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... levels of headings.] ---------------------- April 1994 marks the tenth anniversary of OFFLINE, if the initial column "In Quest of Computer Literacy" is included in the series. With regard to the original aims of the column, much has changed in that decade, and much remains the same. The number of "literate" scholars has increased tremendously, and the requirements for "literacy" have changed significantly. Nevertheless, there is still a great need to provide information and encouragement concerning the use of computers in religious studies at a variety of levels. Relative newcomers still need basic orientation, while those further advanced look for ever expanding levels of information. Noone controls it all. As for myself, ten years at the helm is enough. If you have been alert with respect to recent columns you will have noted the overwhelming dependance on the Internet and its resources. That somewhat onesided emphasis has been born of necessity -- most of my electronic life is spent on the Internet, and that has become my primary source of relevant information. I have little time anymore to take a more balanced stance. Yet there is more, and readers of OFFLINE are entitled to know about it. Thus this seems an appropriate time to pass the responsibility for OFFLINE to new hands. At long last, formal steps are being taken to reshape the steering committee and explicit orientation of the (originally SBL) Computer Assisted Research Group (CARG) to represent both the AAR and SBL in all their various interests. An aspect of this restructuring effort involves finding effective ways to integrate OFFLINE as fully as possible with the reconceived CARG mission to provide information and guidance to the constituencies of the sponsoring scholarly societies. Discussions are underway to facilitate a smooth transition to a new coordinator of OFFLINE. I look forward to sharing with that person whatever experience and insights might be useful. On the whole (except for the deadlines!), I have enjoyed the decade of involvement in this endeavor. And I wish for my successor the same cooperation and good will I have experienced from all of you during that period. It has been greatly appreciated! Those wishing to contribute to the transition with suggestions or offers of more concrete support are invited to contact the RSN editor at bmackie@unix.cc.emory.edu (Beth Mackie, Editor; Religious Studies News; P. O. Box 15399; Atlanta, GA 30033-0399). The AAR and SBL executive offices will be working together with the CARG steering committee to chart the future of the group and of OFFLINE. Once again, this OFFLINE column is created from the world shaped by the Internet -- a world of discussion lists and their "servers," of gophers and WAIS, of WWW and Mosaic and all the rapidly evolving rest. In its early days, OFFLINE began a glossary of special terms used in the computing world. Many of the current "hot" terms are different from those, but the need for definitions still exists. Fortunately, there seem to be more guides (printed and electronic) available now to provide such information. And that is perhaps a good place to begin the solid part of this column. Then, after a long section on exploiting the Internet resources, attention will be given to some new software products of note, and finally to various issues and resources that emerge from the production and use of electronic data. Don't miss Jim Marchand's contribution to this final section, on inexpensive CD-ROM sources and on connecting various peripherals through your computer's parallel port! Thanks once again for sharing your experiences, Jim. In the printed form of OFFLINE 44, only a skeleton outline of some of the topics can be presented. Fuller details are available in the electronic version, which will also be archived (see the endnote to the column). ===== Table of Contents: OFFLINE 44 Mapping the Internet Guides to Internet new topical Internet guides available Internet Guide to Book Discussions and Book Reviews Internet Advertising Mac Internet book Int Bus Journal Internet Business Journal Gopher New Electronic Lists and Publications list of lists list of lang lists Public Dialup Access System Brittanica CD-ROM Public Accessible E-literature, e.g., Plotinus DScriptorium (Medieval Studies) Int philosophy preprint exch

Archaeology a new list CAAL (ancient languages) archaeology WWW Announcing The Archaeological Data Archive Project ASOR eNewsletter

Biblical and Jewish Studies ONLINE BIBLE (Mac) JewStJ french judaism-l Software Developments bibliog software Mosaic for Mac AcCordance = Gramcord for Mac CELEX Ling Soft Announcing the release of the English version of Kleio Working with Electronic Resources inexpensive CD-ROMs (Jim Marchand) using your parallel port for peripherals (Jim Marchand) corpus related resources foreign language etexts citing etexts Demotic coding concordance ===== Mapping the Internet

The Internet: Your Guide to the Information Super Highway From: Michael Strangelove (441495@acadvm1.uottawa.ca) A special issue of Online Access dealing with The Internet: Your Guide to the Information Super Highway appeared last fall (BBS Edition, October 1993), with Michael Strangelove as guest editor. For further information contact: Tracy Weisman, Editor-in-Chief Online Access 920 North Franklin, Suite 203 Chicago, IL 60610 FAX: 312-573-0520 70324.343@compuserve.com Table of Contents Internet Soup: An alphabetical Guide to the Net Aneurin Bosley (054408@acadvm1.uottawa.ca) Editor-in-Chief, Internet Insanity NREN Explained: The National Research and Education Network Program Ross Stapleton BIX: New Windows to the Internet Larry Krumenaker Internet Tips and Tools: Free Internet Guides, Manuals and Information Files Natalie Strangelove (mstrange@ccs.carleton.ca) Editor-in-Chief , ElectroPolis The Essential Internet: The Birth of Virtual Culture and Global Community Michael Strangelove (mstrange@fonorola.net) Publisher, Strangelove Internet Enterprises, Inc. Internet Hunt Kevin M. Savetz BBS Spotlight: Internet Access Providers The Online Access BBS Phone Book Connecting to the Internet: A Buyers Guide Susan Estrada

Internet Business Journal Gopher and Special Issues From: mstrange@fonorola.net (Strangelove Press) While we're at it, this might be an appropriate time to notice the new directions taken by one of OFFLINE's frequent contributors, Michael Strangelove, who now publishes (among other things) the wide-ranging INTERNET BUSINESS JOURNAL with its own GOPHER ARCHIVE and special interest issues (see below). Many items here will be of possible interest to OFFLINE readers. Michael describes the situation as follows (lightly edited): Thanks to fONOROLA Inc., THE INTERNET BUSINESS JOURNAL now has a freely accessible Gopher archive which includes the complete text of the November 1993 and subsequent issues as well as the complete text of Internet Advertising Review 1.1 and subsequent issues, the Directory of Internet Trainers and Consultants (first edition) and the Directory of Electronic Journals and Newsletters (third edition). Access is through gopher.fonorola.net Select: Internet Business Journal/ Sample Issues/ November 1993/ 1. November_1993_Full_Text_[1866-lines]. 2. Table_of_Contents. 3. Advertising_on_the_Internet. 4. The_Newspaper_of_the_Future. 5. Industry_Profile. 6. Satellite-Delivered_Usenet_Newsfeed. 7. The_Essential_Internet. 8. The_Merger. 9. Resources_for_Business. 10. Government_Online. 11. How_to_Use_the_Internet. 12. Internet_Publishing_News. 13. Software_on_the_Net. 14. Internet_Access_News. For a complete sample copy by e-mail (Issue 1.5), contact mstrange@fonorola.net (tel: 613-747-6106) -- use the same address for a sample copy of the special issue on Internet Advertising (1.3/4, Sept/Oct 1993): Commercial Opportunities in the Networking Age.

New Topical Internet Guides Available From: Louis Rosenfeld (lou@umich.edu), School of Information and Library Studies, University of Michigan I'm pleased to announce the availability of eleven new subject- specific guides to the Internet. These guides were created between September and December of this year by students enrolled in the course "Internet: Resource Discovery and Organization" at the University of Michigan School of Information and Library Studies, taught by Prof. Joe Janes and myself. Students were instructed in Internet tool usage and resource discovery approaches with the goal of creating ASCII text guides identifying and evaluating the quality of the resources in specific subject areas. Some of these guides will be available as HTML documents as well. Titles and authors of these guides follow: * Aerospace Engineering: A Guide to Internet Resources Chris Poterala Dave Dalquist * Archives on the Internet (available 12/28) Nika Kayne Denise Anthony * Internet Guide to Book Discussions and Book Reviews Shannon Allen (sla@umich.edu) Gretchen Krug (rmwc@umich.edu) (ftp file name adultread:allenkrug) * Government Sources of Business and Economic Information Kim Tsang Terese Austin * A Guide to Environmental Resources on the Internet Toni Murphy Carol Briggs-Erickson * Film and Video Resources on the Internet Lisa Wood Kristen Garlock * Neurosciences Internet Resource Guide Sheryl Cormicle Steve Bonario * Personal Finance Resources on the Internet Abbot Chambers Catherine Kummer * Internet Guide to Popular Music Rolaant MacKenzie Vicki Coleman * Guide to Theater Resources on the Internet Deborah Torres Martha Vander Kolk * US Technology Public Policy Steve Kirk David Blair Unless otherwise mentioned, these guides are now available from the Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides. Jointly sponsored by the University Library and the School of Information and Library Studies at the University of Michigan, the Clearinghouse provides access to subject-oriented resource guides created by members of the Internet community. There are currently over 60 guides available via anonymous FTP, Gopher, and WorldWideWeb/Mosaic. Information on accessing the Clearinghouse follows: anonymous FTP: host: una.hh.lib.umich.edu path: /inetdirsstacks Gopher: gopher.lib.umich.edu menu: What's New and Featured Resources=>Clearinghouse... Gopher .link file: Name=Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides (UMich) Type=1 Port=70 Path=1/inetdirs Host=una.hh.lib.umich.edu Uniform Resource Locators (URL): http://http2.sils.umich.edu/~lou/chhome.html or gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/11/inetdirs There is also descriptive information about these projects available from the Clearinghouse. Other questions, suggestions, and comments regarding this course and the Clearinghouse are welcome.

