Newsgroups: rec.org.sca,alt.sca,news.answers Subject: rec.org.sca / Rialto Frequently Asked Questions - part02/04 From: dennis_sherman@unc.edu Followup-To: poster Summary: FAQs with Answers for the Rialto - rec.org.sca and mailing list sca@mc.lcs.mit.edu. The Society for Creative Anachronism is an organization that studies the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and recreates those parts we find most interesting. Archive-name: sca-faq/part02 Last-modified: 09/14/1992 rec.org.sca and sca@mc.lcs.mit.edu FAQ or Questions Frequently Asked on the Rialto ---------------------------------------- This article is part 2 of the complete Frequently Asked Questions posting for the Rialto. An introduction and table of contents are included in part 1. The complete Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list is available via FTP from pit-manager.mit.edu in directory /pub/usenet/rec.org.sca. Those without FTP access should send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with "send usenet/news.answers/finding-sources" in the body to find out how to do FTP by e-mail. For more complete introductions to the SCA, see the recurring postings "Come on in -- the water's fine" (by Hal Ravn [whheydt@pacbell.com] ) and "Life in the Current Middle Ages." (by Arval Benicour [mittle@watson.ibm.com] ). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section 2: Other SCA electronic sources. 2.1 Are there other SCA mailing lists? BARDIC Bardic topics Subscription: email to bardic-request@carleton.edu CALONTIR Kingdom of Calontir Subscription: email to listserv@unl.edu with blank subject line and message body of: SUB CALONTIR Firstname Lastname substituting your name for First and Last name. CAROLINGIA Barony of Carolingia (Boston, MA) Subscription: email to carolingia-request@bloom-beacon.mit.edu DML Drachenwald Mailing List - weekly Subscription: email to the maintainer with DML in the subject. Maintainer: Jo Jaquinta (jaymin@maths.tcd.ie or jaymin@salmon.maths.tcd.ie) Archives: via anonymous FTP at lanczos.maths.tcd.ie directory /jaymin/sca via email - send mail containing the single line HELP to info-server@lanczos.maths.tcd.ie GREAT COMPUTERIZED HERALDRY PROJECT Subscription: email to gchp-request@math.harvard.edu LOUGH DEVNAREE Shire of... (Dublin, Ireland), Ireland, Celts Subscription: contact list maintainer Maintainer: Sorcha ui Flahairteaigh (lgrant@lanczos.maths.tcd.ie) MAGYAR Medieval Hungary and things Hungarian in SCA. Subscription: email to magyar-request@bransle.ucs.mun.ca Postings: email to magyar@bransle.ucs.mun.ca Maintainer: Miklos Sandorfia (andrew@bransle.ucs.mun.ca) Archives: via anonymous FTP at bransle.ucs.mun.ca NORTH East Kingdom Northern Region topics Subscription: email to north-request@bransle.ucs.mun.ca Maintainer: Miklos Sandorfia (andrew@bransle.ucs.mun.ca) SCAHRLDS Heraldic discussion Subscription: mail to LISTSERV@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU with blank subject line and body of: SUB SCAHRLDS Firstname Lastname substituting your name for First and Last name. Maintainer: Kwellend-Njal Kolskeggsson (vnend@princeton.edu) Digest: sent twice weekly by Alan Fairfax (atterlep@lepus.acs.oakland.edu) Contact him for details. SCA-WEST West Kingdom topics Subscription: mail to sca-west-reqest@ecst.csuchico.edu with "help" in the subject line for more information. Maintainer: sca-west-owner@ecst.scuchico.edu. SIEGE Siege engines, pre-black powder fortifications Subscription: mail to siege-request@bransle.ucs.mun.ca with a blank subject line and body of: SUB SIEGE Firstname Lastname substituting your name for First and Last name. Maintainer: Sebastian (amlsmith@morgan.ucs.mun.ca) Archives: via anonymous FTP at bransle.ucs.mun.ca directory /pub/sca/ 2.2 Are there archives of SCA information that I can access? Yes. There are several sites that contain various files of SCA information, including this file, Corpora, the Heraldic Rules for Submission, the Online Armorial, several kingdom's laws, rules for combat, and so on. Each site has a different collection of material, so you may need to investigate more than one to find what you need. Contact your local system administrator to learn how to use anonymous FTP to retrieve these files. Those without FTP access should send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with "send usenet/news.answers/finding-sources" in the body to find out how to do FTP by e-mail. meadow.stanford.edu [36.22.0.202, subject to change] directory /pub maintained by aluko@portia.stanford.edu (Iulstan Sigewealding) ftp.nau.edu [134.114.64.24] directory /public/sca maintained by wew@naucse.cse.nau.edu (Bill Wilson) bransle.ucs.mun.ca [134.153.2.24] directory /pub/sca maintained by andrew@bransle.ucs.mun.ca (Miklos Sandorfia) heort.bsuvc.edu [147.226.56.53] maintained by 00mjstum@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu (Gwydion) 2.3 Does anyone have a contact in ... There are files at meadow.stanford.edu available for anonymous FTP that may be useful in finding people in various places. Also see the Rolls Ethereal. /pub/findsca.txt last update 8/14/1992 /pub/rolls.txt last update 5/05/1992 2.4 What are the Rolls Ethereal? The Rolls Ethereal list people on the Rialto, at least name and electronic address, and often interests, location, and awards. The Rolls are maintained by Justin du Coeur (justin@inmet.camb.inmet.com) and are distributed at intervals of anywhere from 6 to 12 months. 2.5 What's this alt.sca I found? The first SCA newsgroup was named alt.sca. When the traffic grew to a respectable size, we moved to rec.org.sca because the rec hierarchy gets better distribution. alt.sca is currently defunct, but still carried at some sites. We recommend that users of alt.sca move over to rec.org.sca, and ask their system administrator to remove alt.sca from their system, to avoid future confusion. ---------- End of Part 02 ---------- ======================================================================== Thanks to all who have contributed to this article. This article is a work in progress. If you have other topics you'd like to see included, send me email with the question(s) and your suggested answer(s). If you have comment on the items included, please send me (polite) email. PLEASE DO NOT COMMENT ON THIS ARTICLE ON THE RIALTO! ! ! The whole point of this effort is to reduce traffic. I will summarize comments sent to me, if it seems necessary. *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * Robyyan Torr d'Elandris Kapellenberg, Windmaster's Hill Atlantia * *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * Dennis R. Sherman Triangle Research Libraries Network * * dennis_sherman@unc.edu Univ. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill * *--------------------------------------------------------------------*