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OFFICIAL ONLINE MAGAZINE OF NET 286
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I hope everyone's fourth was as much fun as mine. You see, the third
of July is my and my first born son's birthday. Ok, so I'm 52 now and
he's 30 ... I still feel like I did the day he was born. Oh well, enough
of the personals. It was a wonderful weekend though.
In this issue of Net 286 Gazette, we begin the group of articles aimed
at informing you of the a number of the new products available which are
designed for ease of use and high levels of productivity. The learning
curves of most new products both software and hardware are fast becoming
minimal. This week we look at the Hayes Optima 28.8 Smartmodem in the
first of a group of articles dedicated to modems. With emphasis on power,
reliability and performance.
We will be covering scanners, hard disk mechanisms and certain
computer bundles. Rest assured, we will not bore you with the normal
expected review/test format. We are going to look at these products like
"Joe everyday SOHO User". Hopefully we'll be able to give you a much
better overview and still cover the "sacred territory" perhaps less
sanctimoniously, but we'll still cover it and report our findings in
understandable lingo.
The major online networks, Compuserve, AOL, Prodigy, GEnie, etc. are
all (except Compuserve) scrambling to come forward with comfortable, easy
to use front end software. The software itself will have all sorts of
"catchy" names but the bottom line is; the software is meant to maximize
the user's (subsciber's) access to all the resources of a particular
service. While the advertising for AOL and other even smaller services is
approaching the rediculous (trying to tell everyone how "great" they are),
Compuserve is still, by the example it sets, setting the standards and
calling the innovative shots in the industry. Compuserve's front-end is
by far, the best among them all. The new features and upgrades for WinCIM
are listed in this issue. The full name of the program is WinCIM ver 1.3.
It is simple to install, use, and most of all ... it works and works well!
Be sure to attend the upcoming JCS meeting. Dave DeFoe has put forth
extraordinary efforts to make each meetig better than the one before. This
month Tim Pearson will be the featured speaker and will answer all your
questions concerning bbsing in Joplin. Contact Dave DeFoe for information
about joining JCS. Don't miss this one!
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Weekly Happenings in the Computer World
By: C. Brown
******* General Computer News *******
** 'Chicago' to Use TrueSpeech **
DSP Group Inc. says its TrueSpeech speech compression technology will
be used by Microsoft Corp. in the software giant's upcoming Windows
"Chicago" release, the much anticipated multimedia operating system for
32-bit computers.
DSP and Microsoft officials said that speech compression is needed
for applications that link computers with telecommunications such as
voice mail and personal computer-based training.
"TrueSpeech speech compression simplifies sharing digitally processed
speech between computing devices. ... In addition, TrueSpeech is being
included in product development by a variety of personal computer and
semiconductor companies."
** Apple Shipping New Newton Kit **
Version 2.0 of the Newton Connection Kit for Windows is being shipped
by Apple Computer Inc., priced at $99. Registered users of Version 1.0
can upgrade for free to the newer version.
** DEC's Alpha Ahead of Schedule **
Digital Equipment Corp announced this week it will ship large volumes
of its Alpha AXP 21064A reduced-instruction set microprocessors ahead of
schedule.
Reports say the company has reached volume production for the 64-bit
advanced chip ahead of its original schedule that had targeted the date
for this fall.
If Digital can boost unit shipments of Alpha, then reaching its pro-
duction goals early could make a difference. However, analysts note the
company has been slow to win customers.
Digital President Robert Palmer said the firm has signed 75 contracts
for customers to design Alpha into their products, including E-Systems
and Fuji Photo Film.
** U.S. Leads in Installed Computers **
According to a survey incorporated in the new 1994-95 Computer Indus-
try Almanac, the United States has six times as many computers as Japan
and seven times as many computers as Germany.
It also finds that as of the end of last year:
-:- Worldwide a total of 173 million computers are installed, up from
148 million a year ago.
-:- Eighteen countries have more than a million computers in use.
Three more countries may surpass the million mark in 1993
(Denmark, Finland and Switzerland).
-:- Compared to all of Europe (with 37.5 million computers), the U.S.
has nearly twice as many computers in use (74.2 million).
-:- The U.S. also leads in computers per capita with 288 computers
per 1,000 people. Australia, Canada and Norway are next with 193,
188 and 173 computers per 1,000 people. Japan has 98 and Germany
128 computers per 1,000 people. Worldwide average is 31 computers
per 1, 000 people.
** Altera Buys Intel Division **
For about $50 million in cash and stock, Intel Corp. has sold its
programmable logic business to Altera Corp. Reports say the deal, which
includes $25 million in cash and $25 million in Altera stock, is
expected to be completed Oct. 1, pending approval from U.S. regulatory
agencies.
The division makes the tools that allow engineers to create designs
on personal computers, then program that into desktop computers to
design chips.
** WordPerfect Sets Upgrade Deal **
Novell's WordPerfect subsidiary says that current DOS customers can
take advantage of a special WordPerfect summer promotion through Aug.
31. "The Perfect Upgrade" allows current WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS users
to upgrade to WordPerfect 6.0a for Windows or WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS
for $99, or to WordPerfect 5.1+ for DOS for $49.95.
The software publisher reports that more than four million
WordPerfect 5.1 DOS users have already upgraded to new versions of
WordPerfect.
** Seagate Buys Equity Stake in Dragon **
Seagate Technology announced it will purchase an equity position in
Dragon Systems Inc., a developer of advanced speech recognition techno-
logy. Seagate will own 25 percent of the Newton.
A leader in speech recognition technology, Dragon has licensed its
products to leading hardware and software developers, including IBM,
Compaq Computer, Microsoft, Analog Devices, Digital Equipment Corp. and
WordPerfect for use in systems and software products.
** AST to Use Some Cyrix Chips **
Intel Corp. rival Cyrix Corp. has landed a deal in which computer
maker AST Research Inc. will begin using Cyrix as an additional source
for microprocessor components for selected PCs.
Reports say Intel will remain, however, AST's "primary microprocessor
supplier and strong strategic partner and will continue to provide a
majority of the microprocessors for AST's Manhattan superservers, Bravo
and Premmia business desktops and Ascentia notebook computers."
Incidentally, AST now is the world's fifth-largest PC maker, with
revenues of $1.78 billion for the first nine months of fiscal 1994, a 78
percent increase over the comparable prior period.
** TCI Not Interested in Prodigy **
Despite rumors, cable TV giant Tele-Communications Inc. says it has
no interest in making a bid for part-ownership in the Prodigy OnLine
service. Earlier rumors said that TCI was offering about $400 million
for a one-third interest in the IBM/Sears OnLine service. However, late
yesterday, a TCI spokeswoman in Englewood, Col. said the firm will not
make a bid.
** Adobe Ships ATM 3.0 for Windows **
Adobe Systems Inc. has released Adobe Type Manager 3.0 for Windows.
The Mountain View, California- based software publisher is also
shipping all 14 of its new multiple master typefaces for Windows,
supported for the first time by ATM 3.0 for Windows.
ATM 3.0 for Windows gives users access to any of the multiple master
typefaces in the Adobe Type Library. A Font Creator allows users to
develop and view multiple master typefaces via sliders that can adjust a
font's weight, width, optical size and/or style, depending on the design
axes incorporated in the font.
ATM 3.0 for Windows users can now install the software on a shared
version of Windows using any Windows supported network, with no depen-
dency on the network protocol installed. By sharing ATM and font files
on the network, users can save disk space on local workstations.
ATM 3.0 for Windows provides built-in support for 10 languages. The
product also includes 17 additional typefaces beyond the base 13 found
in most PostScript printers.
ATM 3.0 for Windows costs $60. Registered users of any previous ver-
sion, including bundled editions, can upgrade for $29.95. The multiple
master typefaces range in price from $75 to $205.
** Lab Finds Porn on Its Computers **
Computers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have been used to
store pornographic images. Officials there say at least one lab employee
is believed to have been involved in a porn ring that used the
computers. The employee has been placed on leave.
In Los Angeles, Chuck Cole, deputy associate director of computing at
the nuclear weapons lab, is quoted as saying more than 1,000 porno-
graphic images were found on the computers.
The computers were shut down after an investigation uncovered soft-
ware piracy on Internet global network.
Peter Beruk of the Software Publishers Association said, "We are cur-
rently tracking over 1,600 pirate sites on the Internet in a joint
investigation with the FBI. It is a very serious and costly problem."
** New Mac OS Available This Summer **
System 7.5, the latest version of the Apple MacIntosh operating
system, will be available later this summer. Apple Computer Inc. has not
disclosed the price of the software.
Reports say System 7.5 is easier to use than its predecessor, System
7.1, and Microsoft Corp.'s competing Windows system.
System 7.5 integrates several time-saving features previously avail-
able at additional cost. Apple Guide, for instance, is a built-in, in-
teractive guide that leads the user one step at a time through tasks
with on-screen visual cues such as arrows and red circles around words.
Another feature lets users set up a "drop" folder that lets other
workers linked on the same computer network share files.
** Compaq Working on TV Computer **
A television-computer hybrid apparently is being built by Compaq
Computer Corp.
Compaq Vice President Robert Stearns has told The Houston Chronicle
that prototypes will be tested soon with major cable TV companies and
programming producers, though he declined to name them.
