TELECOM Digest     Thu, 30 Jun 94 12:08:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 304

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Need to Hook a Unix Machine to a BBS on a PC (Michael Hauben)
    CONVERSANT Problem - Help!!! (crooksie@aol.com)
    Call For Participation: TeleStrategies' Internet '94 Conference (M. Lucas)
    Workshop: User Interfaces of Communications Systems (Ashok Gupta)
    Recent BCI/Jones Intercable Dealings (Dave Leibold)
    Tele-Direct Comes to Hong Kong (Dave Leibold)
    The Telco as Broadcaster? (Dave Leibold)
    SONET/SDH Comparision TR Available From Committee T1 (Jim Burkitt)
    Book Review: "NetWare Troubleshooting" by Hader (Rob Slade)
    Bell Atlantic Marketing (Neil Weisenfeld)
    Looking For 386DX 32bits Operating System (James L. Yan)
    Outgoing Call Lockout, But Enabling it For One Call (John Stewart Pinnow)

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From: sonicnet@panix.com (Michael Hauben)
Subject: Need to Hook a Unix machine to a BBS on a PC
Date: 30 Jun 1994 12:27:38 -0400
Organization: SonicNet BBS


We are in the process of renting a T1-Leased Line in order to connect
our BBS, SonicNet, to the Internet. In order to do this we are in the
process of purchasing a Unix machine in order to connet to the
incoming T-1 line. What I do not know how to do is how to connect the
Unix machine to my PC. SonicNet runs on a 486/66 PC using the TBBS
software. We currently have 8 phone lines connected via modems to a
multiport Digiboard serial board.

At this point I am unsure how I will connct the unix machine, which
will support multiple telnet sessions, to the serial ports on the PC
Digiboard. Of course we will be expanding the number of serial lines
on the PC once we solve this problem.

What I need is to somehow convert the incoming telnet connections on
the unix machine into an RS-232 line on the BBS PC. Ideally it would
be like connecting two serial ports via null modem cables.

Others have suggested that I install an ethernet card to the PC
running the bbs, but then I would be unsure how to redirect the
incoming IP packets to the TBBS software.

Also someone else suggested hooking up the unix machine up to a
terminal server and the serial lines to the lines from my digiboard.
The problem is that I know very little about the terminal servers, and
less who to purchase them from.

Can anyone offer any suggestions on how to deal with my problem?  I
would also be interested in how other TBBS sysops have hooked their
BBS's up to the Internet for telnet access.


Thanks!

Michael

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From: crooksie@aol.com (CROOKSIE)
Subject: CONVERSANT Problem - Help!!!
Date: 28 Jun 1994 20:57:01 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)


Help Help Help!!!

Relaying problem from TELECOM TECH SUPPORT (hope I got message right)
 - they cant seem to resolve - have ORACLE Server (Remote MAC
Database) feeding a CONVERSANT (MAP100 V4.0) script - CONVERSANT
accesses (queries) the ORACLE table - CONVERSANT needs to know what
ORACLE table structure is to maintain integrity - during power
surges, table structure dies as if ORACLE table was not defined - why
is this happening?

When power is restored, the structure should recover the table should
recover the ORACLE table information.

Any assistance would be appreciated from the net telecom "brain
trust".

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From: Matthew Lucas <matt@telestrat.com>
Subject: Call For Participation: TeleStrategies' Internet '94 Conference 
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 1994 08:13:13 +0000


TeleStrategies' is hosting "Internet: The New Way To Publish, Market
and Advertise" on October 10-12, 1994 at the Sheraton Crystal City
Hotel in Arlington, Virginia.

The program will have both a conference and workshop track.  The
conference track will focus on new opportunities for publishing,
advertising and marketing in the commercialized Internet.  The
workshop track will feature tutorials and live demonstrations of
Internet applications, products and services.

We are soliciting those in the telecommunications industry who have
interest in demonstrating their products and services live on the
Internet to our attendees.

Approximately 450 people attended our March, 1994 program and we
expect attendance to be even higher in October.  If you have an
Internet-based service or product and are interested in leading a
workshop/demonstration session or exhibiting, please call
TeleStrategies at (703) 734-7050.

