The summer's probably a bad time to discuss this, but... Do you think it would be a good idea to start a filelist to go with SCREEN-L? A fileserver, if you're not familiar with the concept, holds text (only text, not binary/program) files and is accessible through BITNET/Internet. In the context of screen studies, a filelist could contain, e.g.: course syllabi, detailed job announcements, essays, journal articles. In sum, any text file could be stored there. This was brought to mind by recent comments about TWIN PEAKS files that can be accessed via FTP (file transfer protocol). A fileserver such as I'm talking about would not be accessed in that manner, but I could explore the feasibility of making UA1VM an anonymous FTP site for screen studies material. That way, for one thing, compressed (ZIPped files could be included). Currently, UA1VM (actually, the related mainframe of MIBSRV) does currently provide McAfee's virus fighting programs in this fashion (private e-mail me if you'd like more info on SCAN, CLEAN, VSHIELD and NETSCAN and their availability). So I know it can be done here, but I don't know if there are the computing resources for this sort of project. (Plus, I hear the computer center is going through some personnel/policy changes.) Anyway, your thoughts on this would be appreciated. ---------- Speeds of animals (in mph): 28 Human 0.03 Garden snail 1.17 Spider (Tegenaria atrica) 30 Cat 40 Mongolian wild ass 70 Cheetah ---------- | | Bitnet : JBUTLER@UA1VM | | Jeremy G. Butler - - - - - - - - - - | Internet : [log in to unmask] | | SCREEN-L coordinator | GEnie : J.BUTLER27 | | | | Telecommunication & Film Dept * The University of Alabama * Tuscaloosa |