BIOTECH%UMDC.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (07/07/88)
From: <HARPER@FINUH>
Subject: LIFESCI PRIMER
Some time ago I wrote to BIOTECH about the need for "biologists"
to be able to know about each other, and also to be able to
contact on the network people who have similar interests. I did
a survey of NAMESERVERS and found that not too many "biologists"
knew about them, or took the time to register. Shortly after
that Martin Bishop from SEQNET started to compile a database of
"biologists", and distributed the list over the network. That is
the history so far.
I have recently been looking at LIFESCI which is situated at
RPRLSCI@TECHNION in Israel and I have been well pleased with the
NAME server that they have installed. The next few messages will
give you an idea of the usefulness of LIFESCI, and I hope it
encourages "biologists" on the network to register with LIFESCI.
Basically this PRIMER will be a <<LIVE SHOW>> of how to have an
"interactive" session with LIFESCI. One session will be for IBM
and the other for a VAX. Since some places on the net do not
have the possibility to do "interactive" work there will also be
a an example of how to do the same kind of things using a
"batch" mail file.
-=ROB=-