New Internet Books for Macintosh Users From: Michael Wojcik (mwojcik@mail.sas.upenn.edu), supplemented by comments from Dan Updegrove (danu@dccs.upenn.edu) Two Internet orientation books for the Mac have been mentioned recently on the net as readable and very useful (both come with appropriate software): "The Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh," by Adam C. Engst, and "The Mac Internet Tour," by Michael Fraase ($27.95; also includes Fetch, Eudora, and Stuffit Expander, but not Mac/TCP). Engst, author of the long running Mac newsletter TidBITS, describes his "starter kit" as follows: I'm pleased about the contents of the disk, and I'd like to thank Hayden, my publisher, for going to bat for me on this one. Along with InterCon's free InterSLIP, QUALCOMM's free Eudora, Dartmouth's freeware/shareware Fetch, and the free TurboGopher from the University of Minnesota, the disk includes version 2.0.2 of MacTCP from Apple. You can retrieve everything else for free via the Internet, but the only legal way to acquire MacTCP 2.0.2 is to buy it or a product that includes it. I think I can safely say that my book will be the cheapest way to get MacTCP, given that the book costs $29.95 and MacTCP itself costs $52 with shipping if you order from MacWarehouse. Ordering Details: The Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh, by Adam C. Engst. Published by Hayden Books. ISBN 1-56830-064-6. $29.95 U.S.A. $37.95 Canada. Shipping cost varies. 800/428-5331 (U.S. toll free voice orders) 317/581-3500 (Switchboard voice) New Electronic Lists and Publications

Accessing the Internet and the PDIAL List Information concerning PDIAL, the Public Dialup Internet Access List, can be found using the Veronica search facility in Gopher (for example, telnet gopher.upenn.edu). Veronica returns over 100 hits on PDIAL. Here's an excerpt from one (not necessarily the most recent), with sample details -- PDIAL: The Public Dialup Internet Access List by Peter Kaminski (32k) File PDIAL010.TXT -- 9 February 1993 A list of public access service providers offering dialup access to outgoing Internet connections such as FTP and telnet. Copyright 1992-1993 Peter Kaminski. May be distributed but not sold .... Contents: -1- Summary: Providers With Wide Area Access -2- Summary: Area Codes For US/Canada Dialins -3- Summary: Phone Prefixes For International Dialins -4- What *Is* The Internet? -5- What The PDIAL Is -6- List of Providers -7- How People Can Get The PDIAL (This List) -8- Appendix A: Finding Public Data Network (PDN) Access Numbers -9- Copyright and Distribution Of The PDIAL; Other Notices Subject headers below are formatted so this list may be read as a digest by USENET newsreaders that support digests. Example commands: rn, "control-G" skips to next section; nn, "G%" presents as a digest. Sections may also be located by searching for the desired section number string (e.g. "-1-") from the list above. From: PDIAL -1- Subject: Summary: Providers With Wide Area Access PDN delphi, holonet, michnet, portal, psi-gds, psilink, well, world 800 class, cns, crl, dial-n-cerf-usa, jvnc, OARnet "PDN" means the provider is accessible through a public data network (check the listings below for which network); note that many PDNs listed offer access outside North America as well as within North America. Check with the provider or the PDN for more details. "800" means the provider is accessible via a "toll-free" US phone number. The phone company will not charge for the call, but the service provider will add a relatively large surcharge to cover the high cost of the 800 service. Other long-distance options are generally cheaper. From: PDIAL -2- Subject: Summary: Area Codes for US/Canada Dialins If you are not local to any of these providers, it's still likely you are able to access those providers available through a public data network (PDN). Check the section above for providers with wide area access. 201 jvnc-tiger 215 jvnc-tiger, PREPnet 609 jvnc-tiger 717 PREPnet [end of samples]

