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From: Jeff Hayward <jah%MOJO.OTS.UTEXAS.EDU@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      Re: CD-ROM Portability Issues

>The data structure reader is an executable program and must be ported to all
>the different computer hardware platforms, operating systems (and versions,
>if necessary), hardware configurations (memory, networks, etc.), and other
>aspects I forgot, to be completely usable across all combinations.  A
>different compliant program for each of the combinations would be needed for
>every different proprietary data structure used now and in the future.  This
>would be an absolute nightmare for publishers.  Of course a product ported
>to a well planned subset of the combinations would be very helpful.  The
>porting would also be simplified since the user interface is not require at
>this level.

I've been giving this multiple platform problem some thought, although
in a different context.  It seems to me that a great deal of service
can be had if the publisher includes a "reader" on the disk that is
written in an interpreted language (forth, the "tokenized postscript"
proposed in Sun's Network Extensible File System, etc.) and conforms
to an environmental interface that gives standardized access to such
things as windows, files, input devices, audio or video output, etc.

This yields the requirement of implementing only one program (the
interpreter) per platform or environment and still gives the
publisher the facility to get as wild as his imagination permits.

Will it work?


--
Jeff Hayward
The University of Texas System          +1 512 471 2444
Office of Telecommunication Services    jeff@nic.the.net


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From: "Michael S. Hart" <HART%VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      1990 U.S. Census figures
Comments: To: Gutenberg File Server <gutnberg@uiucvmd.BITNET>,
              Bibliographic Instruction Discussion Group <BI-L@BINGVMB.BITNET>,
              Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.BITNET>,
              Humanist Discussion <editors@brownvm.BITNET>,
              CDROM EDITORS <CDROM-L@uccvma.BITNET>

I have seen various references to the 1990 U.S. Census figures in these
discussions, yet I have not seen any information as to the availability
of these figures.

Are they being made available both by the U.S. government and also made
available by commercial enterprises?  Are the figures not in the Public
Domain?

I would also like to find more information about the GOVDOCS notes I am
seeing relayed from time to time.
=====================================================
|       The trend of library policy is clearly toward
|       the ideal of making all information available
|       without delay to all people.
|
|The Software Toolworks Illustrated Encyclopedia (TM)
|(c) 1990 Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc.

Thank you for your interest,

Michael S. Hart, Director, Project Gutenberg

INTERNET:  hart@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu
BITNET:    hart@uiucvmd.bitnet

The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect
the views of any person or institution.  Neither Prof
Hart nor Project Gutenberg have any official contacts
with the University of Illinois, SIMTEL20 or TRW.


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From: Dave Platt <dplatt%NTG.UUCP@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      Re: CD-ROM PORTABILITY
Comments: To: cdrom-l@uccvma.ucop.edu

In article <8DCEDCBEC0009511@INDYVAX.IUPUI.EDU> James Jay Morgan
 <IZIE100@INDYVAX.bitnet> writes:

>I believe that someone announced a disk last year that was to include
>both PC and MAC search systems, so it could be used in either machine, but
>I don't remember the producer.  Was it just vaporware?

I don't know about commercial discs which do this sort of thing.
However, one interesting noncommercial disc is the GRIPS CD-ROM, pressed
and distributed by Discovery Systems (I think?).  It's a sampler disc of
physical-sciences and astrophysics data... e.g. Voyager photos of
Jupiter, deep-sea side-looking-sonar images, etc.

It's an ISO 9660 disc (I think... might be High Sierra), and includes
retrieval/display software for both MS-DOS and Macintosh environments.
The Mac programs are complete, double-clickable applications.


--
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                    UUCP: ...apple!ntg!dplatt
 USNAIL: New Technologies Group Inc. 2468 Embarcardero Way, Palo Alto CA 94303
From wang!elf.wang.com!uccvma.ucop.edu!cdrom-l Wed Apr  3 10:51:01 1991 remote from tosspot


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From: Dave Davey <daved%PHYSIOL.SU.OZ.AU@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      OED in machine readable form
Comments: To: cdrom-l@uccvma.ucop.edu

Some while back I remember some discussion about the revised Oxford Dictionary
and the possibility that it might become available in a machine
readable form - CDs I would imagine.  As I recall the plan was to market
this only when the paper version had been for sale for some time.

Does anyone know if it is available (or know the current status)?


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From: "P. Nieuwenhuysen BIBL" <pnieuwen%RC1.VUB.AC.BE@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      Infomanagement
Comments: To: CDROM-L@UCCVMA.BITNET, L34179@BETA.IST.RCCN.PT,
              cs_a206@ux.king.ac.uk

Version dated 29 March 1991:

Please distribute the following message to all persons

who may be interested

and/or send us electronic mail or conventional addresses

of potential participants

and/or send us addresses of computer network lists

related to water, the environment,

or more generally science and technology.

Thank you for your co-operation.



INVITATION to participate to

training activities and courses

organised during the 3-month period

2 September 1991 - 29 November 1991
in Brussels, BELGIUM:

    MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
                        ( M I S T )
               with an emphasis on information
               related to water and the environment

                        Approved by:
              the Flemish Interuniversity Council
                           (VLIR)

                        Sponsored by:
the Belgian General Administration of Cooperation for Development
                           (ABOS)
                         and by the
                           Unesco
          International Hydrological Programme (IHP)

COSTS:
- Free of charge(!) for participants from developing countries.
- Others pay a fee for the right to participate
  during the whole period
  (30,000 Belgian Francs = about 1000 US$)
  or to particular items selected from the programme.
  (1000 Belgian Francs per day = about 30 US$)
- Participants pay themselves for
  travel, meals, and housing.

