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 The weekly list of active file servers, list servers, name servers, relays,
 /      database servers, internet digests, and electronic magazines.      ›
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³ Please send additions, deletions, and requests to get on the mailing list ³
³                to the Editor: Chris Condon, BITLIB@YALEVMX                ³
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³ Bitnotes: ³ Featuring The Year in BITNET: May 1985 - May 1986 ³ Issue #52 ³
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         "Freedom begins when you tell Mrs. Grundy to go fly a kite."
                                                      - R.A.H

Having a wonderful time.  Wish you were here...

Fify-two  weeks.  It  boggles  the  mind, no?  Fifty-two  weeks ago  I wasn't
planning to produce a weekly electronic magazine.  I simply  mailed a list of
servers  I knew about  to five or  six of my  BITNET friends, requesting that
they  a) tell me if anything was missing from the list and  b) that they send
a  copy to anyone they  thought would be interested.  The mailing list is now
250 readers long, still growing in leaps and bounds.

It just happened.  Eventually  I noticed what was going on and took advantage
of it, turning the  list into a magazine, and enjoying myself tremendously in
the process.  About issue thirty or so I decided that I wanted  to  something
special for a First Anniversary  Issue.  If  you haven't noticed, this is IT.

Enjoy...

                                Chris
                                BITLIB@YALEVMX


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 *                 The Year In BITNET: May 1985 - May 1986                 *
*****************************************************************************

Don't get the idea that this history is  all-inclusive.  It's not.  It covers
the  ups  and downs  of the file  servers, conference machines, name servers,
Relays, etc. in the  past year.  These bits and pieces come directly from the
Bitnotes  section  of the last 51  issues of Bitlist.  Sort  of a stroll down
memory lane...

>July 5,1985
SERVER@UOGUELPH is a new file server at the Univerity of Guelph in Canada. It
does things in very much the  same way  that CANSERVE@CANADA01  did them, but
differently  enough  that you  should  issue the  HELP command  to it anyway.
CANSERVE, on the other  hand, is very  different than it was before and rates
a definite must-look.

>July 12, 1985
CSDEPT@MAINE has been  eaten up by CSNEWS@MAINE.  CSDEPT  is still there in a
brain  damaged sort of  way but for  all intents  and purposes CSNEWS will do
pretty much what CSDEPT did before, plus its ususal  functions.  Of course we
can sit  on our hands until the  new documentation  comes out.  Keep that old
old CSDEPT documentation handy!

>July 18, 1985
Much  thanks  to Barry  Gates for telling me  about GRAND@CUNYVM, @BITNIC and
@QUEENS.   It  looks as  if GRANDs will be  springing  up everwhere  soon.  I
haven't  put it in the  list yet because  I'm not really sure what it is.  It
calls  itself a conferencing system, but it is not a conference machine. What
it seems to work  like is  the FLAME  command on  CSNEWS, or a glorified file
server or  God-Knows-What.  It seems  pretty  interesting but I think it will
take some getting used to.

>July 25, 1985
Huge thanks to Jeff Kell  for all of the info he sent me on the RELAY system.
RELAYs seem to be breeding  faster  than rabbits  and will probobly make chat
machines like HELPDESK obsolete  eventually.  Having  a Chat at your own node
is just TOO fast.

>August 2, 1985
"Unfortunately,  GRAND is  currently in a testing phase, and is not available
for remote (non-CUNYVM) use.  It will  be available to a wider range of users
at some  future time,  but it is  hard to  estimate  when that  time will be.
Anyway, when that time does come, you will be more than welcome to use GRAND."

>August 8, 1985
Thanks  to  Edgar  Schwietzke  and  Henry Nussbacher  for  telling  me  about
DATABASE@BITNIC.  DATABASE is a (you guessed it!) database server.

>August 30, 1985
If things  keep up  like  this the RELAY  network is going  to rate  it's own
magazine.  Yes, folks, with this issue RELAYs outnumber every other category.

>October 4, 1985
The big  prize goes  to  Steve Wall (Snoopy) for his info on two name servers
at  the  Rochester  Institute   of  Technology. They  are  LOOKUP@RITVAXC and
LOOKUP@RITVAXD.  Both of  them  operate the  same way (although  they provide
info on different users) and  will  respond to  the /HELP command  to get you
started.

