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From: woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Anyone had experience with Synergetics, Thatcher Arizona?
Summary: Netting
Keywords: Synergetics Don Lancaster
Message-ID: <1565@chinacat.Unicom.COM>
Date: 9 Sep 90 14:43:12 GMT
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In article <5795@plains.NoDak.edu>, dall@plains.NoDak.edu (Brian Dall) writes:
> 
> 
> Hey, opinion is what sparks discussions, so has anyone asked him if
> he would get on the net and join us in this newsgroup?  I enjoy his
> columns in Computer Shopper, and though I don't always agree with his
> opinions or understand why he chooses to do certain things in the
> way he does, I appreciate the creative fire and the way he seems to
> be looking out for the "small guy" by publishing the results of his
> comparitive price shopping.

I have known Don for a number of years.  I'm the guy responsible for turnig
him onto the OMNICHROM toner coloring process.  Don lives in the middle
of nowhere, literally on a sand dune.  The Town of Stafford Arizona,
is a hundred miles from nowhere.  Don does not spent money on phonecalls
with much enthusiasm.  As long as you are calling him he'll talk, but
it is a real event when he calls me.  Anyway, there is not a usenet node
within a hundred miles or so.  I think Pheonix is the closest large
city.  If Don had a local call to a usenet node, you can bet he would
be here.  He is now running a RoundTable over on Genie.  He gets paid
as the sysop, about .60 per hour of users connect time (connect time
costs 6.00 per hour).  He of course, gets a toll free 800 number to 
access Genie over, so he is rapidly becoming adicted to telecommunications.
Unfortunatly, there is no link between USENET and GENIE.  Genie is
looking into doing it  sometime down the road, but currently there is
no way to do it.  I've come close a couple of times to sending Don
the complete set of usenet archives that I have been keeping since
Jan, 1990, but It is my understanding that certain folks on usenet
have some fairly religious feelings about that sort of thing, i.e.
posting stuff essentially for "free" and then having someone else
charge for it.  It also works the other way.  Genie is definitly
going to change it's pricing structure, and problably will eventually
get a usenet link.  Until then, Don probably won't be able to get
on usenet, unless someone makes a way for him to do it with a local
or VERY lowcost call.  It would be nice if there were a way.  If
anyone knows of one, email me, and I'll pass it on and help
make arrangements.

Cheers
Woody

> 
> Brian Dall
> dall@plains.NoDak.edu