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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS);faqs.152
biz.tadpole.sparcbook Discussions on the Sparcbook portable computer.
biz.test Biz newsgroup test messages.
biz.stolen Postings about stolen merchandise.
Feeds may possibly be obtained from ddsw1.mcs.com, husc6.harvard.edu,
rpi.edu, rutgers.edu, spl1, and telly.on.ca among others.
--
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
Xref: bloom-picayune.mit.edu news.lists:2141 news.groups:57876 news.announce.newusers:923 news.announce.newgroups:2631 news.answers:3567
Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!rpi!gatech!purdue!spaf
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
Message-ID: <spaf-altgroups2_719471705@cs.purdue.edu>
Date: 19 Oct 92 05:15:07 GMT
Expires: 18 Dec 92 17:15:05 GMT
References: <spaf-altgroups_719471699@cs.purdue.edu>
Followup-To: news.groups
Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ.
Lines: 522
Approved: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU
Supersedes: <spaf-altgroups2_716962661@cs.purdue.edu>
Archive-name: alt-hierarchies/part2
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
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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
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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.