The following text is an electronic mail version
of a similar leaflet
which we can send on request:

CONTACT:
   Tel. ++32-2-641 24 29
    (preferably first half of the week),
   Fax  ++32-2-641 22 82,
   Telex 61051 vubco-b,
   E-mail (Internet): PNIEUWEN@RC1.VUB.AC.BE


   Mail:
                P. Nieuwenhuysen or P. Vanouplines
                MIST
                University Library 318B
                Free University Brussels
                Pleinlaan 2
                B - 1050 Brussels
                BELGIUM


COURSE CONTENTS:
(Theory - seminars - individual work - ...)
- Introduction to the Unesco
  International Hydrological Programme.
- Orientation tour of the University Library.
- Orientation tour of the Laboratory of Hydrology.
- Introduction to microcomputer systems:
  software and hardware.
- Microcomputer operating systems.
- The flow of information.
- Text editing, word processing, and
  presentation of information.
- Bibliographic descriptions.
- Exchanging bibliographic data.
- Subject classification schemes; thesauri; ...
- Telematics.
- Online information retrieval.
- CD-ROM.
- Bibliographic databases related
  to water and the environment.
- Downloading of information.
- Software packages for local storage and retrieval
  of bibliographic information,
  including the Unesco Micro - CDS/ISIS package.
- Bibliometrics-informetrics and quantitative methods
  in information science.
- Library automation.
- Online Public Access Catalogues (OPACs).
- Interlibrary lending and cooperation.
- Document collection development.
- Information networks, electronic mail,
  computer mediated communication.
- Marketing of information and documentation.
- Introduction to Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
- ...

STUDY VISITS:
- International Reference Centre (IRC) for
  Water Supply and Sanitation
  (The Hague - The Netherlands).
- Library of the University of Antwerp (U.I.A.) +
  Inter-university Postgrauate School for
  Information and Library Science at the
  University of Antwerp.
- Documentation centre of the
  national asssociation for the prevention of accidents.
- Information service of the Geology Department
  of the Royal Museum on Africa in Tervuren near Brussels.
- ...

PERSONAL PROJECT:
  Related to the trainee's personal interest,
  based on the newly acquired knowledge.

LOCATION:
  The training is mainly organized at the University Library
  of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB),
  close to the rich cultural city of Brussels, Belgium.

The participants will have the opportunity to participate also
free of charge to the 2-day
   3rd International Seminar on the Management of Information
           Related to Water and the Environment,
also in Brussels, on 14-15 November 1991,
organised in the framework of the Unesco IHP.
Previous seminars were organised in
London, England (1989) and in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia (1990).

LANGUAGE USED: English.

GRANTS:
  15 grants can be awarded for travel and accommodation by the
  Belgian General Administration of Cooperation for Development
  (ABOS)
  to participants from developing countries.

AIMS:
- To stimulate the use of internationally available
  information systems
  (Which systems are available and how to use them?).
- To stimulate the development of local and national
  information and documentation systems
  (How to develop a document collection?
   How to build a bibliographic data base?).

CONTRIBUTORS:
  Information-experts, librarians and engineers from
  Belgium, The Netherlands, England, Yugoslavia and Unesco.

ORGANIZERS:
- Dr. Paul Nieuwenhuysen,
  Science and Technology Librarian, and
  Head of Information and Documentation
- Frank Provost, hydrologist, information specialist
- Patrick Vanouplines, hydrologist,
  course assistant and secretariat.

Participants will obtain a certificate at the end of their training.

The Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel - VUB):
   The university campus is located just outside the centre
   of the city, and can easily be reached
   by Metro (subway). tram and bus.

The UNIVERSITY LIBRARY offers
- more than 200,000 books and 3000 journals
- CD-ROM facilities
- access to external databanks and networks
- the computerized library information management system VUBIS
- advice on hard- and software
     - for word processing
     - communication via networks
     - storage and retrieval of structured textual information
- etc. ...

Candidates should return the "Registration form"
as soon as possible!
A separate application for a grant is not necessary.



REGISTRATION FORM

1.a. Family name (surname): .........................
     (married female candidates should fill in their maiden-name,
     NOT the name of their husband)
  b. First or given names: ..........................
     (according to your official passport)

2. Personal address: ................................
   ..................................................
   ..................................................

3.a. Date of birth: .................................
  b. Place of birth: ................................

4. Nationality: .....................................

5. Sex: .............................................

6. Present employment:
   a. Name and address of employer: .................
      ...............................................
      ...............................................

   b. Since: ../../..  c. Position - function: ......

   d. Specialization: ..............................

7. Education - studies:
Name of institute     Number of     Degree        Grade        Date
  and address            years
.....................  .........  ............  ............  ../../..
.....................  .........  ............  ............  ../../..
.....................  .........  ............  ............  ../../..

8. Knowledge of English and other languages: .........................
   ...................................................................

9. Computer knowledge (please tick appropriate box):

                        advanced     basic    no experience
                        knowledge  knowledge     at all

IBM-PC or compatible:       O          O            O
MS-DOS:                     O          O            O
Word processing             O          O            O
Software:                   O          O            O
   please specify:...................................
Data base program:          O          O            O
   please specify:

CDS/ISIS:                   O          O            O
other (please specify) ..............................

10. Professional work done during last 5 years
   (details of employment and duties)

      Name & address of employer          Period    Position/Function
   a. .................................  ../../..  .............
   b. .................................  ../../..  .............
   c. .................................  ../../..  .............

11. Have you ever been abroad for:
   a. business reasons (please specify): .....

   b. studying (please specify): .....

12. Duties which you consider to carry out on your return:
    .......................................
    .......................................