The Chronicle says Sterns sees the machine being linked to devices in
other parts of the home, including a terminal in the kitchen that might
display recipes or enable a user to order groceries OnLine.
Stearns told the paper these things "have to be done in partnership,"
adding, "If there is nothing to connect to, no one is going to buy it."
** Dell Stops Retail Sales **
Dell Computer Corp. announced this week it will stop selling its pro-
ducts through retail stores. CEO Michael Dell said the firm has been
losing money "for some time" in this area and will stop sales to its
five retail partners. He admitted it will take some time before all the
inventory at the stores is gone.
The five retail partners are CompUSA Inc., Best Buy Co., WalMart
Stores Inc., Sam's Club, Price CostCo Inc. in Canada and PC World in
the United Kingdom.
"We have been losing money of late in that channel," Dell said. "This
[retail channel] is a no or low return business. For us it has been
losing money for some time."
The company is likely to incur some exit costs, but that will be off-
set by "not having sales into a channel losing money," Dell explained,
noting that sales to consumers through retail stores were expected to
contribute less than two percent of consolidated revenues in the firm's
second fiscal quarter.
** Intel Cuts Prices of Pentium Chips **
Prices on Intel Corp.'s top- of-the-line Pentium microprocessor have
been reduced.
Reports say:
-:- The 60MHz Pentium is reduced 13.9 percent at $581 for 1,000-up,
and will fall another 28 percent to $418 on Aug. 1.
-:- The 90MHz Pentium is cut 16.7 percent to $707.
-:- The 66MHz 80486DX2 is cut 25 percent to $271.
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PEOPLE... ARE TALKING
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compiled by
C. Brown
Hidi ho friends and neighbors. Yet another week has come and gone
and we find that the summer is now, undeniably, with us. With both the
temperature and humidity soaring, about the only comfortable place
around is a room with an air conditioner. Gee, I wonder what people did
before the air conditioner was invented. I can remember my grandmother
telling me stories about swimming in the local pond on hot days and
"ducking" the truant officer, as she put it.
Since most of the ponds in my area are either too polluted or too
crowded for my taste, I'll simply be content to sit here at my desk and
cruise the online waters. Although the fishin' hole seems to have dried
up a bit, there are still lots of cool currents where one can splash
about and enjoy the company of others.
Well, let's jump in... and no belly-flops, please.
First off is a patriotic speech by Stephen Currier:
I totally disagree,there is nothing Lincoln or those of our
greater Presidents who came before did to make certain of the
common rights of all in business,and life,but FDR and Theadore
Roosevelt have and of thier legislations the nation's union
and rights are safe.
I do not like hatred, or the cruelty that developed of
Lincoln's taxation policies during the civil war,I don't
believe the civil war was even necessary to solve that
dispute. I think the civil war happened only because those on
Lincoln's side and Lincoln himself got angry,and didn't think
dedicatedly or agree with civil and legal ways to have solved
the dispute and threat of sedition without war.Lincoln was too
soft on Asian and European monopolists and did as they
advised, not as some of his own mental superiors of his own
side advised. All Davis was was a debtholder, surrounded by a
little clique of cronies guilty of conspiracy against the
larger intelligent citizenry of the South.In the modern world,
led by civilized U S leaders of equable integrity, Davis and
his little clique of cheats would have been arrested along
with the Rothchilds and Harrymans, and their damned greed
stopped there.
Instead Lincoln levied a heavier tax on the South and
attempted to block their exports to the north, an mistake
Southern citizens still reasonably detest,I agree with them,
Lincoln added insult to injury to do that to that area of the
nation who were already heavily indebted to foriegn trash whod
no intellect or civilized guts to obey or respect the laws of
the U S Constitution, an fact Lincoln had claimed to
acknowledge as the truth and had promised to do something to
help end.
It is undeniable that Lincoln does know and respect the
rights of the equality of all the citizenry, what he didn't
know is how to control his own temper. He got angry,and tried
forcing Davis to reason democratically by use of tax
pressures, the heavier taxes and trade sanctions didn't hurt
Davis,it hurt the little people whom were making not much more
than crumbs in return for their works because of the stupid
mismanagements of the Rothchilds and Harryman's of their
Southern economies. The common Southerner of that day hated
and detested the greed of the management and Davis clique more
so than Lincoln. Today with no Iraqis running around bragging
how they imagine Asians are going to rule the world, and
swearing their ''the sword of Jehovah'', a little brown pig
song. Life goes on, and no little brown ? able to raise crime
against it, so I am speaking here as an American to Americans.
None of us are given to have to act like slaves to forign what
nots who haven't progressed or developed - in all these years
- the civility and intelligence to realize all have equal and
inherant rights to business and trade and life and ownership.
FDR and Theadore Roosevelt-not Akba Hussien, heathen - or our
own first Republican President Lincoln - FDR and Theadore
Roosevelt effectively have legislated the laws necessary to
appease the intelligence and courage of both Southerner and
Northerner with guaranteed incomes,guaranteed freedom and uses
of they-we-all of us our inherant unalieanable rights of in
come,ownership,and trade,and freedom from Asian heathen and
heathen Asian beliefs and laws. Heathen demonic beliefs and
laws that once murdered Christ on a cross, and worse crimes,
including their crime of having betrayed their own land and
people to Romans and Kings. Asians aren't that much improoved
today,but we are,we're a much greater much wiser and are the
stronger nation.
Thats a long parapgraph,but its not unreadable. I no way
is there anything wrong with what TR and FDR have done to
strengthen the economic control of we the American peoples of
Eur-Asian and other descent. Understand, and thats how it
legally is, legally is,and not that any that would otherwise
can legally do to ruin it.
Stephen Currier posts another "interesting" viewpoint concerning, uh,
just what is he talking about?
I don't mean to sound rascist, in my replies to the
Republican criticism of FDR and Theadore Roosevelt. I think
those posting Republican-if thats what they were intended to
be-arguements against TR and FDR. I helped arrest a terrorist
criminal who firmly believed he could force all the
monopolistic illegal terroristic crime on this city,this city,
not tinbuktu Iraq or other places, the FBI have since arrested
Akba Hussein and thre threw Akba and his major cover in
prison,and since Akba has been deported. That criminal and a
few ex E German's and traitors really did their job trying to
demoralize and suppress the local populace's courage and
intellectual ability to acknowledge and stand for and defend
the rights of the local populace.
I know most people didn't and like me aren't forsake
their constitutional rights to live and profit and be
Americans. Americans that are self ruling and glad to be free
from the heathen Asian terrorists and as glad as I am that the
U N is keep its sanctions against Iraq. I am most glad as well
that the trade sanctions against China have been removed and
now gold,and also platinum,palladium,and silver are headed up
in prices pn what my broker calls a good major price bull.
I am not blame General Powell,his rsignation means the end
of the trade sanctions against China, and the end of the tact
of trying to push the Chinese into nuclear disarmament,their
the type of people that are come along to disarmament after
they've seen proof we're about disarmament ourselves, which we
are. Powell tried to force them to trust us, hey they've their
nation and they care about it and their control of their
nation as much as do we about the control of ours. And as
result thier careful, very careful, and are agree to nuclear
disarmament only when they see we're that grown and are
believe in nuclear disarmament and no more nuclear tests, and
we're not test nuclear weapons, and are continue along the
lines of nuclear disarmament.
Its no situation in which we're return to any of the ashes
of monopolism or communism or socialism, or even Woodrow
Wilsonism. Our government is of the people by the people for
the people, all the people. And on foriegn policies we respect
foriegn people and their rights to rule their nation,not ours.
And thats how it stands and shall continue to stand. Our
Republicans I am sure remember at least the truth of Lincoln's
public principles of government,and I am sure there was no gun
held to Bush's head which made Bush acknowledge FDR as the
greatest President, of course thats because I acknowledge that
Bush is intelligent and thinks about the security of the
nation, and about whom has done more for the people,and have
prooven more skill in governing the people, than even Lincoln.
Thats why Bush mentioned FDR is the greatest President,FDR has
helped more people the right way in the right uses of law than
has Bush or Lincoln.Bush simply is honestly intelligent enough
to acknowledge that. Thats all, and I have made sure thats
clear simply of respect for Bush, as well as FDR and Theadore
Roosevelt and the very vitally important laws and civil
programs they have given our nation. End of argument. If thats
still beyond the comprehension of some, ok, no problem,
everyobody has the right to their own opinion, thats part of
our constitutional nation to you know.
Robert Petersen clears up everything:
Greetings, Stephen!
On 10-01-93 07:57, You uttered words about:
>Re: TWEEN_TALK<
SC: I totally disagree, there is nothing Lincoln or those of
our greater Presidents who came before did to make
certain of the common rights of all in business,and life,
but FDR and Theadore Roosevelt have and of thier
legislations the nation's union and rights are safe.
You're absolutely right. I've been doing some research,
as your arguments have made me stop to think, and IMHO,
Lincoln was the worst President ever to fill the oval office.
SC: I do not like hatred, or the cruelty that developed of
Lincoln's taxation policies during the civil war, I don't
believe the civil war was even necessary to solve that
dispute.
I agree. Lincoln should have been man enough to realize
that the north and south were going separate ways, and should
have just taken his lumps.
SC: I think the civil war happened only because those on
Lincoln's side and Lincoln himself got angry, and didn't
think dedicatedly or agree with civil and legal ways to
have solved the dispute and threat of sedition without
war.
