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News from:
M V C o m m u n i c a t i o n s , I n c .
P.O. Box 4963
Manchester, NH 03108-4963
(603) 429-2223
May 1993
Note: text copies of all issues of the monthly newsletter can be found
on mv in the public archive; look in /pub/mv/inews. Also note, the
entire public archive is now under the path /pub; it was under
/news2/pub previously.
MV's Internet presentation to the Boston Computer Society - NH Chapter
Recently the Boston Computer Society (reportedly the world's
largest and most prestigious such organization) formed a chapter in
New Hampshire. After an organizational meeting in Manchester, the
chapter continued with a meeting with an Internet focus at the New
Hampshire Technical Institute on May 18. The meeting was well
attended, with nearly 150 people there.
MV Communications was on hand to lead two presentations on Inter-
net: one for novice users, and one for those who had some idea what
the Internet was all about. Kenn Goutal and Mark Mallett gave the
talks, using live connections to MV to discuss and demonstrate such
things as electronic mail and news, network routing paths, gopher,
FTP, telnet, finger, whois, and so forth.
If you would like information about the NH BCS chapter, contact
Marlene Archer at the main BCS number (617-252-0600). This number is
also the contact for general BCS information. MV will give a 10%
discount on online accounts for BCS members.
And, if you know of a group that would like us to give a presen-
tation on Internet, give us a call.
Networking meeting at the Nashua Library
Internet is a hot topic all around these days. The day of the
BCS presentation, we received an invitation to attend a talk by Jeanne
Ryer (co-author of an introductory guide called The Internet Compan-
ion) at the Nashua Public Library. This was a talk to involve
librarians in networking, and to open up discussion of regional net-
working in Nashua as well. Jeanne gave a really good talk, discussing
how from her home in North Sandwich she was able to collaborate with a
co-author she didn't meet until long afterwards on a book on informa-
tion technology that she was not an expert on. Her role, she
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explained, was as guinea pig and professional writer. (It seemed
quite appropriate that the very technology she was writing about
enabled her to use and explain very advanced subjects from practically
a wilderness environment.) She then spoke about networking, what it
can do for librarians and people in general, and how to get connected.
Jeanne is reachable by mail, incidentally, as j_ryer@pub.mv.com.
AP focus on Internet
Over the weekend of May 22-23, the Associated Press newswire car-
ried a series of feature articles about the Internet, what it pro-
vides, how to get connected, and some of the implications of being
connected. We've heard reports from around the country that many
newspapers ran these articles; hereabouts, the Manchester Union Leader
was inspired to run a 3-day series about Internet (during which, we
might add, MV Communications was mentioned). We know that more and
more people in the media, and in the local media, are taking an
interest in networking. This is a trend that can only increase.
For instance, Ira Flatow devoted an hour of National Public Radio
on May 21 to talking about the Internet with what was advertised as a
direct Internet connection online (taking questions and comments elec-
tronically in parallel with his broadcast). At this time there was
also an Internet Treasure Hunt, where participants were invited to use
the net to find answers to a list of questions.
SLIP/PPP now available through MV
Through a normal telephone line and V.32/V.32bis modem, you can
connect your computer to the Internet using SLIP or PPP TCP/IP proto-
cols. This means that you can directly access all of Internet right
from your computer.
MV has been testing SLIP connections for a couple of months now,
and some of our clients have tried SLIP via a demo account that we've
set up. As of June 1 SLIP and PPP will become part of our service
offerings. We can set up a dedicated line for your exclusive use for
a fixed monthly fee, or we can give you an on-demand SLIP connection
at reasonable rates. Send mail to mv-admin@mv.mv.com (or call us at
603-429-2223) for more information.
Things to remember about MV
* We're looking for quotes to put into various press releases and
the like. If you have any good words about how you're helped by
connectivity in general, or us in particular, we'd love to hear
from you. (We'll mention you and your company or keep it
anonymous, as you prefer.) Thanks!
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* Feedback is always welcome by sending us mail (mv-
admin@mv.mv.com) or calling us at (603) 429-2223. As we hope you
understand, the office is often unmanned, but an answering
machine will take your message. In an emergency, you can try to
reach one of us via our home or daytime numbers:
home day
Mark Mallett (603) xxx-xxxx (603) xxx-xxxx
Marta Greenberg (603) xxx-xxxx (603) xxx-xxxx
* Have a special requirement? Let us know. For instance, if your
system is shutting down for a vacation, we can install special
handling of mail for your system (for instance, returning a
recorded message to the sender, forwarding the mail to another
place, or simply keeping your mail from being returned while you
are down).
* MV maintains an archive of files related to UUCP and networking,
and of files of recent interest. This archive is in /pub on mv;
a directory (updated nightly) is in the file /pub/ls-lR, with a
compressed version of /pub/ls-lR.Z. Files in the archive include
mail and news software for MSDOS and the Macintosh as well as
UNIX; Ian Taylor's alternative UUCP package for UNIX; information
about Internetworking; uucp maps for all of the USA and Canada;
MV, NEARnet, and NSFnet policy statements; program listings from
Doctor Dobbs Journal; etc.
MV Communications, Inc. May 1993