[10795] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Adapting Science and Math for Persons with Disabilities
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (PROF NORM COOMBS)
Wed Nov 6 20:56:45 1996
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 17:05:51 -0600 (CST)
From: PROF NORM COOMBS <NRCGSH@ritvax.isc.rit.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>
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Please respond directly to author, not to PACS-L. Thanks, Gretchen
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