Well, this brings up a good point. I recently read an
unauthorized bio on Lincoln, written by Dr. Andrew Pyriter,
the head of the history department at Stanford. According to
Pyriter, Lincon was an alcoholic who was prone to great
displays of rage, and in fact even was low enough to beat his
wife occassionaly. In fact, Pyriter says there is some
evidence which suggests that John Wilkes Booth was a close
personal friend of Lincoln's wife... and that Lincoln's
behavior toward his wife was more of a factor in his
assassination than his political standing.
SC: Lincoln was too soft on Asian and European monopolists
and did as they advised, not as some of his own mental
superiors of his own side advised.
Well, it's a little vague here...silk was fast becoming a
large import for the United States. So you could be right.
SC: Instead Lincoln levied a heavier tax on the South and
attempted to block their exports to the north, an mistake
Southern citizens still reasonably detest, I agree with
them, Lincoln added insult to injury to do that to that
area of the nation who were already heavily indebted to
foriegn trash whod no intellect or civilized guts to obey
or respect the laws of the U S Constitution, an fact
Lincoln had claimed to acknowledge as the truth and had
promised to do something to help end.
That's probably true. I believe Lincoln at that point was
already planning on starting the Civil War. His methodology of
trying to curtail the South was more than likely an elaborate
scheme to *force* them into seceding from the union. If that
was the case, then Lincoln is nothing more than an earlier
version of Hitler. Instead of attacking the South, he should
have been a man and sent his anger overseas, to take care of
the foreign trash that was leeching our nation.
SC: It is undeniable that Lincoln does know and respect the
rights of the equality of all the citizenry....
I don't know about that. According to Pyriter, Lincoln
may have fet sympathy for the black slaves simply because he
was unable to suppress his lust for the black White House
servants.
SC: ...what he didn't know ishow to control his own temper.
I agree.
SC: Today with no Iraqis running around bragging how they
imagine Asians are going to rule the world, and swearing
their ''the sword of Jehovah'', a little brown pig song.
Life goes on, and no little brown ? able to raise crime
against it....
I say kill 'em all, and let God sort them out.
SC: None of us are given to have to act like slaves to forign
what nots who haven't progressed or developed-in all these
years-the civility and intelligence to realize all have
equal and inherant rights to business and trade and life
and ownership.
That's right. If we are unlucky enough to not be in a
situation to where we can do these things on our own, thanks to
the Roosevelts, we can get assistance from the government which
will provide the means. It's what America is all about.
SC: ...and freedom from Asian heathen and heathen Asian
beliefs and laws. Heathen demonic beliefs and laws that
once murdered Christ on a cross,and worse crimes,including
their crime of having betrayed their own land and people
to Romans and Kings. Asians aren't that much improoved
today, but we are, we're a much greater much wiser and are
the stronger nation.
I think that we should set stricter import tax on nations
that do not recognize the Christian religion as the one true
religion. Call it economic Holy War, if you like, but if
that's what it takes to make these heathens see the light, then
that's what we should do.
SC: Thats a long parapgraph,but its not unreadable.
I was able to understand it perfectly.
SC: I no way is there anything wrong with what TR and FDR have
done to strengthen the economic control of we the American
peoples of Eur-Asian and other descent.
True. I believe it is Americans' birth right to be
superior, economically, theologically, and militarily, over all
other nations. You're getting better.
Later,
Rob
Well folks, that's about all for this week. There was lots more that I
could have included, but space is always a concern. Be sure to tune
again next week, same time, same station, and be ready to listen to what
they are saying when...
PEOPLE ARE TALKING
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> CD-ROM Net 286 Gazette InfoFile! - The World of Today's CD-ROMs
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THE FUTURE OF CD-ROM
and
OTHER MASS STORAGE DEVICES
by Chuck Brown
CD-ROM drives are taking off like crazy and vendors cannot produce
enough software fast enough to fill the demand. But what about the
future of CD-ROM? This article will take a look at what the future
could be like for CD-ROM and how it is changing the way we think about
computers.
A stroll through the massive shelves of software at your local computer
superstore has you deciding which products that you will need to buy.
After talking with the sales people a few times and trying a few of the
programs on the demonstration computers, you decide on three titles.
The first title is the latest version of Microsoft Office. This comes
with a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentations package and a few
other tidbits that you may or may not have a use for. The other program
is one of the most popular games on the market "DOOM: Revisited". This
game is chock full of graphics screens, characters and all kinds of
interesting meanies. The last program is Lotus Organizer, one of the
hottest personal information managers on the market and perhaps the
biggest selling.
You get these software titles home, crack open the package and realize
that they all come on CD-ROM. "What???", you exclaim as you are madly
looking for the number of the computer store. You call up and ask for
a sales person. "Sir, are you not aware that all software now ships on
CD-ROM?", asks the sales person. "No", you bellow in the softest yell
you can exert, trying very hard to remain calm. The sale person
continues, "It says what the media type is on the outside of the box.
Can you look at the outside packaging of the software titles?" You grab
the packages and look. Sure enough, it says that all of these programs
come on CD-ROM. It also says that if you need 3.5" high-density floppies,
you can send in a coupon for them. You now realize that you forget to
follow the advice of others back in 1994 when all of your friends and
co-workers were trying to get you to buy a CD-ROM drive. "NO!!", you
told them, explaining that you didn't think you would need anything that
big that had to fit on a CD-ROM.
Is this the future of software? Is the 3.5-inch floppy disk going to
go away like the 5.25-inch floppy has done? What about other storage
devices for your computer? These are some serious questions that people
really need to ask themselves. The issue of owning a CD-ROM drive is
one that computer users - both home and business - need to evaluate and
determine when they will get a CD-ROM drive. Several years ago, it was
a sort of luxury. Now, that luxury has turned into a device that the
world of computing can't get enough of.
ADVANTAGES OF CD-ROM
I decided to do some research. I contacted several software
duplication houses that produce software. I asked them three
questions: 1. Do you currently have a way to produce CD-ROMs in-house?
If not, do you handle the orders for your clients? 2. If you do not
currently publish CD-ROMs in-house, are you planning on it? When?
3. Has the level of requests to publish software on CD-ROM vs. 3.5-inch
floppies increased significantly? By how much?
Every single duplication company said they had some way of producing
software on CD-ROM, with almost 50% of them doing the work in-house.
And those that didn't have the facilities on-site, almost all of them
said that was their first priority this year. The number of requests
to publish software on CD-ROM have risen almost 300% in the last 6
months. All of these results point towards one thing: the CD-ROM media
is the future of software distribution.
Currently, there are about 5 million CD-ROM drives installed. This
figure is one that will double in the next year. And will come close
to tripling the current installed base. But, while 5 million seems
like a large number, not every computer has a CD-ROM drive. This relates
to some software titles that won't ship on CD-ROM as the demand for
their product may not be enough to get the cost break of CD-ROM vs.
floppy.
It costs somewhere between 75 cents and $1.20 to press a single CD-ROM.
In order to break even, the software vendor must press 100,000 CD-ROMs.
They currently press a larger amount of floppy discs to ship their
software, but the cost for each floppy disk is close to 20 cents a piece,
label and packaging included. So the break even level becomes 4 floppy
discs vs. 1 CD-ROM. The decision is made based on how many copies of
the software they feel they will sell and how many of these people that
buy the software currently have a CD-ROM drive.
One of the biggest incentives to ship on CD-ROM is to save the user
endless swaps of floppies when installing their software. Today's
reason for CD-ROM is cost per floppy disc vs. the size of the program.
Packages like Microsoft Office 4.3, Novell NetWare 4.0 and the popular
game Dragons Lair are all disc space hogs. By putting these titles on
CD-ROM, the user benefits by either an easy install or by running the
program from the CD-ROM. The space for keeping 25 floppies or one CD-ROM
is an issue to MIS departments. They store the software that is
installed on their users computers. For each 4 floppies, they could
store 1 CD-ROM. Another benefit for CD-ROM.
Let's look at one software vendor who is really pushing CD-ROM.
Corel Systems, based in Ottawa, Canada, is pushing their latest
product - Corel Draw 5 - as the program made for CD-ROM. It takes up a
good 75Mb of hard drive space. On floppy, this program costs more than
its CD-ROM counterpart. And the pricing is not a matter of a few dollars.
Our local Egghead store charges just under $600 for the floppy version
of Corel Draw 5. The CD-ROM version is around $480, a good $100+
difference. What's the reason for such a big price difference? CD-ROMs
are cheaper to make, they take less time to duplicate and the storage
and convenience factors outweigh floppy discs 25 to 1. And there are
many other advantages that could be listed.
OTHER MEANS OF STORAGE
It's apparent that CD-ROM is a great technology, but there are some
disadvantages. The first is obvious to all computer types, but may not
be known to those who are new to the computer age (technical types,
please bear with me on this one!). The nature of CD-ROM is based on its
post-fix acronym, which stands for Read-Only Memory. This type of
storage can only be read from, not written to. So, if you had made a
lot of documents and created some files that you thought you could
backup to a blank CD-ROM, think again. They do make CD recordable drives,
but they are expensive and each media can only be written to once,
which can then be read by any CD-ROM drive. The idea of CD-ROM is then
determined to be a media that has unchangeable information on it which
can be transferred to your computer.
