Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!umich!wsu-cs!bionet!kristoff From: gilbertd@amber.ucs.indiana.edu Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.genome-program Subject: Re: JITF information on Bionet Message-ID: <658@cica.cica.indiana.edu> Date: 17 Mar 90 17:00:19 GMT References: <9003141547.AA06600@apldbio.com> Sender: news@cica.cica.indiana.edu Reply-To: gilbertd@iubio.bio.indiana.edu Organization: Biology, Indiana University Lines: 24 In article , kristoff@genbank.BIO.NET (David Kristofferson) writes... >... there now is a version of USENET news software >which runs on a Mac, but I haven't seen it yet and so cannot comment >on its ease of use. (Doug, care to join in?) If it is a class job, >maybe this need has been or is about to be filled. I've recently posted to the bionet.software newsgroup brief guides to obtaining and installing the Macintosh netnews reader stack and VMS-Vax newsreader software. The Mac news reader is pretty easy to use. The VMS newsreader VNews is somewhat more obscure, but works well. While established scientists may be slow at picking up on network news, undergrad and grad students are quick (and eager) to use it -- mainly for social/sports/talk/alternate news and of course, rec.humor.funny. If you wait an academic generation (5-10 years), you'll have no lack of news users. If anyone wants mailings of the guides I posted to bionet.software (BIO- SOFT ? for mail newsgroups) or a repost to this group, let me know. -- Don Don Gilbert, biocomputing office, Indiana U. gilbertd@iubio.bio.indiana.edu