cs472119@umbc5.umbc.edu (cs472119) (11/21/90)
In article <1990Nov20.195522.7758@csmil.umich.edu> chymes@zurich.csmil.umich.edu (Charles Hymes) writes: > >Why are there no messages from all the A3000UX owners in Virginia? > >--- Hey Baby, whats the Deal? --- ZZ > >Charlweed Hymerfan Different schools have different philosophies. Think for a second. Would you require students to purchase A3000UX's if you were u were willing to give them unix accounts on machines that might be connected to the net? I think not. Here, we don't buy computers, the school provides us with Ultrix accounts, which ARE on the net. _Larry
don@brahms.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd) (11/21/90)
In article <1990Nov20.195522.7758@csmil.umich.edu> chymes@zurich.csmil.umich.edu (Charles Hymes) writes: > >Why are there no messages from all the A3000UX owners in Virginia? > >Charlweed Hymerfan They may not have connections to the net. Last summer a guy I worked with was a student there (Pre-amiga... had a MacII running AUX) and had never heard of Usenet. -- Gibberish Amiga 3000 owner/fanatic.c is spoken Contact don@brahms.udel.edu for more information. here. DISCLAIMER: It's all YOUR fault.
lawsonse@vttcf.cc.vt.edu (Shannon Lawson) (11/22/90)
Charles Hymes writes: > > Why are there no messages from all the A3000UX owners in Virginia? > --- Hey Baby, whats the Deal? --- ZZ > Charlweed Hymerfan The deal is this: 1) Virginia's state budget is tight right now. 2) Net time costs money. Therefore: 3) Freshmen generally do not get Net access. I get the CSA feed from udel, which floods my mailbox with 200+ messages per day, I guess. After reading the ones that interest me, I don't have much to say. Anything in particular you would like to know about? I can tell you that the Computer Science department is pleased with their choice for a Unix platform. Some of the less experienced students are frustrated by having to learn Unix as a first OS, but beyond that, things are going quite well. We've started a user's group which meets twice a month (what can I say? we're enthusiastic). We have a couple of AmigaDOS gurus (students) down here who are showing off the native capabilities of our favorite computer. I've been an Amiga kinda guy since '85, so naturally, I'm loving this job! It was nice to be in AmigaWorld! Any other mags want to do articles on us? (Hint) -- Shannon Lawson Senior, Computer Engineering Harry Lynde Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering Amiga Consultant Department of Computer Science Virginia Polytechnic Institute INTERNET: lawsons@csgrad.cs.vt.edu & State University Disclaimer: Nobody believes a word I say anyway. Why should you?