4.0151 Qs: Siegen Projector; Net Access to Libraries (2/33)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Thu, 31 May 90 17:17:59 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 0151. Thursday, 31 May 1990.


(1) Date: Wed, 30 May 90 13:26:08 EDT (10 lines)
From: Geoffrey Rockwell <Geoffrey_Rockwell@poczta.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Subject: 4.0145 Siegen

(2) Date: 30 May 90 23:48:39 EST (23 lines)
From: James O'Donnell <JODONNEL@PENNSAS.UPENN.EDU>
Subject: OTHERNET LIBRARIES?

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Date: Wed, 30 May 90 13:26:08 EDT
From: Geoffrey Rockwell <Geoffrey_Rockwell@poczta.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Subject: 4.0145 Siegen (1/11)

I have the same problem of needing a projection panel at Seigen. If
someone does bring one I would appreciate being told.

Geoffrey Rockwell
rockwell@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca

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Date: 30 May 90 23:48:39 EST
From: James O'Donnell <JODONNEL@PENNSAS.UPENN.EDU>
Subject: OTHERNET LIBRARIES?

From: Jim O'Donnell (Penn, Classics)

At Bob Kraft's request, I'm writing a short how-to piece on the
mechanics of using INTERNET to access remote academic libraries, a
subject we've discussed before on HUMANIST. He wonders, and I have no
idea, whether there are other networks that can be used to gain access
to those libraries by people who don't have university connections to
INTERNET. Is it possible to dial your way into INTERNET through
CompuServe, for example? Put simply, if you're just sitting at home
with a computer and a modem and no powerful friends in the world, is
there a network you can access that will let you call Berkeley and
Michigan and Colorado and Penn without long-distance charges? I know one
solution is to find a university that let's you get on to internet
without having to go through a cybername/password gate (I know of at
least one), but that is (a) useful only if you live close enough to such
a university to minimize long distance charges, and (b) dishonest --
sort of, I guess, in most cases (though there might be exceptions).

Anyway, any advice will be very helpful and much appreciated.