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Bulletin # 1

North Suburban Chicago OS/2 User Group Schedule for 1995

DOWNLOAD NSCOUG.INF FOR DIRECTIONS and MAP TO NEW MEETING LOCATION

September 6 *

* Not the LAST Tuesday of the month

     North Suburban Chicago OS/2 User's Group
     Notice of Meeting

     NEW MEETING LOCATION !!! SEE BELOW !!!
     (download NSCOUG.INF for detailed directions)

     New User's Forum.
     OS/2 Virtual Conference Update (Part VI)

Feature Presentation:

RICK MCGUIRE (IBM Endicott Labs) Presents "OBJECT REXX"

At the April, 1994 meeting of NSCOUG, Rick McGuire of IBM announced the
delivery of the first beta copy of Object REXX for OS/2 to David
Moskowitz. Since then, Object REXX betas have appeared on volumes 6, 7,
and 8 of the OS/2 Developer's Connection, and Object REXX will be
available soon on a future release of OS/2.

Rick McGuire is back again, this time to show you what the excitement is
all about. See Object REXX in live action, and how it promises to
revolutionize how you view your OS/2 system.

Please join us in what promises to be a most educational and
interesting presentation.

     Date:       Wednesday September 6, 1995
     Time:       5:30 PM. (New User's Forum)

     NEW Meeting Location:

     Anixter Inc. Technology and Training Centre
     852 Feehanville Drive
     Mt. Prospect, IL 60056

     RSVP's highly recommended.

     Contact:    James Schmidt
     Phone:      [phone]
     Internet:   [e-mail]
     [e-mail]
     Compuserve: 73447,607

     OS/2 Users' Group Home WWW Home Page:
     URL http://nscoug.gco.com

     NSCOUG

     MISSION: Devoted to the exchange of information related
     to all aspects of OS/2. We cater to all users and potential users
     at all levels of experience.

     Membership Information: Membership is open to anyone with an
     interest in OS/2 and is free of charge.

Bulletin # 2

     US PRESS SUMMARY/IBM and other Topics

Following items posted here on 08/09/95

{1) IBM Plans To Launch Lotus Notes Capacity On Its Global System}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 9, p. B3)

IBM hopes to "vastly expand the platform for its newly acquired
Lotus Notes software by making it available on its global
communications network," this article says. The new service,
which would be announced today, represents a move to help
"establish Notes as the industry's groupware standard."  This
action comes on top of an announcement by AT&T this week that
Lotus users will also be able to use the AT&T network. The two
global networks may help to rapidly expand the number of Lotus
users, now about 2 million.

{2) EMC, Computer-Storage Leader, Still Hears Footsteps}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 9, p. B4)

This article describes the rapid advance and plans of EMC Corp.,
which went from having 2% of the mainframe-storage market in 1990
to an estimated 37% today. That rise came mainly at IBM's expense,
whose share dropped from 76% to 36% during the same period.
Though IBM and others are creating products to match EMC's price
performance, this company continues to be competitive and its
"profit margins remain high at a healthy 51%."  Now EMC is
"targeting a new market, storage for client/server systems that
tie desktop computers into networks with larger server computers."

{3) U.S. Plans No Action Against Microsoft}
     {Before Launch Of Windows 95 System}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 9, p. A3)

The U.S. Justice Dept. has declared that it will take no antitrust
action to block the Aug. 24 launch of Windows 95, though it
didn't rule out the possibility of action later. At issue was
Microsoft's plan to bundle easy access to its forthcoming online
computer service with the new operating system. Had the
Microsoft rollout been halted, "it would have created disruption
through the entire PC industry food chain, not to mention the
carnage that would have taken place in the tech stock sector,"
said one analyst. Separately, Microsoft also announced prices
for its online service, which are aggressive, but "roughly on a
par" with those of Prodigy, CompuServe and America Online.

{4) Companies' Spending Spree Creates Jobs}
     (USA Today:  August 9, p. 1B)

Investments by companies in information processing equipment is
headed for $311 billion this year, up about 25% from last year.
"It now accounts for more than 40% of business spending on
buildings and equipment."  One reason for the boom is the dramatic
improvement of computers' price performance. While acknowledging
that certain types of jobs are being eliminated by computers,
this article concludes that more jobs are created than lost as
people are hired by technology companies to keep up with demand.
In addition, customers saving money as a result of technology
often have more to spend on other goods and services -- thus
helping the employment picture in the industries that supply them.

{5) IBM In Legal Tangle Over Fingerprinting}
     (London Financial Times:  August 8, p. 6)

Three years ago, IBM was hired to build a computerized
fingerprint system for Great Britain. In March, a consortium
of 37 police agencies cancelled the contract and sued IBM,
claiming the IBM system didn't work properly. Now IBM has
countersued to collect on money lost by the cancellation,
which it termed "premature and unjustified."  The company has
also warned that the consortium is wasting millions on trying
to create a new system while the Britain goes without a
nationwide fingerprinting service.

Following items posted here on 08/08/95

{1) IBM, Toshiba To Build $1 Billion Plant}
     {For Computer Chips In Manassas, Va.}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 8, p. A2)

Today IBM and Toshiba are expected to announce their plans to
build a more than $1 billion manufacturing plant for 64-megabit
memory chips at the IBM site in Manassas, Va., this article says.
The new facility, whose costs would be split 50-50 by the two
companies, would employ about 1,000 people. The memory chip
market is "booming but volatile," experiencing "wild swings
between shortage and oversupply," this article notes, adding
that IBM has tried to avoid these problems by "selling leading-
edge chips, which command higher profit margins."

{2) Compaq Maintains Hold On PC Market}
     {As Hewlett Closes In On Packard Bell}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 8, p. A2)

Market researcher Dataquest says that during the second quarter,
Hewlett-Packard shipped 520,000 PCs, nearly as much as Packard
Bell and 55% more than a year ago. IBM shipped 1.01 million PCs,
slightly more than Apple but about 400,000 less than Compaq.
However, IBM and Compaq show about the same rate of growth,
roughly 25% a piece. NEC shipped 645,000 PCs.

{3) Will Independence Bring The Growth EDS Expects?}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 8, p. B1)

Now that General Motors has announced plans to spin off
Electronic Data Systems, executives at this outsourcing
specialist hope to pursue "markets ranging from telecommunications
to multimedia online services."  Independence will enable EDS to
issue common stock and to "inexpensively issue debt" -- two
important ways for it to invest in new ventures. One of the
company's first priorities will be to launch an aggressive
marketing campaign to promote its brand identity.

{4) Intel Delays Plan For PCs To Improve Multimedia Function}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 8, p. B12)

Intel has agreed to a six-month delay in plans to improve the
multimedia functions of PCs after Microsoft raised some
objections. The use of native signal processing would allow
Intel chips to perform new tasks like compressing audio and
communicating over telephone wires. However, this would have
conflicted with some specifications Microsoft is proposing.

{5) AT&T, IBM's Lotus Expand Venture}
     {With Network Service For Notes Users}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 8, p. B12)

This article covers an announcement by AT&T and Lotus to provide
a new service that will allow Lotus Notes users to communicate
over the AT&T network, as reported yesterday in Newsline. Given
the "saber-rattling" between IBM and AT&T over computers and
telecommunications, the partnership is surprising, said an
analyst with Dataquest.

{6) OS/2 No Longer At Home At Home}
     (New York Times:  August 8, p. C8)

Reporter Peter Lewis writes a column in which he concludes that
"OS/2 can no longer be recommended" as the operating system of
choice for home-computer users. He says that many of the
strengths of OS/2 in the corporate arena are of little use to the
home user, and he listed various other disadvantages that he sees
in OS/2 compared to Windows and Mac OS.

{7) Hard Sell For New Software}
     (London Financial Times:  August 7)

Columnist Louise Kehoe, who looks at a nearly $1 billion
publicity campaign by Microsoft to launch Windows 95, notes that
even Microsoft executives are surprised by the attention this new
product is getting. "It is only software," says executive vice
president Steve Ballmer, "not a cure for cancer."  For its part,
IBM will try to counter the Microsoft publicity. For example, it
is circulating a document over the Internet that compares Windows
95 unfavorably to OS/2. However, IBM is expected to be among the
PC makers that will install Windows 95 on its PCs, Kehoe says.

{8) Century's End Aids Firm}
     (Arizona Republic:  August 5, p. E1)

For many computers, such as older IBM mainframes that use COBOL
applications, the turn of the century could be a chaotic time.
That's because of their potential to confuse the year 2000 with
1900. This problem is bringing prosperity to Viasoft, a small
and formerly unprofitable company whose products and services can
remedy problems created by the standard COBOL practice of
referring to years by their last two digits.

{9) House Votes Bars Internet Censorship}
     (Washington Post:  August 5, p. A11)

The U.S. House of Representatives approved an amendment to its
communications bill that "expressly prohibits Internet censorship
by the government."  However, the House also passed an amendment
to the same bill that would "criminalize some forms of online
speech."  A conference committee will work out the discrepancy.
Recently, the U.S. Senate approved the "Communications Decency
Act," which sets sanctions for obscenity and indecency online.

Following items posted here on 08/07/95
{1) IBM To Form Consumer-Products Unit}
     {With Aim Of Rejuvenating Aptiva Line}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 7, p. B2)

This article says IBM will today announce the formation of a
consumer-products division, to be headed by James Firestone, a
former American Express executive and, later, head of the
consumer division at Chicago-based Ameritech Corp. The new IBM
division would seek to rejuvenate the Apitva line and increase
the company's focus on the consumer marketplace, which is growing
quickly, but is "fraught with razor-thin margins, fickle
customers and hard-nosed retailers."  (Similar story appears in
today's New York Times on page B1.

{2) Apple Reduces Prices On Line Of Power Macs}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 7, p.

Though some analysts call it "too little, too late," Apple
Computer is acting to cut the prices of its flagship Power
Macintosh computers, 17 months after they were introduced.
However, if Apple can make enough of these machines, it may have
a chance of holding on to its market share in the face of tough
competition. Some Apple Power Macs now come close in price to
comparatively equipped products from IBM, AT&T and Compaq.

{3) AT&T, Lotus Are To Unveil Service For Notes Users}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 7, p. B2)

Today AT&T and Lotus are expected to announce a service called
AT&T Network Notes that would let users of Lotus Notes "work
together by communicating through the vast network of AT&T."
Many experts will be looking to "spot a change" in the AT&T-Lotus
partnership now that IBM is involved. If this new service is
successful, "IBM stands to gain a windfall from its cut of the
fees generated by the use of Network Notes."

{4) Companies' Profits Grew 15%, With Boost From Exports}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 7, p. A5)

This article about U.S. corporate performance during the second
quarter, notes that the net income of the technology sector rose
53%, though margins for workstations and PCs continue to fall.
This article mentions IBM's forecast that mainframe revenues may
be flat this year, instead of down 15% as predicted earlier.

{5) Windows 95's Big Value May Be As A Lure To Network System}
     (New York Times:  August 7, p. D5)

This news analysis says some industry analysts speculate that the
"true strategic value" to Microsoft of Windows 95 will be as a
way of "luring customers and software developers into adopting
the company's other operating system:  Windows NT, for corporate
computer networks."  In the market for controlling data over
corporate networks, Microsoft has been trailing OS/2, Netware and
various versions of UNIX. So developers wanting to license
Windows 95 to create applications are now being pressured by
Microsoft to develop the same programs for use on Windows NT.

{6) No Deal}
     (USA Today:  August 7, p. 1B)

This news brief says "IBM came close to buying Apple Computer
last summer but decided against the deal after high-level talks,"
according to a report by Reuters news service.

{7) A Venture Into IBM's Executive Suite}
     (Computer World - Hong Kong: August 3)

This article is a lengthy Q&A with Nick Donofrio, IBM senior vice
president and group executive, server group. Donofrio discusses a
wide range of topics including OS/400, the acquisition of Lotus,
and the future of AS/400 and RS/6000. He credits IBM Chairman Lou
Gerstner with getting the company "focusing on the markets, on
the customers" and he notes that the most frequent, legitimate
complaint he hears from customers is that IBM needs to make
products simpler. "And that's a powerful statement," Donofrio
says, "because it determines the rate at which (customers) can do
things.... and get to the end objective faster."

{8) Test Drive}
     (New Media:  August 1995, p. 86)

A review of the IBM ThinkPad 755CD says this product would be
"greatly helped by the ability to swap the CD-ROM drive for a
second battery and a slightly brighter display, as well as a
little more powerful performance. "Even so, if you plan to use
your portable for productivity and presentations, the ThinkPad
is the machine to get."

Following items posted here on 08/04/95
{1) IBM, Italy's Stet Plan Joint Venture In Communications}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 4, p. B8)

This article covers yesterday's announcement by IBM and Stet,
the Italian state-owned telecommunications group, that they have
entered into a preliminary agreement to merge their international
communications networks in a 50/50 joint venture. The venture
would offer data, voice and multimedia services to businesses.
Analysts said the partnership "seemed to make sense, but the
absence of a stock swap left some skeptical."  A telecommunications
analyst at Robert Fleming Securities Ltd. in London said, "unless
you commit with equity, there's no long-term alliance."  According
to the article, IBM emphasized it isn't interested in purchasing
a stake in Stet, which will be fully privatized later this year
or early next year.

{2) Cabletron Systems Terminates Its Plans To Bid For Chipcom}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 4, p. B2)

Less than a week after filing with the Federal Trade Commission
for permission to buy 50% of Chipcom Corp. stock, Cabletron Systems
has decided against making a bid for the company, which has already
agreed to be taken over by Santa Clara, Calif.-based 3Com Corp.

{3) Digital's PC Chief Quits, Apparently Under Pressure}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 4, p. B8)

Digital Equipment Corp.'s personal computer chief, Bernhard Auer,
resigned in a move that insiders said "reflected management's
dissatisfaction with the unit's failure to become a leading player
in the exploding PC business."  Digital's PC division has made
sharp market-share gains over the past two years, becoming the
11th biggest player in the U.S. compared with No. 27 in 1992.
Reportedly, Digital's chairman and president, Robert Palmer,
had set a goal of breaking into the top five in 1995. An analyst
has said that Bain & Company, a Boston management consulting
firm, has been hired to advise Digital on its performance and has
forced company managers to compare their performance to
Hewlett-Packard, which is "expected to be in the top six in PCs
this year and has maintained solid profitability."

{4) California Court Dismisses Repetitive-Stress Lawsuit}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 4, p. B7)

A San Francisco Superior Court has dismissed a repetitive-stress
injury suit filed by a woman who said that Apple keyboards had
caused her repetitive-stress injury (RSI). The court ruled that
there was no scientific evidence to support the plaintiff's claim.
(Editor's note:  Several similar cases have also been won by IBM.)

{5) Oft-Delayed Windows 95 To Tiptoe Into The Stores}
     (Investor's Business Daily:  August 3, p. A8)

Although Windows 95 is due to be released on Aug. 24, many PCs
for sale will not have this operating system already installed
on their hard drives, as planned. The reason is that PC makers
were supposed to have received the final version of Windows 95
by June 12. Instead, it arrived in late July. This fact may
affect sales of "industry players" like Compaq and Packard Bell.