This leads into other storage options which can be used by anyone, with
a minimal amount of effort, but a large increase in removable storage.
This increase will be less than CD-ROM, but often 100 times the storage
of a 3.5-inch floppy disk. Users are creating larger documents. The
programs are becoming bigger. The size of data files is growing on a
daily basis. And there are some good solutions for storing this
information.
The most popular are Syquest drives and cartridges, which act like a
hard drive, but can be removed and replaced with another cartridge.
The storage capacities vary from 44 Mb to the current standard of 270 Mb.
These cartridges are not that large. In fact, the newest 270 Mb
cartridge is smaller in size, compared to a CD-ROM disc.
There are other storage systems that are out there, but the most
promising is MiniDisc Data, or MD Data for short. This system, created
by Sony, offers the size of the audio MiniDisc standard, with 140Mb of
storage. The disc size is about 2.5-inches in diameter and about as
thin as 2 CD-ROM discs. The mechanism is Magneto-Optical and can
achieve speeds of around 23 mili-seconds. The system can be written to
literally millions of times with no signs of wear. MD Data is not
currently shipping, but it is planned for release later this year or
early 1995. Sony has been talking with portable computer manufacturers
and wanting to include an MD Data drive in their machines. Sony has
already shown a prototype drive for desktop computers. And the blank
media cost will be around $20 per disc. That's a very affordable means
of removable storage without the limitations of the current floppy
disks.
WILL CD RECORDABLE BECOME AFFORDABLE?
While these other formats, including MD Data, look promising and may
offer some good advantages now, the user base wants CD-ROM, but in a
format they can write to. The current CD Recordable system, as
previously explained, can only be written to once. If you find that
there was a problem and some files are missing, then you need to throw
away the CD Recordable disc and start over. This could get expensive.
Companies are currently researching a way to get a read/write CD-ROM
system that can be written to and read from just like a hard disk.
There are currently no details available, only promises that engineers
are working long hours to bring the computer industry a good, useful
solution. When the system hits the streets, the price will be high for
some time, but should drop faster than it has taken hard drives and
other computer parts to drop. I would say that after a period of 6-8
months, a CD read/write system would be an additional $900 to add.
After 2 years on the market, all CD drives will be read/write. This is
my personal vision, but it's something that could happen once the
technology has proven itself.
A MIX OF FORMATS?
So, now we have looked at a few formats that could offer some good
solutions. But what about the standard of the future? Is there only
going to be just one format? Or are we going to have several to choose
from? I'll offer some of my feelings on this subject. I feel that
CD-ROM will survive. In the next 2 years, software vendors will have
reduced the number of 3.5-inch floppy disks they ship with their
products by over 75%. By the end of the next 3 years, 90% of all
software will ship on CD-ROM.
Looking at the new MD Data format, it will take some time to get off
the ground. If it does, it has the possibility of replacing all
3.5-inch floppy drives in all computers with an MD Data drive, further
reducing the weight of portable computers. This could take at least
3 years, but no longer than 5. If the format fails, then there's bound
to be someone else waiting in the wings with their offering to replace
the 3.5-inch media.
Compatibility between multiple computer systems (i.e. DOS/Windows,
Macintosh, UNIX, OS/2) will no longer be a problem. All CD-ROMs will
work with all operating systems, using universal data files and creating
the proper program files for each system, with unique install programs
for each system. Currently, only some of the CD-ROMs that ship work
with DOS or Windows, Macintosh and OS/2.
And in the next year, you will see more and more systems with at least
two CD-ROM drives. More programs are becoming enabled to run directly
from the CD-ROM (i.e. Borland C++ 4.0, Microsoft Office). This is fine
until you need a file from a CD-ROM, like a photo or some other form of
clipart. Then you must quit the program you are running, copy the
file(s) from the CD-ROM, remove it and replace it with the program
CD-ROM you were running and grab the file. This is not the best
solution and defeats the purpose of owning a CD-ROM drive. So, if you
find yourself in this situation, it's time to add another CD-ROM
drive. It's the best way to take advantage of this incredible storage
medium.
CONCLUSION
We all know that CD-ROM is here to stay. But there are some new
technologies on the horizon that will allow us to become more
productive and be able to handle the pressures of this growing industry.
Keeping up with the larger applications and the data they create is a
task that demands a new way of distributing software and information.
CD-ROM and the mass storage devices will work together to bring us the
best of all solutions to a more perfect way of working.
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> Internet Web News! Gazette InfoFile! - Internet's Web to Be Reorganized
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Internet's famed World Wide Web feature, which enables users to enter
databases around the world from a central starting point on the enormous
network, will be reorganized.
Associated Press writer Anne Thompson, reporting from Cambridge,
Massachusetts, says engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and the European Laboratory for Particle Physics have agreed
to standardize how data is entered in and retrieved from the Web.
Glenn Gabriel Ben-Yosef, a data communications analyst for Boston's
Yankee Group research firm told Thompson, "Standardizing the Web would
be like being an electronic janitor. It's like putting things in their
proper bin."
MIT graduate student Henry Houh said the Web, without a universally
accepted language, is like a badly organized library, adding, "It's
like anyone can go in and lay a book down on a table. In a small library,
that's OK, but in a big library, it's going to take you days to find
what you need."
AP quotes Michael L. Dertouzos, director of the MIT laboratory working
on the problem, as saying the scientists will survey Web users on how
to best standardize the system. Within a year and a half, MIT should be
ready to launch a pilot program, he added.
"Hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of computer owners use the
Web to access an astounding volume of information and graphics from
Europe and the United States," AP noted. "During a demonstration at a
conference, an MIT professor turned up an ancient manuscript written in
Greek from the Vatican archives; a draft of the 1995 national budget
from the White House; the highlights from a Houston Astros baseball
game; and a photograph and profile of a sixth grade girl from Lansing,
Michigan."
Reports from The Associated Press are accessible through the Executive
News Service (GO ENS) and in AP Online (GO APONLINE).
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> WinCIM 1.3 Net 286 Gazette InfoFile Changes in WinCIM 1.3
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COMPUSERVE'S WINCIM V 1.3
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Changes in WinCIM 1.3
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* A "Show Graphic Menus" preference was added to the General
Preferences dialog. This controls if WinCIM will request/display
the new enhanced menus that will appear in some services shortly.
* The disconnect logic was re-ordered to avoid a GPF error. This
corrects a GPF error that beta testers encountered when marking
and retrieving items.
* Various internal changes were made to better support the enhanced
menus/articles that will appear in some services soon.
* A couple of references to ENS were changed to "News" (so the News
desktop can be used for other services).
* The buttons on articles have been placed back on at the bottom of
article windows.
* Added support for multiple palettes in graphic display dialogs.
* The "trailer" information for filing cabinet objects is now
updated as users advance through filing cabinet articles.
* When articles are filed into the filing cabinet, WinCIM will now use
the "title" in place of the "header" if no header exists.
* Some changes were made to better handle the setting of fonts
(internal changes only).
* A problem was corrected in the way WinCIM handled some failures
when sending CompuServe Mail messages.
* WinCIM will no longer cache the relationship between a volatile
menu and its children.
* A fix was made to the way WinCIM handles text in the conference
window. Users should now be able to see the complete text of what
has been sent.
* Additional functionality was implemented to enhance the support
for the CompuServe CD product. These changes include:
- Support for multiple recipients of messages
- Better disconnect logic
* Additional functionality was implemented to better handle the new
style of menus that will start appearing shortly.
* A debug switch was implemented (for WINCIM.INI) that causes
WinCIM to display (in the caption bar of a menu) if an item
is marked as volatile and/or session only. The switch is
"Display-Flags" and the setting is either ON or OFF.
* Move some strings from the WinCIM code into a string resource.
* NEW CONNECT DIALOG:
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A new "Connect" dialog has been implemented. This new dialog allows
users to easily connect to CompuServe. The dialog will appear when the
program first starts and can be disabled by un-checking the "Show at
Startup" option (located on the dialog). Choosing the option to connect
causes WinCIM to access the What New Information. The dialog can be
displayed (if it was closed) by selecting the "Connect..." choice on the
File pull-down menu.
* SUPPORT FOR ENHANCED MENUS:
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Support for enhanced styled menus has been implemented in WinCIM 1.3.
These menus will be used in some CompuServe services that will be
available soon.
* EXPANDED BROWSE SERVICES WINDOW:
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The Browse Services window has been redesigned to contain more
categories.
* ABILITY TO ENABLE CARRIER DETECT:
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Carrier Detect (primarily used for modems) can now be enabled or
disabled by clicking the "More" button on the Session Settings dialog.
The default setting for this option is "ON". If WinCIM is being used
with a modem that does not support Carrier Detect, this option can now
be disabled.
* COMPUSERVE MAIL - SEND FILE DIALOG CHANGES:
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The Send File dialog (under the Mail pull-down menu) now allows for
longer file names.
*ARTICLE BUTTONS MOVED TO RIGHT SIDE OF WINDOW:
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The buttons on certain article windows (ie. AP Online, What's New,
etc..) have been moved to the right side of the window.
* ABOUT BOX CHANGES:
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Changes have been made in the way we handle the About Box. They are:
1. A "splash" screen is now displayed when WinCIM is first
started. box. After displaying for a few seconds, the
dialog will disappear automatically.
2. The WinCIM About Box will only be displayed if the
"About CIM" choice is selected from the Help pull-down menu.
