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====================================================================== ANNOUNCING Online Networking Exposition and BBS Convention O N E B B S C O N AUGUST 25-29, 1993 Broadmoor Hotel - Colorado Springs, Colorado ====================================================================== Make your plans now to attend the biggest, most exciting event in BBS in history - 2000 BBS operators gathered under one roof. HOW TO MAKE MONEY WITH A BBS-The most attended session from ONE BBSCON92 is back by popular demand. Jack Rickard and Phil Becker with frank talk on what works, what doesn't, and why - gleaned from their contacts with hundreds of successful BBS operators. How to handle credit cards, promote your system, develop a theme, and take advantage of printed media to get ahead. DVORAK AWARDS Noted columnist John C. Dvorak and modem manufacturer Zoom Telephonics have again teamed up to present a series of Technical Excellence in Communications Awards to many of the BBS industry pioneers. Last year's awardees included Ward Christensen - author of the first BBS program and the XMODEM file transfer protocol, Chuck Forsberg, authorof ZMODEM, and Phil Katz, author of the PKZIP file compression utility. HISTORY OF BBS SESSION moderated by none other than Ward Christensen, author of the FIRST BBS in Chicago in 1978. Listen to some of the early pioneers describe how and why they did what they did the way they did it. LEGAL ISSUES FOR BBS OPERATORS - with Lance Rose, author of SYSLAW SECOND EDITION - copyright, trademark, contracts, censorship, in a series of sessions Attorneys Lance Rose with Mike Godwin of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and cohorts will give you the information you need to run a BBS - and avoid legal difficulties. Rusty & Edie with their own session. Dealing with Adult GIF images. INTERNET FROM A TO Z - A series of sessions on the Internet, what it is, what it means, how to connect YOUR BBS at various levels. From a top level roundtable discussion on the future of NREN and the Internet, right down to how to get individual BBS software packages connected to the network to do for global electronic mail. Internet Society President Dr. Vinton Cerf kicks this one off with The Past, Present and Future Internet OTHER NETWORKS - FidoNet and ILINK - what are they and how do you connect YOUR BBS to exchange message conferences with other bulletin boards world wide. What software to use, how to install it, where to join. WHAT SOFTWARE AND TOOLS DO I NEED? What BBS Software do you want to use? Detailed presentations by virtually every major BBS software vendor in the business - what it does, how it does it, and how you can get it to do more with utilities, add-ons, and networks. Meet the authors of such popular packages as PCBoard, Wildcat, Major BBS, Remote Access, TBBS and many more in person and up close. Ask questions. See the latest releases. Compare these titles side-by-side. Nowhere else will you see such an array of BBS software products in one place to be compared side by side. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHALLENGES FOR THE BBS COMMUNITY. Presentations on the legal aspects of operating a BBS, copyright issues, sysop liability, the mission of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, how to deal with telephone companies, electronic democracy, women online and much, more. HOW DID THEY DO IT? Roundtable discussions of the elements of success by successful BBS operators in chat/social systems, mail systems, shareware libraries, special topic information services, online sales systems, and product support BBSss. One of the most popular sessions from last year is back with Kevin Behrens of Aquila BBS, Andy Keeves of Executive Network, Greg Ryan of EXEC-PC, Norm Henke of PC Ohio, and more. PLUS OUR TRADE SHOW EXHIBIT AREA - featuring over 140 vendors of BBS software, hardware, utilities, services, and communications utilities including U.S. Robotics, Hayes, ZyXEL, AT&T, Zoom, Practical Peripherals Supra, Rockwell, virtually all major BBS software vendors, including PCBoard, Major BBS, Searchlight, TBBS, Wildcat! and many more. Last year, these companies offered such dramatic discounts on modems, software, and other utilities that many attendees claimed to have paid for their entire trip just on what they saved with special convention discount deals. If you call bulletin boards, operate a BBS or have contemplated running one, sell to the online community, or want to find out what BBS products are available for your company to run their own internal system, you won't want to miss ONE BBSCON. Nowhere ever has this much information on the topic of electronic bulletin boards and online information services been assembled in one place. Nowhere, at no time, have this many of the industry players and personalities been assembled in one place. Don't miss The ONE BBSCON. PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED! Boardwatch Magazine will honor the winners of its Boardwatch 100 Readers' Choice Best BBS contest held January 1 - July 1, 1993. Voters' names will be drawn from all ballots received on or before July 1, 1993, to receive one of several prizes donated by vendors, including top- of-the-line v.32bis/v.42bis modems from U.S. Robotics, Hayes, and ZyXEL! The top 10 BBS will be awarded crystal pyramid award trophies on a walnut base - along with free advertising in Boardwatch Magazine and listing on the Boardwatch 100 Reader's Choice BBS List. REGISTER EARLY AND SAVE! $250 May 1 - August 1 $325 after August 1. On-site registration opens Wednesday evening, August 25. Registration, hotel reservations, and vendor booth information available from: ONE, Inc. 4255 So. Buckley Rd., Ste. 308 Aurora, Colorado 80014 303-693-5253 voice 303-693-5518 fax 303-693-5432 BBS WHO IS ONE, INC.? Online Networking Expositions, Inc. was formed as a Colorado Corporation in the fall of 1991 specifically to put on an annual industry trade show. This corporation was formed as a partnership venture by Jack Rickard, publisher of Boardwatch Magazine, and Philip L. Becker, President of eSoft, Inc., and author of the TBBS bulletin board software package. PRESIDENT: Jack Rickard SECRETARY/TREASURER: Philip L. Becker EXECUTIVE ADVISORY BOARD: Jim Harrer, President Mustang Software, Inc. Wildcat! Fred Clark, President Clark Development Company PCBoard Tim Stryker, President Galacticomm, Inc. Major BBS Jim C. Warren MicroTimes & Autodesk, Inc. Steven Laliberte, Director Byte Information Exchange, (BIX) Dave Hughes Sr., President Old Colorado City Communications Stan Hirschman, VP of Operations Software Etc. John C. Dvorak, Columnist PC Magazine Lance Rose, attorney and author SYSLAW: The Legal Guide for BBS Operators ============================== ONE BBSCON '93 PLANS ANNOUNCED ============================== Preliminary planning for the second Online Networking Exposition and BBS Convention (ONE BBSCON) has been completed and the '93 event will be held August 25-29, 1993 at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Over a thousand BBS enthusiasts attended ONE BBSCON '92 in Denver this past August - by all accounts the most successful face-to-face gathering of BBS operators, Internet users, commercial service providers, and other BBS/networking aficionados ever held. Over a hundred educational sessions were presented during the three-day event. Approximately 2000 attendees are expected at the 1993 ONE BBSCON as well as over 130 vendors displaying modems, BBS software and utilities, CD-ROMs, and other tools to make PCs talk in the night. Developers of the PCBoard, Wildcat!, Major BBS, Searchlight, and TBBS software packages have already indicated participation and are planning presentations. ONE BBSCON will again be the best available opportunity to examine BBS software packages close-up and side-by-side. And many of the vendors at the '92 event offered significant "show special" discounts. If you are looking for a way to find out specifically what's going on with bulletin boards, how to run one for fun or profit, or how to put this technology into play for your organization or company, ONE BBSCON will be the best opportunity you will have in 1993 to see it all in one place at one time, talk to the developers and players, and compare product capabilities side-by-side. For those already IN the BBS community, ONE BBSCON 92 was attended by virtually every major BBS operator in the country. Everyone from Ward Christensen, who built the first BBS from scratch in 1978 and wrote the XMODEM protocol, to Chuck Forsberg who wrote ZMODEM, Tom Jennings, who started Fidonet, John C. Dvorak who has championed online communications and written several books on the topic, and a host of the leading BBS operators from across the country and around the world attended. We look for this gathering of notables from the BBS community to be even more all encompassing in 1993. Virtually anyone who is anybody online will be there. If you've ever wanted to talk face-to-face with some of the pioneers of this industry, and find out first hand how and why they got started, ONE BBSCON '93 will be the place to do it. The '93 event is designed to take advantage of the Colorado Rocky Mountain environment at its most beautiful time of year. The Broadmoor Hotel is one of the top five hotels in the country and the most beautiful hotel setting in the state. Originally built in 1891 and extensively redone in 1918, the Broadmoor is one of the grand hotel resorts of the west and has earned the nickname "The Riviera of the Rockies." It has received the Mobil Five-Star rating every year since 1960 and the AAA Five-Diamond rating since 1976. Perched at the base of Pike's Peak, this 2400-acre resort is virtually within view of some of Colorado's most popular tourism stops. The hotel includes three 18-hole PGA golf courses, 16 tennis courts, an ice-skating rink, skeet/trap/rifle shooting facilities, horseback riding, fly fishing, a lake, and other recreational facilities. It features over 100,000 square feet of meeting space and 36 meeting rooms along with eight different restuarants. It's located right at the base of Pike's Peak. This type of environment allows us to do some things that weren't part of ONE BBSCON '92 - barbecues and bonfires from the top of a nearby mountain - at night - with a view of the front range from 8000 feet up, for example. On-site registration opens on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 25th, and the final closing session is scheduled for late Sunday morning, August 29th. Golf and tennis tournaments for early arrivals are planned for early Wednesday. Opening sessions are scheduled for Thursday morning with educational sessions beginning Thursday afternoon and running into Sunday morning. Sessions will again be designed in topical tracks such as Running an Online Service for Profit, Legal Issues Online, Social and Community Issues Online, BBS Software, The Internet, as well as a series of mini-symposiums presented by the developers of various BBS systems for operators who use their software. The result will again be one of the most ambitious schedules of educational sessions ever planned for a convention of this type. Most conventions feature eight or ten educational sessions. At ONE BBSCON, that happens EVERY HOUR. At the '92 event, there was a vendor space shortage with 51 available spaces and as a result 11 vendors were turned away. This year vendor space has been increased to 140 spaces and the vendor exhibits will be open all day Friday and Saturday. Rooms are available at the Broadmoor Hotel at a special convention rate of $150 per night single/double occupancy. A block of some 385 rooms is available at the Broadmoor, but to handle the expected 2000 attendees, some 900 additional rooms have also been secured at ten other nearby hotels at rates from $55 to $110 nightly. A fleet of ten buses will provide transportation between the various overflow hotels and the Broadmoor. For many, less costly accommodations at one of the outlying hotels will likely be attractive. But if you do want to actually stay AT the Broadmoor itself at the convention rate, note that the 385 rooms is a fairly small percentage of total housing, and we expect this space to go fairly quickly. Because of the complexity of dealing with 11 different hotels, the ONE, Inc. office will also handle hotel reservations this year in addition to convention registrations - you can take care of both with a single telephone call. ONE BBSCON '93 Registration is priced at $250 between May 1 and July 31 $325 from August 1 until the show opens. Contact ONE, Inc., 4255 South Buckley Road, Suite 308, Aurora, CO 80013; (303)693-5253 voice; (303)693-5518 fax; (303)693-5432 BBS. ======================================================================== ======================================================================== THE FULL SESSION PLAN: ========================================================================= ========================================================================= INTRODUCTORY SESSIONS TITLE: Welcome to ONE BBSCON Date: 08/26/93 Time: 9:00:00 Room: Inter. Descrip: Opening comments on the Online Networking Exposition and BBS Convention. Speaker: Phil Becker Company: ONE, Inc. Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The Bread Board System BBS software package. He is also author of the book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and founding partner in ONE, Inc. Speaker: Jack Rickard Company: ONE, Inc. Jack Rickard is Editor and Publisher of Boardwatch Magazine, a monthly publication covering electronic bulletin boards, online services, and the Internet. Rickard is also one of the founding partners of ONE, Inc., promoters of the Online Networking Exposition and BBS Convention (ONE BBSCON). TITLE: Boardwatch Readers Choice Awards Date: 08/26/93 Time: 13:00:00 Room: Colorado A Descrip: Presentation of Awards to Top 10 Bulletin Board Systems selected by callers in Boardwatch 100 Reader's Choice BBS Contest. Random drawing of modems/prizes from caller ballots by U.S. Robotics, Hayes Microcomputer Products, and ZyXEL USA. Speaker: Jack Rickard Company: ONE, Inc. Jack Rickard is Editor and Publisher of Boardwatch Magazine, a monthly publication covering electronic bulletin boards, online services, and the Internet. Rickard is also one of the founding partners of ONE, Inc., promoters of the Online Networking Exposition and BBS Convention (ONE BBSCON). TITLE: Dvorak Awards for Excellence in Telecommunications Date: 08/26/93 Time: 17:30:00 Room: Colorado Descrip: Presentation Awards Ceremony. The Second Annual Dvorak Awards for Excellence in PC Telecommunications Speaker: John C. Dvorak Company: PC Magazine John C. Dvorak is a noted columnist for a variety of Ziff Davis personal computer magazines including PC Magazine, PC Computing, and Computer Shopper. He is also the author of Dvorak's Guide to PC Telecommunications, the largest selling book published to date on the topic. HOW TO MAKE MONEY WITH A BBS TRACK TITLE: BBSing for Profit I Date: 08/26/93 Time: 14:30:00 Room: Colorado A Descrip: Part 1 of the Jack and Phil Show. This popular repeat from ONE BBSCON92 details the techniques and approaches learned throughout the BBS community as it applies to making a bulletin board system profitable. Rickard and Becker's unique position in that community make them privy to the inside secrets of hundreds of profitable BBS. In this two-session series, they introduce those concepts and set the stage for a number of detailed support sessions throughout the convention. Speaker: Jack Rickard Company: ONE, Inc. Jack Rickard is Editor and Publisher of Boardwatch Magazine, a monthly publication covering electronic bulletin boards, online services, and the Internet. Rickard is also one of the founding partners of ONE, Inc., promoters of the Online Networking Exposition and BBS Convention (ONE BBSCON). Speaker: Phil Becker Company: ONE, Inc. Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The Bread Board System BBS software package. He is also author of the book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and founding partner in ONE, Inc. TITLE: BBSing for Profit II Date: 08/26/93 Time: 16:30:00 Room: Colorado A Descrip: Part 2 of the Jack and Phil Show. Further material on why thousands of middle aged corporate burnouts are turning to electronic bulletin boards as the top home business opportunity of the '90s. Speaker: Jack Rickard Company: ONE, Inc. Jack Rickard is Editor and Publisher of Boardwatch Magazine, a monthly publication covering electronic bulletin boards, online services, and the Internet. Rickard is also one of the founding partners of ONE, Inc., promoters of the Online Networking Exposition and BBS Convention (ONE BBSCON). Speaker: Phil Becker Company: ONE, Inc. Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The Bread Board System BBS software package. He is also author of the book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and founding partner in ONE, Inc. TITLE: Media Relations for Online Services Date: 08/26/93 Time: 16:30:00 Room: Oval Descrip: In this session, David Coursey of IDG's PC Letter heads a panel of journalists in discussing what elements of an online service make a good story, and how BBS operators and online services can provide useful information on their services to members of the trade and wider press. Mastering press relations is a crucial part of guerilla marketing your online service. In this session, you hear from the press itself directly as to what types of approaches hit their story triggers, and what approaches result in obscurity. Speaker: David Coursey Company: PC Letter Speaker: Dennis Fowler Company: Ziff-Davis Publishing Dennis Fowler is a Contributing Editor for Computer Shopper magazine and regularly reviews electronic bulletin boards for Computer Shopper. Speaker: Cheryl Gerber Company: InfoWorld Cheryl Gerber is a columnist for InfoWorld - a weekly publication covering the latest news in personal computers, local area networks, and technology. Speaker: David Carlson Company: The Albuquerque Tribune David Carlson has twenty years experience in newspapers, magazines, and television as editor of a daily newspaper, news producer for television, and features writer for large circulation magazines. In addition to his press experience, Mr. Carlson is also a BBS operator and currently operates the 20-line Electronic Trib for the Albuquerque Tribune newspaper. TITLE: Stand Out in Cyberspace - Making a Good BBS Date: 08/27/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: Colorado B Descrip: Discussion of the design elements of successful bulletin boards that callers actually face including the display window, the reception area, the interface, the focus, the contents, and the exit. Speaker: Dennis Fowler Company: Ziff-Davis Publishing Dennis Fowler is a Contributing Editor for Computer Shopper magazine and regularly reviews electronic bulletin boards for Computer Shopper. TITLE: Creating a Business Plan for BBSs Date: 08/27/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Oval Descrip: An outline for a business plan serves as general model for discussion and presentation. The discussion will be tailored to the BBS community based on the speaker's own business and BBS experience. Topics covered include the Executive Summary, Products or Services, Market Analysis, Marketing Strategy, Management Plan, and Financial Data. Speaker: Simon Clement Company: Datasafe Simon Clement has been actively involved in operating THe GaRBaGe DuMP BBS for the past 2.5 years. In operation since 12/90, This system has expanded from a 4-line local system to an 80-line national service with access in over 500 cities and regional operations in both Denver, Colorado, and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mr. Clement's responsibilities include marketing, business projections, contract negotiations, financial analysis, budgeting, and product development. Prior to his position with DataSafe, Mr. Clement worked as an electrincal engineer designing and managing hardware/software development projects with Eastman Kodak, Miletus Assoc., and Gulton Data Systems. Mr. Clement received his BS Electronic Engineering from Valparaiso Technical Institute in May, 1980 and a BA in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. TITLE: Credit Card Merchant Accounts for Online Services Date: 08/27/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: Colorado A Descrip: The electronic medium of cash exchange online is use of credit cards such as Master Card and Visa. It is crucial to the success of any online service dependent on subscriptions, billing hours, or online product sales to make the purchase transaction painless for the buyer. Teleflora has traditionally processed MC/Visa charges for florists. But over the course of the past two years, they have developed a respected reputation within the BBS community. A Teleflora representative will describe generally what some of the elements of applying for a credit card merchant account, and specifically Teleflora's program for online services. Speaker: Dave Jones Company: Teleflora TITLE: Subscription BBS Success Roundtable Date: 08/27/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: West ABCD Descrip: One of the most popular sessions from ONE BBSCON 92, attracting attention from convention attendees and fire marshals alike, this session presents a panel of BBS operators of some of the most successful electronic bulletin boards in the country in a no-holds barred discussion of what works, what doesn't, why, and what to look out for in developing a BBS into a full time career. Each of these Sysops operates a BBS professionally as their primary means of making a living, and each got there one line at a time. If you are curious how it's done, these are the guys that can tell you. Representatives of Aquila BBS, Software Creations, Executive Network, Exec-PC, and PC-Ohio discuss how to make money with a BBS, and answer questions from the audience. Speaker: Kevin Behrens Company: Aquila BBS Kevin Behrens is founder and operator of Aquila BBS, a 40-line PCBoard bulletin board system serving the Chicago Area. Speaker: Dan Linton Company: Software Creations Dan Linton owns and operates the Software Creations BBS in Clinton Massachussetts. Software Creations BBS is a major multiline PCBOARD system that serves as the HOME BBS for major Software Companies such as Apogee Software Productions, Id, Gamer's Edge, and other major software companies. Known to many as the home of the authors, Software Creations currently has the worlds leading Shareware authors, graphics artists, musicians, publishers and vendors from around the world using Software Creations during development, beta, first release and support for their new products. Speaker: Andy Keeves Company: Executive Network Andy Keeves is founder and President of Crylon Computer Services, and operator of the Executive Network BBS based in Mt. Vernon, New York Speaker: Greg Ryan Company: EXEC-PC Greg Ryan is Vice President of Operations at Exec-PC. Greg is also the author of RyBBS, a bbs program sold internationally and has been in the telecommunications field eight years. He has a degree in engineering. Speaker: Norm Henke Company: PC-Ohio Norm Henke operates PC-Ohio BBS, a 40 line PCBoard system serving the Ohio area. TITLE: Success Measurement for BBSs Date: 08/27/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Colorado C Descrip: Operation of any business depends heavily on the capability to measure actual performance against projected performance. The presentation