>October 11, 1985
NYSHARE@WEIZMANN is closed  to BITNET  connections because some idiot decided
to tell NYSHARE  to ship  him the whole disk.  This didn't do WEIZMANN or the
people that run the server any good,  and it  certainly didn't do the rest of
us any good.  I am  partialy responsible this,  having gotten the information
about the server from  a WEIZMANN  person without  checking  with  the people
who run it.  Putting  it in the 'list  made the  information available to the
idiot mentioned above.

>October 18, 1985
LFCNET@ICNUCEVM is running at the National University Computer Center in Pisa.
It also serves as a bulletin board/forum similar to the CSNEWS bulletin board.

Speaking  of LFCNET, Back  issues of Tom Benson's COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH AND
THEORY (CRTNET) are available from there as the file CRTNET VOL1N1-8. Mailing
list information is included.  The  primary  functions  of the  group  are to
explore  the  uses of  computer  networking  to link  students, scholars  and
practitioners who share an interest in human communication.

>November 1, 1985
FORUM@BITNIC is now included in the file servers section since it now perates
operates as  both a files  server  and a conference machine.  I was wondering
why it was still around while RELAY  is working so well.  In any case, one of
the things you can get from FORUM are  back issues of NutWorks, "the greatest
invention since the rope".  Subscription  info is  included and  the  editors
are open to article submissions as long as they don't make any sense.

>November 8, 1985
The latest  issue of  the BITLIST will now be available from the NETSERV file
servers as BITNET SERVERS.  The  new issue should  arrive  every Friday, just
like  always.  Many  of  the  back  issues  of the 'list are  available  from
SERVER@TAMCBA.  If there  is some  back issue that you  would like to look at
that isn't  there, just  drop me  a note.  Old issues  are kind  of obsolete,
but they are interesting from a historical standpoint.

>November 15, 1985
As of 06:00 a.m EST November 11, 1985 the  Cornell Relay MAS@CORNELLC  passed
away.  There  is a remote  chance that will be resurrected someday, but until
then it no longer appears in the list.

HELPDESK@TAMVM1 doesn't seem to be there anymore. If nobody noticed until now
I don't  think there  will be many tears.  For us  heavy network users on the
east  coast it was  too far away to  be very fast.  By the time anybody heard
heard about it RELAY was on it's way up. (Pre-BITLIST days, folks.)

>November 22, 1985
Once upon a  time in the deep dark reaches of the past there was a conference
machine called  ALAN@NCSUVM, run by  the one  and only Alan Clegg. That was a
long time  ago, maybe even six  months, a long long time when you are talking
about  the lives of conference machines.  It seems that some poor misinformed
souls still think  that it is a chat.  Alas, it is not.  North Carolina State
has it's  own Relay  machine now, and the conference  machine ALAN is dead as
a doornail.  Mr. Clegg  is alive and  well and  wishes to  compute  with  his
userid, but must  find it  very difficult  when people send him messages like
/HELP.  Enough said?

For  the next few weeks  MAS@CORNELLA, the  Relay that was reported dead last
week, will rise from  the dead  on weekends  from 6:00pm EST on Fridays until
Mondays at 6:00am.

Now the  really  good  news:  Guy Sirton has told me that NYSHARE@WEIZMANN is
once again  open to all of BITNET on a test basis.  Please don't go crazy and
ask for 30  files in five minutes.  That would only result in it being closed
up again.

>December 6, 1985
I have  been getting  a lot  of letters  lately which  tell me that the Relay
MAS@CORNELLC is really  alive  after  all, but only at night and on weekends.
Sounds like a vampire to me.  (-36 on the Clever scale)

In  any case,  one of the  letters was qualified by the words "as long as the
money  holds out" or  something  to that effect.  This  strikes  me as a very
temporary  situation  and I know  that if I put it in  the list this week the
funds will run out and I will have to run the funeral all over again.

>December 13, 1985
MAS@CORNELLC  was up and  running at 11:03 am which is contrary to everything
I have been told about it. It is back in the list, hopefully to stay.

>December 20, 1985
"FFFHHHIIIVVEEE TTTHHHEEEVVVEEENNNTTTEEEEEENNN PEEEE EEEEMMM *pop*!"

>December 27, 1985
There  is no news  this week.  None, zero, zilch. Nada. Nothing.  I would bet
that this has something to do with the Holiday season, but what do I know?