3. The General Preferences dialog box has been changed. The
"About Box" option has been removed from the "Initial Desktop"
option. There is no way to prevent the splash screen from
showing at startup.
* CHANGES TO IMPLEMENTATION OF INT14:
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A change was made in the way WinCIM handles an Int14 connection.
Previously, WinCIM would attempt to read a character and if the request
failed, it was thought that no characters exist. WinCIM now checks to
see if there is a character available before it attempts to read it.
* SETTING FONTS/PRINTER DIALOG:
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The printer dialog is no longer displayed when users attempt to set
their fonts.
* TYPO CORRECTION IN SESSION SETTINGS DIALOG:
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There was a typo in the dialog that is displayed when a user attempts to
use a duplicate session settings name. The word "Please" was being
displayed as "lease".
* MODEM INITIALIZATION ISSUES:
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Two items were resolved with how WinCIM initializes the modem:
1. A default modem initialization string was not being used in
the Modem settings dialog. This dialog is accessed by
clicking the "Modem" button on the Session Setting dialog).
2. The command "&D2" was included in the modem initialization
string. This should address a number of the problems that
some users had during the disconnect process.
* PROBLEM WITH STATUS LINE TEXT:
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A problem was fixed that caused unreadable characters to appear on the
status line. This happened when users would attempt to "visit" a forum.
* SCROLL BAR PROBLEMS:
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WinCIM was not retrieving all of the information in certain menus if the
user moved the scroll boxes to the bottom of the scroll bar.
* DOSCIM ADDRESS BOOK PROBLEMS:
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A GPF error could occur under some conditions when WinCIM attempted to
view an address book that was created with CompuServe Information
Manager, DOS Version (DOSCIM).
* MODEM BREAK CHARACTER:
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A problem with the use of the "break character" in the network scripts
has been corrected.
* FIXED GPF WHEN FORWARDING CERTAIN MAIL MESSAGES:
-----------------------------------------------
A problem has been corrected that could cause a GPF error when mail
message of certain sizes would be forwarded to other users.
* FIXED GPF WITH "HIGH" IMPORTANCE AND PERSONAL MAIL OPTIONS SET:
--------------------------------------------------------------
A problem was fixed that could cause a GPF error with certain text Mail
messages when the options "High" importance and "Personal" sensitivity
were set.
* FIXED A RETRIEVED MARKED MESSAGES PROBLEM:
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A problem that caused an "incorrect response packet" error message to
appear when retrieving marked messages (in forums) has been corrected.
WinCIM now disables talk/group "invitations" when it is retrieving
marked messages.
* SEND/RECEIVE ALL PROBLEM FIXED:
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A problem was fixed that caused messages to not be sent from the Out-
Basket if the "Do not retrieve" option was set for Mail messages that
were marked as "Postage Due".
* FIXED EDIT BOX HANDLING:
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A problem was corrected with how certain edit boxes were being updated.
* WEATHER MAP (GO MAPS) PROBLEM FIXED:
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WinCIM was not displaying all of the available maps when using the
keyboard (down arrow).
* PROBLEM WITH MULTIPLE SOUND EVENTS:
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The problem with sounds cutting off previously playing sounds has been
addressed. If there is a sound playing and another sound event is
received, the second sound event is ignored - the second sound will not
be played.
* PROBLEM WITH DAMAGED ADDRESS BOOKS:
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A problem with reading certain "damaged" address books has been fixed.
* GRAPHICS VIEWING PROBLEM:
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A problem was corrected with 2 color images when viewing them in 16
color mode.
* COMPUSERVE-CD CHANGES:
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The new CompuServe-CD can work together . Various changes were made so
that the CD product can launch and communicate with WinCIM (to handle
things like retrieving items "marked" from the CD).
* GRAPHICS VIEWING PIXEL BUFFERING:
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There were changes made to better handle the buffering of pixels when
viewing graphics that are stored on the user's machine. This should
speed up the viewing of some images that have been previously downloaded
(and are already stored on the hard disk).
Editor Note; I am using Auto-Pilot (an undocumented WinCIM feature) and
its been working flawlessly. Believe me, I USE it. Don't be surprised if
its "acknowleged" as existing very shortly. This program, (WinCIM ver
1.3) is really "good stuff". When used with ASPELL, it becomes "super
good stuff"! ***
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> Greatest Paper Airplanes Net 286 Gazette Review
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Kids' Computing Corner
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THE GREATEST PAPER AIRPLANES
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from KittyHawk Software
by Chuck Brown
This week I'm going to look at a product intended for an older age group
than my usual reviews. Also different is the fact that this product is
shareware. The Greatest Paper Airplanes (GPA) is an entertaining program
that can teach children and adults about the wonders of flight and
aerodynamics. It also prints paper airplanes and uses a unique VCR-like
video approach to instruct builders on how to fold these planes. GPA
requires Windows 3.1, a mouse, approximately 2 megs of hard drive space
and 2 megs of memory (but 4 megs is recommended). This program is
contained in file named GPA.ZIP which can be obtained from many BBSes
around the world as well as from the file areas of the commercial on-line
services.
While children of any age will enjoy the airplanes that can be built using
this software, I recommend this program for children ages 8 and older due
to the dexterity needed to fold the airplanes. Some of the terminology
used in the program may be too difficult for younger children to read and
understand so I recommend that an adult be available for assistance.
Building these paper airplanes can be much fun and will promote bonding
between parent and child.
Installing this program is very easy by unzipping the GPA.ZIP file into a
subdirectory named GPA. Then you run the GROUPAIR.EXE file from within
Windows to create the GPA program group. Click on the GPA icon to run the
program. The interface on this program is very interesting. It is in the
form of a notebook with tabs on top denoting the different categories of
information. All of the illustrations are animated and can be activated
by clicking on them or on colorized keywords in the text. Also available
to the user are drop down menus along the top of the screen with keyboard
shortcuts.
The book has 3 main sections on Flying, Paper, and Planes. Each of these
sections is further divided upon entry into that section. The Flying
section includes information on flight, history, aerodynamics, terminology
and the proper method of safely flying the models built using this
program. The Paper section teaches how paper is made, basic paper
folding, more technical folding and a bit on craft. The final section is
Planes and in this section the program shows how to make the planes.
Planes can be printed with fold lines to make folding easier for the
novice. Designs are available to make the planes more colorful or you can
design your own by using your own paint program. The unregistered version
includes 5 planes. Upon registration you get 20 more plus some other
goodies.
To fold one of the 5 included "darts" as these planes are called, first
make your choice and then print it out. You can choose to print the top,
bottom or both sides of the paper. Of course, printing both sides
requires two passes. Once printed, the Fold option is selected. On the
left side of the notebook is text describing the actions to fold the plane
while on the right is an animated 3-D window showing the action. The
video in the window is controlled by VCR-like controls allowing the user
to advance or rewind frame by frame. Advance controls allow the user to
zoom in on the plane, change the camera angle, the perspective and much
more. These features are very fascinating!
If you wish more information on this program, you can contact KittyHawk
Software in several ways. A toll-free order line is at 1-800-388-9622
(have your charge card ready). E-mail can be sent to 72133,2216 on
CompuServe or kittyhawks on America On-line. If you wish to send Internet
e-mail, send it to kittyhawks@aol.com. By fax, send to 1-602-622-3700.
U.S. mail can be sent to:
KittyHawk Software
P.O. Box 64189
Tucson, AZ 85728-4189
GPA is $29.95 plus an additional $5 for shipping, Arizona residents please
add sales tax. Upon registration, the customer will receive the following
goodies: sound effects and aircraft trivia will be added to the program,
20 more paper airplane designs, a Windows screen-saver, a pad of 50 pre-
printed planes, a user's hot card, a handsome display box, information
about updates and future releases as well as 24-hour BBS support and
telephone support.
I have built a couple of the designs so far and they really fly well.
Flying paper airplanes can be a very fun and inexpensive hobby that
parents can share with their children. Since this program is shareware,
you can try it first and delete it if you don't like it. This is a very
polished program and I think that most people will find it highly
informative and entertaining. When reading the scores for this program,
please keep in mind that the program is intended for an older audience
than most programs I have reviewed to date.
Graphics 8.5
Sounds Disabled in the shareware version
Interface 9.0
Play Value 9.0
Ed. Value 8.5
Bang for the Buck 8.5
Average 8.7
I have 3 new commercial titles to review in the near future. These are
Micrografx's "Crayola Art Adventure", Time Warner's "Word Tales" and
Knowledge Adventure's "Bug Adventure."
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> DOOM & WFWG 311 NET 286 GAZETTE FOCUS!
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DOOM & Windows for Workgroups v3.11 network
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Note: much of this is based on work from Tim Pearson
(LANSTAR 1:286/703) and I'm indebted to him
for taking the time to do the dirty work.
Note: This worked on older versions of Doom and the early
commercial version. I have not tested this method on v1.4
or newer versions, but it will probably work
Note: (yes, again). This is for WFWG 3.1, which comes with all
the necessary IPX drivers. Users of WFWG v3.11 will need
to find some drivers not shipped with that version. One
source is DOOMIP.ZIP, in the Action Game Aids Library
(#8) of the GAMERS forum on Compuserve.
Note: (the last, I promise) To be safe, save PROTOCOL.INI,
SYSTEM.INI, AUTOEXEC.BAT, and CONFIG.SYS before starting.
