Conference hydra::amiga_v1

USENET is just a public network like the ARPAnet.  There is a mailing list
called "net.micro.amiga" that's somewhat analagous to this notes file, only
a lot more active.  Most of the stuff I put on my download disks come from
the USENET.

To get information, do a "DIR ROLL::", and look at some of the DOC and TXT 
files there.  To subscribe to the ENET redistribution of one of the USENET
lists, look at ROLL::ENETDIS.DOC (or is it .TXT?).

From memory, you send mail:

To:	ROLL::USENET
Subject: subscription

$USELIST ADD MYNODE::ME net.micro.amiga
^Z

And you'll probably be on the next day's distribution.

Help any?

    
    Thanks, I just subscribed.
    
    Steve McAfee
    

    
    What about sources ???
    
    I know that I could nose around, and find the correct 'conference',
    but it will make it easier if someone could name the source conference
    for the Amiga.
    
    Is it the same procedure as .1, but use 'net.sources.amiga' ???
    
    Thanks in advance for your help.
    
     --- John
    

    generally, if it isn't too big, an author will post the sources
    to his program directly to net.micro.amiga.  On the other hand,
    if it's large, it gets posted elsewhere.
    
    In this case, elsewhere includes net.sources and mod.sources,
    generally. I don't think there's a net.sources.amiga, although there
    may be one soon.
    
    Right now, I'm subscribed to net.micro.amiga, net.sources and
    mod.sources, and usually get copies of anything that gets posted.
    Just to complicate things a bit, I think there's a bunch of mod.amiga.*
    about to get started, as well as the others.
    
    (btw - net.sources and mod.sources are interesting, but you also
    get sources to lot of non-amiga related machines.  Usually, they're
    sources for Unix utilities, but this morning, mod.sources had a
    Small C compiler, with code generators for 8080, 6809, 68000 and
    (I believe) Vax, so subscribing can be sort of fun.  It can also
    soak up a lot of disk space).

    I just noticed that there are three new conferences (moderated)
    for the Amiga:
    
    		mod.amiga
    		mod.amiga.binaries
    		mod.amiga.sources
    
    I have only recently enrolled, and have not yet started to receive
    anything from these conferences. However, if you would like to submit
    to these conferences, the following USENET addresses are what I
    have come up with...
    
    		  conference		VAXMAIL Address (To:)
    		mod.amiga		RHEA::DECWRL::"ihnp4!pucc-i!aic"
    		mod.amiga.binaries	RHEA::DECWRL::"ihnp4!ulowell!page"
    		mod.amiga.sources	     "       "        "    "
    
    Bob Page is the moderator of the mod.amiga conference. Unfortunately,
    I do not know who is the moderator of the .{binaries|sources}
    conferences.
    
    Hope all of this is accurate and helpful...
    
    John B. Fisher

    
    RE: .5
    
      For these three new usenet conferences:
    
        1)  Do we still use the  "$USELIST ADD NODE::ME conference"
            format?
    
        2)  Is my pathname from this conference more that just "NODE::ME"?
            If so, how do I determine it?
    
      Thanks,
    
    
      Steve

    
    How do we decode the mod.amiga.binaries programs?
    I have an amigabasic .boo translator will this work?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Steve McAfee

    
    Doesn't anyone out there know how to decode the mod.amiga.binaries
    files?
    
    A new question:  Does anyone know how to obtain previously posted
    files to mod.amiga.binaries?  (i.e. are they maintained somewhere?).
    

    .8:
    
    Send mail to the moderator, and he can either point you at a place
    where they're archived, the person to request copies from, or reforward
    the posting to you.

    Has anyone received usenet listings from comp.sys.amiga lately?
    Is it still the active amiga conference?
    
    steve mcafee

    Steve,
    
    Ed Featherston had said in the usenet conference (Not sure where
    it is at the moment) that they are upgrading their machines and
    converting the usenet stuff to RDB or something like that.  He said
    that he should have the net stufff back by the weekend.
    
    				Rob
    

    On Friday ed said it should be back today... and all mailings received
    in the meantime should be stored, so expect a bunch of stuff to
    come at once.
    

       Better check your disk quota!!!!
       
       
       Art
       

From:	ROLL::DEVLAB::FEATHERSTON "06-Feb-1987 1024"  6-FEB-1987 16:26
To:	ROLL::ECC::JAERVINEN
Subj:	RE: 

---------------------Reply to mail dated 6-FEB-1987 09:13---------------------


	It will hopefully be back up by Monday. All messages should be
	intact (be ready for big mail messages).

					/ed featherston/
				DEC Advanced Semiconductor Development Group

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    As of 9-feb they had a head crash on one of thier RA81's....
    
    Forewarning:  All of the traffic from the past week and a half will
    come as a few LARGE mail messages.  Look out for your disk quota!
                                                
    db