I have been asked if we will be able to access a new Unix host from the DTC we currently use to access two HP3000 MPE/iX host systems. The DTCs are managed with OPENVIEW DTCMGR (WIN 3.1). [...]42_24Jun199709:14:[log in to unmask]
Denys Beauchemin wrote:
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>Just because we have been making maps with
>North at the top for a long time doesn't mean we should continue the
>practice. We would only inconvenience the map makers, the map users and
>other sundry billions of people, but we would have a standard.
>
As a matter of fact, the Arabs used to make their maps with South at the
top. I don't know whether they still do. Discovered this fascinating
snippet when I was in Spain a couple of years ago.
John D. Alleyn-Day
Alleyn-Day International
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