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P.County@latrobe.edu.au (Phil County) writes:
> Does anyone know of an mail server (or listserv'r) called nexus located
> I think in South Australia.  If so can you send mail queries via AARNet
> or is it only available via AUSTPAC or similar means?

The South Australian Department of Education runs a BBS called Nexus out
of its Angle Park Computer Centre.  Its main reason for being is to provide
an educational resource to Australian schools.

It's accessible via Austpac, so it's not cheap.  It isn't AARNet-connected
(at least, it wasn't last time I checked), so it doesn't have any USEnet
news.  It does, however, have a line to AAP's online news service (Seems
a bit gimmicky to get raw news reports before newspaper editors have
cleaned them up for publication, but I imagine it's a great educational
resource).

It used to be a centrepoint for the Adelaide BBS scene (most of the high-
profile Adelaide BBS users were originally Nexus members, and it's always
spoken of fondly).  Then everyone left when they started time-charging...

   - mark

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