Locating Electronic Lists, and Language Study Lists It is possible to obtain a list of all "listserv" (originally Bitnet) lists by sending the message "list global" to a listserv (such as listserv@bitnic.bitnet). To reduce the number of hits, one can specify certain words or topics, such as "list global/religion" or "list global/ancient." For those of you interested in language study, there is even a List of Language Lists (version 1.3, Oct 1993; also called the Computer Bulletin Boards for Individual Languages), prepared by Bernard Comrie & Michael Everson (everson%irlearn.ucd.ie@vm.tau.ac.il>. It includes more than 70 such lists. This file lists bulletin boards devoted primarily to the linguistic study of individual languages and groups of languages (though a couple of others, in particular lists for language learners, have been included as well). It would be great if other correspondents to LINGUIST will be encouraged to maintain corresponding lists for branches of linguistics, particular approaches to linguistics, language teaching, etc. The usual way of subscribing to a list is to send the following message to the listserver (not to the address for enquiries): SUBSCRIBE In the listing below, the name of the list is given in capital letters inside parentheses. When you subscribe, you will receive instructions on how to contribute to the list, and on how to remove your name from the subscription list (usually: SIGNOFF (UNSUBSCRIBE works too)). A list of mailing lists available on Internet is available by anonymous ftp from ftp.nisc.sri.com (192.33.33.32) in the file /netinfo/ interest-groups. A directory of scholarly electronic conferences is maintained by Diane K. Kovacs (dkovacs@kentvm.bitnet or @kentvm.kent.edu) and is available by sending the message get acadlist readme to one of the following addresses: listserv@kentvm.bitnet listserv@kentvm.kent.edu The materials you will receive include instructions for getting more detailed descriptions of particular sets of electronic conferences (e.g. LANGUAGES, LINGUISTICS). Those interested in contacting speakers of languages (not necessarily linguists) should also consider contacting the appropriate soc.culture list (e.g. soc.culture.polish). The order of the lists follows somewhat the Library of Congress Subject headings; no attempt at bibliographical perfection has been attempted. This list is available by anonymous ftp from colossus@irlearn.ucd.ie (137.43.50.59) in /everson. Please send corrections and emendations to this list to: Bernard Comrie (h00917@jpnac.bitnet)/(h00917@sinet.ad.jp) and Michael Everson (everson@irlearn.ucd.ie) %%%%%%%%%% Language(s): Sign languages; P117, E98.55, HV2474-HV2476 Sign languages (SLLING-L) Listserver: listserv@yalevm.bitnet listserv@yalevm.cis.yale.edu For questions, contact: Dave.Moskovitz@vuw.ac.nz (Dave Moskovitz) A previous incarnation of this was ASLING-L. === Language(s): Celtic, Goidelic; PB1201-PB1847 Irish, Scottish, & Manx Gaelic (GAELIC-L) (not restricted to linguistics; also for learners; contributions in a Gaelic language preferred) Listserver: listserv@irlearn.bitnet listserv@irlearn.ucd.ie listserv%irlearn.ucd.ie@uk.ac.earn-relay For questions, contact: mgunn@irlearn.ucd.ie (Marion Gunn) caoimhin@smo.ac.uk (Caoimhi/n O/ Donnai/le) lss203@cs.napier.ac.uk (Craig Cockburn) === Language(s): Celtic, Brittonic; PB2101-PB2849 Welsh (also Breton, Cornish) (WELSH-L) (not restricted to linguistics; also for learners; contributions in a Brittonic language preferred) Listserver: listserv@irlearn.bitnet listserv@irlearn.ucd.ie listserv%irlearn.ucd.ie@uk.ac.earn-relay For questions, contact: everson@irlearn.ucd.ie (Michael Everson) briony@cstr.ed.ac.uk (Briony Williams) === Language(s): Greek, Latin; PA201-PA1179, PA2001-PA2995 Classical Greek & Classical Latin (CLASSICS) Listserver: listserv@uwavm.bitnet listserv@uwavm.u.washington.edu For questions, contact: lwright@uwavm.bitnet (Linda Wright) lwright@uwavm.u.washington.edu === Language(s): Greek, New Testament; PA1001-PA1179 Greek (NT-GREEK) (New Testament Greek language & literature) Listserver: nt-greek-request@virginia.edu ntgrkreq@virginia.bitnet For questions, contact: djm5g@Virginia.edu (David John Marotta) === Language(s): Greek, modern; PA1001-PA1179 Greek (HELLAS) (Modern Greek language & literature) Listserver: listserv@auvm.bitnet listserv@auvm.auvm.edu For questions, contact: sliolis@auvm.bitnet (Spiros Liolis) kostas@bklyn.bitnet (Kostas Piperis) alex@auvm.bitnet (Alexandros Coulombis) === Language(s): Greek, modern; PA1001-PA1179 Greek (ELLHNIKA) (Modern Greek linguistics & literature; typesetting of Ancient Greek) Listserver: listserv@dhdurz1.bitnet) For questions, contact: yannis@frcitl81.bitnet (Yannis Haralambous) (NB: 'el eight one') === Language(s): Latin, also Modern; PA2801-PA2915 Latin & Neo-Latin (LATIN-L) Listserver: latin-l@psuvm.psu.edu latin-l@psuvm.bitnet For questions, contact: bcj@psuvm.bitnet bcj@psuvm.psu.edu === Language(s): Romanian PC601-PC799 Romanian (ROMANIANS) (News & discussion in Romanian) Listserver: mihai@sep.stanford.edu For questions, contact: mihai@sep.stanford.edu (Alexander Mihai Popovici) === Language(s): Italian; PC1001-PC1977 Italian (LANGIT) (Discussione Centri Linguistici Italiani) Listserver: listserv@icineca.bitnet listserv@icineca.cineca.it For questions, contact: dolci@iveuncc.bitnet (Roberto Dolci) === Language(s): French; PC2001-PC3761 French (CAUSERIE) (any topic, but must be in French) Listserver: listserv@uquebec.bitnet listserv@uquebec.ca For questions, contact: hamelpj@inrs-urb.uquebec.ca (Pierre J. Hamel) === Language(s): French; PC2001-PC3761 French (FROGTALK) ((not restricted to linguistics; also for learners; contributions in French preferred) Listserver: listserv@bitnic.bitnet For questions, contact: frog@bitnic (Stephane Piot) === Language(s): Catalan; PC3801-PC3899 Catalan (CATALA) (Forum de discussio per a catalanoparlants; language & culture) Listserver: listserv@ebcesca1.bitnet listserv@puigmal.cesca.es For questions, contact: serveman@ebcesca1.bitnet (Caterina Parals) (Older list CATALUNYA is apparently no longer operating.) === Language(s): Spanish; PC4001-PC4977 Spanish (I-REDES) (Spanish language wide area networks; contributions in Spanish) Listserver: listserv@utfsm.bitnet For questions, contact: hlobos@utfsm.bitnet (Hernan Lobos Mitzio) === Language(s): Medieval Catalan, Spanish, Ladino, Galician; PC3801-PC3899, PC4001-PC4977, PC4813, PC5411-PC5414 Medieval Iberian (MEDIBER) (not just linguistics) Listserver: listserv@merle.acns.nwu.edu For questions, contact: j-dagenais@nwu.edu (John Dagenais) === Language(s): Ladino; PC4813 Sephardic studies (SEFARAD) (Sefarad, a Sephardic monthly newslet ter in English & Judeo-Spanish) Listserver: listserver@israel.nysernet.org listserv@israel.nysernet.org For questions, contact: mskerem@pluto.cc.huji.ac.il (Yitzchak Kerem) warren@itexjct.jct.ac.il (Warren Burstein) goodblat@israel.nysernet.org (Avrum Goodblatt) === Language(s): Portuguese PC5001-PC5498 Portuguese (LETRAS-L) (Discussion of literature & applied linguistics, in Portuguese) Listserver: mailserv@brfapesp.bitnet For questions, contact: ???@??? (???) === Language(s): Germanic; PD1-PD71 approx. Germanic languages, older (to about 1500) (GERLINGL) Listserver: listserv@uiucvmd.bitnet For questions, contact: marchand@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jim Marchand) marchand@uiucmvd.bitnet obenaus@uiucmvd.bitnet (Gerhard Obenaus) obenaus@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu Antonsen@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Elmer Antonsen) === Language(s): Scandinavian; PD1501-PD5929 Nordic languages (DISC-NORDIC) (not just linguistics) Listserver: disc-nordic-request@mail.unet.umn.edu For questions, contact: shack001@staff.tc.umn.edu (Jole Shackleford) uenjc@terra.oscs.montana.edu (Jerome Coffey) Note also Project Runeberg for archiving Nordic texts; information from: aronsson@lysator.liu.se === Language(s): Old English; PE101-PE299 Old English (ANSAX-L) (Old English language discussion) Listserver: listserv@wvnvm.bitnet For questions, contact: u47c2@wvnvm.bitnet (Patrick W. Conner) === Language(s): Middle English; PE501-PE685 Middle English (CHAUCER) (Middle English language & culture) Listserver: listserv@unl.edu For questions, contact: tbestul@crcvms.unl.edu (Tom Bestul) tbestul@unlvax1 === Language(s): English; PE1001-PE3729 Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL-L) Listserver: listserv@cunyvm.bitnet For questions, contact: abthc@cunyvm.bitnet (Anthea Tillyer) === Language(s): English; PE1001-PE3729 English (WORDS-L) (English language discussion; not just linguistics) Listserver: listserv@uga.bitnet listserv@uga.cc.uga.edu For questions, contact: maynor@Ra.MsState.EDU (Natalie Maynor) This list will be deleted from Version 1.4 because it really isn't about what it says it's about. There is extremely high volume on this list and, in the words of the list itself: "The discussions on WORDS-L are wide-ranging. Although the list began as a forum for discussion of the English language, it has evolved through the years into a discussion of anything the subscribers want to discuss. If you are looking for a single-topic list, you will probably not be happy here." === Language(s): English--United States; PE2801-PE3102 American dialects (ADS-L) American Dialect Society list Listserver: listserv@uga.bitnet listserv@uga.cc.uga.edu For questions, contact: maynor@msstate (Bernard Chien Perro) maynor@ra.msstate.edu (Natalie Maynor) === Language(s): Dutch; PF1-PF979 Dutch (NEDER-L) (Distributielijst voor de neerlandistiek; intended for teachers of Dutch) Listserver: listserv@nic.surfnet.nl For questions, contact: u216013@hnykun11.bitnet (Ben Salemans) === Language(s): Slavic PG1-PG9198 Slavic & East European languages (SEELANGS) (languages & literatures) Listserver: listserv@cunyvm.bitnet listserv@cunyvm.cuny.edu For questions, contact: ahrjj@cunyvm.bitnet (Alex Rudd) bigcu@cunyvm.bitnet (Bill Gruber) rtwlc@cunyvm.bitnet (Robert Whittaker) === Language(s): Macedonian PG1161-PG1164 Macedonian (MAK-NEWS) (News