[MWForum]RE: MWForum digest, Vol 1 #7 - 2 msgs

[Christopher Myers]

Wendy,

This time the link to the archives did work, but I was asked for a user name
and password.  Did I miss an email that told me what those were?

-Chris

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>    1. archive and attachments; passwords; etc. (Wendy Petti)
>    2. Greetings from MW Forum! (Wendy Petti)
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> From: "Wendy Petti" <wpetti@mathcats.com>
> To: <MWForum@lists.mathcats.com>
> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 23:04:21 -0400
> Subject: [MWForum]archive and attachments; passwords; etc.
> Reply-To: mwforum@lists.mathcats.com
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> I have set up a separate page for accessing attachments sent to this
> list, since they do not seem to be accessible in the archives.  You
> will find separate links to the archives and the attachments page
> at:
>
> http://lists.mathcats.com/mailman/listinfo/mwforum
>
> Also, if you wish to change your membership options or to view the
> members list, you need to have a password, and since I manually
> subscribed all of you, apparently the list service has assigned you
> all random passwords.  From the main information page (the link
> above), you can enter your e-mail address and click on the "Edit
> Options" button at the bottom of the page, and on the next page you
> can click another button to "Email my password to me."  It will
> arrive almost immediately.  You are then welcome to change your
> password to anything you wish and to change your membership options.
>
> About the attachments:
>
> There is only one attachment there at the moment.  It is a Word
> document (PC), and so it will still not be accessible to some
> members.  Please e-mail me off-list if you wish to receive a text
> version (without graphics).  If you have Word for PC on your
> computer, then the attachment will open as a Word document when you
> click the link.
>
> That creates a problem when it comes to MW attachments.  I tested a
> link to a sample MW project: the project itself opened online, but I
> could not find a way to save it to my hard drive, and there is no
> way to view procedures when the project is open as an online file.
> So I think for future MW attachments, I will turn them into zip
> files before uploading them to the attachments page.  Then (if you
> are a PC user), you will be able to save these zip files to your
> hard drive and unzip the projects offline.  However, Mac users (I
> think) will not be able to unzip Winzip files.  I would suggest, if
> you are a Mac user, that you set your membership option to receive
> individual e-mails (not the digest), and then you can receive all
> attachments.  The Mac version of MW can open MW projects for both
> platforms; first launch MW, then navigate to the saved PC
> attachment.  Please note:  There are still some compatibility issues
> if a MW 2.0 user wishes to open a MW Pro project (MW Pro is
> backwards-compatible on a PC but not on a Mac).
>
> When sending a MicroWorlds project to the list, please indicate to
> us if it is MW 2.0 or MW Pro and if it is PC or Mac.
>
> If anyone has a better idea about sharing attached projects easily,
> please let me know!
>
> (Also, please accept my apologies for the second copy of a message I
> sent to the list 6 days ago which arrived tonight after floating in
> cyberspace for 6 days.  I had long since given up on it and sent
> another copy of the message which you received last Saturday
> morning.)
>
> Wendy Petti
> MWForum moderator
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> From: "Wendy Petti" <wpetti@mathcats.com>
> To: <mwforum@lists.mathcats.com>
> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 23:08:08 -0500
> Subject: [MWForum]Greetings from MW Forum!
> Reply-To: mwforum@lists.mathcats.com
>
> Hi there everyone,
>
> Farewell, MWcybercourse... Hello, MWForum!
>
> I welcome you all to our new home and our new identity as MWForum...
> (otherwise known as MicroWorlds Forum).
>
> I'm keeping this greeting very short for now, but tomorrow I will
> try to answer some of the recent questions posed to the old
> MWcybercourse: in particular, what resources are currently available
> to MicroWorlds (and other Logo) users.
>
> I hope some of you will help test-drive our new list service by
> sending a message to share a MicroWorlds project, or to tell us a
> little bit about what you have been doing with your students
> recently, or to ask a question.
>
> Wendy Petti
> MWForum Moderator
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