13. I enclose herewith ......  (number) enclosures.

14. Recent photograph
                           Date:
                           Signature:


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From: Greg Kaisen <Greg_Kaisen%YCCATSMTP.YCC.YALE.EDU@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      Writeable CD-ROMS

                                                                     2:59 AM
  OFFICE MEMO                                                 Time:
                      Subject:
                      Writeable CD-ROMS
                                                              Date:

I just finished reading a posting to this list (regarding an article in MAC
WEEK about JVC introduction of a writeable CD ROM machine costing approx.
$1500) Like an idiot, i deleted the message before printing it.  Can anyone
resend me that message, or does anyone know more about this unit from JVC??
                         Thanks a bunch, GREG
                  Greg_Kaisen@YCCATSMTP.YCC.YALE.EDU


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From: Greg Kaisen <Greg_Kaisen%YCCATSMTP.YCC.YALE.EDU@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      VDT legislation (San Fran.
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              WIN3-L@UICVM.BITNET

                                                                    9:45am
  OFFICE MEMO                                                 Time:
                      Subject:
                      VDT legislation (San Fran. ordinance)
                                                              Date:

Hi all out there,
                 I am begining a reasearch project into the current "state of
the state" regarding recent increased awareness of the implications of
prolonged PC Workstation usage.  Recently in San Francisco, a city ordinance
was passed that required companies with employees who use VDT's (Video Display
Terminals --including PC's, Mac's, and dumb terminals) to provide the necessary
safeguards to prevent any possible ill effects from working with these
machines.  These measures include breaks every two hours, proper workstation
furniture, etc.
    My question is: "What have any of you heard regarding this issue" ?
Have you had any staff members say "I heard that it's now a law that you
provide me with a leather office chair and 16" SVGA monitor" or questions to
this effect.  Please contribute any thoughts you have regarding any aspect of
this issue (including) 1) preventative measures. 2) Do monitors really pose a
radiation hazard. 3) Keyboard usage as it pertains to Repetitive Motion
Syndrome / Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. 4) Proper chair height (with relation to the
keyboard).  And anything else you feel is relevant.  I will summarize the
responses I get and post them to the appropriate lists.
          THANKS very much for any contributions --
                      Greg Kaisen

                      Kaisen@YaleVM.BITNET
               or     Greg_Kaisen@YCCATSMTP.YCC.YALE.EDU

               or     just send it back up to the list !!


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Subject:      I need info on Magneto-Optical disks
Comments: To: cdrom-l@uccvma.ucop.edu

I need information on cd multi-function, read-write drives.  I am looking
specifically for a system to place on a Sun Sparcstation 1+.  The drive will
be used to store massive GIS information files.  These will not necessarily
be backup disks, but disks that we can work off of.

Is there a multi function drive which will read High Sierra cds and
WORM and read/write medias

I need stats on performance times, reliability, difficulty of maintenance,
installation, shelf life of read/write media, etc . . .

thanks in advance . . .

Pat Parker
Mississippi State University
plp1@ra.msstate.edu


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From: Michael Nolan <nolan%HELIOS.UNL.EDU@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      Re: 1990 U.S. Census figures
Comments: To: cdrom-l@uccvma.ucop.edu

HART@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU ("Michael S. Hart") writes:


>I have seen various references to the 1990 U.S. Census figures in these
>discussions, yet I have not seen any information as to the availability
>of these figures.

>Are they being made available both by the U.S. government and also made
>available by commercial enterprises?  Are the figures not in the Public
>Domain?

Technically, census bureau data is public property, to the extent that it does
not jeopardize the privacy of individual answers.  RAW census data is virtually
unusable, hence the number of firm that sell 'organized' census data.

My understanding is that other than gross data (state/county stuff) the bulk
of the data will not be released until mid-1992.  Apparently they are having
trouble analyzing all that data internally, not to mention the problem with
less than 100% enumeration.  Bring back the Hollerith card!!

Michael Nolan
nolan@helios.unl.edu


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From: Joseph Anderson <anderson%LYNX.CAT.SYR.EDU@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      Re: I need info on Magneto-Optical disks
Comments: To: cdrom-l@uccvma.ucop.edu

In article <plp1.670689448@Ra.MsState.Edu> plp1@ra.MsState.Edu (patrick lane
 parker) writes:
>
>I need information on cd multi-function, read-write drives.  I am looking
>specifically for a system to place on a Sun Sparcstation 1+.  The drive will
>be used to store massive GIS information files.  These will not necessarily
>be backup disks, but disks that we can work off of.
>
>Is there a multi function drive which will read High Sierra cds and
>WORM and read/write medias
>
>I need stats on performance times, reliability, difficulty of maintenance,
>installation, shelf life of read/write media, etc . . .
>
>thanks in advance . . .
>
>Pat Parker
>Mississippi State University
>plp1@ra.msstate.edu

addendum:
	anderson@cat.syr.edu
		would you include also the price of blank cd's or floppticals.



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From: "KENNETH; 1-916-752-1678" <klfirestein%UCDAVIS.BITNET@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      cd-rom network - logicraft....
Comments: To: "uhupvm1.bitnet SMTP%cdrom-l" <pacs-l@uccvma.BITNET>

We have Logicraft 386Ware and are using is for 8 simultaneous
users of several cd-rom products....
SilverPlatter Products are among the disks being used...

Following is some keyboard mapping that we've done for
the public domaine kermit program so that the SilverPlatter
basic function keys work!

What does NOT work... is the ctrl-break or ctrl-c sequence....
This is a true problem since long wildcard searches and long
print commands which need to be stopped - cannot be stopped!

Can anyone offer some help with this ctrl sequence?
(Also - the ctrl-F2 which selects additional terms for searching
does not work)


START OF THE MSKERMIT.INI file.... which does several
things....:

define mini set port 1, set baud 96, set term wrap on, take
try2.it
DEFINE MINI22 SET PORT 1, SET BAUD 96, SET TERM
WRAP ON, connect
define off hangup, quit
comment ---- Establish defaults for the KERMIT program
set port com1
set input case ignore
set input default-timeout 10
set input timeout-action quit
set mode-line on
set terminal vt102
set terminal wrap on
set warning on
set timer on
set speed 9600
set parity none
comment ---- this line not needed..set local-echo on
comment ----- Set up special key assignments
set key \270 \8      ; Make gray left arrow into BS
comment    keys set for use with SilverPlatter.... on Logicraft
comment ------- ken's EDT settings --------------;
set key \315 \27\79\80\27\79\113
set key \316 \27\79\80\27\79\114
set key \317 \27\79\80\27\79\115
set key \318 \27\79\80\27\79\116
set key \319 \27\79\80\27\79\117
set key \320 \27\79\80\27\79\118
set key \321 \27\79\80\27\79\119
set key \322 \27\79\80\27\79\120
set key \323 \27\79\80\27\79\121
set key \324 \27\79\80\27\79\112
END OF MSKERMIT.INI FILE......