highlights basic management tools such as Marginal Analysis, Variance Analysis, Budgeting and Forecasting as applied specifically to electronic bulletin boards and online services based on the speaker's own business and BBS experience running one of the nation's most successful social/chat bulletin boards in the country. Speaker: Simon Clement Company: Datasafe Simon Clement has been actively involved in operating THe GaRBaGe DuMP BBS for the past 2.5 years. In operation since 12/90, This system has expanded from a 4-line local system to an 80-line national service with access in over 500 cities and regional operations in both Denver, Colorado, and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mr. Clement's responsibilities include marketing, business projections, contract negotiations, financial analysis, budgeting, and product development. Prior to his position with DataSafe, Mr. Clement worked as an electrincal engineer designing and managing hardware/software development projects with Eastman Kodak, Miletus Assoc., and Gulton Data Systems. Mr. Clement received his BS Electronic Engineering from Valparaiso Technical Institute in May, 1980 and a BA in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. TITLE: Direct Mail Marketing Techniques for BBSs Date: 08/28/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: Colorado C Descrip: This session will cover customer service and direct mail marketing techniques for bulletin boards. How to set and meet customer service goals for a BBS, and how to quantify the impact poor service has on caller loyalty. Direct mail techniques that work - how to buy lists and advertising space, how to grade and gage response rates, frequency of contacts, and a description of direct marketing software tools. Speaker: Dennis A. Hauser Company: CIESIN Dennis Hauser is the Director of Customer Service and Training for the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network in Saginaw Michigan. CIESIN is a non-profit organization funded through NASA to distribute global environmental change information worldwide. Hauser is a past president of the International Customer Service Association. He also operates his own personal BBS titled "Delight the Customer." TITLE: Building Online Community Date: 08/28/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Ballroom Descrip: The most significant factor to emerge separating successful online services from those also providing tones is the element of COMMUNITY. Public BBS systems worldwide already exist in the scores of thousands. Increasingly, these systems go beyond being depots for file transfer and serve as gathering places for people to meet and talk. Any gathering of people, even in electronic "cyberspace," is a living organism. The environment may be electronic and "virtual," but the people are real. Assumptions and personal customs are often as varied as the individuals who participate. Each comes with their own special goals, styles and attitudes. Because of this, it isn't enough to just tend the equipment an dassume everyone will get along well enough to create a real commons. If, as sysop, you want your network to develop social cohesion and hopefully flourish into something that calls itself a community, you need to understand the social nature of your network, and how to help, rather than hinder, its growth. "Building Online Community" uses the metaphor of the "innkeeper" to identify social conditions and dynamics found in networks. It will offer specific advice to sysops about shaping network into community. The themes will be: "the Virtual Village," "Social Dynamics," and "Making it Work." Speaker: John Coate John Coate is in a unique position to instruct sysops, network managers, conference hosts and interested participants on the techniques of online community building. From 1986 through 1991 he was teh Conference Manager and Marketing Directory at the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (THE WELL). While there, he was at the center of the founding of an online community that continues to flourish. During that time, along with acting as the Welcome Wagon, party host, and referee, he noted what worked and didn't work. In 1992, he left the WELL to try creating new forms of onlien meeting places that allow wider popular participation. Speaker: Cliff Figallo Company: EFF Cliff Figallo is currently with the Electronic Frontier Foundation as online liaison. Previously, he was the system administrator for The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (THE WELL) in Sausalito, California TITLE: BBS Business Plans - The Venture Capitalist's View Date: 08/28/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: Ballroom Descrip: The business plan is a document that conveys a company's prospects and growth potential, and thereby sells the business plan to potential backers. Find out how to write a business plan that will convey YOUR message and keep your reader's attention. Seminar topics include; financial forecasting in the BBS industry, guerrilla market research and a brief survey of venture capital financing. Speaker: Dave Kennedy Company: Deloitte & Touche Dave Kennedy is a CPA in the Middle Market Services department of Deloitte & Touche in Dallas, Texas. The Middle Market Services department provides auditing and consulting services for entrepreneurial companies. Additionally, Kennedy is co-editor of the Texas Venture Report, a bi-annual survey of venture capital activity in Texas. He received a BBS from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Southern Methodist University. He also runs a BBS titled the BuCKET$HOP which runs a fantasy stock portfolio door for MBA students. TITLE: Chat/Social BBS Success Roundtable Date: 08/28/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Ballroom Descrip: This panel discussion features some of the most succesful operators of large online chat/social service bulletin boards - one of the fastest growing and most profitable segments of the BBS world - and in some ways - the most difficult to manage. In this session, the pros discuss the online interactive human dynamics of chat services, online censoring, related services such as multiplayer games, pricing, line load factors, and generally what works and what doesn't in building large line count chat services to a profitable level. Speaker: Scott Brinker Company: Galacticomm Inc. Speaker: Dean Kerl Company: Datasafe Dean Kerl is President of DataSafe Publications, Inc. and founded The Garbage Dump BBS in December, 1990 in a spare bedroom with four telephone lines. Due to the early success of The Garbage Dump, Mr. Kerl quit his full-time job to devote his efforts to the BBS in November, 1991. The Garbage Dump has expanded to an 80 line national system with access in over 500 cities and offices in both Albuquerque and Denver. Prior to DataSafe, Mr. Kerl was the Director of Operations for Connect-USA, a natioanl data networking company that is no longer operating. Mr. Kerl has spoken at numerous conferences relating his experiences in running a successful BBS utilizing X.25 technology. Speaker: Michael Allen Company: Computer Productions/Odyssey Michael Allen is president and founder of Computer Productions, Inc. and operates a 116 line national social/chat BBS titled Odyssey. Speaker: Bruce Lomasky Company: Bruce's Bar and Grill Bruce Lomasky owns operates Bruce's Bar and Grill, a multiline social/chat service serving West Hartford Connecticutt. Speaker: Robert Michnick Company: ProStar Computer Corp. Robert Michnick is the founder of ProStar Computer TITLE: CyberFinance: How to Raise Capital for Online Services/BBSs Date: 08/28/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: The nuts and bolts of raising investment capital for online service/commercial BBS ventures. Speaker: Pat Clawson Company: Public News Corp. TITLE: Guerrilla Marketing Your BBS Date: 08/28/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Colorado C Descrip: Back by popular demand, Sheri Robert, Public Relations Manager for Galacticomm, Inc., and David Carlson of the Albuquerque Tribune and operator of the 20-line Electronic Trib service, again team up to show you how to get your BBS in the news and promote your service using low cost, effective marketing techniques any BBS operator can afford. Speaker: Sheri Robert Company: Galacticomm Inc. Speaker: David Carlson Company: The Albuquerque Tribune David Carlson has twenty years experience in newspapers, magazines, and television as editor of a daily newspaper, news producer for television, and features writer for large circulation magazines. In addition to his press experience, Mr. Carlson is also a BBS operator and currently operates the 20-line Electronic Trib for the Albuquerque Tribune newspaper. TITLE: The BBS as a Service Bureau Date: 08/29/93 Time: 9:00:00 Room: Oval Descrip: This session covers operating a BBS as a service bureau to provide companies with their own BBS identity and services located on your host service. Covers maintenance contracts, service quality, marketing considerations, and the economies of scale that would attract a company to contract with an outside service for communications/BBS services. Speaker: Jim Appleby Company: The Business BBS TITLE: 900 Service for BBSs Date: 08/29/93 Time: 10:30:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: The 900 industry has been profitable for many companies that use 900 or 976 numbers for customer support, technical assistance, etc. Now BBS Sysops can use a 900 service to collect fees/subscription dues for their BBSs. This informational session will provide Sysops details on how to get connected to a 900 service and how a 900 service will work for their particular system. The 900 service can be implemented on systems running The Major BBS, Wildcat!, PCBoard, Spitfire, or many other BBS software programs. Speaker: Yannick Tessier Company: Tessier Technologies Yannick Tessier is founder of Tessier Technologies, developer of products and services for the BBS industry including 900 Service, and WorldLink. THE LEGAL/SOCIAL ISSUES TRACK TITLE: Electronic Democracy: An Overview Date: 08/26/93 Time: 13:00:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: General historical perspective on the various proposals that have taken shape under the heading of "electronic democracy." Will include an overview of the work of Gary Orren (The Electronic Commonwealth), Chris Arterton (Teledemocracy), Richard Hollander (Video Democracy), and A. J. Bahn (Computocracy); I will touch lightly on the activities of politically activist Sysops such as Dave Hughes and Michael Sullivan, discuss the impact of networks such as Al Gore's proposed national data highway and the Time Warner project in Orlando, and describe existing exploratory steps along these lines such as the Nova Scotia Liberal Party's "televote" primary last June, the Perot campaign's use of BBS networks, the efforts of Evan Ravitz's Voting By Phone Foundation, Santa Monica's PEN, Mercer's Info Isle, Kansas City's City Hall in the Mall, and my own work involving Westinghouse and SFI. Speaker: Tim Stryker Company: Galacticomm Inc. Tim Stryker is founder and chairman of Galacticomm, Inc., makers of The Major BBS, The Major Database, Fax/Online, Major QWK-mail, Major Gateway/Internet, the GalactiBox, and dozens of other BBS-related products. He is also co-founder and president of the Superdemocracy Foundation, a Florida not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the ideals of Superdemocracy, and president/CEO of Consensus Systems, Inc., a recent startup formed to promote applications of Superdemocracy in teh commercial arena. A multi-user communications systems enthusiast since 1976, Stryker has authored dozens of programs and magazine pieces, and has been featured nationwide via newspapers and radio. His firt book, THINK A LITTLE, subtitled "Evolutionary Perspectives on the Future of Civilization", was published by Cool Hand Communications in April of this year. He resides in Fort Lauderdale with his wife, four children, cat, and rabbits. TITLE: Women Online Date: 08/26/93 Time: 14:30:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: Panel discussion of the role of women BBS operators and online participation of women cybernauts. Discussion of some of the problems as a minority in the online community, along with an examination of some of the strengths women bring to the online culture. Discussion of how to increase participation of women online. Speaker: Brenda Donovan Company: Pacific Rim Information BBS Brenda Donovan is founder of Donovan Enterprises and the Pacific Rim Information BBS, an early member of the International FidoNet, and a leader in the San Diego area in providing online telecommunications education to Senior Citizen groups. TITLE: Electronic Access to Government and Governance Date: 08/26/93 Time: 14:30:00 Room: Theater Descrip: Breif presentations followed by a panel discussion and Q&A about computer-based and online access to government information, decision-makers and to the processes of governance at the federal, state and local levels. Issues include private and public-sector fee and free BBSs and networks, functional access vs. information monopolies, government pricing issues, low/no-cost access, privacy issues, format alternatives, access legislation, practical access politics, etc. Specific cases, systems, problems and examples will be cited and/or described legislative, executive and judicial access. Speaker: Jim Warren Company: Boardwatch Magazine Jim Warren is MicroTime's "futures" columnist, Government Technology's government-access columnist, Boardwatch's public-access columnist and one of Autodesk, Inc.'s Board of Directors. He was a first recipient of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer Awards, founded InfoWorld and the Computers, Freedom & Privacy conferences, was PBS TV's "Computer Chronicles" founding host, Dr. Dobb's Journal's founding Editor and founded and chaired the old West Coast Computer Faires. He began working as a programmer in 1968, and holds graduate degrees in Computer Engineering, Medical Information Science adn Mathematics & Statistics. Speaker: James Love Speaker: Richard Civille TITLE: Forming a National BBS Association: Are We Ready Date: 08/26/93 Time: 14:30:00 Room: West ABCD Descrip: Several proposals have been received for a National BBS Operators Association. This 90 minute session will serve as a meeting to present and discuss these various proposals and survey attendees as to their interest in forming a national association for lobbying, developing industry statistics, etc. If sufficient interest is expressed, facilities will be provided for working group evening meetings and a Sunday wrapup/summary session. Speaker: Mike Godwin Company: Electronic Frontier Foundation Mike Godwin is legal services counsel for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. A 1990 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, Godwin served as editor of The Daily Texan, the University of Texas student newspaper, while a law student. Prior to law school, Godwin worked as a journalist and as a computer consultant. He received a BA in liberal arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980. Speaker: Lance Rose Company: LOL Enterprises TITLE: Privacy and Security on Internet Date: 08/26/93 Time: 14:30:00 Room: Copper Descrip: This session discusses ethical issues on the Internet, including privacy and security, encryption, digital signatures, and digital time stamping. Speaker: Rob Kolstad Company: Berkley Software Design Inc TITLE: Meet the Electronic Frontier Foundation Date: 08/26/93 Time: 16:30:00 Room: Copper Descrip: Introductory session describing the Electronic Frontier Foundation, purpose, goals, and mission of the organization, lobbying activity. Speaker: Shari Steele Company: Electronic Frontier Foundation TITLE: FBI Raid on Rusty & Edie's BBS Date: 08/26/93 Time: 16:30:00 Room: West ABCD Descrip: In February, Rusty&Edie's BBS in Boardman Ohio was raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and all equipment seized in an investigation of copyright infringement. Operators Russell and Edwina Hardenberg and their attorneys have asked for a session at ONE BBSCON to describe the incident, the legal fallout and ramifications, and what they believe this means for bulletin boards in general. Speaker: Rusty Hardenberg TITLE: Privacy and Censorship Date: 08/26/93 Time: 16:30:00 Room: Ballroom Descrip: Privacy and censorship as they relate to electronic bulletin boards, online services, and callers. Speaker: David Johnson Company: Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering David Johnson is a graduate of Yale College (Summa Cum Laude), studied at University Collete, Oxford, and received his law degree from Yale Law School in 1972. He clerked for Judge Malcolm R. Wilkey of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. He is currently serving as President and CEO of Counsel Connect, an electronic mail and conferencing system that connects corporate counsel and outside law firms. He is also presently counsel in the Washington D.C. law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering where his areas of practice include computer law (software and systems contracting, electronic publishing, and privacy issues), newspaper distribution systems, litigation, property valuation and administrative law. David is the author of various publications, including "Electronic Communications Privacy: Good Sysops Should Build Good Fences". Speaker: Lance Rose Company: LOL Enterprises Speaker: Dan Linton Company: Software Creations Dan Linton owns and operates the Software Creations BBS in Clinton Massachussetts. Software Creations BBS is a major multiline PCBOARD system that serves as the HOME BBS for major Software Companies such as Apogee Software Productions, Id, Gamer's Edge, and other major software companies. Known to many as the home of the authors, Software Creations currently has the worlds leading Shareware authors, graphics artists, musicians, publishers and vendors from around the world using Software Creations during development, beta, first release and support for their new products. Speaker: Larry Wood Company: CompuServe Information Service Larry Wood is the forum administrator (sysop) of the CompuServe Graphics forum, one of the more popular forums on the service. Particularly in this forum, Wood deals with issues of copyright and adult images on a daily basis on one of the largest commercial online services in the industry. Speaker: Michael Greenbaum Company: Prodigy Services Company Michael D. Greenbaum is General Manager, Communications Line of Business, Prodigy Services Company, first became involved with on-line technology in 1979, representing IBM before CCITT, the international standards setting organization charged with establishing worldwide videotex standards. Since then, his career has spanned a broad range of related areas, including computing, telecommunications, and on-line information services. At Prodigy Services Company, a partnership of IBM and Sears, Greenbaum oversees the line of business that includes bulletin boards, electronic mail products, classified/personals, advertising and greeting cards. His responsibilities include the operation of PRODIGY service bulletin boards covering more than 800 topics and 10,000 subjects. Also at Prodigy, he was responsible for marketing and strategic alliances with financial institutions, and for such specialized service offerings as on-line banking and BillPay USA. Before joining Prodigy Services Company, he served as Executive Vice President of Page America Group, Inc., a radio paging service company. Prior to that he was with IBM in a variety of positions including corporate business planning, strategic planning and sales and marketing. Mr. Greenbaum received a B.A. from Western Reserve University and is a member of the Queens College Corporate Advisory Board. TITLE: SuperDemocracy Online - Opportunities Today Date: 08/27/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: A prototype demonstration of a Superdemocracy network in action, with emphasis on current-day, pragmatic commercial opportunities for third-party developers and integrators of systems for corporate and trade association decision distribution and consensus building. Superdemocracy is defined as "a continuous networked hierarchy of online referenda, open to all." Prototype will include graphical user interface, proxy management, dominion hierarchies, and sub-quorum, active, and holding "measure pools." Applicability to decisions by corporate boards of directors, committees, user groups, trade associations, non-profit organizations, chambers of commerce, boards of inquiry, and representative assemblies will be explored. Barriers to more widespread use will be probed, with special attention to the security problem. Third-party co-development will be encouraged by way of free distribution of API data and sample Visual Basic source code to attendees. Speaker: Tim Stryker Company: Galacticomm Inc. Tim Stryker is founder and chairman of Galacticomm, Inc., makers of The Major BBS, The Major Database, Fax/Online, Major QWK-mail, Major Gateway/Internet, the GalactiBox, and dozens of other BBS-related products. He is also co-founder and president of the Superdemocracy Foundation, a Florida not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the ideals of Superdemocracy, and president/CEO of Consensus Systems, Inc., a recent startup formed to promote applications of Superdemocracy in teh commercial arena. A multi-user communications systems enthusiast since 1976, Stryker has authored dozens of programs and magazine pieces, and has been featured nationwide via newspapers and radio. His firt book, THINK A LITTLE, subtitled "Evolutionary Perspectives on the Future of Civilization", was published by Cool Hand Communications in April of this year. He resides in Fort Lauderdale with his wife, four children, cat, and rabbits. TITLE: Dealing with Adult GIF Images Online Date: 08/27/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Ballroom Descrip: Lee Noga. In this session, veteran BBS operators and legal advisors examine the delicate issue of dealing with Adult GIF images - a popular element of online libraries, from both the copyright infringement/detection angle, as well as the problems with pornography/obscenity laws. With a number of bulletin board systems shut down/seized because of adult GIF images, and in at least one case bulletin boards subject to $500,000 copyright infringement settlements, this session deals with what promises to be one of the hottest areas of interest among BBS operators - so to speak. Speaker: Greg Ryan Company: EXEC-PC Greg Ryan is Vice President of Operations at Exec-PC. Greg is also the author of RyBBS, a bbs program sold internationally and has been in the telecommunications field eight years. He has a degree in engineering. Speaker: Jim Maxey Company: Event Horizons Jim Maxey is founder and President of Event Horizons, Inc., operator of Event Horizons BBS, a 64-line BBS specializing in graphic images. Speaker: Shari Steele Company: Electronic Frontier Foundation Speaker: Larry Wood Company: CompuServe Information Service Larry Wood is the forum administrator (sysop) of the CompuServe Graphics forum, one of the more popular forums on the service. Particularly in this forum, Wood deals with issues of copyright and adult images on a daily basis on one of the largest commercial online services in the industry. Speaker: Herb Kraft Company: BBS Legal Guide, Inc. Herb Kraft is a practicing attorney, radio talk-show host, BBS sysop, and