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- Subject: Forth FAQ: ForthNet: What and how? (l/m 07.Nov.93)
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- Date: 15 Dec 93 01:39:36 GMT
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- Archive-name: ForthFaq/ForthNetInfo
- Last-modified: 07.Nov.93
- Version: 1.4
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- What is ForthNet?
-
- ForthNet is a virtual Forth network that links designated message bases
- of several Bulletin Boards and Information Services in an attempt to
- provide greater distribution of Forth related information.
-
- ForthNet is provided through the courtesy of the SysOps of its various
- links who shunt appropriate messages in a manual or semi-manual manner.
- An _incomplete_ list of the branches of ForthNet includes:
-
- UseNet's comp.lang.forth
- BitNet's FIGI-L
- the BBoard systems RCFB, ACFB, LMI BBS, FORTH-BBS Munich
- Interface BBS, Grapevine
- FIG's RoundTable on GEnie.
-
-
-
- What are the restrictions and guidelines for ForthNet messages?
-
- The various branches of ForthNet do not have the same rules of
- appropriate postings or ettiquette. Many BBoard posts are very chatty
- and contain some personal information, and some also contain blatant
- commercial advertising. Most comp.lang.forth posts are not like that.
-
- Because ForthNet messages are routed beyound the system from which they
- originate, we, the manual and semi-manual linkers of ForthNet, ask that
- you try to keep the lines in your messages to under 77 characters in
- length. You do not have to do that. If you do use long lines, be aware
- that your message will end up formatted differently on the various
- branches of ForthNet.
-
-
-
- How do I send email to some one who has posted a message on ForthNet?
-
- There is NO e-mail link between the various branches of ForthNet.
- If you need to get a message through to someone on another branch,
- please either make your message general enough to be of interest to
- the whole net, or contact said person by phone, USMail, or some
- other means. Thoughtful message authors place *a few* lines at the
- end of their messages describing how to contact them (electronicly
- or otherwise).
-
-
-
- How do I access ForthNet?
-
-
- From UseNet: comp.lang.forth
-
- ForthNet messages that are ported into comp.lang.forth from the rest of
- the ForthNet all originate on GEnie. All such messages are ported into
- comp.lang.forth with a from line of the form:
-
- From: ForthNet@willett.pgh.pa.us ...
-
- Some messages ported to comp.lang.forth may contain some trailer
- information as to where they actually originated, if it was not on
- GEnie.
-
-
- From BITNET: FIGI-L
-
- For those who have access to BITNET/CSNet, but not Usenet
- comp.lang.forth is echoed in FIGI-L.
-
-
-
- From a modem:
-
- RCFB (Real-Time Control Forth Board) 303-278-0364
- SysOp: Jack Woehr
- Location: Golden, Colorado -USA-
-
-
- ACFB (Australia Connection Forth Board) 03-809-1787 in Australia
- 61-3-809-1787 International
- SysOp: Lance Collins
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria -AUSTRALIA-
-
-
- LMI BBS (Laboratory Microsystems, Inc.) 310-306-3530
- SysOp: Ray Duncan
- Location: Marina del Ray, California -USA-
-
-
- Interface BBS 707-544-9661
- Sysop: b0b (Bob Lee)
- Location: Santa Rosa, California -USA-
-
-
- Grapevine (Grapevine RIME hub) 501-753-8121 to register
- 501-753-6859 thereafter
- SysOp: Jim Wenzel
- Location: Little Rock, Arkansas -USA-
-
-
- Forth Systeme GmbH BBS (Country Code 49) 7667-556
- SysOp: Klaus Flesch
- Location: Breisach, Germany
-
-
- FORTH-BBS Munich 089-8714548 in Germany
- (Forth Gesellschaft e.V.) 49-89-8714548 International
- SysOp: Jens Wilke (JAW)
- EMail: JAW@BBS.FORTH-eV.de
- Location: Munich, Bavaria -GERMANY-
-
-
- GEnie 800-638-9636 for information
- (General Electric Network for Information Exchange)
- SysOps: Dennis Ruffer(D.RUFFER)
- Leonard Morgenstern(NMORGENSTER)
- Elliott Chapin(ELLIOTT.C)
- b0b (Bob Lee)
- Location: Forth RoundTable - type M710 or FORTH
- ---
- If you have any questions about ForthNet/comp.lang.forth or any information
- to add/delete or correct in this message or any suggestions on formatting or
- presentation, please contact Doug Philips at one of the following addresses:
- Internet: dwp@willett.pgh.pa.us
- Usenet: ...!uunet!willett.pgh.pa.us!dwp
- GEnie: D.PHILIPS3
-