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In article <15659@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU>, barreraa@lamar.colostate.edu (Azael Barrera) writes:
>>3) What services does DECUS provide to its members?
> ...
>>  i) DECUShare, a new service to allow subscribers to access the SIG
>>     Symposia Distribution Tapes and a subset of the DECUS Library
>>     on-line.  This service is not yet available but funding has been\
>>     approved.  Watch for the announcement of availability.

I'm surprised at this.  DECUShare has been on-line via DECUServe for some time
now.  The only thing un-implemented is seperate DECUShare access.  Hmm...  My
understanding is that it is going to be a seperate subscription service with
access similar to DECUServe when it is finally a seperate entity.
> 
> Now, I have a couple of specific questions, and please forgive if I
> sound naive.
> - Does the access will be at the anonymous(or member name)-FTP level, or like
>   a fee-paying service as a commercial site?  If the fee is the policy
>   in study to make available this service, is it going to be more
>   expensive than the regular fee to get the tapes/disks?

If you are a DECUServe subsriber (currently $60 per year), it is NOW available
via member name-FTP or dialup.  If you access via dialup, I'm sure the line
charges would end up being more expensive than library tape fee.  But, for
those of us with direct internet access ... :-)
> 
> - Are the regular fees to obtain stuff from the Library going to be
>   increased in a substantial way to mantain this new service?
> 
I haven't heard anything like this.  It seems unlikely

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