dave@safari.UUCP (dave munroe) (01/14/88)
I am experimenting with other ways of keeping track of the sites participating in the unix-pc.* newsgroups; my intent here is to provide as much information as possible about the participating sites (not all of which are Unix PC's). Comments or suggestions for improvement on this scheme are welcome. Please take a look at it and if I get enough positive feedback, I will convert the existing entries (or any that you send me in this format) over to this format to the extent that I am able. The model below is a modification of that used by the UUCP mapping project. It provides four categories of information: uucp information, contact-person information, site information; and miscellaneous information. Each site has an entry in the following format. The entry should begin with the #na line, end with a blank line, and not contain any other blank lines, since there will be ed, sed, and awk scripts that use expressions like /^#na $1/,/^$/ for the purpose of extracting information. Not all of the lines below are required. As a minimum, I would suggest providing at least the uucp information (the first five lines: #na, #ac, #uu, #fe, #cp). #na name of site #ac area code, city, state #uu main uucp connections to this site #fe ability to feed other sites #cp contact person's name (and site!person specification) #or organization's name or affiliation #in professional area of interest or expertise #mo machine model designation #hd size of hard disk #mm main memory size (motherboard + any expansion memory) #ec types of expansion cards #os operating system software and version #sw other software #rm remarks #ed edit/entry date Example of a completed entry: #na safari #ac 503, Portland, Oregon #uu ptsfa, ihnp4, tektronix!reed!omen #fe local and pacific northwest #cp Dave Munroe (safari!dave) #or Safari Time Labs #in systems programming #mo 3B1 #hd 67 #mm 2 + 2 #ec just 2MB RAM card #os 3.5 + development set #sw mailx, Little Smalltalk, TeX, uEmacs #rm direct rs232 connection to 20x1MB Unix PC 7300 #ed 1988 jan 14 A few comments: - the machine represented by #na need not be a Unix PC (for example, I believe ptsfa is a 3B20). If your system is a 3B2 and you're getting the unix-pc newsgroups, the you have no choice but to enter the sitename in #na and put "3B2" in #mo. However, in the situation where you have a Unix PC which is not on the net, but is being fed by some other system, then enter the Unix PC's sitename in #na and put the name of the feeding system in #uu. - for the sites in #uu, it is understood that they are the main connections to the site in #na. So, from the example, ptsfa!safari and tektronix!reed!omen!safari are valid paths. -dave