- E. Amusement Park Attendance Statistics
- F. Coming Attractions -- new coasters for 93 and beyond!
- G. List of Endangered Coasters in USA
-
- --------
-
- 1. Newsgroup Charter -- rec.roller-coaster
-
- rec.roller-coaster Roller coasters and other amusement park rides.
-
- rec.roller-coaster is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for
- creation by 184:72 as reported in news.announce.newsgroups on 21 July 1991.
-
- This newsgroup is for the discussion of any amusement park rides,
- including but not limited to, roller coasters. Other topics include park
- operating times/season schedules, admission prices, latest attractions,
- future expansion efforts, etc.
-
- 2. Usenet info
-
- If you're new to Usenet, I'd really recommend reading the newsgroups
- news.announce.newusers and news.newusers.questions for a while. You can
- learn a lot of useful things, and even some not so useful things.
-
- 3. About this document
-
- This document is in three parts. Part 1, this part, offers a table of
- contents to the posts, plus a general introduction. Part 2 offers general
- roller-coaster info -- abbreviations, definitions, and information on
- organizations and references for the roller coaster/amusement park
- enthusiast. Part 3 contains lists and statistics relating to coasters. It
- is also the most volatile section, more likely than the others to be
- changed. (The list of changes appears in Part 1, above.)
-
- These articles are posted monthly to rec.roller-coaster, rec.answers, and
- news.answers. The rec.roller-coaster FAQ was originally compiled by Dave
- Rounds (dave@bcco.com), then maintained by Bill Buckley
- (buckley@powdml.enet.dec.com), and has now fallen into my hands
- (geoff@pmafire.inel.gov). Comments and questions are most welcome via
- e-mail to Geoff.
-
- You can get a copy of the latest version of this document via anonymous
- FTP from the ``official'' roller-coaster FTP site, gboro.rowan.edu, in
- directory /pub/Coasters (more on the site later). You can also get a
- copy from the official archive of news.answers, which is on
- pit-manager.mit.edu (alias rtfm.mit.edu) in the directory
- /pub/usenet-by-group/rec.roller-coaster.
- (A lot of other interesting FAQs are there, too. The name under which a
- FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-name: line at the top of the
- article. This FAQ, for example, is archived as
- roller-coaster-faq/part1. If you just want to browse there, try
- directory /pub/usenet-by-hierarchy, where the dots in newsgroup names
- represent directories. So these documents are in
- /pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/rec/roller-coaster.)
-
- If you don't know how to use FTP, or don't even know if you can at
- your site (not all sites can), ask a knowledgeable user at your site.
-
- Special thanks to all the contributors, commentators, error-correctors
- and others who've helped to make this FAQ possible. They are (in no
- particular order):
-
- Mark Wyatt (of Inside Track magazine)
- buckley@powdml.enet.dec.com (``Buck'')
- geoff@pmafire.inel.gov (Me, Geoff Allen)
- swain@aludra.usc.edu (Ronnie Swain)
- Tom_-_Obszanski@cup.portal.com (Tom Obszanski)
- betsyp@apollo.hp.com
- SYSOP@elan.glassboro.edu (Ken Denton)
- scm@harvee.billerica.ma.us (little gator aka s. mudgett)
- KROBINSO@Kentvm.Kent.edu (Kara L. Robinson)
- mac18@po.CWRU.Edu (Michael A. Cornell)
- toomer@cs.colostate.edu
- asente@mv.us.adobe.com (Paul Asente)
- winter@apple.com (Patty Winter)
- Nora G.
-
- And now.... On with the show!!!!!!!
-
-
- --
- Geoff Allen \ Please remain seated and keep your hands and arms
- uunet!pmafire!geoff \ above your head at all times. Enjoy your ride.
- geoff@pmafire.inel.gov \
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