taber@ultnix.enet.dec.com (Patrick St. Joseph Teahan Taber) (04/24/91)
This is too, too rich -- today the ....hp48 and ...hp48.d groups showed
up on my system. But when I go look in comp.sys.handhelds, the hp95lx
accounts for several hundred lines of postings (and it's only just been
announced!)
Good planning, guys.
--
>>>==>PStJTT
Patrick St. Joseph Teahan Taber, KC1TD
"Nerd" is so demeaning, I prefer "fashion-impared."mandel@vax.anes.tulane.edu (Jeff E Mandel MD MS) (04/25/91)
In article <4513@ryn.mro4.dec.com>, taber@ultnix.enet.dec.com (Patrick St. Joseph Teahan Taber) writes: >This is too, too rich -- today the ....hp48 and ...hp48.d groups showed >up on my system. But when I go look in comp.sys.handhelds, the hp95lx >accounts for several hundred lines of postings (and it's only just been >announced!) > >Good planning, guys. > As I recall, the issue of the (at the time) unnamed future HP DOS handheld was discussed, and it was felt to have nothing in common with the issues of interest to the HP48 community, other than manufacturer. After all, there probably isn't a version of Tetris for it yet, so why get excited? :-) Once administartive details have been ironed out, c.s.hp48[.d] will be open for business. Hopefully in a week... Jeff E Mandel MD MS Asst. Professor of Anesthesiology Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, LA mandel@vax.anes.tulane.edu
asmith@acorn.co.uk (Andy Smith) (04/25/91)
In article <4513@ryn.mro4.dec.com> taber@ultnix.enet.dec.com (Patrick St. Joseph Teahan Taber) writes: >This is too, too rich -- today the ....hp48 and ...hp48.d groups showed >up on my system. But when I go look in comp.sys.handhelds, the hp95lx >accounts for several hundred lines of postings (and it's only just been >announced!) I have ...hp48, but not ...hp48.d. when do I start getting articles for them?? Andy
ryee@hpuxa.acs.ohio-state.edu (Roger A. Yee) (04/26/91)
In article <6659@acorn.co.uk> asmith@acorn.co.uk (Andy Smith) writes: >In article <4513@ryn.mro4.dec.com> taber@ultnix.enet.dec.com (Patrick St. Joseph Teahan Taber) writes: > >>This is too, too rich -- today the ....hp48 and ...hp48.d groups showed >>up on my system. But when I go look in comp.sys.handhelds, the hp95lx >>accounts for several hundred lines of postings (and it's only just been >>announced!) > >I have ...hp48, but not ...hp48.d. when do I start getting articles for >them?? > >Andy Well you're lucky. They have yet to show up on my server. Roger Yee
conte@crest.crhc.uiuc.edu (Tom Conte) (04/26/91)
In article <4513@ryn.mro4.dec.com> taber@ultnix.enet.dec.com (Patrick St. Joseph Teahan Taber) writes: >This is too, too rich -- today the ....hp48 and ...hp48.d groups showed >up on my system. But when I go look in comp.sys.handhelds, the hp95lx >accounts for several hundred lines of postings (and it's only just been >announced!) > Patrick, you betray your actual reason for advocating the comp.sys.handhelds split. Obviously, the HP-95LX is a handheld, and of course it is not related to the HP-48SX. This is an appropriate group for it to be discussed. This group was chartered for exactly such a machine. Until some way-far advance in software happens, it is impossible to guarantee any newsgroup will contain all the information interesting to the reader and no more than that. (If you read news.admin and news.groups you will discover how difficult it is for the masses to understand this principle.) ------ Tom Conte Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing conte@uiuc.edu University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour
rsholmes@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Rich Holmes) (04/26/91)
OK, let's get the discussion going. Who's in favor of splitting off a couple of new groups, ...hp95 and ...hp95.d? -- - Rich Holmes rich@suhep.bitnet or rich@suhep.phy.syr.edu Syracuse U. Physics Dept. or if you must: rsholmes@rodan.acs.syr.edu The Kuwaitis have oil. The Kurds don't. End of story.
taber@ultnix.enet.dec.com (Patrick St. Joseph Teahan Taber) (04/29/91)
In article <1991Apr25.194605.11669@roundup.crhc.uiuc.edu>, conte@crest.crhc.uiuc.edu (Tom Conte) writes: |> |>In article <4513@ryn.mro4.dec.com> taber@ultnix.enet.dec.com (Patrick |>St. Joseph Teahan Taber) writes: |>>This is too, too rich -- today the ....hp48 and ...hp48.d groups |>showed |>>up on my system. But when I go look in comp.sys.handhelds, the |>hp95lx |>>accounts for several hundred lines of postings (and it's only just |>been |>>announced!) |>> |> |>Patrick, you betray your actual reason for advocating the |>comp.sys.handhelds |>split. Obviously, the HP-95LX is a handheld, and of course it is not |>related |>to the HP-48SX. This is an appropriate group for it to be discussed. |>This |>group was chartered for exactly such a machine. |> |>Until some way-far advance in software happens, it is impossible to |>guarantee |>any newsgroup will contain all the information interesting to the |>reader and |>no more than that. (If you read news.admin and news.groups you will |>discover |>how difficult it is for the masses to understand this principle.) |> What a fascinating response. I advocated the split? Silly me. I thought I argued (and voted) against it. I especially argued against splitting along the lines of a single calculator model from a single manufacturer. Which is why I find it funny that the group is buried in hp95 articles on the very day it seemed to spin off the hp48 for the crime of causing too many articles. As it happens, I was mistaken -- the split has apparently been flubbed. According to a note posted to comp.sys.hp48.d there is some problem getting the group approved. The groups may yet appear under some other name. (Somehow that seems, to me, to violate the idea of the vote -- but who cares, right?) -- >>>==>PStJTT Patrick St. Joseph Teahan Taber, KC1TD "Nerd" is so demeaning, I prefer "fashion-impared."