Following items posted here on 08/03/95
{1) IBM Says Justice Agency Errs In Call For Review}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 3, p. B6)

IBM has argued that the U.S. Justice Dept. is wrong to recommend
a sweeping review of its status in the computer industry as a
condition for possibly lifting IBM's 1956 Consent Decree. IBM
made the statement in papers filed yesterday in U.S. District
Court in response to a document issued by the Justice Dept. last
month, which called for the review. The department also said it
would favor "releasing IBM from the decree's restrictions on
its personal-computer, computer-workstation and computer-
services business."

{2) Microsoft, Digital Team Up In Market}
     {For Servers, Broadening Partnership}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 3, p. B6)

Microsoft and Digital Equipment have agreed to work together in the
market for midsize server computers, which is a major expansion
of a three-year old partnership. The plan is an effort to
advance the Windows NT operating system and -- to a lesser
extent -- could bolster the credibility of Digital's Alpha chip
technology. The alliance has other facets, including a commitment
by Microsoft to deliver versions of its server software for
Digital's Alpha-based computers at the same time it delivers
systems running the Intel Corp. chips. An analyst at Morgan
Stanley & Co. said the deal could help Digital differentiate
itself from competitors such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard and
Sun Microsystems.
(Similar story appears in today's New York Times, p. D2.)

{3) Chipcom's Poison Pill Is Adopted To Thwart Cabletron Takeover}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 3, p. B6)

According to this article, Chipcom Corp. adopted a shareholder-
rights plan designed to prevent Cabletron Systems from interfering
with Chipcom's proposed sale to 3Com Corp. The chief executive
of Chipcom, Rob Held, said the plan would "protect the interests
of the shareholders in the event the company is confronted with
coercive or unfair takeover tactics."

{4) Companies Approach Windows 95 With Caution}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 3, p. B1)

This article examines how companies and other large organizations
will be slow to adopt Windows 95. Many computer managers are
worried about costs of upgrading their computers, training,
undiscovered bugs and potential incompatibilities with their
existing programs. International Data Corp., a market research
firm, said in a recent survey of 400 corporate computer managers
that only 23% planned to upgrade their PCs to Windows 95 in its
first 12 months on the market. Forty-three percent said they
wouldn't upgrade during that period, and 34% said they didn't know.

{5) IBM Micro Expects Memory Share To Drop}
     (Electronic News:  July 31, p. 1)

New plant capacity around the world will absorb demand for DRAM
(dynamic random access memory) chips and thereby reduce the
current boom in the DRAM market, this article says. In
anticipation of this event, "IBM Microelectronics will reduce
memory sales to just a third of its semiconductor product
revenues by 1998, down from 60% in 1994."   However, Dr. Michael
Attardo, general manager of Microelectronics notes, "By no means
are we going to exit the memory business. We will continue to
stay in a significant way..."  The interview with Attardo covers
a variety of subjects relating to DRAM production.

{6) Has IBM Peaked?}
     (Information Week:  August 7, p. 102)

Bob Djurdjevic, president of the Phoenix consulting firm Annex
Research, writes "For the rest of the year, and in 1996, I expect
IBM to record solid but not spectacular results."  He says
certain factors, like a drop in the U.S. dollar, are not likely
to keep working in IBM's favor. However, IBM is seeing better
margins because of the "mainframe renewal" and "AS/400 recovery,"
as well as in software and services, Djurdjevic adds.

{7) Questions Remain In IBM-Lotus Plan}
     (PC Week:  July 31, p. 53)

In its editorial, PC Week calls on IBM to settle what it sees as
unanswered questions concerning its marketing strategy with
Lotus. For example, will IBM support OpenDoc or embrace Lotus'
commitment to Microsoft's OLE technology?  "This question is
important to the ISV (independent software vendors) community and
to users who want to have their applications share data -- one of
the greatest promises of client/server computing."

Following items posted here on 08/03/95
{1) CompuServe To Revamp Service, Change}
     {Prices Before Rival Microsoft's Launch}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 2, p. B3)

This article says that CompuServe, one of the largest online
services, has announced a $125 million overhaul, a new low-cost
service for novices and a price change. The moves come as
CompuServe and other online providers prepare for Microsoft's
online services' launch in three weeks. Earlier this week,
Prodigy Services, a joint venture of IBM and Sears, unveiled a
slicker look, while America Online plans to launch a separate
Internet-only service.

{2) Digital Equipment Boosts Turnaround}
     {By Reporting Profit of $160 Million}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 2, p. B3)

Digital Equipment posted earnings of $160 million for its fiscal
fourth quarter, solidifying its financial turnaround by reporting
its first annual profit since 1990. An International Data Corp.
analyst said, "With a booming computer industry and the best
product lineup the company has seen in years, it should have
been a great year."

{3) Prodigy Decides To Stay In Westchester}
     (White Plains Reporter Dispatch, August 2, p. 1A)

Prodigy Services Co. said yesterday that it would remain in
White Plains, N.Y., reversing an earlier decision to relocate its
corporate headquarters and several hundred of its employees to
Manhattan. According to this article, a move would disrupt
operations and divert attention from Prodigy's work in the highly
competitive online industry. A company spokesman denied that the
price of office space in Manhattan or the cost of breaking a
lease in White Plains played a role in Prodigy's decision.

{4) IBM Chief Sees No Decline In Demand For Mainframes}
     (Wall Street Journal:  August 1, p. B2)

IBM Chairman Lou Gerstner has said he sees no slowing in demand
for mainframe computers. Gerstner told industry analysts this
week that he "'couldn't be more pleased' with how IBM has made
the transition to a new, less-costly mainframe product line from
the older, watercooled bipolar mainframes."  Because the new
machines are less expensive than the old ones, analysts expect
IBM mainframe revenues to decline next year -- but not profit,
since the machines will also cost less to build.

{5) Pataki-IBM Deal Raises Swamp Of Competing Interests}
     (White Plains Reporter Dispatch:  August 1, p. 11A

Columnist Kyle Hughes says the plan of New York Governor George
Pataki to have the state use IBM buildings in the Hudson Valley
and Endicott for a new state data center has threatened to
"become the first public policy train wreck of Pataki's young
administration."  At issue are concerns about the political and
economic ramifications of forcing state workers to relocate from
different parts of New York to work at the IBM sites. Hughes
says Pataki's proposal is now "seriously endangered."

{6) Beyond The Hype}
     (U.S. News & World Report:  August 7, p. 52)

Product reviewers hired by this magazine evaluated Windows 95 and
concluded "that buyers of new PCs will be pleased, but upgraders
may grouse" because this operating system "has a hard time of
fitting in with older hardware and software."  However, it has
many new features, is less inclined than predecessors to stall or
refuse to run a program, cuts the number of steps needed for
routine tasks, and makes PCs easier to use," this article says.

Following items posted here on 08/03/95
{1) IBM Chief Concedes OS/2 Has Lost Desktop War}
     (New York Times:  Aug. 1, p. D4)

IBM Chairman Lou Gerstner implied to industry analysts yesterday
that IBM has, in the words of this newspaper, "failed to establish
an alternative" to Microsoft's "stranglehold" on the software that
runs personal computers. Although many analysts say OS/2 is
technologically superior to Windows and the soon-to-be-released
Windows 95, it has not caught on with more than a small minority of
consumers. Gerstner expanded on the theme that IBM is now "focused
on providing value to its customers rather than simply foisting the
latest technology on them" and identified five customer groups that
would be served:  large enterprises and institutions; small and
medium-sized business; consumers; other hardware manufacturers, and
resellers and other distributors.

{2) Personal Computers:  What Is Windows 95 Really Like?}
     (New York Times:  Aug. 1, p. C1)

In this column by Stephen Manes, Microsoft's new Windows 95 is
examined. This article says that Windows is likely to become more
pervasive than ever, but cautions that the product will cause "some
pain and suffering along the way."

{3) Cabletron Considers A Bid For Chipcom;}
     {Move Could Thwart Purchase By 3Com}
     (Wall Street Journal:  Aug. 1, p. B6)

According to this article, Cabletron Systems is considering a
hostile takeover bid, among other options, that would thwart rival
3Com Corp.'s proposed purchase of Chipcom Corp., a competing maker of
computer-networking hardware. Industry analysts said they saw little
strategic rationale for a Cabletron acquisition of Chipcom as the two
companies make "virtually identical products -- sophisticated hubs
that sit at the heart of large computer networks."  However,
Chipcom's extensive distribution agreements with IBM could be an
attraction.

{4) Gerstner Charges Leaders To Fix Schools}
     (Burlington Free Press:  July 31)

IBM Chairman Lou Gerstner was the lead speaker at the National
Governor's Association meeting in Burlington, Vt., on Sunday.
"If we don't face up to the fact that we are the only major
country in the world without an articulated set of education
standards and without a means of ensuring how we are doing, we
are lost before we get started, which pretty much sums up where
we are today," said Gerstner. He called on states to set aside
10% of their education budgets for innovation and offered to
organize and pay for a conference next year that would show the
governors "how technology created for business and government can
be used to reshape schools."  He was also quoted as saying, "The
first revolution created this country. We now need a second to
save our country and to give our children back their future."

{5) PCs Becoming Consumers' Toy Of Choice}
     (Washington Business:  July 31)

According to a poll by CNW Marketing Research, "31.6% of American
adults surveyed said they want to buy a computer in the next year,
more than double the figure in 1990."  That compares with only
13.3% who want a new car. Although some analysts predicted that
PC sales would slow as consumers await the introduction of
Windows 95, that does not seem to have happened. Personal
computers are also gaining strength in Europe, which has 23 PCs
for every 100 workers, compared to 57 per 100 in the U.S. And PC
demand is gaining in the Asia/Pacific region, which (excluding
Japan) has only four PCs per 100 workers.
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WEST SUBURBAN CHICAGO OS/2 USER GROUP (WSCOUG)
     Scheduled 1995 Meetings

Sept. 12  Oct. 10   Nov. 14   Dec. 12

Please contact Dwight Cannon at [phone] for additional information
on WSCOUG meetings or agendas.

     Details for Western Suburban Chicago OS/2 User Group
     Meeting of July 11, 1995

     5:30    New User Forum/Opening
     6:15    Dinner

     7:00    DeskMan/2 - John Klescewski

     8:15    Open Forum - Discussion of By Laws

     8:45    Raffle

     9:00    Closing

     DIRECTIONS TO THE WSCOUG MEETING LOCATION

The meeting will be held in Elgin at Dieterle's Restaraunt, located
at 550 S. McLean. They are just south of Route 20, and easily accessible
from all directions.

     ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON WSCOUG

The Western Suburban Chicago OS/2 User Group is devoted to the education
of OS/2 users, novice to expert, in the use and deployment of OS/2.
WSCOUG is open for membership to anyone that is interested in the
premier PC-based operating system available, from the home user to the
corporate user.

Meetings are held at Dieterle's Restaurant, 550 South McLean Blvd.,
Elgin, Illinois, approximately 3 blocks south of US20. Dinners are
served, but are optional.

WSCOUG is a membership-based organization, always eager to welcome any
new persons. For more information, please call [phone] and leave
a message (including your name, areas of interest and phone number),
which will be returned as soon as is practicable.

Bulletin # 4

Accessing The Internet By E-Mail
     Doctor Bob's Guide to Offline Internet Access
     3rd Edition - December 1994

     Copyright (c) 1994,  "Doctor Bob" Rankin

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     verbatim copies of this document provided the copyright notice and
     this permission notice are preserved on all copies. Feel free to
     upload to your favorite BBS or Internet server!

NOTE: GREATER CHICAGO connects to the Internet once each hour. So the
procedures that are described in the following text are quite
realistic and doable. We connect to the Internet at 45 minutes past
the hour for mail from 5:45AM until 12:45AM and again at 3:45AM every
day.

How to Access Internet Services by E-mail

If your only access to the Internet is via e-mail, you don't have to
miss out on all the fun!  Maybe you've heard of FTP, Gopher, Archie,
Veronica, Finger, Whois, WAIS, World-Wide Web, and Usenet but thought
they were out of your reach because your online service does not provide
those tools. Not so!  And even if you do have full Internet access,
using e-mail servers can save you time and money.

This special report will show you how to retrieve files from FTP sites,
explore the Internet via Gopher, search for information with Archie,
Veronica, or WAIS, tap into the World-Wide Web, and even access Usenet
newsgroups using E-MAIL AS YOUR ONLY TOOL.

If you can send a note to an Internet address, you're in the game!  This
is great news for users of online services where there is partial or no
direct Internet access. As of late 1994, there were 150 countries with
only e-mail connections to the Internet. This is double the number of
countries with direct (IP) connections.

I encourage you to read this entire document first and then go back and
try out the techniques that are covered. This way, you will gain a
broader perspective of the information resources that are available, an
introduction to the tools you can work with, and the best methods for
finding the information you want.

Finding the Latest Version

This document is now available from several automated mail servers.
To get the latest edition, send e-mail to one of the addresses below.

To: [e-mail] (for US/Canada/etc.)
Leave Subject blank, and enter only this line in the body of the note:
     GET INTERNET BY-EMAIL NETTRAIN F=MAIL

To: [e-mail] (for Eastern US)
Leave Subject blank, and enter only this line in the body of the note:
     send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email

To: [e-mail] (for UK/Europe/etc.)
Leave Subject blank, and enter only this line in the body of the note:
     send lis-iis e-access-inet.txt

You can also get the file by anonymous FTP at one of these sites:

Site: ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu
     get NETTRAIN/INTERNET.BY-EMAIL
Site: rtfm.mit.edu
     get pub/usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email
Site: mailbase.ac.uk
     get pub/lists/lis-iis/files/e-access-inet.txt

Acknowledgements

This document is continually expanding and improving as a result of the
daily flood of comments and questions received by the author. The following
individuals are hereby recognized for their contributions. (If I forgot
anyone, let me know and I'll gladly add you to the list.)

     Miles Baska
     Sylvain Chamberland
     Roddy MacLeod - Engineering Faculty Librarian, Heriot Watt University
     George McMurdo - Queen Margaret College
     Jim Milles - NETTRAIN Moderator, Saint Louis University
     Glee Willis - Engineering Librarian, University of Nevada
     Herman VanUytven - Netnews->Email server developer

A Short Aside... "What is the Internet?"

Many introductory texts on the Internet go into excruciating detail on
the history, composition and protocol of the Internet. If you were
looking for that you won't find it here, because this is a "how to"
lesson, not a history book.

When you buy a new car, they don't make you read "The Life and Times of
Henry Ford" before you can turn the top down and squeal off the lot.
And when you get a new computer, nobody forces you to read a text on
logic design before you fire up Leisure Suit Larry or WordPerfect.

So if you're the type that wants to short-circuit the preliminaries and
just dig in, you've come to the right place. I'm not going to bore you
with the gory details. Instead, I'll just offer up my Reader's Digest
condensed definition of the Internet, and encourage you to read more
about the Internet in one of the many fine Internet books and guides
listed in the "Suggested Reading" section. Some of them are even free,
and accessible directly from the Internet!

Internet (noun) - A sprawling collection of computer networks that spans
the globe, connecting government, military, educational and commercial
institutions, as well as private citizens to a wide range of computer
services, resources, and information. A set of network conventions and
common tools are employed to give the appearance of a single large
network, even though the computers that are linked together use many
different hardware and software platforms.

The Rules of The Game

This document is meant to be both tutorial and practical, so there are
lots of actual commands and internet addresses listed herein. You'll
notice that when these are included in the text they are indented by
several spaces for clarity. Don't include the leading spaces when you
try these commands on your own!

