Article 160245 of comp.os.vms: =========================================================================== = __________ = =| ______ | THE DFWLUG = =| / ---- \ | 14th Anniversary(*1982-1996*) = =| | | | Celebrating over 14 Years of DECUS = =| \ ____ / | in Dallas/Ft. Worth Texas = =| ------ | = = ---------- = = D E C U S = = = = The DFWLUG is the Local Users Group for the = = Digital Equipment Computer Users Society (DECUS) = = In North Texas = = = = *DECUS* The DFWLUG NET/Newsletter = = = = World-Wide Web http://www.montagar.com/dfwlug/ = = Inbound Telnet dfwlug.decus.org = = Anonymous FTP anonymous@ftp.montagar.com = = E-mail dfwlug@dfwlug.decus.org = = BBS (972) 270-3313 8/n/1 = =Volume 6 Number 12 December 2nd, 1996 = =========================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOLUME 6 NUMBER 1 INDEX (in this issue) PAGE 1 * The next DFWLUG meeting Info and Map (December 3rd, 1996) PAGE 2 * DIGITAL EQUIPMENT IS MOVING IN DFW! (actually just across the street;-) PAGE 3 * NEW GEEK AND WEB JARGON PAGE 4 * DFW AREA TECHNICAL REGULAR SWAPMEETS PAGE 5 * How to make Multia's run OpenVMS... PAGE 6 * DFWLUG STAFF CONTACT INFO PAGE 7 * DFWLUG Internet WEBserver and BBS Info PAGE 8 * Digital's Support Information -------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOT TIP: Lost or Forgot your DECUS number? Moved and want DECUS to find you again. Want to Join National DECUS in the first place;-) There are two ways you can obtain your DECUS membership number: 1) Call 1-800-DECUS55 and ask for it. 2) Send a mail message to "information@DECUS.ORG" with your full name and full USPO mailing address. or Signup on the WEB http://www.decus.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOLUME 6 NUMBER 12 PAGE 1 The next DFWLUG Meeting will be held on December 3rd, 7:00pm at the Digital ACT. We will be having a Party for the holidays with food, technical topics with give-aways and surprizes! Note: This will be our LAST MEETING AT THE DIGITAL ACT as we will be moving across the street next month to the Doubletree Center! Come and help celebrate Six Years of meetings at Digital and their commitment to the local User Group Community! -----------ASCII MAP TO THE MEETING----------------------------------------- Meeting Location: 7:00pm This meeting will be at the - - - Digital's Application Center |Enter| | for Technology (214) 702-4400. | \|/ | |-------| | |----|----|----|| |-----| 9th floor of the Digital Building | Hilton| | |DEC | |OXY || | | in North Dallas. |-------| | |----|----|----|| |_____|Galleria - - - - - - - - -| ______________________________|________________________ | LBJ Freeway I-635 D|T A|O ^ L|L /|\ L|L | A|W |North S|A |Y -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *MEMBERSHIP* Membership forms for DECUS and the DFWLUG are available at our regular meetings or log-on to our Electronic BBS system INFO or on-line on our BBS at 972-270-3313 or on-line the World-Wide WEB at URL http://www.montagar.com/dfwlug/ the DFWLUG's homepage! The DFWLUG Steering committee encourages you join DECUS and the DFWLUG. Membership for both is free of charge and will put you on our mailing list for our technical newsletter. Members of the DFWLUG may then participate in the DFWLUG Internet BBS with private E-mail accounts, 3300 USEnet newsgroups, Internet services and much more. The price for this service is $10.00 per year. -- *SOCIAL CHAIR* Refreshments will be served courtesy of Digital Equipment, and the DFWLUG! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOLUME 6 NUMBER 12 PAGE 2 The DIGITAL EQUIPMENT IS MOVING! THE new addresses will be as follows : TOLL HILL PLAZA (Field and Customer Service) DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP 5310 HARVEST HILL ROAD SUITE 200 DALLAS, TEXAS 75230 972-702-4000 SITE CODE SCA-02 LINCOLN CENTER (Sales and Sales Support) DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP 5430 LBJ FREEWAY SUITE 900 DALLAS, TEXAS 75240 972-702-4000 SITE CODE DLC-01 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOLUME 6 NUMBER 12 PAGE 3 NEW GEEK AND WEB JARGON Adminisphere - The rarefied organizational layers beginning just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the adminisphere are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve. Alpha Geek - The most knowledgeable, technically proficient person in an office or work group. "Ask Larry, he's the alpha geek around here." Beepilepsy - The brief seizure people sometimes suffer when their beepers go off, especially in vibrator mode. Characterized by physical spasms, goofy facial expressions, and stopping speech in mid-sentence. Blowing Your Buffer - Losing one's train of thought. Occurs when the person you are speaking with won't let you get a word in edgewise or has just said something so astonishing that your train gets derailed. "Damn, I just blew my buffer!" Bookmark - To take note of a person for future reference (a metaphor borrowed from web browsers). "I bookmarked him after seeing his cool demo at Siggraph." Brain Fart - A by-product of a bloated mind producing information effortlessly. A burst of useful information. "I know you're busy on the Microsoft story, but can you give us a brain fart on the Mitnik bust?" Variation of old hacker slang that had more negative connotations. Career-Limiting Move (CLM) - Used among microserfs to describe an ill-advised activity. Trashing your boss while he or she is within earshot is a serious CLM. CGI Joe - A hard-core CGI script programmer with all the social skills and charisma of a plastic action figure. Chip Jewelry - A euphemism for old computers destined to be scrapped or turned into decorative ornaments. "I paid three grand for that Mac SE, and now it's nothing but chip jewelry." Cobweb Site - A World Wide Web Site that hasn't been updated for a long time. A dead web page. Crapplet - A badly written or profoundly useless Java applet. "I just wasted 30 minutes downloading this stinkin' crapplet!" Dead Tree Edition - The paper version of a publication available in both paper and electronic forms, as in: "The dead tree edition of the San Francisco Chronicle..." Dilberted - To be exploited and oppressed by your boss. Derived from the experiences of Dilbert, the geek-in-hell comic strip character. "I've been dilberted again. The old man revised the specs for the fourth time this week." Dorito Syndrome - Feelings of emptiness and dissatisfaction triggered by addictive substances that lack nutritional content. "I just spent six hours surfing the Web, and now I've got a bad case of Dorito Syndrome." Egosurfing - Scanning the net, databases, print media, or research papers looking for the mention of your name. Elvis Year - The peak year of something's popularity. "Barney the dinosaur's Elvis year was 1993." 404 - Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web message, "404 - URL Not Found," meaning that the document you've tried to access can't be located. "Don't bother asking him...he's 404, man." Glazing - Corporate-speak for sleeping with your eyes open. A popular pastime at conferences and early-morning meetings. "Didn't he notice that half the room was glazing by the second session?" Gray Matter - Older, experienced business people hired by young entrepreneurial firms looking to appear more reputable and established. Graybar Land - The place you go while you're staring at a computer that's processing something very slowly (while you watch the gray bar creep across the screen). "I was in graybar land for what seemed like hours, thanks to that CAD rendering." It's a Feature - From the adage, "It's not a bug, it's a feature." Used sarcastically to describe an unpleasant experience that you wish to gloss over. Keyboard Plaque - The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on computer