Rob_Prior@mindlink.UUCP (Rob Prior) (03/04/91)
A proposal for all you lets.get.the.HP.handheld.users.out.of.here people: How about new groups as follows: comp.sys.hp.28 comp.sys.hp.48 comp.sys.hp.jaguar (or whatever it gets called) comp.sys.handhelds Would this satisfy you people? ROb -- _______________________________________________________________ |Rob Prior - President, Still Animation Logo Design, Burnaby, BC| |---------------------------------------------------------------| | Mail to: a634@mindlink.uucp | | ___ _ or: !uunet!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!a634 | | /__ /_\ "You must find us.... a shrubbery!!!!!!" | |____/ / \____________________________________________________|
meharp01@ulkyvx.bitnet (03/06/91)
In article <4984@mindlink.UUCP>, Rob_Prior@mindlink.UUCP (Rob Prior) writes: > A proposal for all you lets.get.the.HP.handheld.users.out.of.here people: How > about new groups as follows: > > comp.sys.hp.28 > comp.sys.hp.48 > comp.sys.hp.jaguar (or whatever it gets called) > comp.sys.handhelds This idea makes the most sense to me. That way people who still use the 41 heavily could have their own place too. Ya know, with the trend in machines being toward handheld units, comp.sys.handhelds is going to suffer from being too generic again in the future. Maybe comp.sys.handhelds should just be for general discussion of handheld systems..... --------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Harpe, N4PLE | BITNET: MEHARP01@ULKYVX North Computer Center | VOICE: 502-588-6882 University of Louisville | FAX: 502-588-5048 Louisville, KY 40292 | AURAL: "Mike!" ---------------------------------------------------------------------
dan@nic.gac.edu (Dan Boehlke) (03/06/91)
> A proposal for all you lets.get.the.HP.handheld.users.out.of.here > people: How about new groups as follows: > > comp.sys.hp.28 > comp.sys.hp.48 > comp.sys.hp.jaguar (or whatever it gets called) > comp.sys.handhelds > > Would this satisfy you people? I wonder if it is wise using comp.sys.hp... Comp.sys.hp is for HP PC and HP workstation owners, and if they split their split groups will intermix with your proposed. Other people have stated that users who want to read all handhelds messages should read all groups created by this split. If the hp48 posting are carried away from a "handhelds" hierarchy then this will not be as convient. A possible solution would be: Delete: comp.sys.handhelds or alias it to comp.sys.handhelds.misc Create: comp.sys.handhelds.misc Create: comp.sys.handhelds.hp48 Create: comp.sys.handhelds.hp28 etc. I would advocate removal and redirection, using an alias, of the current comp.sys.handhelds group. -- Dan Boehlke Internet: dan@gac.edu Campus Network Manager BITNET: dan@gacvax1.bitnet Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter, MN 56082 USA Phone: (507)933-7596
streeter@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Kenneth B. Streeter) (03/07/91)
In article <9103061433.AA05927@nic.gac.edu> dan@nic.gac.edu (Dan Boehlke) writes: > A possible solution would be: > Delete: comp.sys.handhelds or alias it to comp.sys.handhelds.misc > Create: comp.sys.handhelds.misc > Create: comp.sys.handhelds.hp48 > Create: comp.sys.handhelds.hp28 > etc. >I would advocate removal and redirection, using an alias, of the >current comp.sys.handhelds group. I like this idea. It is essentially the same as what was originally suggested, except for the fact that it addresses the issue of "I don't want to leave comp.sys.handhelds" since it would make EVERYBODY leave! However, it would be preferable for the comp.sys.handhelds.hp48 group to be one that permits for future models similar to the hp48. A few other suggestions that do this were the .hpcalcs and .hp-saturn alternatives. -- Kenneth B. Streeter | ARPA: streeter@im.lcs.mit.edu MIT LCS, Room NE43-350 | UUCP: ...!uunet!im.lcs.mit.edu!streeter 545 Technology Square | (617) 253-2614 (work) Cambridge, MA 02139 | (617) 225-2249 (home)
akcs.kevin@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Kevin Jessup) (03/08/91)
And let's not forget comp.sys.sr50 !! ...just kidding.
amonson@wombat.ee.uidaho.edu (Paul Amonson) (03/13/91)
YES, I like the idea of classifying the hp's under the comp.sys.hp.xx since this is the most logical way of doing it. (Oh god! I sound like Spock!) ;) Paul Amonson amonson@wombat.ee.uidaho.edu (amonson@129.101.102.3)
zaphod@madnix.UUCP (Ron Bean) (03/14/91)
Someone in a previous posting suggested: > comp.sys.hp.28 > comp.sys.hp.48 > comp.sys.hp.jaguar (or whatever it gets called) > comp.sys.handhelds In article <712@thebeach.UUCP>, spell@thebeach.UUCP (chris spell) writes: >Considering the imminent release of a DOS based handheld by HP ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >and the possibility of new calculators compatible with the hp48, >I would name the two groups: > > comp.sys.hpcalc (moderated: source, informative postings) > comp.sys.hpcalc.d (unmoderated: general discussion) Is the Jaguar a 'calculator'? Is it a 'handheld'? Or both? I'm not trying to be difficult here, but I'd like to see all of the msdos-based "palmtops" (current buzzword) together somewhere, and comp.sys.hp[calc].jaguar doesn't quite do it. Of course, there is a real possibility that the Jaguar will be so successful that the others will disappear, but I think it's more likely to turn out like the laptop market, with no one dominant player (ie, none big enough to justify its own newsgroup), and most of the discussion centering on whatever is different from "desktop" msdos (batteries, LCD's, RAMcards). This *might* be another argument for staying separated from the comp.sys.hp hierarchy, depending on whether you think the Jaguar is likely to be discussed wherever the hp calculators are discussed (I'm not entirely convinced that will be the case, but we'll find out soon enough). If not, then it doesn't really matter. ================== zaphod@madnix.UUCP (Ron Bean) {harvard|rutgers|ucbvax}!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!madnix!zaphod