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- From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford)
- Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups,news.announce.newusers,news.announce.newgroups,news.answers
- Subject: Alternative Newsgroup Hierarchies, Part II
- Summary: Second of two postings. This part describes the following
- alternate hierarchies: clarinet, gnu, ieee, inet, k12, u3b, vmsnet
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- Date: 19 Oct 92 05:15:07 GMT
- Expires: 18 Dec 92 17:15:05 GMT
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- ClariNet
- --------
- The ClariNet hierarchy consists of newsgroups gatewayed from
- commercial news services and other ``official'' sources. A feed of
- the ClariNet groups requires payment of a fee and execution of a
- license. More information may be obtained by sending mail to
- "info@clarinet.com".
-
- clari.biz.commodity Commodity news and price reports. (Moderated)
- clari.biz.courts Lawsuits and business related legal matters. (Moderated)
- clari.biz.economy Economic news and indicators. (Moderated)
- clari.biz.economy.world Economy stories for non-US countries. (Moderated)
- clari.biz.features Business feature stories. (Moderated)
- clari.biz.finance Finance, currency, Corporate finance. (Moderated)
- clari.biz.finance.earnings Earnings & dividend reports. (Moderated)
- clari.biz.finance.personal Personal investing & finance. (Moderated)
- clari.biz.finance.services Banks and financial industries. (Moderated)
- clari.biz.invest News for investors. (Moderated)
- clari.biz.labor Strikes, unions and labor relations. (Moderated)
- clari.biz.market General stock market news. (Moderated)
- clari.biz.market.amex American Stock Exchange reports & news. (Moderated)
- clari.biz.market.dow Dow Jones NYSE reports. (Moderated)
- clari.biz.market.ny NYSE reports. (Moderated)
- clari.biz.market.otc NASDAQ reports. (Moderated)
- clari.biz.market.report General market reports, S&P, etc.. (Moderated)
- clari.biz.mergers Mergers and acquisitions. (Moderated)
- clari.biz.misc Other business news. (Moderated)
- clari.biz.products Important new products & services. (Moderated)
- clari.biz.top Top business news. (Moderated)
- clari.biz.urgent Breaking business news. (Moderated)
- clari.canada.biz Canadian Business Summaries. (Moderated)
- clari.canada.features Alamanac, Ottawa Special, Arts. (Moderated)
- clari.canada.general Short items on Canadian News stories. (Moderated)
- clari.canada.gov Government related news (all levels). (Moderated)
- clari.canada.law Crimes, the courts and the law.. (Moderated)
- clari.canada.newscast Regular newscast for Canadians. (Moderated)
- clari.canada.politics Political and election items. (Moderated)
- clari.canada.trouble Mishaps, accidents and serious problems. (Moderated)
- clari.feature.dave_barry Columns of humourist Dave Barry. (Moderated)
- clari.feature.kinsey Sex Q&A and Advice from Kinsey Institute. (Moderated)
- clari.feature.mike_royko Chicago Opinion Columnist Mike Royko. (Moderated)
- clari.feature.miss_manners Judith Martin's Humourous Etiquette Advice. (Moderated)
- clari.local.alberta.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.arizona Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.arizona.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.bc.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.california Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.california.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.chicago Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.chicago.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.florida Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.florida.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.georgia Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.georgia.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.headlines Various local headline summaries. (Moderated)
- clari.local.illinois Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.illinois.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.indiana Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.indiana.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.iowa Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.iowa.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.los_angeles Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.los_angeles.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.louisiana Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.manitoba.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.maritimes.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.maryland Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.maryland.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.massachusetts Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.massachusetts.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.michigan Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.michigan.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.minnesota Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.minnesota.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.missouri Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.missouri.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.nebraska Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.nebraska.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.nevada Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.nevada.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.new_england Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.new_hampshire Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.new_jersey Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.new_jersey.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.new_york Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.new_york.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.nyc Local news (New York City). (Moderated)