digest in Macedonian & English; there is also a general discussion list in Macedonian called MAK-TALK & an ftp service: ftp.uts.edu.au /pub/makedon) Listserver: listserv@uts.edu.au For questions, contact: shopov@tartarus.ccsd.uts.edu.au (Sacha Shopov) sk@sunbim.be (Sasa Konecni) === Language(s): Serbo-Croatian; PG1224-PG1399 Serbo-Croatian (VIZANTIJA) (News & discussion for Serbs) Listserver: dimitrije@buenga.bu.edu (Dimitrije Stamenovic) For questions, contact: dimitrije@buenga.bu.edu (Dimitrije Stamenovic) === Language(s): Slovenian PG1801-PG1899 Slovene (PISMA-BRALCEV) (Discussion in Slovene) Listserver: pisma-bralcev@ijs.si pisma.bralcev@uni-lj.si For questions, contact: andrej.brodnik@ijs.si (Andrej Brodnik) abrodnik@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca andrej.brodnik@uni-lj.si === Language(s): Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian PG1801-PG1899, PG1224-PG1399 Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian (OGLASNA-DESKA) (Discussion in Slovene & Serbo-Croatian) Listserver: oglasna-deska@ijs.si oglasna-deska@uni.lj.si For questions, contact: dean@eta.pha.jhu.edu (Dean Mozetic) marjeta@midget.towson.edu (Marjeta Cedilnik) === Language(s): Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian PG1801-PG1899, PG1224-PG1399 Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian (BOSNET) (News & discussion about Bosnia & Hercegovina, in English & "Bosnian") Listserver: listserv@math.gmu.edu For questions, contact: hozo@math.lsa.umich.edu (Iztok Hozo) === Language(s): Russian PG2001-PG2847 Russian (RUSSIAN) Listserver: listserv@asuacad.bitnet listserv@asuvm.inre.asu.edu For questions, contact: ???@??? This list still exists, sort of. The RUSSIAN bulletin board at listserv@asuacad still has all the old files from the discussion group, but the group moderator, Andy Wollert (ispajw@asuacad) is no longer associated with Arizona State University that houses the list server. Thus no new discussion. The list is "held". If anyone is interested in reviving this list, contact postmaster@asuacad. === Language(s): Russian PG2001-PG2847 Russian (RUSTEX-L) Russian TeX & Cyrillic text processing list Listserver: listserv@ubvm.bitnet For questions, contact: dmv@cunyvms1 (Dimitri Vulis) === Language(s): Czech PG4601-PG4771 Czech (MUTEX) (Masaryk University TeX text processing issues) Listserver: listserv@csbrmu11.bitnet For questions, contact: sojka@csbrmu11.bitnet (Petr Sojka) === Language(s): Slovak PG5201-PG5399 Slovak (SLOVAK-L) (News & discussion in English & Slovak) Listserver: listserv@ubvm.bitnet For questions, contact: gfrajkor@ccs.carleton.ca (Jan George Frajkor) === Language(s): Polish PG6001-PG6790 Polish (POLAND-L) (News & discussion in Polish & English. Includes newsletters "Sajac" (humor) & "Dyrdymalki" (weekly news)) Listserver: listserv@ubvm.bitnet For questions, contact: michal@gs58.sp.cs.cmu.edu (Michal Prussak) wowoc@acs.ucalgary.ca (Witold Owoc) === Language(s): Estonian PH601-PH629 Estonian (E-LIST) (News & discussion in Estonian) Listserver: vilo@cs.helsinki.fi For questions, contact: vilo@cs.helsinki.fi (Jaak Vilo) === Language(s): Hungarian PH2001-PH2800 Hungarian (HUEARN-L) (Discussion of the Hungarian EARN, in Hungarian) Listserver: listserv@huearn.bitnet For questions, contact: ib001ara@huearn.bitnet (Sandor Aranyi) It would be nice to get hold of a more general discussion list in Hungarian. == Language(s): Berber; PJ2340-PJ2349, PJ2369-PJ2399 Amazigh (AMAZIGH-NET) (Discussion of Amazigh (Berber) language & culture, in Tamazight, English, or French) Listserver: amazigh-request@ensisun.imag.fr For questions, contact: suescun@esmeralda.imag.fr (Rodolphe Suescun) djb@darwin.bu.edu (Djamal Bouzida) === Language(s): Hebrew; PJ4501-PJ4937 Hebrew (HEBREW-L) (Jewish & Near Eastern Studies) Listserver: listserv@uminn1.bitnet For questions, contact: maic@uminn1.bitnet (Tzvee Zahavy) Apparently this list has merged with HEBLANG. === Language(s): Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic; PJ4501-PJ4937, PJ6001-PJ7144, PJ5201-PJ5329 Hebrew TeX list (IVRITEX) (About Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic text processing) Listserver: listserv@taunivm.bitnet For questions, contact: a79@taunivm.bitnet (David Sitman) dhosek@hmcvax.bitnet (Don Hosek) === Language(s): Hebrew PJ4501-PJ4937; PJ4901-PJ4950 Modern & Biblical Hebrew (HEBLANG) (Hebrew grammar & etymology; "includes Biblical, Medieval, Tiberian & Modern as well as dialects/forms such as Aramaic that dropped off/on along the way.") 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For questions, contact: brian@ipied.tu.ac.th (Brian Migliazza) This list is under construction. === Language(s): Vietnamese PL4371-PL4379 Vietnamese (VIETNET) (The Bitnet feed for the soc.culture.vietnamese newsgroup on USENET; in Vietnamese & English. Very active) Listserver: listserv@uscvm.bitnet For questions, contact: hho@scf.usc.edu (Hung P. Ho, Jr.) anh@media.mit.edu (Viet Anh) === Language(s): Tamil; PL4751-PL4759 Tamil (TAMIL-L) (Tamil studies; not limited to linguistics) Listserver: listserv@dhdurz1.bitnet For questions, contact: d87@vm.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (Thomas Malten) === Language(s): Telugu; PL4771-PL4779 Telugu (TELUGU) (Telugu language & culture; not just linguistics) Listserver: telugu@ndsuvm1.bitnet telugu@vm1.nodak.edu For questions, contact: kvrao@andy.bgsu.edu (K.V. 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(TOLKLANG) (includes Quenya, Qenya, Sindarin, Sindarin, Nandorin, Wood-Elven, Telerin, Eldarissa, Goldogrin, Khuzdul, Adunaid, Rohirric, Wose-speech, Arctic, Black Speech, Westron (Common Speech), as well as Old English, Welsh, Norse, Finnish, etc.) Listserver: tolklang-request=server@dcs.ed.ac.uk For questions, contact: jcb@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Julian Bradfield) %%%%%%%%%% Michael Everson School of Architecture, UCD; Richview, Clonskeagh; Dublin 14; E/ire Phone: +353 1 706-2745 Fax: +353 1 283-8908 Home: +353 1 478-2597 Appended is a summary list of known addresses: Linguist list (linguist@tamvm1.BITNET), Sign Languages list (slling-l@yalevm.BITNET), Pobl WELSH-L (welsh-l@irlearn.BITNET), Classics list (classics@uwavm.BITNET), Hellas list (nxg6@psuvm.BITNET), Ellhnika list (yannis@frcitl81.BITNET), Latin list (latin-l@psuvm.BITNET), Italian list (langit@iveuncc.BITNET), Causerie list (causerie@uquebec.BITNET), Frogtalk list (frogtalk@bitnic.BITNET), Catalan list (catala@ebcesca1.BITNET), I-REDES list (I-REDES@utfsm.BITNET), Germanic Linguistics list (gerlingl@uiucvmd.BITNET), Nordic Discussion list (disc-nordic@mail.unet.umn.edu), American Dialect Society list (ads-l@uga.BITNET), Nederlands list (neder-l@nic.surfnet.nl), Slavic and East European Languages list (seelangs@cunyvm.BITNET), Yiddish list (mendele@yalevm.BITNET), Arabic list (arabic-l@yvax.byu.edu), Turkish list (bildil@trmetu.BITNET), Nihongo list (nihongo@mitvma.BITNET), Chinese list (bai@kenyon.edu), Chinese Net list (jiang@ifcss.org), Tamil list (tamil-l@dhdurz1.BITNET), Telugu list (telugu@ndsuvm1.BITNET), kiSwahili list (kuntz@macc.wisc.edu), Languages of Aboriginal Peoples list (nat-lang@tamvm1.BITNET), Iroquoian list (iroquois@utoronto.BITNET), Constructed Languages list (conlang@diku.dk), Listo Esperanta (esper-l@trearn.BITNET), Listo Esperanta (esperanto@rand.org), tlhIngan Hol jatlhwI' (tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us), Quendili (tolklang@dcs.ed.ac.uk), Lojban list (lojban@snark.thyrsus.com), Norval Smith (nsmith@alf.let.uva.nl), Anglo-Saxon list (u47c2@wvnvm.BITNET), Medieval Iberia list (mediber@merle.acns.nwu.edu), Indology list (indology@liverpool.ac.uk), Marion Gunn (mgunn@irlearn.BITNET), South East Asia Languages list (brian@ipied.tu.ac.th), David Bedell (dbedell3@ua1vm.ua.edu), New Testament Greek list (djm5g@virginia.edu), Sefarad Sephardic list (sefarad@israel-nysernet.org), Middle English list (chaucer@unl.edu), Romanian list (romanians@sep.standor), Macedonian list (mak-news@uts.edu.au), "Vizantija, Serbian list" (vizantija@buenga.bu.edu), Slovenian list (pisma-bralcev@ijs.si), Slovenian and Serbo-Croatian list (oglasna-deska@ijs.si), Bosnian interest list (bosnet@math.gmu.edu), Czech TeX list (mutex@csbrmu11.BITNET), Slovak list (slovak-l@ubvm.BITNET), Turkish list (turkce-l@tritu.BITNET), Korean list (hangul@cair.kaist.ac.kr), Chinese poetry list (chpoem-l@ubvm.BITNET), Vietnamese list (vietnet@uscvm.BITNET), Indonesian Islamic list (is-lam@macc.wisc.edu), Nahuatl list (nahuat-l@fauvax.BITNET), Amazigh-Net (Amazigh-Net@engcd.bu.edu), Letras-L (letras-l@brfapesp.BITNET), TESL list (tesl-l@cunyvm.BITNET), RusTeX list (rustex-l@ubvm.BITNET), Poland list (poland-l@ubvm.BITNET), E-LIST (vilo@cs.helsinki.fi), Hungarian EARN discussion (huearn-l@huearn.BITNET), Hebrew list (heblang@israel.nysernet.edu), IvriTex list (ivritex@taunivm.BITNET), Arabic Language & Technology list (itisalat@guvm.BITNET), Hayastan list (hayastan@think.com), "Assn. 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CAAL = Computers and Ancient Languages, a New List From: Petr Zemanek (petr.zemanek@ff.cuni.cZ) We take the liberty to inform you that a new discussion group on Computers and Ancient Languages (CAAL) has been formed. It is oriented mainly on the languages of the Ancient Near East (Indo- European, Semitic and other). The main interests of the list are: 1. Computer databases of ancient Indo-European, Afro-Asiatic (Hamito-Semitic) and other languages. 2. Graphic databases of texts of ancient, esp. Near Eastern languages, 3. The use of hypertexts for the texts and secondary sources, esp. on Ancient Near East. 4. Linguistic and philological analysis of ancient languages based on electronical text corpora. 5. OCR systems and ancient languages. 6. Problems of encoding of the texts of ancient languages, exchange of information on software applications 7. Exchange of further linguistic information on ancient languages. In case you are interested in such a list, please, contact the list management. List management (caal-owner@ff.cuni.cz): Furat Rahman Petr Vavrousek Petr Zemanek