For workshop and demonstrations, ask for Lynn Stern.  For exhibit or
further information, ask for Jackie McGuigan.


Thank you,

Matthew Lucas   TeleStrategies, Inc.   (703 734-7050

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From: gupta@prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk (Ashok Gupta)
Subject: Workshop: User Interfaces of Communications systems
Date: 29 Jun 94 12:19:07 GMT
Reply-To: gupta@prl.philips.co.uk
Organization: Philips Research Laboratories, Redhill, UK
 

                       Workshop Programme
           "User Interfaces of Communication Systems"
                  
            Workshop of Special Interest Group 2.1.2 
                      "Interactive Systems"
                    German Computer Society (GI)
 
                           to be held
                       in Hamburg, Germany, 
               during the Annual Conference of GI            
                       and IFIP-Congress'94
             "Computer and Communications Evolution 
                      - The Driving Forces -"
 
            Wednesday, August 31, 1994, 14:00 - 17:30 pm
    
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Gesellschaft fuer
Infor- matik, the German Computer Society GI, the 13th International
IFIP World Congress will be held in Hamburg, Germany, together with
the Annual Conference 1994 of the GI from August 28 through September
2, 1994.
 
In the settings of the Congress/Conference the German Special Interest
Group 2.1.2 of GI, "Interactive Systems", will organize in its 22nd
year of work a workshop "User Interfaces of Communication Systems"
covering topics related to the use of computer systems based on modern
communication technologies.
  
Modern communication technologies used in public digital networks or
distributed computer systems demand new requirements in user
interfaces of applications, both for network management organisations
and for network users.  Specifically there exist problems in the
partly desired transparency of functional distribution, in explicit
network management by the user, as well as in the manner in which
users and system compo- nents cooperate in local and global networks.
The workshop concentrates on aspects of the user interface, rather
than the design, construction and running of networks themselves.
  
The workshop addresses problems and issues in such areas as electronic
mail and publication services, user interfaces to control and to
access scientific and other information networks, user interfaces of
communica-tion devices, and user interfaces in multi-user applications.  
Examples to be covered are new interaction techniques for operating
telephones, user interfaces for wide-area networks, video-conferencing
in its different forms, tools and techniques for designing and
implementing multi-user applications, mobile computing, and knowledge-
based communication systems.
  
Relevant problems and vital issues of the computer and communication
evolution are addressed in this workshop -- two fields which continue
to grow together and influence each other in this decade and the next.
The papers to be presented deal with the human-computer interaction of
these existing and future computer-communication systems as seen from
different angles, presenting various views of the field.
  
  
Programme Committee:                  Coordinator:

 K. Froitzheim, Ulm, Germany           Prof. Dr. Gerd Szwillus 
 P. Gorny, Oldenburg, Germany          Universitaet - GH -
 H.-J. Hoffmann, Darmstadt, Germany    Paderborn,
 D. Jaepel, Zuerich, Switzerland       FB Mathematik/Informatik
 P. Schulthess, Ulm, Germany           D-33095 Paderborn
 G. Szwillus, Paderborn, Germany       Phone  intl+49+5251+60+2077
      (Chairman)                       Fax    intl+49+5251+60+3836
                                       E-mail szwillus@uni-paderborn.de 

                            Programme

 Session 1    August 31, 14:00 - 15:30 pm    Chair Prof. G. Szwillus

 On the way to Knowledge-based Human-Computer-Human-Communication
         R. Gunzenhaeuser, W. Dilly, M. Ressel
         University in Stuttgart, Dept. of Computer Science
         (in German)
  
 Usage of Communication Services with Drag-and-drop Techniques
         K. Froitzheim, P. Schulthess
         University in Ulm, Unit Distributed Systems
         (in German)
  
 Adaptive User Interfaces for Electronic Net Services
         H. Dieterich, M. Schneider-Hufschmidt, N. V. Carlsen
         Siemens AG, ZFE ST SN 51, Munich
         (in German)
  
