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xiuf users group fpga xilinx
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DATE: july 1993
TITLE: Xilinx-User's International Forum on Internet


Xilinx-User's International Forum on Internet

(Contributed by Randall Smith of Sandia Labs)

The Xilinx-User's International Forum (XIUF)  (pronounced  zi'uf)
was  established for the users of Xilinx's XC4000 Field Programm-
able Gate Arrays (FPGA's). With today's levels of device and tool
complexity,  the  need  to  share  user experience has never been
greater. The goal of the forum is to increase  user  productivity
through  the sharing of field knowledge.  Like many other forums,
this user-created forum is a grass-roots effort and has no affil-
iation  with  Xilinx, Incorporated. XIUF exists as an UNMODERATED
Internet mailing list which  is  simply  an  email  address  that
redistributes  all  posted messages to its members. Users are en-
couraged to discuss topics such as tool problems/features,  work-
arounds, design ideas, and device architecture insight.

Messages are POSTED to the mailing list with the Internet address:

     xilinx-users@sandia.gov.

To JOIN the mailing list, send a message to

     xilinx-users-request@sandia.gov

with one or more of the following request instructions,
one per line, single spaced (max of 10):

     list:add email_address    - adds requester to the mailing
                                 list with the specified
                                 preferred address.

     list:del email_address    - removes the requester at the
                                 specified preferred address.

Although the forum exists as an Internet mailing list, it is 
accessible from other networks and email services. For example, 
xilinx-users may be reached from CompuServe with: 

     >Internet:xilinx-users@sandia.gov

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