An "ANU-Dhammapada-Verses" Database From: Dr T. Matthew CIOLEK (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au), Coombs Computing Unit, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia Speaking of language data, a new WAIS database with the above title has been created at the Australian National University. It contains the 423 Dhammapada verses translated from the Pali original by John Richards (jhr@elidor.demon.co.uk). The "ANU-Dhammapada-Verses" data base is accessible via standard WAIS client software as well as via the Coombsquest gopher on coombs.anu.edu.au, port 70. A direct gopher link is: Name=Search the "ANU-Dhammapada-Verses" database Type=7 Port=70 Path=waissrc:/Coombs-db/ANU-Dhammapada-Verses.src Host=cheops.anu.edu.au

Encyclopaedia Britannica on CDROM There is some tantilizing information about steps towards the creation of a full-text version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica on CD-ROM. This much is clear: the Britannica people have been showing off a two CD-ROM package as part of the "Britannica Fact- checking System," which they describe as: ... a unique information access system combining the latest in sophisticated technology with the databses of the renowned and respected Encyclopaedia Britannica. ... ... BFS applies specialized relevance-ranking algorithms to the full text of the Britannica databases and, within seconds, BFS displays a list of articles likely to contain the answer to your question, with the most likely articles at the top of the list. ... The software will search the Micropaedia, Macropaedia and the Britannica Book of the Year separately or in any combination. System requirements: 486 PC or higher, 8 MB RAM MS-DOS 3.1 or higher MS-Windows 3.1 1.2 Gigabyte hard drive CD-Rom drive Mouse Cost: about $5,000 to school libraries, more to indivduals, on a three year license. Apparently the system represents the entire Britannica, plus the Merriam-Webster's 10th Collegiate Dictionary, and a few yearbooks, in an ASCII format but without graphics or significant markup. It is not yet clear whether the software allows the user to view the consecutive text, or only predetermined sections. A true electronic EB seems to be under consideration, but not yet present in the current materials.

An Internet Encyclopedia (Interpedia) Proposal From: Doug Wilson (dwilson@crc.sd68.nanaimo.bc.ca or dwilson@chaserv.almanac.bc.ca) In a similar vein, here is information about a proposed Internet Encyclopedia, or Interpedia, and the associated mailing-list. The original proposal, by Rick Gates, was for volunteers to cooperatively write a new encyclopedia, put it in the public domain, and make it available on the Internet. Participants on the mailing-list have expanded the concept by noting that the bibliography entries and references provided with Interpedia articles could include hypertext links to other resources available on the Internet. Unlike any printed encyclopedia, the Interpedia could be kept completely up-to-date. Indeed, it could include hypertext links to ongoing discussions, and perhaps evolve into a general interface to all resources and activities on the Internet. If you find these ideas interesting, please join the Interpedia mailing-list by sending a message to interpedia-request@telerama.lm.com with the body of the message containing the word 'subscribe' and your e-mail address, as follows: subscribe your_username@your.host.domain

Publicly Accessible E-literature (Plotinus, Augustine, etc.) From: K. Edwin Lee (459912@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or 459912@uottawa.bitnet), Saint Paul University, Ottawa, CANADA K. Edwin Lee calls attention to an extensive e-book collection called the ERIS project which makes available books to the public in e-accessible form. "The list is quite long and the literature on the classics such as Plato, Aristotle, Tacitus, Plotinus (Enneads), Augustine (Confessions) ... up to the modern works like Kant, Shakespeare, etc. is quite complete." The material can be accessed through the University of Notre Dame gopher -- choose 3. University of Notre Dame Information, then 7. Library and Information Resources, then 2. Access to Electronic Books where you will find three different e-book projects, the second of which is the ERIS project.

DScriptorium for Medieval MS Images From: Jesse Hurlbut (frejdh@ukcc.uky.edu) I would like to announce the creation of DScriptorium: an ftp site devoted to collecting, storing and distributing digital images of Medieval manuscripts (D is for digital). You may log in with the following command: ftp slow.inslab.uky.edu USER name: anonymous PASSWORD: (your e-mail address) The collection begins with rare images of the miniatures from Besancon, Bibliotheque Municipale, ms. [M] 579, 'Le Mystere dou Jour dou Jugement' (color scans from enlarged photographs). The images are in subdirectory /DScriptorium/Jugement (note capital DS and J). See also the introductory document in subdirectory /DScriptorium. All .doc files are in ASCII format. All image files must be shipped in binary mode (type 'bin' at the ftp prompt to set binary mode). The 'Jour dou Jugement' images are all in JPEG format. All materials contained in DScriptorium may be freely distributed for the personal use of students, scholars and the public. Any commercial use or publication of them is strictly prohibited. Please direct questions or comments to Jesse Hurlbut (hurlbut@mik.uky.edu).

IPPE One-Month Status Report From: Richard Reiner (rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca; tel 416-538-3947), coordinator, International Philosophical Preprint Exchange Since our opening this Fall(1993), the International Philosophical Preprint Exchange has handled a total of 3131 requests for the working papers and other documents available on the system. These requests came from a total of 845 distinct users, in dozens of countries. We find this level of usage very encouraging, and we thank all of those who have supported our fledgling effort. We have plenty of room for growth, and we encourage all to browse the papers available on the IPPE, and to submit their own working papers for instant, free distribution to colleagues worldwide. To get started using the IPPE, try the command "gopher apa.oxy.edu" on your host computer. If that doesn't work (presumably because your host system doesn't yet have Gopher software--ask your system adminstrator to install it!), send a piece of email containing the following four lines: begin send getting-started send INDEX end to the address phil-preprints-service@phil-preprints.l.chiba-u.ac.jp, and a beginner's guide will be sent to you by email. We are now in the process of preparing a short document explaining how to place a working paper on the International Philosophical Preprint Exchange, and explaining other factors relevant to submitting a paper (that copyright remains with the author,that the paper remains publishable, etc.). This guide is not yet ready, but we strongly encourage submissions. Please contact me by email at the address rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca if you have a paper you'd like to make available through the International Philosophical Preprint Exchange, and I or one of our volunteers will be happy to guide you through the submission process.

Some Resources for Archaeological Studies

New archaeology WorldWideWeb Server From: Sebastian Francis Heath (sfsh@rome.classics.lsa.umich.edu), Department of Classical Studies, University of Michigan I have implemented a World Wide Web server that collects together all the links to internet resources useful to classics and mediterranean archaeology of which I am aware. It is a superset of the gopher server with similar ambitions. The URL of the WWW server is "http://rome.classics.lsa.umich.edu/". Client software to access the server from Macs is available over FTP from "ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu". The file is /Web/Mac/NCSAMosaicMac.B5.sit.Hqx. Your mac needs to be connected to the Internet to gain full access to WWW. The World Wide Web is a distributed information service that allows full integration of images, sound, movies, etc. in a hypertext environment. This may sound like all bells-and-whistles but it is actually well worth checking out.

