Path: alphanet.ch!imp.ch!news.uni-stuttgart.de!news.belwue.de!news.ipc.uni-tuebingen.de!seicom.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!news.mathworks.com!panix!cmcl2!yale.edu!yale!laplace!nathan From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT-General-FAQ Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Date: 6 Mar 1995 08:39:14 GMT Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Lines: 220 Approved: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Expires: Fri, 7 Apr 1995 00:00:00 GMT Message-ID: <3jehni$c4p@babyblue.cs.yale.edu> Reply-To: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: laplace.csb.yale.edu Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@laplace Archive-name: NeXT-General-FAQ Last-modified: Mon Mar 6 03:03:59 EST 1995 Version: 3.1 These FAQs are under significant construction, and may well change form and content over the next weeks. These FAQs focus on various aspects of OpenStep, NEXTSTEP, and NeXT machines. The FAQs are kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including these, are available (www, ftp, email) on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette . Some important NEXTSTEP & OpenStep Information WWW sites: NeXT, Inc. http://www.next.com/ NeXTanswers http://www.next.com/NeXTanswers/ Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Server http://digifix.digifix.com/ TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ J0. How may I contact NeXT, Inc.? J1. How do I start an official NeXT User Group? J2. What are the names of some of the ftp sites that have NeXT-related files? J3. Where can I get NeXT paraphernalia? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: J0. How may I contact NeXT, Inc.? NeXT, Inc. 900 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 Voice: 800-848-NeXT (Redwood City #) Voice: (415)-366-0900 NeXT marketing div. of Canon - Japan Phone: 81-44-549-5295 Fax: 81-44-549-5462 NeXT Europe Stockholm: 46-7-068-8930 Netherlands: 31-20-653-0333 Denmark: 45-45-41-2200 London: 44-81-565-0005 Italy/Milan: 39-2-95302510 Munich: 49-89-996-5310 Paris: (331) 46-45-1414 Japan: 81-44-549-5555 Note: numbers abroad are listed with the country codes first. You will need to dial the international access number of your long distance carrier before proceeding to dialing the country code, area code and phone number. ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: J1. How do I start an official NeXT User Group? ...I am pleased to announce to you the formation of NEXTSTEP User Groups International (nugi), an organization currently spanning three continents and several countries. Darren Smith helped catalyze our founding, and donated his mailing lists to us. Based on the pioneering work of Joe Barello, nugi is a "group of groups." Ultimate authority is delegated to the "nugi Assembly", which consists of one representative from each member group. Day to day business, however, is handled by the nugi Executive committee ("nEC") appointed by the Assembly. The nEC currently consists of: Coordinator and Chair of nEC: Gerben Wierda Gerben assumes the coordinator role as defined in the charter. His task will be to keep things going as smoothly as possible. President: Ernest Prabhakar Ernie will be the main organizer. He will keep track of all projects and be responsible for NeXT relations (as defined in the charter). Vendor Relations: Jackie Mackay Jackie will work with NeXT and others to demonstrate how vendors and users can work together (such as through special events and discounts) to help each other. User Group Relations: Timothy Mills The newest member of the nEC, Timothy's focus is directly on helping user groups be more effective. nugi is a young group, and we are still "finding ourselves." However, we would like to - with your help - become the definitive voice for the NEXTSTEP user community. We hope to provide a variety of services to user groups, including Special Interest Groups (SIGS), negotiating user group discounts, providing information via a web site, providing mutual technical support, and much more. Information about these will be available on forthcoming messages. To that end, we would like to ask your groups to join nugi. To do so, simply read the charter (below), and answer the following questions. 1) Have you read, and do you agree to, the nugi Charter? (Note that the Charter can only be modified by vote of the Assembly. To join, you must agree to the current charter. After that, you are welcome to propose changes, if you so desire.) 2) What is the name & email address of your representative to the nugi Assembly? Is it NeXTMail? 3) What is the email address for your group, or a leader of the group? Is it NeXTMail? Replies should be sent to the coordinator at: nugi-coordinator@negen.twi.tudelft.nl Thank you very much for your time. It is hard to function without support from NeXT, but I believe there is enough vitality and vision in the user community to help us make it through, and even thrive. I welcome your comments and suggestions. Sincerely, -- Ernie Prabhakar nugi President nugi@negen.twi.tudelft.nl ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: J2. What are the names of some of the ftp sites that have NeXT-related files? There are too many to list them all, so are here are just a few. NEXTSTEP: ftp.next.com cs.orst.edu nova.cc.purdue.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu umd5.umd.edu ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de MIT GNU: aeneas.mit.edu MIT X: export.lcs.mit.edu music: princeton.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: J3. Where can I get NeXT paraphernalia? NeXT T-shirts Classic NeXT logo on front $6.95 each (S-XL) 3.1 NEXTSTEP logo on front $7.95 each (M-XXL) NeXT Pencils $20.30 box of 100 NeXT Cross Pen $21.15 each NeXT Decals $75.00 box of 100 NeXT T-shirt $ 5.65 each - sizes S, M, L, XL (pre-shrunk) Turtle Neck $19.20 each - sizes S, M, L, XL NeXT Glass Mug $ 1.70 each Leather Folder $54.50 each NeXT Sweatshirt $19.20 each - sizes S, M, L, XL NeXT Tote-bag $ 6.25 each NeXT Mouse pad $ 9.67 each Orders can be taken 24 hours a day for domestic and overseas orders Contact: Hermann Marketing 1400 North Price Road St. Louis, MO 63132-2308 Phone: 1 800 972 1331, 314 432 1800 Fax: 314 432 1818 Method of payment: Purchase order, check, money order, or credit card ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: Nathan Janette nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Systems Manager, Axel T. Brönger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu