Return-Path: <@JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU,@VM1.MCGILL.CA:INTT@MUSICB.MCGILL.CA> Received: from JHUVM (NJE origin JHUSMTP@JHUVM) by JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 3225; Wed, 1 Sep 1993 10:13:20 -0400 Received: from VM1.MCGILL.CA by JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Wed, 01 Sep 93 10:13:18 EDT Received: from VM1.MCGILL.CA by VM1.MCGILL.CA (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 6907; Wed, 01 Sep 93 10:12:33 EDT Received: from MUSICB.MCGILL.CA by VM1.MCGILL.CA (Mailer R2.10 ptf000) with BSMTP id 1412; Wed, 01 Sep 93 10:12:32 EDT Message-Id: <01SEP93.11020926.0072.MUSIC@MUSICB.MCGILL.CA> Date: Wed, 01 Sep 93 10:12:16 EDT From: INTT000 To: Subject: new world-system journal In-Reply-To: In reply to your message of TUE 31 AUG 1993 18:54:18 EDT Dear Chris: I like the idea of an electronic journal very much. However I do have some technical concerns. I proposed to establish a journal in another network but it wasn't successful because of some technical problems. As far as the current technology is concerned, an e-journal must be text based (I may be wrong since I was away in the summer) or ASCII based, which not only means graph based materials (charts, graphs, maps, photos, etc.) are not allowed but also those special characters (underline, bold, etc.). What's the solution then? There may be two solutions: 1. Wait until the multimedium tech. is standardized for the network. 2. Use a standard word processor, such as WordPerfect, encode a file when archieve it and decode the file when it's retrieved. But I think that may not be a very serious problem if the journal is largely text based, like the journal REVIEW. I am looking forward to seeing the journal. Tieting Su Department of Sociology McGill University, Montreal, Canada