keyboards. "Are there any other terminals I can use? This one has a bad case of keyboard plaque." Link Rot - The process by which links on a Web page became as obsolete as the sites they're connected to change location or die. Nyetscape - Nickname for AOL's less-than-full-featured Web browser. Plug-and-Play - A new hire who doesn't need any training. "The new guy, John, is great. He's totally plug-and-play." Squirt The Bird - To transmit a signal up to a satellite. "Crew and talent are ready...what time do we squirt the bird?" Tourists - People who are taking training classes just to get a vacation from their jobs. "We had about three serious students in the class; the rest were tourists." Under Mouse Arrest - Getting busted for violating an online service's rule of conduct. "Sorry I couldn't get back to you. AOL put me under mouse arrest." World Wide Wait - The real meaning of WWW. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOLUME 6 NUMBER 12 PAGE 4 DFW AREA TECHNICAL REGULAR SWAPMEETS. ################################################## ## Things for hardware acquisitionists, techys, ## ## computer enthusiasts, and 'oids of all ## ## kinds to do in the Dallas/Fort Worth area ## ################################################## Email opinions, corrections, additions, and complaints to: Jankowiak@dfwlug.decus.org NOTICE: this opinion set does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the keeper, nor of any of the entities listed, nor of any one who can be pinned down and interrogated, much less found and sued, and the opinions are protected under the first ammendment to the U.S. Constitution. Hxx,$xx -- see symbols at end. PART I: scheduled regular events: 1: SWAP MEET "First Saturday Sale" First Sat. of the month. Biggest of the "Saturday" sales, over 150 vendors. Computers, software, texts, ham gear, parts, surplus. Ross Ave. @ Central Expwy. NW & SW quadrants. 6AM-Noon. Nearby parking: $3.00, vendors $20.00/space. Vendors must pre-register space friday evening. spaces sell out. Snack bar w/ hot dogs, chili, cokes, coffe, donuts, etc. EDITOR'S PROVEN VENDOR STRATEGY: stay up all night drinking wine and sell out before 10 AM, taking in hundreds of $ selling junk while others selling VGA monitors and high priced stuff stare in disgust. Hoot. Beware of barker offering private "favors". Beware COBs (crafty ol' buzzards) $0-7, H5 2: ORGANIZATION "DECUS (Digital Equipment Computer Users Society)" Interesting DECusers from all fields meet in elegant surroundings. Speaker discourses on subject, Q&A follows. Free Raffle for giveaways (anything from DEC coffee mug to CD-ROM to VMS gummy shark to d|i|g|i|t|a|l mousepad) (Let's rejoice in it--DIGITAL is on the move.) * Meets first Tues night of month @ the d|i|g|i|t|a|l building just West of the Tollway, on 635 in Dallas. 6:30PM, 9Th floor. cokes and popcorn. Call BBS and login as "INFO" for map to location and details for next meeting. Attendance: free, membership: $10/yr includes Internet Email address, private VAX account, access to about 3000 newsgroups via VMS/VAX BBS of 3 lines. (214)270-3313, 270-1595, 270-5383. Newsletter. Also, SIGs from this LUG meet on 3rd Tuesday, same place and hours. $1 3: SWAP MEET "Second Saturday Sale" Second Sat. of month. Ham gear, electronics parts and supplies, texts, antennas, "antique" electronics, transmitters, linears, tools... @ Hardin Electronics (Rosedale exit westbound off Loop 820 in Fort Worth between I-30 and I-20). 5 am to 11 am, free outdoor flea market style parking for vendors and customers. Hardin's showroom open. Coffee & donuts. Radios; books; communications, monitoring, and HAM magazines inside Hardin's. $3-6, H9 4. ORGANIZATION "Bravo Sierra Club" Second Saturday of month. Pizza Inn @ 1524 New York ave. (at Park row) in Arlington. 