co-sysop of the GENIE BBS Round Table and the author and co-author of several best-selling computer programs including the Home & Business Legal Guide, the PC Attorney, the Programmer's Legal Toolkit, the new BBS Legal Guide service, and the On-line Legal Advisor BBS door. He is also the co-publisher of the BBS edition of Connect Magazine. He hosts the weekly legal Talk Aabout on GENIE's BBS Roundtable (every Wednesday at 10:00 pm, EST) and also hosts the BBS LAwlink for WWIV net and other national message echoes. His clients include many large BBS systems and online services., BBS program and utility authors and government agencies. TITLE: BBSs Under Attack - The First Amendment Date: 08/27/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Ballroom Descrip: Electronic Frontier Foundation counsel Mike Godwin presents information on recent raids on bulletin boards by the FBI, Secret Service and other law enforcement entities and discusses what is covered under the First Amendment - and what isn't. Realistic legal advice for BBS operators. Speaker: Mike Godwin Company: Electronic Frontier Foundation Mike Godwin is legal services counsel for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. A 1990 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, Godwin served as editor of The Daily Texan, the University of Texas student newspaper, while a law student. Prior to law school, Godwin worked as a journalist and as a computer consultant. He received a BA in liberal arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980. TITLE: Legal Issues Session Date: 08/28/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Colorado A Descrip: In this 90 minute session, several of the online community's top legal specialists will present an overview of and handle questions from the audience on legal issues facing BBS operators. Speaker: Lance Rose Company: LOL Enterprises Speaker: Mike Godwin Company: Electronic Frontier Foundation Mike Godwin is legal services counsel for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. A 1990 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, Godwin served as editor of The Daily Texan, the University of Texas student newspaper, while a law student. Prior to law school, Godwin worked as a journalist and as a computer consultant. He received a BA in liberal arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980. Speaker: Herb Kraft Company: BBS Legal Guide, Inc. Herb Kraft is a practicing attorney, radio talk-show host, BBS sysop, and co-sysop of the GENIE BBS Round Table and the author and co-author of several best-selling computer programs including the Home & Business Legal Guide, the PC Attorney, the Programmer's Legal Toolkit, the new BBS Legal Guide service, and the On-line Legal Advisor BBS door. He is also the co-publisher of the BBS edition of Connect Magazine. He hosts the weekly legal Talk Aabout on GENIE's BBS Roundtable (every Wednesday at 10:00 pm, EST) and also hosts the BBS LAwlink for WWIV net and other national message echoes. His clients include many large BBS systems and online services., BBS program and utility authors and government agencies. Speaker: David Johnson Company: Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering David Johnson is a graduate of Yale College (Summa Cum Laude), studied at University Collete, Oxford, and received his law degree from Yale Law School in 1972. He clerked for Judge Malcolm R. Wilkey of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. He is currently serving as President and CEO of Counsel Connect, an electronic mail and conferencing system that connects corporate counsel and outside law firms. He is also presently counsel in the Washington D.C. law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering where his areas of practice include computer law (software and systems contracting, electronic publishing, and privacy issues), newspaper distribution systems, litigation, property valuation and administrative law. David is the author of various publications, including "Electronic Communications Privacy: Good Sysops Should Build Good Fences". Speaker: Anne Branscomb Company: Harvard University Anne W. Branscomb is a communications lawyer at the Harvard University Center for Information Resources Policy Research. As chairman of the Communications Law Division of the American Bar Association Science and Technology Section from 1980 to 1984, she edited "Toward a Law of Global Communications Networks" and organized a number of research and professional educational projects. She has served as a memeber of the Commission on Freedom and Equality of Access to Information and as a consultant to the National Science Foundation. The congressional Office of Technology Assessment and the State Department. Branscomb holds degrees in political science from Harvard University and the University of North Carolina and is a graduate of the George Washington University Law School. TITLE: Building Online Community Date: 08/28/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Ballroom Descrip: The most significant factor to emerge separating successful online services from those also providing tones is the element of COMMUNITY. Public BBS systems worldwide already exist in the scores of thousands. Increasingly, these systems go beyond being depots for file transfer and serve as gathering places for people to meet and talk. Any gathering of people, even in electronic "cyberspace," is a living organism. The environment may be electronic and "virtual," but the people are real. Assumptions and personal customs are often as varied as the individuals who participate. Each comes with their own special goals, styles and attitudes. Because of this, it isn't enough to just tend the equipment an dassume everyone will get along well enough to create a real commons. If, as sysop, you want your network to develop social cohesion and hopefully flourish into something that calls itself a community, you need to understand the social nature of your network, and how to help, rather than hinder, its growth. "Building Online Community" uses the metaphor of the "innkeeper" to identify social conditions and dynamics found in networks. It will offer specific advice to sysops about shaping network into community. The themes will be: "the Virtual Village," "Social Dynamics," and "Making it Work." Speaker: John Coate John Coate is in a unique position to instruct sysops, network managers, conference hosts and interested participants on the techniques of online community building. From 1986 through 1991 he was teh Conference Manager and Marketing Directory at the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (THE WELL). While there, he was at the center of the founding of an online community that continues to flourish. During that time, along with acting as the Welcome Wagon, party host, and referee, he noted what worked and didn't work. In 1992, he left the WELL to try creating new forms of onlien meeting places that allow wider popular participation. Speaker: Cliff Figallo Company: EFF Cliff Figallo is currently with the Electronic Frontier Foundation as online liaison. Previously, he was the system administrator for The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (THE WELL) in Sausalito, California TITLE: National BBS Association Wrapup Date: 08/29/93 Time: 10:30:00 Room: Theater Descrip: Tentatively scheduled followup session to the "Forming a National Sysop Association - Are We Ready" session scheduled for the previous Thursday afternoon. If sufficient interest is generated during the Thursday session, facilities will be made for private working committee meetings during evenings Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The Sunday session is intended as a wrapup presentation for all to discuss moving forward with an association. Speaker: Mike Godwin Company: Electronic Frontier Foundation Mike Godwin is legal services counsel for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. A 1990 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, Godwin served as editor of The Daily Texan, the University of Texas student newspaper, while a law student. Prior to law school, Godwin worked as a journalist and as a computer consultant. He received a BA in liberal arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980. Speaker: Lance Rose Company: LOL Enterprises THE CORPORATE/BUSINESS APPLICATIONS TRACK TITLE: Commercial Services Roundtable Date: 08/26/93 Time: 14:30:00 Room: Oval Descrip: Discussion of the future development of large commercial online services with representatives from Prodigy, BIX, Delphi, CompuServe, GEnie, and America Online. Speaker: Michael Greenbaum Company: Prodigy Services Company Michael D. Greenbaum is General Manager, Communications Line of Business, Prodigy Services Company, first became involved with on-line technology in 1979, representing IBM before CCITT, the international standards setting organization charged with establishing worldwide videotex standards. Since then, his career has spanned a broad range of related areas, including computing, telecommunications, and on-line information services. At Prodigy Services Company, a partnership of IBM and Sears, Greenbaum oversees the line of business that includes bulletin boards, electronic mail products, classified/personals, advertising and greeting cards. His responsibilities include the operation of PRODIGY service bulletin boards covering more than 800 topics and 10,000 subjects. Also at Prodigy, he was responsible for marketing and strategic alliances with financial institutions, and for such specialized service offerings as on-line banking and BillPay USA. Before joining Prodigy Services Company, he served as Executive Vice President of Page America Group, Inc., a radio paging service company. Prior to that he was with IBM in a variety of positions including corporate business planning, strategic planning and sales and marketing. Mr. Greenbaum received a B.A. from Western Reserve University and is a member of the Queens College Corporate Advisory Board. Speaker: Steve Laliberte Company: Byte Information Exchange Stephen M. Laliberte has been involved with online services for the past nine years. He is currently the Director of Computer Related Services, for General Videotex Corporation where he is responsible for planning new services for the DELPHI and BIX networks. He directs the development of BIXnav, the Windows access program for the BIX networks. He directed the BYTE Information Exchange from 1988 through 1992 and has implemented online services for Windows Magazine and VARBUSINESS Magazine. He has published private networks including McGraw-Hill Information Exchange, an online service for educators. Mr. Laliberte has ten years publishing experience with McGraw-Hill Inc. including positions with BYTE Magazine, McGraw-Hill Software Publishing and the McGraw-Hill Book Company. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota. TITLE: Graphics Interface Design for Business Applications Date: 08/27/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: Colorado A Descrip: General design techniques applicable to any graphics/GUI interface to make business and corporate applications more usable and effective. Speaker: Jim Appleby Company: The Business BBS TITLE: The Major BBS as an Online Office Date: 08/27/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: This session will introduce attendees to the concept of an "online office" - how they can use Galacticomm technology to increase their productivity, efficiency, image, and company morale. The Major BBS, combined with the Advanced LAN Option, a variable number of User Six-Packs, the Fax/Online Add-on Option, and the Major Gateway/Internet Add-on Option provide all of the necessary components to automate several routine tasks. The Galacticomm Demo system will be used as an example system. our BBS is not only used as a demonstration for prospects, and as a technical support vehicle, but also as an internal and external communcations tool for Galacticomm employees. Speaker: Sheri Robert Company: Galacticomm Inc. TITLE: Online Databases Technology Roundtable Date: 08/27/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Colorado A Descrip: Database applications in an online environment, includes presentation of various database door and application programs for bulletin boards. Speaker: Jim Appleby Company: The Business BBS Speaker: Dan Hanson Company: Parallax Development Corp Speaker: Troy Getty Company: Integrated Solutions, Inc. Troy Getty is CEO of Integrated Solutions, Inc., a communications software company whose first product is ModemBase Pro, a database door program for bulletin boards including Wildcat!, Searchlight, PCBoard, and other BBSs that allow DOORS. Speaker: Alan Bryant Company: eSoft Inc. Alan Bryant handles technical documentation, product support, and marketing duties for eSoft, Inc. TITLE: TDBS - xBASE Applications Online for TBBS Date: 08/28/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Colorado C Descrip: Developing xBASE multi-user database applications using eSoft's The Data Base System (TDBS) option module. Speaker: Philip L. Becker Company: eSoft, Inc. Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The Bread Board System BBS software package. He is also author of the book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and founding partner in ONE, Inc. TITLE: Integrating FAX with The Major BBS Date: 08/29/93 Time: 9:00:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: This session will introduce attendees on how to integrate fax technology with their BBS. The Fax/Online product and also possible uses of the fax/BBS combination will be discussed. If the audience consists of a substantial number of people who are interested in add-on development, usign Fax Developer's Kit will also be discussed. Speaker: Brian Stephens Company: Galacticomm Inc. Speaker: Chris Robert Company: Galacticomm Inc. TITLE: The BBS as a Service Bureau Date: 08/29/93 Time: 9:00:00 Room: Oval Descrip: This session covers operating a BBS as a service bureau to provide companies with their own BBS identity and services located on your host service. Covers maintenance contracts, service quality, marketing considerations, and the economies of scale that would attract a company to contract with an outside service for communications/BBS services. Speaker: Jim Appleby Company: The Business BBS TITLE: ModemBase Pro - Database DOOR Application for BBSs Date: 08/29/93 Time: 10:30:00 Room: Copper Descrip: ModemBase Pro is a database door program that operates as a DOOR program for Wildcat!, PCBoard, Searchlight, or other DOOR compatible bulletin board systems. The program allows operators to develop database applications for their services. Speaker: Troy Getty Company: Integrated Solutions, Inc. Troy Getty is CEO of Integrated Solutions, Inc., a communications software company whose first product is ModemBase Pro, a database door program for bulletin boards including Wildcat!, Searchlight, PCBoard, and other BBSs that allow DOORS. THE GOVERNMENT/EDUCATION TRACK TITLE: Electronic Democracy: An Overview Date: 08/26/93 Time: 13:00:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: General historical perspective on the various proposals that have taken shape under the heading of "electronic democracy." Will include an overview of the work of Gary Orren (The Electronic Commonwealth), Chris Arterton (Teledemocracy), Richard Hollander (Video Democracy), and A. J. Bahn (Computocracy); I will touch lightly on the activities of politically activist Sysops such as Dave Hughes and Michael Sullivan, discuss the impact of networks such as Al Gore's proposed national data highway and the Time Warner project in Orlando, and describe existing exploratory steps along these lines such as the Nova Scotia Liberal Party's "televote" primary last June, the Perot campaign's use of BBS networks, the efforts of Evan Ravitz's Voting By Phone Foundation, Santa Monica's PEN, Mercer's Info Isle, Kansas City's City Hall in the Mall, and my own work involving Westinghouse and SFI. Speaker: Tim Stryker Company: Galacticomm Inc. Tim Stryker is founder and chairman of Galacticomm, Inc., makers of The Major BBS, The Major Database, Fax/Online, Major QWK-mail, Major Gateway/Internet, the GalactiBox, and dozens of other BBS-related products. He is also co-founder and president of the Superdemocracy Foundation, a Florida not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the ideals of Superdemocracy, and president/CEO of Consensus Systems, Inc., a recent startup formed to promote applications of Superdemocracy in teh commercial arena. A multi-user communications systems enthusiast since 1976, Stryker has authored dozens of programs and magazine pieces, and has been featured nationwide via newspapers and radio. His firt book, THINK A LITTLE, subtitled "Evolutionary Perspectives on the Future of Civilization", was published by Cool Hand Communications in April of this year. He resides in Fort Lauderdale with his wife, four children, cat, and rabbits. TITLE: Telecommunications Policy for Education Date: 08/26/93 Time: 14:30:00 Room: Ballroom Descrip: The Consortium for School Networking is a membership organization of institutions formed to further the development and use of computer network technology in K-12 education. Members represent educational, institutional, and commercial organizations with an interest in advancing the state of the art in all aspects of electronic computer networking. CoSN provides an opportunity for groups involved in educational networking to benefit from the resources and experience of all members. One of the primary goals of CoSN is the deployment of the National Research and Education Network (NREN) to support education in all schools nationwide. Speaker: Dr. Art St. George Company: Consortium for School Network Dr. St. George is the Executive Network Services Officer of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, and the Secretary-Treasurer of the Consortium for School Networking. He also compiles various lists of Internet services, most notably a list of online library services. Speaker: Eugene Lott Company: University of New Mexico Gene Lott is the Systems Coordinator for the Educational Native American Network (ENAN) Project at the College of Education, Center for Technology and Education at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Speaker: Dave Hughes Company: Old Colorado City Comm. Dave Hughes is the founder of Old Colorado City Communications, a consulting firm specializing in telecommunications projects, particularly in the area of education. He installed the Big Sky Telegraph system used to link schools throughout Montanna. He created the model of uucp-to-internet linked Fido-protocol BBS for distributed and appropriate networking for rural schools. Hughes has been exploring, advocating, and developing NAPLPS services and software tools for 9 years, from teaching Indians to do original Indian art in the medium which has been show at SIGGRAPH, covered by CNN specials, and published in Omni, to the teaching of advanced math and science subjects, using NAPLPS for scientific notation, to communicating internationally in foreign languages and animated graphics. He is the developer of the TROIKA naplps terminal program. Speaker: Ed Lyell Company: Colorado Board of Education Dr. Ed Lyell is currently an elected member of the Colorado State Board of Education, and Co-Chair of the Colorado Telecommunications Advisory Commission to the State Legislature. He consults for government and business on innovative ways to design, operate and fund learning systems for children and adults. Dr. Lyell has his doctorate in Business Administration from the University of Colorado in Boulder where he studied with Kenneth E. Boulding. Dr. Lyell is a Senior Fellow at teh Center for the New West, a 20-state think tank headquartered in Denver. He is designing school systems based on using Just in Time Learning based on the Integration of High Tech and High Touch Techniques. Dr. Lyell has been a professor of Management Strategy and Policy, Marketing, Economics, Quantitative techniques and ethics at several Universities including the University of Colorado, The Colorado College and Metropolitan State College. Dr. Lyell has been staff consultant to the Colorado Commission on Higher Education, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, Legislative Joint Budget Committee, and several governors. Speaker: Nancy Bolt Company: CO State Library/Adult Ed. TITLE: Electronic Access to Government and Governance Date: 08/26/93 Time: 14:30:00 Room: Theater Descrip: Breif presentations followed by a panel discussion and Q&A about computer-based and online access to government information, decision-makers and to the processes of governance at the federal, state and local levels. Issues include private and public-sector fee and free BBSs and networks, functional access vs. information monopolies, government pricing issues, low/no-cost access, privacy issues, format alternatives, access legislation, practical access politics, etc. Specific cases, systems, problems and examples will be cited and/or described legislative, executive and judicial access. Speaker: Jim Warren Company: Boardwatch Magazine Jim Warren is MicroTime's "futures" columnist, Government Technology's government-access columnist, Boardwatch's public-access columnist and one of Autodesk, Inc.'s Board of Directors. He was a first recipient of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer Awards, founded InfoWorld and the Computers, Freedom & Privacy conferences, was PBS TV's "Computer Chronicles" founding host, Dr. Dobb's Journal's founding Editor and founded and chaired the old West Coast Computer Faires. He began working as a programmer in 1968, and holds graduate degrees in Computer Engineering, Medical Information Science adn Mathematics & Statistics. Speaker: James Love Speaker: Richard Civille TITLE: SuperDemocracy Online - Opportunities Today Date: 08/27/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: A prototype demonstration of a Superdemocracy network in action, with emphasis on current-day, pragmatic commercial opportunities for third-party developers and integrators of systems for corporate and trade association decision distribution and consensus building. Superdemocracy is defined as "a continuous networked hierarchy of online referenda, open to all." Prototype will include graphical user interface, proxy management, dominion hierarchies, and sub-quorum, active, and holding "measure pools." Applicability to decisions by corporate boards of directors, committees, user groups, trade associations, non-profit organizations, chambers of commerce, boards of inquiry, and representative assemblies will be explored. Barriers to more widespread use will be probed, with special attention to the security problem. Third-party co-development will be encouraged by way of free distribution of API data and sample Visual Basic source code to attendees. Speaker: Tim Stryker Company: Galacticomm Inc. Tim Stryker is founder and chairman of Galacticomm, Inc., makers of The Major BBS, The Major Database, Fax/Online, Major QWK-mail, Major Gateway/Internet, the GalactiBox, and dozens of other BBS-related products. He is also co-founder and president of the Superdemocracy Foundation, a Florida not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the ideals of Superdemocracy, and president/CEO of Consensus Systems, Inc., a recent startup formed to promote applications of Superdemocracy in teh commercial arena. A multi-user communications systems enthusiast since 1976, Stryker