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From: news@m2xenix.psg.com (Randy Bush)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains
Subject: Re: Domains Registered in November 1990
Message-ID: <1990Dec10.182312.8237@m2xenix.psg.com>
Date: 10 Dec 90 18:23:12 GMT
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brunner@bullhead.UUCP (MH 6.6, Eric Brunner) writes:

> Two points, first, the use of "ZA" for the UNINET Project, second the use
> of "SHOW.NET" for Uniforum.
> ...
> Am I especially confused today or arn't we using ISO country codes where ever
> possible? I'm clueless as to what the UNINET project is, but I'm guessing that
> it isn't the fidonet hack to route South African traffic. Here is a fragment
> of ISO 3166, posted last June or July:
> ...
>      South Africa                    ZA      ZAF     710

UNINET is an administrative group within the South African Foundation for
Research Development, akin to the US NSF.  They fund (cooperatively) the
university net of South Africa, aka UNINET.

They are the administrators for the South African domain, under which .AC.ZA
is currently active, and they're trying to sort out the rest.

Feel better now? :-)
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