[net.news.newsite] Update information for "vortex"

lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) (01/22/84)

Name of site.

	vortex

What the site is all about.

	Vortex Technology is a very small Los Angeles firm engaged
	in various research and development efforts related
	to computer software/hardware, telecommunications systems,
	advanced video technologies, and a host of other topics.

	Site "vortex" is an IBM-PC/XT with 640K bytes main memory
	and 27 megabytes of disk storage.  It runs homegrown
	versions of UUCP and mail software, which were developed
	from scratch and are completely unrelated to AT&T code.

Name of contact person at site.

	Lauren Weinstein

Electronic mail address of contact person.
	
	lauren@vortex.UUCP

	{decvax, allegra, harpo, ihnp4, seismo, randvax}!vortex!lauren

U.S. Mail address of contact person.

	Lauren Weinstein
	P.O. Box 2284
	Culver City, CA  90230

Phone number of contact person.

	(213) 645-7200

Systems with whom news articles are exchanged.
(what kind of link, who the neighbor(s) are).

	Site "vortex" receives its primary netnews
	feed via UUCP from site "decvax".

Systems with whom mail is exchanged.
(what kind of link, who the neighbor(s) are, what frequency
of connection, whether or not you'll pass outside mail along).

	The site link table entries below are graded as follows:

	   A = Excellent connectivity (calls approx. every 1-2 hours)
	   B = Very good connectivity (calls approx. every 3-6 hours) 
	   C = Good connectivity (calls approx. 1-2 times a day)
	
	These entries represent normal minimum frequencies; sites may
	often call more frequently than indicated.

	There are many sites which also call "vortex" on a less
	reliable basis, including less frequent polling and calls
	only when traffic for "vortex" is present.  These sites
	are not generally suitable for outgoing mail and are not
	listed in this table.

		Site	       Connection Grade
		---------      ----------------
		randvax		      A	 
		harpo		      A
		allegra		      A	
		ihnp4		      A
		decvax		      B	
		eagle		      C	
		cbosgd		      C
		trwspp		      C	
		trw-unix	      C	
		psuvax		      C
		ism780		      C	
		kpno		      C		
		felix		      C				
		seismo		      C
		cdi		      C	
		grkermit	      C	
		wlbr		      C
		flairvax	      C	
		motion		      C	

Willingness (or lack thereof) to connect to new sites that
want to join usenet.  If you run uucp, tell if new sites can
call you, if you will poll them, what your policy is.
If on the arpanet, are you willing to forward news on to new
sites by establishing an arpanet usenet connection?

	Disk space limitations currently make it difficult
	for us to pass along netnews.  However, we will
	gladly pass mail for any of the graded sites above,
	so long as it doesn't become outrageously voluminous.

If you want to publish your uucp phone number, login, and password,
include that info.

	Contact us for details.