You'll also see things like "<file>" or "<name>" appearing in this
document. Think of these as place holders or variables which must
be replaced with an appropriate value. Do NOT include the quotes or
brackets in your value unless specifically directed to do so.

Often you'll be told to "send e-mail with a blank subject" to some
address. This means to simply leave the "Subject:" field blank in
your note. If your mailer refuses to send messages with a blank
subject, give it some dummy value. In most cases this will work fine.

Most e-mail servers understand only a small set of commands and are
not very forgiving if you deviate from what they expect. So include
ONLY the specified commands in the "body" of your note and leave off
any extraneous lines such as your signature, etc.

Pay attention to upper/lower case in directory and file names when
using e-mail servers. It's almost always important!

     FTP BY E-MAIL

FTP stands for "file transfer protocol", and is a means of accessing
files that are stored on remote computer systems. In Internet lingo,
these remote computers are called "sites". Files at FTP sites are
typically stored in a tree-like set of directories (or nested folders
for Mac fans), each of which pertains to a different subject.

When visiting an FTP site using a "live" internet connection, one would
specify the name of the site, login with a userid & password, navigate
to the desired directory and select one or more files to be transferred
back to their local system.

Using FTP by e-mail is very similar, except that the desired site is
reached through a special "ftpmail server" which logs in to the remote
site and returns the requested files to you in response to a set of
commands in an e-mail message.

Using FTP by e-mail can be nice even for those with full Internet
access, because some popular FTP sites are heavily loaded and
interactive response can be very sluggish. So it makes sense not to
waste time and connect charges in these cases.

To use FTP by e-mail, you first need a list of FTP "sites" which are the
addresses of the remote computer systems that allow you to retrieve
files anonymously (without having a userid and password on that system).

There are some popular sites listed later in this guide, but you can get
a comprehensive list of hundreds of anonymous FTP sites by sending an
e-mail message to the internet address:

     [e-mail]

with a blank subject and include these lines in the body of the note.

     send usenet/news.answers/ftp-list/sitelist/part1
     send usenet/news.answers/ftp-list/sitelist/part2
     ... (lines omitted for brevity)
     send usenet/news.answers/ftp-list/sitelist/part13
     send usenet/news.answers/ftp-list/sitelist/part14

You will then receive (by e-mail) 14 files which comprise the "FTP Site
List". Note that these files are each about 60K, so the whole lot will
total over 750K!  This could place a strain on your system, so first
check around to see if the list is already available locally, or
consider requesting just the first few as a sampler before getting the
rest.

Another file you might want to get is "FTP Frequently Asked Questions"
which contains lots more info on using FTP services, so add this line to
your note as well.

     send usenet/news.answers/ftp-list/faq

After you receive the site list you'll see dozens of entries like this,
which tell you the site name, location and the kind of files that are
stored there.

     Site   : oak.oakland.edu
     Country: USA
     Organ  : Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan
     System : Unix
     Comment: Primary Simtel Software Repository mirror
     Files  : BBS lists; ham radio; TCP/IP; Mac; modem protocol info;
     MS-DOS; MS-Windows; PC Blue; PostScript; Simtel-20; Unix

If you find an interesting FTP site in the list, send e-mail to one of
these ftpmail servers:

     [e-mail]                      (USA/NC)
     [e-mail]                    (USA/NJ)
     [e-mail]                             (Europe)
     [e-mail]                         (Europe)
     [e-mail]                         (UK)
     [e-mail]                        (Australia)

and in the body of the note, include these lines:

     open <site>
     dir
     quit

This will return to you a list of the files stored in the root directory
at that site. In your next e-mail message you can navigate to other
directories by inserting (for example)

     cd pub

before the "dir" command. (The "cd" means "change directory" and "pub"
is a common directory name, usually a good place to start.) Once you
determine the name of a file you want to retrieve, use:

     get <name of file>

in the following note instead of the "dir" command. If the file you
want to retrieve is plain text, this will suffice. If it's a binary
file (an executable program, compressed file, etc.) you'll need to
insert the command:

     binary

in your note before the "get" command.

OK, let's grab the text of The Declaration of Independence. Here's the
message you send to [e-mail] (or another ftpmail server):

     open ftp.eff.org                 (The name of the FTP site)
     cd pub/CAF/civics                (The directory where the file lives)
     get dec_of_ind                   (The name of the file to retrieve)
     quit                             (Beam me up, Scotty!)

Here are the commands you would send to to get a file from the Simtel
Software Repository that was mentioned earlier.

     open oak.oakland.edu             (The name of the FTP site)
     cd SimTel/msdos/bbs              (The directory where the file lives)
     binary                           (Because we're getting a ZIP file)
     get answer2.zip                  (Sounds interesting, anyway...)
     quit                             (We're outta here!)

Some other interesting FTP sites you may want to "visit" are listed below.
(Use these site names on the "open" command and the suggested directory
name on your "cd" command, as in the previous examples.)

     ocf.berkeley.edu    Try: pub/Library for documents, Bible, lyrics, etc.
     rtfm.mit.edu        Try: pub/usenet/news.answers for USENET info
     oak.oakland.edu     Try: SimTel/msdos for a huge DOS software library
     ftp.sura.net        Try: pub/nic for Internet how-to documents
     quartz.rutgers.edu  Try: pub/humor for lots of humor files
     gatekeeper.dec.com  Try: pub/recipes for a cooking & recipe archive

You should note that ftpmail servers tend to be quite busy so your reply
may not arrive for several minutes, hours, or days, depending on when
and where you send your request. Also, some large files may be split
into smaller pieces and returned to you as multiple messages.

If the file that is returned to you ends up looking something like what
you see below, (the word "begin" with a number and the filename on one
line, followed by a bunch of 61-character lines) it most likely is a
binary file that has been "uuencoded" by the sender. (This is required
in order to reliably transmit binary files on the Internet.)

     begin 666 answer2.zip
     M4$L#!`H`!@`.`/6H?18.$-Z$F@P```@?```,````5$5,25@S,34N5%A480I[
     M!P8;!KL,2P,)!PL).PD'%@.(!@4.!P8%-@.6%PL*!@@*.P4.%00.%P4*.`4.

You'll need to scrounge up a version of the "uudecode" program for your
operating system (DOS, OS/2, Unix, Mac, etc.) in order to reconstruct the
file. Most likely you'll find a copy already at your site or in your
service provider's download library, but if not you can use the instructions
in the next section to find out how to search FTP sites for a copy.

One final point to consider... If your online service charges you to
store e-mail files that are sent to you and you plan to receive some
large files via FTP, it would be wise to handle your "inbasket"
expeditiously to avoid storage costs.

     ARCHIE BY E-MAIL

Let's say you know the name of a file, but you have no idea at which FTP
site it might be lurking. Or maybe you're curious to know if a file
matching a certain naming criteria is available via FTP. Archie is the
tool you can use to find out.

Archie servers can be thought of as a database of all the anonymous FTP
sites in the world, allowing you to find the site and/or name of a file
to be retrieved. And using Archie by e-mail can be convenient because
some Archie searches take a LONG time to complete, leaving you to tap
your toes in the meantime.

To use Archie by e-mail, simply send an e-mail message to one of the
following addresses:

     [e-mail]                    (USA/NJ)
     [e-mail]                       (USA/MD)
     [e-mail]                        (USA/NE)
     [e-mail]                   (UK)
     [e-mail]                        (Sweden)
     [e-mail]             (Japan)

To obtain detailed help for using Archie by mail, put the word

     help

in the subject of the note and just send it off. You'll receive e-mail
explaining how to use archie services.

If you're the "just do it" type, then leave the subject blank and enter:

     find <file>

where "<file>" is the name of the file to search for, in the body (not
the subject) of the note.

This will search for files that match your criteria exactly. If you
want to find files that contain your search criteria anywhere in their
name, insert the line

     set search sub

before the "find" command. Some other useful archie commands you might
want to use are:

     set maxhits 20             (limit output, default is 100 files)
     set match_domain usa       (restrict output to FTP sites in USA)
     set output_format terse    (return output in condensed form)

When you get the results from your Archie query, it will contain the
names of various sites at which the desired file is located. Use one of
these site names and the directory/filename listed for your next FTP
file retrieval request.

Now you've learned enough to locate that uudecode utility mentioned in
the last section. Let's send e-mail to [e-mail], and
include the following lines in the message:

     set match_domain usa       (restrict output to FTP sites in USA)
     set search sub             (looking for a substring match...)
     file uudecode              (must contain this string...)

Note: You'll be looking for the uudecode source code, not the executable
version, which would of course be a binary file and would arrive
uuencoded - a Catch 22!  The output of your archie query will contain
lots of information like this:

     Host ftp.clarkson.edu    (128.153.4.2)
     Last updated 06:31  9 Oct 1994

     Location: /pub/simtel20-cdrom/msdos/starter
     FILE    -r-xr-xr-x    5572 bytes  21:00 11 Mar 1991  uudecode.bas

     Location: /pub/simtel20-cdrom/msdos/starter
     FILE    -r-xr-xr-x    5349 bytes  20:00 17 Apr 1991  uudecode.c

Now you can use an ftpmail server to request "uudecode.bas" (if you have
BASIC available) or "uudecode.c" (if you have a C compiler) from the
ftp.clarkson.edu site.

     GOPHER BY E-MAIL

Gopher is an excellent tool for exploring the Internet and is the best
way to find a resource if you know what you want, but not where to find
it. A gopher system is menu-based, and provides a user-friendly
"front-end" to Internet resources, searches and information retrieval.
Without a tool like Gopher, you'd have to wander aimlessly through the
Internet jungles and swamps to find the treasures you seek. Gopher
"knows where things are" and guides you to the good stuff.

Gopher takes the rough edges off of the Internet by automating remote
logins, hiding the sometimes-cryptic command sequences, and offers
powerful search capabilities as well. And of course you can use
Gopher by e-mail!

Although not every item on every menu will be accessible by "gopher
mail", you'll still find plenty of interesting things using this
technique. Down to brass tacks... let's send e-mail to one of these
addresses:

     [e-mail]                  (USA)
     [e-mail]                        (France)
     [e-mail]                       (Sweden)
     [e-mail]                       (Japan)

Leave the Subject blank, enter HELP in the body of the note, and let it
rip. You'll soon receive by e-mail the text of the main menu at the
gophermail site you selected. (You can optionally specify the address
of a known gopher site on the Subject line to get the main menu for that
site instead.)

To proceed to a selection on the returned menu just e-mail the whole
text of the note (from the menu downwards) back to the gopher server,
placing an "x" next to the items(s) you want to explore. You'll then
receive the next level of the gopher menu by e-mail. Some menu choices
lead to other menus, some lead to text files, and some lead to searches.

To perform a search, select that menu item with an "x" and supply your
search words in the Subject: of your next reply. Note that your search
criteria can be a single word or a boolean expression such as:

     document and (historical or government)

Each of the results (the "hits") of your search will be displayed as
an entry on yet another gopher menu!

Note: You needn't actually return the entire gopher menu and all the
routing info that follows it each time you reply to the gophermail
server. If you want to minimize the size of your query, you can strip
out the "menu" portion at the top and include only the portion below
that pertains to the menu selection you want. The example that follows
shows how to select one specific item from a gopher menu:

     ------- begin gophermail message (do not include this line)
     Split=0 bytes/message - For text, bin, HQX messages (0 = No split)
     Menu=0 items/message - For menus and query responses (0 = No split)
     #
     Name=EE Telecommunication Overview
     Type=0
     Port=70
     Path=0/.d-f/eetel.info
     Host=nceet.snre.umich.edu
     ------- end gophermail message (do not include this line)

If this message looks like nonsense to you, here's a human translation:

     Connect to PORT 70 of the HOST (computer) at "nceet.snre.umich.edu",
     retrieve the FILE "eetel.info" (whose NAME is "EE Telecommunication
     Overview") and send it to me in ONE PIECE, regardless of its size.

Note: Sometimes gophermail requests return a blank menu or message. This
is most likely because the server failed to connect to the host from which
you were trying to get your information. Send your request again later
and it'll probably work.

     VERONICA BY E-MAIL

Speaking of searches, this is a good time to mention Veronica. Just
as Archie provides a searchable index of FTP sites, Veronica provides
this function for "gopherspace". Veronica will ask you what you want to
look for (your search words) and then display another menu listing all
the gopher menu items that match your search. In typical gopher
fashion, you can then select one of these items and "go-pher it"!

To try Veronica by e-mail, retrieve the main menu from a gophermail server
using the method just described. Then try the choice labelled "Other
Gopher and Information Servers". This menu will have an entry for
Veronica.

You'll have to select one (or more) Veronica servers to handle your
query, specifying the search words in the Subject of your reply. Here's
another example of where using e-mail servers can save time and money.
Often the Veronica servers are very busy and tell you to "try again
later". So select 2 or 3 servers, and chances are one of them will be
able to handle your request the first time around.

A Gophermail Shortcut:

The path to some resources, files or databases can be a bit tedious,
requiring several e-mail messages to the gophermail server. But here's
the good news... If you've done it once, you can re-use any of the
e-mail messages previously sent in, changing it to suit your current
needs. As an example, here's a clipping from the Veronica menu you would
get by following the previous instructions. You can send these lines to
any gophermail server to run a Veronica search.

     Split=64K bytes/message <- For text, bin, HQX messages (0 = No split)
     Menu=100 items/message <- For menus and query responses (0 = No split)
     #
     Name=Search GopherSpace by Title word(s) (via NYSERNet)
     Type=7
     Port=2347
     Path=
     Host=empire.nysernet.org

Specify the search words in the Subject line and see what turns up!

     USENET BY E-MAIL

Usenet is a collection of over 5000 discussion groups on every topic
imaginable. In order to get a proper start and avoid embarrasing
yourself needlessly, you must read the Usenet new users intro document,
which can be obtained by sending e-mail to:

     [e-mail]

with blank subject and including this line in the body of the note:

     send usenet/news.answers/news-newusers-intro

To get a listing of Usenet newsgroups, add these commands to your note:

     send usenet/news.answers/active-newsgroups/part1
     send usenet/news.answers/active-newsgroups/part2
     send usenet/news.answers/alt-hierarchies/part1
     send usenet/news.answers/alt-hierarchies/part2

Once you've handled the preliminaries, you'll need to know how to read
and contribute to Usenet newsgroups by e-mail. To read a newsgroup, you
can use the gophermail service discussed earlier in this guide.

To obtain a list of recent postings to a particular newsgroup, send the
following lines to one of the gophermail servers mentioned previously.
Leave "Subject" blank and include only these lines in the message body.

(You must replace "<groupname>" below with the name of the Usenet
newsgroup you wish to access. eg: alt.answers, biz.comp.services,
news.newusers.questions, etc.)

     ------- begin gophermail message (do not include this line)
     Type=1
     Port=4320
     Path=nntp ls <groupname>
     Host=info-server.lanl.gov
     ------- end gophermail message (do not include this line)

The gophermail server will send you a typical gopher menu on which you
may select the individual postings you wish to read.

Note: The gophermail query in this example is the greatly edited result of
many previous queries. I've pared it down to the bare essentials so
it can be tailored and reused.