Kenneth Firestein, Librarian
Univ. of CA, Davis, Shields Library
Systems Dept., Davis, CA 95616
     (916)752-1678
klfirestein@ucdavis.edu or .bitnet
"I've been too long in the green fields of rapture
I've been too long without being on the run!"
When and where have you been?

*Standard organizational disclaimer*

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From: Shaun Case <shaunc%gold.gvg.tek.com%RELAY.CS.NET@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      microsoft conference
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Here's something from a local newsgroup:


                           TRIP REPORT


From: Robert S. Jaquiss Jr.
Subject: MICROSOFT CD-ROM CONFERENCE

     I recently attended the Sixth Annual Microsoft CD-ROM
conference March 18-20 in San Jose Ca.  The conference dealt with
two areas of the CD-ROM industry: Production and use of CD-ROMs for
text/graphic databases and production and use of multimedia CD-
ROMs.  The CD-ROM industry is growing rapidly.  Currently there are
an estimated 1.2 million CD-ROM drives in use.  The number of
titles is growing steadily.  In one catalog I have a list of 805
titles from 316 publishers.  These titles range from engineering
databases to fiction.

                           MULTIMEDIA


     The multimedia part of the CD-ROM industry is I believe still
immature.  There are some technologies such as Commodore's CDTV,
Sony/Phillips CDI and Intel's DVI.  Commodore is planning to
introduce their consumer CDTV units on April 5 with 54 titles
available.  Phillips and Sony have formed a consortium with 180+
other companies to product CDI titles and player machines.  Units
are expected to be available in September 1991.  The only possible
interests for Tektronix I see in the multimedia are sales of video
processing equipment to publishers and possibly the production of
multimedia sales and training aids.  It should be noted that the
DVI technology does allow for one hour of full motion color video
on one CD-ROM.

                          TEXT/GRAPHICS


     Most current CD-ROM applications are for searching of text
and/or graphics databases.  The applications in this area are
mainly replacing paper reference books and creating portable
versions of online databases.  Sun and DEC are using CD-ROMs for
software and manual distribution.  If you have data available
making this type of CD-ROM is a reasonably straightforward
operation.

               Select the retrieval software or in the case of simple
               distribution organize your files the way you want.

               Use a formatting program to put your data into a form
               which contains the encoding for the ISO9660 standard.

               Send a 9 track, 8mm or DAT tape to the mastering company.
               The cost of creating a master ranges from $900 to $1500.
There is a set up charge for the actual pressing of the CD-ROMs
(about $300).  Each CD-ROM complete in its own case is under $2
depending on quantity.  With this pricing structure and low media
costs; many companies are finding it more economical to distribute
information on CD-ROMs than on paper, diskettes or mag tapes.

     I am attaching some copies of product literature from Young
Minds Inc. and a book from Dataware which is a guide to optical
publishing.

                           PLEASE NOTE

     The following material was scanned with a scanner.  I tried to
catch all the errors but may have missed some.

          CD-ROM Publishing
     Software
           for UNIX (TM)  from Young
           Minds, Inc.

Young M*inds, Incorporated brings true
ease-of-use to professional CD-ROM
production on UNIX workstations with
MakediSC (TM) ISO 9660 formatting
software:

             *NO DEDICATED HARDWARE REQUIRED!!!
           *Create ISO 9660 CD-ROM images from UNIX
        directories
           *Automatically handles UNIX-style filenames
           *Only one new UNIX command to learn
           *Data may reside on any NFS-accessible device
           *Output to networked tape drives or hard disks
           *Images may be formatted and output directly
        to a production tape "on-the-fly" or to a
        hard disk partition for testing
           *Now available for:
        Sun-3,4 & SPARC IBM RS/6000          HP 9000
        NEXT DEC Ultrix          DG AViiON
        88open XENIX
           *Single CPU license $6995 (U.S.)

             CD Write-Once Systems
             ava*llable

Young Minds, Inc. offers total CD-ROM publication
and software development services.  Drivers,
project planning, data analysis, and
standards-based, multi-platform systems
integration services now available.

UNIX and other product names are trademarks of their respective companies


Young Minds, Incorporated
308 W. State St., Suite 2B
Redlands, CA 92373
Voice: (714) 335-1350
Fax: (714) 798-0488

     yCreate CD-ROMs on your
     Desktop for prototypes and
     low-volume production

                 yDon't just simulate! Test
           a real disc!

                 ySupports UNIX file system
           attributes

                 yEasy to use -- two
           commands do 'it all

                 yConforms to ISO 9660
           Standard



           $y   $35,500 Introductory ...
           Price Includes:

           SONY CD Write-Once Hardware and
          Young Minds' Makedisc Software
          and Drivers

Young Minds, Incorporated
308 W. State St., Suite 2B
Redlands, CA 92373
Voice: (714) 335-1350
Fax: (714) 798-0488


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From: "Michael S. Hart" <HART%VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      Apologies for extra copies
Comments: To: Gutenberg File Server <gutnberg@uiucvmd.BITNET>
Comments: cc: Bibliographic Instruction Discussion Group <BI-L@BINGVMB.BITNET>,
              Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.BITNET>,
              Humanist Discussion <editors@brownvm.BITNET>,
              CDROM EDITORS <CDROM-L@uccvma.BITNET>

My apologies . . . trying out a new list in my mailer . . . since deceased.
For some reason it sent 3 copies to gutnberg, and 2 to everyone else.