10 PM til... Somewhat clandestine late nite event, CB radio oriented, technologists welcome. Members found almost anytime on CB channel 38USB (upper sideband of 27.385MHz). National roster, optional participation in "raffle" for CB's or "accessories". Free parking & attendance. Pizza and beer served. Informal atmosphere after short meeting dealing with club/CB issues. $1-6 5. ORGANIZATION "Vanguard Society" Third Thursady of month. JOJO's in Southwest quadrant of I-35 @ Midway rd., 7 PM. Esoteric/exotic science, alchemy, discoveries, inventions, etc.. Papers freely presented / exchanged. Speakers discourse on aspects of these sciences. "Mad scientist" types present wonderful inventions and ideas. Everything from making your own electricity to healing by means of computer generated pulsed stimulii (for which IBM and MAC disks are sometimes given away) to space aliens. Knowledge of virtual rotation of nested tetrahedrons in crystal structures a definite plus. Tesla mentioned and praised. Unusual. A definite body of knowledge. Free attendance. limited seating for this popular event. $1 6: SWAP MEET "Third Saturday Sale" Third Sat. of month. 5 am to 11 am. Radio Shack surplus in large warehouse open to public. Outdoor flea market: radio equip., computers, parts, etc.. Free vendor and customer parking. @ Tandy warehouse on South Side of "North Side Drive" about 1 mile Westbound off I-35W, between I-30 and 183 in Fort Worth. Second largest "Sat. sale", more like what "first sat." used to be like before assimilated by data processing equipment vendor horde. $1-7, H8 7: ORGANIZATION "Vintage Radio & Phonograph Society": Third Saturday of month. In Senter East Building in park on East side of Senter road just North of Shady Grove rd. Most meets at 1 pm starting with parking lot swap meet, then meeting at 3:30. Antique radios, phonographs, test gear, parts, litterature, etc.. Free to public. Membership $13.50/yr: newsletter, auctions, convention in Dallas (whoopee!) Send for info because exact schedule may vary. For info: VRPS, P.O. box 165345, Irving, TX 75016 $1-7 8: SWAP MEET "Fourth Saturday Sale" 4th Sat. of month in parking lot of Lake Highlands High School football stadium. Off Church Road in Dallas. Sponsored by Dallas Ameteur Radio Club. Radio-related only. Equipment, parts, texts. Meet radio and microwave enthusiats and engineers in open, freindly environment. Free parking for all. Coffe & donuts. These are the kind of people who started "First saturday". $2-8, H10 9: SWAP MEET "McKinney Fourth Saturday Sale" 4th Sat. of month in McKinney in parking lot of college just west of I-75. Mostly radio oriented. usually starts about 10 a.m. Participants from Church Road sale often go to this one also. $2-7, H10 ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^|||||^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ HELP! I need to know what exit this is at and also the name of the College !! also the sponsoring org. 10: ORGANIZATION NTPCUG (North texas Personal Computer Users Group) SIGs for IBM compatibles. BBS of 3 lines in Dallas: (214)387-2751, 387-2752, and "metro" 263-9036. Several language, O/S, and tech SIGs. Meets at Infomart at varying times, usually second Saturday, with (rumored)"swap meet" in basement: Call the BBS to get the date/time for the next meet. Free attendance to public, Dues of $25/yr gets you the newsletter and a good account on the BBS. $2 .................................................. PART II: places of business: 1. Dallas Electronics Surplus: off northaven road between Denton drive and Grissom road (across from T.I.) in Dallas. 10A-5P, M-F, 10A-12P sat. Parts, surplus, electrically operated air valves, transformers, motors, resistors, microwave stuff, fans, bearings, robot parts, high tech surplus assemblies, shock mounts, capacitors, aesthetically pleasing racks, panels with lots of lighted buttons and meters, power supplies. all very high quality, much from TI and from government programs. $3-10 (Most items priced very inexpensively, except for PC ) (boards with ANY gold which are outlandisly priced, i.e. ) ( 20 yr old pdp-11 boards are $50/lb , and he'll weigh them too! ) 2. Tanner Electronics: SW quadrant I-35 @ Belt Line in Carrollton. 