- clari.local.nyc.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.ohio Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.ohio.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.ontario.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.oregon Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.oregon.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.pennsylvania Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.pennsylvania.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.saskatchewan.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.sfbay Stories datelined San Francisco Bay Area. (Moderated)
- clari.local.texas Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.texas.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.utah Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.utah.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.virginia+dc Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.virginia+dc.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.washington Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.washington.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.local.wisconsin Local news. (Moderated)
- clari.local.wisconsin.briefs Local news Briefs. (Moderated)
- clari.nb.apple Newsbytes Apple/Macintosh news. (Moderated)
- clari.nb.business Newsbytes business & industry news. (Moderated)
- clari.nb.general Newsbytes general computer news. (Moderated)
- clari.nb.govt Newsbytes legal and government computer news. (Moderated)
- clari.nb.ibm Newsbytes IBM PC World coverage. (Moderated)
- clari.nb.review Newsbytes new product reviews. (Moderated)
- clari.nb.telecom Newsbytes telecom & online industry news. (Moderated)
- clari.nb.top Newsbytes top stories (crossposted). (Moderated)
- clari.nb.trends Newsbytes new developments & trends. (Moderated)
- clari.nb.unix Newsbytes Unix news. (Moderated)
- clari.net.admin Announcements for news admins at ClariNet sites. (Moderated)
- clari.net.announce Announcements for all ClariNet readers. (Moderated)
- clari.net.products New ClariNet products. (Moderated)
- clari.net.talk Discussion of ClariNet -- only unmoderated group
- clari.news.almanac Daily almanac - quotes, 'this date in history' etc.. (Moderated)
- clari.news.arts Stage, drama & other fine arts. (Moderated)
- clari.news.aviation Aviation industry and mishaps. (Moderated)
- clari.news.books Books & publishing. (Moderated)
- clari.news.briefs Regular news summaries. (Moderated)
- clari.news.bulletin Major breaking stories of the week. (Moderated)
- clari.news.canada News related to Canada. (Moderated)
- clari.news.cast Regular U.S. news summary. (Moderated)
- clari.news.children Stories related to children and parenting. (Moderated)
- clari.news.consumer Consumer news, car reviews etc.. (Moderated)
- clari.news.demonstration Demonstrations around the world. (Moderated)
- clari.news.disaster Major problems, accidents & natural disasters. (Moderated)
- clari.news.economy General economic news. (Moderated)
- clari.news.election News regarding both US and international elections. (Moderated)
- clari.news.entertain Entertainment industry news & features. (Moderated)
- clari.news.europe News related to Europe. (Moderated)
- clari.news.features Unclassified feature stories. (Moderated)
- clari.news.fighting Clashes around the world. (Moderated)
- clari.news.flash Ultra-important once-a-year news flashes. (Moderated)
- clari.news.goodnews Stories of success and survival. (Moderated)
- clari.news.gov General Government related stories. (Moderated)
- clari.news.gov.agency Government agencies, FBI etc.. (Moderated)
- clari.news.gov.budget Budgets at all levels. (Moderated)
- clari.news.gov.corrupt Government corruption, kickbacks etc.. (Moderated)
- clari.news.gov.international International government-related stories. (Moderated)
- clari.news.gov.officials Government officials & their problems. (Moderated)
- clari.news.gov.state State government stories of national importance.. (Moderated)
- clari.news.gov.taxes Tax laws, trials etc.. (Moderated)
- clari.news.gov.usa US Federal government news. (High volume). (Moderated)
- clari.news.group Special interest groups not covered in their own group. (Moderated)
- clari.news.group.blacks News of interest to black people. (Moderated)
- clari.news.group.gays Homosexuality & Gay Rights.. (Moderated)
- clari.news.group.jews Jews & Jewish interests. . (Moderated)
- clari.news.group.women Women's issues and abortion. (Moderated)
