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- Newsgroups: rec.gardens
- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!concert!samba!sunSITE!london
- From: london@sunSITE.unc.edu (Larry London)
- Subject: Re: Tell me all you know...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.214323.21804@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- Sender: usenet@samba.oit.unc.edu
- Nntp-Posting-Host: sunsite.unc.edu
- Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- References: <1993Jan25.154202.11567@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 21:43:23 GMT
- Lines: 49
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- In article <1993Jan25.154202.11567@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
- djd@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (david.j.daulton) writes:
-
- >One of the parks's staff members recently asked me how they might go about
- >using the park's PC (used to print the volunteer newsletters, to
- >keep track of volunteer hours, etc.) to access gardening bulletin boards,
- >such as rec.gardens.
-
- Buy a U.S. Robotics or a Zyxel external 9600baud V32bis FAXModem (about $350
- or less by mail order), attach it to your PC and call:
- 1-919-9629911
- 9629921
- 9629931
- 9629941
- in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
-
- for free access to LaUNChpad (an experimental BBS operated at the
- University of North Carolina). With registration (just fill out a simple
- form and smail it back to the administrator) you get read/write access
- to Usenet newsgroups and Internet E-mail; without registration you get
- read only access to newsgroups. Other features and services are available
- there such as WAIS and access to library card catalogues.
-
- This is a good option if you can afford the long distance telco charges.
- Other options include many other dial-up public-access Internet sites,
- some free, some not: NYX-public access (Denver), a system in Seattle, Wash.,
- Cleveland Freenet (and other Freenets), DELPHI.
-
- Data areas maintained here at sunSITE.unc.edu and WAIS-searchable from
- LaUNChpad are:
-
- FTP directories: ftp sunsite.unc.edu
-
- pub/academic/medicine/alternative-healthcare
- pub/academic/agriculture/sustainable_agriculture
- /nc_botanical_garden
- /agronomy
- /nc_cooperative_extension
- /ncat-attra
- /national_agricultural_library
-
- You might also enjoy the alt.sustainable.agriculture newsgroup.
-
- Let me know if you need any more information.
-
- Lawrence
- london@sunsite.unc.edu
-
-
-