Will go back to doing it by hand.
Thank you for your patience,

Michael S. Hart, Director, Project Gutenberg


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Subject:      Re: CD-ROM product available under VMS?
Comments: To: cdrom-l@uccvma.ucop.edu

In article <4668@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>, warnock@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov (Archie
 Warnock) writes...
>
>Ummm, excuse me, but I'm a bit confused.  You work for DEC, and you want
>to know about CD-ROM products for VMS?  Why?  Does this have anything to
>do with the "phantom" ISO-9660 driver for VMS that's been in beta test
>for at least two years while Digital has continued to churn out CD-ROMs
>in it's own proprietary format?

Will you be at the spring DECUS? If so, stop by my booth...

>
>-- Archie Warnock                     Internet:  warnock@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov
>-- ST Systems Corp.                   SPAN:      STARS::WARNOCK
>-- NASA/GSFC                          "Unix - JCL for the 90s"


--
W. John Guineau                         grep meaning life | more
VMS Development
Digital Equipment Corporation		guineau@star.enet.dec.com


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From: Jason Garms <tgoose%ENG.UMD.EDU@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      Re: Denon does NOT support OS/2
Comments: To: cdrom-l@uccvma.ucop.edu

In article <9103291517.AA08164@wubios.wustl.edu>, phil@WUBIOS.WUSTL.EDU ("J.
 Philip Miller") writes:
>
> I suggest that this is not a vendor that can be counted on to stay up on other
> future developments in the computer world.
>
> -phil
>
> --
>      J. Philip Miller, Professor, Division of Biostatistics, Box 8067
> 	 Washington University Medical School, St. Louis MO 63110
> 	     phil@wubios.WUstl.edu - Internet  (314) 362-3617
> uunet!wuarchive!wubios!phil - UUCP (314)362-2693(FAX)  C90562JM@WUVMD - bitnet

You're probably right on that last comment.

Not only does Denon not support OS/2, but Microsoft doesn't either!
In case you hadn't heard, Microsoft got some common sense (and good returns
on their Windows 3.0 product) and decided to kick the OS/2 bucket.  IBM is
left holding the OS/2 can of worms.  Sorry to break the news if you hadn't
heard already.

Jason Garms
tgoose@eng.umd.edu


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From: Karen Zimmerman <UZKT10%SDNET.bitnet@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      Batch file for 1990 Census CD-ROM

I'm trying to write a batch file for menu access to the 1990 Census
CD-Rom.  I can get the program running OK, but cannot get it to go
back to the menu when exiting.  Here's what I have so far:
    1.@echo off
    2.cls
    3.D:
    4.go
    5.C:
    6.Type select
This doesn't seem to make it out of the program back to c:\.  Anyone
have any help?  Thanks!

Karen Zimmerman, I.D. Weeks Library, University of South Dakota
   Vermillion SD     UZKT10@sdnet


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From: "SLIS, Kent State" <CSLIBSHP%KENTVM.bitnet@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      Workshop Announcement
Comments: To: asisah@gwuvm.BITNET, buslib-l@idbsu.BITNET,
              cdrom-l@uccvma.BITNET, ir-l@uccvma.BITNET,
              ir-list@irlearn.BITNET, libref-l@kentvm.BITNET,
              pacs-l@uhupvm1.BITNET

W O R K S H O P    A N N O U N C E M E N T
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

CD-ROMS AND COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

Dates & Times:      Thursday -Saturday
                             July 11-13, 1990
                             (Thursday 6-9 p.m., Friday & Saturday
                              9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.)

Credits & Costs:    1 credit hour;
                              $133.75 graduate only

Parking:            $2.50

Location:           Kent State University, Kent OH

Instructor:         Jeff Gatten, Head of Collection Management,
                          Kent State University Libraries


  This workshop will equip participants with the ability to develop
a realistic methodology for building a library collection of
CD-ROM resources.  Participants will understand the advantages
and disadvantages of CD-ROM technology, understand various
methods of financing CD-ROMs, be able to write a CD-ROM
collection development policy, and be able to systematically
evaluate the usefulness of various CD-ROM products.

To register, call the College of Continuing Studies, 216-672-3100.

Presented by the School of Library and Information Science,
Kent State University, 216-672-2718. (cslibshp@kentvm)
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W O R K S H O P    A N N O U N C E M E N T
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

AUTOMATING THE LIBRARY

Dates & Times:      Mon.-Fri.
                             August 5- 9
                             9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Credits & Costs:    2 credit hours;
                             $267.50 graduate only

Parking:             $5.00

Location:           Kent State University, Kent OH

Instructor:    Greg Byerly, Associate Professor,
                    School of Library Science,
                    Kent State University

  This workshop will take you step-by-step through the process of
planning for automation beginning with an assessment of your local
environment, resources,and needs, the evaluation of currently
available technology, development of a budget and an RFP,
selection of hardware and software, and planning for staffing and
services.  Emphasis is on integrated library systems for public
and academic libraries.  Evaluation of workshop participants will
be based on attendance and participation in discussions,
completion of readings and of individual and group assignments.

To register, call the College of Continuing Studies, 216-672-3100.

Presented by the School of Library and Information Science,
Kent State University, 216-672-2718. (cslibshp@kentvm)


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From: Pieter van der Spiegel <pvds%CS.KUN.NL@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      CD-ROM for corporate information management
Comments: To: cdrom-l@uccvma.ucop.edu

                                     CD-ROM

                                  for corporate

                             Information Management



                            Katholieke Universiteit

                                    Nijmegen



                                  May 14, 1991


                                  Announcement




We are currently experiencing the Information Age. Information
is proliferating itself faster and faster with the consequence
that organisations are becoming overburdened with an information
overload.Filing cabinets full of dossiers and thousands of word
processor files abound.  It is becoming increasingly difficult for
organisations to control these mounds of information, let alone make
effect use of it.


Documents as Information Carriers

     It has been reported that only five percent of an organisations
information is stored in databases. The remaining ninety five percent
lies in a plethora of documents which grows by the day.
     Information is becoming an increasingly important resource for an
organisation.  For this reason document management is crucial for
organisations that wish to effectively utilise and proliferate their
information in a controlled manner.