- clari.news.headlines Hourly list of the top U.S./World headlines. (Moderated)
- clari.news.hot.east_europe News from Eastern Europe. (Moderated)
- clari.news.hot.iraq Persian Gulf Crisis news. (Moderated)
- clari.news.hot.rodney_king L.A. Riot news. (Moderated)
- clari.news.hot.ussr News from the Soviet Union. (Moderated)
- clari.news.interest Human interest stories. (Moderated)
- clari.news.interest.animals Animals in the news. (Moderated)
- clari.news.interest.history Human interest stories & history in the making. (Moderated)
- clari.news.interest.people Famous people in the news. (Moderated)
- clari.news.interest.people.column Daily "People" column -- tidbits on celebs. (Moderated)
- clari.news.interest.quirks Unusual or funny news stories. (Moderated)
- clari.news.issues Stories on major issues not covered in their own group.. (Moderated)
- clari.news.issues.civil_rights Freedom, Racism, Civil Rights Issues. (Moderated)
- clari.news.issues.conflict Conflict between groups around the world. (Moderated)
- clari.news.issues.family Family, Child abuse, etc.. (Moderated)
- clari.news.labor Unions, strikes. (Moderated)
- clari.news.labor.strike Strikes. (Moderated)
- clari.news.law General group for law related issues. (Moderated)
- clari.news.law.civil Civil trials & litigation. (Moderated)
- clari.news.law.crime Major crimes. (Moderated)
- clari.news.law.crime.sex Sex crimes and trials. (Moderated)
- clari.news.law.crime.trial Trials for criminal actions. (Moderated)
- clari.news.law.crime.violent Violent crime & criminals. (Moderated)
- clari.news.law.drugs Drug related crimes & drug stories. (Moderated)
- clari.news.law.investigation Investigation of crimes. (Moderated)
- clari.news.law.police Police & law enforcement. (Moderated)
- clari.news.law.prison Prisons, prisoners & escapes. (Moderated)
- clari.news.law.profession Lawyers, Judges etc.. (Moderated)
- clari.news.law.supreme U.S. Supreme court rulings & news. (Moderated)
- clari.news.lifestyle Fashion, leisure etc.. (Moderated)
- clari.news.military Military equipment, people & issues. (Moderated)
- clari.news.movies Reviews, news and stories on movie stars.. (Moderated)
- clari.news.music Reviews and issues concerning music & musicians.. (Moderated)
- clari.news.politics Politicians & politics.. (Moderated)
- clari.news.politics.people Politicians & Political Personalities. (Moderated)
- clari.news.religion Religion, religious leaders, televangelists. (Moderated)
- clari.news.sex Sexual issues, sex-related political stories. (Moderated)
- clari.news.terrorism Terrorist actions & related news around the world. (Moderated)
- clari.news.top Top US news stories. (Moderated)
- clari.news.top.world Top international news stories. (Moderated)
- clari.news.trends Surveys and trends.. (Moderated)
- clari.news.trouble Less major accidents, problems & mishaps. (Moderated)
- clari.news.tv TV schedules, news, reviews & stars.. (Moderated)
- clari.news.urgent Major breaking stories of the day. (Moderated)
- clari.news.weather Weather and temperature reports. (Moderated)
- clari.sports.baseball Baseball scores, stories, games, stats. (Moderated)
- clari.sports.basketball Basketball coverage. (Moderated)
- clari.sports.features Sports feature stories. (Moderated)
- clari.sports.football Pro football coverage. (Moderated)
- clari.sports.hockey NHL coverage. (Moderated)
- clari.sports.misc Other sports, plus general sports news. (Moderated)
- clari.sports.motor Racing, Motor Sports. (Moderated)
- clari.sports.olympic The Olympic Games. (Moderated)
- clari.sports.tennis Tennis news & scores. (Moderated)
- clari.sports.top Top sports news. (Moderated)
- clari.streetprice Database of direct buyer prices for computer eqpt.. (Moderated)
- clari.tw.aerospace Aerospace industry and companies. (Moderated)
- clari.tw.computers Computer industry, applications and developments. (Moderated)
- clari.tw.defense Defense industry issues. (Moderated)
- clari.tw.education Stories involving Universities & colleges. (Moderated)
- clari.tw.electronics Electronics makers and sellers. (Moderated)
- clari.tw.environment Environmental news, hazardous waste, forests. (Moderated)
- clari.tw.health Disease, medicine, health care, sick celebs. (Moderated)
- clari.tw.health.aids AIDS stories, research, political issues. (Moderated)
- clari.tw.misc General technical industry stories. (Moderated)
- clari.tw.nuclear Nuclear power & waste. (Moderated)
- clari.tw.science General science stories. (Moderated)
- clari.tw.space NASA, Astronomy & spaceflight. (Moderated)
- clari.tw.stocks Regular reports on computer & technology stock prices. (Moderated)
- clari.tw.telecom Phones, Satellites, Media & general Telecom. (Moderated)
-
- GNU
- ---
- gnUSENET (gnUSENET is Not USENET) is a set of newsgroups that are
- gated bi-directionally with the Internet mailing lists of the GNU
- Project of the Free Software Foundation. GNU (GNU's Not Unix) will be
- a complete operating system, including application programs, with
- freely redistributable source code. Please use ONLY gnu.misc.discuss
- for discussion of topics considered contrary to GNU aims and political
- philosophy (e.g., porting of GNU code to Apple machines, usefulness of
- intellectual property laws, etc.).
