Activities Tony Kalar John Salmi Memorial Co-op Ray, MN 56669 Group at Rainy River Community College linked with Minnesota's educational time-sharing system. Looking for energy systems design programs; will be producing a bibliography of computer programs for alternatives uses. Keith Elkin, EKOTEKET c/o The Museum of Modern Art Skeppsholmen Stockholm, Sweden An information center, public library, and information gathering system focusing on alternative technologies and ways of habitation based on ecologically adapted technology. Has PDP-11/45 for use on this project. Bill McLaughlin INFILL/PHOT Box 158 San Luis Rey, CA 92068 Using a microcomputer to typeset and do mailing lists for a non-profit group promoting local performing arts. White Plains Public Library White Plains, NY Offers computer access on a Wang 2200B for 25¢ for 4 minutes. Users run BASIC, games, small business programs. Richard B. Koplow Resource Access Center 3010 4th Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55408 612-824-6406 Resource Access Center is an educational project seeking to provide hardware and software competence for community service users-agencies and individuals-or potential users of data processing equipment. Programs such as Model Community Service Bureau, Youthiac, and Bit Users Association, bring together professionals and students from grade school through graduate level, providing academic credit for design and implementation of hardware and software useful to community agencies. Project is only now becoming operational, beginning with bookkeeping, typesetting and survey processing systems; mailing sorts, community memory, public ac- •cess to governmental records and possibly time-sharing to follow. Have several • BIT 48 3 computers and NCR system for bookkeeping. Fertile exchange of engineering of terminal units, etc. and seek joint construction for p-c board economics, etc. Have adapters for standard TV for full graphics and for 80-wide (YES!) alpha. Have 8080-based micro designs far superior to published items. Controllers for paper tape and cassette units. Developing cable-tv-computer network for May 1976 RAIN Page 29 senior citizens apartment complex. Seek to exchange data and to work with anyone seeking competence in community computer implementation. The project is totally dependent upon voluntary staff and subsistence service workers so please include self-addressed, sta~ped envelope with specific inquiry or interest. Youthiac 3010 4th Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55408 612-824-6406 Project of Resource Action Center. Provides access to computer hardware and systems for students through high school interested in community service computer work of Resource Action Center. An autonomous cooperative program, including separate computer system for youth use and maintenance. SASE for info. Model Community Service Bureau 3010 4th Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55408 612-824-6406 Agency of Minneapolis Model City Program and project of Resource Access Center. Develops competence in data processing among community service groups, especially in central city. Classes, tutorial training, access to hardware and systems, software exchange for agencies and individuals. SASE for info. "China Recycles Her Wastes by Using Them on the Land," Roger Blobaum, Compost Science, Autumn, 1975, single copies $1 from: Rodale Press Emmaus, PA 18049 We had to review this just to show you this picture-vines planted to provide a crop of grapes and summer shade to cool poultry and pigs. They are planted where they can utilize manure washed out of the pens during a rain. Good article, by Roger Blobaum, who will be talking about the same subject at our Human Waste Recycling Conference in Portland, May 12-14. Compost Science is a good journal- mostly on municipal scale recycling of wastes back to the farm. $6/yr. (TB) Continued on page 30
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