If you decide to make a post of your own,  mail the text of your post to:

     [e-mail]         (USA)
     [e-mail]              (UK)

For example, to post to news.newusers.questions, you would send your
message to one of:

     [e-mail]
     [e-mail]

Be sure to include an appropriate Subject: line, and to include your real
name and e-mail address at the close of your note.

An Alternative Usenet->E-mail Method

Another way to get Usenet postings by e-mail is via a special server in
Belgium. It's a bit easier than the gophermail approach, but it carries
only a subset (about 1000) of the Usenet groups. Send e-mail to:

     [e-mail]

with this command in the body of the note:

     /NNHELP

and you'll get complete details. If you can't wait, send the command

     /NEWSGROUPS

to get a list of the newsgroups available on the server. If you're even
more impatient, try something like:

     /GROUP comp.unix.aix SINCE 19941215000000

and you should get a list of postings made from 15 Dec 1994 onward.

Yet Another Usenet->E-mail Method!

See the section "World-Wide Web By E-Mail" for an even easier method of
retrieving Usenet posts by e-mail!  This method is limited to the set of
newsgroups carried at the CERN server, but the selection seems to be
quite comprehensive.

     WAIS SEARCHES BY E-MAIL

WAIS stands for Wide Area Information Service, and is a means of
searching a set of over 500 indexed databases. The range of topics is
too broad to mention, and besides, you'll soon learn how to get the
topic list for yourself!

I recommend that you send e-mail to "[e-mail]" with HELP
in the body of the note to get the full WAISmail user guide. But if you
can't wait, use the info below as a quickstart.

A list of WAIS databases (or "resources" as they like to be called) can be
obtained by sending e-mail to "[e-mail]" with the line

     search xxx xxx

in the body of the note. Look through the returned list for topics that
are of interest to you and use one of them in the next example.

OK, let's do an actual search. Send e-mail to:

     [e-mail]

with the following commands in the note body:

     maxres 10
     search bible flood

This will tell WAISmail to search through the text of the "bible"
database and return a list of at most 10 documents containing "flood".

You will receive an e-mail response something like this:

     From: [e-mail]
     Searching: bible
     Keywords: flood

     Result # 1 Score:1000 lines:  0 bytes:   3556 Date:910101 Type: TEXT
     Headline: Genesis: Chapter 9  9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons...
     DocID: 0000000457KJV :[e-mail]:210%TEXT

To retrieve the full text of a matching document, just use one the
returned "DOCid:" lines exactly as is. So your next e-mail to WAISmail
would be:

     DocID: 0000000457KJV :[e-mail]:210%TEXT

This will cause the referenced "document" to be sent to you by e-mail.

World-Wide Web By E-Mail

The World-Wide Web is touted as the future of Internet navigational
tools. It's a hypertext and multimedia system that lets you hop around
the Net, read documents, and access images & sounds linked to a source.

Have you ever heard someone say, "Wow, check out the cool stuff at
http://www.somewhere.com/blah.html" and wondered what the heck they
were talking about?  Now you can retrieve WWW documents using e-mail!

All you need to know is the URL (that long ugly string starting with
"http:", "gopher:", or "ftp:") which defines the address of the
document, and you can retrieve it by sending e-mail to either of:

     [e-mail]
     [e-mail]

In the body of your note include one of these lines, replacing "<URL>"
with the actual URL specification.

     send <URL>

This will send you back the document you requested, with a list of all
the documents referenced within, so that you may make further requests.

     deep <URL>

Same as above, but it will also send you the documents referenced in
the URL you specified. (May result in a LOT of data coming your way!)

To try WWW by e-mail send the following command to [e-mail] :

     send http://info.cern.ch

You'll receive in due course the "WWW Welcome Page" from Cern which will
include references to other Web documents you'll want to explore.

As mentioned earlier, you can also get Usenet postings from the WWW
mail server. Here are some examples:

     send news:comp.unix.aix            (returns a list of recent postings)
     deep news:comp.unix.aix            (returns the list AND the postings)

Note: The URL you specify may contain only the following characters:
a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and these special characters /:._-+@%*()?~

There is another WWW-mail server whose address is:

     [e-mail]

This server requires commands in the form:

     go <URL>

     MAILING LISTS

There are literally thousands of discussion groups that stay in touch
using e-mail based systems known as "mailing lists". People interested
in a topic "subscribe" to a "list" and then send and receive postings by
e-mail. For a good introduction to this topic, send e-mail to:

     [e-mail]

In the body of your note include only this command:

     GET NEW-LIST WOUTERS

Finding a Mailing List

To find out about mailing lists that are relevant to your interests,
send the following command to the same address given above.

     LIST GLOBAL /keyword

(Of course you must replace "keyword" with an appropriate search word
such as Marketing, Education, etc.)

Another helpful document which details the commands used to subscribe,
unsubscribe and search mailing list archives can be had by sending to:

     [e-mail]

In the body of your note include only this command:

     get mailser cmd nettrain f=mail

New in These Parts?

If you're new to the Internet, I suggest you subscribe to the HELP-NET list
where you're likely to find answers to your questions. Send the command:

     SUBSCRIBE HELP-NET Firstname Lastname

to [e-mail], then e-mail your questions to the list address:

     [e-mail]

     FINGER BY E-MAIL

"Finger" is a utility that returns information about another user.
Usually it's just boring stuff like last logon, etc., but sometimes
people put fun or useful information in their finger replies. To try
out finger, send e-mail with

     Subject: FINGER [e-mail].
     To: [e-mail]

You'll receive some current sports standings!  (The general form is
FINGER user@site.)

Just for kicks, try finger using a combination of gopher and WWW. Send
the command:

     send gopher://<site>:79/0<user>

to the WWWmail server mentioned earlier.

     "DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE" BY E-MAIL

"Whois" is a service that queries a database of Internet names and
addresses. If you're looking for someone or you want to know where
a particular computer is located, send e-mail with

     Subject: whois <name>
     To: [e-mail]

Try substituting "mit.edu" or the last name of someone you know in place
of "<name>" and see what comes back!

Another alternative name looker-upper is a database at MIT which keeps
tabs on everyone who has posted a message on Usenet. Send e-mail with
a blank subject to "[e-mail]" and include this command
ONLY in the note body:

     send usenet-addresses/<name>

Specify as much information as you can about the person (lastname,
firstname, userid, site, etc.) to limit the amount of information that
is returned to you. Here's a sample query to find the address of
someone you think may be at Harvard University:

     send usenet-addresses/Jane Doe Harvard

     A FEW NET-GOODIES

Here are some other interesting things you can do by e-mail. (Some of
them are accessible only by e-mail!)

* WEBSTER BY E-MAIL
Don't have your dictionary handy?  Send e-mail to [e-mail]
again, but this time make the subject WEBSTER TEST and you'll get a
definition of the word "test" in reply.

* ALMANAC, WEATHER & THE SWEDISH CHEF
Infomania offers a bunch of other services by e-mail!  Almanac
(daily updates), Weather, CD Music Catalog, etc. Send e-mail to
[e-mail] with subject HELP for full details.

* THE ELECTRONIC NEWSSTAND
The Electronic Newsstand collects articles, editorials, and tables of
contents from over 165 magazines and provides them to the Internet. To get
instructions on e-mail access, send a blank message to [e-mail]

* U.S. CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE
Find out if your congressman has an electronic address!  Just send mail
to the address [e-mail] and you'll get a listing of
congressional e-mail addresses.

You can also contact the President ([e-mail]) or Vice
President ([e-mail]), but don't expect a reply by
e-mail. Messages sent to these addresses get printed out and handled
just like regular paper correspondence!

* USENET SEARCHES
A new service at Stanford University makes it possible to search USENET
newsgroups for postings that contain keywords of interest to you. You
can even "subscribe" and receive a daily list of newsgroup postings that
match your search criteria. Send mail to [e-mail] with
blank subject and HELP in the body of note for full details.

* MOVIE INFO
To learn how to get tons of info on movies, actors, directors, etc.
Send mail to [e-mail] with blank subject and HELP in the body
of note for full details.

* STOCK MARKET REPORT
Send e-mail with subject STOCK MARKET QUOTES to [e-mail]
and you'll receive a rather lengthy stock market report (every day until
you ask Martin to stop sending them)!  Please note that this is not an
automated server, so be sure to include a word of appreciation for this
useful service.

* STOCK MARKET QUOTES
If you want to get a current quote for just 1 or 2 stocks, you can use
the QuoteCom service. They offer this free service along with other fee
based services. For details, send e-mail to "[e-mail]" with a
subject of HELP.

* ANONYMOUS E-MAIL
The "anon server" provides a front for sending mail messages and posting
to Usenet newsgroups anonymously, should the need ever arise. To get
complete instructions, send e-mail to:

     [e-mail]                               (English version)
     [e-mail]  or [e-mail]   (German version)
     [e-mail] or [e-mail]  (Italian version)

* NET JOURNALS LISTING
I highly recommend "The Internet Press - A guide to electronic journals
about the Internet". To get it, send e-mail with Subject: send ipress to
[e-mail]. Be sure to check out Scout Report & Netsurfer Digest!

SCOUT REPORT: Forget building campfires. Scout Report is a weekly
featuring new resource announcements. News reports about the net were
promised but are pretty lean. Put out by gods at InterNIC.
E-MAIL - To:      [e-mail]
     Subject: Ignored
     Body:   Subscribe scout-report

     SUGGESTED READING

There are lots of good books and guides to help you get started on the
Internet, and here are some that I recommend. The first few are free
(FTPmail commands listed below), and the others can be found in most
bookstores that carry computer-related books.

"Zen and the Art of the Internet", by Brendan Kehoe
     open ftp.std.com
     cd obi/Internet/zen-1.0
     get zen10.txt

"There's Gold in them thar Networks", by Jerry Martin
     open nic.ddn.mil
     cd rfc
     get rfc1402.txt

"Unofficial Internet Book List", by Kevin Savetz
     open rtfm.mit.edu
     cd pub/usenet/news.answers/internet-services
     get book-list

"The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog", by Ed Krol
     Publisher: O'Reilly and Associates
     ISBN: 1-56592-063-5
     Price: $24.95

"The Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet", by Adam Gaffin
     Publisher: MIT Press
     ISBN: 0-262-57105-6
     Price: $14.95

"The Internet for Dummies", by John Levine and Carol Baroudi
     Publisher: IDG Books
     ISBN: 1-56884-024-1
     Price: $19.95

     CONTACTING THE AUTHOR

"Doctor Bob", also known as Bob Rankin, welcomes your feedback on this
guide and can be reached at the following addresses. Send corrections,
ideas, suggestions and comments by e-mail. I'll try to include any new
e-mail services in future editions of this guide.

Internet:  [e-mail]
US Mail :  Doctor Bob / P.O. Box 39 / Tillson, NY / 12486

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I can't promise that you'll make lots of money selling your product or
service, but I'm certain that after you've read this guide, you will have
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* Internet Tools & Techniques      * Business Resources on the Net
* Setting Up Shop on the Net       * Avoiding Net Marketing Pitfalls
* What business are on the Net     * Getting paid for your product

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Send just $5 each (cash, check or money order) plus a self-addressed,
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Outside the USA:  Skip the stamp, but please add $1 for postage.
And if it's too difficult to get US funds, send 12 International
Postal Coupons in lieu of payment.

I also accept NetCash!  For details on electronic payment, send e-mail
to [e-mail] with the keyword "netbank-intro" (minus the
quotes) on the first line of your note.

     Copyright (c) 1994,  "Doctor Bob" Rankin

     All rights reserved. Permission is granted to make and distribute
     verbatim copies of this document provided the copyright notice and
     this permission notice are preserved on all copies. Feel free to
     upload to your favorite BBS or Internet server!
Bulletin # 5

So who's paying for this BBS anyway?

User Name                  Calling From

(list of names omitted)

     You can get your name on this list today!

     Just go to the Quickie Chargecard function on the
     Main Menu and subscribe.
Bulletin # 6

INFOWORLD 07/03/95

from an article by Jai Singh "Microsoft Enjoys Fighting Back"

..."The Redmond behemoth is caught up in a mano-a-mano
confrontation once again with its sometime ally, the
Justice Department. The tussle is over the bundling
of Microsoft Network in Windows 95.

"...Before Justice could utter "antitrust" Microsoft charged
it with a "campaign of harrassment" and "abusive behavior."

"...Ready to take on all comers, the week before Microsoft
was involved in a skirmish with content providers for MSN.
At issue was the contract agreement, which would allow MSN
to gather data on customers of the content providers, data
that MicroSoft could use in its marketing/sales promotions.
The catch was that the content providers themselves would
not be privy to this information. Why?  Because Microsoft
wants...to protect the privacy of MSN members.

"...stated by Borland's general counsel Robert Kohn, "Only
an idiot would sign the Microsoft content provider agreement,
but idiots have to eat, too."

"...Once again, who else but Microsoft would put forth such
an unusual agreement - especially with the specter of
antitrust looming over it?  In essence, only Microsoft would
hang on to the rim after an in-your-face dunk and then have
the temerity to call a foul on the referee."
Bulletin # 7

IBM Again Ranks First in U.S. Patents Awarded, Setting New Record

January 11, 1995

IBM today announced it was issued more U.S. patents in 1994 than
any company has ever received in any year. This is the second year
in a row that IBM has ranked first in the number of patents awarded
by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.

According to IFI/Plenum Data Corporation, IBM in 1994 received 1,298
U.S. patents -- 199 patents, or 18 percent, more than second-place
Canon. Hitachi, Mitsubishi and Toshiba round out the top five. The
previous record for a single year was held by Canon, with 1,114
patents in 1992.

"This achievement underscores the creativity and dedication
of our technical professionals," said Marshall Phelps, Jr., vice
president of Intellectual Property & Licensing Services for IBM.

The IBM patents were almost exclusively in the field of
information processing, and IBM continued to lead in patenting
software-related inventions. Among the 1994 patents are:

*   A method for encrypting and decrypting various software
     products on a CD-ROM, allowing a customer to use only
     products for which he or she is provided a software "key."
     As a result, several software products can be distributed on
     a single CD-ROM, rather than in separate packages.

*   Processes for rapid and efficient transmission of multimedia
     data -- audio, video, graphics and text -- over a network. The
     patents relate to an important new communications technology
     called asynchronous transfer mode, or ATM, which allows computers
     to send and receive a combination of multimedia information
     simultaneously over a network.

*   A technique for producing a high-quality, improved
     semiconductor material, silicon-germanium, that allows IBM
     to create superfast transistors. They can be produced on
     existing chip fabrication lines, preserving the multi-billion
     dollar investments in such facilities.
Bulletin # 8

ANNOUNCEMENT: FREQUENTLY LAUNCHED CRITICISMS (FLC)

This is v 0.9 of the OS/2 FLC -- Frequently Launched Criticisms. After
seeing the same stupid crap over and over and over and over on this
newsgroup, I thought that I would save some typing and write up a document
that answered pretty much all of the repeated accusations about OS/2.
This way, when some newbie posts another "OS/2 Sucks" article, we can all
say,"Wrong. Please read the FLC."  When Dale and Greg and RSR repeat one
of their repeatedly-debunked falsehoods about OS/2, we can tell them,
"Still wrong -- read the FLC."  In the event that Hell freezes over and
one of the gets a new argument, we can add another entry to the FLC.