The Role of Technology

     Technology provides a number of interesting solutions for docu-
ment processing and management. The advent of optical storage media
such as CD-ROM offers the possibility to move the filing cabinets of
information onto a media that is both cheap and offers the possibility
of effective access.Furthermore, optical storage allows the information
to be enriched by various media type such as video and sound, thus
increasing the value of the information.
     Hypermedia has come to the fore in the last few years as an
increasingly popular and genuinly user-friendly way to disclose infor-
mation.


The Impact on the Organisation

     The questions are clear. What are the issues in document manage-
ment and what are realisable technological solutions in this regard?
How can we integrate this new technology in our current environment?
Furthermore, what shall the impact of the solutions be on the quality
of the organisation?


The Seminar

     The Department of Information Systems of the University of
Nijmegen is organising a one day seminar where the above questions
will be addressed.Experts from both industry and university will speak
about various issues regarding document management as it is now and
what it will become in the future. During the day there will be time
for discussion and various demonstrations. The seminar is directed at
both the manager who is concerned with the information overload in the
organisation and how to deal with it, and the EDP-manager, who needs
to learn about viable solutions.

Speakers


            Keynote speach:
     Ir.S. van Kervel, Elektroson BV (NL)
"Processing multi-media information from the
      perspective of the organisation"

         Drs.L. Kwee, UNISYS (NL)
               "Imaging"

      J. Erlandsen, TEXTware A/S (DK)
"Document indexing: Improving accessibility
           of the information"

Dr.D.C. van Leijenhorst, Katholieke Universiteit
               Nijmegen
   "Going beyond the capacity of a CD"

    S. Scholefield MBA, Clarinet Ltd (GB)
        "Multi-media applications"

     Ir.S. van Kervel, Elektroson BV (NL)
         "In-house CD publishing"

Drs.P.D. Bruza, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen
       "Hypermedia of the future"

General information

Date: May 14,1991

Registration: before April 26, 1991

Price: f495,= excl. BTW, incl. coffee,
       lunch and documentation

Language: English and Dutch

Information: Yvonne Toonen
             Department of Information Systems
             Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen
             Toernooiveld 1
             6525 ED Nijmegen
             The Netherlands
             tel: +31-(0)80-653456
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Subject:      fax help
To: Multiple recipients of list CDROM-L <CDROM-L%UCCVMA@uunet.uu.net>

	Is there a friendly networker in the States that will help me to
	aquire the fax no of:

		CD PLUS
		951 Amsterdam Ave.
		Suite 2C
		New York, NY 10025

	I hope this is not considered as misuse of this list, so thank you in
	advance.

			Werner Mortensen
			University of Copenhagen
			Denmark


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From: "Michael S. Hart" <HART%VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      Electronic Phone Directories
Comments: To: Gutenberg File Server <gutnberg@uiucvmd.BITNET>,
              Bibliographic Instruction Discussion Group <BI-L@BINGVMB.BITNET>,
              Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.BITNET>,
              Humanist Discussion <editors@brownvm.BITNET>,
              CDROM EDITORS <CDROM-L@uccvma.BITNET>

re:  my previous posting about HOTLINE and recent notes on the topic

A few months ago, I posted a report on several of the CDROM packages
under discussion on these various lists and promised an update when
I received new data.  This week I received the 2.2 release of HOTLINE,
the phone directory which comes with most or all of the CDROM packages
under discussion (under various names).

As you might recall, the major complaint was that the program would only
run on a machine with the right ROM ID, hence the user was blocked from
buying the cheapest computer + CDROM package (HeadStart/Magnavox) and
then moving the drive and disks to a faster machine, as was my plan.
This was extrememly irritating to me, both for the reason that these
extra programs (not Bookshelf and Grolier's) would NOT run on my 386
I had set up for particularly that reason.  Not only would the stuff not
run, but there was such as fast error message, that I could not tell
what the problem was.  After find out from the Hotline people, I could
finally read the message as something like "This program runs only on
HeadStart machines."  On a 386, it came and went too fast to read . . .
unless you knew what it was saying already.

The 2.2 Hotline did solve the problem, and the $50 price is cut in
half for upgraders such as myself.  Also another updated phone dir
is included.  The installation was not as easy as it might have been,
and I ended up calling their tech support for assistance, as you have
to reinstall addresses for each database, and the CD comes with two,
hence my first reinstall left me with only one.  For the price, there
are certainly a lot of numbers and addresses I wanted, but of course
not all.

The Hotline product is currently sold by Smith Micro 1-800-882-3900.

Michael S. Hart, Director, Project Gutenberg

The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect
the views of any person or institution.  Neither Prof
Hart nor Project Gutenberg have any official contacts
with the University of Illinois, SIMTEL20 or TRW.


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From: patrick lane parker <plp1%RA.MSSTATE.EDU@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      I need info on Magneto-Optical disks
Comments: To: cdrom-l@uccvma.ucop.edu

I need information on cd multi-function, read-write drives.  I am looking
specifically for a system to place on a Sun Sparcstation 1+.  The drive will
be used to store massive GIS information files.  These will not necessarily
be backup disks, but disks that we can work off of.

Is there a multi function drive which will read High Sierra cds and
WORM and read/write medias

I need stats on performance times, reliability, difficulty of maintenance,
installation, shelf life of read/write media, etc . . .

thanks in advance . . .

Pat Parker
Mississippi State University
plp1@ra.msstate.edu


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From: "Jennifer A. Heise" <JAHB%NS.CC.LEHIGH.EDU@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      Portable CD-ROM instruction?

(I am posting this to several lists; I apologize for multiple messages)

I'm looking for information on (and/or real life experiences with)
equipment for taking CD-ROM instruction "on the road."  I.E. portable
CD-ROM readers with laptop computers (or installed IN laptops), and LCD
or RGB projectors for showing real-time searching.  Any information
from anyone who is doing this would be appreciated, especially
equipment names!  PLEASE REPLY TO ME -- I can summarize for the list if
necessary.