has authored dozens of programs and magazine pieces, and has been featured nationwide via newspapers and radio. His firt book, THINK A LITTLE, subtitled "Evolutionary Perspectives on the Future of Civilization", was published by Cool Hand Communications in April of this year. He resides in Fort Lauderdale with his wife, four children, cat, and rabbits. TITLE: Educational Telecommunications: From FidoNet to Internet Date: 08/27/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Colorado B Descrip: Telecommunications in the form of bulletin boards has become an important educational tool over the past several years. More recently, the K12 community has begun to access the enormous resources of the Internet. This panel will discuss the strategies employed to support and encourage the effective educational use of telecommunications. Speaker: Mort Sternheim Company: University Of Massachusetts Morton M. Sternheim has been sysoping in the Pioneer Valley PCUG FidoNet BBS since 1985. A physics professor by profession, he started the Physics Forum BBS at the University of Massachusetts to serve the state's physics teachers. This has grown into the SpaceMet BBS network with multiple user systems at several sites and access from the Internet via a terminal server. Together with Helen Sternheim, Terry Dun, and the staff of their computer center, they have now started a Freeport based Internet BBS called UMassK12 for Massachusetts K12 students and educators. Speaker: Angus Dun Company: Mr. Dun is teh Computer and Electronics Instructor, Franklin County Technical High School in Turner Falls, Massachussets Speaker: Gleason Sackman Company: 226 IACC Speaker: Dave Hughes Company: Old Colorado City Comm. Dave Hughes is the founder of Old Colorado City Communications, a consulting firm specializing in telecommunications projects, particularly in the area of education. He installed the Big Sky Telegraph system used to link schools throughout Montanna. He created the model of uucp-to-internet linked Fido-protocol BBS for distributed and appropriate networking for rural schools. Hughes has been exploring, advocating, and developing NAPLPS services and software tools for 9 years, from teaching Indians to do original Indian art in the medium which has been show at SIGGRAPH, covered by CNN specials, and published in Omni, to the teaching of advanced math and science subjects, using NAPLPS for scientific notation, to communicating internationally in foreign languages and animated graphics. He is the developer of the TROIKA naplps terminal program. Speaker: Helen Sternheim Company: University Of Massachusetts Helen R. Sternheim was orginally trained as an electrical engineer and worked in the aircraft and telephone industries. Several years ago she became involved in supporting teachers in learning how to use telecommunications effectively in their classrooms. As K12Net Project Coordinator, she was able to bring a wide variety of interesting projects to the attention of teachers worldwide. TITLE: The Past, Present, and Future Internet Date: 08/27/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: West ABCD Descrip: Dr. Vinton Cerf was a key part of the initial team developing TCP/IP and the Arpa Internet in the late 1960's and has been part of the development of the Internet at every stage since that time to the present as President of the Internet Society. Probably more than any other individual, Dr. Cerf is familiar with the history, and present status of the Internet. And in this session he will further describe the likely future direction this network of networks takes. Speaker: Dr. Vinton Cerf Company: The Internet Socity TITLE: The Government, the Internet, and the BBS Date: 08/27/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: West ABCD Descrip: -0- Speaker: Anne Branscomb Company: Harvard University Anne W. Branscomb is a communications lawyer at the Harvard University Center for Information Resources Policy Research. As chairman of the Communications Law Division of the American Bar Association Science and Technology Section from 1980 to 1984, she edited "Toward a Law of Global Communications Networks" and organized a number of research and professional educational projects. She has served as a memeber of the Commission on Freedom and Equality of Access to Information and as a consultant to the National Science Foundation. The congressional Office of Technology Assessment and the State Department. Branscomb holds degrees in political science from Harvard University and the University of North Carolina and is a graduate of the George Washington University Law School. TITLE: The CyberSpace Classroom One Year Later Date: 08/28/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: Colorado B Descrip: Dr. Walter Copley designed an implemented an online classroom at Metropolitan State College's Department of Criminal Justice featuring college credit courses taught online. After two semesters of actual operation, Dr. Copley reports on the program's successes, but perhaps more interestingly, on the items they wish they had known before introducing the program. Items discussed include the importance of administrative framework and the support system surrounding an online classroom. Speaker: Dr. Walter Copley Company: Metro State College of Denver TITLE: Bulletin Boards for Government Agencies Date: 08/28/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Colorado B Descrip: This panel session is presented by sysops who run electronic bulletin boards within U.S. government agencies. Discussion of the role of bulletin boards in government, with real world tips on how to make a case for a BBS within a government agency, and how BBS can help governmental departments disseminate information to the public. Speaker: Bob Davis Company: TEAM NET/Naval Surface Warfare Bob Davis operates the TEAM NET BBS for the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Port Hueneme California Speaker: Erik Delfino Company: ALIX II, FEDLINK BBS Speaker: Key Royer Company: Dept. of Commerce NTIS Key Royer is sysop of the FEDLINK BBS operated by the Department of Commerce National Technical Information Service. Speaker: Karl Schneider Company: US Dept of Agriculture ALF BBS Speaker: Bill Curdy Company: DEIS II BBS TITLE: Making Government User Friendly: Public Sector Goes Online Date: 08/28/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Copper Descrip: A growing number of organizations at all levels of government (Federal, State, Local) are using BBS and other on-line technologies to better meet the needs of their constituents by offering a wide range of useful applications. This session will explore how the public sector has succeeded in being more responsive to those they serve by providing on-line access to public information and services. Speaker: Bruce H. Kirschner Company: Kirschner, Lowe, and Associate Bruce H. Kirschner, Ph.D., has had a long-term interest in how government and the public sector may use on-line technologies to better serve the public. He is System Operator of the "Boulder County Civic Center," a free public access on-line system for citizens of Boulder County. Bruce is also Chair of the Denver Free-Net Policy and Procedures Committee. THE TECHNICAL TOPICS TRACK TITLE: CD-ROMS and BBSs Date: 08/26/93 Time: 13:00:00 Room: West ABCD Descrip: CD-ROMS are quickly gaining favor as a storage medium in the BBS community due to low cost, high capacity, durable media, minimum maintenance, and virtual elimination of the backup process. Bulletin boards are adding these drives in some cases by the dozens and dozens of CD-ROM vendors are supplying updated archives of shareware material on CD-ROM ready for installation on bulletin boards. This session discusses CD-ROM technology, and covers some of the techniques for connecting even large numbers of CD-ROM drives to electronic bulletin boards, as well as overcoming the inherent slow access times for these drives. Speaker: unassigned Company: TITLE: Network Publishing With Royalty: Xanadu Publishing Method Date: 08/26/93 Time: 13:00:00 Room: Theater Descrip: Publishing for profit online using Xanadu. Speaker: Ted Nelson Company: Xanadu World Publishing Repos. TITLE: Data Communication Trends Date: 08/26/93 Time: 16:30:00 Room: Theater Descrip: Presentation will highlight some interesting new trends in data communications software, discuss how these issues affect the BBS community, and talk about current and upcoming DATASTORM products. Datastorm is best known for Procomm Plus, the world's best-selling data communications package Speaker: Phil James Company: DataStorm Technologies, Inc. Phil James is Director of Research and Development for Datastorm Technologies, developer of the popular PROCOMM PLUS data communications package. TITLE: QWK Mail Date: 08/27/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: Colorado C Descrip: Technical description of the QWK offline mail reader file format by the man who first developed it for QMAIL DELUXE. Presentation of current 1stReader product, and discussion/question/answer on the protocol itself and possible future enhancements. Speaker: Mark "Sparky" Herring Company: QMail Deluxe TITLE: OS/2 and Communications Date: 08/27/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: West AB Descrip: IBM's OS/2 Version 2.1 provides multi-tasking that really works and the ability to run DOS, Windows, or OS/2 programs in a solid, reliable environment. Of particular interest to the sysop community is OS/2's ability to simultaneously handle multiple lines on one system using either DOS or OS/2 bulletin board systems. IBM OS/2 Advocate Dave Whittle will briefly introduce OS/2 2.1 and discuss the benefits it offers anyone in communications. A panel of guess experts will be on hand to address questions, concerns, and explore possibilities. Speaker: Dave Whittle Company: IBM David B. Whittle is the first IBM OS/2 Evangelist/Advocate and has been a key player in IBM's ever-increasing presence in cyberspace. He founded the industry's first "virtual" team - Team OS/2 - to facilitate industry teamwork and open communications with customers and the media. He is co-author of "Dvorak's Guide to OS/2 Version 2.1." Dave and his family of six recently moved from the Washington D.C. area to Austin, Texas. TITLE: Future of Modem Technology Roundtable I Date: 08/27/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: West AB Descrip: Part I of a two part roundtable discussion of the future and evolution of modem and data communications by vendors/manufacturers of modems and communications devices including Hayes, USR, AT&T, ZyXEL, Zoom, Practical Peripherals, Supra, and others. Speaker: Tony Zuccarino Company: Rockwell International Tony Zuccarino is Market Development Manager for Rockwell International. Prior to this position, Mr. Zuccarino held the position of Product Manager, Low Speed Modems. He joined Rockwell from Sharp Digital Information Products where he was Product Marketing Engineer. A graduate of the University of Illinois, he earned a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and recently received his MBA from the University of Southern California TITLE: Online Databases Technology Roundtable Date: 08/27/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Colorado A Descrip: Database applications in an online environment, includes presentation of various database door and application programs for bulletin boards. Speaker: Jim Appleby Company: The Business BBS Speaker: Dan Hanson Company: Parallax Development Corp Speaker: Troy Getty Company: Integrated Solutions, Inc. Troy Getty is CEO of Integrated Solutions, Inc., a communications software company whose first product is ModemBase Pro, a database door program for bulletin boards including Wildcat!, Searchlight, PCBoard, and other BBSs that allow DOORS. Speaker: Alan Bryant Company: eSoft Inc. Alan Bryant handles technical documentation, product support, and marketing duties for eSoft, Inc. TITLE: Dealing with Viruses Date: 08/27/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: Copper Descrip: John McAffee, author of the widely acclaimed VirusScan and Cleanup anti-virus utilities, presents a session on computer virus propogation and how to protect your BBS and callers from virus incidents. Speaker: John McAffee Company: McAffee Associates TITLE: How it Began - The First BBS Date: 08/27/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: Theater Descrip: Ward Christensen wrote the first BBS software package, CBBS, in January/February 1978 launching a world of communications based on personal computers owned by individuals - not institutions. The father of the electronic bulletin board reflects on the many things that have changed in the subsequent 15 years, and the many things that haven't. Most of all, he provides a historical account of how it all got started that provides a key historical perspective for anyone involved in the industry today. Speaker: Ward Christensen Company: Wards CBBS Ward Christensen is the author of XMODEM file transfer protocol and wrote the first BBS software package, CBBS. TITLE: Satellite Communications for BBSs Date: 08/27/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: Ballroom Descrip: PageSat founder Norman Gillespie presents information on how to use satellite technology to advantage for bulletin boards where information is essentially asymmetrical - a characteristic of most shared message conferences. PageSat has offered a low cost satellite receiver to receive some 4700 UseNet News Groups (over 50 MB daily) by satellite, saving hundreds of dollars monthly over telephone line charges for bulletin boards carrying Usenet News. Speaker: Norman Gillespie Company: PageSat TITLE: Data Compression Theory and Techniques Date: 08/27/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Colorado B Descrip: Data compression/library utilities have been a key technological component of the development of the BBS as a shareware software archive service. The majority of files on bulletin boards are stored in compressed form using the ZIP file format developed by Phil Katz. In this session, Mr. Katz provides some detailed technical information on data compression, including an overview of data compression, basic data compression theory, history of data compression from the PDP-11 RAD50 codeson, description of modern data compression algorithms including Ziv-Lempel-Welch Encoding, Huffman Squeezing, Repeated String Elimination, and Optimal Follower Sets. He then demonstrates PKZIP and PKUNZIP showing execution of the algorithms discussed. Speaker: Phil Katz Company: PKWARE, Inc PKWARE, INC> was incorporated in November 1986 by its founder and President, Phil Katz. The majority of software products available from PKWARE are data compression products, as is the primary focus of software research and development at PKWARE. Mr. Katz graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee with a Bachelors degree in Computer Science in 1984. After graduation Mr. Katz spent several years working as a Software Design Engineer in the field of industrial automation. While in that field, he developed programming and monitoring software for programmable logic controllers, before making PKWARE a full time profession. At this time Mr. Katz is completing the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Masters Degree for Computer Science. TITLE: Future of Modem Technology Roundtable II Date: 08/27/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Colorado C Descrip: Representatives of major modem manufacturers including Hayes, USR, ZyXEL, AT&T, Zoom, Supra, Practical Peripherals, and more discuss the future development of modem technology to increase speed and features of data communications. Speaker: Angelo Stephano Company: Rockwell International Angelo Stephano has been with Rockwell's Digital Communications Division for nine years and has held the position of Product Line Manager, Modem Systems for the past two. Prior to this he was Product Manager, Modem Systems for one year and Systems Engineer of telecommunications products for six years. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University. TITLE: DESQview and Communications Date: 08/27/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Theater Descrip: The DESQview multi-tasking environment has enabled thousands of bulletin boards to offer multiline access with a minimum of equipment - becoming one of the most ubiquitous software packages online. In this session, Michael Chapman of Quarterdeck covers some technical and configuration issues specific to running and optimizing communications applications effectively in the DESQview environment - including both BBS applications and general communications chores. Speaker: Michael Chapman Company: Quarterdeck Office Systems TITLE: Introduction to UUCP Protocol Date: 08/27/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Copper Descrip: This session will cover the UUCP protocol, including the sub-protocols UUCP-f through UUCP-z; current implementations, including HoneyDanBer, Taylor UUCP, System III, and MSDOS versions; using UUCP in sending mail, transferring netnews, requesting and attaching files, setting up UUCP over TCP/IP, recent extensions in Taylor UUCP, UUPlus, and FSUUCP Speaker: Chris Ambler Company: Fubar Systems Chris Ambler is the author of Fubar Systems Unix to Unix Copy Program (FSUUCP), a shareware program to connect DOS machines to UUCP. TITLE: Dealing with Serial Ports Date: 08/27/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Colorado A Descrip: General discussion of RS-232 serial ports, communications software in general, multi-port serial cards, the differences between "smart" serial cards and "dumb" serial cards, and other items of interest in a basic presentation on RS-232 communications. Phil Becker is author of "Introduction to PC Communications" published by Que. Speaker: Phil Becker Company: ONE, Inc. Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The Bread Board System BBS software package. He is also author of the book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and founding partner in ONE, Inc. TITLE: Connecting Your BBS to an X.25 Packet Network Date: 08/27/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: This presentation will cover the problems and opportunities in connecting a BBS to an X.25 network. The discussion will be based on the speaker's experience in connecting BBSs to X.25 networks in both a public and private environment. Speaker: Dean Kerl Company: Datasafe Dean Kerl is President of DataSafe Publications, Inc. and founded The Garbage Dump BBS in December, 1990 in a spare bedroom with four telephone lines. Due to the early success of The Garbage Dump, Mr. Kerl quit his full-time job to devote his efforts to the BBS in November, 1991. The Garbage Dump has expanded to an 80 line national system with access in over 500 cities and offices in both Albuquerque and Denver. Prior to DataSafe, Mr. Kerl was the Director of Operations for Connect-USA, a natioanl data networking company that is no longer operating. Mr. Kerl has spoken at numerous conferences relating his experiences in running a successful BBS utilizing X.25 technology. TITLE: Memory Management - QEMM for BBSs Date: 08/28/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: Ballroom Descrip: In the never ending quest to get a BBS to jump through it's serial port backwards, memory limitations are part of the life of the sysop. The most popular memory management software available is Quarterdeck's QEMM memory manager - used by the overwhelming majority of electronic bulletin boards. In this session, Quarterdeck provides invaluable tips for optimizing memory usage to tune your BBS to top performance and deal with RAM cram once and for all. Speaker: Michael Chapman Company: Quarterdeck Office Systems TITLE: Macintosh Data Compression Date: 08/28/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: Congress Descrip: A discussion of data compression on the Macintosh platform by the developers of the STUFFIT DELUXE compression program. Speaker: Dave Schargel Company: Aladdin Systems Speaker: Leonard Rosenthol Company: Aladdin Systems TITLE: International Telecommunications and BBSing. Date: 08/28/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: West C/D Descrip: With a large poroportion of the world's BBSs in countries other than the US, fast, error correcting modems, and with the economical internconnecting of international networks such as Internet, Bitnet, Sprintnet, Infonet, Tymnet, CIS net, there is a lot of action and innovation across the globe. BBSCON 93 will attract telecommers from all over the world. This session will be a chance for those in the US to learn about how telecommunications works at the grass roots level of other countries, and will give those in different regions of the the world a chance to learn from each other what's going on, what works and what doesn't, and how innovators get around problems such as PTT charges, interconnect complexities, foreing languages, differences in standards. This is a mapping session with all attending serving as main speakers, and the moderator managing the flow. Speaker: Dave Hughes Company: Old Colorado City Comm. Dave Hughes is the founder of Old Colorado City Communications, a consulting firm specializing in telecommunications projects, particularly in the area of education. He installed the Big Sky Telegraph system used to link schools throughout Montanna. He created the model of uucp-to-internet linked Fido-protocol BBS for distributed and appropriate networking for rural schools. Hughes has been exploring, advocating, and developing NAPLPS services and software tools for 9 years, from teaching Indians to do original Indian art in the medium which has been show at SIGGRAPH, covered by CNN specials, and published in Omni, to the teaching of advanced math and science subjects, using NAPLPS for scientific notation, to communicating internationally in foreign languages and animated graphics. He is the developer of the TROIKA naplps terminal program. TITLE: An Overview of ISDN Deployment Date: 08/28/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: Colorado A Descrip: An update/overview of the current status of ISDN nationally with comments on why ISDN is important and a brief sketch of applications and advantages it offers now and in the immediate future. Speaker: Dennis C. Hayes Company: Hayes Microcomputer Products Dennis C. Hayes is the founder of Hayes Microcomputer Products and one of the early pioneers in the development of modems for personal computers. TITLE: The National ISDN Advantage for BBSs Date: 08/28/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Colorado A Descrip: In this session conducted by Norther Telecom, the world leader in digital switching technology, Stephen Cunningham, Director of Network Services and Applications, will discuss the National Integrated Digital Networks that are being launched across the country. Cunningham will review topics such as What is National ISDN? Why it can mean success for a BBS. When and where National ISDN will be available for your BBS. How much wil it cost. How to get ISDN service. What ISDN customer premise equipment is required. How to configure and connect it to your BBS. Speaker: Stephen J. Cunningham Company: Northern Telecom Mr. Cunningham is currently Director of Network Services for Northern Telecom's Switching Division in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. In this capacity, he is responsible for marketing the Meridian Business Services Product Line which includes Meridian Digital Centrex, Meridian Data Services, Meridian Switched