From sherman@trln.lib.unc.edu Wed Jun 30 10:44:14 1993 Return-Path: Received: from naucse.cse.nau.edu by sunset.cse.nau.edu (5.65c/1.5-nau) id AA01905; Wed, 30 Jun 1993 10:44:13 -0700 Received: from sunset.cse.nau.edu by naucse.cse.nau.edu (5.65c/1.5-nau) id AA27935; Wed, 30 Jun 1993 10:44:10 -0700 Received: from trln.lib.unc.edu by sunset.cse.nau.edu (5.65c/1.5-nau) id AA01897; Wed, 30 Jun 1993 10:44:01 -0700 Received: by trln.lib.unc.edu (MX V3.3 VAX) id 30120; Wed, 30 Jun 1993 13:45:33 EDT Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1993 13:45:30 EDT From: "Dennis R. Sherman" To: andrew@bransle.ucs.mun.ca, WEW@naucse.cse.nau.edu Message-Id: <0096ECD5.48FE1A40.30120@trln.lib.unc.edu> Subject: sca-faq/part02 Status: OR Newsgroups: rec.org.sca,rec.answers,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. Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Archive-name: sca-faq/part02 Last-modified: 06/30/1993 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 rtfm.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? ANTIR Kingdom of An-Tir Subscription: email to antir-request@kwantlen.bc.ca Maintainer: Elizabeth Braidwood 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 LOUGH DEVANREE 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 NORDMARK Barony Of Nordmark (Sweden) Subscription: nordmark-request@mosh.komunity.se Postings: nordmark@mosh.komunity.se Maintainer: christer@sue.komunity.se (Lindorm) Archives: via email from the administrative address. Note: You're welcome to post in English, but most of us on the list write in Swedish. NORTH East Kingdom Northern Region topics Subscription: email to north-request@bransle.ucs.mun.ca Maintainer: Miklos Sandorfia (andrew@bransle.ucs.mun.ca) Archives: via anonymous FTP at 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@vela.acs.oakland.edu) Contact him for details. SCA-LOCHAC Principality of Lochac (Australia) Subscription: email to del@DIALix.oz.au (manual list moderator) Posting: email to sca-lochac@DIALix.oz.au Maintainer: Delbert von Strasburg (del@DIALix.oz.au) 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/ 2.1.1 What other mailing lists of interest are there? There are lots of other mailing lists that may be be of interest to SCA people. Here is a listing of some of them. To subscribe, send mail to LISTSERV@, where is the part of the address for the list you're interested in that comes after the @ sign. The mail should have nothing in the subject line, and the body of the message should consist of nothing more than SUB where is the name of the mailing list you are subscribing to (the part *before* the @ sign) and is your name. Many of these lists are places where modern-world scholars communicate, and therefore are not places where persona is appropriate -- use your modern name. ALBION-L@UCSBM.BITNET British and Irish history ANSAX-L@WVNVM.BITNET Anglo-Saxon and related subjects CELTIC-L@IRLEARN.BITNET Celtic culture CHAUCER@UNLINFO.UNL.EDU Chaucer and Middle English EARLYM-L@AEARN.BITNET Early Music EMHIST-L@RUTVM1.BITNET Early modern history FICINO@UTORONTO.BITNET Renaissance-Reformation studies FOLKLORE@TAMVM1.BITNET folklore IRTRAD-L@IRLEARN.BITNET Irish traditional music ISLAM-L@ULKYVM.BITNET Islamic studies MEDEVLIT@SIUCVMB.BITNET Mediaeval literature MEDFEM-L@INDYCMS.BITNET Medieval feminist studies MEDIEV-L@UKANVM.BITNET Medieval history MEDTEXTL@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU Medieval texts PERFORM@IUBVM.BITNET Performance theory and medieval drama REED-L@UTORONTO.BITNET medieval drama RENAIS-L@ULKYVM.louisville.edu early modern history rendance@morgan.ucs.mun.ca Renaissance & Baroque Dance TOLKEIN@JHUVM.BITNET Tolkein discussion list TORAH@MITVMA.BITNET discussion of the Torah 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. ftp.nau.edu [134.114.64.24] directory /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) 2.3 Does anyone have a contact in ... The best way to find a contact in a particular area or group is to look in the Rolls Ethereal. 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. They are available for anonymous FTP access at bransle.ucs.mun.ca. 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. 2.6 Where can I get songs and lyrics? There are a number of sites that archive song sources. Many of these are dial-up sites, requiring the use of a modem. Please do not ask for technical help with this on the Rialto -- there are sure to be better sources of this information close to you. Herald's Point, Ansteorra (214) 699-0057 TIDMADT, Atlantia (703) 370-7054 SCRIBE, Ansteorra (214) 826-8141 City of London, Trimaris (407) 895-1335 Deus Ex Machina, Atenveldt (602) 439-8070 Digital Tradition FTP to FTP.UWP.EDU, /pub/songs/folk bransle.ucs.mun.ca FTP, /pub/lyrics ---------- 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