>January 8, 1986
"The Cornell Relay has been shut down  forever due to the misuse of BITNET by
some  hackers in  West Germany who discussed their trade on the Relay.  It is
Cornell's desire to not be associated with the Relay system in the future."

>January 17, 1986
FORUM@BITNIC  has  not been  up lately.  I'm  trying  to find  out  what  the
situation is.  Really, I am.

>January 24, 1986
FORUM@BITNIC  is now  dead.  This poses a few problems, since some of BITNETs
electronic magazines were stored there via FORUMs file server function.  That
leaves  us with  two old  style  conference  machines,  CERITOR@TECHNION  and
SERVER@TAMCBA.  Only  six  months  ago there  were as  many as seven of these
machines running.  My, how times change.  Of course, in that time the  number
of RELAYs has tripled, if not quadrupled.

>January 30, 1986
For more  infromation  on  the mailing  lists available via BITNIC's LISTSERV
you may request the file LISTSERV GROUPS from the file server NICSERVE@BITNIC.
Please note that all LISTSERVs are not the same.  LISTSERV@NCSUVM was written
entirely by the (in)famous Alan Clegg and does not operate in the same manner
as the one at BITNIC.  Nor do the  list  servers  maintain  the same  mailing
lists.  Information on how to use LISTSERV@NCSUVM may be  obtained by issuing
the HELP command.

There  is  a new  file  server/conference  machine at Texas A & M University,
FORUM@TAMCBA.  This is the new home of CLUB magazine.

>February 14, 1986
Just  after  BITLIST 3-12 went to the presses  a note from John Voigt arrived
in  my reader  announcing the availability of the file server TCSSERVE@TCSVM.
A  marvelous event,  a new file server... something that doesn't happen often
enough.  So I smiled and prepared to add it to this weeks 'list.

Tuesday I strolled over to my electronic mailbox.  What did I find but a note
note from Henry Nussbacher.  He passed  on to me the announcement of new info
servers in Arpanet.  Stupendous... two new file servers in the same week! Who
could ask for anything more?

So... Wednsday  I  checked  my mail, not  expecting  to find much.  Of course
Harri Salminen sent me the news about the new file server at Helsinki Univer-
sity, SILMARIL@FINHUTC.  Absolutely Tremendous...!  Three file server announ-
cements in the same week...

>February 20, 1986
The  conference  machine  CERITOR@TECHNION  is now known as CERNEWS@TECHNION.
Otherwise it functions the same as before.

>February 28, 1986
According  to  Jeffrey Kell  there  are two  new  Relay conference  machines,
RELAY@CANADA01 (University of Guelph)  and RLY@CORNELLC (Cornell University).
Those of  you who  followed  the drama of the old Cornell Relay (MAS) several
issues back know what this must be doing to me.  Hopefully this one will stay
active.  I am told that it is an official  id  created for just that purpose,
so the chances are good.

>March 7, 1986
SERVER@TAMCBA  is no longer a conference machine.  It operates only as a file
server now.

>March 27, 1986
You  may notice  that there  is a new file server,  UH-INFO@UHUPVM1.  UH-INFO
is  different  from  other  file  servers  because  it  really  contains  two
subservers: ACSNET (Academic Computing) and PSYCHNET (Psychology).

>April 4, 1986
The conference machine CERNEWS@TECHNION has been shut down.  This  is due, of
all things, to lack of use.  This  leaves  us with  one  old-style conference
machine, FORUM@TAMCBA.  I don't think I need to tell you that this was caused
by the popularity of the RELAY conference machine system.

>April 17, 1986
NDCSNEWS@NDSUVM1  is a  new name  server  provided  by the North Dakota State
Univeristy Higher Education Computing Network.

>April 25, 1986
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
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.


>May 2, 1986
Another  new  file server: UTCSERVE@UTCVM, running at University of Tennessee
at Chattanooga.  It uses the same code as TCSSERVE@TCSVM.


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 *                        The Year In BITNET: Analysis                     *
*****************************************************************************

After reading  over that  list of 1985 - 1986 events  it becomes evident that
the BIG event of the past year has been  the implementation and growth of the
Relay  Conference  Machine network.  Some  of  my predictions  came out okay:
Relay DID grow and it DID make  old-style chats  obsolete.  How soon it would
happen  I wasn't sure.  However, my ideas about GRAND bombed out.  Apparently
that sort of server took so much getting used to that nobody used it.  It was
supposed  to reappear in April in a rewritten format,  but it never happened.
In  any case, the software interface  required to use it could only be run at
be run at VM nodes, effectively alienating the users at VAX/VMS sites.