If something goes wrong, restoring these files should get
you back to the old system settings.
1. Start up Windows. Bring up the Main folder and double-click on the
Control Panel. Double-click on the Network icon. Look at the bottom
of the window this action generates and you should see several large,
grey buttons, one of which is labelled Networks. Double click on it.
2. We now will be adding the Novell IPX network protocol drivers. Note
this will result in the drivers being loaded at boot time, not just
when WFWG is run; this procedure modified Autoexec.bat and Config.sys
Let it do so - if you desire, later on you can create options within
the files to use the drivers or not, but first let's get it working.
The screen should now show two boxes, labelled "Available Network
Types" and "Other Networks in Use", with Novell Network on the left
box. (if it's on the right box, it is already installed - albeit maybe
not correctly). Click once on the Novell line, then click on the ADD
button (be sure to have your original disks handy, as you'll probably
need to supply one or more as WFWG searches for the drivers). The
Novell line should show up on the right box. Click on OK to exit the
screen. Two files are installed to your hard drive: NETX and MSIPX.
3. WFWG will probably try to reboot, but click on Don't Reboot. Go to File
on the menu, select RUN and type SYSEDIT. Click on the Autoexec.bat
window to bring it to the front if it isn't there already and search
for the line
c:\windows\netx.exe
change it to read
rem c:\windows\netx.exe
which will disable that line (netx apparently goes out and checks for a
real Novell Netware net and load a shell program, which you obviously
don't have). Save the file, exit Sysedit, shut down WFWG like normal
(really! Shut it down, don't go to a DOS box) and reboot the computer.
As it boots, look for comments about BINDING. If you don't get a msg
about incomplete bindings, you're probably all set! If you get errors,
then things are not going well - the ipx drivers didn't like your net-
work card or ....something else is wrong .
4. Now, at the DOS prompt (yes, DOS. The drivers are already loaded in
memory; there's no need to go into WFWG), start the network with the
command
NET.EXE LOGON /YES
where and are your userid and ,
respectively, and the capital letters are literaly what you type in. If
you don't have a password, then don't enter anything for it. This starts
the network connection on your machine. Go into Doom's Setup and configure
the game for network play. You'll need to select a socket number greater
than 1 (think of a socket as a telephone number). All members (1-4) of a
group must use the same socket number.
Note: on older versions of DOOM, the sockets would not release after being
used, so subsequent play required choosing a new socket. I haven't tried
it, but assume that it was fixed in later releases.
Oh, one other comment, one I get from a lot of newbie network doomers. No,
some of the cheat codes just won't work in network play. Any command that
starts with an 'i', for example, since pressing 'i' transmits the
successive text to the 'indigo' (relating to the jacket color of one of
the group's on-screen persona) player.
Finally, if you have the older broadcast-method version of Doom and are
playing on a company network, please, please, please, please? Get a newer
version that doesn't use broadcast transmission, so you don't bog down the
network for other people. Let's keep the killing on-screen .
Tim Pearson
LANSTAR - WHERE CENSORSHIP IS A DIRTY WORD
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> EPSON 800C SCANNER Net 286 Gazette InfoFile
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ES-800C PRO SCANNING SYSTEM FOR PC'S
Features and Specifications
EPSON America Inc.
High speed, high resolution scanning. Perfect for professional graphics
users. The Epson ES-800C Pro PC Scanning System comes with everything you
need to scan and edit graphic images easily and professionally.
This complete scanning system includes Epson's versatile 24-bit ES-800C
color scanner providing unsurpassed system connectivity coupled with top
performing software packages. It supports color, gray scale and black and
white formats - producing the kind of crisp, clear images that bring
presentations, brochures, newsletters and magazines to life.
The affordable ES-800C Pro PC Scanning System offers an impressive list
of unique standard features delivering the superior hardware scanning
capabilities that professional graphics users demand.
COMPLETE PRO SCANNING SYSTEM INCLUDES
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* Epson ES-800C color scanner
* TWAIN scanner driver
* Picture Publisher(TM) 4.0
* SCSI interface board
* Cable
* Terminator
This system is also available as the ES-800C PC, which does not
include imaging software.
EASILY SCAN GRAPHIC IMAGES UP TO 800 DPI
Incorporate graphics into your documents with over 16 million crisp
colors.
SCAN MULTIPLE PAGES AND TRANSPARENCIES
Optional automatic document feeder available to scan multiple pages
and transparency unit for 35mm slides, b&w negatives or transparencies.
IMAGE "FINE TUNING" IS BUILT-IN
Increase productivity with built-in image processing which lets you
adjust color, gamma, brightness and sharpness in either preview or
final scan modes.
EPSON'S EXCLUSIVE TRUEPASS(TM) TECHNOLOGY
Scan full-color, gray scale or black and white images in one single
pass for better color quality and faster scan times.
EPSON RELIABILITY
One-year limited warranty and toll-free Epson Connection technical
support hotline available in the U.S. and Canada.
One-year extended warranty free when registration card is returned.
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS ES-800C PRO SCANNING SYSTEM FOR PC'S
COMPONENTS
ES-800C Pro PCES-800C Color Scanner
TWAIN scanner driver
Picture Publisher 4.0
SCSI Cable
SCSI interface board
Terminator
ES-800C PC ES-800C Color Scanner
TWAIN scanner driver
SCSI Cable
SCSI interface board
Terminator
SCANNING SPECIFICATIONS
Scanner typeFlatbed color image scanner
Sub-scanning methodMovement of the reading head
Photoelectric device CCD line sensor
Document size 8.5" x 11.67"
Light sourceNoble gas fluorescent lights
SCANNING RESOLUTION
Main scan 400 dpi
Sub scan 800 dpi maximum
Output resolution50 to 800 dpi in 23 levels
Effective pixels 3400 x 4680 (400 dpi)
Image data1 to 8 bits per pixel for each color, selectable
Color separation By switching light sources (G, R, B)
Gradation 8 bits/pixel per color maximum
Zoom50% to 200% by 1% step
Horizontal scan and vertical scan zoom
Dimension can be independently set by software
command Brightness7 levels
Reading sequence Monochrome: 1 pass scanning
(Dropout color selectable from G, R, B)
Color line sequence1 pass scanning (G, R, B)
Color page sequence3 pass scanning (G, R, B)
Scanning Speed
Monochrome Line art1.5 msec/line (typ.)
Halftone3 msec/line
ColorLine 30 msec/line (typ.)
Page 6 msec/line
Digital Halftone
Bi-level3 modes (A, B, C)
Dither 4 modes
Quad-level1 mode (A)
Only mode A is available for line sequence
Gamma Correction CRT1/line art
CRT2
3 printer modes (A, B, C)
l user defined mode
Color Correction 4 modes
Impact-dot matrix
Color thermal
Color inkjet
CRT display
Interface: Bi-directional parallel
Reliability MCBF 100,000 cycles
Environmental Conditions
Temperature 40 - 95 degrees F (5 - 35 degrees C)
operating Humidity 10 to 80% no condensation
Electrical Specifications
Voltage120V, +/- 10%
Frequency49.5 to 60.5Hz
Power consumption50W
Dimensions
Width 14.5"368 mm
Depth 22.5"577 mm
Height 6.5"161 mm
Weight 26 lbs12 kg (approx)
Options
Automatic document feederB813001
Transparency unit B813012
Warranty
One-year limited warranty in the U.S.
One-year extended warranty free when registration card is returned.
SUPPORT
EPSON Connection information hotline:
U.S.A. 1-800-922-8911
Canada 1-800-463-7766
Faxback System 1-800-922-8911 or 310-782-4214
Electronic Bulletin Board 310-782-4531
EPSON USA: Call 1-800-289-3776 for the nearest dealer location
Epson America, Inc., 20770 Madrona Avenue, Torrance, CA 90503
EPSON Canada: Call 1-800-463-7766 Epson Canada, Ltd.
550 McNicoll Avenue, Willowdale, Ontario M2H 2E1 Fax: 416-498-4574
EPSON Latin America: Call 1-305-265-0092 Epson Latin America
6303 Blue Lagoon Drive, Suite 390, Miami, Florida 33126
Fax: 305-265-0097
Epson Europe: Call (39)-2-262331 Epson PC Operations (Italy)
Fax: (39)-2-2440641
Specifications are subject to change without notice. Epson is a
registered trademark and Epson Stylus is a trademark of Seiko Epson
Corporation; ActionLaser is trademark and EPSON Connection is a
servicemark of Epson America, Inc. All other product and brand names
are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective
companies. Epson disclaims any and all rights in these marks.
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> OUTPOST UPGRADE Net 286 Gazette InfoFile
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OUTPOST UPGRADE ANNOUNCEMENT
============================
Sierra On-Line will be offering a free upgrade to the original OUTPOST
game. Although we don't have a firm date on availability, since the new
features are still in development, the upgrade will include the following
items:
* Roads
* Monorails and the occasional Plague
* Trade
* Macromanagement
* Tutorial -- this upgrade will include the tutorial that is being
uploaded to bulletin boards this week.
When it becomes available, the upgrade will be posted to bulletin boards
and a notice will be sent to registered owners of OUTPOST advising them
how to obtain their upgrade. We believe these features will satisfy
popular requests and enhance the capabilities of the highly successful
original game with a new layer of strategy elements.