-
- The GNU mailing lists and newsgroups, like the GNU project itself,
- exist to promote the freedom to share software. So please don't use
- these newsgroups (or the other GNU lists) to promote or recommend
- non-free software. (Using them to post ordering information is the
- ultimate faux pas.) If there is no free program to do a certain task,
- then somebody should write one!
-
- Current groups include:
-
- Newsgroup Description
- --------- -----------
- gnu.announce Status and announcements from the Project. (Moderated)
- gnu.bash.bug Bourne Again SHell bug reports and suggested fixes. (Moderated)
- gnu.chess Announcements about the GNU Chess program.
- gnu.emacs.announce Announcements about GNU Emacs. (Moderated)
- gnu.emacs.bug GNU Emacs bug reports and suggested fixes. (Moderated)
- gnu.emacs.gnews News reading under GNU Emacs using Weemba's Gnews.
- gnu.emacs.gnus News reading under GNU Emacs using GNUS (in English).
- gnu.emacs.help User queries and answers.
- gnu.emacs.sources ONLY (please!) C and Lisp source code for GNU Emacs.
- gnu.emacs.vm.bug Bug reports on the Emacs VM mail package.
- gnu.emacs.vm.info Information about the Emacs VM mail package.
- gnu.emacs.vms VMS port of GNU Emacs.
- gnu.epoch.misc The Epoch X11 extensions to Emacs.
- gnu.g++.announce Announcements about the GNU C++ Compiler. (Moderated)
- gnu.g++.bug g++ bug reports and suggested fixes. (Moderated)
- gnu.g++.help GNU C++ compiler (G++) user queries and answers.
- gnu.g++.lib.bug g++ library bug reports/suggested fixes. (Moderated)
- gnu.gcc.announce Announcements about the GNU C Compiler. (Moderated)
- gnu.gcc.bug GNU C Compiler bug reports/suggested fixes. (Moderated)
- gnu.gcc.help GNU C Compiler (gcc) user queries and answers.
- gnu.gdb.bug gcc/g++ DeBugger bugs and suggested fixes. (Moderated)
- gnu.ghostscript.bug GNU Ghostscript interpreter bugs. (Moderated)
- gnu.gnusenet.config GNU's Not Usenet administration and configuration.
- gnu.gnusenet.test GNU's Not Usenet alternative hierarchy testing.
- gnu.groff.bug Bugs in the GNU roff programs. (Moderated)
- gnu.misc.discuss Serious discussion about GNU and freed software.
- gnu.smalltalk.bug Bugs in GNU Smalltalk. (Moderated)
- gnu.utils.bug GNU utilities bugs (e.g., make, gawk. ls). (Moderated)
-
- Use gnu.emacs.help to discuss software on gnu.emacs.sources and to ask
- for sources. gnu.emacs.sources is archived by many sites and they
- want sources ONLY!
-
- The gnu.*.bug groups are pseudo-moderated (that is, the group is
- marked moderated so that postings are mailed to prep.ai.mit.edu and
- then redistributed to the both the mailing list and newsgroup from
- there). The gnu.*announce groups all fully moderated.
-
- If one of your USENET feeds, can't provide you with a feed of the
- gnUSENET newsgroups, send mail to gnu.gnusenet.config@prep.ai.mit.edu
- to ask a feed.