Announcing The Archaeological Data Archive Project From: Nick Eiteljorg (neiteljo@brynmawr.edu) At the meeting of the Committee for Computer Applications and Electronic Data of the Archaeological Institute of America last December there was a lengthy discussion of the importance of providing access to scholarly information electronically over the Internet. All agreed that as much information as possible should be available and that the question of access raised additional questions about data standards. The members of the committee were especially concerned about the possible loss of computer-based records, since long-term storage of magnetic media and changes in computer standards can create significant problems. As the members of the committee came to agree that a major archival project should be initiated, they also realized that the geographic and cultural spread of the archive would be so broad that an independent organization should be established to manage the project. CSA Director Harrison Eiteljorg, II, volunteered to organize an independent archival project. During the winter months the members of the committee and Mr. Eiteljorg refined the aims and scope of the project. The resulting formal proposal was, at the request of the committee, endorsed by the AIA, and the Archaeological Data Archive Project was started. Endorsements of the Project by other archaeological organizations are now being sought. (The Project will operate under the aegis of CSA, the Center for the Study of Architecture, but will be independently funded.) Since that time, there has been an ongoing attempt to be sure others are not undertaking a similar project. Two major archival projects of this nature are not needed. No similar project has been found, and the Bryn Mawr College Director of Computing Services, Thomas A. Warger, has offered his encouragement and assistance. Therefore, the Archaeological Data Archive Project (ADAP) is now being publicly launched. The principal goal of the Project is to "provide a repository for excavation information, access to that information, and safe, secure, long-term storage of the information." Long-term storage includes refreshing the data on a periodic basis and, when required by changing technology, transferring the data to new media. Records of excavations explicitly include data sets from database systems, CAD, GIS, spreadsheets, etc., but may also be taken to include any other records available in computer form. Access to electronic data should be as open and easy as possible; such access requires several things. First, of course, access requires that the data be on a computer linked to the network. Second, real access to data sets requires that the data be structured in ways which users can understand. At a minimum, the relationships within the data files must be clear and explicit. Third, the terms used in the files must be well defined if a user is to understand the data fully. Individuals or institutions that cannot maintain records safely or that cannot provide access may transmit them to ADAP for safekeeping. ADAP is prepared to accept such materials now. (ADAP personnel will also work with scholars who have paper-based records they wish to convert, although funding for that work would be required from other sources.) There are three requirements for data files to be included in the archive. First, the records must be in a form which can be accessed by current software; files created in obsolete formats must be converted (ASCII being the minimum standard), a process with which ADAP personnel will assist if necessary. Second, the records must be accompanied by an explanation of the data structure and terms used so that the data will be meaningful. Project personnel will also assist with developing that explanation if necessary. Third, the data must be accessible to others at the time it is transmitted or at a specified date in the future. Relevant, Internet-accessible records maintained by other institutions may be contributed to the archive without physically transferring them to ADAP. The use of Internet navigation aids makes it unnecessary to keep the records in the same place. Locations of other computerized records which are not made a part of the archive will be noted by ADAP so that records kept by ADAP or by other institutions may be found through a single source. The major benefit of this archive, at the outset, will be preserving and providing access to records that might otherwise be lost or rendered useless by changing computer standards. Other benefits will flow from the existence of a computerized archive, for example, placing full data sets in the archive for public access would provide prompt and efficient publication of information too voluminous to be published effectively or economically on paper. Such an archive will also make available to scholars CADD models, GIS data sets, and other such computer- based information which cannot be conveyed on paper. If, as is possible, scholars use the archive as the preferred form of publication for catalog information and use traditional paper publication for interpretation, analysis, and synthesis, there will also be considerable savings of both time and money. In the longer run, the existence of an archive will also aid in leading the archaeological community toward reasonable standards for terms and data types. The archive will provide examples of the problems raised by the absence of consistent definitions and samples from which to begin a synthesis. Plans also include arranging meetings of representatives of national and international archaeological organizations to begin Rthe process of reaching agreement about those standards, both archaeological and computer-based, which are needed to make the archive function effectively.S The recommendations will not be restrictive; nor will they prescribe the structure of excavation data sets. Common terminology will be the crucial goal. Working groups will address various areas of concern and will be asked to make recommendations to enable the effective exchange of information. Recommendations for carefully delimited areas will be issued separately and will be disseminated for comments. A full set of recommendations will ultimately be agreed upon, and scholars wishing to contribute their information to the archive will be expected to follow those recommendations. As the Project goes forward and technology advances, new problems relating to the storage of and access to data will surely arise. They will be examined with the aid of the international steering committee As data become available, the international steering committee will consider cost questions - whether to charge for access, how to impose charges, and how much to charge. The international steering committee will also be obliged to concern itself with the issue of data integrity. If data on a network can be copied, they can also, once on another machine, be altered. Protection of data integrity will be an important issue for consideration. ADAP will be funded separately from CSA. However, start-up work is being funded by CSA, and information about ADAP will appear regularly in the CSA Newsletter. This is a Project of enormous scope, and there can be no doubt that success requires the cooperation of the archaeological community. That cooperation is, in fact, needed here and now. Data sets that are in need of safe and secure storage must be the first priority, and anyone who knows of such data is encouraged to help. Files from KayPro and other obsolete microcomputer systems are among those which most urgently require attention. Similarly, data sets which should be widely available but cannot be accessed now should be high on the list of priorities. Planning for the first general conference to begin the process of seeking standards has just begun; those who would be interested in assisting are encouraged to contact Harrison Eiteljorg, II, at CSA. (Quotations are from "The Archaeological Computer Archive Project: A Summary Proposal." Copies are available on request, by mail or Internet. Your comments about the Project, questions, and suggestions will be extremely helpful to the development of this archive. Please give us the benefit of your thoughts.) Harrison Eiteljorg, II CSA, Box 60, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 (215) 526-7925 neiteljo@brynmawr.edu November 29, 1993

ASOR Electronic Newsletter From: Vic Matthews For an electronic version of the ASOR Newsletter (currently 43/4 1993), the following ftp procedures may be followed: ftp oi.uchicago.edu login: anonymous password: [your email name@address] cd pub/asor dir choose: get [remote filename] [local filename] quit

Some Resources for Biblical and Jewish Studies

Online Bible for the Mac The subject of the resources of the ONLINE BIBLE system (see OFFLILNE 40) resurfaced, with special reference to Mac users. For ordering and price information, contact: Ken Hamel, Box 168, Oakhurst NJ 07755. The general ftp information remains the same: anonymous ftp to wuarchive.wustl.edu for the directory /doc/bible/mac. The PC version is in the directory /doc/bible/ibmpc.

Jewish Studies Judaica e-Journal From: ajhyman@oise.on.ca The Jewish Studies Judaica e-Journal is available free by subscribing to either: listserv@israel.nysernet.org message: SUBSCRIBE JEWSTUDIES your_name or listserv@uicvm.uic.edu message: SUBSCRIBE H-JUDAIC your_name both list names/nodes act as distribution sites for the journal. Current circulation is about 650 subscribers (Dec 1993). Jewish Studies Judaica e-Journal Issue 1.006 Table of Contents Articles, Short Notes & Abstracts: - REPORT on CAJE (JEWISH EDUCATION) CONFERENCE - MANUSCRIPTS of the PSEUDO-RABBENU HILLEL - NEW CHAIRS in JEWISH STUDIES - BROWN JUDAIC STUDIES Reviews - JEWISH REFERENCE SOURCES Collaborations - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY in SEMITIC CULTURES - SALE: 19th/20th CENTURY HEBREW LITERATURE - ALEX GROBMAN & the AMERICAN and JEWISH PRESS 1939-42 - JEWISH WAY OF WATCHING TELEVISION - TEACHING about HOLOCAUST COLLABORATORS Membership Commentary - CONTENTS (Religious Studies Publication) Announcements - FELLOWSHIPS AVAILABLE - NAT'NL ASS. for ETHNIC STUDIES (Call for Papers) - THE THEOLOGICAL NETWORK - JUDEA MAGAZINE - GENEALOGY BBS - THE DAAD PRIZES - HILLEL NETWORK Employment Opportunities - ASST. PROF. of HEBREW - HOLOCAUST ARCHIVES & UNIX =====

Judaisme-L, a New List In French From: Nicolas Rebibo (rebibo@crbca1.sinet.slb.com or rebibo@jerusalem1.datasrv.co.il) Cette liste se veut un lieu de discussion et de reflexion sur tous les aspects du judaisme. Ces objectifs pourront etre affines au fur et a mesure de son existence. Cette liste est, a ma connaissance, la premiere experience de ce type en Francais. Son succes depend de chacun d'entre nous, faites la connaitre autour de vous. Pour s'inscrire: Mail to: listserv@jerusalem1.datasrv.co.il Subject: None Text: sub judaisme-l Software Developments

Bibliograhpic Software for DOS From: Jim Brownson (brownsonj@hope.cit.hope.edu), Western Theological Seminary The early October (1993) issue of PC Magazine has a fine review of bibliographic software for the PC which discusses about ten different packages, and notes the strengths and weaknesses of each. A good read for anyone who is thinking of automating their bibliographies. From: Ken Badley (kbradley@epas.utoronto.ca) [the "r" in kbradley is right and wrong at the same time !] I teach at the Institute for Christian Studies.... Several years ago I ... wrote my own [bibliograhpy] program that runs in WordPerfect 5.0 or 5.1. ... I originally wrote it just for myself but eventually put it out in shareware and have now had 11000 copies distributed. It is custom designed for academic needs. Send me your mailing address and I will send you a copy to try out. Ken Badley ICS 229 College Street Toronto, ON M5T 1R4

New Internet Navigator: Mosaic for the Mac Announcing the release of NCSA Mosaic (version B2) for the Macintosh NCSA Mosaic is an enabling technology that allows the user easily to access networked information from all over the world with the click of a button. The Internet is the primary source of networked information to universities and scientific communities, in general. Use of these network facilities is growing by leaps and bounds. For example, Internet traffic is doubling every eight to ten months. With more and more people using the Internet the amount of information available is literally exploding. Services to access this information are being rapidly created. Examples of currently available services: Gopher, WAIS, World Wide Web, FTP, Usenet News, Telnet, and Archie. Without these tools it would be much harder to track and capture important available information. NCSA Mosaic was designed to provide transparent, seamless access to nearly all of these information sources and services. In addition it gives the user a mechanism to retrieve and display a wide variety of data types. These types include: text, images, movies, animations, sound and scientific data. This is the first public release of NCSA Mosaic for the Macintosh. It can be download via anonymous FTP from site: FTP.NCSA.UIUC.EDU directory: Mac/Mosaic Please send all bug-reports, questions, comments and suggestions to: mosaic-mac@ncsa.uiuc.edu NCSA Mosaic for the Mac Development Team. Aleks Totic, Tom Redman, Kim Stephenson & Mike McCool University of Illinois National Center for Supercomputing Applications 152 CAB 605 E. Springfield Champaign, IL 61820

AcCordance: The Mac Version of GRAMCORD From: Mari Broman Olsen (molsen@astrid.ling.nwu.edu), Northwestern University, Dept. of Linguistics The Macintosh version of Gramcord, called 'AcCordance' has finished the Beta test phase, and is in the process of being checked against its documentation. Persons interested in receiving notice of the release may contact The Gramcord Institute 2218 NE Brookview Dr. Vancouver, WA 98686 phone: 206-576-3000 AcCordance will do everything Gramcord does and more, according to Paul Miller, Executive Director. It also combines the capabilities of Bible Word for Windows, linking translations (like batteries, sold separately) with the selected Greek texts. Approval has been granted for 6 English versions and one Spanish (RV) and is pending for one German version.