9A-6P M-f, 10A-3P sat. mostly new surplus parts: res., cap., IC, fans, connectors, coils, chassis, hardware, knobs, pots, terminals, transformers, transistors, etc.. up to date stuff at wholesale prices. Many hardware hacker items. $3-7 (most common types of parts in stock, more like wholesale ) (parts dealer but set up to serve the public directly ) 3. Nor Tex: 556 Vickery Loop East, Fort Worth, (817) 731-6611, from Dallas: I-30 west to 183. 183 south becomes 183 east. exit Vickery, right turn (southwest direction) on Vickery. left turn on Vickery Loop East. test gear, microwave components, transmitter parts, big parts, tubes, ceramic insulators, coils, tube type audio amps, rack panels, "ham" stuff, old sams photofacts, TWT amps, synthesized generators, h/p, TEK, Wavetek, etc.. Staff has pleasant attitude, flexible policy. Best bargains on great working, but not necessarily absolute-calibrated gear. hard to find, but a gold mine! Definitely worth the trip. Smoking allowed. :)~ $1-7 4. Tucker Electronics: 1801 Reserve st. Near Miller rd. @ Jupiter rd. in Dallas. 348-8800, hours M,T,W,F;9A-6P. R;9A-9P, Sat;9A-5P. Prices in catalog scary, pricing in store may vary. Calibration Lab traceable to NBS. Good, calibrated, accurate test equipment and various other items. Saturday is best time for wheeling/dealing. They don't deal in junk. High standards of quality even for older equipment. $5-9 5. Off The Shelf Components: 1211 N. Plano rd. 238-0808. New high quality electronics components and supplies. Everything from PCB etching solution to cable ties to lamps to rackmount PC cases. $5-8 ***************************************************************** SYMBOLS: COST FACTOR: [relative cost of items or services] [a range of value n results from diverse classes] [of items under different price structuring. ] [In some cases, calibration, etc may figure in..] On a scale of 0 to 10, how much do I pay for what I get?" $n where n= 0 (almost giveaway pricing--highest value) 5 (average, based on $surplus = $new/10) ( AND OR ) (average value of services per cost ) 10 (full retail price, occasionally more) ................................................................ HONESTY FACTOR: [ will you get ripped? Mainly relates to the ] [ spot vendors, rather than the "sponsoring" ] [ organization or company. Organizations and ] [ Companies are not rated, because they may be ] [ ASS-U-MEd to be rated "H10" ] On a scale of 0 to 10, how fairly am I likely to be dealt with?" Hn where n= 0 (It's junk no matter how they lie about it) 5 (caveat emptor, get guarantee.) 10 (impeccably honest & helpful) .......................................................................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VOLUME 6 NUMBER 12 PAGE 5 Rumor is that a Multia can be made to run OpenVMS. A Multia may be able to boot and run OpenVMS by two deposit commands from the console prompt: d pmem:2050 15 -q d eport:4d0 0 -b For Extra Points: What OpenVMS Supported Alpha Does this UNsupported patch change the Multia to look like? For Extra Extra Points: Anyone have a Multia to test this on;-) For Extra Special Bonus Extra Points: What part of the Digital Ts and Cs does this activity violate;-) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOLUME 6 NUMBER 12 PAGE 6 DFWLUG Contact list The DFWLUG Steering Committee: Chairman: David Cathey Meeting&Membership Bill Johnson Montagar Software Coordinator:Johnson & Associates davidc@montagar.com bjohnson@tditx.com (972)578-5036 (972)881-1553 Secretary/ Jim Rodgers Treasurer: SSC Laboratory rodgers@dfwlug.decus.org (972) 708-6134 NEWSLETTER Alan Bruns NEWSLETTER Pat Jankowiak CO-EDITOR: Allied Electronics