5.0288 Miscellaneous Queries (5/113

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Wed, 21 Aug 1991 16:22:34 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 5, No. 0288. Wednesday, 21 Aug 1991.


(1) Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1991 16:47:27 -0400 (33 lines)
From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (Willard McCarty)
Subject: Mac text analysis

(2) Date: Tue, 20 Aug 91 20:44:26 EDT (7 lines)
From: Stephen Clausing <SCLAUS@YALEVM>
Subject: Humanist and Russia

(3) Date: Wed, 21 Aug 91 08:49:59 EDT (23 lines)
From: Michael Strangelove <441495@UOTTAWA>
Subject: Large files and slow disks

(4) Date: Wed, 21 Aug 91 09:33:29 CDT (21 lines)
From: john@utafll.uta.edu (John Baima)
Subject: Views on OS/2

(5) Date: Sun, 18 Aug 91 12:51:04 CST (29 lines)
From: "Lynn H. Nelson" <LHNELSON@UKANVM>
Subject: Modern Japanese Historian Advertisement.

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Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1991 16:47:27 -0400
From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (Willard McCarty)
Subject: Mac text analysis

My thanks to those who responded to my query about flat-file database
programs. Now I am looking for text-analysis software for Macintosh
that is entirely in the public-domain or is distributed as
shareware or is VERY cheap. I know about MacCord and The Concordance
Generator (alias GConc) but little else. Neither MacCord nor GConc can
handle collocations, so in comparison with what's available for MS-DOS
they seem very elementary indeed.

Specifically the problem I have is this: I am now putting together a
graduate course, the first term of which will cover a variety of
topics in humanities computing; I would like to illustrate ideas by
showing software written for both the major hardware platforms.
Textual analysis in various forms is the subject of several sessions
in this course. Is there (hope beyond hope) the equivalent of TACT or
WordCruncher for the Mac?

I prefer software in the public domain or VERY cheap because I would
like to offer it to my students. Something I could download from a
networked resource would be ideal.

I should add to my Macintosh-sophisticated colleagues that I know very
little of the Mac world, although I use one (an SE/30) daily, even now
as I write on it. So, no prejudice, just plain ignorance.

Thanks very much.


Willard McCarty

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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 91 20:44:26 EDT
From: Stephen Clausing <SCLAUS@YALEVM>
Subject: Humanist and Russia

I just heard on the news that the pro-democracy forces in Russia are
communicating by fax, presumably also by modem. Is there any way we in
Humanist, and in the West in general, can contribute to this process?
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Date: Wed, 21 Aug 91 08:49:59 EDT
From: Michael Strangelove <441495@UOTTAWA>
Subject: Large files and slow disks

I have a somewhat technical problem which I suspect is shared by others
who work with large manuscripts on computers. When working in
WordPerfect on a large file it can take up to ten minutes to move from
the beginning to the end of a file. This is beginning to annoy. I have
seen programs such as QUICKDSK that are designed to speed up the
operation of a hard drive but I do not know if they would make much
difference for such a problem. Has anyone had a similar problem and
found an inexpensive solution (note that my PC is an IBM Clone, XT,
8088, supposedly 12MHz, 30mg with no room for another internal card).
Is there any recommended software that will enhance the speed of
WordPerfect operations? Note also that I do make use of the Norton
utility SPEEDISK.

Waiting and waiting,

Michael Strangelove
Department of Religious Studies
University of Ottawa
<441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA>
<441495@UOTTAWA>
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Date: Wed, 21 Aug 91 09:33:29 CDT
From: john@utafll.uta.edu (John Baima)
Subject: Views on OS/2

During this relatively quite period for HUMANIST, I'd like to
ask a question. I am interested to know what people think
about OS/2 as a platform for computing and the humanities. I
have been using OS/2 some lately, and I would like your
opinion even if you have never seen or used OS/2, or even if
you do not have a DOS machine.

Please send your responses directly to me. I really do not
want to start or participate in a childish "my OS is better
than your OS" debate. I have had to listen to an enormous
amount of this on other lists. If there is interest, I will
post a summary.

Thanks!

John Baima
john@ling.uta.edu
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Date: Sun, 18 Aug 91 12:51:04 CST
From: "Lynn H. Nelson" <LHNELSON@UKANVM>
Subject: Modern Japanese Historian Advertisement.

ASSISTANT/ ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSHIP IN MODERN JAPANESE HISTORY

The University of Kansas seeks candidates for a tenure-track
position in Modern Japanese History at the assistant or associate
(with tenure) level to be effective August 1992. The appointee
will join a History department of thirty-six full-time faculty
with strong international interests. Three East Asian historians
(two in China and one in early Japan) are already members of the
faculty, and over twenty other faculty in various departments are
in East Asian Studies. A Modern Japanese research interest is
required, with a PhD in hand by August 1992. The position
requires evidence of a strong commitment to scholarship as
demonstrated by publications and/or the potential to publish.
Teaching includes both undergraduate and graduate courses in East
Asian History. Teaching experience preferred. Minority and women
candidates especially urged to apply. Files will begin to be
reviewed November 15 1991 until the position is filled or May 15
1992. Letter of application, curriculum vitae, and three letters
of recommendation should be sent to Chair, Japan Search
Committee, Department of History, 3000 Wescoe, University of
Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-2130. The University of Kansas is an
Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

Submitted for the Chairman of the Department of History by Lynn
H. Nelson <LHNELSON@UKANVM.BITNET>