Apr.15,1990 Z*Net/Free-Net/Atari SIG
From: Atari SIG (xx004@cleveland.Freenet.Edu)
Date: 04/15/90-11:40:38 AM Z
From: xx004@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Atari SIG)
Subject: Apr.15,1990 Z*Net/Free-Net/Atari SIG
Date: Sun Apr 15 11:40:38 1990
On Easter Day, April 15, 1990 at 11:00 AM
The Atari SIGOps announced an article about the Cleveland Free-Net and
Atari SIG in Z*Net Magazine as well as being a major carrier of Z*Net.
Atari Users,
H a p p y E a s t e r !
The Cleveland Free-Net Atari SIG is proud to announce on
Easter that Z*Net Online Atari Magazine published an article about the
Cleveland Free-Net and Atari SIG. The Cleveland Free-Net is now
considered a major carrier of Z*Net. For the entire magazine,
check out issue #514 in the On-Line Magazine section of the Atari
Library. Thanks Z*Net for keeping us in touch with Atari!
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(=) 1990 by Rovac Industries, Inc.
Post Office Box 59
Middlesex, New Jersey 08846
Z*Net Online BBS: (201) 968-8148
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Available on: * CompuServe * GEnie * Cleveland Free-Net *
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CLEVELAND FREE-NET
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by Len Stys
The Cleveland Free-Net is the largest free, open-access, community
computer systems in the world today. It is often called an "electronic
city" because it has almost everything that a real city has. It has a
post office, cafe, and several buildings that hold close to one hundred
different SIGs or Special Interest Groups. The system has 96 megabytes
of RAM, 2.3 gigabytes of hard disk storage, and has close to 32 incoming
lines (but is capable of supporting up to 360 simultaneous users). The
system has also recently become Internet accessible.
The Cleveland Free-Net was first an experiment by Dr. Tom Grundner with
support from Case Western Reserve University and the Information Systems
division of AT&T. The experiment was to see if a "free community
computer system" could actually work. On July 16, 1986, the Cleveland
Free-Net prototype was opened by Ohio Governor Richard Celeste and
Cleveland Mayor George Voinivich. The prototype only had 10 incoming
lines but attracted 7,000 users. The community computer system was a
complete success. In August of 1989, the system moved up in software
and hardware and moved out of its experimental stage and into reality.
Case Western Reserve still provides financial support for the system but
the key to the economics of operating it is the fact that the system is
literally run by the community itself. Everything that appears on Free-
Net is there because of individuals or organizations in the community
who are prepared to contribute their time, effort, and expertise to
place it there and operate it over time. This is contrast to commercial
services which have very high personnel and information-acquisition
costs and must pass those costs on to the consumer.
These are some of the SIGs and sections available on Free-Net:
Adam Computers Aeronautics Aging Information
AIDS Information Center Aircraft All-denominational Forum
Arts Atari Computers Athletic Injuries
Baha'i Faith Forum BBS's Business and Indus. Park
Business Information Business Computing Byte Animal Clinic
Cafe (User Chat) CAMLS Library Camping
Commodore Computers Community Center Computer Corner
Courthouse Culinary Arts SIG Cuyahoga County
Network Services Dental Health Dr. Who Forum
ECCO Center Education Electronic Mail
Family Medicine Clinic Fantasy Fire Safety
Fishing For Sale Freedom Shrine
Games Gay/Lesbian Geriatrics
Home Care IBM Jobs
Kiosk Law Legal Information
LGCSC Library Literary Arts
Lotus Software Media
Natural History Physics Post Office
Religion Safety Schoolhouse
Speeches Sports Medicine Star Trek
Tandy Computers Tax Clinic Technology
Television Texas Instrument Computers
UFO's University Circle Veterinary Science
As you can see, there are many sections to the Cleveland Free-Net and
you will be happy to know that the largest computer SIG on Free-Net is
the Atari SIG. The Atari SIG consists of Atari News, User Group
Information, bulletin boards for all Atari computers, a Wanted & For
Sale Board, a Programmers' Forum for Atari programmers, Software/
Product Information, On-Line Magazines (YES! Z*Net is available!), User
Group Newsletters, an Information Base, Archives, Time Capsule, and the
Atari SIG Log. The Cleveland Free-Net seems to have something for
everybody and it is still growing!
Due to the success of the Cleveland Free-Net, a non-profit organization
by the name of the National Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN) has been
established. This organization's main objective is to help establish as
many Free-Net community computer systems as possible in the U.S. and
throughout the world. This will be accomplished by the dissemination of
Free-Net software (to qualified parties of $1 per year) and by providing
the technical and management support necessary to help those systems
succeed. As of now, there are several Free-Net type cities in Northeast
Ohio and are spreading across the country to Cincinnati and Peoria,
Illinois. Soon, your city may have a Free-Net of its own!
If you would like to visit the Cleveland Free-Net then you can go about
it in one of two ways. You can dial (216)368-3888 at 300/1200/2400 baud
or you can connect to Free-Net from Internet by the IP address of
"freenet-in-a.cwru.edu". Don't forget to stop at the Atari SIG while
you're here by typing "Go Atari" at any menu.
