---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Non-Sun Information/Product Abstracts SunFLASH Vol 64 #90 April 1994 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 64.90 Non-Sun Information/Product Abstracts This article contains brief descriptions of several Non-Sun - that is, third Party, Articles. These articles have not been previously posted to SunFlash. They are available from flashadm@sun.com by email only. You may request the full text of any of these articles by sending mail to flashadm@sun.com with a list of 1 or more space separated article numbers (e.g. 63.87 62.32) in the Subject line. -johnj (8 articles, 141 Kb, 2979 lines - about 46 US pages) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article Size In Title Number Kb/lines 64.82 9 295 Advanced Systems TOC: May 1994 64.83 9 248 SUG 1994 CD-ROM for Solaris 2.2 64.84 11 186 HPCwire Table of Contents: April 22 64.85 47 904 Updated Internet Services List (4/15/94) 64.86 26 552 The Internet Mall [15 Apr, 94] 64.87 29 576 RISKS DIGEST 15.78 64.88 5 97 INTERNET SHOPPING NETWORK 64.89 5 121 SBUS PRODUCT DIRECTORY Totals:141 2979 How To Request An Article - Example ----------------------------------- %mail flashadm@sun.com Subject: 63.39 63.40 ^D % Place the list articles numbers on the same line as the Subject keyword. Separate article numbers with a space (e.g 63.39 63.40). If Articles Don't Arrive After a Reasonable Time ------------------------------------------------ I get a number of requests that come from sites that do not have their mail system set up properly. Some requests have their return path or the From: lines mangled as they travel through the net. If you suspect that your requested article is not getting to you because of an email address problem, then resubmit and add the keyword "email-to" in the body of the message: %mail flashadm@sun.com Subject: 63.39 63.40 email-to foo%bar@name.domain ^D % Replace foo%bar@name.domain with your email address. -johnj ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Abstracts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 64.82 Advanced Systems Table Of Contents: May 1994 From: mac@advanced.com (Michael McCarthy) Advanced Systems Magazine is a 'trade publication' for UNIX professionals. It is free to qualified US subscribers. Nonqualified readers or overseas readers can subscribe for US$18 per year plus shipping. Michael McCarthy, Editor-in-Chief, has prepared this article, which is basically the table of contents from the May 1994 issue, at my suggestion. Please send email to flash@sun.com and tell me if you find having electronic table of contents to hardcopy magazines useful. Based on reading this table of contents I know that I am looking forward to reading this issue! -johnj (295 lines) 64.83 SUG 1994 CD-ROM for Solaris 2.2 From: john@sug.org (J. Mickevich) SUG is pleased to announce its first software library that is completely Solaris 2.2 compatible. Like all of the previous disks in our award-winning line of software libraries, the 1994 SUG CD emphasizes information sources (archives of useful textual information) and includes plug-and-play Sparc binaries for many useful libraries and programs. As in all previous years, wherever possible sources and help-files are also provided. Description of CD Contents and an Ordering form enclosed. Sun User Group CD-ROMs are available ONLY to Sun User Group Members. If your are not a member, use the form below to join. ($40 US, $55 Outside US). The CD-ROM is $95 + postage or freight (248 lines) 64.84 HPCwire Table of Contents: April 22 From news@hpcwire.ans.net HPCwire is a for-fee Text-On-Demand News Magazine for High-Performance Computing. This article is the weekly Table of Contents. There are articles in this HPCwire Table of Contents that non-subscribers can retrieve, but you must be a subscriber to request the bulk of the articles. A free trial subscription is available. (186 lines) 64.85 Updated Internet Services List (4/15/94) From: yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Scott A. Yanoff) Popular listing of services available on the Internet. More that 1000 SunFlash subscribers requested a copy of the March version of this list. Type "finger yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu" to find ways to receive this list! This list is now available via: ftp ftp.csd.uwm.edu (pub/inet.services.txt). An html version of this list is available by ftp (pub/inet.services.html). ftp this file and use mosaic ! Summary: +Christian Resources, +Internet Mall, +Jersualem One Gopher, +Learning Link, +Pest Management, +Scores, +USDA Gopher, -Consumer Access Services, -NNTP. (904 lines) 64.86 The Internet Mall: Shopping the Information Highway [15 Apr, 94] From: taylor@netcom.com (Dave Taylor) A monthly list of commercial services available via Internet More that 1000 SunFlash subscribers sent for last month's edition of this document. (552 lines) 64.87 RISKS TO THE PUBLIC IN COMPUTERS AND RELATED SYSTEMS 15.78 From: risks@CSL.SRI.COM (RISKS Forum) This article is a recent RISKS-FORUM Digest. I think that this is an excellent mailing-list/discussion-group/Digest, so I will post this one digest to SunFlash. If you want to subscribe - following the instructions at the end of the digest. -johnj FORUM ON RISKS TO THE PUBLIC IN COMPUTERS AND RELATED SYSTEMS ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy, Peter G. Neumann, moderator Contents: Computerized Traffic-Light Problems (Debora Weber-Wulff) Risks of winning (Stanley Chow) Computer Generates False Tsunami Warning in Japan (George Pajari) NYC subway fare cards double-deduct; UI at fault (Andrew Marc Greene) A consumer risk from Thomson Consumer Electronics Re: we trust calculators over ourselves (John Powell) Re: Risks ... to the quality of science (A. Padgett Peterson) Re: Risks of Data Compression (John Kennedy) Re: Math and money laundering (Erann Gat, Peter Wayner) Re: Information resource (Edward Reid) Re: Green Card Posting (Caveh Jalali, Ned Kittlitz, Mark Brader) Info on RISKS (comp.risks), contributions, subscriptions, FTP, etc. (576 lines) 64.88 INTERNET SHOPPING NETWORK From: info@internet.net The Internet Shopping Network, the nation's first electronic superstore available on the worldwide Internet, was formally announced at an event at Techmart in conjunction with the launch of CommerceNet, the first large-scale trial of electronic commerce on the Internet. The Internet Shopping Network went "live" today on the Internet with an on-line interactive catalog of more than 10,000 software and hardware products, offering Internet users an alternative to conventional stores and 800 number catalog vendors. http://shop.internet.net (97 lines) 64.89 SBUS PRODUCT DIRECTORY From: dux!nev@global.net (Neville Griffin) The second quarter North American and European edition of this widely acclaimed guide is now available. The SBus Product Directory is independently produced and was designed to serve the end users, resellers and system integrators by providing them with an easily accessed information source for in-production products. The Directory contains concise and current product profiles from 140 manufacturers including new announcements through the end of March. (121 lines) ********************************************************************** For information about SunFlash send mail to info-sunflash@Sun.COM. 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