Announcing the Release of the English Version of KLEIO From: Dr. Peter Denley (p.r.denley@qmw.ac.uk), Queen Mary and Westfield College, London Version 5.1.1; The English Version of KLEIO The pioneering software system KLEIO, developed by Dr Manfred Thaller of the Max-Planck-Institut at Goettingen, has revolutionised historical computing in the German-speaking world. Starting with the principle of "source-oriented data processing", KLEIO provides historians with a range of sophisticated, discipline-specific tools which enable them to preserve the integrity of their source material while handling that material in a wide variety of ways. To this end, KLEIO offers powerful text handling facilities, routines for dealing with varieties of historical dating systems and interlocking currency systems, hierarchical and non-hierarchical relationships, record- matching algorithms, fuzzy and context-sensitive data handling, mapping, image retrieval and information exchange routines. The approach has been accurately defined as that of the "historical workstation". The English version of KLEIO is now released, allowing a wider community of historians access to the software at last. This version consists of a substantial revision of the software itself, and a completely new tutorial written English historical practice data sets. The tutorial has been tested on classes of students during 1993, but is equally suitable for individual work. Version 5.1.1 of KLEIO is suitable for PCs of 386 specification or above. The release also includes StanFEP, the Standard Format Exchange Program also developed by the KLEIO team. A "high- tech" version of KLEIO incorporating the features of this version as well as KLEIO's Image Analysis System (KLEIO IAS) is also available, at present only for UNIX systems. The English Version of KLEIO has been made possible by the support of The British Academy: The Royal Historical Society: The Max-Planck-Institut fuer Geschichte, Goettingen: The Committee for Advanced Studies, University of Southampton: The Arts Faculty, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London. How to Order KLEIO Version 5.1.1 of KLEIO comes as a package consisting of the following: * a software disk (3.5") * a tutorial disk (3.5") * the reference manual (Manfred Thaller, KLEIO. A Database System) * the tutorial volume (Matthew Woollard & Peter Denley, Source-Oriented Data Processing for Historians: a Tutorial for KLEIO) * the KLEIO IAS manual (Gerhard Jaritz, Images. A Primer of Computer-Supported Analysis with KLEIO IAS), supplied as a taster for the image analysis system (currently available for Unix systems only) Version 5.1.1 incorporates both the German and the English versions of KLEIO: you are asked at installation which version you wish to use. Purchase of the package entitles you to multiple use; the only restriction is that you may not sell KLEIO to third parties. Further copies of the individual volumes are available as books in the Halbgraue Reihe zur historischen Fachinformatik, for which a price list and order form are attached. English KLEIO users are also entitled to the services of the KLEIO Support Team, which will answer questions and help to resolve any problems encountered. Users will receive information about updates and enhancements to the software. Cost and method of payment The cost of the package is L30 excluding postage and packing. The amount to be added for postage and packing is L4.50 for orders from within the United Kingdom and L6.50 for orders from outside the United Kingdom. Payment must be by cheque, made out to "Queen Mary & Westfield College", and must reach the suppliers in sterling, free of bank or international exchange charges. Invoices and receipts can be supplied on request. Orders should be sent to: KLEIO Support Team, Humanities Computing Centre, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom: fax. +44 81 980 8400: email kleio@qmw.ac.uk from whom information about the image analysis system, KLEIO IAS, can also be obtained. KLEIO: Order Form I wish to order KLEIO Version 5.1.1. Name ................................................... Address ................................................... ................................................... ................................................... ................................................... ................................................... Signature ................................................... I enclose a cheque for: KLEIO 5.1.1 L30 Postage & packing (L4.50 within UK, L6.50 outside UK) ...... TOTAL ......

Biblical Greek Language Software From: David Noe (dnoe60@calvin.edu) Dr. R. Wevers at Calvin College College in Grand Rapids, MI has written a dandy little program for PCs that gives thorough review of NT vocab as well as practice in forms, case endings, and a healthy classical vocabulary. Straightforward and easy to use, this program retails for $10. For a copy, write to rweve@calvin.edu. [See earlier OFFLINE notices for John Hurd's Greek TUTOR program for NT Greek learning.] Working with Electronic Resources

Inexpensive CD-ROMs and Getting the Most from your Parallel Port by James Marchand One of the most frustrating problems with CD-ROMs used to be the cost of the drive. Now that CD-ROM readers have come down in price, the major deterrent to the use of the CD-ROM is the cost of the disk itself. It is not unusual to see a single CD-ROM disk sold for twelve to fifteen hundred dollars. On the other hand, with a little shopping around, one can find CD-ROMs at ridiculously low prices. Even the same CD-ROM, for example Languages of the World, can be found for several hundred dollars or for less than 40 dollars. This makes it worthwhile to comparison shop. There are a number of excellent periodical bibliographies that can aid in keeping up with what is out there. The two best in my opinion, available in libraries both in print and in CD-ROM form (for easier searchability), are: CD-ROMs in Print (Meckler Corp., 11 Ferry Lane West, Westport, CT 96880; (203) 226-6967) and The CD-ROM Directory, with Multimedia CDs (TEPL Publishing, 1301 20th St. NW,Suite 702, Washington, DC20036; (202) 296-6009). These are published only twice a year (December and June) and are thus often quite out of date. The best way to keep up in the meantime is through Computer Shopper, which is, however, of no use for foreign CD-ROMs. There are many vendors who offer CD-ROMs at reasonable prices. I will just mention the four I deal with the most. In my experience, these four offer consistently the best deals, but also look in Computer Shopper. It is well to get on the vendors' mailing lists or to join the club where there is a club reduction offer (e.g. S & S): 1. The CD-ROM Source, 5348 North Tacoma Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46220 (317-726-0022). They also invite you to come in and shop. A fine feature is that they carry no Adult XXX titles. 2. S & S Publishing, Inc., PO Box 552, Lemont, IL 60439 (708-257- 7616). It is a good idea to join their club, which offers special deals and discounts. 3. Free Spirit Software, PO Box 158, 109 W. Pearl St., Trafalgar, IN 46181 (317-878-5348). 4. ERM, 50 New Salem St., Wakefield, MA 01880 (617-246-6767); also known as "Crazy Bob's." They also have cheap grab-bags, if you are feeling lucky. Here are some examples (the first example shows the importance of comparison shopping!): 1. In the January, 1994, Computer Shopper there is a CD-ROM that is advertised from over $200 to less than $20; it is Languages of the World, which contains dictionaries for twelve different languages. One inserts the CD-ROM, chooses the source and target languages (e.g. Swedish -> English), and the dictionary of choice is placed on a hot-key; one has but to hit Alt-Shift, and the dictionary is immediately available within your application. Of the dictionaries, the German and the French are not too good, but the others are excellent, the Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Italian especially. The Japanese and the Chinese can be displayed in the native scripts or in transcription. For less than twenty dollars, this is an outstanding buy. 2. Etexts are available in great numbers by anonymous ftp or gopher on the net; the value of buying etexts on CD-ROM is that they do not fill up your hard disk, and that you don't have to bother with archie and ftp. Again, these vary greatly in price, and there is a great deal of duplication. A good first buy is one of the following four: a. Desktop Library CDROM. 1st Edition, August, 1992. This has disappeared from their catalogue, and I assume that it has been withdrawn, but you need not worry; it is duplicated by: b. DeskTop Bookshop, from: Unica Ltd., which is much the same as: c. Reader's Library, from Micro-Mart Computer. Usually the most expensive of these is: d. Library of the Future Series, second edition, World Library, Inc. All four of these are much the same, containing, for example, all of Greek drama, Shakespeare, Milton, KJV, Beowulf, etc. etc. I have not listed the addresses of the publishers, since you will want to buy from a discount catalogue, where The Desktop Bookshop can be had for about $15. With this and Great Literature, from Bureau Development, Inc. (about $30), you have a library of literally thousands of books in searchable form. There is some overlap, but Great Literature is worth every penny. Particularly welcome are the collections of "Poems of x," e.g. William Blake, John Donne, Longfellow. 3. There are a number of CD-ROMs devoted to religion, and the ones mentioned above have texts of the Bible, Buddhism, Islam, etc., but the best of the lot is Straight from Heaven, from Most Significant Bits. It can be had for about $30.00, though I bought mine for $10. No installation is required, and though most of it could have been gotten for free by ftp (e.g. The Online Bible), it is well put together. It includes such things as the "American Standard Version, AV & Darby text, KJV, Greek NT (Greek characters), Hebrew Old Testament (Hebrew characters), Spanish, German (Elberfelder), French and Greek versions," various lexica, study texts, etc. etc., with a menu and easy to follow instructions. I do not like on-disk software as a rule, but this is good. 4. Another great buy is Reference Library, the poor man's Microsoft Bookshelf, containing a whole stack of useful reference tools: Webster's New World Dictionary, Webster's New World Thesaurus, Webster's New World Dictionary of Quotable Definitions, The New York Public Library Desk Reference, Dictionary of 20th Century History, J. K. Lasser's Legal and Corporation Forms for the Smaller Business, Webster's New World Guide to Concise Writing and The National Directory of Address and Telephone Numbers, etc., thus making your desktop library available at your computer. There are many other inexpensive CD-ROMs, but these are the ones I use. With a little effort, you ought to be able to find ones which suit your taste at no great cost to you. With a little effort and a small outlay, you can carry your library with you.

