Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site cvl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!cvl!liang From: liang@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang) Newsgroups: net.micro,net.lan,net.analog,net.dcom,net.lsi Subject: Re: reaching Apps engrs by email Message-ID: <122@cvl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Mar-85 00:02:41 EST Article-I.D.: cvl.122 Posted: Mon Mar 4 00:02:41 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Mar-85 02:44:38 EST References: <766@amdcad.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Computer Vision Lab, U. of Maryland, College Park Lines: 40 Xref: watmath net.micro:9593 net.lan:706 net.analog:182 net.dcom:884 net.lsi:87 > Most of AMD's apps engineers have accounts on Unix systems where > they can receive electronic mail. Without making any commitment > to do anything, I would like to inquire as to whether there would > be any interest in being able to ask applications questions to > our engineers via email or whether the old fashioned way of telephone > calls is good enough. I am sure that many (most) of the users of > USENET are software types but there are enough hardware types to > justify groups like net.analog. > > I had in mind publishing a list of chips and the mboxes of the engineers > responsible for supporting them. Send mail to me indicating: > 1) whether you'd use this > 2) how do you get applications assistance now > 3) what chips you're interested in > 4) estimate of the annual dollar value of AMD chips you buy now > (personally I don't care but I think management does) > 5) general comments > > If you consider this an exploitation of the net, don't flame me, > just let me know. We certainly don't want to offend anybody, just > possibly offer a service of value to people. > -- > Why, that's more useless than the left thumb of a touch typist! > > Phil Ngai (408) 749-5720 > UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra}!amdcad!phil > ARPA: amdcad!phil@decwrl.ARPA maybe instead of a netwide newsgroup, you might be looking more at a netwide mailing list. -eli -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eli Liang --- University of Maryland Computer Vision Lab, (301) 454-4526 ARPA: liang@cvl, eli@mit-mc, eli@mit-prep CSNET: liang@cvl UUCP: {seismo,rlgvax,allegra,brl-bmd,nrl-css}!umcp-cs!cvl!liang