There is a moderated newsgroup, comp.os.tpf, which was created in January 1999 (vote in November 1988). However, the last legitimate post occurred in July of 2002, and I believe that the moderator is no longer around.
The original RFD was put out by Andre Rosenthal and can be found in this Google Groups USENET archive: http://tinyurl.com/2ndtf7 I don't know the procedure for the Big 8 to change moderation, but that might be a way to go. There is also one Google-hosted group. Later, Ray -- M. Ray Mullins Roseville, CA, USA http://www.catherdersoftware.com/ http://www.mrmullins.big-bear-city.ca.us/ http://www.the-bus-stops-here.org/ German is essentially a form of assembly language consisting entirely of far calls heavily accented with throaty guttural sounds. ---ilvi French is essentially German with messed-up pronunciation and spelling. --Robert B Wilson English is essentially French converted to 7-bit ASCII. ---Christophe Pierret [for Alain LaBonté] > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ian S. Worthington > Sent: Thursday, 01 November, 2007 17:08 > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: z/TPF List Server > > There's 3(!) contenders over at Yahoo Groups, plus a jobs group. With > the > exception of the later, which is heavily moderated to keep out the > spammers, > the noise to signal ratio was too high when I looked at them a while > back. > The traffic is just too low, for the reasons already given. > > There used to be a forum on Al's site, but following the closure of his > magazine his server died and as I'd been the only person to access it > in > months he was reasonably disinclined to repair it :( > > Given the move to z/tpf though I do think one is called for. I can set > it up > but not sure how to get the word out to people. > > ian > ... > > ------ Original Message ------ > Received: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:38:25 PM GMT > From: "Schuh, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: z/TPF List Server > > > That confirms what I was thinking. I have never heard mention of a > TPF > > list, and I have been lurking on the fringes of the TPF (PARS, ACP, > > ACP/TPF) world since the mid 1970s. Personal contacts and the > > development lab seem to obviate the need for a list. If you look at > the > > number of TPF shops, it is quite small and dwindling (with the > pending > > merger of WorldSpan and Galileo) compared to the number of VM, MVS, > VSE > > or Linux licenses. With the smaller universe, a list really is not > > needed. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > Richard Schuh > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > Behalf Of Rick Giz > > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 4:03 PM > > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > > Subject: Re: z/TPF List Server > > > > > > > > I worked in that arena for a number of years and I am not aware of > > anyone ever hosting a list server for TPF. Best bet has always been > > personal contacts established at conferences via the user group > > http://www.tpfug.org/ or of course there is also the IBM Lab. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Rick Giz > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 770-781-3206 > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > Behalf Of Raymond Noal > > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 6:18 PM > > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > > Subject: z/TPF List Server > > > > > > > > Dear Lists: > > > > Is there a list server for z/TPF? > > > > HITACHI > > DATA SYSTEMS > > > > Raymond E. Noal > > Senior Technical Engineer > > Office: (408) 970 - 7978 > > > >
