Dialup Mailroom RFP

jsq at usenix.org jsq at usenix.org
Sat Apr 16 08:47:55 AEST 1988


		      Request for Proposals

		   A Dialup Mailroom Facility
			     for the
		 San Francisco USENIX Conference
			20-24 June 1988.

Attendees of previous USENIX conferences have requested a
facility they can use to dial up their home machines and read
their electronic mail or otherwise interact with their home
facilities.  The attendees have also indicated they are willing
to pay telephone charges to do this.

The USENIX board of directors is seeking proposals from companies
willing to provide this service at our next conference.  This would be
an excellent public relations opportunity for the company providing the
service.  All costs must be borne by the sponsor, not USENIX.

Needed:

* 15 terminals: any kind will do.
* 15 modems: must work through Hilton PBX; 1200bps acceptable,
  faster desirable.
* Attendants: provider will be responsible for providing
  an attendant to watch the equipment, collect the Hilton's
  per-call charge, if desired.

Available:

Lockable room, fourth floor of the downtown Hilton, the
conference hotel.  15 phone lines: to be supplied by the Hilton;
$1,500 installation.  Two jacks per line: one for telephone
handset, one for modem.  Dial 0 to get a Hilton operator, who
will supply outside operator (so there's no way to charge
directly to the calling line).  $0.75 to the Hilton per call per
line (perhaps negotiable downwards).

Desirable:

Ideally, the terminal room would be open ten or more hours during
each day of the conference.

A local computer would also be of use, so attendees could
demonstrate programs to each other.  A connection from the
computer to the exhibit floor ethernet would be nice.  It would
probably have to be done through the hotel PBX, perhaps with a
pair of high-speed modems.

Not possible:

The terminal room can't be in or adjacent to the exhibit hall.
However, the room that is available is in easy walking distance
in the same building, and signs will be posted by the USENIX
conference staff.

Date of this RFP: 15 April, 1988.

Respond to John S. Quarterman, jsq at usenix.org, uunet!usenix!jsq, 512-320-9031,
or Peter Salus, peter at usenix.org, uunet!usenix!peter, 415-528-8649.



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