Message 5 on *Beyond-the-MOO (#2423):
Date:     Thu Mar  3 10:10:51 1994 EST
From:     Tyagi (#2601)
To:       *Beyond-the-MOO (#2423)
Subject:  Inquiries on locations and administrators of other educational MU*

Hello.  I'm a networker and I'm doing an overview of this MU* so as to aid
all within the educational Mu* community.  I'm currently involved with the
TinyMuck 'Divination Web', which has a restricted subject focus (spirituality
and occultism), as well as a very loose administrative structure (working
from consensus - currently 5 managers/Wbits, including me).
  
I've contacted a Mud called 'Solar System Simulation' (SolSysSim/SSS), which
is working with Universities as an Anthropology aid by allowing such
students to construct projects that derive from known scientific laws and
principles, working together to accomplish idealistic goals.  Two examples:
a science station beneath the polar ice cap, a base on Mars.  This Mud is
connected with DragonMud in a somewhat similar way that you are connected
with LambdaMOO.  It has firm university support (NAU/CSE), or at least
it did when I made contact some months ago.  They do give tours and are
interested in coordinating with people who have university contact, perhaps
quite like DU.  For that reason I was not suited to participate in their
project, especially given our divergent interests (religion/science).
 
Contact information for SSS follows: Reed D. Riner; rdr@naucse.cse.edu;
the last telnet address I have for it is 184.114.64.4 4321.   If the email
address above doesn't work, try rdr@naucse.cse.nau.edu.
 
There is a simulation of a Technology Museum in San Jose, where I currently
reside.  It is called 'TechMOOseum' and has been operating for approximately
a year.  I don't know how many similar interests they may have to your own,
but they probably do attempt to coordinate with the schools for tours and
input.  The latest contact information I have on this MOO is Eric Schwartz,
eric@whyanext.com; telnet address for the MOOseum: 156.151.253.1 8888.
 
As for Divination Web itself, you may contact me for information about it.
We started the TinyMuck a little more than a year ago, experimenting with
the medium (building symbolic structures for visualizations/education, plus
networking via community gatherings and the creation of public meeting spots)
and generally firming up the mechanism of the administration.  We're using
Usenet and email list to advertise our existence, since our audience
is not just university folks but anyone and everyone.  Recently we moved to
another version of TinyMuck and left the old buildings in favor of starting
from a clean database.  With a greater social foundation we hope to put
regulations in place that will keep us from having Db-space problems that
contribute to the lack of a firm site willing to support the Web.
 
Our admin conversation continues and we'll likely begin serious rebuilding
within a month.  Meanwhile, I'm researching DU. :>  You can get to Divination
Web, such as it is, via telnet, at bill.math.uconn.edu 9393.  If you have any
questions about it, please contact me on DU or at tyagi@cup.portal.com.
 
Also, if you would be so kind, please pass on to me any information that
you have about other educational/nongame Mu*s, such as MediaMOO, which I've
only heard about, or any other public or private project.  Thank you for
your time.  Happy MOOing. :>
 
Tyagi Nagasiva
[now nagasiva@yronwode.com]
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