<<< CLEVELAND FREE-NET SYSTEM INDEX >>>
Area Description KeyWord/Direction
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Adam Computers go adam
Administration Building go admin
Administration Q & A go admin.q
Aeronautics go nasa
Aging Information go aging
AIDS Information Center go aids
Aircraft go nasa
All-denomination Forum go all.denom
Alzheimer's Disease go alz
Animals go animal
Animals go nat.hist
Apple Computers go apple
Apple II Computers go apple2
Apple, Macintosh go mac
Arts Information go arts
Arts, Literary go lit
Arts, Video go video
Atari Computers go atari
Athletic Injuries go sportsmed
Baha'i Faith Forum go bahai
Brecksville, City of go brecksville
Bulletin Board Systems go bbs
Business and Indus. Park go business
Business Information go business
Business, Fire Safety go fire
Business, Personnel go personnel
Business, Software go lotus
Business, Travel go travel
Business Computing go bus.comp
Byte Animal Clinic go animal
Cafe (User Chat) go cafe
CAMLS Library go camls
Camping go outdoors
Cancer go cancer
Case Western Reserve Univ. go cwru
Change Password go password
Change Terminal Type go term
Chess go chess
Choose editor go term
City Government go brecksville
City Government go city.reps
City Government go cleve
Cleveland Area User Groups go user.groups
Cleveland Chess SIG go chess
Cleveland Connection go cleve
Colleges go cwru
Commodore Computers go commodore
Community Center go community
Computer Corner go computer
Computer SIGs go comp.sigs
Computers, Adam go adam
Computers, Apple go apple
Computers, Apple II go apple2
Computers, Atari go atari
Computers, business go bus.comp
Computers, Commodore go commodore
Computers, editors go terminal
Computers, education go ecco
Computers, games go games
Computers, general go computer
Computers, Lotus Software go lotus
Computers, Macintosh go mac
Computers, Tandy go tandy
Computers, terminals go terminal
Computers, Texas Instruments go ti
Computers, Timex/Sinclair go ts
County Engineer's Office go county.eng
Court of Appeals, State go state.reps
Courthouse go court
Culinary Arts SIG go food
Cuyahoga County go county.eng
CWRU go cwru
CWRU Bookstore go bookstore
CWRU Film Society go cine, films
CWRU Information Network Services go ins
CWRU Physics Department go physics
CWRU Student Activities go activities
Dental Health go dental
Dr. Who Forum go dr.who
e.mail go post
ECCO Center go ecco
Education go school
Education, Administrators go teacher
Education, College go cwru
Education, Gifted go gifted
Education, Learning Center go learn
Education, Library go library
Education, Mathematics go math
Education, Special Ed. go special.ed
Education, Teachers go teacher
Elected Officials, County go county.rep
Elected Officials, County go state.reps
Elected Officials, Federal go fed.reps
Family Medicine Clinic go fam.med
Fantasy go scifi
Fine Arts go arts
Fire Safety go fire
Fishing go outdoors
Food go food
For Sale go for.sale
Freedom Shrine go shrine
Games go games
Gay (LGCSC) go gay
General Medicine go fam.med
Geriatrics go aging
Gifted Education Center go gifted
Government House go govt
Government, taxes go tax
H.O.P.E. Cancer Center go cancer
Handicapped Information go handi
History, Natural go nat.hist
Home Care go nursing
IBM go ibm
Index go index
Jobs Available go jobs
Kiosk go kiosk
Law go court
Law go law
Legal Information go court
Lesbian go lesbian
LGCSC go lgcsc
Library Information go camls
Media, Science Fiction go sf.media
Medical Information go medical
Medicine go st.silicon
Medicine, Psychology go psych
Medicine, Sports go sportsmed
N. Coast SciFi & Fant Association go ncsffa
NASA go nasa
What's New in Electronic City go new
Outdoors SIG go outdoors
Physician Assistant go pa
Physics go physics
Public Square go public
Recipies go food
Recreation go rec
Religion go religion
Religion, Baha'i Faith go bahai
Religion, All-denom go all.denom
Running go runners
Schoolhouse go school
Science go sci
Science Fiction go ncsffa
Science Fiction, Star Trek go startrek
Senate go fed.reps
Skepticism go skeptic
Skiiing go ski
Special Education go special.ed
Special Interest Groups go sigs
Speeches go podium
Speeches go toast
System Information go info
Tandy Computers go tandy
Tax Office go tax
Texas Instr Computers go ti
Timex/Sinclair Computers go ts
UFO's go ufo
User Groups go user.groups
Users Guide, Online go guide
Video Arts go video
Wanted & For sale go for.sale
The number for the Cleveland Free-Net is: (216) 368-3888.
300/1200/2400 baud. Type "Go Atari" to get to the Atari SIG.
<<< THE ATARI SIG >>>
1 About the Atari SIG
2 User Group Information
3 Atari News
4 General Bulletin Board
5 Specific Computer Boards
6 Programmers' Forum
7 Wanted & For Sale Board
8 Software/Product Information
9 Atari Library
10 Help-Line (Tech. Q & A)
11 Directory of SIG Members
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h = Help
x = Exit the Free-Net
Your Choice ==>
<<< SPECIFIC COMPUTER BOARDS >>>
1 8-bit Computers
2 16/32-bit Computers
3 Atari MS-DOS Computers
4 Video Game Entertainment
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h = Help
x = Exit the Free-Net
Your Choice ==>
<<< ATARI LIBRARY >>>
1 Information Base
2 Archives
3 Time Capsule
4 On-Line Magazines
5 User Group Newsletters
6 Atari SIG Log
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h = Help
x = Exit the Free-Net
Your Choice ==>
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