 Session 2    August 31, 16:00 - 17:30 pm    Chair Prof. P. Schulthess
  
 Interfaces for handling Multimedia Communication Systems
         M. Zajicek, X. Cao, D. Shrimpton, A. Tagg, J. Lehuby,
         D. Parish, P. Coventry, I. Phillips, J. Griffiths
         Oxford Brookes University & Loughborough University of Technology
         (in English)
  
 Aspects in User Interface Design for Mobile Multi-user Applications
         H.-W. Gellersen
         University in Karlsruhe, Telecooperation group
         (in German)
  
 The Virtual Office as a User Interface for Cooperative Working
         M. Sohlenkamp
         Gesellsch. f. Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung (GMD),
         Sankt Augustin
         (in German)
 
 Inquiries regarding the workshop to 
    Prof. Szwillus, Univ. Paderborn, szwillus@uni-paderborn.de
  
 Inquiries regarding the IFIP Congress and the GI-Conference to
    Prof. Wolfinger, Univ. Hamburg,  
                   wolfinger@rz.informatik.uni-hamburg.d400.de
  
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From: dave.leibold@superctl.tor250.org (Dave Leibold)
Subject: Recent BCI/Jones Intercable dealings
Reply-To: dave.leibold@superctl.tor250.org
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 94 00:41:00 -0500


[from Bell News, 27 June 1994; content is Bell Canada's]

BCI, Jones Intercable fine-tune deal

Bell Canada International Inc. (BCI), responsible for the international 
telecommunications investments and telecommunications consulting
services for our parent company BCE, and Jones Intercable, Inc. of
Colorado, have formally completed and signed a share purchase and
shareholder agreement.

Closing of the transaction is expected by late 1994, subject to certain
conditions including the acquisition by Jones Intercable of the assets
of Jones Spacelink, Ltd.

The closing will include the following transactions:

* BCI will purchase newly issued Class A shares of Jones Intercable
for $206 million U.S., thereby increasing its total investment in
Jones to $261 million U.S. for a 30 per cent interest.

* BCI will purchase from Jones International, Ltd. and Glenn Jones an
option worth $52 million U.S. for a controlling interest in Jones
Intercable, exercisable in the future.

* BCI will invest $35 million U.S. in other assets of Jones
International, including Jones Lightwave, Ltd., a competitive access
telecommunications service provider; Jones Education Networks, Inc.,
which operates the only distance network on basic cable television
offering academic degree programs; and Jones Entertainment, Ltd.,
which acquires, produces and distributes original film and television
entertainment programming.

Jones Intercable, Inc. is one of the largest cable television
operators in the United States. It is also the world's largest cable
television management company, managing cable operations for publicly
held entities. It manages operations in 20 states and three
countries.

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From: dave.leibold@superctl.tor250.org (Dave Leibold)
Subject: Tele-Direct Comes to Hong Kong
Reply-To: dave.leibold@superctl.tor250.org
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 94 00:41:00 -0500


[from Bell News, 27 June 1994; content is Bell Canada's]

Hong Kong fingers will do the walking through BCE's pages

Tele-Direct (Publications) Inc., our sister subsidiary in the BCE
family, has formed a joint venture with Hongkong Telecom CSL to
provide white pages and Yellow Pages directories for Hong Kong.

Total revenue anticipated over the 10-year period of the agreement is
US $1 billion.

"The Hong Kong directories market is one of the fastest-growing in
the world, and the association with Hongkong Telecom opens
opportunities in southeast Asia and in the People's Republic of
China," said Thomas Bourke, president and chief executive officer of
Tele-Direct and group vice-president, Directories, of BCE.

Tele-Direct will provide general management services and technical
support to the joint-venture company, which will have a staff of some
200 employees.

The Hongkong Telecom Group is currently the territory's sole provider
of fixed telephone services, with some three million telephone
exchange lines and a growing presence in the People's Republic of
China. The company is 57.5 per cent owned by Cable and Wireless plc,
the international telecommunications company.

BCE and Cable & Wireless are also partners in two companies in the
United Kingdom, Mercury Communications Limited and Bell Cablemedia
Limited.