Network, and ISDN. Prior to joining NT, Cunningham spent 10 years at AT&T in Network Design and Marketing and 3 years at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Operations Systems Development. He has Masters degress in both Electrical Engineering and in Physics from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and in Advanced Management from PACE University, and is also a licensed Professional Engineer. Speaker: Jack DeQuano Company: Northern Telcom TITLE: Macintosh ISDN Applications Date: 08/28/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Congress Descrip: Discussion of the capabilities and uses of Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDN) telephone service from the Macintosh platform. Speaker: Guy Bonneau Company: XBR Communications TITLE: X.25 Packet Switch Networks for BBSs Date: 08/28/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: West CD Descrip: Discussion of X.25 packet networks, what they are, how to connect, traditional applications for X.25, evaluating X.25 for a BBS, examples of bulletin boards using X.25, potential pitfalls. Service and pricing structures. Speaker: Greg Eichman Company: CompuServe, Inc Greg Eichman is an Account Executive with CompuServe's network services group providing nationwide X.25 networking connections to businesses - including electronic bulletin boards. TITLE: Integrated Services Digital Network Date: 08/28/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Colorado A Descrip: AT&T Presentation on Things to Come with ISDN Speaker: AT&T Representative TITLE: Satellite Distribution for FidoNet and other Networks Date: 08/29/93 Time: 9:00:00 Room: Colorado C Descrip: Satellite Distribution using C and KU bands of FidoNet echomail and other conferences, weather, news, and stock market information you can receive on a TV satellite dish at 19,200 bps. Speaker: Bob Oberholt THE GRAPHICS/INTERFACE TRACK TITLE: Graphics Interface Design for Business Applications Date: 08/27/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: Colorado A Descrip: General design techniques applicable to any graphics/GUI interface to make business and corporate applications more usable and effective. Speaker: Jim Appleby Company: The Business BBS TITLE: Dealing with Adult GIF Images Online Date: 08/27/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Ballroom Descrip: Lee Noga. In this session, veteran BBS operators and legal advisors examine the delicate issue of dealing with Adult GIF images - a popular element of online libraries, from both the copyright infringement/detection angle, as well as the problems with pornography/obscenity laws. With a number of bulletin board systems shut down/seized because of adult GIF images, and in at least one case bulletin boards subject to $500,000 copyright infringement settlements, this session deals with what promises to be one of the hottest areas of interest among BBS operators - so to speak. Speaker: Greg Ryan Company: EXEC-PC Greg Ryan is Vice President of Operations at Exec-PC. Greg is also the author of RyBBS, a bbs program sold internationally and has been in the telecommunications field eight years. He has a degree in engineering. Speaker: Jim Maxey Company: Event Horizons Jim Maxey is founder and President of Event Horizons, Inc., operator of Event Horizons BBS, a 64-line BBS specializing in graphic images. Speaker: Shari Steele Company: Electronic Frontier Foundation Speaker: Larry Wood Company: CompuServe Information Service Larry Wood is the forum administrator (sysop) of the CompuServe Graphics forum, one of the more popular forums on the service. Particularly in this forum, Wood deals with issues of copyright and adult images on a daily basis on one of the largest commercial online services in the industry. Speaker: Herb Kraft Company: BBS Legal Guide, Inc. Herb Kraft is a practicing attorney, radio talk-show host, BBS sysop, and co-sysop of the GENIE BBS Round Table and the author and co-author of several best-selling computer programs including the Home & Business Legal Guide, the PC Attorney, the Programmer's Legal Toolkit, the new BBS Legal Guide service, and the On-line Legal Advisor BBS door. He is also the co-publisher of the BBS edition of Connect Magazine. He hosts the weekly legal Talk Aabout on GENIE's BBS Roundtable (every Wednesday at 10:00 pm, EST) and also hosts the BBS LAwlink for WWIV net and other national message echoes. His clients include many large BBS systems and online services., BBS program and utility authors and government agencies. TITLE: RIPscrip - Remote Imaging Protocol Script Language Date: 08/27/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Theater Descrip: The Remote Imaging Protocol script language, or RIPscrip, has quickly emerged as the leading protocol for online graphical interfaces for electronic bulletin boards. This session is for developers and BBS operators interested in implementing RIPscrip. The developer will describbe who RIPscrip works, general uses for RIPscrip graphics in communications, benefits of RIPscrip versus current online communications languages, and an overview of communication systems that can support RIPscrip. A demonstration of RIPaint and RIPterm will be provided. Speaker: Jeff Reeder Company: Telegrafic Communications, Inc TITLE: NAPLPS - Universal Graphics for BBSs to the Internet Date: 08/27/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: oval Descrip: NAPLPS- The North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax, is an international standard for the presentation of animated text and graphics in an interactive telecommunications environment on any network, to and from any micro. For 10 of the past 12 years it had only been used as one-way "videotex" in such services as Prodigy and Hawayii FYI. But after the release of low-end drawing and terminal NAPLPS shareware programs, a number of innovative BBS and terminal, drawing, and foreign language and symbolic software developers have produced new NAPLPS products. This presentation will educate BBS and software developers of what it takes to implement NAPLPS. Complete technical documentation of the standard, as well as shareware tools will be distributed. THere will be a demonstration of NAPLPS on TBBSs, Fido BBSs, Unix and Internet hosts in dual NAPLPS-ASCII mode, Macintosh, MSDOS, software, new freeware, shareware, and commercial drawing, conversion, and font entry programs. As well as the newly approved standard for using JPEG in NAPLPS programs, new tools which can convert any Corel Draw images, Windows Icons, GIF and other bitmaps to NAPLPS and fancy fonts incorporation, as well as a demo of Version 1.0 of Troika, an integrated Teledrawing, Terminal, and language-font entry NAPLPS-ASCII-MINITEL program written in Russia. Speaker: Dave Hughes Company: Old Colorado City Comm. Dave Hughes is the founder of Old Colorado City Communications, a consulting firm specializing in telecommunications projects, particularly in the area of education. He installed the Big Sky Telegraph system used to link schools throughout Montanna. He created the model of uucp-to-internet linked Fido-protocol BBS for distributed and appropriate networking for rural schools. Hughes has been exploring, advocating, and developing NAPLPS services and software tools for 9 years, from teaching Indians to do original Indian art in the medium which has been show at SIGGRAPH, covered by CNN specials, and published in Omni, to the teaching of advanced math and science subjects, using NAPLPS for scientific notation, to communicating internationally in foreign languages and animated graphics. He is the developer of the TROIKA naplps terminal program. TITLE: Graphic Interface Technology Roundtable Date: 08/27/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Theater Descrip: Roundtable discussion of various technical solutions to providing a graphical interface for the BBS community, including RIPscrip, NAPLPS, and RoboBoard. A bare knuckled event in five rounds with no possibility of survivors. Speaker: Jeff Reeder Company: Telegrafic Communications, Inc Speaker: Seth Hamilton Company: Hamilton TeleGraphics, Inc Speaker: Bernal Schooley Company: Midwest Designs Speaker: Dave Hughes Company: Old Colorado City Comm. Dave Hughes is the founder of Old Colorado City Communications, a consulting firm specializing in telecommunications projects, particularly in the area of education. He installed the Big Sky Telegraph system used to link schools throughout Montanna. He created the model of uucp-to-internet linked Fido-protocol BBS for distributed and appropriate networking for rural schools. Hughes has been exploring, advocating, and developing NAPLPS services and software tools for 9 years, from teaching Indians to do original Indian art in the medium which has been show at SIGGRAPH, covered by CNN specials, and published in Omni, to the teaching of advanced math and science subjects, using NAPLPS for scientific notation, to communicating internationally in foreign languages and animated graphics. He is the developer of the TROIKA naplps terminal program. Speaker: Len Anderson Company: ResNova Software, Inc. TITLE: Searchlight with RIPscrip Graphics Date: 08/27/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Oval Descrip: Techniques for using Searchlight BBS with RIPscrip to develop a usable and attractive online service with graphical interface. Speaker: Frank Larosa Company: Searchlight Software Frank Larosa is the author of the Searchlight BBS package and President of Searchlight Software TITLE: RIPscrip Workshop for The Major BBS Date: 08/28/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: Colorado A Descrip: This will be a "hands on" session for existing and prospective Sysops of The Major BBS who are interested in integrating EGA/VGA graphics on their BBS. We will examine the RIPscrip Add-on Option and the integrated RIPaint tool. Several sample RIP-ized menus will be created on the spot. Various RIPscrip tips and tricks will be shared, in additiona to some discussion on colors, good graphic layout, and the mechanics of a GUI interface. Speaker: Scott Brinker Company: Galacticomm Inc. Speaker: Jeff Reeder Company: Telegrafic Communications, Inc Speaker: Chris Robert Company: Galacticomm Inc. TITLE: TBBS Graphics RIP/NAPLPS, etc Date: 08/28/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: Colorado B Descrip: How to develop attractive EGA/VGA graphic interfaces for eSoft's The Bread Board System using Remote Imaging Protocal, North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax, and other graphic interface techniques. Speaker: Philip L. Becker Company: eSoft, Inc. Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The Bread Board System BBS software package. He is also author of the book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and founding partner in ONE, Inc. TITLE: RIPscrip Developer's Forum Date: 08/29/93 Time: 9:00:00 Room: Colorado B Descrip: This is a meeting for RIPscrip Developers, Communications Professionals, or those interested in direction of future development of the RIPscrip graphics script language. Attendees of this meeting should be already familiar with the RIPscrip Development System as the topics will be on a technical level. The RIPscrip environment and language architecture, Implementation of GUI/MultiMedia Objects in the script language, Developing 3rd party DLL/Extension modules for the terminal/paint system. Speaker: Jeff Reeder Company: Telegrafic Communications, Inc THE INTERNET TRACK TITLE: Internet 101 Date: 08/26/93 Time: 13:00:00 Room: Ballroom Descrip: An introductory overview of the global Internet describing the network and many of the services and concepts such as TCP/IP, UUCP, ftp, telnet, wais, gopher, simple mail transport protocol, and other definitions and concepts that will come up throughout the Internet track. Speaker: Bernard Aboba Company: Berkeley Mac User Group Bernard Aboba, Ph.D. is President of Internaut Books, a newly established telecommunications publishing firm. He is author of several volumes, including the BMUG Guide to Bulletin Boards and Beyond; The Online User's Encyclopedia, an 850 page guide to global networking; and The Internet Connection: TCP/IP Networking for DOS and Windows (due out in early 1994). Software development projects include portions of Quattro Pro for Windows. TITLE: Privacy and Security on Internet Date: 08/26/93 Time: 14:30:00 Room: Copper Descrip: This session discusses ethical issues on the Internet, including privacy and security, encryption, digital signatures, and digital time stamping. Speaker: Rob Kolstad Company: Berkley Software Design Inc TITLE: Internet 102 - the Odyssey Continues Date: 08/26/93 Time: 16:30:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: Part II of the Introduction to Internet, Tim Pozar and Mark Graham adventure into some of the more technical issues that will be addressed throughout the Internet track. Speaker: Tim Pozar Company: Late Night Software Tim Pozar is the author of UFGATE, a shareware program to gate electronic mail and message conferences between the International FidoNet and the Internet. Speaker: Mark Graham Company: Pandora Systems TITLE: Introduction to TCP/IP Date: 08/27/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: Theater Descrip: This session covers the basic services available under the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) including gateways, routers, IP addressing, subnetting, and protocols including ARP, TCP, IP, FTP, TELENET, EGP, and RIP. Technical terms and acronyms used in subsequent sessions will be defined here and this session should provide a good basis for later Internet sessions. Speaker: Britt Basset Company: The Root Group Inc TITLE: SLIP and PPP Protocols for Internet Date: 08/27/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Copper Descrip: Once you've got your Macintosh or Windows machine on the Internet, a world of graphical Internet applications is opened to you. But first, you've got to get your machine connected. Point to Point Protocol (PPP) and Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) are protocols for connecting to the Internet via a dialup modem connection. This session discusses the origins of the two protocols, and explains basic terms such as dialupIP, Van Jacobsen compression, BOOTP, static versus dynamic routing, and proxy ARP, and discusses issues in TCP/IP administration both from the host and remote caller side, such as static and dynamic routing. This session also discusses the basic debugging tools used to bring up SLIP and PPP connections, such as ping, traceroute, netstat, and arp. Finally, this session talks about software for implementing SLIP and PPP. Speaker: Doug Kerry Company: University Of Colorado TITLE: The Past, Present, and Future Internet Date: 08/27/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: West ABCD Descrip: Dr. Vinton Cerf was a key part of the initial team developing TCP/IP and the Arpa Internet in the late 1960's and has been part of the development of the Internet at every stage since that time to the present as President of the Internet Society. Probably more than any other individual, Dr. Cerf is familiar with the history, and present status of the Internet. And in this session he will further describe the likely future direction this network of networks takes. Speaker: Dr. Vinton Cerf Company: The Internet Socity TITLE: Satellite Communications for BBSs Date: 08/27/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: Ballroom Descrip: PageSat founder Norman Gillespie presents information on how to use satellite technology to advantage for bulletin boards where information is essentially asymmetrical - a characteristic of most shared message conferences. PageSat has offered a low cost satellite receiver to receive some 4700 UseNet News Groups (over 50 MB daily) by satellite, saving hundreds of dollars monthly over telephone line charges for bulletin boards carrying Usenet News. Speaker: Norman Gillespie Company: PageSat TITLE: Internet Commercialization Date: 08/27/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Oval Descrip: This panel will discuss the overall concept of what for-profit entities will do in the future with the Internet, from reselling access to the Internet to using the Internet as a commercial medium. Speaker: Lloyd Brodsky Company: Univ of Colo Business School Speaker: Steve Laliberte Company: Byte Information Exchange Stephen M. Laliberte has been involved with online services for the past nine years. He is currently the Director of Computer Related Services, for General Videotex Corporation where he is responsible for planning new services for the DELPHI and BIX networks. He directs the development of BIXnav, the Windows access program for the BIX networks. He directed the BYTE Information Exchange from 1988 through 1992 and has implemented online services for Windows Magazine and VARBUSINESS Magazine. He has published private networks including McGraw-Hill Information Exchange, an online service for educators. Mr. Laliberte has ten years publishing experience with McGraw-Hill Inc. including positions with BYTE Magazine, McGraw-Hill Software Publishing and the McGraw-Hill Book Company. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota. Speaker: Mark Graham Company: Pandora Systems Speaker: Chris Locke Speaker: Brad Templeton TITLE: Introduction to UUCP Protocol Date: 08/27/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Copper Descrip: This session will cover the UUCP protocol, including the sub-protocols UUCP-f through UUCP-z; current implementations, including HoneyDanBer, Taylor UUCP, System III, and MSDOS versions; using UUCP in sending mail, transferring netnews, requesting and attaching files, setting up UUCP over TCP/IP, recent extensions in Taylor UUCP, UUPlus, and FSUUCP Speaker: Chris Ambler Company: Fubar Systems Chris Ambler is the author of Fubar Systems Unix to Unix Copy Program (FSUUCP), a shareware program to connect DOS machines to UUCP. TITLE: Internet/UUCP Host Accounts Date: 08/28/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: Theater Descrip: A key element in making the connection to the Internet is setting up an account on a host provider service that offers UUCP host accounts, SLIP or PPP dialup accounts, or full IP connectivity. In this session a selection of vendors describe their products and programs for making the connection to the Internet at various levels. Speaker: Norman Gillespie Company: PageSat Speaker: Arthur Britto Company: Information Access Technologie Speaker: Guy Cook Company: Colorado SuperNet Guy Cook is Chief Executive Officer of Colorado SuperNet, a regional Internet access provider serving the Colorado area. TITLE: Connection Your BBS to Internet Using IP Date: 08/28/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Theater Descrip: Increasingly, tools are emerging to connect electronic bulletin boards to the domain name mail system for electronic mail, and UseNet News Groups. The next hurdle is full IP connectivity to the Internet to provide BBS callers access to such services as TELNET, FTP, GOPHER, and WAIS. Similarly, the connection to allow the millions of people resident on the Internet to telnet or ftp to your BBS is of intense interest. This leading edge frontier area is the topic of discussion centering on software, hardware, and techniques to allow DOS based electronic bulletin boards to make the complete connection to the Internet. Speaker: Brad Clements Company: MurkWorks Speaker: Tim Pozar Company: Late Night Software Tim Pozar is the author of UFGATE, a shareware program to gate electronic mail and message conferences between the International FidoNet and the Internet. Speaker: Alex Hopmann Company: ResNova Software, Inc. Speaker: Mark Graham Company: Pandora Systems Speaker: Arthur Britto Company: Information Access Technologie TITLE: Connecting Your BBS to UUCP and USENET Date: 08/28/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: Theater Descrip: The majority of interest in the BBS community in Internet connections revolves around global domain name service electronic mail and access to the 4700 UseNet News Groups. For most bulletin boards, this can be accomplished with an inexpensive dialup account to a UUCP host provider. This session describes the technical steps required to make this connection to allow your callers to send electronic mail to virtually any online service in the world, and carry the shared conference cornucopia of UseNet News Groups. Speaker: Chris Ambler Company: Fubar Systems Chris Ambler is the author of Fubar Systems Unix to Unix Copy Program (FSUUCP), a shareware program to connect DOS machines to UUCP. Speaker: Tim Pozar Company: Late Night Software Tim Pozar is the author of UFGATE, a shareware program to gate electronic mail and message conferences between the International FidoNet and the Internet. Speaker: Arthur Britto Company: Information Access Technologie Speaker: Roy Pereira Company: Merlin Systems Roy Pereira is founder and President of Merlin Systems, a Canadian software developer specializing in connectivity solutions. TITLE: Connecting Wildcat to Internet Date: 08/28/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Colorado C Descrip: In this session, vendors present information/demonstration of third party software utilities to connect WILDCAT! BBS systems to UUCP host accounts for domain name service mail, Usenet Newsgroups, and more. This is the detailed session for WILDCAT! sysops desiring to bring Internet services to their BBS. Speaker: Tom Tcimpidis Company: TGT Technologies Tom Tcimpidis operates Mog-ur's EMS bulletin board system in Granada Hills California and is the founder of TGT Technologies. Speaker: Joseph Martin Company: Online Computer Resources Joseph Martin is Senior Partner at Online Computer Resources. OCR develops software for use with Mustang Software's Wildcat! BBS. TITLE: Connecting PCBoard to Internet - PCB-UUCP Date: 08/28/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: A presentation on using Merlin Systems PCB-UUCP to connect PCBoard BBS systems to the Internet using UUCP dial-up accounts. Covers list management, sub-routing of mail to other PCBoard systems, Usenet News Groups, file attachments, and use with PageSat satellite delivery of Usenet News. This is the technical session for PCBoard operators desiring to connect their BBS to a UUCP host account for global mail. Speaker: Roy Pereira Company: Merlin Systems Roy Pereira is founder and President of Merlin Systems, a Canadian software developer specializing in connectivity solutions. TITLE: The Major BBS - Message Networks and MHS Date: 08/28/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Theatre Descrip: Connecting to echo networks, either with or without MHS, continues to be a high demand feature of BBS software packages. This session will cover the various message and mail networks available for systems running The Major BBS. Depending on attendees present, a panel of guest speakers may include Robert Michnick, author of MailLink and coordinator of MajorNet, Skip Potter, author of MjrFIDO and MjrUTI, and Tony Javoric, co-author of Chat Mail Speaker: Bert Love Speaker: Steve Neal Company: Public Data Network Speaker: Skip Potter Company: Crystal Vision, Inc. Speaker: Robert Michnick Company: ProStar Computer Corp. Robert Michnick is the founder of ProStar Computer TITLE: Connecting TBBS to Internet - PIMP Date: 08/28/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Colorado B Descrip: Presentation on using Jack Rickard's Personal Internet Mail Processor (PIMP) to connect a TBBS bulletin board to a UUCP host account for Internet domain name service mail, Usenet Newsgroups, Mailing List management, and FTP e-mail File Service. Discussion of internal UUCP g protocol dialer allowing TBBS to use unused BBS line to dial host for mail exchange. Speaker: Jack Rickard Company: ONE, Inc. Jack Rickard is Editor and Publisher of Boardwatch Magazine, a monthly publication covering electronic bulletin boards, online services, and the Internet. Rickard is also one of the founding partners of ONE, Inc., promoters of the Online Networking Exposition and BBS Convention (ONE BBSCON). TITLE: Colorado SuperNet Date: 08/28/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Ballroom Descrip: Colorado SuperNet has in the past been a regional provider of Internet access operating as a non-profit entity. In this session, Guy Cook, recently named CEO of this organization, describes their efforts to spinoff a for-profit competitive organization to serve the needs of the online community with inexpensive UUCP dial up accounts, SLIP and PPP, and full IP connections, and describes some of the new services they intend to offer such as database management, interface software, and more. Speaker: Guy Cook Company: Colorado SuperNet Guy Cook is Chief Executive Officer of Colorado SuperNet, a regional Internet access provider serving the Colorado area. THE SURVEY OF BBS SOFTWARE TRACK TITLE: Wildcat! BBS Introduction Date: 08/27/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: West CD Descrip: Introduction to the latest release of Wildcat! This will be your first chance to see Mustang's latest evolution in BBS Software. They will discuss single and multi-line applications for both the hobbyist and corporate user. Speaker: Jim Harrer Company: Mustang Software, Inc. Jim Harrer, 35, founded Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif. in 1986 and oversees the entire operations of the company as its President and Chief Executive Officer. He is also the company's chief technical officer. A self-taught computer programmer, Mr. Harrer personally wrote all previous versions of Mustang Software's WILDCAT! bulletin board system (BBS) and headed the programming team until early 1993. Although his management duties have reduced the amount of time he devotes to programming, he continues to be heavily involved with the development department and takes an active visionary role in all programming decisions. Mr. Harrer is also a self-taught business person. Prior to founding Mustang Software he spent seven years with Grant Corporation, a Tulsa, Okla.