Newsgroups: comp.org.acm Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!uhacm From: uhacm@menudo.uh.edu (ACM/UH) Subject: Re: Dying ACM... Message-ID: <1991Apr27.192155.19735@menudo.uh.edu> Reply-To: uhacm@menudo.uh.edu (ACM/UH) Organization: University of Houston References: Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1991 19:21:55 GMT In article acm@acm.rpi.edu (RPI-ACM) writes: >As the Secretary for the Student chapter of the ACM at Rensselaer >Polytechnic Institute, I'd like to discuss Naut's points. He >has made several good points, but I'd like to correct a couple of things >about the chapter, and bounce some ideas off the community at large. > [misc info deleted] > >So what is our "main attraction" nowadays? There are several, depending on >the user: >- A social group (SIGFriendlies) >- Providing accounts for the MTS operating system and for the ACM operated > 3b2 UNIX machines (which we got from AT&T). We at ACM/UH are interested in this. Did AT&T give you the 3B2's as a donation for tax purposes? Or did you purchase them? If you bought them, how much did you spend and where did the money come from? We are looking for someone to donate to us a DECserver so we can have terminals connected to the mainframes. The campus uses DECservers to connect to all the main systems available... > >Allen S. Firstenberg (Prisoner) >RPI-ACM Secretary > >(These views do not represent the entire RPI-ACM, but comments and ideas >were solicited by many.) > >----- >prisoner@rpi.edu "Do you know what this means?" >prisoner@acm.rpi.edu "Yes, It means I'm free." >prisoner@rpitsmts.bitnet "No" -Les Miserables Paul Sears ACM/UH Secretary -- ** The Association for Computing Machinery, UHACM@JETSON.UH.EDU ** ** University of Houston Student Chapter UHACM@MENUDO.UH.EDU ** DISCLAIMER: These opinions do not necessarily reflect the polices of ACM, its members, or The University of Houston.