Since this is its first go-around, I expect some people will be less than
pleased with it. PLEASE EMAIL ME suggestions/critiques/additions. If
you post some eloquent remark in the midst of a flamewar with Dale Ross,
I'm liable to miss it. I'll respond to all email that contains evidence
of intelligent life. If you write me and say,"Well, I went to Joe's
Software and they didn't know of any OS/2 apps," you should expect to be
ignored -- read the damn FLC.

While I'm on the subject -- we could use a "Why you should switch from
OS/2 to Windows FAQ". It seems that a new person asks that several
times a week. I could write that, too, but I might not be the best
person to do so -- the first GUI OS I ever used on PC's was OS/2 and
althought I've used and developed for Windows, I don't have a wealth
of good horror stories.

Here's the FLC:

OS/2 Frequently Launched Criticisms v0.9 1/20/95

1. OS/2 is slow. OS/2 swaps a lot. OS/2 uses too much memory.

OS/2 represents a great deal of new technology that is not available
on any other single platform. Some of this has not had time to be
optimized. Some of it has. Some aspects of PMWIN, for one example,
have been sped up a great deal since the 2.0 release. The only PC
OS offering anything near the myriad of features available in OS/2
is the still-unreleased Windows 95. All but a handful of blatant
Windows bigots have admitted that Windows 95 is as slow or slower
than OS/2 -- not that it really matters (see #7).

2. OS/2 doesn't run my Windows apps or runs them slowly.

OS/2's Windows support is designed to allow you to move into the
world of a 32-bit "workstation" OS without losing your investment in
Windows apps. Linux and Windows NT are its first and second most
popular peers in the 32-bit arena and they are even worse in this
respect. Linux has a Windows subsystem that is currently so feeble
it barely runs Solitaire. Windows NT runs many Windows 3.1 apps,
but far fewer and far more slowly than OS/2. Windows 95 promises
to run all Windows 3.1 apps, but Windows 95 also promised to come
out in 1994. If Windows apps are your solitary concern, perhaps
you should stick with system they were written for: Windows 3.1.

3. The are no native OS/2 apps.

It requires almost no investigative effort to discover that this is
completely false.

4. OS/2 is impossible to install.

OS/2 is easy to install. It struggles or fails to work on some
hardware (see #5). This is no different from its peers in the
32-bit OS world. When someone decides to install Windows NT, for
example, they consult the "Hardware Compatibility List" to make sure
that it will work. The fact that so many people have had difficulty
installing OS/2 is regrettable, but is also testament to the variety
of people who are deciding to install it. The only other 32-bit
PC OS with a user base that even approaches the size of OS/2's is
Linux -- another source of installation horror stories (and happy
32-bit OS users).

5. Windows works on this hardware -- why doesn't OS/2?

OS/2, being a 32-bit protected-mode Intel OS, cannot call most ROM
BIOS routines because they can only run in real mode. Instead, it
must rely entirely on its native driver support. Whereas
manufacturers can shield DOS apps from chip bugs, board bugs and
non-standard implementations by addressing these in the BIOS, OS/2
must deal with them unassisted. Many users are unaware of number of
hardware bugs that are smoothed over by manufacturer-supplied
Windows and DOS code. Third-party drivers for this hardware are
going to be much more sensitive to unpublished hardware bugs and
cost-cutting spec violations.

In addition to being able to rely on the BIOS, DOS and Windows
stress the system in different ways. A sustained data transfer, for
example, is rarely going to exceed 64K bytes. Control registers are
never going to accessed in an unexpected order -- because only one
process is querying the hardware.

These and similar issues are difficult enough to understand -- even
for most developers -- so its not surprising that many users are
skeptical of the "its the hardware" defense of OS/2's compatibility
problems.

6. Warp's new features are unstable.

There are two things to keep in mind.

First is that the Internet Access Kit (IAK) and other bundled
applications are *not* OS/2. They are OS/2 applications. Some of
them are of variable quality. The fact that applications vary in
quality is not a situation unique to OS/2.

Second is that Warp is OS/2 3.0 -- OS/2 2.11 is still running on
most OS/2 systems. Warp has a significant amount of new technology
(which is why it isn't numbered 2.2) and it should come as no
surprise to anyone that some of it has bugs. Perhaps you never saw
it, but Windows 3.0 was much, much less stable than Warp. In that
case, however, continuing to use the pathetic Windows 2.x was not a
viable option.

If "tried and true" is important, OS/2 2.11 is still available and
the reasons to use it instead of Windows are still just as valid.
Realistically though, very few of the bugs reported on Warp are
actually with the OS itself.

7. I heard that Windows95...

...is not shipping yet.

Operating systems are the technological foundation upon which users do
their computing activities. Over time, as your needs and the available
apps become more sophisticated, new features appear on the OS. At
this point one has to decide whether it's worth upgrading. Overall,
Windows 95 is *supposed* to offer the same kind of benefits as OS/2.
Win95 promises some features *currently* not available on OS/2 -- such
as built-in peer-to-peer networking. OS/2 has some features that
will *never* appear on Win95, such as separate address spaces to keep
badly behaved apps from crashing other apps.

Even if you ignore that fact that OS/2 is more advanced -- even given
the rosy promises about Win95 -- the fact remains that Win95 is not
shipping. If your computing needs are forcing you to consider
upgrading to a new OS *now*, it is only logical to consider what
is available *now*. Real computing tasks run on *computers* not
on *promises from Microsoft*.

8a. OS/2 advocates are too abusive, too obsessive, too this, too that.

8b. Microsoft|  Microsoft|
     Rah rah rah|
     OS/2 is stupid|
     Sis boom bah|

OS/2 is an operating system, not a sports team. Yes, OS/2 advocates
would like to see it "win" and some of them would like to see Windows
"lose". Many of the flame sessions in this group resemble the same
kind of pointless, heated debates you sometimes hear in sports bars.
These exchanges may be fun for the participants, but ultimately have
nothing to do with whether or not OS/2 is a good operating system.
People who evaluate the OS based on that kind of traffic are even more
clueless than the people who post it.

9. 32-bit?  Multitasking?  Who needs it?

If you have to ask, you might not understand the answer. Maybe
you've never had a Windows application fail because it ran out of
"conventional memory" on a machine with many, many megabytes of RAM.
Perhaps you don't fully understand the difference between having
several apps loaded simultaneously and having several apps loaded and
actually doing something simultaneously. Most productivity apps
spend their time doing nothing, waiting for you to hit a key.
Applications which do considerably more between events are unknown
in the Windows world because they can't exist -- it's little wonder
that Windows users don't understand the utility of multitasking.
Then again, if these features *are* of no use to Windows users, why is
Microsoft laboring so hard to add them to Windows?

Another important point on this subject is that something does not
have to be absolutely necessary to be useful. A user of, say,
Microsoft Word 6 may point out that this Windows application provides
the writer with very advanced capabilities despite being a 16-bit
single-threaded application. Then again, William Shakespeare wrote
some of the greatest works of English literature without any
wordprocessor at all. The point is that it is not gratuitous to use
technology to enhance a capability you already have.

A 32-bit, multitasking operating system provides a basis for even
more effective vresions of the computer tools Windows users use
today, as well as entirely new tools they may not have considered.

Charles Forsythe  [e-mail]  Proud Member of Team Sinclair ZX-80
Bulletin # 9

New Offerings:  New IBM Windows API Extensions for OS/2 Warp

May 22, 1995

As part of its ongoing campaign to reduce software developers'
costs and give them opportunities to capitalize on the rapidly
growing OS/2* market, IBM today announced its new Developer
API Extensions.

IBM's growing set of developer tools and technologies
includes its new IBM Developer API Extensions, SMART****,
Hyperwise*, VisualAge C++*, the IBM Open Class Library and
OpenDoc***.

     {Developer API Extensions}

The IBM Developer API Extensions announced today enhance the
portability of 32-bit Windows** applications to OS/2 Warp,
helping software developers deliver their applications across PC
operating systems including Warp, Windows 3.1, Windows NT and
Windows 95. The Developer API Extensions are extensions to the
OS/2 Warp interfaces, designed to make existing investments in
Win32 APIs portable to OS/2 Warp.

The Developer API Extensions are comprised of a subset of
over 700 APIs and 300 messages that are consistent with Win32
APIs and messages. The subset includes the most frequently used
Win32 APIs, and was chosen based on the analysis of more than
nine million lines of source code from a variety of popular
Windows applications. Windows applications that use the APIs
defined in the Developer API Extensions can be recompiled to
produce functionally equivalent OS/2 Warp applications.

Selected software vendors will begin limited alpha testing
of the Developer API Extensions next week. The extensions will
be available for broad beta testing this summer,  and IBM expects
them to be generally available by the end of the year. The
Developer API Extensions will eventually be shipped as part of
the base OS/2 Warp operating system.

     {VisualAge C++ and IBM Open Class Library}

IBM's award-winning VisualAge C++ and object-oriented IBM
Open Class Library, currently in beta testing on OS/2, will be
made available on Windows later this year. VisualAge C++ is a
powerful development environment that allows developers to
visually build parts and then combine these parts to construct
programs.

VisualAge C++ and IBM Open Class Library are part of a
broad set of IBM tools that already gives developers a high
degree of portability between many platforms, including AIX,
OS/400, MVS, and Sun Solaris.

Support for PowerMac and HP-UX is also planned to round
out the tools set that customers and independent software
vendors have requested.  Starting with VisualAge C++ for OS/2,
which will be generally available in June, developers will be
able to realize the highest degree of portability available
with C++.

     {OpenDoc Support in VisualAge C++}

OpenDoc is a compound document architecture that enables the
development of object-oriented, cross-platform application
components called OpenDoc parts. OpenDoc will be supported
across OS/2 Warp, Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX (AIX). For
developers who have already invested in the proprietary OLE or
Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) technologies, IBM intends to
provide utilities, tools and services to assist with conversion
and source code creation for the more open, cross-platform
OpenDoc and IBM Open Class.

     {SMART}

The Source Migration Analysis Reporting Toolset (SMART), a
product of OneUp Corporation, is a set of tools that help
programmers readily convert their Windows applications to OS/2.
SMART analyzes existing Windows code (16-bit or 32-bit) and OS/2
code (16-bit), sizes the conversion effort, and automatically
converts the majority of the code to 32-bit OS/2 Warp.

When used with the Developer API Extensions, SMART will indicate
which parts of a Win32 application use the API Extensions and can
be recompiled for OS/2 Warp. It will also analyze the rest of the
application and make recommendations for the remainder of the
development effort. IBM licenses SMART and makes it available to
developers via the IBM Developer Connection CD-ROM.

     {Hyperwise}

IBM's Hyperwise is a productivity tool that allows
developers to use OS/2 Warp as their help development platform,
regardless of the platform on which their applications will run.
It is a what-you-see-is-what-you-get editor (WYSIWYG) for
creating the help portion of applications and assists in moving
Windows help to OS/2 Warp. Hyperwise includes a drag-and-drop
capability to link text, audio, video and graphics and allows
users to author text once and read it on OS/2 Warp, the Internet
and Windows 3.1.

*    Trademark or registered trademark of the IBM Corp.
**   Windows is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corp.
***  OpenDoc is a registered trademark of the Apple Computer, Inc.
**** SMART is a registered trademark of the OneUp Corp.
Bulletin # 10

JOHN M. THOMPSON ON OS/2

February 16, 1995

From:  John M. Thompson
Sr. Vice President and Group Executive
4A02, BLDG. 4, SOMERS  [phone]
Subject: The Future of OS/2

Dear IBM software colleague:

In recent days, I've heard from several of you who are concerned
about articles you've seen in the press indicating that I face a
tough decision about whether to continue IBM's support for OS/2.

Let me set the record straight. We are committed to OS/2. The
OS/2 Warp launch has been a phenomenal success, and all of us
should be doing everything we can to make OS/2 even more
successful.

We have a very aggressive development plan for OS/2. We've put
in place a new program to help software application developers to
support OS/2. And we've committed a tremendous amount of IBM
resources to advertise and promote OS/2 Warp. In addition, we
have over 50 IBM products that exploit OS/2.

But most important of all is our commitment to our customers.
They've made OS/2 the leading desktop operating system for
mission critical applications in large enterprises around the
world. It's the leading operating system on application servers,
one of the most important and fastest growing market segments.
Every chance I get, I assure our customers that IBM is absolutely
committed to strengthening, improving and expanding the success
of OS/2.

Thanks to our customers, we're seeing good results. We've
already sold more than 1 million copies of Warp, bringing the
OS/2 installed base to over 7 million. We've achieved important
preload agreements with Vobis and Escom in Germany, Osborne in
Australia, Future Tech in Latin America, and CompuAdd and Dell in
the U.S. And we're seeing new developer commitments weekly,
including Corel, Macromedia, and Computer Associates, and others
will be announced soon.

This commitment to OS/2 by our customers, by PC manufacturers,
and by developers requires each of us to do everything we can to
expand the success of OS/2 and guarantee the satisfaction of our
customers. The numerous awards OS/2 has received are ample proof
that OS/2 is a superior product. Our job is to meet our
development milestones and to market OS/2 effectively against
competition that is better at making claims than at delivering
excellent software.

So let's all spend our time figuring out how to win. The
question of whether or not to do battle has already been decided.

Sincerely,

John M. Thompson
Bulletin # 11

32-BIT OPERATING SYSTEMS (AND DOS ROOTS)

Andrew Schulman's book, UNAUTHORIZED WINDOWS, destroys the myth that
Windows 95 does away with DOS.

     "DOS consists of two hidden files, known as IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS (or
similar names). Turning on your PC causes the start-up sequence to load these
files. THen the OS looks for COMMAND.COM, or any program you specify in the
SHELL= line of CONFIG.SYS.

     On a PC with Windows 95, the functionality of IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS have
been combined into a single, larger file named IO.SYS. This file contains
real-mode DOS code (just as it always did), which Windows 95 uses for several
Interrupt 21 calls. For example, as described by Schulman, every time you
start a Win32 program, Windows 95 uses Interrupt 21 Function 55 to request that
DOS create a real-mode Program Segment Prefix, a way of tracking programs.

     More significantly, Windows 95 cannot even start unless it first loads
IFSHLP.SYS (Installable File System Helper system file), a real-mode DOS
device driver. 'One of the most vital VxDs (virtual device drivers) in
Windows 95 absolutely depends on a real-mode DOS device driver,' writes
Schulman."

from "Windows 95 does away with DOS?  Tell me another one" by Brian
Livingston (INFO WORLD, November 21, 1994, volume 16, issue 47, p. 36)
Bulletin # 12

Letter From Lee Reiswig to Customers about Windows 95 Support

I am writing this letter to assure you that, contrary to what was
reported in the Wall Street Journal last week, IBM is not closing
off any options for providing customers the compatibility they may
need for Windows 95 applications in OS/2 Warp.

Our primary strategy and focus is to encourage the development of
native OS/2 Warp applications, by giving software developers tools
like the recently-announced Developer API Extensions and IBM Open
Class Library to help them cost-effectively deliver applications
across the major PC operating systems, including OS/2 Warp,
Windows 3.1, Windows NT and Windows 95. As Microsoft pushes users
to change their OS, their apps and possibly their hardware, and
ISVs to move from 16-bit to 32-bit apps, they are creating a
gap in the market. We want to step into that gap and help
software developers increase their market opportunities while
decreasing risk by giving them ways to develop and manage common
source code across multiple operating system platforms.

However, while our strategy is to encourage OS/2 Warp application
development, we are not closing off the option of supporting
Windows 95 applications. We will continue to monitor the
rollout of Windows 95 and its applications. If there are unique,
exploitive applications that you tell us you must be able to
run on OS/2 Warp, we have all the legal rights and technical
capabilities to make it happen. In the meantime, I'm sure you
will agree with our focus on expanding the OS/2 market and
making it a good business decision for developers to move
their Windows 95 applications to OS/2 Warp and then recompiling
to run on OS/2 Warp on the PowerPC.

The IBM Developer API Extensions are extensions to the OS/2 Warp
interfaces, designed to make existing investments in Win32 APIs
portable to OS/2 Warp.

They are comprised of a subset of over 700 APIs and 300 messages
that are consistent with Win32 APIs and messages. The subset
includes the most frequently used Win32 APIs, and was chosen
based on the analysis of more than nine million lines of source
code from a variety of popular Windows applications. Selected
software vendors began alpha testing the Developer API Extensions
two weeks ago, and at a PC Magazine Windows 95 applications
"preview" on June 19, Lotus Development Corporation demonstrated
its use of the Developer API Extensions by showing the beta version
of Freelance Graphics for Windows 95 recompiled and running as a
native OS/2 Warp application.

The Developer API Extensions will be available for broad beta
testing later this summer, and we expect them to be generally
available by the end of the year. They will eventually be
shipped as part of the base OS/2 Warp operating system.

We are grateful for your support of OS/2 Warp and your recognition
of its superior, reliable multitasking power. Please know that
IBM's commitment to you and to providing the solutions you need
to run and grow your business are unwavering.

Sincerely, LRR
Bulletin # 13

about GREATER CHICAGO Online!! and subscribing . . .

GREATER CHICAGO is a BBS just about OS/2. While we carry a few DOS files
and some GIFs, our primary interest is OS/2 shareware, freeware and tips
and techniques.

There are three categories of users:

Category 1:  Non-subscribing, contributing user. This category allows
30 minutes per day every day of the week for access to the basic
message conferences and libraries. Uploads are compensated with a
3 to 1 ratio of extended time on the BBS per day. This time extension
is good only for the day of the upload and does not carry over to
days thereafter. So if you are compensated, let's say, 45 minutes for
an upload, this extended time will only be available to you until
12:00 midnight of the day of the upload. After that your time will
revert back to 30 minutes for that day (unless you upload and receive
compensation again). We ask that Category 1 users maintain an upload
to download ratio of 1 to 10 or greater. In addition, downloads are
restricted to 5 files or less per day and/or 1 Megabyte total per day.

Category 2:  Subscribing, contributing user. This category allows for
all the rights and privileges of Category 1 users, plus 2 hours per
day access time (with 3 to 1 compensation for uploads) each day. This
user enjoys no restriction on the number of downloads allowed per day and
has complete access to all message conferences and file libaries. This
includes FidoNet and OS2Net conferences as well as a private Subscriber's
Only Conference. ALL SUBSCRIBERS HAVE THEIR OWN INTERNET MAILBOX ON
GREATER CHICAGO. We are tied into the Internet as GCO.COM and carry
all the OS/2 NewGroups. Category 1 users can be upgraded to Category 2 by
filling out the subscription application below and sending it to us with
a check or money order for $35.

Category 1.5: Subscribing, contributing user. Same as Category 2,
except that the subscription is for 6 months and the fee is $25.

NOTE: We have no adult sections on GREATER CHICAGO Online!!  Our libraries
contain only OS/2-related and DOS-related files. Our GIF files are what
some would probably consider "wholesome".

---- clip here and send ----

     Date:__________

     Name:____________________________________

NOTE: This MUST be the name which you want to use for your account,
printed clearly and exactly like you will use it online. For example,
if your name is Rodney Allen Rippey and you want to log on as
Rodney Rippey, please clearly print "Rodney Rippey" here. By the way
the use of aliases and handles is not allowed. You must use your own
name, or a derivative of it. Bill or Will for William, or Chris for
Christine or Christin are fine. We don't allow things like "Night
Rider" or "Worst Nightmare" or "Expletive Deleted". Also you must
give us a valid address and phone number. We need to know who our
users are.

     Address:____________________________________

City, State, Zip:____________________________________

     Voice phone:____________________________________

(New users only, password:______________________

NOTE: if you already have an account on the BBS you do not need to
provide a password here. If you have never logged onto the BBS, you
MUST provide a password (printed clearly enough for me to read) so that
I may establish an account for you.

Category 1.5:      6 months    ($25):_____
Category   2:     12 months    ($35):_____

Your access level will be increased as soon as possible after receipt
of your payment. Increased access will continue for the duration
indicated and will be automatically reduced by the BBS software. At
any time during this period, for any reason, either you or I may cancel
this relationship with a refund of the unused balance of your
contribution.

You may send a check or money order, or use your Visa or MasterCard:

[] Visa   [] MasterCard         Acct # ______________________________
Expiration Date __________
Person's full name that is on the card ______________________________

[] Paying by check

Please sign here to indicate acceptance of the above:

__________________________________________

Please mail this along with payment to GREATER CHICAGO Online!!
     PO Box 188
     Lansing, IL  60438

If you want to take advantage of one of our special new subscriber bonuses,
please include your choice here and add the amount required for the purchase
to your total amount you'll be sending.

Bonus Book/Shareware __________________________________ Cost _______________

Illinois Tax (if Illinois Ship To Address) 7.75%             _______________

Shipping Cost (in US - $3.50 each item, to Canada - $8.00    _______________
     (NOTE:  We cannot ship outside the North American Continent)
Total  (including BBS upgrade ($25 for 6 mo, $35 for 1 year) _______________

---- clip here and send ----

I look forward to having you as one of our subscribers and commit to you
that my objective is for you to be completely satisfied with
GREATER CHICAGO Online!! and our role in helping you with OS/2 and
Personal Computing. Thanks for subscribing.

Bill Cook, SysOp
GREATER CHICAGO Online!!
Bulletin # 14

BBS Terms to Know      GREATER CHICAGO

This is a glossary of terms commonly used by telecommunications
enthusiasts, as well as words specific to offline mail reading and
Bulletin Board Systems. We hope you find the information useful.

     ARQ -
Automatic Repeat Request. A general term for error control
protocols featuring hardware detection and retransmission of
defective data. This term is used primarily by US Robotics.

     ASCII -
American Standard Code for Information Exchange. A 7-bit binary
code representation of letters, numbers and special characters.
It is universally supported in computer data transfer.

     Asynchronous -
Data transmission in which the actual data is preceded by a start
bit and followed by a stop bit since the time between transmitted
characters varies. Compare Synchronous.

     Auto Answer -
The modem feature which enables detection of a ring and answering
without assistance from a program.

     Baud Rate -
The number of discrete signal events per second occurring on a
communications channel. It is often referred to as Bits per
second (BPS) which is technically inaccurate but widely accepted.

     BBS -
Bulletin Board System.

     Bit -
Binary Digit. A single basic computer signal consisting of a
value of 0 or 1, off or on.

     Buffer -
A memory area used for temporary storage during input/output
operations.

     Bulletin Board System -
A host system, into which callers may dial with their modems to
read and send electronic mail, upload and download files, and
chat online with other callers.

     Byte -
A group of Bits acted upon as a group, which may have a readable
ASCII value as a letter or number or some other coded meaning to
the computer. It is commonly used to refer to 8-bit groups. 1
kilobyte = 1,024 bytes; 64K = 65,536 bytes or characters.

     Carrier -
A continuous frequency capable of being either modulated or
impressed with another information-carrying signal. Carriers are
generated and maintained by modems via the transmission lines of
the telephone companies.

     Conference -
An area of public messages on a Bulletin Board System, usually
with a particular topic and, often, a conference host or
moderator to guide the discussion. Also called Folder, SIG (for
"Special Interest Group") or Echo.

     CCITT -
A French acronym for the International Telephone and Telegraph
Consultative Committee. This international organization defines
the standards for telephone equipment such as the Bell 212A
standard for 1200 baud, CCITT V.22 for 2400 baud and CCITT V.32
for 9600 baud.

     CPS -
Characters Per Second. A transfer rate estimated from the bit
rate and length of each character. If each character is 8 bits
long and includes a start and stop bit for Asynchronous
transmission, each character needs 10 bits to be sent. At 2400
baud it is transmitted at approximately 240 CPS.

     CRC -
Cyclical Redundancy Check. An error-detection technique
consisting of a cyclic algorithm performed on each "block" of
data at the sending and receiving end of the transmission. As
each block is received, the CRC value is checked against the CRC
value sent along with the block. Many protocols including XMODEM-
CRC and ARQ will request a resend until the block is received
correctly.

     Download -
Receiving a file from a Bulletin Board System, using a terminal
program (for example QModem) and a transfer protocol (for example
Zmodem).

     DTE -
Data Terminal Equipment. The device that is the originator or
destination of the data sent by a modem.

     DTR -
Data Terminal Ready. A signal generated by most modems indicating
a connection between the DTE (computer) and the modem. When DTR
is "high" the computer is connected.

     Data Compression Protocols -
Compression of data by the modem allows more information to be
transferred in a shorter time frame. Protocols for data
compression include CCITT V.42bis and MNP 5.

     Data Transmission Protocols -
These are standards for modulation and transmission of data at
various speeds. The standards are Bell 103 & V.21 for 300bps,
Bell 212A & V.22 for 1200bps, V.22bis for 2400bps, V.32 for
9600bps and V.32 bis for 14,400bps. Proprietary protocols are
also used extensively for higher baud rates.

     Echomail -
Public Message Conferences on a Bulletin Board System which are
shared and distributed among other Bulletin Boards as part of an
Echomail Network.

     Expanded Memory -
Extra memory (above 640k) on your XT or AT-compatible computer,
which is installed with an EMS driver, and may be used by some
programs to store data.

     Extended Memory -
Extra memory (above 640k) on your 80286 or 80386 compatible
computer. Not normally usable by DOS applications, but may be
configured as a virtual drive or a disk cache on an 80286
computer, or as Expanded Memory on an 80386 computer.

     Flow Control -
A mechanism that compensates for differences in the flow of data
to and output from a modem or computer. Either hardware or
software can be used for this control to prevent data loss.
Hardware flow control using the modem makes use of a buffer to
store data to be sent and data received. Flow control is
necessary if the Communications port is locked at a higher rate
than the connection rate.

     Error Control Protocols -
These are various modem-based techniques which check the
reliability of characters or blocks of data at a hardware level.
Examples include MNP 2-4, V.42

     Freeware -
Computer software which may be distributed on Bulletin Board
Systems, and for which the author requests no license fee or
registration fee.

     Full Duplex -
Signal flow in both directions at the same time. It is sometimes
used to refer to the suppression of online LOCAL ECHO and
allowing the remote system to provide a REMOTE ECHO.

     Half Duplex -
Signal flow in both directions, but only one way at a time. It
is sometimes used to refer to activation of LOCAL ECHO which
causes a copy of sent data to be displayed on the sending
display.

     Host System -
Another name for a Bulletin Board System (BBS)

     Local Area Network (LAN) -
A group of computers joined with cables and software, allowing
hard disks and other devices to be shared among many users.

     Mail Door -
A subsection of a Bulletin Board System which creates .QWK mail
packets.

     MNP -
Microcom Networking Protocol. A set of hardware error protection
protocols (MNP levels 1 - 4) and data compression techniques (MNP
level 5) developed by Microcom, now in the public domain. It
makes use of CRC and retransmission of defective blocks by
checking performed within the modem.

     Netmail -
Private electronic mail which is transmitted by a user calling
one Bulletin Board System to another user calling a different
Bulletin Board System.

     NRAM -
Nonvolatile Random Access memory. A user-programmable memory chip
whose data is retained when power to the chip is turned off. NRAM
is used in many modems to store default settings.

     ON/OFF Hook -
A descriptive term referring to manually lifting a telephone
receiver (taking it OFF Hook) and replacing it (going ON Hook).
OFF Hook produces a busy signal on the phone line.

     Packer -
A program to compress multiple files into a single file, such as
PKZIP, ARC or LHARC

     Packet -
A mail packet (with a .QWK extension) from a host system

     Parity -
An error detection method used in both communications and
computer memory checking to determine character validity.
Communications now makes use of more efficient "block" checking
although parity must still be matched in a communication session
for transfer to take place correctly. Host communication in the
BBS environment omits parity checking (no parity).

     Protocol -
A system of rules and procedures governing communications between
two devices. File transfer protocols in your communications
program refer to a set of rules governing how error checking will
be performed on blocks of data.

     Public Domain -
Computer software on which no copyright exists (usually by a
specific statement to that effect by the author), and which may
be freely used and distributed.

     Remote Image Protocol (RIP Graphics) -
No Info yet

     Remote Echo -
A copy of the data being received is returned to the sending
system for display on the screen. See Full/Half duplex.

     Shareware -
Computer software which is distributed on the "Honor System",
which may be freely copied and distributed, but for which a
registration fee or payment is required for continued use beyond
an initial evaluation period.

     SysOp -
The SYStem OPerator of a Bulletin Board System. The person
responsible for setting up and maintaining the BBS.

     Thread -
A group of BBS messages and replies linked and sorted by topic.

     Unpacker -
A program to uncompress a file from a Packer

     Upload -
To transfer a file from your computer to another computer, using
your terminal program (for example Qmodem) and a transfer
protocol (for example Zmodem)

     V.21 -
CCITT standard for modem communications at 300bps. Modems made in
the US follow the Bell 103 standard.

     V.22 -
CCITT standard for modem communications at 1200bps, compatible
with the Bell 212A standard used in the US and Canada.

     V.22 bis -
CCITT standard for modem communications at 2400bps. It includes
automatic fallback to 1200bps and compatibility with Bell 212A
and V.22 modems.

     V.23 -
CCITT standard for modem communications at 1200bps with a 75bps
back channel. It is used in the United Kingdom.

     V.32 -
CCITT standard for modem communications at 4800 and 9600bps. It
includes automatic fallback to 4800 when line quality is poor.

     v.34 -
CCITT standard for modem communications at 28,800bps

     V.32 bis -
CCITT standard for modem communications at 14,400bps with
automatic fallback to 12,000, 9600, 7200 and 4800bps. As line
quality improves communications speed can also be increased to
the next higher rate.

     V.42 -
CCITT standard for modem communications that defines negotiation
for LAPM error control. V.42 also includes support for MNP error
correction protocol levels 1 - 4.

     V.42 bis -
CCITT extension of V.42 that adds data compression to the V.42
correction protocols.
Bulletin # 15

Microsoft readies list of troublesome Win 95 applications
from PC Week July 3, 1995

"MicroSoft expects to publish by next week a list of about
200 applications that don't work properly with Windows 95,
said sources close to the Redmond, WA company. The
majority of the applications that won't work are expected
to be DOS-based or current 16-bit Windows applications
that make low-level calls directly to hardware.

"Some of the applications that didn't work as of last week
with beta build 501 of Windows 95 included anti-virus, disk
repair and optimization, shell enhancement, programs that
take advantage of Universal Naming Convention names,
programs that attempt to use Print Manager, backup software,
third party memory managers, and game software. Applications
that were still not working perfectly with later Windows 95 beta
builds as of last week included MicroSoft Mail 3.2, CorelDraw,
Corel Photo Paint 5, and cc:Mail."

