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Instant Math Preprints
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Katherine Branch)
Thu Apr 16 12:16:21 1992
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 10:51:41 CDT
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
From: "Katherine Branch" <katherine_branch@yccatsmtp.ycc.yale.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
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REGARDING Instant Math Preprints
About a week ago, a PACS-L posting asked whether there were any mathematical
sciences resources available via Internet. Dave Rodgers of the American
Mathematical Society responded with a description of e-MATH and mentioned
Yale's IMP (Instant Math Preprints) service in his response. This posting
describes the Instant Math Preprints project in more detail. For more
information, please contact Katherine Branch, Yale University,
katherine_branch@yccatsmtp.ycc.yale.edu. We are actively soliciting more
institutions to contribute to the database.
The Instant Math Preprints (IMP) project consists of a database of abstracts of
preprints plus the full text of the preprints. The abstract database resides at
Yale University. The full electronic text of the preprints reside on computers
at other participating institutions. The database of abstracts can be easily
searched by author, title words, and abstract words. Each abstract includes
the machine address from which the complete electronic text can be obtained via
anonymous ftp.
To use IMP via Internet, you need a copy of a communications program called
tn3270. The best way to obtain a copy of tn3270 is to consult your computer
center or local computer expert. Instructions for obtaining tn3270 are also
available from Katherine Branch. The Internet address for IMP is
YALEVM.YCC.YALE.EDU. If you have ASCII terminal emulation, you can also dial
up using standard long distance lines (1200 baud=203-432-5800; 2400
baud=203-432-5804). For dialup, set your communications software for even
parity, 7 data bits, and 1 stop bit. At the ENTER CLASS prompt during dialup,
enter: vm.
After you have connected to the YALEVM machine, you will be prompted:
USERID: Math1 (or Math2, 3, 4, or 5)
PASSWORD: Math1 (or Math2, 3, 4, or 5)
OPERATOR ID: Math1 (or Math2, 3, 4, or 5)
Follow on screen instructions after you enter the operator id.
Any interested mathematician or researcher may search IMP at no charge. To
inquire about adding abstracts or preprints to IMP, please contact Victor
Wickerhauser at victor@jezebel.wustl.edu. Some of the institutions with
abstracts in the database include Yale, University of Texas at Austin,
Washington University-St. Louis, Syracuse University, Oklahoma State
University, the National University of Singapore, the University of Essex and
Odense University. The project is funded in part by the Council on Library
Resources.