Jennifer Heise, Reference Dept.
Fairchild-Martindale Libraries, Lehigh University
(Bethlehem, PA 18015)
bitnet: jahb@lehigh
internet: jahb@ns.cc.lehigh.edu
voice: (215) 758-3072


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From: klox%OTAGO.AC.NZ@uccvma.ucop.edu
Subject:      Re: Batch file for 1990 Census CD-ROM
Comments: To: cdrom-l@uccvma.ucop.edu

In article <CDROM-L%91040512545959@UCCVMA.BITNET>, UZKT10@SDNET.BITNET (Karen
 Zimmerman) writes:
>
> I'm trying to write a batch file for menu access to the 1990 Census
> CD-Rom.  I can get the program running OK, but cannot get it to go
> back to the menu when exiting.  Here's what I have so far:
>     1.@echo off
>     2.cls
>     3.D:
>     4.go
>     5.C:
>     6.Type select
> This doesn't seem to make it out of the program back to c:\.  Anyone
> have any help?  Thanks!

I think the problem is line 4. If the file go is a batch file, control will
not be returned the original batch file. Change the line to CALL GO and see
if it works...

Cheers
KLox


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From: Shaun Case <shaunc%gold.gvg.tek.com%RELAY.CS.NET@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      batch files
Comments: To: CDROM-L%uccvma.ucop.edu@RELAY.CS.NET

In article <CDROM-L%91040512545959@UCCVMA.BITNET>, UZKT10@SDNET.BITNET (Karen
 Zimmerman) writes:
>
> I'm trying to write a batch file for menu access to the 1990 Census
> CD-Rom.  I can get the program running OK, but cannot get it to go
> back to the menu when exiting.  Here's what I have so far:
>     1.@echo off
>     2.cls
>     3.D:
>     4.go
>     5.C:
>     6.Type select
> This doesn't seem to make it out of the program back to c:\.  Anyone
> have any help?  Thanks!

] I think the problem is line 4. If the file go is a batch file, control will
] not be returned the original batch file. Change the line to CALL GO and see
] if it works...

If you are running dos 3.x, try changing line 4 to:
command /c go
and everything should be fine.  I've never seen CALL before -- is that a MSDOS
4.01 feature?

Shaun.


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From: jhenk%HMCVAX.CLAREMONT.EDU@uccvma.ucop.edu
Subject:      Re: batch files
Comments: To: cdrom-l@uccvma.ucop.edu

   I'll try and make this short and sweet, cuz I think we are losing the cd-rom
in this cd-rom board.

   Just check your freindly neighborhood MS-DOS manual, and you will see that
the CALL command works exactly as it was described a few posts ago. In essence,
it pushes the status of the present batch file onto a stack type structure to
be retrieved later when the new batch file has quit and gone to heaven.

   You might also put in a CD \ command after setting C: to be your default
drive, just to force it automatically to make the root directory the default
directory.

   Either that, or just get a Mac, use QuickKeys, and skip all this nonsense.
Sorry, couldn't resist.


Sender: CD-ROM <CDROM-L@uccvma.ucop.edu>
From: George Yobst <ml_gy%SELWAY.UMT.EDU@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      Gov Doc batch files & DOS
Comments: To: CDROM-L%UCCVMA.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu

>  I'll try and make this short and sweet, cuz I think we are losing the cd-rom
>in this cd-rom board.
>
>   Just check your freindly neighborhood MS-DOS manual, and you will see that
>the CALL command works exactly as it was described a few posts ago. In essence,
>it pushes the status of the present batch file onto a stack type structure to
>be retrieved later when the new batch file has quit and gone to heaven.
>
>   You might also put in a CD \ command after setting C: to be your default
>drive, just to force it automatically to make the root directory the default
>directory.
>
>   Either that, or just get a Mac, use QuickKeys, and skip all this nonsense.
>Sorry, couldn't resist.

I'll try and make this shorter and sweeter, just cuz....

The problem with MAC users is that they don't realize that the CALL command
was not implemented until DOS 3.30, which means that the COMMAND /C must be
used with DOS versions less than that.
                          ML_GY@SELWAY.UMT.EDU
University of Montana


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From: "David S. Herron" <david%TWG.COM@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      Re: CD-ROM PORTABILITY
Comments: To: cdrom-l@uccvma.ucop.edu

In article <8DCEDCBEC0009511@INDYVAX.IUPUI.EDU> James Jay Morgan
 <IZIE100@INDYVAX.bitnet> writes:
>I believe that someone announced a disk last year that was to include
>both PC and MAC search systems, so it could be used in either machine, but
>I don't remember the producer.  Was it just vaporware?

Yes I have heard that a number of the CD-ROMs out there include
readers for both those systems.

But sorry, that is not the right solution.  That is not very
portable at all, since it doesn't cover any of the systems
I use daily.  (Sun 3, 386-clone-with-System-V, and Amiga)



--
<- David Herron, an MMDF & WIN/MHS guy, <david@twg.com>
<- Formerly: David Herron -- NonResident E-Mail Hack <david@ms.uky.edu>
<-
<- "MS-DOS? Where we're going we don't need MS-DOS." --Back To The Future


Sender: CD-ROM <CDROM-L@uccvma.ucop.edu>
From: "David S. Herron" <david%TWG.COM@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      Re: CD-ROM Portability Issues
Comments: To: cdrom-l@uccvma.ucop.edu

In article <46562@ut-emx.uucp> jah@mojo.ots.utexas.edu (Jeff Hayward) writes:
>>The data structure reader is an executable program and must be ported to all
>>the different computer hardware platforms, operating systems (and versions,
>>if necessary), hardware configurations (memory, networks, etc.), and other
...
>I've been giving this multiple platform problem some thought, although
>in a different context.  It seems to me that a great deal of service
>can be had if the publisher includes a "reader" on the disk that is
>written in an interpreted language (forth, the "tokenized postscript"
>proposed in Sun's Network Extensible File System, etc.) and conforms
>to an environmental interface that gives standardized access to such
>things as windows, files, input devices, audio or video output, etc.
>
>This yields the requirement of implementing only one program (the
>interpreter) per platform or environment and still gives the
>publisher the facility to get as wild as his imagination permits.

