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- NISSPAC
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- TELNET SUN.NSF.AC.UK or 128.86.8.7
- Login: janet
- Hostname: uk.ac.niss.pac
- At the . prompt, enter LOGON NISSCAT
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- To exit, use the TELNET escape key.
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- National Information on Software and Services Public Access Collections
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- All data collections copyright Southampton University. NISSPAC documentation
- and the NISS Thesaurus are available from the NISS Bulletin Board, section B.
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- National Information on Software and Services Public Access Collections
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- --- You may select from the following services: ---------------------
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- | 1- Help |
- | 2- General Information |
- | 3- NISSPAC News (last update: 11/10/90) |
- | 4- The NISS Software and Datasets Catalogue |
- | 5- The VAX/VMS Applications Software Directory |
- | 6- The IBM Study Contracts Database |
- | 7- The CHEST Directory |
- | 99- Exit & logoff |
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- INTRODUCING NISSPAC
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- NISSPAC is a database service provided for the higher education
- community by NISS (National Information on Software and Services).
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- The idea behind NISSPAC is to provide a common interface to a variety of
- text based data collections. At present, these consist of the NISS
- Software and Datasets Catalogue, VAX Applications Software Directory,
- IBM Study Contracts dataset and the CHEST Directory.
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- While every effort is being made to maintain a similar mode of use with
- each of the data collections, some variations arise due to differences
- in the nature and structure of the data.
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- Selecting a service from the NISSPAC menu results in a 'Main Menu'
- display for that particular service. Full details regarding content,
- purpose and method of use can be obtained at the Main Menu stage.
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- After using a particular service, the user may elect to exit the system
- and logoff, or return to the NISSPAC Menu to select another service.
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