-
- Questions about GNU can be directed to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or:
- Free Software Foundation
- 675 Massachusetts Avenue
- Cambridge, MA 02139
- USA
- +1-617-876-3296
-
- IEEE
- ----
- The IEEE newsgroups concern the IEEE -- the Institute of Electrical
- and Electronics Engineers.
-
- ieee.announce General Announcements for IEEE community.
- ieee.config Postings about managing the ieee.* groups.
- ieee.general IEEE - General discussion.
- ieee.pcnfs Discussion & tips on PC-NFS.
- ieee.rab.announce Regional Activities Board - Announcements.
- ieee.rab.general Regional Activities Board - General discussion.
- ieee.region1 Region 1 Announcements.
- ieee.tab.announce Technical Activities Board - Announcements.
- ieee.tab.general Technical Activities Board - General discussion.
- ieee.tcos The TCOS newsletter and discussion. (Moderated)
- ieee.usab.announce USAB - Announcements.
- ieee.usab.general USAB - General discussion.
-
- We are willing to distribute these newsgroups via NNTP to any site
- that desires to carry them. If you would like a feed of these
- newsgroups, have the newsadmin for your site contact 'usenet@ieee.org'
- for a feed.
-
- Inet/DDN
- --------
- Another alternative hierarchy is the "inet/ddn" distribution. This
- consists of many newsgroups bearing names similar to traditional Usenet
- groups and corresponding to Internet discussion lists. These groups are
- circulated using the NNTP transport mechanism amongst sites on the
- Internet in an attempt to reduce the number of copies of these groups
- flowing through the mail (some sites get these groups via UUCP and
- other transport mechanisms, but the volume can be substantial and load
- may be significant without a high-speed link). Further details may be
- obtained by writing to Erik Fair (fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu).
-
- Current inet groups are:
-
- comp.ai.edu Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Education.
- comp.ai.vision Artificial Intelligence Vision Research. (Moderated)
- comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel Hyperchannel networks within an IP network.
- comp.editors Topics related to computerized text editing.
- comp.edu.composition Writing instruction in computer-based classrooms.
- comp.lang.asm370 Programming in IBM System/370 Assembly Language.
- comp.lang.clu The CLU language & related topics.
- comp.lang.forth.mac The CSI MacForth programming environment.
- comp.lang.icon Topics related to the ICON programming language.
- comp.lang.idl IDL (Interface Description Language) related topics.
- comp.lang.lisp.franz The Franz Lisp programming language.
- comp.lang.lisp.x The XLISP language system.
- comp.lang.rexx The REXX command language.
- comp.lang.scheme.c The Scheme language environment.
- comp.lang.visual Visual programming languages.
- comp.lsi.cad Electrical Computer Aided Design.
- comp.mail.multi-media Multimedia Mail.
- comp.music Applications of computers in music research.
- comp.os.aos Topics related to Data General's AOS/VS.
- comp.os.cpm.amethyst Discussion of Amethyst, CP/M-80 software package.
- comp.os.msdos.4dos The 4DOS command processor for MS-DOS.
- comp.os.rsts Topics related to the PDP-11 RSTS/E operating system.
- comp.os.v The V distributed operating system from Stanford.
- comp.periphs.printers Information on printers.
- comp.protocols.iso.dev-environ The ISO Development Environment.
- comp.protocols.iso.x400 X400 mail protocol discussions.
- comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway X400 mail gateway discussions. (Moderated)
- comp.protocols.pcnet Topics related to PCNET (a personal computer network).
- comp.protocols.snmp The Simple Network Management Protocol.
- comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Topics related to Domain Style names.
- comp.protocols.time.ntp The network time protocol.
- comp.security.announce Announcements from the CERT about security. (Moderated)
- comp.soft-sys.andrew The Andrew system from CMU.
- comp.soft-sys.nextstep The NeXTstep computing environment.
- comp.std.announce Announcements about standards activities. (Moderated)
- comp.sys.cdc Control Data Corporation Computers (e.g., Cybers).
- comp.sys.handhelds Handheld computers and programmable calculators.
- comp.sys.intel.ipsc310 Anything related to the Intel 310.
- comp.sys.northstar Northstar microcomputer users.
