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From: Albania Networking Forum <albnet@info.irex.org> To: sghuter@psg.com Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 19:00:17 -0400 Internet meeting April 5 ======================== Present at this meeting: Rezart Andoni : Computer science student Mike Holman : AEP Tirana Nancy Hardison: VOFAG. Tirana Fulbright Professor Ilir Zenku : Computer Science Student Phone 28560 Diane Hambley : UNL Tel. 24772 Mark Luse : Fultz Technical School 22008 Cynthia Caples: American Cultural Center 33-246 The meeting received a fax from Mr. Eldrige from Macedonia where he explained the answers made to him by the Internet group. His answers were very technical and these are the adoptions made by Rezart Andoni to his answers: 1. The wireless modems are the best choice to the conditions of Albania and they can work at 5 km that is much farther than the distances in Tirana. He gave also the address of the company which sells them. Their prices are $1250 for each and they operate at 115 kbps. 2. The possibilities for making the connection are they which are mentioned before by this meeting. They are a) a router at UNDP with two serial ports (the price is much less than the normal price of a router) or a PC running LINUX at UNDP and the link will be only for email with an offline system because UNDP has offered only this. A bbs system will be the best solution for end users at home who want only email. 3. UNDP has a free satellite port which can be used for another router at UNDP (of course if they permit). Novell is being used more and more wide in Albania and for the LAN-s running novell there is a software called "LanWorkplace Dial" that allows a novell file server connect to a serial line service. 4. The mail addresses will have the undp.org in their body but for a good beginning it doesn't matter. 5. Perhaps it will be possible to have a connection to Macedonia to a their satellite, but fWr this must be studied the price of the phone call to Macedonia and a project for such a link to Macedonia. Mr. Holman told his ext Soros will begin to cooperate with UNDP starting from Monday and Soros will offer its service through a bulletin board at their site. The prices for connecting to this bbs will be slow (only for the cost of the maintaining of system). For the off-line reader the group brought the idea to test the software that Victoria (she has been present at March 30-th meeting) has left in Tirana (this is a soft in 3 languages and is used in Bulgaria and Romania). For this soft is a possibility to translate it in Albanian. Mr. Holman promised that he will leave some of his books at USIS (American Cultural Center) Library for use by the people who are interested on Internet and email. Ilir has a telephone at home and asked for a PC to make a bulletin board for the communication of the group. Mr. Luce said that probably he will find one 386 for this board. The work in this direction will be one of the next agenda. The meeting concluded with this agenda for the next meeting: 1. Report for Soros start 2. Can we invite someone from Soros? 3. Local bbs start 4. Books for Internet that will be placed at USIS Library. Next meeting will be on April 19 4.00 PM Internet meeting April 19, 1995 =============================== Present at this meeting: Ahmet Shafiq : Computer Services Specialist, M A X Sh.p k. Mark Luce : BDC Director, Fultz Technical School Nancy Hardison : U of Agriculture, Tirana Manola Xhaja : BAC Economics and Business Faculty Clirim Xhunga : President, ASSC Rezart Andoni : Computer Science student Ilir Zenku : Computer Science student Minutes: 1. The Fultz Technical School has 12 external modem (2400 Baud) + some PC, MACs, scaners, plotters, two ham radios. Some of this equipment will be made available to help in getting Internet going in Albania. 2. Ahmet Shafiq will retrive the ANT Bosch information from Infosoft's Mr. Joti to contact them and get their information to the group. 3. There is a new company in Italy called Video on Line. They provide good access for Internet in Italy. Ahmet Shafiq will contact them via the Fultz school to get their information. 4. The UNDP have upgraded their e-mail system to work with Iliggins e-mail. This will allow remote e-mail retrieval for the other users later on. They are going to start testing e-mail exchange with Soros, or might have already started. Soros is willing to provide e-mail training later once internet is here. 5. Ahmet Shafiq will get the vireless modem information for the group. 6. The BBS that Ilir is going to set up will get it PC from the Fultz School in the next short while. He has the waffle software ready to go. 7. Ahmet Shafiq will try to meet with Mike Holeman to discuss the possibility of using Ham Radio for e-mail exchange, since they are already using that method. 8. The two transceivers at the Fultz school will be made avilable to test #7 above in the near future if this option proves to be useful. 9. The Albanian Red Cross is another source of information for Ham Radio-Modem communication setup. Next Meeting's Agenda: 1. Information on the BBS start. 2. Vireless Modem Information. 3. Results of meeting with Mike Holeman. 4. ANT Bosch information. 5. Mike Holeman and Dr.Caples - Internet books at USIS. 6. Mark Luce meeting with Aleksander Miraj at the Albanian PPT for Ham Radio Licensing. NEXT MEETING APRIL 26 4:00 P.M.
