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From: shawn@mit-eddie (Shawn F. Mckay)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Online Information Resources
Message-ID: <1990Jan19.021018.6853@eddie.mit.edu>
Date: 19 Jan 90 02:10:18 GMT
Sender: shawn@eddie.mit.edu (Shawn F. Mckay)
Reply-To: shawn@mit-eddie (Shawn F. Mckay)
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Howdy, Please excuse this if I am treading on old ground, but
I have an interest in ways to search out and find what on-line
resources are available in my community, as well as around the
country/world. My question centers on actual location of these
resources.

I have seen the bbs lists posted in the past, but they are of
limited use in this context because they only give access
information, without a small summary, it's difficult to get
any idea of what the board would be useful for to me. And
with the number of boards, busy signals, disconnects, etc,
researching the list could take months.

I also notice in most bbs systems, they have news type databases
but little else, (except in most cases, a small download area, with
a usually random assortment of programs).

I guess what I am really looking for is a listing that might be
more comprehensive than is currently available, I am interested
in BOTH bbs systems, and r/cpm systems, and r-unix(?) systems, and
free (or reasonably priced) database resources, (library ties?),
job info databases, whatever.

If no generic pointer comes my way, eventually I will begin building
such a resource for the net, but I would rather not re-invent the
wheel if I can avoid it. Since if I build such a list, it will be
all inclusive, (short of usenet/Internet listings), please just
send what you have, and I'll begin the process. When I'm done,
I'll post to the net.

				Thank You,
				  -- Shawn