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a subscriber to the OS/2 GRASSROOTS Mailing List. If you
wish to cancel your subscription, please send an E-Mail to
[e-mail] with the subject line: UNSUBSCRIBE.
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     WWW = http://www.gco.com/grassroots.html
Bulletin # 16

IBM MAINFRAME and OS/2 are Integral to Client/Server Solution
for 1996 Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta

March 7, 1995

IBM today ships one of its most powerful mainframe computers to
help The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games gear up for the
1996 Olympic Summer Games. An IBM System/390* server will be the
heart of a networked computing solution used by 150,000 athletes,
coaches, officials, media and other members of the Olympic family
during the 1996 Olympic Games.

This mainframe will run IBM's MVS/ESA* operating system. Data
requirements will be supported by IBM's DB2* database software and
its high capacity RAMAC storage systems.

The System/390 family, along with an impressive lineup of
IBM's latest information technology, will play a major role in
satisfying the worldwide demand for instantaneous information
from Atlanta and the Southeastern U.S. during the Centennial
Olympic Games in July and August 1996.

While today marks 500 days until the Opening Ceremonies
of the Centennial Olympic Games, many of the systems and
applications will be tested in a series of sporting events
in Atlanta this summer, such as swimming, diving, badminton,
volleyball, handball, weightlifting and wrestling.

The information system during the Games will include two mainframes,
80 AS/400* business computing systems, RISC System/6000* advanced
workstations and servers linked together with IBM's networking
technologies supporting over 6,000 IBM personal computers.

The primary client/server applications will use IBM's
OS/2* operating system and local area networking technologies.
Three of the major applications include accreditation, results
and Info '96, a high-tech, touch-screen application that will
provide event results, news flashes, athlete biographies,
historical Olympic information, and more. Primary databases
for accreditation and results reside on the System/390 family.

The Results System delivers real-time information
to the worldwide broadcasters who are estimated to reach
two-thirds of the world's population. The 1996 Olympic
Summer Games events in the Southeastern U.S. are expected to
be three times as large as the 1984 Los Angeles Games and five
times as large as the 1994 Lillehammer Games.

IBM has been a key player in the Olympic movement in
technology since 1960 in Squaw Valley. As the official
information technology sponsor of the Olympic Games, IBM is
customizing systems that will simultaneously tabulate results
for team, head-to-head, judged and timed sports, provide a
timely, accurate registration process and ensure that thousands
of reporters covering the games will have immediate access to
information.

As the worldwide information technology sponsor, IBM is
providing systems and people to help plan, manage and run
the Olympic Games through the year 2000.

*  Trademark or registered trademark of International Business
     Machines.
Bulletin # 17

FILES POSTED HERE IN PAST 15 DAYS

(list omitted, since it will become dated quickly)
Bulletin # 18

Operating Tips for Users at GREATER CHICAGO Online!!

This is a compilation of tips that increase the user friendliness
while on-line. A file that you may want to download contains the
most recent version of our operating guide. It is in INF format
and can be installed on your OS/2 or Windows desktop. It now
runs in both environments. The filename is GRTRCHGO.ZIP

The new version of the mail door has some excellent features. One
that you are bound to like if you download mail is the stackable
command feature. From the Main Menu, enter M M D G and you will
not have to enter another keystroke to get your mail and log off.
Make sure, however, that you are not using HotKeys. You'll have
to turn HotKeys off at Your Settings to use this stackable set of
commands.

Download bulletins directly from the bulletin menu. From the
the bulletin menu, press D for Download and follow the promptse
finished writing your note, hit <ESC> as usual to get your menu

GREATER CHICAGO has a spell checker that you can use after
composing your message and just before saving it. Once you are
finished writing your note, hit <ESC> as usual to get your menu
at the bottom of the message. Notice there is a choice there now
for spell checker.

Is there any way to control my Mail Reader Configuration by
by sending it a message using my Offline Mail Reader?
Answer:  YES, the following commands and instructions apply.

ADD:

To add a conference from an offline reader, send a message
addressed  to TOMCAT with the subject ADD. Place the message in
the conference that you'd like to add to your selection.

DROP:

To drop a conference, do the same routine to add a conference,
exceot make the subject DROP.

RESET:

To reset, the format is similar to adding and dropping, although
the subject must be RESET. The following examples show the
different forms of resetting:

RESET -50 (goes back 50 messages)
RESET 06/25/94 (resets to messages entered on June 6, 1994)
RESET 10% (resets pointer to 10% below the highest message)

     How do I upload mail to Conference 10 (Netmail)?

This works a little differently from other offline mail uploads
because you need to include a Fidonet Node Address. Compose your
note as you would for any other conference, except in the first
line of your narrative include the following:

->Z:NNN/nnn

This must be on the first line, you must include the -> and there
are no spaces. Also start in column 1 - don't space over a couple
of spaces.  Z = the Zone number, NNN = the Net Number and
nnn = the node number   i.e. 1:109/347 is Pete Norloff's
OS/2 Shareware BBS, so you would put the following on the first
line of your note to send it to that destination:

->1:109/347

In the TO field, put the person's name you want to receive
the message at that BBS. That's what you do anyway, right?
The only difference is the first line of the narrative. Don't
forget to include the -> or it won't work.

     How do I upload mail to Conference 10 (Netmail)?

This works a little differently from other offline mail uploads
because you need to include a Fidonet Node Address. Compose your
note as you would for any other conference, except in the first
line of your narrative include the following:

->Z:NNN/nnn

This must be on the first line, you must include the -> and there
are no spaces. Also start in column 1 - don't space over a couple
of spaces.  Z = the Zone number, NNN = the Net Number and
nnn = the node number   i.e. 1:109/347 is Pete Norloff's
OS/2 Shareware BBS, so you would put the following on the first
line of your note to send it to that destination:

->1:109/347

In the TO field, put the person's name you want to receive
the message at that BBS. That's what you do anyway, right?
The only difference is the first line of the narrative. Don't
forget to include the -> or it won't work.

     How do I avoid those busy signals

Believe it or not, there are times when you can call and almost
never get a busy signal at GREATER CHICAGO. And you don't have
to set your alarm clock for 3 AM to experience that. From the
Main Menu while you are logged on here today, select S for System
Stats and check out the bar charted calls by hour and by day.
These charts will show you when call volumes are at a peak and
when they are at a low.

     Contacts via the Internet

Check out bulletin 10 when you have time. This bulletin lists
Nicknames of people you can contact using your GREATER CHICAGO
Internet ID via their more preferred means of communicating with
you. In other words, some of these nicknames direct mail via
the Internet, to other locations. For example, you can contact
Mitsumi Support by sending them a message in Conference 100 using
the id of MITSUMI in your TO field. This note will be sent via
the Internet to Mitsumi's Compuserve ID, which is their preferred
method of being contacted. They can then respond back to you via
Compuserve which will direct their response back through the
Internet to you here at GREATER CHICAGO.

     EchoMail

When sending mail, be sure to use the correct conference.
Don't send mail in any Fido or OS2Net conference unless you
want it sent out to the Network.

     Master List of Files

If you are interested in files, download the file LIBLIST.ZIP
This contains a list of ALL files on our BBS. Another file that
contains a listing of our newest files NEWFILES.ZIP. These files
are free and do not count against your download file limits.

     Marking Files for Download

Use the M)ark command to tag files by number for later download.
This command is available whenever you are scanning or searching
for files from the Files Menu.

     Looking for New Files?

Use the N)ew files option to see uploads since your last call.
This option is available on the Files Menu. Use the M)ark
command to tag the files you want to download.

     Customizing your settings

Change your personal settings with the Y)our Settings option.
This option is available from the Main Menu, and will allow you
to customize the your settings on GREATER CHICAGO.

     Skipping the Welcome Screens

Bypass the welcome screens with the "*" login prefix.
Simply prefix your login name with an asterisk, e.g. "*JOHN DOE",
and you will be placed directly at the main menu after entering
your password. Be aware that you will not receive notification
of any pending personal mail if you do this, and must then use
the R)ead U)nread personal mail command from the Message Menu.
You will also miss the SysOp's FLASH! announcements.

     Running the Mail Door

Jump directly to the mail door menu with the "!" login prefix.
Just put an exclamation point in front of your name when you
log in, e.g. "!JANE DOE". You will be transferred to the mail
door without further ado. Again, you will NOT be informed of
new mail.
Bulletin # 19

GREATER CHICAGO Online!! presents Who Called Today!

(List omitted)

     WCToday 4.0 Copyright (c) 1994, by Joe Lemoine
     Unregistered Version
Bulletin # 20

GREATER CHICAGO News Ticker 1995

NEWS about the BBS -  upgrades, system down
situations - keeping our users informed.

     07/22/95 -
Down for maintenance from 08:00AM to 11:00 AM.

     07/07/95 -
Down for maintenance from 11:00AM to 2:45 PM to upgrade BBS
software to v4.1

     06/25/95 -
Today is BACKUP SUNDAY. System down for backup of BBS volumes
from 8AM until 2:30PM.

     06/10/95 -
We are now operating a Cisco router on a 56Kb leased line to
the internet as bbs.gco.com.

     05/28/95 -
Today is BACKUP SUNDAY. System down for backup of BBS volume
from 4PM until 6:30PM.

     04/22/95 -
Today is BACKUP SATURDAY. System down for backup of BBS volume
from 8AM until 11:45AM. Continuing backup after 12 noon with
two nodes answering calls.

     04/01/95 -
Had to reinstall Warp on one workstation Compaq 486DX266.
EA's corrupted and unrecoverable. 2 nodes down for approx
5 hours after noon.

     03/16/95 -
Replaced BB4 Netware Volume with new drive - having old drive
looked at and replaced/repaired.

     03/10/95 -
Experiencing redirected blocks on MR_BILL. Appears that
one of the drives is deteriorating.

     02/23/95 -
Monthly system backup on Mr_Bill. BBS down from 10:50am
to 12:30pm.

     02/20/95 -
Testing Vmodem on the Internet for the next several weeks
to evaluate how BBS functions. To call BBS between hours of
7PM to 10PM, download GCO_V.TXT for instructions. Our IP
address is BBS.GCO.COM

     02/14/95 -
Power outage - everything came down at approximately 3AM.
Back up at 6:00AM - some problems with one server, but
a rebuild should take care of it. UPS lasted 45 minutes
while SysOp remained asleep at the switch. Nothing is forever!

     02/07/95 -
We still have the problem in conference 100 with Internet
aliases. Until Mustang gets it resolved properly we will
not implement a nickname translation table. They should
have a fix to us by the end of the month

     02/06/95 -
Added the following Fidonet Conferences

Ham Radio Issues - Conference 62
Swap and Shop for Amateur Radio Enthusiasts - Conference 64
Amateur Radio Technical Issues - Conference 65
Hayes Modem issues - Conference 58
US Robotics Swap and Shop - Conference 57
United We Stand America - Conference 59

     02/02/95 -
Upgraded operating system on all requesters to Warp v3.0 and
Gwinn's SIO145. Significant improvement in performance noticed
right away.

     01/05/95 -
Unable to attach files in local conferences. Bad path statement
in system config.
Bulletin # 21

OS/2 CERTIFICATION HANDBOOKS OFFER

Two excellent reference books are about to be published by New Rider Press
that will get you where you want to go with OS/2 Certification. We're taking
orders now - they will not be published for another month or so, but you can
order from us now and we'll not bill you until we ship. Order 1 book for
our regular discounted price of $71.99 (retail is $89.99) or get both books
for an additional 5% off the retail price. That's a total of $45 off the
regular retail price. Here's the details:

     OS/2 Engineer Certification Handbook    ISBN 1-56205-407-4

1,312 pages, 7 3/8 by 9 1/8 inches - publication date 2/95
Includes CD-ROM with New Riders' Electronic TestPrep which emulates many of
features of the Drake Certification Test. Developed from the official
materials and tested and approved by IBM.

     OS/2 LAN Server Engineer Certification Handbook    ISBN 1-56205-406-6

1,300 pages, 7 3/8 by 9 1/8 inches - publication date 2/95
Includes CD-ROM (w/TestPrep). Developed in conjunction with IBM. Real price
performer to an inexpensive route to LAN Server Certification.

One book, $71.99 - both books for $135. 7.75% sales tax on all Illinois
destinations. Shipping - 1 book, $4.50, 2 books $7.50.

Download CERTIFY.ZIP for more information. Order from the Main Menu - select
Q and follow the prompts.
Bulletin # 22

PHONE NUMBERS AND MODEMS

GREATER CHICAGO is participating in the SysOp programs
of the following companies:

On Node 1   U. S. Robotics Courier 28.8 HST/V.34/V.Fast/V.32
On Node 2   U. S. Robotics Courier 28.8 HST/V.34/V.Fast/V.32
On Node 3   U. S. Robotics Courier 28.8 HST/V.34/V.Fast/V.32
On Node 4   U. S. Robotics Courier 28.8 HST/V.34/V.Fast/V.32
On Node 5   U. S. Robotics Courier 28.8 HST/V.34/V.Fast/V.32

NOTE:     We take the system down during electrical storms. So
if you ever call and get no answer - that will most
likely be the reason.

GREATER CHICAGO's published numbers are as follows:
General Public [phone]
HST/DS         all lines are Dual Standard/V.34
Subscribers    [phone]
Telnet/Vmodem  IP bbs.gco.com - weekdays 7-10PM
weekends 5-10PM
Bulletin # 23

IBM counters "Pull the Plug" claim by Enderle

This is a letter from John M. Thompson (IBM) to the Wall Street
Journal:

     April 11, 1995

     Mr. Robert L. Bartley
     Editor, The Wall Street Journal
     200 Liberty Street
     New York, NY 10281

     Dear Mr. Bartley:

As your reporter Jim Carlton notes in the April 6 article, "Will
IBM and Apple Operating Systems Fall to Microsoft?", IBM
certainly does disagree with the conclusions attributed to
Dataquest analyst Robert Enderle concerning IBM's future plans
for the OS/2 operating system.

Contrary to Mr. Enderle's views, IBM is firmly committed to OS/2
-- we have no plans to "pull the plug" on OS/2 in 1996 or to
adopt Apple's Mac OS. We are encouraged by growing customer and
software developer interest in OS/2, especially the enthusiastic
response we've had to the latest version, OS/2 Warp.

We would question how Mr. Enderle can express so much certainty
about the future of Windows 95 -- Microsoft's ambitious attempt
to transform its outdated technology into a robust, multi-tasking,
32-bit operating environment. In essence, to match what IBM
already provides in OS/2. While we, too, fully expect Microsoft
to deliver a marketing blitz if it manages to ship its product as
expected in August, it remains to be seen whether the stability,
reliability and performance that users require -- and can get
today from OS/2 --- will be there. Until Windows 95 ships, and
until there are 32-bit applications to exploit it, any
conclusions about its future are premature.

     John M. Thompson
     IBM Senior Vice President
     and Group Executive
Bulletin # 24

INTERNET NODE STATUS

     bbs.gco.com 1 Waiting for calls.
     bbs.gco.com 2 Waiting for calls.

