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Xref: sserve news.announce.newgroups:2524 news.groups:51951 comp.sys.super:1587 comp.lang.perl:12217 comp.graphics.avs:699 comp.lang.fortran:7935 comp.unix.bsd:7327 comp.unix.misc:5389 sci.physics:28637 sci.geo.fluids:803 sci.geo.meteorology:3388 Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.sys.super,comp.lang.perl,comp.graphics.avs,comp.lang.fortran,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.misc,eunet.news,sci.physics,sci.geo.fluids,sci.geo.meteorology Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!uunet!bounce-back From: cammejpm@camme.ac.be (J.-P. Malisse) Subject: RFD: comp.sys.convex Keywords: convex, fortran, vector, parallel, user group, supercomputing Followup-To: news.groups Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Organization: UUNET Technologies, Inc Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1992 23:49:36 GMT Message-ID: <Bx2A6p.Gu8@uunet.uu.net> Lines: 128 This is a formal Request for Discussion on the creation of a new newsgroup called "comp.sys.convex" (not moderated). This announcement is cross-posted to newsgroups whose readers may have interest in the discussion about the new group; follow-up discussion will take place in "news.groups". Suggestions, comments or problems may also be emailed to me at <cammejpm@camme.ac.be>. REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION ---------------------- NEWSGROUP comp.sys.convex (not moderated) PURPOSE The newsgroup 'comp.sys.convex' would be a forum for discussing issues related to Convex computer systems hardware & software, common code optimization problems, system administration specific to ConvexOS. It will NOT be a forum for forwarding sensitive information as e-mail and individual contact are for this purpose. It could be the best, and quickest way to exchange questions and answers, hints and tips on optimization, have contacts between users having common problems and maybe some common solutions. RATIONALE Very often Convex users receiving news and having questions don't know really where to post their questions in such a way that it could be answered by some other Convex users. In the same way, people who could be able to answer the question are not necessarily inspecting all articles where Convex is mentioned, such a newsgroup will usually permit better follow-ups for Convex issues. Users could discover lot of indirect Convex matter accidentally in comp.lang.perl (T. Christiansen), sometimes in gnugroups, etc... Convex User Groups exist in U.S., Europe, and the Pacific Rim; Mailing lists have been going in the U.S and Europe for several years; but this way of communicating is not particularly adequate for users of multi-recipient systems, i.e., each message is sent to each registered user, even on the same systems, moreover each user must ask to be explicitely registered. A newsgroup would permit all users of a Convex computer receiving the News to receive only one copy of each message and to share it potentially with all the users of the systems. This newsgroup could be a prolongation of each annual Convex User Groups meetings, permitting not only to those (s)elected people having the chance to take part to these interesting reunions but also to more common users, students, researchers, etc... to share their experiences. In the era of communication, newsgroups are the easiest way to build bridges across oceans and permitting of people with common interests to be part of an electronic community wherever they are located in the world. CONTENT Miscellaneaous - Convex FAQ - bi-monthly (?) mailing list report - vectorisation, parallelisation problems and challenges - Convex FTP servers - ECUC, WCUC (conferences) - jobs available - other events that concern Convex systems and/or users Hardware - Convex processors (GaAs, ...) - PA/RISC in MPP - ASAP, MMU, bank conflicts - Convex backup peripherals - native/IEEE floating point - interfacing 3rd party products to Convex system Software - Public domain software - Software releases discussion and announces - Languages (Fortran/C,...) & optimising compilers - Application compiler - Special libraries (scilib, nag, ...) - Applications - Convex AVS crosspostings - Software development System - Network integration - Unix compatibility - System tuning - File servers - Real-Time systems - Meta MPP - Benchmarking and performance measurement System administration - Backups strategies - Queue management and accounting - File systems (striping, mirroring,...) - Security - Perl on Convex This newsgroup will be in conjunction with the existing mailing lists to allow users who do not receive News to submit and receive newsgroup traffic and take part in the discussions. NAME comp.sys.convex seems to be the name fitting the most adequately the purpose. NOT MODERATED Convex users, belong mostly to research, universities, government,... The number of users being relatively restricted compared to some workstations newsgroup (if you don't know what I mean look at the size of comp.sys.sgi) and in order to have questions answered as fastest as possible, this newsgroup would not need to be moderated and indeed would most probably be self-moderated. NEWSGROUP CREATION The discussion period will be from November 1st, 1992 to November 23st, 1992. Please post all discussion in news.group. If a consensus is reached by the end of the discussion period, a CFV (Call for Votes) will be posted at that time. The voting period will last for 21 days. Thanks for your interest !