Daily Digest for 94-02-15
Greetings Dear Friends!
Table of Contents
"WHAT'S NEW . . ."
RECENT EMAIL . . .
#01-15 Feb 94 Congratulations
liddy (liddy@sunrise.srl.rmit.EDU.AU)
#02-15 Feb 94 Dobrea utra
Douglas K Eldred (eldred@hare.udev.cdc.com)
#03-15 Feb 94 We are looking for business partners
Boris Zaksas (ZAK@3axap.che.nsk.su)
#04-15 Feb 94 Friends
barbara512 (barbara512@aol.com)
#05-09 Feb 94 East-West information server
ewinfo@icsti.msk.su (East-West Information Service)
#06-15 Feb 94 X28 Telecommunication Protocol
tatiana@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
TECH TALK: Experiment with new version of the Lynx
software
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What's New . . .
* A new paper entitled "Labour Market and Employment in Russia:
Beginning of Changes" by Vladimir Gimpelson is available on the
'business and economics' page and is re-published with permission
of NATO.
* Andrei Arkhipov has established the first WWW server in Russia.
This is one of the first bi-lingual servers on the network (offering
material in both English and Russian) and *definitely* worth a visit.
You can visit from the "More Information" page of F&P or
with the direct URL of http://www.elvis.msk.su.
* Information on another interesting new information resource, the "East-West
Information Server" is also available from the "More Information"
page. This provides email access for scientists and professionals
outside the FSU to information about scientific and technical
activities in the FSU and Eastern Europe.
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E-MAIL POSTINGS . . .
Please continue to send your e-mail to friends@solar.rtd.utk.edu.
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)From: liddy (liddy@sunrise.srl.rmit.EDU.AU)
Subject: Congratulations
I wish I knew more about Russia and more Russians so i could make
useful comments but this is wonderful!
I will try gather Australians who might be interested...
Liddy Nevile
ps at least I am hoping to get to East-West Con in Budapest
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Sender: "Douglas K Eldred" (eldred@hare.udev.cdc.com)
Subject: Dobrea utra
Hello,
I think F&P is a terrific idea, and am happy to see it develop. A few
miscellaneous items:
(1) Having the Olympics data online is a nice idea; are you planning anything
for the Goodwill Games in July?
(2) I'll be in Russia (Kostenki, near Voronezh) for an archaeological dig in
July, and hope to also spend a few days in Moscow and/or St. Petersburg. Any
suggestions on "things not to be missed" would be appreciated. I certainly
plan that this won't be my last trip to Russia!
(3) I have a friend who's trying to find ways to communicate between the US and
colleagues in Russia. For efficiency, this would be electronic where possible,
so I'm interested in computer network access (Internet, CompuServe, BitNet,
whatever).
(4) I've found the book "Russka" to be very interesting and informative. I'd
recommend it to anyone out there, but I'd also be very interested in reactions
from anyone of Russian origin or with personal knowledge of the accuracy of the
history presented. It's a historical novel, but purports to be accurate in
broad historical perspective.
Good luck with F&P in future!
Doug
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Sender: "Boris Zaksas" (ZAK@3axap.che.nsk.su)
Subject: We are looking for business partners
Dear friends,
Would you please help our company to send commercial information
(about production of our company - high purity metals) in suitable
USA networks via Internet?
We aren't familiar with corresponding addresses. If you know the way
we can do it please respond by e-mail.
Thanking you in anticipation________________________
Boris Zaksas
Novosibirsk, Russia
Internet: zak@che.nsk.su
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Sender: "barbara512" (barbara512@aol.com)
Subject: Friends
Iam a fifth grade teacher in Phoenix, AZ, USA. I am looking for someone to
communicate with in Russia. If you are interested, please let me know.
Please contact me at barbara512@aol.com
or BAS@TNTNET.SLC.NAU.EDU
Good luck in the Olympics!
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(cross-posted from the E-EUROPE list)
)From: ewinfo@icsti.msk.su (East-West Information Service)
Subject: east-west information server
ewinfo - East-West Information Server
provides an e-mail access for scientists and practicioners outside the
Former Soviet Union to information about scientific and technical
activities in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe: International
Conferences, Exhibitions, books awailable in Englihs or other european
languages etc. The server is managed by the
International Center of Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI)
located in Moscow, Russia. ICSTI is known in the world as the organizer
and sponsor of a number of "East-West" international conferences in
different areas of information technology: On-Line Information, Computer
Technologies in Education, Open Systems, Human-Computer Interaction and
Artificial Intelligence. The server provides information about all
forthcoming East-West conferences and previously published books.
Also, the information is provided about a number of forthcoming conferences
which have an international status, or invite attendees from outside FSU.
To get an information from the server you have so send an e-mail letter to
ewinfo@icsti.msk.su with one or more query COMMANDS.
The following commands are interpreted:
ABSTRACTS
- get short abstracts of all existing information files
NEW
- get short abstracts of all NEW information files
(the abstracts which you have not got by previous ABSTRACTS and NEW commands)
SEND (file name)
- get a file (all files are in ASCII)
SUBMIT ( your information file follows)
- submit an information file to be stored and distributed by the server
(the letter with SUBMIT should not contain other commands)
HELP
- get this help file
Other information servers supported by ICSTI primarily for FSU community
are suuginfo, aiedinfo and hdsadmin. Send questions and suggestions to
plb@plb.icsti.su or mumi@icsti.msk.su
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Sender: tatiana@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
Subject: Re: Daily Digest for 94-02-14
Hi FRIENDS&PARTNERS:
Does anyone have any information on X28 Telecommunication Protocol? I need
it for my friend in Moscow. I'd appreciate a prompt answer.
Thanks,
Tatiana
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Tech Talk . . .
Today's posting will be brief.
We are experimenting with a new version of the Lynx software (a 'character
mode' WWW browser -- which you are using if you are using the 'friends'
account on our computer).
The version of this software we are currently using has a few bugs which
are being fixed in a new release which should be available 'any day now.'
But, in the meantime, we are testing a 'beta' version of the new release
which corrects some of the current bugs and which offers some other
advantages. If you would like to try this out, just do the following:
telnet solar.rtd.utk.edu
at the login: prompt, enter 'friends2' (in all lowercase letters and
without the quotes). You must be using a vt100 terminal emulation to use
this method of access.
The interface is essentially the same but you will note some changes -- and
hopefully some advantages over the version of Lynx which we use with the
'friends' account.
Your comments and suggestions on this new software will be much appreciated!
NOTE: If there are any technical issues you would like to see addressed in
'tech talk', please let us know. We'll be glad to cover any and all of
your F&P or broader Internet questions.
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