-based supplier of oil field pipes, valves and fittings. Mr Harrer rose from the inside sales desk to district manager for Central California, and in that capacity he built the company's revenues from $300,000 annually to $10 million per year. Mr. Harrer's hobbies include tennis and scuba diving. He lives in Bakersfield with his wife Debbie and children Christopher and Nicole. Speaker: Scott Hunter Company: Mustang Software, Inc. Scott Hunter, 25, joined Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif. in June 1988, and is responsible for supervision and coordination of the program development teams for all MSI products including WILDCAT!, QmodemPro and Qmodem for Windows. Mr. Hunter first became involved with MSI President Jim Harrer in 1985, even before the company was founded, as part of the long-distance programming team for Colossus BBS system. The Colossus code was a group effort that was also loosely affiliated with John Friel and the Forbin Project. He attended University of Arkansas before moving to California in 1988, where he continued his studies at Cal State University and received his BS in computer science in 1993. TITLE: Introduction to TBBS Date: 08/27/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: Ballroom Descrip: Introduction to eSoft's The Bread Board System (TBBS) BBS software. Overview of features, including multi-user operation, flexible menu design, database application development, connectivity options, and sample applications. Speaker: Philip L. Becker Company: eSoft, Inc. Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The Bread Board System BBS software package. He is also author of the book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and founding partner in ONE, Inc. TITLE: Intro to 1stClass BBS Date: 08/27/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: Congress Descrip: Introduction to 1stClass BBS software package - a multiline BBS software package that operates from the Macintosh platform and is quickly gaining a following in the Macintosh community. Speaker: Maury Markowitz Company: Softarc, Inc. TITLE: Introduction to The Major BBS Date: 08/27/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: Colorado C Descrip: This session will introduce attendees to the features and philosophy of The Major BBS and related Galacticomm Products. Possible announcement of a new release - followed by a question and answer session. Intro to features such as expansion hardware and software, connectivity options, RIPscrip, fax/online, Major Gateway/Internet, Major Database & Search and Retrieve, Shopping Mall, Entertainment Options, Developer's Toolkit, and technical support. Speaker: Scott Brinker Company: Galacticomm Inc. TITLE: PCBoard Version 15.0 Date: 08/27/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: An introduction to PCBoard version 15.0 with an emphasis on new features including the PPL Programming Language, RIPscrip Support, New "Real-Time Chat Mode, New Internationalization Techniques, FOSSIL Support for Intelligent Serial Cards, Multiple Daily Events, File Attachment to Message, New CD-ROM Jukebox Support, FILE_ID.DIZ and .QWK Support, Caller-ID and Incoming FAX Support, New Message Handling Features, New Program Setup Features. Speaker: David Terry Company: Clark Development Company David W. Terry is Director of Programming at Clark Development Company. David is the author of the current PCBoard code and is intimately familiar with its setup, configuration options, and overall operation. TITLE: Intro to hi-BBS Date: 08/27/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Congress Descrip: An introduction to the hi-BBS bulletin board package for the Macintosh, noted for ISDN capability. Speaker: Guy Bonneau Company: XBR Communications TITLE: Introduction to Searchlight BBS Date: 08/28/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: Oval Descrip: Introductory session on Searchlight BBS, noted for ease of installation, ease of use, and good connectivity options. Presented by the author. Speaker: Frank Larosa Company: Searchlight Software Frank Larosa is the author of the Searchlight BBS package and President of Searchlight Software TITLE: Introduction to Robo-Board Date: 08/28/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Copper Descrip: Introduction to Robo-Board, a relatively new BBS software package that incorporates a very integrated VGA quality graphics interface with its own terminal program for caller use. Speaker: Seth Hamilton Company: Hamilton TeleGraphics, Inc TITLE: Intro to Novalink Professional BBS Date: 08/28/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: congress Descrip: An introduction to a multiline iconic Macintosh bulletin board system offering RIPscrip graphic capability, and excellent Internet mail capabilities. Up to 40 lines per server and TCP/IP telenet login. Speaker: Len Anderson Company: ResNova Software, Inc. Speaker: Alex Hopmann Company: ResNova Software, Inc. TITLE: Introduction to TEAMate Date: 08/28/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: Oval Descrip: Introduction to TEAMate, a full featured BBS/Information service product for UNIX platforms featuring excellent Internet full IP connectivity and very popular with educational institutions/commercial Internet sites. Speaker: Bob Baskerville Company: MMB Development Bob Baskerville is Chairman of the Board of MMB Development Corporation. Before founding MMB in 1985, Bob was Group Vice President of Marketing for Computer Sciences Corporation. Bob graduated from the University of Colorado in 1965 TITLE: Remote Access BBS Date: 08/28/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: Colorado C Descrip: Introduction to the Remote Access BBS software package developed by Andrew Milner of Wantree Development. In this session, the Wantree team demonstrates the features of the newly-released RemoteAccess 2.0, in addition to the overall flexible design features of the package. Speaker: Andrew Milner Company: Wantree Development, Inc. Andrew Milner is the author of the RemoteAccess BBS software package. Speaker: Walt Lane Company: Wantree Development, Inc. Speaker: Bruce Bodger Company: Wantree Development, Inc. Speaker: John Rickey Company: Wantree Development, Inc. TITLE: Intro to Telefinder BBS Date: 08/28/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Congress Descrip: Introduction to Telefinder, a multi-line BBS package for the Mac platform by Spyder Island Software. A proven performer. Speaker: Rusty Tucker Company: Spyder Island Software Speaker: Chris Silverberg Company: Spyder Island Software TITLE: Introduction to Falken BBS Date: 08/28/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Oval Descrip: Introduction to FALKEN BBS, a multiline BBS package that runs external door programs. History of FALKEN and INFO*SHARE. Speaker: Jeffery Coons Company: INFO*SHARE, Inc TITLE: Introduction to Celerity BBS Date: 08/28/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Oval Descrip: Introduction to Celerity BBS Speaker: Brendan Woirhaye TITLE: UNIX BBS Software Vender Panel Date: 08/29/93 Time: 10:30:00 Room: Colorado A Descrip: Presentation of various BBS software packages for the UNIX operating system. Speaker: Bob Baskerville Company: MMB Development Bob Baskerville is Chairman of the Board of MMB Development Corporation. Before founding MMB in 1985, Bob was Group Vice President of Marketing for Computer Sciences Corporation. Bob graduated from the University of Colorado in 1965 Speaker: Theodore Tso Company: NETWORKS AND CONNECTIVITY TRACK TITLE: QWK Mail Date: 08/27/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: Colorado C Descrip: Technical description of the QWK offline mail reader file format by the man who first developed it for QMAIL DELUXE. Presentation of current 1stReader product, and discussion/question/answer on the protocol itself and possible future enhancements. Speaker: Mark "Sparky" Herring Company: QMail Deluxe TITLE: Macintosh Networking Issues Date: 08/27/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Congress Descrip: Roundtable discussion of various networks available to Macintosh bulletin boards, and techniques/requirements to connect to them for shared message conferences, electronic mail, etc. Speaker: Alan Heflich Company: Arizona Macintosh Users Group Speaker: Len Anderson Company: ResNova Software, Inc. Speaker: Maury Markowitz Company: Softarc, Inc. Speaker: Ben Templin Company: Ziffnet/Mac Ben Templin has been working on bringing print magazines into the online environment since 1987. He has been an editor and/or writer for MacUser, MacWEEK, MacGuide, Computer Shopper and other technology based magazines. Templin launched ZMac (aka ZiffNet/Mac) in May 1990 and has since also launched a ZiffNet presence on AppleLink as well. Templin's focus today is on developing multimedia information which is small enough in size to suffer the bandwidth restrictions of telecommunications. TITLE: FidoNet Basics Date: 08/27/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: Colorado B Descrip: Overview session of what the 20,000 member International FidoNet is, how it got to be that way, what is necessary technically to connect your BBS to FidoNet, and a description of various elements such as echomail, netmail, the Fidonet nodelist, FidoNet political structure, etc. Speaker: Phil Becker Company: ONE, Inc. Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The Bread Board System BBS software package. He is also author of the book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and founding partner in ONE, Inc. TITLE: Satellite Communications for BBSs Date: 08/27/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: Ballroom Descrip: PageSat founder Norman Gillespie presents information on how to use satellite technology to advantage for bulletin boards where information is essentially asymmetrical - a characteristic of most shared message conferences. PageSat has offered a low cost satellite receiver to receive some 4700 UseNet News Groups (over 50 MB daily) by satellite, saving hundreds of dollars monthly over telephone line charges for bulletin boards carrying Usenet News. Speaker: Norman Gillespie Company: PageSat TITLE: Gateways for Wildcat! - Internet/MHS/QWK Date: 08/27/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Copper Descrip: This session will discuss how easy it is to link any Wildcat! BBS with other mail services, such as Internet, MHS, .QWK, RIME and other services. Speaker: Jim Harrer Company: Mustang Software, Inc. Jim Harrer, 35, founded Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif. in 1986 and oversees the entire operations of the company as its President and Chief Executive Officer. He is also the company's chief technical officer. A self-taught computer programmer, Mr. Harrer personally wrote all previous versions of Mustang Software's WILDCAT! bulletin board system (BBS) and headed the programming team until early 1993. Although his management duties have reduced the amount of time he devotes to programming, he continues to be heavily involved with the development department and takes an active visionary role in all programming decisions. Mr. Harrer is also a self-taught business person. Prior to founding Mustang Software he spent seven years with Grant Corporation, a Tulsa, Okla.-based supplier of oil field pipes, valves and fittings. Mr Harrer rose from the inside sales desk to district manager for Central California, and in that capacity he built the company's revenues from $300,000 annually to $10 million per year. Mr. Harrer's hobbies include tennis and scuba diving. He lives in Bakersfield with his wife Debbie and children Christopher and Nicole. Speaker: Westin Fryatt Company: Mustang Software Inc Weston Fryatt, 26, joined Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif. in April 1992, and is part of the program development team for support services for WILDCAT! and various other MSI products. Mr. Fryatt became involved with personal computers in 1983 when he purchased a Commodore 64, and launched his telecommunications career the following year. He began programming and produced various utilities for the C64 and Amiga. In 1988 he and co-worker Paul Davis began work on what would become a full-featured BBS for the Amiga including a .QWK mail tosser and telecommunications program. Weston is a self-taught programmer and has enhanced his skills with studies at California State College where he continues to pursue a degree in Computer Science. TITLE: TBBS Connectivity - QWK/FidoNet, Interchange Date: 08/27/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Colorado A Descrip: Technical description of various option modules and techniques for connecting bulletin boards based on eSoft, Inc.'s The Bread Board System to external networks such as FidoNet, provide QWK mail service to callers, and links provided using the new Interchange option module. Speaker: Philip L. Becker Company: eSoft, Inc. Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The Bread Board System BBS software package. He is also author of the book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and founding partner in ONE, Inc. TITLE: Connecting Your BBS to an X.25 Packet Network Date: 08/27/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: This presentation will cover the problems and opportunities in connecting a BBS to an X.25 network. The discussion will be based on the speaker's experience in connecting BBSs to X.25 networks in both a public and private environment. Speaker: Dean Kerl Company: Datasafe Dean Kerl is President of DataSafe Publications, Inc. and founded The Garbage Dump BBS in December, 1990 in a spare bedroom with four telephone lines. Due to the early success of The Garbage Dump, Mr. Kerl quit his full-time job to devote his efforts to the BBS in November, 1991. The Garbage Dump has expanded to an 80 line national system with access in over 500 cities and offices in both Albuquerque and Denver. Prior to DataSafe, Mr. Kerl was the Director of Operations for Connect-USA, a natioanl data networking company that is no longer operating. Mr. Kerl has spoken at numerous conferences relating his experiences in running a successful BBS utilizing X.25 technology. TITLE: Introduction to ILink Date: 08/28/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: West AB Descrip: Introduction to the ILINK message conferencing BBS network. Speaker: Jim Lee Company: Business Computer Systems TITLE: WILDMAIL! Echomail Tosser for Wildcat! Date: 08/28/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Oval Descrip: Presentation on Wildmail utility to connect Wildcat! BBS to the International FidoNet. Speaker: Joseph Martin Company: Online Computer Resources Joseph Martin is Senior Partner at Online Computer Resources. OCR develops software for use with Mustang Software's Wildcat! BBS. TITLE: An Overview of ISDN Deployment Date: 08/28/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: Colorado A Descrip: An update/overview of the current status of ISDN nationally with comments on why ISDN is important and a brief sketch of applications and advantages it offers now and in the immediate future. Speaker: Dennis C. Hayes Company: Hayes Microcomputer Products Dennis C. Hayes is the founder of Hayes Microcomputer Products and one of the early pioneers in the development of modems for personal computers. TITLE: The Major BBS - Message Networks and MHS Date: 08/28/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Theatre Descrip: Connecting to echo networks, either with or without MHS, continues to be a high demand feature of BBS software packages. This session will cover the various message and mail networks available for systems running The Major BBS. Depending on attendees present, a panel of guest speakers may include Robert Michnick, author of MailLink and coordinator of MajorNet, Skip Potter, author of MjrFIDO and MjrUTI, and Tony Javoric, co-author of Chat Mail Speaker: Bert Love Speaker: Steve Neal Company: Public Data Network Speaker: Skip Potter Company: Crystal Vision, Inc. Speaker: Robert Michnick Company: ProStar Computer Corp. Robert Michnick is the founder of ProStar Computer TITLE: The National ISDN Advantage for BBSs Date: 08/28/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Colorado A Descrip: In this session conducted by Norther Telecom, the world leader in digital switching technology, Stephen Cunningham, Director of Network Services and Applications, will discuss the National Integrated Digital Networks that are being launched across the country. Cunningham will review topics such as What is National ISDN? Why it can mean success for a BBS. When and where National ISDN will be available for your BBS. How much wil it cost. How to get ISDN service. What ISDN customer premise equipment is required. How to configure and connect it to your BBS. Speaker: Stephen J. Cunningham Company: Northern Telecom Mr. Cunningham is currently Director of Network Services for Northern Telecom's Switching Division in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. In this capacity, he is responsible for marketing the Meridian Business Services Product Line which includes Meridian Digital Centrex, Meridian Data Services, Meridian Switched Network, and ISDN. Prior to joining NT, Cunningham spent 10 years at AT&T in Network Design and Marketing and 3 years at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Operations Systems Development. He has Masters degress in both Electrical Engineering and in Physics from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and in Advanced Management from PACE University, and is also a licensed Professional Engineer. Speaker: Jack DeQuano Company: Northern Telcom TITLE: SDN - Software Distribution Network Date: 08/28/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: West CD Descrip: Introduction to the Software Distribution Network, a FidoNet technology distribution network for shareware software and files. Speaker: unassigned Company: TITLE: X.25 Packet Switch Networks for BBSs Date: 08/28/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: West CD Descrip: Discussion of X.25 packet networks, what they are, how to connect, traditional applications for X.25, evaluating X.25 for a BBS, examples of bulletin boards using X.25, potential pitfalls. Service and pricing structures. Speaker: Greg Eichman Company: CompuServe, Inc Greg Eichman is an Account Executive with CompuServe's network services group providing nationwide X.25 networking connections to businesses - including electronic bulletin boards. TITLE: Integrated Services Digital Network Date: 08/28/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Colorado A Descrip: AT&T Presentation on Things to Come with ISDN Speaker: AT&T Representative TITLE: Satellite Distribution for FidoNet and other Networks Date: 08/29/93 Time: 9:00:00 Room: Colorado C Descrip: Satellite Distribution using C and KU bands of FidoNet echomail and other conferences, weather, news, and stock market information you can receive on a TV satellite dish at 19,200 bps. Speaker: Bob Oberholt TITLE: Front End Mailer Programs for BBS network Connectivity Date: 08/29/93 Time: 9:00:00 Room: Copper Descrip: Front-end mailer programs that can allow virtually any BBS system to send and receive Fidonet mail, files, Internet Mail, News and other information services. Demonstration of D'Bridge E-Mail System. Speaker: Martin P. Belcke Company: Hackers World BBS, Inc Martin Belcke has been running a full-time BBS since 1988 that has grown from a single line system to a 24-line system with 16.8 GB of file storage. He has assisted countless individuals in setting up the D'Bridge E-Mail System, as well as providing technical assistance to others in the operation of Wildcat! BBS. He has served as Net Echomail Coordinator and Regional Echomail Coordinator in FidoNet and is still active as a past REC with the Fidonet Backbone. Hackers World BBS, Inc. is currently a major hub with the Filebone and helps to disseminate Public Domain/Shareware files daily. TITLE: Introduction to MajorNet Date: 08/29/93 Time: 10:30:00 Room: Oval Descrip: An introduction to a network linking BBSs based on Galacticomm's The Major BBS for shared message conferences. Speaker: Robert Michnick Company: ProStar Computer Corp. Robert Michnick is the founder of ProStar Computer CALLER SOFTWARE - TERMINAL PROGRAMS AND OFFLINE READERS TITLE: Data Communication Trends Date: 08/26/93 Time: 16:30:00 Room: Theater Descrip: Presentation will highlight some interesting new trends in data communications software, discuss how these issues affect the BBS community, and talk about current and upcoming DATASTORM products. Datastorm is best known for Procomm Plus, the world's best-selling data communications package Speaker: Phil James Company: DataStorm Technologies, Inc. Phil James is Director of Research and Development for Datastorm Technologies, developer of the popular PROCOMM PLUS data communications package. TITLE: Offline Mail Readers: A look at OLX Date: 08/27/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: Off-Line Mail Readers are catching on in a big way. Today, many of the BBS packages offer callers the ability to "download" their mail and read it off-line. This session will discuss the past, present and look into the future of where this technology is going. Speaker: Jim Harrer Company: Mustang Software, Inc. Jim Harrer, 35, founded Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif. in 1986 and oversees the entire operations of the company as its President and Chief Executive Officer. He is also the company's chief technical officer. A self-taught computer programmer, Mr. Harrer personally wrote all previous versions of Mustang Software's WILDCAT! bulletin board system (BBS) and headed the programming team until early 1993. Although his management duties have reduced the amount of time he devotes to programming, he continues to be heavily involved with the development department and takes an active visionary role in all programming decisions. Mr. Harrer is also a self-taught business person. Prior to founding Mustang Software he spent seven years with Grant Corporation, a Tulsa, Okla.