tyg@tippy (05/17/91)
In <4854@ryn.mro4.dec.com>, taber@ultnix.enet.dec.com (Patrick St. Joseph Teahan Taber) writes: > In article <91136.002153LEIF@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>, > LEIF@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes: > |> [...]I think the majority (but not all) of the conflict in this > |>group is between the portfolio/wizard/poquet/etc... enthusiasts and > |>the > |>hp48 enthusiasts. I think that the hp48; however, has many things in > |>common > |>with the other HP model handheld calculators. I support the split: > |> > |>comp.sys.palmtops > |>comp.sys.calculators > |> > [..] > > This split sounds much more reasonable than the previous proposal. We then could let each group expand as/when it felt the need to. I would like to know the difference between a "handheld" and a "calculator" though. Would it perhaps be worthwhile to add one additional group: comp.sys.organizers Whatever the outcome of the vote, I hope the mailing list will remain in service, particularly for my favorite machine: HP48. For, at the end of this month, my only access will be through the mailing list. tyg@tippy.cs.purdue.edu --
chris@itc.univie.ac.at (Christian Forst) (05/17/91)
In article <1991May17.083619.23917@tippy> tyg@tippy writes: >In <4854@ryn.mro4.dec.com>, taber@ultnix.enet.dec.com (Patrick St. Joseph Teahan Taber) writes: >> In article <91136.002153LEIF@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>, >> LEIF@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes: >> |> [...]I think the majority (but not all) of the conflict in this >> |>group is between the portfolio/wizard/poquet/etc... enthusiasts and >> |>the >> |>hp48 enthusiasts. I think that the hp48; however, has many things in >> |>common >> |>with the other HP model handheld calculators. I support the split: >> |> >> |>comp.sys.palmtops >> |>comp.sys.calculators >> |> >> [..] >> >> >This split sounds much more reasonable than the previous proposal. >We then could let each group expand as/when it felt the need to. > I vote for this split too. (Supporting the HP48SX of course :) Christian +---------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | Christian Forst | | | | Phone: +43-1-43-61-41-70 | | gargl, wonz, bazong, zawapp, gurp, | Fax: +43-1-40-28-525 | | schwuppdi, bla, bingo, murx, boink, | Email: chris@itc.univie.ac.at | | zappadong, hau wech, knurps, ... | a8443gae@vm.univie.ac.at | | | A8443GAE@AWIUNI11.BITNET | | No more comments on Disclaimers ... | | +---------------------------------------+------------------------------------+