- comp.sys.super Supercomputers.
- comp.sys.ti.explorer The Texas Instruments Explorer.
- comp.sys.zenith Heath terminals and related Zenith products.
- comp.terminals.bitgraph The BB&N BitGraph Terminal.
- comp.terminals.tty5620 AT&T Dot Mapped Display Terminals (5620 and BLIT).
- comp.theory Theoretical Computer Science.
- comp.theory.cell-automata Discussion of all aspects of cellular automata.
- comp.theory.dynamic-sys Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems.
- comp.theory.self-org-sys Topics related to self-organization.
- comp.unix.cray Cray computers and their operating systems.
- comp.unix.solaris Discussions about the Solaris operating system.
- comp.windows.x.announce X Consortium announcements. (Moderated)
- comp.windows.x.motif The Motif GUI for the X Window System.
- news.software.nntp The Network News Transfer Protocol.
- rec.games.vectrex The Vectrex game system.
- rec.mag.fsfnet A Science Fiction "fanzine." (Moderated)
- sci.bio.technology Any topic relating to biotechnology.
- sci.math.num-analysis Numerical Analysis.
- sci.philosophy.meta Discussions within the scope of "MetaPhilosophy."
- soc.culture.esperanto The neutral international language Esperanto.
-
- ddn.mgt-bulletin The DDN Management Bulletin from NIC.DDN.MIL (Moderated)
- ddn.newsletter The DDN Newsletter from NIC.DDN.MIL (Moderated)
-
- K12
- ---
- K12Net is a loosely-organized, totally decentralized network of school
- based/oriented "electronic bulletin board systems" (BBS's) throughout
- North America, Australia, and Europe that share curriculum-related
- message bases or "echo forums," classroom-to-classroom projects, and
- educational files -- making them available to students and educators
- at no cost and usually on a local phone call.
-
- K12Net was born in the summer of 1990 as a collection of FidoNet
- echomail conferences. It was created by teachers so that they and
- their students can use networking technology to advance education in
- the 'K12' arena. On FidoNet, it spans North America, goes through
- Europe to the Soviet Union, wanders around Australia, etc.
-
- As an experiment, m2xenix.psg.com is gating the echos (from
- puddle.fidonet.org aka 1:105/42) into Usenet newsgroups and feeding
- them to uunet.uu.net where they are available to all and sundry. The
- initial name mapping is as follows:
-
- k12.chat.elementary Informal discussion among elementary students, grades K-5.
- k12.chat.junior Informal discussion among students in grades 6-8.
- k12.chat.senior Informal discussion among high school students.
- k12.chat.teacher Informal discussion among teachers in grades K-12.
- k12.ed.art Art curriculum in K-12 education.
- k12.ed.business Business education curriculum in grades K-12.
- k12.ed.comp.literacy Teaching computer literacy in grades K-12.
- k12.ed.health-pe Health and Physical Education curriculum in grades K-12.
- k12.ed.life-skills Home Economics and Career education in grades K-12.
- k12.ed.math Mathematics curriculum in K-12 education.
- k12.ed.music Music and Performing Arts curriculum in K-12 education.
- k12.ed.science Science curriculum in K-12 education.
- k12.ed.soc-studies Social Studies and History curriculum in K-12 education.
- k12.ed.special K-12 education for students w/ handicaps or special needs.
- k12.ed.tag K-12 education for talented and gifted students.
- k12.ed.tech Industrial Arts and vocational education in grades K-12.
- k12.lang.art Language Arts curriculum in K-12 education.
- k12.lang.deutsch-eng Bilingual German/English practice with native speakers.
- k12.lang.esp-eng Bilingual Spanish/English practice with native speakers.
- k12.lang.francais Bilingual French/English practice with native speakers.
- k12.lang.russian Bilingual Russian/English practice with native speakers.
-
- The k12.chat.* groups contain inter-student chat, and tend to be,
- shall we say, uninteresting to many adults, and a bit voluminous.
-
- For further information, contact Janet Murray,
- janet.murray@f23.n105.z1.fidonet.org.
-
- U3B
- ---
- Groups dealing with AT&T 3B{2,5,15,20,4000} computers -- everything
- except for the UNIX PC/3B1. Both uunet and ames carry these groups.