The SCSI Device and the Parallel Port. Up until fairly recently, the only recourse one had, once the expansion slots were taken up on one's desktop (or if there were no slots, as in the laptop), was to buy an expansion chassis where possible, with the interminable interface problems that came along with it, or to try one of those strange docking stations. The present vogue of the SCSI (Small Comuter Systems Interface, pronounced "scuzzy") device and the ASPI (Advanced SCSI Programming Interface) has brought with it great benefits to the scholarly user of the PC. Using "parallel transfer" techniques, SCSI inventors and programmers have been able to convert the parallel port (printer port) into an input channel, so that one does not have to insert a board in order to use an external input device such as a CD-ROM drive. This is important for laptop, notebook, and palmtop owners, where one most frequently cannot insert a board. It also has made such devices portable, so that the scholar is freed (with the proper battery) from the umbilical cord of the electrical outlet. If one uses the right interface (e.g. CorelSCSI), one can piggy-back devices and have several connected at the same time. Of course, most such devices allow seamless pass-through to the printer, so that one does not lose the printer port. The parallel port has truly become, as Mike Hogan of PCWorld termed it, a "data superhighway." The TransDisk portable hard drive, for example, can be had in sizes up to 200 MB, so that those who have unwisely bought a laptop with only thirty to eighty MB or hard disk space (such as yours truly) can now have more space than they dreamed of. Such drives can also be stacked, so that a 200 MB can become a 400 MB, and they can be moved from computer to computer. Those who do not have room to install a tape backup in their computer chassis can now attach a tape backup to the parallel port; since installation is no problem, one can use one device to back up several computers, merely changing the tapes. MicroSolutions offers a modestly priced tape backup which attaches to the parallel port. Another great benefit is the ability to attach an external CD-ROM reader to a notebook or palmtop computer. As better batteries (e.g. zinc-air) become available, one will be able to take a whole library along and compute under the trees. I have a Backpack CD-ROM Drive from MicroSolutions which I have used extensively, and which has given me no trouble. It installed with only one minor glitch. The most exciting recent development, however, is the advent of the scanner which is attached to the parallel port. Logitech's ScanMan Easy Touch comes with the best OCR software (Caere's OmniPage), but Artec's WalkScan/256 comes with a battery pack. This means that you can go into the library, find a book, scan a page or a paragraph, and free yourself forever from the 3 x 5 card. Another truly exciting product is the MiniSCSI Plus, from Trantor Systems. This cable allows one to attach up to seven SCSI devices to one parallel port, and comes on an extension cable of its own, drawing its power from the computer, so that it needs no battery. I have been working on getting my portable system under 30 pounds, so that I can carry my computer, printer, scanner, CD- ROM reader and CD-ROMs with me in a back-pack.!

Some "Corpus-Related" Resources From: Cathy Ball (cball@guvax.georgetown.edu), Three important resources for finding electronic text in various languages are the CORPORA list, the Georgetown Catalogue of Projects in Electronic Text (CPET), and the Oxford Text Archives. The CORPORA list is described in Hofland 1993 (ICAME Journal 17), where the following instructions are given: To join the list send a message to listserv@uib.no with the line 'SUB CORPORA' firstname lastname in the body of the message. The Georgetown Catalogue of Projects in Electronic Text [Neuman 1992; see also earlier OFFLINE columns] can be accessed through GOPHER. The Oxford Text Archives catalogue and order form [see also earlier OFFLINE notices] are available by anonymous FTP to OTA.OX.AC.UK; retrieve files TEXTARCHIVE.LIST and TEXTARCHIVE.INFO in the OTA directory. From: Jane A. Edwards (edwards@cogsci.berkeley.edu) I prepared a compilation of corpus-related resources which may be of interest.... "Survey of Electronic corpora and related resources for language researchers," pp. 263-310 in Edwards & Lampert (eds) Talking data: transcription and coding in discourse research (Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, 1993). My goal was to bridge some gaps between corpus-using researchers in linguistics, lexicography, computational linguistics and the humanities. In service of this goal, the survey describes the most frequently used corpora in corpus linguistics (since these are often referred to only by name or acronym) with access information and contact addresses; describes and gives access information for the corpus surveys by Lancaster [Humanities Computing Yearbooks], Georgetown [see above], Oxford [see above], Rutgers [Inventory of Machine Readable Texts; see now CETH] which include these corpora and several hundreds of corpora which are less often used, including literary sources and languages other than English; and gives information on organizations and institutes involved in distributing corpora and disseminating corpus-related research results; describes electronic discussion groups pertinent to corpus linguistics (e.g., ln, prosody, corpora, etc.); and lists a couple bibliographies of corpus research from humanities, lexicographic and linguistics perspectives. I'd be interested in comments/reactions.

Citing Electronic Texts as Bibliographical Data Jeffrey Garrett (garrettj@mentor.cc.purdue.edu), Bibliographer for Foreign Languages and Literatures, Purdue University, and Susan Richards (srichard@uvmvm.uvm.edu), Assistant Director for Collection Management, University of Vermont Libraries, have called attention to: Electronic Style: a Guide to Citing Electronic Information, by Xia Li and Nancy Crane (Westport, CT: Meckler, 1993; ISBN 0-88736-909-X), a 65 page book which helps scholars cite information in a way that will make it easier for other scholars to find the electronic sources for them. It costs $15 and is available from Meckler Publ., 11 Ferry Lane West, Westport, CT 06880. [The 14th ed. of the Chicago Manual of Style also provides some help on citing electronic texts.]

Demotic text abbreviations From: Janet H. Johnson (j-johnson@uchicago.edu or jhj1@midway.uchicago.edu) I have put onto the Oriental Institute's FTP site a document entitled "Text Info." This document gives the abbreviations used by the Chicago Demotic Dictionary to refer to texts cited in the Dictionary. It is hoped that, for improved communication, others citing Demotic texts will use the same abbreviations. This document may be accessed via Anonymous FTP from the Oriental Institute FTP Server, oi.uchicago.edu. Login or Username: anonymous Password: enter your email address There are readme.directory files in every directory to explain where files are located on the server, along with a description of the file format name conventions used on the server.

Concordance to Traduction Oecumenique de la Bible From: R.-F, Poswick (cibmare@vm1.rice.ucl.ac.be) Presented in Paris the 4th November by the AORB (Association Oecumenique pour la Recherche Biblique) who has sponsored the preparation of the work and by the French Bible Society and Editions du Cerf, the publishers of the printed version, the Concordance de la TOB is based on the computer work done at CIB-Maredsous (Belgium). The work was also supported by an oecumenical team in French- speaking Switzerland and presented at the University of Fribourg on the 18th November, with a first show of what could be the electronic version of this tool as proposed by the team of Maredsous. The first French Concordance with reference to the Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek words underlying the TOB-translation is a cultural event in the area of countries with Latin and Catholic traditions (French, Spanish, Italian, Portugese). It is a breaktrough in the access of ordinary people to the sources of the translation they have in hands. Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek equivalents are given in decreasing statistical order of their use in translation and are written in a very "transparent" translitteration. An inverse index also provides in decreasing statistical order of translation occurrance all the equivalents French lemmas. A tool of high sholarship for the ordinary user of the Bible. <-----> Please send information, suggestions or queries concerning OFFLINE to Robert A. Kraft, Box 36 College Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA 19104-6303. Telephone (215) 898- 5827. Internet address: kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (please note that the previous BITNET address is no longer operational). To request printed information or materials from OFFLINE, please supply an appropriately sized, self-addressed envelope or an address label. A complete electronic file of OFFLINE columns is available upon request (for IBM/DOS, Mac, or IBYCUS), or from the gopher.upenn.edu system (ccat.sas gopher). //end #44 full//