Make sure you send in your registration card to receive future notices and
a free subscription to Interaction Magazine.
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> QEMM & DOS 6.22 Net 286 Gazette InfoFile
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Using MS DOS 6.22 DriveSpace with QEMM 7
Quarterdeck Technical Note #279
Filename: MSDOS622.TEC
by Quarterdeck Quality Assurance Department
CompuServe: DOS622.TEC
Last revised: 06/05/94
Category: QEMM
Subject: Using QEMM 7 with MS DOS 6.22 and the DriveSpace disk compression
utility.
Q: WHAT IS NEW WITH MS DOS 6.22?
A: The major change from MS DOS 6.20 to MS DOS 6.22 is in its disk
compression scheme. In changing this, Microsoft changed the name of
the driver from DBLSPACE.SYS to DRVSPACE.SYS (along with DRVSPACE.INI,
DRVSPACE.BIN, and DRVSPACE.EXE).
If you are already using DbleSpace from MS DOS 6. or 6.2, then MS DOS
6.22 will default to leaving you with DoubleSpace. MS DOS 6.22 fully
supports the continued use of DoubleSpace (in fact, Microsoft seems to
encourage it). If you wish, you may convert your DbleSpace drive to
DriveSpace by running the DRVSPACE utility. Note that the conversion
process may take several hours.
If you install MS DOS 6.22 & you're not already using DbleSpace from a
previous MS DOS 6 version, you will not be able to use DbleSpace. You
will only be able to use DriveSpace.
Q: HOW IS QEMM 7 AFFECTED BY MS DOS 6.22?
A: The ST-DBL.SYS (Stealth DoubleSpace) driver from QEMM 7.03 and later
fully supports MS DOS 6.22's DriveSpace. Users of QEMM 7.02 and
earlier will run into the same problems as with the DoubleSpace from MS
DOS 6.20 related to AutoMount and DEFRAG. These users should update to
QEMM 7.03 or later to use QEMM's Stealth DoubleSpace driver.
If you have already installed MS DOS 6.22 and are using either
DoubleSpace or Drivespace, the QEMM INSTALL program will insert the
ST-DBL line into CONFIG.SYS, but won't remove the DRVSPACE line. This
shouldn't cause any problems because the MS DOS INSTALL puts the
DRVSPACE line at the end of CONFIG.SYS and the QEMM Install puts the
ST-DBL line right after the QEMM line, which is near the beginning of
this file. Thus, ST-DBL will load first and when DRVSPACE attempts to
load, it will detect that a compression scheme is already in place
(ST-DBL) and will refrain from loading.
Fortunately, no error msg is displayed when DRVSPACE declines to load,
so it does not matter if this line is removed or not.
If for some reason the DRVSPACE line comes before the ST-DBL line in
the CONFIG.SYS, ST-DBL won't load because DRVSPACE will have already
been relocated by the DRVSPACE.SYS driver. In this case, ST-DBL will
post an error message saying that it couldn't load. The solution is to
remove the DRVSPACE line from the CONFIG.SYS.
Q: IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT MSDOS 6.22 THAT AFFECTS QEMM?
A: No, the features of QEMM 7.03 and later are fully compatible with MS
DOS 6.22.
************************************************************************
*This technical note may be copied and distributed freely as long as it*
*is distributed in its entirety and it is not distributed for profit. *
* Copyright (C) 1994 by Quarterdeck Office Systems *
************************ E N D O F F I L E *************************
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> JCS MEETING! Net 286 Gazette InfoFile DON'T MISS THIS ONE!
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The Joplin Computer Society invites you to attend the next meeting
which will be held July 23, 7:00pm, at Western Sizzlin in Joplin.
Come on out and enjoy the benefits of JCS membership. And while you
are there, be sure to thank David DeFoe for the effort he puts forth
in organizing these meetings!
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:HOW TO GET YOUR OWN CEDARHURST RIDGE ACCOUNT:
____________________________________________
Set your communications software to Full Duplex
Call: (with modem) 417-624-6827.
Upon connection type ESC (twice).
Wait for the enter your name prompt.
Type: NEWUSER then, hit RETURN.
Fill out online application form and leave mail to
Sysop asking access. Mention Net 286 Gazette and
get a discount of 30% off the normal signup fee!
Cedarhurst Ridge Information copyright (C) 1993 by Tom Nabors
Information Services/Cedarhurst Inc., reprinted by permission
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> NET 286 CONFIDENTIAL "Rumors Tidbits Predictions Observations Tips"
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- Joplin, MO RICHARDS BACK IN COURT!
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Our supersnoop has found out that several local users have banded together
and filed a civil lawsuit against Chris Richards. The complaint alledges
Richards accepted payment for subcriptions to a pay bbs he claimed to be
running. When the users called the number Richards gave them, all that
answered was a fidonet mailer. While the mailer answers 24 hours a day, it
never allows access to a bbs. After several months of trying to get
refunds, the users had to resort to a lawsuit.
- Carterville, MO PEARSON DOES NOTHING (AS USUAL)
---------------
The entire online community is appalled at Tim Pearson's lack of action
regarding the criminal activities of Chris Richards. Richards' actions
warrant immediate expulsion from fidonet yet Mr. Pearson refuses to do
anything. Could Tim be a secret member of the Circle? He seems to support
these criminals every time they do something that warrants their expulsion
from the net. We urge Mr. Pearson to come clean and do the right thing.
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> EAGLE'S NEST SUPER CONTEST Gazette InfoFile
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EAGLE'S NEST SOUND SENSATIONAL CONTEST
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Visit the EAGLE'S NEST and enter the Sound Sensational Contest.
Prizes include:
--------------
The Grand Prize
---------------
A trip for two to one of the featured concert events. The grand prize
includes two round-trip coach airline tickets from anywhere in the
continental United States (if the winner resides outside of the
continental United States they are required to pay their own travel
expenses to the continental United States), hotel accommodations for two
nights, car rental for up to three days and two tickets to the concert
events selected. Approximate value of the grand prize is $2,000.
In addition, the grand prize winner will receive two denim jackets
featuring an embossed Gibson USA logo. The jackets are valued at $150
each.
The grand prize consists of a trip to one, and only one, of the
following concert events:
1. Aerosmith. Courtesy of Geffen Records.
Prize package includes 2 tickets to an Aerosmith show on
September 23, 1994 in Noblesville, IN or September 24,
1994 in Auburn Hills, MI.
2. Gerald Albright. Courtesy of Atlantic Jazz Records.
2 tickets to Gerald Albright show at the Catalina Jazz
Festival, October 1st or 8th, 1994 and a CD Atlantic Jazz
CD sampler.
3. Jimmy Buffett. Courtesy of MCA Records.
2 tickets to any Jimmy Buffett concert in the U.S.A.,
backstage passes, a Jimmy Buffett t-shirt and a Jimmy
Buffett "Fruit Cakes" CD.
4. Cranberries. Courtesy of PolyGram Records.
2 tickets to a Cranberries concert in the U.S. after
September 15, 1994 and 2 backstage passes.
5. The Grateful Dead. Courtesy of Arista Records.
2 tickets to any Grateful Dead show in the U.S.
1 Grateful dead T-shirt, 1 Grateful Dead 8-CD catalog, 1
Grateful Dead poster.
6. Melissa Ethridge. Courtesy of PolyGram Records.
2 tickets to a Melissa Ethridge show in the U.S. after
September 15, 1994 and 2 backstage passes.
7. B.B. King. Courtesy of MCA Records.
2 tickets to any B.B. King show in the U.S. Also includes
a copy of the B.B. King CD, "Blues Summit".
8. Kenny Loggins. Courtesy of Sony Wonder.
2 tickets to Kenny Loggins concert at the Greek Theater
in Los Angeles on October 8, 1994. 2 backstage passes,
1 Return To Pooh Corner CD, 1 Return To Pooh Corner
autographed poster.
9. John Mellencamp. Courtesy PolyGram Records.
2 tickets to a John Mellencamp concert in the U.S.A.
Special merchandise prize package includes special edition
John Mellencamp book.
10. Lorrie Morgan. Courtesy RCA Records.
2 tickets to any Lorrie Morgan concert during current
tour. 2 backstage passes, 1 War Paint CD.
11. Tom Petty. Courtesy Warner Bros. Records.
2 tickets to any Tom Petty concert in the U.S. and a copy
of the new Tom Petty CD, scheduled for release on October
11, 1994. Other assorted Tom Petty music merchandise will
be included in this prize package.
12. The Rolling Stones. Courtesy Virgin Records.
2 tickets to Rolling Stones concert in Pasadena, CA on
Sept. 20, 1994. 1 Rolling Stones 11-album catalog, 1 CD
of Voodoo Lounge
Please Note: Other artists may be added to the grand prize package
during the course of this contest. Actual content of
individual grand prize packages may be revised
periodically.
