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- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 14:57:22 EDT
- Sender: "Campus-Wide Information Systems" <CWIS-L@WUVMD.BITNET>
- From: Judy Hallman <hallman@GIBBS.OIT.UNC.EDU>
- Subject: List entry format and apologies
- Comments: To: CWIS-L@WUVMD.Wustl.Edu
- In-Reply-To: <9208130928.AA09920@gibbs.oit.unc.edu>; from "Steve Jones" at Aug
- 13, 92 10:26 am
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- Steve Jones, Oxford University Computing Services says...
- >
- > Judy Hallman lists some sites for which there is currently only minimal
- > information available. Being responsible for one of those sites, and
- > slightly embarassed that the UK features highly in her list, could
- > I ask what extra information is desired. Both minimum and ideal
- > requirements would be of interest.
- >
- Sorry, I should have included that in my message. I'll include a couple of
- samples below. Not everyone has a section on what the database contains
- and some are much longer then others, but it is nice to have a short
- description of the contents, particularly things that could be considered
- Internet resources -- special items.
-
- Profuse apologies to Roy Pearce. He sent me info on the Birmingham service
- months ago. When I FINALLY tried it out, I saw that our list is prominently
- displayed in it, without Birmingham! I've been remiss -- haven't done an
- update since April 7, but finally this one is about ready to go. So here
- are a couple of samples. For the UK ones, please note whether or not to go
- through JANET:
- =============================================================
- United Kingdom
- =============================================================
- To access most universities in the UK, first login into JANET, the Joint
- Academic Network. Access to JANET follows:
-
- Access: telnet sun.nsf.ac.uk
- Login: janet
- Hostname: type the address of the University you would like to connect to
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- Birmingham University
- info.bham.ac.uk
- (NOTE: Make a direct Internet connection; not through JANET)
- Login as info or login as help, if you need it.
- Emulate a vt100.
- Hardware/software: Runs on an IBM RS600.
- Contact: Roy 'Baby' Pearce <pearcera@rs6000.bham.ac.uk>
-
- Contains: Largely information on computing matters. Near-complete
- documentation can be found under the Menu named SYSDOC. Documents can be
- down-loaded using email. This will very shortly be upgraded when SMTP is
- installed.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- Cornell CUINFO
- cuinfo.cornell.edu
- Connect to port 300.
- Use telnet or tn3270. Different versions of telnet or
- tn3270 have different syntax for defining the port. The
- following are the commonest:
- TELNET cuinfo.cornell.edu 300
- TELNET cuinfo.cornell.edu::300
- or TELNET cuinfo.cornell.edu..300
- Hardware/software: VM/CMS; IBM S/370 assembler; locally written
- Contact: Lynne Personius <jrn@cornells.bitnet>
-
-
- CUINFO of interest to non-Cornell community members:
-
- Uncle Ezra - The Electronic Counselor - First program of
- its kind - A must see.
- Directories - Student and Staff directories - Includes
- staff electronic addresses
- Ski Reports - Up to the minute Upstate New York Ski
- Reports (Seasonal)
- Jobs - Listings and Descriptions of jobs at
- Cornell
- Computing - Extensive on-line information regarding
- computing at Cornell
- Patents - Descriptions of current patents held by
- Cornell
- Various Newsletters - Newsletters from numerous campus groups
- Weather - Up to the minute local weather forecast
-
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- Northwestern University
- nuacvm.acns.nwu.edu (129.105.16.1)
- Command: dial vtam
- Application ID: nuinfo
- Emulate a VT100, other options are also available.
- Hardware/software: IBM 4381 using PNN.
- Contact Person: Tamara Iversen <tiversen@nuacvm.acns.nwu.edu>
-
- Contains:
- Calendars & Entertainment: Contains calendars of on and off campus events,
- a Chicago Guide, an Evanston Guide, and a Restaurant Guide.
-
- Academics: For people interested in the University, this holds
- our entire university catalog, our Course and Teacher Evaluation
- Catalog (CTEC), and other academic information of interest to
- prospective students
-
- NU Calendar of Events: This summarizes many of the events that
- take place on campus during the year.
-
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