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From: dave.leibold@superctl.tor250.org (Dave Leibold)
Subject: The Telco as Broadcaster?
Reply-To: dave.leibold@superctl.tor250.org
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 94 00:41:00 -0500


[from Bell News, 27 June 1994; content is Bell Canada's]

Telcos to enter the broadcasting business?

Canadian telephone companies would be able to hold broadcasting
licences if the recommendations of a confidential report of the
federal government are enacted.

The report, prepared by the Industry Department, was obtained by the
press under the Access to Information Act.

Also recommended in the 12-page report entitled: The Cable and
Telephone Networks: Proposals for a New Policy Approach is a
revamping of the Bell Canada Act that presently prohibits us [Bell
Canada] from holding a broadcasting licence.

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From: Jim Burkitt <CCMAIL.JBURKITT@A50VM1.TRG.NYNEX.COM>
Subject: SONET/SDH Comparision TR Available From Committee T1
Date: 29 Jun 1994 08:49:08 GMT


From:     Committee T1
Contact:  Jim Burkitt, T1X1 Chair
          (914) 644-5075
          ccmail.jburkitt@nynex.com (Internet)
Subject:  Technical Report on Comparison of SONET and SDH

Committee T1 has just published a new technical report, "A Comparison of
SONET (Synchronous Optical NETwork) and SDH (Synchronous Digital
Hierarchy)." This technical report, Report #36, documents the differences 
between SONET and SDH as described in the applicable standards pertaining 
to the two hierarchies.

SONET and SDH are compatible but not identical digital hierarchies.
Though both define similar sets of overheads and functions, there are
differences in the usage of the two overhead structures.  The purpose of
this technical report is to identify the areas where SONET and SDH
differ:

        - in overhead/format definition, and

        - in usage/interpretation of overheads.

Once the differences are clearly identified, it is possible to assess
the appropriate actions to be taken to insure smooth interworking
between networks based on the two hierarchies.

Committee T1 is sponsored by the Alliance for Telecommunications
Industry Solutions (ATIS) and is accredited by the American National
Standards Institute (ANSI).  Copies of Report #36 can be purchased
from ATIS or a postscript version can be obtained by anonymous ftp
from test.t1bbs.org (192.187.216.3) using the file name:
/pub/techrpts/tr.0/tr-36.zip

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From: Rob Slade <roberts@decus.ca>
Subject: Book Review: "NetWare Troubleshooting" by Hader
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 1994 03:08:46 MDT


BKNTWTRB.RVW  940414
 
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.
Heather Rignanesi, Marketing, x340, 73171.657@Compuserve.com 
P.O. Box 520
26 Prince Andrew Place
Don Mills, Ontario  M3C 2T8
416-447-5101  fax: 416-443-0948
or
Tiffany Moore, Publicity  tiffanym@aw.com
Bob Donegon  bobd@aw.com
John Wait, Editor, Corporate and Professional Publishing johnw@aw.com
Tom Stone, Editor, Higher Education Division  tomsto@aw.com
Philip Sutherland, Schulman Series 74640.2405@compuserve.com
Keith Wollman, Trade Computer Group keithw@aw.com
1 Jacob Way
Reading, MA   01867-9984
800-822-6339  617-944-3700
Fax: (617) 944-7273
5851 Guion Road
Indianapolis, IN   46254
800-447-2226
"Netware Troubleshooting", Hader, 1991, 0-201-57737-2, U$34.95/C$44.95

The format of the book is a combination of problem orientation,
listing problems with explanations and solutions, and a general
didactic approach.  The format varies with the topic under discussion.
In general, the problem outline method is most useful, and would be
very helpful to those who are beginning to use or manage NetWare
systems.  The additional material can be used as reference as the new
administrator grows into the task.
 
The material covers a broad range of topics.  File server optimization
deals with memory, configuration, internal bridges and file attributes.  
Workstation topics discuss the shell configuration files, and logging
in.  Application software discussions are limited to Lotus 1-2-3 and
WordPerfect, unfortunately.  There is also coverage of security,
printing and management.
 