This is *exactly* what I was going to suggest ...

I know from personal experience (and from my studies) that writing
interpretors for forth-like languages is pretty darn trivial.  That is,
the interpretor part is trivial -- the OS interface is "harder".

Just because the interpretor interprets a forth-like language
does not mean that programmers must write in that language.
It is quite possible for the C compiler (for instance) to produce
code in the forth-like language; in the same way that it is
possible for the compiler to produce assembly code.

An example: I have a BASIC interpretor in the comp.sources.unix
archive which I wrote long long ago.  It follows the pattern of
YACC-grammer producing forth-like code we're talking about above.
(A warning to anybody who takes a look at it.. it was my first
large C program and one of my first large programs in any language.
It will require debugging before it will work, believe me.)

The environment provided by this interpretor will have to not
only provide OS independance, but also to windowing systems.
That last is a not-very-well solved problem right now ...
--
<- David Herron, an MMDF & WIN/MHS guy, <david@twg.com>
<- Formerly: David Herron -- NonResident E-Mail Hack <david@ms.uky.edu>
<-
<- "MS-DOS? Where we're going we don't need MS-DOS." --Back To The Future


Sender: CD-ROM <CDROM-L@uccvma.ucop.edu>
From: "David S. Herron" <david%TWG.COM@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      Re: CD-ROM Portability Issues
Comments: To: cdrom-l@uccvma.ucop.edu

In article <46562@ut-emx.uucp> jah@mojo.ots.utexas.edu (Jeff Hayward) writes:
>>The data structure reader is an executable program and must be ported to all
>>the different computer hardware platforms, operating systems (and versions,
>>if necessary), hardware configurations (memory, networks, etc.), and other
...
>I've been giving this multiple platform problem some thought, although
>in a different context.  It seems to me that a great deal of service
>can be had if the publisher includes a "reader" on the disk that is
>written in an interpreted language (forth, the "tokenized postscript"
>proposed in Sun's Network Extensible File System, etc.) and conforms
>to an environmental interface that gives standardized access to such
>things as windows, files, input devices, audio or video output, etc.
>
>This yields the requirement of implementing only one program (the
>interpreter) per platform or environment and still gives the
>publisher the facility to get as wild as his imagination permits.

This is *exactly* what I was going to suggest ...

I know from personal experience (and from my studies) that writing
interpretors for forth-like languages is pretty darn trivial.  That is,
the interpretor part is trivial -- the OS interface is "harder".

Just because the interpretor interprets a forth-like language
does not mean that programmers must write in that language.
It is quite possible for the C compiler (for instance) to produce
code in the forth-like language; in the same way that it is
possible for the compiler to produce assembly code.

An example: I have a BASIC interpretor in the comp.sources.unix
archive which I wrote long long ago.  It follows the pattern of
YACC-grammer producing forth-like code we're talking about above.
(A warning to anybody who takes a look at it.. it was my first
large C program and one of my first large programs in any language.
It will require debugging before it will work, believe me.)

The environment provided by this interpretor will have to not
only provide OS independance, but also to windowing systems.
That last is a not-very-well solved problem right now ...
--
<- David Herron, an MMDF & WIN/MHS guy, <david@twg.com>
<- Formerly: David Herron -- NonResident E-Mail Hack <david@ms.uky.edu>
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From: Karen Zimmerman <UZKT10%SDNET.bitnet@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      Thanks for batch file help

Thanks to everyone who helped with the CDROM batch file.  "Call"
solved all problems.


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From: Matthew Seitz <seitz%NETCOM.COM@uccvma.ucop.edu>
Subject:      Re: batch files
Comments: To: cdrom-l@uccvma.ucop.edu

In article <9104070609.AA04339@gold.gvg.tek.com> Shaun Case
 <shaunc@gold.gvg.tek.com> writes:
>
>
>If you are running dos 3.x, try changing line 4 to:
>command /c go
>and everything should be fine.  I've never seen CALL before -- is that a MSDOS
>4.01 feature?

CALL was introduced in DOS version 3.30.  Before that, you needed to use the
format comman /c <batchfile>.  The advantage of CALL is that it does not load
a second copy of COMMAND.COM.  This reduces memory overhead and makes loading
 the spawnedd batch file faster.

>
--
					Matthew Seitz

					Note new address:
					seitz@netcom.com


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Subject:      Spring Colloqium Announcement


                College of Library and Information Services
                    University of Maryland, College Park

                           Spring Colloquium

                        THE ACADEMIC LIBRARY IN
                        AN ELECTRONIC UNIVERSITY:
                       WHITHER OR WITHER REVISITED


                        Carol Fenichel, Ph.D.
                        Director of the Library
                   Hahnemann University, Philadelphia


Thursday, April 18, 1991
2:00 pm
Hornbake 0109

Coffee follows
Faculty Lounge
Hornbake - 4th floor


Please join the students and faculty of the College of Library
and Information Services, University of Maryland, College Park,
for a talk by Dr. Carol Fenichel, Director of the Library at
Hahnemann University in Philadelphia.  As academic institutions
move more aggressively into the world of electronic information
and communication, academic libraries face stimulating challenges
and opportunities.  Plan to share your insights and experiences
in the discussion afterwards.

Dr. Carol Fenichel has been active in the information field for
nearly 20 years as a medical librarian, teacher, researcher, and
consultant.  A frequent contributor to the professional
literature, she is the author of two online guide books.  As a
member of the National Library of Medicine's Biomedical Library
Review Committee, she has observed many academic institutions as
they address the electronic information environment.  She is also
an Adjunct Professor and a member of the Advisory Council in the
College of Information Studies, Drexel University.

For further information, contact:

                Professor Marilyn White, CLIS
                 telephone: (301) 405-2047
                internet: MW28@Umail.Umd.Edu


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