Weekly Prizes
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20 weekly prizes will be award from the following pool of prizes:
24 Rolling Stones "Voodoo Lounge" CD's
19 Kenny Loggins "Return To Pooh Corner" CD's
2 Kenny Loggins autographed posters
9 Lorrie Morgan "War Paint" CD's
24 EastWest Records CD Samplers
(Includes tracks by For Love Not Lisa, Buffalo Tom, Dog Society
Clutch, Pantera, The Wildhearts, The Dambuilders & more)
5 Tori Amos "Under The Pink" CD's
24 Atlantic Records CD samplers
(Includes tracks by King's X, The Hatters, Billy Pilgrim, Tori
Amos, The Lemonheads, Machines of Loving Grace, Melvins & more)
24 King's X CD/cassette samplers
9 Frank Kozik "Surgery" lithographs
24 Atlantic Jazz CD samplers
(Includes tracks by Modern Jazz Quartet, Cyrus Chestnut, Gerald
Albright, Jean Luc Ponty, Bobby Hutcherson, Bobby Lyle & more)
7 Grateful Dead 8-CD catalogs
7 Grateful Dead T-shirts
7 Grateful Dead posters
9 Jimmy Buffett t-shirts
9 Jimmy Buffett "Fruit Cake" CD's
10 Weezer debut CD's
24 Sarah McLachlan 3-Cd catalogs
10 Sarah McLachlan posters
24 Crash Test Dummies 2-CD catalogs
10 Crash Test Dummies posters
9 B.B. King "Blues Summit" CD's
10 Take 6 autographed posters
10 Seal electrostatic stickers
5 Deconstruction autographed posters
For details on how to enter the contest, rules and to access the contest
entry form, visit the EAGLE'S NEST and leave E-Mail for the SYSOP.
Eagle's Nest 1-417-673-8835
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> HAYES 28.8 OPTIMA FAX MODEM Net 286 Gazette Review
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HAYES Smartmodem OPTIMA 288 V.FC FAX
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part 1
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by C. Brown
The modem itself is the fastest Hayes Modem for all communications
especially SOHO applications. This modem, Optima 28.8 V.FC, provides over
a megabyte a minute and up to 230,400 bit/s. Sound incredible? Maybe to
some but to those who have seen these things happen... its pure reality.
This is high speed telecommunications at its very best for the time being.
To fully examine the Optima modem by Hayes, we set up two of these
high performance units. One on a BBS and one on a regular system. Below
we present our configuration setup all the way 'round. First for the
calling system and then for the BBS. A WildCat! BBS ver 3.9 by Mustang
Software.
The systems used:
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A) 486DX50 16mb, Hispeed Serial 16550 I/O, etc... Regular - Running
Windows Only and Lockbaud @ 57600bps
B) 486DX33 08mb, Hispeed Serial 16550 I/O, etc... BBS - Running under DOS
6.22, Wildcat! 3.9 BBS Software w/Intermail 2.29 Frontend.
Lockbaud @ 57600 bps
System.INI
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[boot]
comm.drv=wfxcomm.drv
;comm.drv=comm.drv
[386Enh]
;device=*combuff
device=chcomb.386
COM2Buffer=8192
COM2TXSize=16
COM2RXSize=14
MinTimeslice=20
WinTimeslice=100,50
Com1AutoAssign=2
Com2AutoAssign=2
Win.INI
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[ports]
COM1:=57600,n,8,1,p
COM2:=57600,n,8,1,p
COM3:=57600,n,8,1,p
COM4:=57600,n,8,1,p
EPT:=
FILE:=
LPT1.DOS=
LPT2.DOS=
FAX:=
FaxModem=FaxModem
FAX/MODEM=
HAYES OPTIMA 28.8 V.FC PROVEN INIT STRINGS/SETUPS
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WinCIM v 1.3 Setup (modem.db)
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Entry (a)
Hayes Optima 28.8 V.FC Data/FAX=Hayes Optima/VFC
Entry (B)
[Hayes Optima/VFC]
Init=ATM0V1W2X4&C1&D3&Q9&T5S11=50^M
Reset=&F
Econ=&Q9S46=2
Dcon=&Q9S36=7
QMODEM Pro Windows V1.2 setup
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@COMMON BLOCK
Baud=57600
FaxBaud=14400
DialDelay=10
ModemReset=ATZ^M
ModemDialPrefix=ATDT
ModemDialSuffix=^M
OKMessage=OK
Connect=CONNECT
NoConnect1=NO DIAL
NoConnect2=NO CARRIER
NoConnect3=BUSY
NoConnect4=VOICE
RedialCancel=^M
HangupCmd=DTR
CtsRtsFlow=TRUE
DstDtrFlow=FALSE
XonXoffFlow=FALSE
LockDte=TRUE
DtrDelay=1000
BreakDelay=500
AutoAnswerOn=ATS0=1^M
AutoAnswerOff=ATS0=0^M
HostInit=ATS0=0H0^M
HostOK=OK
HostRing=RING
HostAnswer=ATA^M
HostOffHook=ATM0H1^M
@Hayes Optima 28800 V.FC+FAX
ShortName=Hayes 28.8 V.FC FAX
Baud=57600
ModemInit=AT&F^M
ModemInit=ATM0&C1&D3S95=1S10=1S11=50&W^M
PostSet=Your Optima 288 V.FC is ready to go!
PostSet=Port speed of up to 115,200 may be used if supported by
PostSet=your communications driver.
WinComm Pro ver 1.0
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ATM0V1W2X4&C1&D3&K3&Q9&T5S10=1S11=50
ATS7=60
WinFAX Pro ver 4.0
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ATM0&F&C1&D2&K3S7=55S11=40\
ATZ\
The above settings yielded the very best performance we were able to
muster from the Hayes Optima. (3445cps) We enjoyed a 98% success rate
establishing 28800 connects with other V.FC modems. Sure, the condition
of the phone lines had something to do with our success rate, but there is
no doubt the noise cancelling features of the firmware had a great deal to
do with the successful high speed connects and performance.
The approval of v.34 technology is imminent, therefore the major
modem manufacturers are gearing up for upgrade time. Hayes has already
released their upgrade policy. It will, presumably include a daughter
board and speedy installation for a small service fee. The Hayes Optima
28.8 V.FC Smartmodem performed flawlessly. If you seek sure footed high
speed telecommunications, Hayes Optima can certainly satisfy your needs
and then some.
The time has really come for developers to pay particular attention
to the duplex transmission protocols, larger XFER block sizes 1024 is most
common. Most telcomm users would like to see it auto-size from 1024 to
8196 with the autosizing reacting to reliability and line conditions. On
another note, the very new cable interface technology is really right
around the corner. With the cable interface technology, 115200bps will be
considered SLOW!
part 2 will involve different brands of modems being compared and tested
for intra-modem compatibility.
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Babbage's Software
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Northpark Mall
Joplin, Missouri 64801
1-417-782-1033
America's Software Headquarters
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Computer Software
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Baird, Kurtz, & Dobson
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Mercantile Bank Building
4th & Main
Joplin, Missouri 64801
1-417-624-1065
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Computer Cowboys
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1609 E. 20th
Joplin, Missouri 64804
1-417-782-9512
Yahooooo - come see the Computer Cowboys
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The Computer Patch
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3316 E. 32nd
Joplin, Missouri 64804
Est. 1985
1-417-782-0285
AUTHORIZED FULL LINE COMPUTER DEALER FOR
APPLE/IBM/HEWLETT PACKARD/SAMSUNG/EPSON/NEC
System Support, Service & Training
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COMPUTERLAND
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SOUTHSIDE SHOPPING CENTER
32nd & Range Line
Joplin, MO 64804
1-417-782-6545
FULL LINE COMPUTER DEALER
Authorized IBM-Apple-Compaq-Epson-Hewlett
Packard-Novel-Hyundai Dealer
SALES - SERVICE - TRAINING - SUPPORT
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Connecting Point
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526 Main Street
Joplin, MO 64801
1-417-623-5553
Computers - Printers - Software - Peripherals
Classes & Training - Supplies - Business Leasing
Authorized dealer for
IBM-NEC-Digital-Microsoft - Hewlett Packard-Novel
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Creation Computers
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Wal-Mart Shopping Center
7th & Maiden Lane
Joplin, MO 64801
1-417-782-3888
A DIFFERENT TYPE OF COMPUTER DEALER
Computers - Peripherals - Software
Leasing - Financing - Layaway
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The Davis Collection Inc.
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2322 Main
Joplin, MO 64804
1-417-781-3446
Desktop Publishing - Screen Printing
Creative Computer Graphics - Design Artist
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IBM
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931 E. 32nd Street
Joplin, MO 64804
1-417-625-4000
Industry Specific Solutions
Application Design & Implementation
Network Design & Consulting
Systems Integration
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Lowry's Business Systems
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501 E. 15th
Joplin, MO 64801
1-417-624-7634
For all your business computing needs
Computers: IBM/IBM compatibles / Notebooks
Networking: Novell / LANtastics
Printers: Brother / IBM / Okidata / Hewlett Packard
Software and Training available!!
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Midwestern Telephone Inc.
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110 W. Main
Carterville, MO 64835
1-417-673-1977
Specializing in complete Business Phone Systems
- Computer Wiring - Fiber Optics -
- Multi Plexors - LAN Hardware -
- Active and Passive Hubs -
* AUTHORIZED Agent for Southwestern Bell Telephone Network Services *
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RFE Computer Consultants
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1505 Pearl
Joplin, MO 64801
1-417-782-9594
World Class Business Management Systems
Novell Certified Netware Engineer
SCO UNIX Authorized Reseller
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Softworks International
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2124 Main
Joplin, MO 64801
1-417-624-1145
Top-Notch Professional Computer Services
We solve all computing problems!
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