rcsmith@anagld.UUCP (Ray Smith) (08/29/89)
Douglas.Welch@f823.n102.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Douglas Welch) writes: >Does anyone know of a system run by NASA called Spacelink. It was >mentioned during the "Neptune All Night" broadcast Thrusday/Friday on PBS. Here is the number and the introductory text from Spacelink. First the number: (205) 895-0028 300/1200/2400 8N1 And now the introduction: NASA SPACELINK BACKGROUND NASA Spacelink runs on a Data General ECLIPSE MV-7800 minicomputer at the NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA Spacelink software was developed and donated to NASA by the Data General Corporation. The system has a main memory of 14 megabytes (14 million characters), and disk storage space for 708 megabytes. It runs at 300, 1200 or 2400 baud. Data word format is 8 data bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit. The system was made public in February, 1988. Initial support for NASA Spacelink was provided by the Educational Affairs Division at NASA Headquarters. The NASA Spacelink data base is maintained by the Public Services and Education Branch of the Marshall Space Flight Center Public Affairs Office. Operational support is provided by the Information Systems Office at the Marshall Center. Information on NASA scientific projects and educational programs is provided to NASA Spacelink by education specialists at NASA Headquarters and the NASA field centers. While NASA understands that people from a wide variety of backgrounds will use NASA Spacelink, the system is specifically designed for teachers. Unlike bulletin board systems, NASA Spacelink does not provide for interaction between callers. However, it allows teachers and other callers to leave questions and comments for NASA. END OF INTRODUCTION -------------------------------------------------------- -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ray Smith | UUCP: {uunet,aplcen,netsys,sundc}!anagld!rcsmith Analytics, Inc. | ARPA: RCSmith@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL or Suite 200 | anagld!rcsmith@uunet.uu.net (Preferred) 9891 Broken Land Parkway | Columbia, MD 21046 | Voice: (301) 381-4300 Fax: (301) 381-5173 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Sept. 11 is the start of POW/MIA Remembrance Week.
tneff@bfmny0.UUCP (Tom Neff) (08/30/89)
In article <697@anagld.UUCP> rcsmith@anagld.UUCP (Ray Smith) writes: >Unlike bulletin board systems, NASA Spacelink does not provide for >interaction between callers. However, it allows teachers and other >callers to leave questions and comments for NASA. That is, it did until the number was posted to 100,000 net readers. -- "We walked on the moon -- (( Tom Neff you be polite" )) tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET