GTHEALL@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU (George A. Theall) (10/02/89)
Since stumbling across this group 2 years ago, I've faithfully followed news about the Rainbow community here. I've always known about similar Rainbow followings on Fidonet and Compuserve, but until recently never had access to either one. Now though a local bbs is carrying the Rainbow Echo from Fidonet. Always one to promote Rainbows, I'd like to propose that we relay messages between the two nets in much the same way that messages are currently relayed between INFO-DEC-MICRO and comp.sys.dec.micro. Additionally, Bill Mayhew, co-sysop of Compuserve's DECPC forum, has expressed interest in gatewaying our messages to that forum. Because of Compuserve's compilation copyright, messages from DECPC can not be posted here in general; however, users there can be instructed on how to post to INFO-DEC-MICRO via Compuserve's gateway with the Internet. So, what say you all? Does anyone have any outright objections to this? I'm willing to gateway the messages between IDM/csdm on one hand and Fidonet on the other. The only restriction is no private messages. (Of course, should we be so lucky as to see a flood of Rainbow-oriented messages, I might reconsider. :-) :-) For those interested in selling/buying computer equipment, the gains from uniting Rainbow owners across these three areas should be obvious. I believe we would all benefit from following discussions on Fidonet or the DECPC forum when possible. Recall Gerry Wheeler's query here about porting Minix to the Rainbow? Someone mentioned the same discussion had already taken place on Fido a few months earlier. Or the discussion about Richard Thomsen's BIOS changes? It should even be possible to have Suitable Solutions participate in discussions here and on Fido! George (eagerly awaiting your opinions) Theall --- BITNET: GTHEALL@PennDRLS Dept. of Economics Internet: GTHEALL@PennDRLS.UPenn.Edu University of Pennsylvania AT+TNet: 215-898-3419 Philadelphia, PA 19104-3987