     Doing it again in April. These are our hours:

     Sunday thru Friday evenings 7PM - 10PM
     Saturdays - unavailable

You can reach GREATER CHICAGO Online!! via the Internet by utilizing the
following procedure:

1. First, you need to obtain an account from your friendly Internet
     provider.

2. Install SIO (the newest version at this writing is SIO145).
     [This requires replacing two existing lines in your Config.sys
     as well as defining which unused COM ports will be your
     Virtual (Vmodem) ports.]

3. Establish a connection with your provider.

4. Execute VMODEM from an OS/2 prompt or program reference object.

5. Go to an OS/2 or DOS window and execute your Communications Program
     (TE2, Procomm Plus, Zap-O-Com, whatever).

6. Dial GREATER CHICAGO as follows:  ATDT#BBS.GCO.COM
     Don't forget to use the # sign. That's all there is to it.

     NOTE:
     TELNET users can also access BBS.GCO.COM but may have limited file
     transfer capabilities. Telnet bbs.gco.com or Telnet 199.245.228.253
     Do NOT preceed the internet address with the # sign if you
     are a Telnet user. Also, you do not need Vmodem to Telnet to us.
     Depending on your version of Telnet you might need to issue
     the 'toggle crlf' prior to opening the bbs.gco.com session.

7. Enjoy!

Please direct any comments to me at [e-mail] or to
[e-mail]

POSTSCRIPT: GREATER CHICAGO wishes to acknowledge the contributions of
James Schmidt for helping to get us operational on the Internet as well
as his suggestions on the procedures outlined above.

We'd also like to recognize the accomplishments of Ray Gwinn, author of
SIO and Vmodem, for making all this possible.
Bulletin # 25

Purchase Software ONLINE at GREATER CHICAGO!!!!!

Now you can register shareware and order software while you're
online to GREATER CHICAGO using the QUICKIE CHARGECARD FEATURE
accessible from the Main Menu:

Hazel for OS/2 from Golden Richard
ChipChat Wireless Communicator for OS/2 (new from ChipChat Cawthon)
PMQWK Offline Mail Reader from Oberon
TE2 Communications Program from Oberon
MR2 Offline Mail Reader from Knight Writer
BMR200 for OS/2-Netware from Knight Writer
Alarm Clock from WalkerWerks
AlarmPro from WalkerWerks
Directory Manager/2 from QB Software
WinJPEG for Windows by Norman Yee
PMJPEG for OS/2 by Norman Yee
File Commander/2 by Brian Havard

Order these fine programs and receive your registered copy within
5 to 7 business days direct from the author/publisher.
Bulletin # 26

New Offerings:   IBM Delivers OS/2 Warp Connect

May 17, 1995

With the theme, "Make Your Connections," IBM today used Grand
Central Terminal as a backdrop to announce the availability of
OS/2* Warp Connect, which gives small businesses and workgroups
easy, open connections to worlds of information -- whether they
are on the PC in the office next door, the Internet, or a local
area network -- all in a powerful, refined, stable operating system.

OS/2 Warp Connect combines OS/2 Warp and its BonusPak of
productivity applications with a full set of integrated
networking capabilities and software that provides peer and
remote connections along with TCP/IP for dial-up and LAN access
to the Internet, access to the most popular online services, and
Lotus Notes Express.

OS/2 Warp Connect includes built-in requesters for IBM LAN
Server and Novell NetWare, and can coexist with IBM LAN Server,
Novell NetWare, Microsoft's NT** and Windows for Workgroups**,
Banyan Vines**, and LANtastic from Artisoft.** It features easy
and advanced installation options and Configuration, Installation
and Distribution (CID) for efficient installation across a
networked enterprise.

     {Single Box Business Network Solution for Small Businesses}

OS/2 Warp Connect is a complete software solution for
anybody who is starting or running a small business. The
operating system, with its built-in peer-to-peer networking,
combined with the BonusPak of productivity software and Lotus
Notes Express gives a small business what it needs to get a staff
connected and productive, in a single box. Notes Express will
include seven productivity templates. Five of them consist of
those that Lotus ships in the retail version: discussion
databases, client/server mail, phone book, reference databases,
news databases; plus two of Lotus' other most popular templates.

     {Peer Networks Made Easy}

OS/2 Warp Connect comes with everything needed to set up a
peer network right out of the box. The built-in peer capability
gives connected users an inexpensive, easy-to-use way to share
resources, such as files, printers, and modems. In addition,
users can share resources around the office or on the road with
OS/2 Warp Connect's remote access capabilities.

Customers can use IBM Peer for OS/2* in a wide range of
network environments. The peer software interoperates with OS/2
LAN Server version 3.0 or later editions, Microsoft Windows for
Workgroups, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft LAN Manager 2.x, PC
LAN Program 1.3, and Artisoft LANtastic 6.0.

     {A Perfect Fit in Existing Networks}

For customers in large enterprises, OS/2 Warp Connect
seamlessly links desktop machines to each other and to all major
network operating systems, including IBM OS/2 LAN Server, Lotus
Notes, Microsoft NT Server, Novell NetWare, and a variety of
Internet servers. The OS/2 Workplace Shell* offers a graphical
view of LAN resources by server and a hierarchical view of
resources within domains.

OS/2 Warp Connect demonstrates IBM's commitment to Open
Blueprint by supporting communication via NetBIOS, TCP/IP or IPX
on Ethernet, Token Ring, and FDDI networks, eliminating the need
to purchase network transports or client code when attaching to
the industry's leading servers.

OS/2 Warp Connect will ship with TCP/IP for OS/2 Version 3.
This version lets users simultaneously connect to local/wide area
networks and to the Internet with a complete set of applications
for browsing the World Wide Web, mail and file transfer.

Because of its multiprotocol support, OS/2 Warp Connect
provides a client/server platform so that customers can install
DB2 for OS/2, Lotus Notes and Oracle server, for example, without
any additional software.

IBM is planning a release this summer of an additional CD
for enterprise customers that will contain advanced networking
support, including mobile file synchronization that enables users
to disconnect from LAN Server, perform network operations and
resynchronize their work after a session is re-established.

     {Connect Provides Network Access on the Road or at Home}

OS/2 Warp Connect provides remote features that allow users
to remotely connect to their LANs from anywhere by phone,
providing real-time access to network resources. The remote
features are based on LAN Distance*, IBM's comprehensive remote
LAN access software solution. With the peer software included
with OS/2 Warp Connect and LAN Distance, users can set up a
simple peer network over a telephone line.

     {OS/2 Warp Connect Integrated Installation}

Installation is made easy through the integrated
installation options with OS/2 Warp Connect. Users can select
between easy or advanced installation options depending upon the
amount of customization they want to achieve. Network
administrators can use CID to install OS/2 Warp Connect across
the enterprise.

*   Trademark or registered trademark of the IBM Corp.
**  Trademark of the identified company.
Bulletin # 27

IBM Chief Pushes Harder for OS/2 Warp Apps
from InfoWorld - April 3, 1995

"Led into action by the chairman himself, IBM will begin a hard-nosed
push during the next week or so to convince the top 1,000 Windows
developers to port their existing applications to OS/2 Warp.

"A letter from IBM Chairman Louis Gerstner, released publicly last
week is just a small part of the massive IBM effort to convince
ISVs to develop applications for IBM's OS/2 Warp operating system,
IBM executives said.

"IBM is willing to work in partnership with significant ISVs to develop
OS/2 applications or port existing Windows apps to IBM's OS, one
senior official said.

"The effort will include a number of development tools, including the
Developer Connection CD, and in some cases financial support in an
effort to strengthen OS/2's software base for 1996. If IBM fails to
attract ISVs by that time, IBM's OS strategy could be in serious
trouble.

"In last week's letter, Gerstner ordered 100 IBM executives at the
vice president level and higher to personally contact 10 Windows and
DOS developers and convince them of IBM's corporate commitment
to OS/2, as well as an aggressive technical program to port their
applications.

"Gerstner has assigned himself 10 Windows developers to contact,
although a spokesman declined to identify those developers.

"As part of the company's Executive Call Program, Gerstner told his
lieutenants to send a clear and consistent message: "OS/2 is a
strategic product for IBM."

"What IBM executives will be offering Windows developers, free of
charge, is its Developer Connection CD containing a wide range of
development tools, including One Up Corp's Smart Tool.

"The One Up tool, which IBM believes is central to its strategy of
winning over Windows developers, reportedly converts about 80%
of a Windows application's 16-bit code to 32-bit native OS/2 Warp
code in a matter of days. The company is also offering free
education courses at its Boston and San Mateo, CA training
facilities, as well as free technical support over the Internet.

"Last week IBM officials pointed to a handful of ISV wins during
the past few weeks, most notably Sybase, Inc. and Adobe
Systems, Inc which are promising to develop applications that
fully exploit OS/2 Warp and OS/2 for the PowerPC.

"Although the company is getting the attention of higher profile
companies, and already has a large commitment from Lotus
Development Corp., it still lacks the application support of
WordPerfect, Novell Applications Group, Borland International Inc.,
and, of course, Microsoft Corp.

"Although many ISVs are not shutting the door on any future IBM
OS/2 initiative, neither are they waiting with bated breath. 'I think
we would certainly watch what they're doing, but we want to be
customer driven on the platforms we're on. Let'e make sure
there are customer demands before doing anything,' said Elizabeth
Ireland, vice president of business development at MapInfo Corp.,
in Troy, NY.

" 'To port to OS/2 would be difficult. We had difficulties enough
just supporting Windows NT,' said Scott Laster, a software engineer
with Acropolis Inc., a financials software company in Kirkland, WA."
Bulletin # 28

INTERNET LOG for 08/14/95

(Log omitted)

GREATER CHICAGO connects to the Internet once each hour at
45 minutes past the hour for mail and newsgroups. We do this
so that we will have the latest mail waiting for you when you
call here.

Deviations to this schedule are usually due to busy phone lines.
Bulletin # 29

COMMITTEE WILL FILE CONSUMER FRAUD CHARGES AGAINST
MICROSOFT CORPORATION IN ALL FIFTY STATES

Ban Sought on Sale of Windows 95

The following announcement was issued by adjunct law professor Anthony
Martin:

     A Washington, DC-based consumer lobby will hold a news conference to
announce that it is filing consumer fraud charges against Microsoft Corp.
in all fifty states. What is certain to become one of the most ferocious
public interest law battles in history is being triggered by the imminent
sale of "Windows 95" by Microsoft Corp. to tens of millions of potential
customers.

The Committee to Fight Microsoft will seek a ban on the sale of Windows 95,
an action with far-reaching consequences for the computer software
industry.

     NEWS CONFERENCE:  WHEN:  3:00 P.M.

     WHERE:  12th Floor, 1100 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

     DATE:  Wednesday, June 7, 1995

Due to space limitations, only working press with identification will be
admitted.

     The Executive Director of the Committee, Anthony R. "Andy" Martin, will
state at the news conference: "Today we have mailed consumer fraud charges
against Microsoft Corporation to all fifty (50) state attorney generals.
We believe that 'Windows 95' could become the greatest consumer fraud in
history if it is not stopped by regulatory authorities.

     "Microsoft plans to intentionally sell a product that cannot work as
advertised or represented under normal working conditions for most
computers which are currently in service, and expects to inveigle tens of
millions of consumers into paying billions of dollars for this functionally
defective product. The bottom line is this: Microsoft claims that Windows
95 will work with 4 meg of RAM memory. It does not. In our complaint to
the Attorney Generals of all fifty states we cite as illustrative a recent
article in the Wall Street Journal, mainly because it is written in
non-technical language.

     "But the technological reality is that Microsoft is selling Windows 95 to
people whose computers simply cannot use the product. AS Walter Mossberg
made clear in the WSJ, Windows 95 'won't hunt' with 4 meg, Indeed, it
barely runs existing apps, and will be unable to run future apps.

     "The financial reality is that Microsoft has convinced Wall Street that
it is going to sell tens of millions of copies of this product to existing
consumers. They obviously can't sell tens of millions of copies right away
only to buyers of new machines. Thus, Microsoft's duplicity reflects
financial fraud as well as technological fraud.

     "Which consumers are targeted by Microsoft to buy this product? How many
computers in use today are equipped with more than 4 meg of RAM? Very few.
That means Microsoft will be targeting helpless home users, and trying to
sell them an 'upgrade' that simply won't work on their existing machines.

     "This type of conduct is a classic consumer fraud. Frankly, Microsoft is
not the only company which has gotten away with 'software murder' in the
past. But because it is the biggest and most powerful software house, and
holds a virtual monopoly on operating systems for PC-compatible machines,
it is an obvious target of consumer fraud enforcement efforts.

     "I challenge Bill Gates to come out and tell the American people that
Windows 95 will work acceptably on 4 meg. Obviously, he cannot truthfully
do so. Consider a comparison: what would a car buyer's reaction be if they
bought a car, and then were told the engine could not run on all 8
cylinders, or was unable to go more than 15 miles an hour, or that the car
needed new equipment at substantial cost to run properly? A car buyer would
be irate. That is exactly what Bill Gates is proposing with Windows 95.

     "But because Microsoft's asportation involves small amounts of money from
millions of people, instead of burgling large sums of cash from a handful
of victims, it has gotten away with these tactics in the past and is trying
to repeat the legerdemain with Windows 95.

     "Today is D-Day for computer software buyers. We say no more consumer
fraud, no more misrepresentations. No more bloated representations on
packages, no more misleading hype and claims in computer magazines, which
have basically ignored the technical reality to hype Windows 95 to existing
users. It is false and deceptive to label software as operable with 4 meg
when in reality it will not run properly with 4 meg. It is false and
deceptive to sell a product that cannot work on a customer's computer
unless they buy new equipment, costly new equipment.

     "We are asking that every state attorney general seek a ban on the sale
of Windows 95 unless and until the product which is shipped is labelled
accurately and truthfully as to its system requirements and actual
operating potential. We demand that manuals be rewritten to tell the
public the truth: you need upwards of 8 meg to run Windows 95 properly, as
Mr. Mossberg states in his column.

     "For Microsoft to tell tens of millions of buyers they can benefit from
buying Windows 95 to run on 4 meg is a blatant consumer fraud and must be
stopped. Windows 95 will become the greatest consumer fraud in history
unless it is enjoined.

     "Our affiliate, Computer Consumers of America, is lobbying on Capitol
Hill for enactment of the 'Computer Competitiveness and Consumer Protection
Act of 1995' to ensure nationwide uniformity in the sale of software and
hardware. But until a federal law is enacted to protect the American
public, the burden of blocking Gates and his eyberhustlers must fall on
America's state attorney generals. I should underscore that most state
consumer fraud laws do not require fraudulent intent as an element of a
violation; merely being capable of deceiving consumers is sufficient for a
state to seek injunctive relief.

     "Bill Gates is in the fight of his life. Up to now he has only had to
face the toothless tigers at the Department of Justice. He must now
confront the potential that tens of millions of Americans will be
ripped-off. They will not be happy," states Martin. "Today we launch the
first battle to block Windows 95. 1 assure the American people it will not
be the last attack."

     CONTACT:  Anthony R. Martin, J.D., Professor of Law (Adj.), Tuesday, June
6, call (203) (sic) 347-2065; Wednesday call (202) (sic) 496-1428 after
2:00 P.M. 04:05 EDT

     Copyright (c) 1995 PR Newswire
     Received via NewsEDGE from Desktop Data, Inc.: 6/6/95 5:10