CFV: comp.emulators.{announce,apple2,cbm,misc}

[jmaynard@admin5.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)]

                          FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
                   moderated group comp.emulators.announce
                   unmoderated group comp.emulators.apple2
                     unmoderated group comp.emulators.cbm
                    unmoderated group comp.emulators.misc

Newsgroups line:
comp.emulators.announce	Emulator news, FAQs, announcements (moderated).
comp.emulators.apple2	Emulators of Apple // systems.
comp.emulators.cbm	Emulators of C-64, C-128, PET, and VIC-20 systems.
comp.emulators.misc	Emulators of miscellaneous computer systems.

Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 12 May 1994.

This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party.  For voting
questions only, contact the votetaker, Jay Maynard, at
jmaynard@admin5.hsc.uth.tmc.edu.  For questions about the
proposed group, contact the proponent, Ron Dippold, at rdippold@qualcomm.com.

CHARTERS

comp.emulators.announce: This is a moderated group with announcements
about emulators, emulator ftp sites, new emulator images, and emulator
FAQs.  Emulator discussion seems to have a fairly high noise level, so
this will be useful for important news and coordinating FAQs for newbies.

To be moderated by Ron Dippold <rdippold@qualcomm.com> at address
<emulators@qualcomm.com>, with a contact address of
<emulators-request@qualcomm.com>.


comp.emulators.apple2: Emulators of the entire Apple // family, such
as the Apple ][, ][+, //e, //c, and IIgs, on all platforms.  For
discussion of specific Apple // software, you may wish to use
comp.sys.apple2 instead.


comp.emulators.cbm: Emulators of the entire Commodore C-64 family,
such as the C-16, C-64, C-128, PET, and VIC-20 on all platforms.  For
discussion of specific C-64 software, you may wish to use
comp.sys.cbm instead.


comp.emulators.misc: Emulation of computer systems on another
platform.  Emulators which are not covered elsewhere in the
comp.emulators hierarchy can be discussed here.  Emulation of specific
hardware by other hardware in the same system (such as Sound Blaster
card emulation by the Gravis UltraSound card) generally belongs
elsewhere.


There are an amazingly large number of emulators out there of classic
and current computer systems, including several dozen for the IBM PC
alone.  Unfortunately, the traffic is spread widely and haphazarardly
over much of Usenet, and many remain ignorant of the available
emulators.  This is an attempt to centralize that knowledge in an
easily locatable hierarchy.

If this hierarchy pans out, I expect the creation of c.e.ibm-pc,
c.e.ms-windows, and c.e.mac won't be too far behind.  For the moment,
I suspect Amiga users may wish to keep Emplant traffic on
comp.sys.amiga.emulators.


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[         ]  comp.emulators.apple2
[         ]  comp.emulators.cbm
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Anything else may be rejected by the automatic vote counting program.  The
votetaker will respond to your received ballots with a personal acknowledge-
ment by mail - if you do not receive one within several days, try again.
It's your responsibility to make sure your vote is registered correctly.

Only one vote per person, no more than one vote per account.  Addresses and
votes of all voters will be published in the final voting results list.
-- 
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu      | adequately be explained by stupidity.
 "The government which fears arms in the hands of its people...should."
                        -- Karl Kleinpaste