-based supplier of oil field pipes, valves and fittings. Mr Harrer rose from the inside sales desk to district manager for Central California, and in that capacity he built the company's revenues from $300,000 annually to $10 million per year. Mr. Harrer's hobbies include tennis and scuba diving. He lives in Bakersfield with his wife Debbie and children Christopher and Nicole. Speaker: Greg Hewgill Company: Mustang Software, Inc. Greg Hewgill, 22, joined Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif. in January 1992. As a key member of the program development team he contributes to WILDCAT! and QmodemPro, and is heavily involved in Qmodem for Windows. Mr. Hewgill was introduced to computers at an early age and designed TTL circuits by his ninth birthday in 1979. In 1984 he released his first complete program for the Apple, a large-type word processor to assist the visually impaired. He joined Technique Computer Systems in 1990 and was a principal force in the co-development of the WILDCAT! utilities TOMCAT!, TNet and SLMR. During his time with Technique he also developed several products for Galacticomm's Major BBS system. Greg studied at University of Victoria and graduated in 1992 with a double major in mathematics and computer science. TITLE: SmartCom for Windows Date: 08/28/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: Copper Descrip: Hayes presentation on the Smartcom for Windows terminal program. Smartcom has received a bit of a new lease on life with this latest Windows version, quickly gaining favor in a BBS market where it was previously ignored. New features in this product make it an impressive contender as a terminal communications package. Speaker: unassigned Company: TITLE: QModem for Windows Date: 08/28/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: West AB Descrip: A windows demonstration of the popular general purpose communications program. Qmodem for Windows features 10 popular file transfer protocols, 30+ terminal emulations, GIF viewing, fax ability, and more. See the latest in Windows based communications software guaranteed to knowck your socks off. Speaker: Jim Harrer Company: Mustang Software, Inc. Jim Harrer, 35, founded Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif. in 1986 and oversees the entire operations of the company as its President and Chief Executive Officer. He is also the company's chief technical officer. A self-taught computer programmer, Mr. Harrer personally wrote all previous versions of Mustang Software's WILDCAT! bulletin board system (BBS) and headed the programming team until early 1993. Although his management duties have reduced the amount of time he devotes to programming, he continues to be heavily involved with the development department and takes an active visionary role in all programming decisions. Mr. Harrer is also a self-taught business person. Prior to founding Mustang Software he spent seven years with Grant Corporation, a Tulsa, Okla.-based supplier of oil field pipes, valves and fittings. Mr Harrer rose from the inside sales desk to district manager for Central California, and in that capacity he built the company's revenues from $300,000 annually to $10 million per year. Mr. Harrer's hobbies include tennis and scuba diving. He lives in Bakersfield with his wife Debbie and children Christopher and Nicole. Speaker: Greg Hewgill Company: Mustang Software, Inc. Greg Hewgill, 22, joined Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif. in January 1992. As a key member of the program development team he contributes to WILDCAT! and QmodemPro, and is heavily involved in Qmodem for Windows. Mr. Hewgill was introduced to computers at an early age and designed TTL circuits by his ninth birthday in 1979. In 1984 he released his first complete program for the Apple, a large-type word processor to assist the visually impaired. He joined Technique Computer Systems in 1990 and was a principal force in the co-development of the WILDCAT! utilities TOMCAT!, TNet and SLMR. During his time with Technique he also developed several products for Galacticomm's Major BBS system. Greg studied at University of Victoria and graduated in 1992 with a double major in mathematics and computer science. TITLE: Telix Communications Date: 08/28/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: West AB Descrip: Presentation on TELIX communications program featuring RIPscrip compatibility. Speaker: Jeff Woods Company: deltaComm Development Jeff Woods is president of deltaComm Development, developer of the TELIX communications software package. TITLE: QModemPro for DOS Date: 08/28/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: West AB Descrip: Introduction to the latest version of QmodemPro for DOS, the only communications program which has integrated data communications and electronic mail management features in one package. Speaker: Jim Harrer Company: Mustang Software, Inc. Jim Harrer, 35, founded Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif. in 1986 and oversees the entire operations of the company as its President and Chief Executive Officer. He is also the company's chief technical officer. A self-taught computer programmer, Mr. Harrer personally wrote all previous versions of Mustang Software's WILDCAT! bulletin board system (BBS) and headed the programming team until early 1993. Although his management duties have reduced the amount of time he devotes to programming, he continues to be heavily involved with the development department and takes an active visionary role in all programming decisions. Mr. Harrer is also a self-taught business person. Prior to founding Mustang Software he spent seven years with Grant Corporation, a Tulsa, Okla.-based supplier of oil field pipes, valves and fittings. Mr Harrer rose from the inside sales desk to district manager for Central California, and in that capacity he built the company's revenues from $300,000 annually to $10 million per year. Mr. Harrer's hobbies include tennis and scuba diving. He lives in Bakersfield with his wife Debbie and children Christopher and Nicole. Speaker: John Friel III Company: Mustang Software, Inc. John Friel, 33, joined Mustang Software, Inc., of Bakersfield, Calif. in January 1992, and heads up the QmodemPro/DOS product development team in addition to his contributions to other MSI products. Mr. Friel has been employed in the computer field since his graduation from high school when he began a nine year career as a systems analyst for John Deere in Cedar Falls, Iowa, working with IBM mainframes. A self-taught programmer, Mr. Firel added to his skills with classes at the University of Northern Iowa in 1980. John introduced the first version of the shareware communication program Qmodem in 1983 under his company name The Forbin Project. As a result of regular updates and overwhelming acceptance by both the corporate and hobbyist market, Qmodem became a million-dollar shareware program by the time Mr. Firel joined MSI in 1992. THE WILDCAT! BBS TRACK TITLE: Wildcat! BBS Introduction Date: 08/27/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: West CD Descrip: Introduction to the latest release of Wildcat! This will be your first chance to see Mustang's latest evolution in BBS Software. They will discuss single and multi-line applications for both the hobbyist and corporate user. Speaker: Jim Harrer Company: Mustang Software, Inc. Jim Harrer, 35, founded Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif. in 1986 and oversees the entire operations of the company as its President and Chief Executive Officer. He is also the company's chief technical officer. A self-taught computer programmer, Mr. Harrer personally wrote all previous versions of Mustang Software's WILDCAT! bulletin board system (BBS) and headed the programming team until early 1993. Although his management duties have reduced the amount of time he devotes to programming, he continues to be heavily involved with the development department and takes an active visionary role in all programming decisions. Mr. Harrer is also a self-taught business person. Prior to founding Mustang Software he spent seven years with Grant Corporation, a Tulsa, Okla.-based supplier of oil field pipes, valves and fittings. Mr Harrer rose from the inside sales desk to district manager for Central California, and in that capacity he built the company's revenues from $300,000 annually to $10 million per year. Mr. Harrer's hobbies include tennis and scuba diving. He lives in Bakersfield with his wife Debbie and children Christopher and Nicole. Speaker: Scott Hunter Company: Mustang Software, Inc. Scott Hunter, 25, joined Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif. in June 1988, and is responsible for supervision and coordination of the program development teams for all MSI products including WILDCAT!, QmodemPro and Qmodem for Windows. Mr. Hunter first became involved with MSI President Jim Harrer in 1985, even before the company was founded, as part of the long-distance programming team for Colossus BBS system. The Colossus code was a group effort that was also loosely affiliated with John Friel and the Forbin Project. He attended University of Arkansas before moving to California in 1988, where he continued his studies at Cal State University and received his BS in computer science in 1993. TITLE: Offline Mail Readers: A look at OLX Date: 08/27/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: Off-Line Mail Readers are catching on in a big way. Today, many of the BBS packages offer callers the ability to "download" their mail and read it off-line. This session will discuss the past, present and look into the future of where this technology is going. Speaker: Jim Harrer Company: Mustang Software, Inc. Jim Harrer, 35, founded Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif. in 1986 and oversees the entire operations of the company as its President and Chief Executive Officer. He is also the company's chief technical officer. A self-taught computer programmer, Mr. Harrer personally wrote all previous versions of Mustang Software's WILDCAT! bulletin board system (BBS) and headed the programming team until early 1993. Although his management duties have reduced the amount of time he devotes to programming, he continues to be heavily involved with the development department and takes an active visionary role in all programming decisions. Mr. Harrer is also a self-taught business person. Prior to founding Mustang Software he spent seven years with Grant Corporation, a Tulsa, Okla.-based supplier of oil field pipes, valves and fittings. Mr Harrer rose from the inside sales desk to district manager for Central California, and in that capacity he built the company's revenues from $300,000 annually to $10 million per year. Mr. Harrer's hobbies include tennis and scuba diving. He lives in Bakersfield with his wife Debbie and children Christopher and Nicole. Speaker: Greg Hewgill Company: Mustang Software, Inc. Greg Hewgill, 22, joined Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif. in January 1992. As a key member of the program development team he contributes to WILDCAT! and QmodemPro, and is heavily involved in Qmodem for Windows. Mr. Hewgill was introduced to computers at an early age and designed TTL circuits by his ninth birthday in 1979. In 1984 he released his first complete program for the Apple, a large-type word processor to assist the visually impaired. He joined Technique Computer Systems in 1990 and was a principal force in the co-development of the WILDCAT! utilities TOMCAT!, TNet and SLMR. During his time with Technique he also developed several products for Galacticomm's Major BBS system. Greg studied at University of Victoria and graduated in 1992 with a double major in mathematics and computer science. TITLE: Gateways for Wildcat! - Internet/MHS/QWK Date: 08/27/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Copper Descrip: This session will discuss how easy it is to link any Wildcat! BBS with other mail services, such as Internet, MHS, .QWK, RIME and other services. Speaker: Jim Harrer Company: Mustang Software, Inc. Jim Harrer, 35, founded Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif. in 1986 and oversees the entire operations of the company as its President and Chief Executive Officer. He is also the company's chief technical officer. A self-taught computer programmer, Mr. Harrer personally wrote all previous versions of Mustang Software's WILDCAT! bulletin board system (BBS) and headed the programming team until early 1993. Although his management duties have reduced the amount of time he devotes to programming, he continues to be heavily involved with the development department and takes an active visionary role in all programming decisions. Mr. Harrer is also a self-taught business person. Prior to founding Mustang Software he spent seven years with Grant Corporation, a Tulsa, Okla.-based supplier of oil field pipes, valves and fittings. Mr Harrer rose from the inside sales desk to district manager for Central California, and in that capacity he built the company's revenues from $300,000 annually to $10 million per year. Mr. Harrer's hobbies include tennis and scuba diving. He lives in Bakersfield with his wife Debbie and children Christopher and Nicole. Speaker: Westin Fryatt Company: Mustang Software Inc Weston Fryatt, 26, joined Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif. in April 1992, and is part of the program development team for support services for WILDCAT! and various other MSI products. Mr. Fryatt became involved with personal computers in 1983 when he purchased a Commodore 64, and launched his telecommunications career the following year. He began programming and produced various utilities for the C64 and Amiga. In 1988 he and co-worker Paul Davis began work on what would become a full-featured BBS for the Amiga including a .QWK mail tosser and telecommunications program. Weston is a self-taught programmer and has enhanced his skills with studies at California State College where he continues to pursue a degree in Computer Science. TITLE: wcPRO! - The Ultimate Sysop Utility for Wildcat! Date: 08/28/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: wcPRO! is one of the most powerful sysop utilities available on the market today. Fully integrated management of BBS Files, Messages, Users, Activity Logs, and Questionnaires. This program makes the management of the BBS a breeze. Even if you don't run a Wildcat! BBS, you may want to sit in on this presentation just to see a truly awesome support utility. Speaker: Jim Harrer Company: Mustang Software, Inc. Jim Harrer, 35, founded Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif. in 1986 and oversees the entire operations of the company as its President and Chief Executive Officer. He is also the company's chief technical officer. A self-taught computer programmer, Mr. Harrer personally wrote all previous versions of Mustang Software's WILDCAT! bulletin board system (BBS) and headed the programming team until early 1993. Although his management duties have reduced the amount of time he devotes to programming, he continues to be heavily involved with the development department and takes an active visionary role in all programming decisions. Mr. Harrer is also a self-taught business person. Prior to founding Mustang Software he spent seven years with Grant Corporation, a Tulsa, Okla.-based supplier of oil field pipes, valves and fittings. Mr Harrer rose from the inside sales desk to district manager for Central California, and in that capacity he built the company's revenues from $300,000 annually to $10 million per year. Mr. Harrer's hobbies include tennis and scuba diving. He lives in Bakersfield with his wife Debbie and children Christopher and Nicole. Speaker: Sam Robertson Company: Mustang Software, Inc. Samuel Robertson, 24, joined Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif. in September 1992 and is part of the program development team for support services for WILDCAT! and other MSI products. Mr. Robertson was first exposed to computers in school in 1980 when he used a TRS 80 Model I THis experience led him to embark on his first programming project, a PAC-MAN type game for the Atari 800 in 1984. In 1986 he joined the ranks of telecommunications enthusiasts using his Apple II+ and has been active in the industry since that time. He obtained a position as a contributing programmer in 1988 for a Legal Practice program for attorneys and most recently used his talents creating financial compliance software for the banking industry. Sam attended McMurry University in Texas and graduated in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and a minor in Mathematics. TITLE: QModem for Windows Date: 08/28/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: West AB Descrip: A windows demonstration of the popular general purpose communications program. Qmodem for Windows features 10 popular file transfer protocols, 30+ terminal emulations, GIF viewing, fax ability, and more. See the latest in Windows based communications software guaranteed to knowck your socks off. Speaker: Jim Harrer Company: Mustang Software, Inc. Jim Harrer, 35, founded Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif. in 1986 and oversees the entire operations of the company as its President and Chief Executive Officer. He is also the company's chief technical officer. A self-taught computer programmer, Mr. Harrer personally wrote all previous versions of Mustang Software's WILDCAT! bulletin board system (BBS) and headed the programming team until early 1993. Although his management duties have reduced the amount of time he devotes to programming, he continues to be heavily involved with the development department and takes an active visionary role in all programming decisions. Mr. Harrer is also a self-taught business person. Prior to founding Mustang Software he spent seven years with Grant Corporation, a Tulsa, Okla.-based supplier of oil field pipes, valves and fittings. Mr Harrer rose from the inside sales desk to district manager for Central California, and in that capacity he built the company's revenues from $300,000 annually to $10 million per year. Mr. Harrer's hobbies include tennis and scuba diving. He lives in Bakersfield with his wife Debbie and children Christopher and Nicole. Speaker: Greg Hewgill Company: Mustang Software, Inc. Greg Hewgill, 22, joined Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif. in January 1992. As a key member of the program development team he contributes to WILDCAT! and QmodemPro, and is heavily involved in Qmodem for Windows. Mr. Hewgill was introduced to computers at an early age and designed TTL circuits by his ninth birthday in 1979. In 1984 he released his first complete program for the Apple, a large-type word processor to assist the visually impaired. He joined Technique Computer Systems in 1990 and was a principal force in the co-development of the WILDCAT! utilities TOMCAT!, TNet and SLMR. During his time with Technique he also developed several products for Galacticomm's Major BBS system. Greg studied at University of Victoria and graduated in 1992 with a double major in mathematics and computer science. TITLE: WILDMAIL! Echomail Tosser for Wildcat! Date: 08/28/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Oval Descrip: Presentation on Wildmail utility to connect Wildcat! BBS to the International FidoNet. Speaker: Joseph Martin Company: Online Computer Resources Joseph Martin is Senior Partner at Online Computer Resources. OCR develops software for use with Mustang Software's Wildcat! BBS. TITLE: Connecting Wildcat to Internet Date: 08/28/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Colorado C Descrip: In this session, vendors present information/demonstration of third party software utilities to connect WILDCAT! BBS systems to UUCP host accounts for domain name service mail, Usenet Newsgroups, and more. This is the detailed session for WILDCAT! sysops desiring to bring Internet services to their BBS. Speaker: Tom Tcimpidis Company: TGT Technologies Tom Tcimpidis operates Mog-ur's EMS bulletin board system in Granada Hills California and is the founder of TGT Technologies. Speaker: Joseph Martin Company: Online Computer Resources Joseph Martin is Senior Partner at Online Computer Resources. OCR develops software for use with Mustang Software's Wildcat! BBS. TITLE: ModemBase Pro - Database DOOR Application for BBSs Date: 08/29/93 Time: 10:30:00 Room: Copper Descrip: ModemBase Pro is a database door program that operates as a DOOR program for Wildcat!, PCBoard, Searchlight, or other DOOR compatible bulletin board systems. The program allows operators to develop database applications for their services. Speaker: Troy Getty Company: Integrated Solutions, Inc. Troy Getty is CEO of Integrated Solutions, Inc., a communications software company whose first product is ModemBase Pro, a database door program for bulletin boards including Wildcat!, Searchlight, PCBoard, and other BBSs that allow DOORS. THE TBBS BBS TRACK TITLE: Introduction to TBBS Date: 08/27/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: Ballroom Descrip: Introduction to eSoft's The Bread Board System (TBBS) BBS software. Overview of features, including multi-user operation, flexible menu design, database application development, connectivity options, and sample applications. Speaker: Philip L. Becker Company: eSoft, Inc. Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The Bread Board System BBS software package. He is also author of the book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and founding partner in ONE, Inc. TITLE: TBBS Menu Design Date: 08/27/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Colorado C Descrip: How-to session on designing menu structures, presentation, and hierarchies for eSoft's The Bread Board System BBS software to take advantage of the powerful design capabilities built into TBBS. Speaker: Philip L. Becker Company: eSoft, Inc. Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The Bread Board System BBS software package. He is also author of the book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and founding partner in ONE, Inc. TITLE: TBBS Connectivity - QWK/FidoNet, Interchange Date: 08/27/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Colorado A Descrip: Technical description of various option modules and techniques for connecting bulletin boards based on eSoft, Inc.'s The Bread Board System to external networks such as FidoNet, provide QWK mail service to callers, and links provided using the new Interchange option module. Speaker: Philip L. Becker Company: eSoft, Inc. Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The Bread Board System BBS software package. He is also author of the book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and founding partner in ONE, Inc. TITLE: TDBS - xBASE Applications Online for TBBS Date: 08/28/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Colorado C Descrip: Developing xBASE multi-user database applications using eSoft's The Data Base System (TDBS) option module. Speaker: Philip L. Becker Company: eSoft, Inc. Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The Bread Board System BBS software package. He is also author of the book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and founding partner in ONE, Inc. TITLE: TBBS Graphics RIP/NAPLPS, etc Date: 08/28/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: Colorado B Descrip: How to develop attractive EGA/VGA graphic interfaces for eSoft's The Bread Board System using Remote Imaging Protocal, North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax, and other graphic interface techniques. Speaker: Philip L. Becker Company: eSoft, Inc. Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The Bread Board System BBS software package. He is also author of the book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and founding partner in ONE, Inc. TITLE: Connecting TBBS to Internet - PIMP Date: 08/28/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Colorado B Descrip: Presentation on using Jack Rickard's Personal Internet Mail Processor (PIMP) to connect a TBBS bulletin board to a UUCP host account for Internet domain name service mail, Usenet Newsgroups, Mailing List management, and FTP e-mail File Service. Discussion of internal UUCP g protocol dialer allowing TBBS to use unused BBS line to dial host for mail exchange. Speaker: Jack Rickard Company: ONE, Inc. Jack Rickard is Editor and Publisher of Boardwatch Magazine, a monthly publication covering electronic bulletin boards, online services, and the Internet. Rickard is also one of the founding partners of ONE, Inc., promoters of the Online Networking Exposition and BBS Convention (ONE BBSCON). TITLE: TBBS Future Directions Date: 08/28/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Colorado B Descrip: Presentation by TBBS author and developer Phil Becker on future development targets and directions for the TBBS bulletin board platform - what's likely, and what's not. Speaker: Philip L. Becker Company: eSoft, Inc. Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The Bread Board System BBS software package. He is also author of the book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and founding partner in ONE, Inc. TITLE: TBBS Third Party Developers Meeting Date: 08/29/93 Time: 10:30:00 Room: Colorado C Descrip: Panel discussion on developing and marketing TDBS applications for eSoft's TBBS bulletin board platform. Speaker: Ben Cunningham Company: Nashville Exchange Ben Cunningham operates the Nashville Exchange BBS in Nashville, a multiline TBBS system. He also develops third party programs for use with TBBS software using the TDBS option module. THE PCBOARD BBS TRACK TITLE: PCBoard Version 15.0 Date: 08/27/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: An introduction to PCBoard version 15.0 with an emphasis on new features including the PPL Programming Language, RIPscrip Support, New "Real-Time Chat Mode, New Internationalization Techniques, FOSSIL Support for Intelligent Serial Cards, Multiple Daily Events, File Attachment to Message, New CD-ROM Jukebox Support, FILE_ID.DIZ and .QWK Support, Caller-ID and Incoming FAX Support, New Message Handling Features, New Program Setup Features. Speaker: David Terry Company: Clark Development Company David W. Terry is Director of Programming at Clark Development Company. David is the author of the current PCBoard code and is intimately familiar with its setup, configuration options, and overall operation. TITLE: PCBoard Programming Language Date: 08/28/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: This session will provide a greater in-depth discussion of the new PCBoard Programming Language or PPL. Any time PCBoard v15.0 displays a prompt to the caller, asks the caller for input, or executes a command, a PPL program can be "attached" to the main code for execution. The SysOp can create sub-menus for the main program as well as for all file directory and bulletin menus. The PPL can also be used to "reprogram", translate, supplement, or change a system command quickly and easily without the use of a DOOR. Intelligent script questionnaires can also be developed. New or revised system commands can also "stuff" the keyboard with replacement commands, execute other PPL applications, or branch to a sub-menu as desired. Speaker: Louis Zirkel Company: Clark Development Company, Inc Louis Zirkel has been with Clark Development for over 2 years and brings with him over 7 years programming experience. Louis' current responsibilities include the maintenance of several PCBoard supplemental utility programs - including PCBPack, PCBModem, and INSTALL. Louis also provides technical support when he is not working on his programming efforts. TITLE: PCBoard/M Code Supplement Date: 08/28/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: West AB Descrip: This session will detail the various options available to SysOps when using the /M code (intelligent serial port) PCBoard supplement, including the use of both intelligent as well as non-intelligent serial cards in the same machine. Specific hardware options discussed inlcud ARNET Intelligent Boards, DigiBoard Intelligent Boards, Willies Single IRQ serial cards, FOSSIL compatibility. Speaker: Daniel Chiarson Company: Clark Development Daniel Chiarson is in charge of the overall BBS operations of Clark Development and is also responsible for maintaining the PCBModem program as well as working in the Technical Support department. Daniel has been with Clark Development for over a year and has a great deal of experience with PCBoard from previous installations he has worked on. TITLE: Connecting PCBoard to Internet - PCB-UUCP Date: 08/28/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: A presentation on using Merlin Systems PCB-UUCP to connect PCBoard BBS systems to the Internet using UUCP dial-up accounts. Covers list management, sub-routing of mail to other PCBoard systems, Usenet News Groups, file attachments, and use with PageSat satellite delivery of Usenet News. This is the technical session for PCBoard operators desiring to connect their BBS to a UUCP host account for global mail. Speaker: Roy Pereira Company: Merlin Systems Roy Pereira is founder and President of Merlin Systems, a Canadian software developer specializing in connectivity solutions. THE MAJOR BBS TRACK TITLE: The Major BBS as an Online Office Date: 08/27/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: This session will introduce attendees to the concept of an "online office" - how they can use Galacticomm technology to increase their productivity, efficiency, image, and company morale. The Major BBS, combined with the Advanced LAN Option, a variable number of User Six-Packs, the Fax/Online Add-on Option, and the Major Gateway/Internet Add-on Option provide all of the necessary components to automate several routine tasks. The Galacticomm Demo system will be used as an example system. our BBS is not only used as a demonstration for prospects, and as a technical support vehicle, but also as an internal and external communcations tool for Galacticomm employees. Speaker: Sheri Robert Company: Galacticomm Inc. TITLE: Introduction to The Major BBS Date: 08/27/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: Colorado C Descrip: This session will introduce attendees to the features and philosophy of The Major BBS and related Galacticomm Products. Possible announcement of a new release - followed by a question and answer session. Intro to features such as expansion hardware and software, connectivity options, RIPscrip, fax/online, Major Gateway/Internet, Major Database & Search and Retrieve, Shopping Mall, Entertainment Options, Developer's Toolkit, and technical support. Speaker: Scott Brinker Company: Galacticomm Inc. TITLE: RIPscrip Workshop for The Major BBS Date: 08/28/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: Colorado A Descrip: This will be a "hands on" session for existing and prospective Sysops of The Major BBS who are interested in integrating EGA/VGA graphics on their BBS. We will examine the RIPscrip Add-on Option and the integrated RIPaint tool. Several sample RIP-ized menus will be created on the spot. Various RIPscrip tips and tricks will be shared, in additiona to some discussion on colors, good graphic layout, and the mechanics of a GUI interface. Speaker: Scott Brinker Company: Galacticomm Inc. Speaker: Jeff Reeder Company: Telegrafic Communications, Inc Speaker: Chris Robert Company: Galacticomm Inc. TITLE: Online Door Programs with The Major BBS Date: 08/28/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: West CD Descrip: This session will discuss the ability to offer "Doors" to external programs via The Major BBS. This is accomplished by connecting to a second machine, via a null modem cable. Discussion of equipment required, software required, system files provided nd various programs that can be used with The Major BBS as an external program. Speaker: Edward Bush Company: Galacticomm Inc TITLE: The Major BBS - Message Networks and MHS Date: 08/28/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Theatre Descrip: Connecting to echo networks, either with or without MHS, continues to be a high demand feature of BBS software packages. This session will cover the various message and mail networks available for systems running The Major BBS. Depending on attendees present, a panel of guest speakers may include Robert Michnick, author of MailLink and coordinator of MajorNet, Skip Potter, author of MjrFIDO and MjrUTI, and Tony Javoric, co-author of Chat Mail Speaker: Bert Love Speaker: Steve Neal Company: Public Data Network Speaker: Skip Potter Company: Crystal Vision, Inc. Speaker: Robert Michnick Company: ProStar Computer Corp. Robert Michnick is the founder of ProStar Computer TITLE: Integrating FAX with The Major BBS Date: 08/29/93 Time: 9:00:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: This session will introduce attendees on how to integrate fax technology with their BBS. The Fax/Online product and also possible uses of the fax/BBS combination will be discussed. If the audience consists of a substantial number of people who are interested in add-on development, usign Fax Developer's Kit will also be discussed. Speaker: Brian Stephens Company: Galacticomm Inc. Speaker: Chris Robert Company: Galacticomm Inc. TITLE: Introduction to MajorNet Date: 08/29/93 Time: 10:30:00 Room: Oval Descrip: An introduction to a network linking BBSs based on Galacticomm's The Major BBS for shared message conferences. Speaker: Robert Michnick Company: ProStar Computer Corp. Robert Michnick is the founder of ProStar Computer TITLE: Developing Products for The Major BBS Date: 08/29/93 Time: 10:30:00 Room: Ballroom Descrip: This session provides a meeting for third-party developers of add-on products for Galacticomm's The Major BBS to discuss technical issues, marketing techniques, and other factors in developing software for Galacticomm's BBS platform. Speaker: Chris Robert Company: Galacticomm Inc. THE MACINTOSH BBS TRACK TITLE: ZiffNet/Mac Date: 08/26/93 Time: 16:30:00 Room: s congress Descrip: ZiffNet/Mac is a separate online service hosted on the CompuServe network. It is associated with the magazines, MacUser and MacWEEK and caters to Macintosh professionals, power users and enthusiasts. It features product buying databases, tech support databases, interactive forums to talk with the editors of the two publications, plus a select shareware library of 1500 of the greatest Macintosh shareware and freeware programs as chosen by the editors of MacUser and MacWEEK. Speaker: Ben Templin Company: Ziffnet/Mac Ben Templin has been working on bringing print magazines into the online environment since 1987. He has been an editor and/or writer for MacUser, MacWEEK, MacGuide, Computer Shopper and other technology based magazines. Templin launched ZMac (aka ZiffNet/Mac) in May 1990 and has since also launched a ZiffNet presence on AppleLink as well. Templin's focus today is on developing multimedia information which is small enough in size to suffer the bandwidth restrictions of telecommunications. TITLE: Macintosh BBS Administration Date: 08/27/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: Congress Descrip: Presentation on general techniques for effectively operating an online service or bulletin board system from the Macintosh platform. Speaker: Michael Bean Company: Arizona Macintosh Users Group Michael Bean is the President of the Arizona Macintosh Users Group, BBS sysop, creator of BBS in a BOX, and several other CD-ROM titles. Michael also has provided software tools that provide description translations to teh SitC=0 format now supported by Telefinder and First Class systems for the Macintosh. Michael has been involved in BBS systems since 1986. Since BBS in a BOX was introduced in 1990 over 200 Macintosh BBS systems currently provide this library to their members. TITLE: Macintosh Networking Issues Date: 08/27/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Congress Descrip: Roundtable discussion of various networks available to Macintosh bulletin boards, and techniques/requirements to connect to them for shared message conferences, electronic mail, etc. Speaker: Alan Heflich Company: Arizona Macintosh Users Group Speaker: Len Anderson Company: ResNova Software, Inc. Speaker: Maury Markowitz Company: Softarc, Inc. Speaker: Ben Templin Company: Ziffnet/Mac Ben Templin has been working on bringing print magazines into the online environment since 1987. He has been an editor and/or writer for MacUser, MacWEEK, MacGuide, Computer Shopper and other technology based magazines. Templin launched ZMac (aka ZiffNet/Mac) in May 1990 and has since also launched a ZiffNet presence on AppleLink as well. Templin's focus today is on developing multimedia information which is small enough in size to suffer the bandwidth restrictions of telecommunications. TITLE: Intro to 1stClass BBS Date: 08/27/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: Congress Descrip: Introduction to 1stClass BBS software package - a multiline BBS software package that operates from the Macintosh platform and is quickly gaining a following in the Macintosh community. Speaker: Maury Markowitz Company: Softarc, Inc. TITLE: Macintosh File Distribution Date: 08/27/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Congress Descrip: General discussion of Macintosh shareware file distribution systems. Speaker: Alan Heflich Company: Arizona Macintosh Users Group TITLE: Intro to hi-BBS Date: 08/27/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Congress Descrip: An introduction to the hi-BBS bulletin board package for the Macintosh, noted for ISDN capability. Speaker: Guy Bonneau Company: XBR Communications TITLE: Macintosh Data Compression Date: 08/28/93 Time: 9:15:00 Room: Congress Descrip: A discussion of data compression on the Macintosh platform by the developers of the STUFFIT DELUXE compression program. Speaker: Dave Schargel Company: Aladdin Systems Speaker: Leonard Rosenthol Company: Aladdin Systems TITLE: Mac Sysops Speak Out Date: 08/28/93 Time: 10:45:00 Room: Congress Descrip: General discussion of technical, social, and political developments of concern to sysops using the Macintosh platform primarily. Speaker: Bill Gram-Reefer Company: WORLDVIEW Bill Gram-Reefer is President of Worldview, a Concord California Public Relations Consulting Firm. He operates the Worldview BBS using Macintosh hardware and software, and writes a monthly column on Macintosh communications for Boardwatch Magazine. Speaker: Michael Bean Company: Arizona Macintosh Users Group Michael Bean is the President of the Arizona Macintosh Users Group, BBS sysop, creator of BBS in a BOX, and several other CD-ROM titles. Michael also has provided software tools that provide description translations to teh SitC=0 format now supported by Telefinder and First Class systems for the Macintosh. Michael has been involved in BBS systems since 1986. Since BBS in a BOX was introduced in 1990 over 200 Macintosh BBS systems currently provide this library to their members. Speaker: Alan Heflich Company: Arizona Macintosh Users Group Speaker: Ben Templin Company: Ziffnet/Mac Ben Templin has been working on bringing print magazines into the online environment since 1987. He has been an editor and/or writer for MacUser, MacWEEK, MacGuide, Computer Shopper and other technology based magazines. Templin launched ZMac (aka ZiffNet/Mac) in May 1990 and has since also launched a ZiffNet presence on AppleLink as well. Templin's focus today is on developing multimedia information which is small enough in size to suffer the bandwidth restrictions of telecommunications. TITLE: Intro to Novalink Professional BBS Date: 08/28/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: congress Descrip: An introduction to a multiline iconic Macintosh bulletin board system offering RIPscrip graphic capability, and excellent Internet mail capabilities. Up to 40 lines per server and TCP/IP telenet login. Speaker: Len Anderson Company: ResNova Software, Inc. Speaker: Alex Hopmann Company: ResNova Software, Inc. TITLE: Intro to Telefinder BBS Date: 08/28/93 Time: 15:00:00 Room: Congress Descrip: Introduction to Telefinder, a multi-line BBS package for the Mac platform by Spyder Island Software. A proven performer. Speaker: Rusty Tucker Company: Spyder Island Software Speaker: Chris Silverberg Company: Spyder Island Software TITLE: Macintosh ISDN Applications Date: 08/28/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Congress Descrip: Discussion of the capabilities and uses of Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDN) telephone service from the Macintosh platform. Speaker: Guy Bonneau Company: XBR Communications MISCELLANEOUS SESSIONS TITLE: Association of Shareware Professionals Date: 08/26/93 Time: 13:00:00 Room: Copper Descrip: Presentation on the Association of Shareware Professionals, the FILE_ID description field, and a new Shareware product identification product proposal termed VENDINFO that may impact electronic bulletin boards in the future. Speaker: unassigned Company: TITLE: Cultivating Information Entrepreneurs Date: 08/26/93 Time: 13:00:00 Room: Oval Descrip: Description of the concept of the "Information Entrepreneur," how to find, nurture, develop and eventually make them into an Information or Service Provider for your BBS or Network Information Service. Speaker: George Thornally Company: Bailey Thornally, Inc George Thornally is a business executive associated with Bailey Thornally, Inc., builder ofn an international high speed network. He also produces the Macintosh Communications Forum on America Online. TITLE: Media Relations for Product Vendors Date: 08/27/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Colorado B Descrip: In this session, David Coursey of IDG's PC Letter newsletter heads a panel of computer trade press journalists in discussing the elements of a software or hardware product press release that get's their hearts ticking - as well as elements in a product press release that cause quick filing in the outbound. Mastering press relations is crucial to the success of any product. In this session, you can hear from the trade press itself what works and what doesn't. Speaker: David Coursey Company: PC Letter Speaker: Cheryl Gerber Company: InfoWorld Cheryl Gerber is a columnist for InfoWorld - a weekly publication covering the latest news in personal computers, local area networks, and technology. Speaker: David Carlson Company: The Albuquerque Tribune David Carlson has twenty years experience in newspapers, magazines, and television as editor of a daily newspaper, news producer for television, and features writer for large circulation magazines. In addition to his press experience, Mr. Carlson is also a BBS operator and currently operates the 20-line Electronic Trib for the Albuquerque Tribune newspaper. Speaker: Dennis Fowler Company: Ziff-Davis Publishing Dennis Fowler is a Contributing Editor for Computer Shopper magazine and regularly reviews electronic bulletin boards for Computer Shopper. TITLE: IRS Electronic Filing Applications Date: 08/28/93 Time: 13:30:00 Room: Crystal Descrip: This presentation by the Internal Revenue Service Taxpayer Education Division describes various software applications affiliated with the online electronic submission of income tax forms and will provide information for developers interested in developing such applications. Speaker: Terry Donohoue Company: I.R.S. Denver District Terry Donohoue is the district Office Electronic Filing Coordinator for the Internal Revenue Service Denver District. He is a native Coloradoan who attained a BA degree in Marketing and Business Administration from Mesa College in Grand Junction, Colorado. Terry began working for the Internal Revenue Service in 1987 as a Taxpayer Service Representative. He answered tax law inquiries as a phone assistor and at walk-in counters. Terry advanced to Taxpayer Service Specialist answering written and telephonic inquiries about technical tax law subjects for preparers as well as the general public. In June of 1991, Tery was selected as the District Office Electronic Filing Coordinator (DOEFC) for the Denver District. The DOEFC serves as the district program coordinator on matters involving electronic filing of tax returns. The DOEFC performs a variety of administrative and liaison assignments which are complex in character and broad in scope. Terry, his wife Jody, and their 1 year old son Brian reside in the Denver Metro area. TITLE: SEX NO MORE: Woes of a BBS Operator's Once Significant Other Date: 08/28/93 Time: 17:00:00 Room: Theater Descrip: Noted actress and BBS widow Irene Fletcher covers the trials of being the Significant Other to a BBS enthusiast. This light-hearted session covers the demise of holidays, vacations, intelectual pursuits, household projects, and sex to the BBS in the den. This session opened to unregistered spouses of ONE BBSCON attendees who may find they too arenot alone. Speaker: Irene K. Fletcher TITLE: Falken BBS Doors Date: 08/29/93 Time: 9:00:00 Room: Theater Descrip: Technical session covering tips and techniques for developing door programs for the Falken multiline BBS package. Speaker: William Bell Company: Two Minute Warning Software Mr. William Bell graduated with an Electrical and Computer Engineering Degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1989. Mr. Bell works part-time developing Falken Doors which include Chess, Backgammon, Western Teleconferenc, Dialout, Public School #13, Western Developers Kit, etc. Speaker: Herb Rose Company: INFO*SHARE, Inc TITLE: Inexpensive UNIX Implementations Date: 08/29/93 Time: 9:00:00 Room: Colorado A Descrip: This session discusses low-cost UNIX clones such as 386BSD, Linux, and Coherent as an operating system for electronic bulletin boards taking advantage of Internet connectivity. Speaker: Theodore Tso Company: Speaker: Tim Pozar Company: Late Night Software Tim Pozar is the author of UFGATE, a shareware program to gate electronic mail and message conferences between the International FidoNet and the Internet. Speaker: Rob Kolstad Company: Berkley Software Design Inc