-
- u3b.config 3B Distribution configuration.
- u3b.misc 3B Miscellaneous Discussions.
- u3b.sources Sources for AT&T 3B systems.
- u3b.tech 3B Technical Discussions.
- u3b.test 3B Distribution Testing.
-
-
- VMSnet
- ------
- This hierarchy is for topics of interest to VAX/VMS users (but not
- necessarily VMS-specific). These groups are a project of the VMSnet working
- group of the VAX SIG of the US Chapter of DECUS (the Digital Equipment
- Computer User's Society). They are carried by most major usenet news sites,
- and almost half of all netnews sites. To find a feed, contact the system
- managers of news sites near you, and/or post to a local or regional
- newsgroup and ask if anyone in the area is carrying the VMSnet newsgroups.
-
- If you have tried these alternatives and still can not find a site in your
- local area that carries the VMSnet groups, you can send mail to the VMSnet
- Network Coordinator, currently Terry Poot <tp@mccall.com>, who will attempt
- to assist you in finding a feed for the groups. Alternatively, you can send
- mail to the VMSnet mailing list <vmsnet@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>, which is
- also gatewayed to the vmsnet.uucp newsgroup and ask for help.
-
- In either case, be sure to state where you are geographically, and what
- your constraints are. For instance, if you can only place local phone
- calls, be sure to say just what areas are a local call for you. Also
- describe your network connectivity (what networks you are on, your uucp
- neighbors, etc.).
-
- Here is a recent list of VMSnet newsgroups. NOTE: this is NOT the
- definitive list of VMSnet newsgroups. The current definitive list is
- always the most recent checkgroups posting in vmsnet.admin. It is
- posted monthly or whenever the set of newsgroups is changed.
-
- vmsnet.admin Administration of the VMSnet newsgroups.
- vmsnet.announce General announcements of interest to all. (Moderated)
- vmsnet.announce.newusers Orientation info for new users. (Moderated)
- vmsnet.decus.lugs Discussion of DECUS Local User Groups and related issues.
- vmsnet.employment Jobs sought/offered, workplace and employment related issues.
- vmsnet.internals VMS internals, MACRO-32, Bliss, etc., gatewayed to MACRO32 list.
- vmsnet.mail.misc Other electronic mail software.
- vmsnet.mail.pmdf PMDF email system, gatewayed to ipmdf mailing list.
- vmsnet.mail.mx MX email system from RPI, gatewayed to MX mailing list.
- vmsnet.misc General VMS topics not covered elsewhere.
- vmsnet.networks.desktop.misc Other desktop integration software.
- vmsnet.networks.desktop.pathworks DEC Pathworks desktop integration software.
- vmsnet.networks.management.decmcc DECmcc and related software.
- vmsnet.networks.management.misc Other network management solutions.
- vmsnet.networks.misc General networking topics not covered elsewhere.
- vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.cmu-tek CMU-TEK TCP/IP package, gatewayed to cmu-tek-tcp+@andrew.cmu.edu.
- vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.misc Other TCP/IP solutions for VMS.
- vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.multinet TGV's Multinet TCP/IP, gatewayed to info-multinet.
- vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.ucx DEC's VMS/Ultrix Connection (or TCP/IP services for VMS) product.
- vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.wintcp The Wollongong Group's WIN-TCP TCP/IP software.
- vmsnet.pdp-11 PDP-11 hardware and software, gatewayed to info-pdp11.
- vmsnet.sources Source code postings ONLY. (Moderated)
- vmsnet.sources.d Discussion about or requests for sources.
- vmsnet.sources.games Recreational software postings.
- vmsnet.sysmgt VMS system management.
- vmsnet.test Test messages.
- vmsnet.tpu TPU language and applications, gatewayed to info-tpu.
- vmsnet.uucp DECUS uucp software, gatewayed to vmsnet mailing list.
- vmsnet.vms-posix Discussion about VMS POSIX.
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- Gene Spafford
- Software Engineering Research Center & Dept. of Computer Sciences
- Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-1398
- Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu phone: (317) 494-7825
-