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From: asmith@acorn.co.uk (Andy Smith)
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Subject: Re: RFD: comp.sys.handhelds.hp48
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Date: 17 May 91 08:02:04 GMT
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In article <1991May15.170626.9508@roundup.crhc.uiuc.edu> conte@crest.crhc.uiuc.edu (Tom Conte) writes:


>Again, I submit to the net.gurus: what traffic?  Each day, maybe, I get 20 messages
>in comp.sys.handhelds.  That's not a deluge, by any means.

Not if you compare it to sci.space et al:-)

>Let me amend (2).  Someone (sorry for the lack of acknowledgement) suggested:

>comp.sys.palmtops
>comp.sys.calculators

>I support this.  How many others do?

I suggested c.s.hh.palmtops, c.s.hh.calcs and c.s.hh.hp_sci, others
suggested very similar things. The suggestion of moving the HP traffic into
a sub-group of c.s.hp also seems a good idea. I've seen discussions on the
48 in c.s.hp and even sci.math, because people can't find the correct group.
As for Jeff's common sense, that would tell you to look at c.s.hp.subgrp for
hp calc discussions!

JM Aside from the HP IR printer issue (which probably can be
JM resolved by application of common sense), are there any compelling reasons why
JM an HP48-only group will cause problems now?

>Again, a bad split causes cross-postings and self-appointed net-police who
>start flame wars about cross-postings.  A HP-48 only group would result in
>cross-postings of HP-related items to comp.sys.handhelds.  I am tempted to
>even *wager* that if the split occurs crosspostings will become a problem.

>From what I've read so far on this subject (I am trying to get the postings
on the last discussion, because I did not find this group until after it!!),
I think the following would be a simple solution. What say you?
                                           
comp.sys.palmtops - All MS-DOS palmtops (95lx Portfolio etc)
comp.sys.hp.calcs - All HP calculator discussions (~20 articles a day is not to much)
comp.sys.handhelds - All other makes of handhelds

>> Jeff E Mandel MD MS

>Tom Conte	  Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing

Andy