Overall, the material is well written, but it does fall down in places.  
In particular, tables, figures and examples often are poorly chosen or
designed for illustrating the points they are supposed to clarify.
Another example is the treatment of effective rights: although the
author states that this is a difficult subject and spends extra time
here, the concept is not presented in a clear and accurate manner.
 
A disk is included with a number of small, but potentially useful,
utilities.  You will, however, have to read the whole book to find out
what is there and how to use it.  There is no listing of the files
collected anyplace in the book. The programs are described (very
briefly) at points in the book where they address specific needs.
 
The book, published in 1991, is slightly dated and covers only the ELS
I, ELS II, Advanced NetWare, SFT and NetWare 386 versions.  Many of
the problem scenarios, however, are common to all NetWare versions,
and address problems arising from the experienced DOS user unaware of
some of the DOS/Netware interactions.  A useful guide for the
beginning sysadmin.

copyright Robert M. Slade, 1994    BKNTWTRB.RVW  940414. Distribution
permitted in TELECOM Digest and associated newsgroups/mailing lists.

DECUS Canada Communications, Desktop, Education and Security group newsletters
Editor and/or reviewer ROBERTS@decus.ca, RSlade@sfu.ca, Rob Slade at 1:153/733
DECUS Symposium '95, Toronto, ON, February 13-17, 1995, contact:
rulag@decus.ca

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From: weisen@alw.nih.gov (Neil Weisenfeld)
Subject: Bell Atlantic Marketing
Organization: NIH Div of Comp Rsrch and Technology
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 1994 16:59:02 GMT


Well, as many of you probably know, C&P Telephone in the Washington
D.C.  area has recently dropped the C&P name and is now using Bell
Atlantic (Potomac?).  Along with having Darth Vader welcome me to B.A.
on those rare occasions when I call directory assistance, I'm also
being assaulted by B.A. telemarketers who are trying to sell me extra
services.  Now, here's the interesting part.  For three mornings in a
row, they called me right after I called out to check my voice mail
before leaving the house.  Of course this could be coincidence and
timing, but I'm wondering if the would (and if they could) set up a
system so that my number popped up in front of one of their telemarketers 
shortly after I completed a call.  This would practically ensure that
I was home to take their call.

Fortunately, three mornings of "late to work" as a response to "How
are you today?" has sent them away, but just out of curiousity, I'm
wondering: could they?, would they?, and do they? with regard to the
scheme I proposed above.


Regards,

Neil

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From: James L. Yan <jingli@rahul.net>
Subject: Looking For 386DX 32bits Operating System
Organization: a2i network
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 21:37:57 GMT


I need suggestions concerning 386DX 32 bits operating system for PBx.


James L. Yan <jingli@rahul.net>

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From: jspinnow@netcom.com (John Stewart Pinnow)
Subject: Outgoing Call Lockout, But Enabling it For One Call
Organization: Tmoh Research, Milwaukee, WI
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 1994 04:14:23 GMT


Is there a feature on telephones which allows disabling outgoing
calls, but allowing an authorized person to call out like with a PIN?

We currently have a lock out on the phone and dial out via cell
phone, but is there away to do the above authorization type feature,
instead of racking up large cellular bills?


Thank you,

Tmoh Research    Internet: jspinnow@netcom.com     Phone:    (414) 761-1537
John S. Pinnow             jspinnow@world.std.com  Disclaim: Opinions==Mine


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Most telcos allow toll-restriction on long
distance calls, where LD calls are denied entirely. There is a method
such as you describe where a PIN is required, but I don't know which telcos
have this and which do not. The best course of action would be for you to
get one of the call restriction devices from Radio Shack and install it
on your line. It can do exactly what you want in a variety of combinations
where dialing is concerned. A PIN is used to override the restrictions. It
can be mounted in a secure, obscure and out of easy reach place so that it
becomes (almost) tamper-proof. Inquire at your local Radio Shack.  Another
vendor of similar equipment is Hello Direct at 1-800-HI-HELLO.   PAT]

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