CO-EDITOR: Sony Corporation bruns@eisner.decus.org jankowiak@dfwlug.decus.org (817) 595-3500 (214) 374-4657 DATA MGMT Kurt Hyde MUMPS SIG David Whitten SIG CHAIR: Boeing CHAIRMAN: National Health Labs hyde@dfwlug.decus.org whitten@netcom.com (817) 321-639 NEWSLETTER Robert Drinjak DIGITAL John Wisniewski Production Texas Turnpike Authority COUNTERPART: Digital Equipment Corp drinjak@dfwlug.decus.org wisniewski@dfwlug.decus.org (214) 317-6029 (972) 702-4510 THE DFWLUG: P.O. BOX 260772 DECUS Membership Processing Plano, TX 75026 NATIONAL: DECUS US Chapter BBS: (972) 270-3313 8/n/1 333 South Street,SHR1-4/D33 WWW: http://www.montagar.com/dfwlug Shrewsbury, MA 01545-4195 1-(800) DECUS55 http://www.decus.org/ E-MAIL TO THE DFWLUG STAFF SEND TO: dfwlug@dfwlug.decus.org The entire DFWLUG staff will receive a copy of the E-Mail message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VOLUME 6 NUMBER 12 PAGE 7 THE DFWLUG DECUS On-line Internet Services Four Years of Continous Service to our members! __________ | ______ | THE DFWLUG | / ---- \ | Chartered since 1982 | | | | Celebrating Over 13 Years of DECUS | \ ____ / | in Dallas/Ft. Worth Texas | ------ | ---------- D E C U S The DFWLUG is the Local Users Group for the Digital Equipment Computer Users Society (DECUS) = In North Texas *DECUS* The DFWLUG NET/Newsletter World-Wide Web http://www.montagar.com/dfwlug/ Inbound Telnet dfwlug.decus.org Anonymous FTP Site anonymous@ftp.montagar.com E-mail dfwlug@dfwlug.decus.org BBS (214) 270-3313 8/n/1 THE DFWLUG DECUS ORIENTED BBS | NEWS | DECUS | E-MAIL | FREEWARE | DIGITAL | SHAREWARE | ALPHA AXP | We network from an OpenVMS Cluster because we care enough to surf the net with only the very best... Featuring two CPUs Clustered togeather: DEC3000 300 64-bit Alpha procesor and VAX4000/90 72MHz Processor! "The Fastest BBS On the NET" Lost? Need a Road Map for the Information Super Hwy? An Internet pit-stop at a meeting of the DFWLUG always includes free vistor maps and the best routes for Site-Seeing the Wonders of the Net;-) Visitors can use the Info account to read news and read about the other services the DFWLUG can offer them. -- The DFWLUG hosts a semiprivate OpenVMS (The Most Secure OS on the Internet!) BBS for use by it's membership, we currently are using VMS 6.1, POSIX and DCL shells, DECUS FREEWARE and CDROMS and have over three GIGAbytes of storage dedicated to industry information, OpenVMS, Unix-OSF/1, MSDOS/Windows/WNT and providing net access for our members. The DFWLUG BBS also hosts multiple phone lines and currently supports V.34 (28800 baud) and V.42bis (14400 baud) modems. The DFWLUG BBS has been in continuous operation since 1991 and is one of the few DECUS oriented BBS's in the United States. We provide a menu-driven and shell environment that features: *Individual Private Accounts and directories *VAXnotes Local Conferencing *USEnetNEWS 3300+NEWSgroups Internet Distributed Conferencing *E-MAIL From and To anywhere in the Internet *DECUS UUCP For file transfer and downloads *Files Upload and Download with Kermit X/Y Modem, or Reflections *GAMES Shareware and Freeware games (only the good ones;-) *Indexes And locations of all the DECUS Software Libraries *Internet Network Fileservers access (via direct FTP) *FTP For file transfer directly from the Internet to your computer *IRC Internet Relay Chat for over 400 channels of online conversations *WWW Browser LYNX for sufing the World-Wide-WEB *DFWLUG Local Fileserver (100MBs and growing) *Access to DCL and/or the Posix/krn Shell *Editors We provide EDT, TPU, TECO, and vi editor choices *CBI Computer Based Instruction on a variety of topics. *FTP Site For DECUS/Digital/OpenVMS software, hardware and industry info. *WWW server For information distribution of the DFWLUG and it's activities WORLD-WIDE-WEB RESOURCES ON THE DFWLUG WEBSERVER Currently the DFWLUG homepage http://www.montagar.com/dfwlug/ links to Webpages of the DFWLUG, National DECUS and our FTP site. The DFWLUG archives and resources include many GIGAbytes of files including the latest OpenVMS Freeware CDrom, OpenVMS whitepapers and OpenVMS engineering webpages, and DFWLUG information and resources. It's just too much to detail here;-) Surf the WEB;-) USENET NEWS ON THE DFWLUG BBS The DFWLUG BBS offers the news readers selected Newsgroups from alt, austin, comp, dfw, news, rec, sci,tx and vmsnet news hierarchies for over 2300+ choices and over 1500MBytes of online news, programs and tools (you just can't read it all;-) In addition to 3300+ Newsgroups and extended archives, the DFWLUG BBS has set up a permanent Fileserver for many files of interest to our members. HOW TO JOIN THE DFWLUG BBS Membership in the DFWLUG and attending our User Group meetings has always been free but a private account for the BBS is a modest $10.00 per year and available to students and professionals in the DFW area. Accounts may be obtained at one of the monthly meetings that take place every second Tuesday of the month, 7:00pm at the Digital ACT building (972-702-4400) in Dallas TX. Or contact the DFWLUG Membership Coordinator David Cathey davidc@montagar.com voice/(214)-578-5036 Or the DFWLUG's Digital Counterpart John Wisniewski wisniewski@dfwlug.decus.org voice/(214) 702-4510 For more information and brief access to USEnet NEWS via DECUS's ANUnews Newsreader, you may dial-in into our public account: (214) 270-3313 modem -------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOLUME 6 NUMBER 12 PAGE 8 DIGITAL'S HOME PAGES ON THE WORLD-WIDE-WEB http://www.digital.com/ http://www.networks.digital.com/ http://www.pc.digital.com/ http://www.altavista.digital.com/ - Fastest search engine on the WEB! TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR DIGITAL INFORMATION SUPPORT AND ORDERING DECdirect (to purchase computers, network, supplies 1-800-344-4825 or for DECdirect Prepurchasing Technical questions.) DECdirect Modem Line 1200-2400 Baud 1-800-234-1998 Education Services hotline (For information on upcoming DEC classes and locations) 1-800-332-5656 --------------------- The above service numbers are free. The following requires a valid Digital support Contract and are available 24 hours per day. --------------------- Colorado Customer Support Software support under contract 1-800-354-9000 24 hour a day Customer Support to log a call with Field service and have something repaired and schedule a service call 1-800-354-9000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MASTHEAD/DISCLAIMERS/LEGAL STUFF __________ | ______ | THE DFWLUG | / ---- \ | 14th Anniversary(*1982-1997*) | | | | Celebrating over 14 Years of DECUS | \ ____ / | in Dallas/Ft. Worth Texas | ------ | ---------- D E C U S *DECUS* The DFWLUG NET/Newsletter Volume 6 Number 2 December 2nd, 1996 The DFWLUG is an affiliated and licensed Local Users Group of the U.S. DECUS Chapter. The DFWLUG Net/Newsletter is published as a monthly service in electronic form Copyright (c) DFWLUG, DECUS, and Digital Equipment Corporation 1995. All rights reserved. This information in this document is subject to change and should not be construed as a commitment by Digital Equipment Corporation, DECUS, or the DFWLUG. Digital Equipment, DECUS and the DFWLUG assume no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document. It is assumed that all material submitted for publication in this newsletter is with the author's permission to publish in any DECUS publication. Content is the responsibility of the author and DECUS, Digital Equipment, the DFWLUG, the Editors and Staff assume no responsibility or liability for information appearing in this document. Views expressed are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of DECUS, the DFWLUG or Digital Equipment Corporation. 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