It's  also  clear that BITNET  abuse can cause major problems.  The two major
cases of  this:  A) the  huge file request  sent to NYSHARE@TECHNION and then
B) hackers breaking into  Fermilab via BITNET.  Both of these abuses resulted
in the  temporary  shutdown of  a server.  One of the abuses was intentional,
the other was probobly not, BUT THE END RESULTS WERE THE SAME.  Hmmmm...


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Active file servers:

BITSERVE@CUNYVM    - Bitnet Support Center, USA
CANSERVE@CANADA01  - University of Guelph, Canada
CSDEPT@MAINE       - University of Maine, USA
CSNEWS@MAINE       - University of Maine, USA
KERMSRV@CUVMA      - Kermit Users Server, Columbia University, USA
MACSERVE@BITNIC    - Macintosh Users Server, Bitnet Support Center, USA
NETSERV@CEARN      - Centre Europeene Rechnerche Nucleare, Switzerland
NICSERVE@BITNIC    - Bitnet Support Center, USA
SERVER@TAMCBA      - Texas A & M College of Business Administration, USA
VMBBOARD@WEIZMANN  - Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Active name servers:

FINGER@CUVMA       - Columbia University, USA
VMNAMES@WEIZMANN   - Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Active chat machines:

EAAD@DS0RUS1I      - Universitaet Stuttgart, West Germany
FORUM@BITNIC       - Bitnet Support Center, USA
HELPDESK@TAMVM1    - Texas A & M University, USA
RELAY@BITNIC       - Bitnet Support Center, USA
SERVER@TAMCBA      - Texas A & M College of Business Administration, USA


  *************************************************************************
 *                 The Bitlist is stored on public disks at:               *
*****************************************************************************

                             University of Alabama
                              Austria EARN - Linz
                           Bitnet Information Center
                               Brown University
                    Centre Europeen de Recherche Nucleaire
                         City University of New York
                     Columbia University Teachers' College
                              Cornell University
                              CNUSC, Montpellier
                Facultes universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix
                   German central node of EARN - Darmstadt
                  Gesellschaft Mathematik Datenv Darmstadt
                      Helsinki University of Technology
                               Humber College
                           Iowa State University
                         IBM Madrid Science Center
                                IBM SC - Roma
                      Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen
                          Katholieke Hoges Tillburg
                          Louisiana State University
                         National Insitute of Health
                        North Dakota State University
                        Pennsylvania State University
                    Research Center of Crete - Heraklion
                  Rutherford Appleton Laboratory - UK EARN
                           Sweden EARN - Stockholm
                             SUNY - Stony Brook
                              Tulane University
                          Universidad de Barcelona
                            University of Houston
                             University of Idaho
                           University of Illinois
                             University of Maine
                           University of Missouri
                        University of New Brunswick
                            University of Regina
                      University of Southern California
                            University of Toledo
                        University College - Dublin
                            Washington University
                      Weizmann Institute of Technology
                               Yale University


  *************************************************************************
 *                            The NEXT Year In BITNET                      *
*****************************************************************************

Predicting  the future  is not an exact  science.  I don't  know that it is a
science  at  all.   I  didn't  have  any  tea leaves  but I  think  I found a
good substitute.  This is what the soggy teabag told me:

File  severs will become more specialized:  There may be a server for VAX/VMS
users, one for people interested in Science Fiction, etc.  This sort of trend
is already beginning.

More people will  become involved  with electronic  magazines:  Maybe this is
wishful thinking.   Some of the  major BITNET  magazines  are  suffering from
article  shoratages.  People  will either begin  submitting  more articles or
decide to start  their own  magazines.  Many of these  new  publications will
only last an issue or two.  They will probobly all be monthlies.

A  BITNET user database:  Another  case of wishful  thinking.  BITNET needs a
user database that includes peoples interests (like the CSNEWS Bitnauts List)
but in a highly structured format (like the NETSERV UDS List).

That is it...

...for the Bitlist First Anniversary Issue.  Next week things will be back to
normal (whatever that is)  and I will  bring you  the usual  news and exiting
information.

                       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
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 Europeen 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 Europeen 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
MASRELAY  @ UBVM     - University of Buffalo
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 des Hautes Etudes Commerciales
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
RELAY     @ 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

+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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
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