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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Hello, Team OS/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Team OS/2 Newsletter Number 5 March/April, 1994 Hello Teamers, One of the benefits of this newsletter to me is that it gives me a chance to say hello to many of you, and to let you know that there are real people here at IBM, not just blue suits (*smile*). That's why this newsletter is (*rather*) informal. But this has been a 1-person job too long, and I'm not able to keep up with the monthly issue that you've asked for. So I'd like you all to welcome Vicci Conway as the new Team OS/2 newsletter editor. I'm sure you know her name from her columns here in the newsletter about her BBS programs. I'm very happy to see her enthusiasm spread to the rest of the newsletter. And now, presenting Vicci (*smile*). Γûê Γûê Γûê Γûê Γûê Γûê Γûê Γûê Γûê Γûê Γûê Γûê Γûê Γûê Γûê Γûê Γûê Γûê Γûê Γûê Γûê Γûê Thanks Janet and Hello Teamers! First off I'd like to thank Janet (Thanks!) for the great job she has done with the newsletter. (Insert applause here.) I've some fairly large boots to fill so that the quality of the newsletter continues in an excellent manner. For those of you who aren't familiar with me, I've been involved with Team OS/2 since mid-1992. Since joining PSP a year ago this month, I've been a bit more involved in electronic marketing programs than the day-to-day Team OS/2 workings. Through my sysop duties for the Team OS/2 section on CompuServe and as administrator of the TEAMOS CFORUM, I've gotten to know quite a few of you and sincerely welcome this opportunity to work with more of you. I can't tell you how exciting (yes, sometimes work *is* exciting!) this opportunity is for me. I'd like to encourage all of *you* to send in your feedback, comments, stories and pictures to share with all the other Teamers. *You* are what makes this newsletter! Speaking of pictures, PLEASE be sure to send them in - we've got a surprise planned for them! My first task is to learn all the scripting commands (whew!) necessary to make this all work. Then updating items and making a few changes I've had in mind - some of which you will see in this issue. I hope these changes meet with your approval and I welcome your comments to teamnews@vnet.ibm.com. Speaking of changes...here's one that I hope will benefit everyone. Those of you who have been reading the newsletter for a while probably don't read "What is Team OS/2" or "IBM Team OS/2 Support" each month. In order for you to see where changes have occured in the sections like these that are in the newsletter each month, you will see a red bar ( Γöé ). This will be your indicator that this is new or updated information. Let me know if you think this change is worthwhile. Due to my learning curve and since we seem to have gotten off track anyway, this issue will cover March and April. This will put us back on track to see the newsletter the first week of each month. On a completely unrelated topic - IBM/PSP will be sponsoring a Grass Roots Marketing room at the upcoming Technical Interchange in San Francisco. We will be located near the exhibitor area in the San Francisco Hilton. Please drop by and see us! Onward to issue 5! Vicci Conway Team OS/2 Newsletter Editor Internet: teamnews@vnet.ibm.com ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. What is Team OS/2? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ What is Team OS/2? Team OS/2 is like an electronic user group: it consists of people around the world who are OS/2 enthusiasts and are voluntarily and actively sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm with others. They work to promote the use and availability of OS/2 wherever they can. But unlike a user group, there is very little organizational structure. As groups of Teamers come together though, they often start to form formal or informal groups so they can provide their own support network to work more effectively with IBM, vendors, user groups, and others. Being part of Team OS/2 is a state of mind. Team members are those who see that something needs to be done, and they figure out a way to do it. Some have started OS/2 BBS's to provide support for local OS/2 users. Others see that help is needed for local retailers to help them feel more confident in offering OS/2 to their customers. Membership in Team OS/2 is self-determined. You are a part of Team OS/2 (if you wish) if you consider that you are actively doing something to help support OS2 and OS/2 users and your efforts are beyond the expectations of your job. Team OS/2 is not owned or run by IBM. In fact, most Team OS/2 members are not IBM employees. Those Teamers who do happen to work for IBM generally use their own time to help others and promote the use of OS/2 and OS/2 applications just as other Teamers do. Although we at Team OS/2 Support in IBM PSP do maintain a Team OS/2 member list and put out this newsletter, we do these as services to Teamers worldwide. Being on the list is NOT a requirement to be part of Team OS/2. But it does help Teamers find other local members when looking for help, and provide a way to recognize the efforts of so many people in helping to promote OS/2. See Appendix B for information on how to get on the Team OS/2 member list. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. IBM Team OS/2 Support (Grass-Roots Marketing) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ IBM Team OS/2 Support (Grass-Roots Marketing) The IBM Personal Software Products (PSP) Grass-Roots Marketing team supports Team OS/2 and BBS activities (see Appendix A to learn how to contact this group). The support that IBM PSP offers to Team OS/2 changes as we learn to work together better. However, we are currently supporting Team OS/2 in these ways: 1. Information Distribution and Coordination o We distribute a world-wide Team OS/2 member list via Compuserve, Internet, Fidonet, and electronic media. This allows Teamers to find others in their area and contact them electronically. See Appendix B for information on how to get on this list. o We can also provide a mailing list based on this member list to vendors of OS/2 products on request. See Appendix A to see who to contact for this list. o The Team OS/2 Newsletter is produced monthly and distributed electronically. This provides information to Teamers around the world to help keep all Teamers up to date on what is happening with Team OS/2 and with other Teamers. It also lets IBM know what Team OS/2 is up to. Appendix A shows who to contact to submit articles or suggestions for the newsletter, or how to get the ASCII source to include in another newsletter. o We participate on electronic forums to discuss Team OS/2, Teamer activities, and future needs. These forums also help foster creativity and imagination between Teamers, and encourage new activities. See Appendix C for details on where to find Team OS/2 on the various networks. 2. OS/2 Merchandise and other Support for Marketing Activities A number of Team OS/2 members have gone out on their own time to do public OS/2 demos and to support and encourage local retailers. See Appendix D for the specific types of activities supported, support packages, and requirements. Where possible, these activities are supported world-wide. 3. Team OS/2 Member Support Because of requests by many Team OS/2 members, we had a Team OS/2 logo designed and have arranged for Team OS/2 Tshirts, Team OS/2 golf shirts, and embroidered Team OS/2 logo patches. See Γöé Appendix G for ordering information. In addition, we send some of these out in support of public OS/2 demos so that the Teamer can be easily identified. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Team OS/2 Members - Where are they? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Team OS/2 Members: Where are they? The full Team OS/2 member list is available any place you can find this Team OS/2 newsletter. Because of the size however, it's kept in a separate file. Each month, the ZIP file will include the Team OS/2 member names in two separate formats: one by country and city and the other alphabetically by name. These were created as of 25 March 1994: Teamers by Network The following list was created from the email addresses given to us. It's a little misleading in that many people have Internet connectivity from a network (such as America Online), but we do not have a specific Internet Address listed in our database. So, the number of Internet-connected users is much higher than appears here: Electronic Network Teamers America Online 71 Compuserve 742 Delphi 20 Fidonet 474 Genie 37 IBMMAIL 113 IBM Internal (VNET) 246 Internet 803 MCIMail 9 Prodigy 198 OS2BBS (IBM Talklink) 94 Other 186 No Email capability 404 Team OS/2 Members by Country Team OS/2 is now in 41 countries as follows: Country Teamers Argentina 4 Australia 47 Austria 8 Belgium 12 Brazil 16 Canada 201 Chile 1 Denmark 21 Finland 5 France 5 Germany 68 Guam 1 Hong Kong 5 Israel 1 Italy 19 Japan 1 Latvia 6 Litchenstein 1 Mexico 6 Netherlands 44 New Zealand 3 Norway 11 Peru 1 Philippines 1 Portugal 5 Qatar 1 Russia 9 Saudi Arabia 3 Scotland 3 Singapore 5 South Africa 4 Spain 29 Sweden 26 Switzerland 3 Taiwan ROC 1 Trinidad & Tobago 1 Turkey 3 UK 59 Ukraine 3 USA 1785 Virgin Islands 1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Team OS/2 Reports - Activities and Events ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Team OS/2 Reports - Activities and Event We encourage Teamers to list their activities with us (IBM Team OS/2 Support) in order for them to be included in this newsletter. Contact us well in advance in order to get your event added to our database, even if you do not require additional support from IBM. By listing your event in our database and letting people know what you are doing, you can help give others ideas where they can also help in their communities. And it's a good way to find additional volunteers if you need them. Note: We've started requesting some additional descriptive information about each event so that we can include it in the newsletter. If you have further suggestions about this, please send it to teamnews@vnet.ibm.com. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1. Scheduled Team OS/2 Activities and Events ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Scheduled Team OS/2 Activities and Events This is the list of events currently scheduled in our Team Event database. There are often other Team OS/2 activities planned, but these are the ones we know of. If you'd like to help out on any of these, please contact the lead Teamer given in the list. Country - Australia May 17, 1994 (for 3 days) in Brisbane Australian PC94, Australian equivalent to Comdex Country - Canada April 14, 1994 in Edmonton, Alberta MASS Computing Conference. Will consist of a morning presentation and an afternoon demo area with three or four machines. For information, contact Arylnn Poczynek. April 22, 1994 in Edmonton, Alberta Software House For information, contact Arylnn Poczynek. Ontario March 27, 1994 in Windsor, Ontario Windsor Computer Fair. Local computer fair held at the Chrysler Theatre Cleary International Centre For information, contact Andrew Lozier at Fidonet 1:246/66. Country - USA Arizona April 01, 1994 in Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix PC Users Group, Team OS/2 to support the David Barnes Demo For information, contact Esther Schindler at compuserve 72241,1417. California April 11, 1994 in Loma Linda, California Loma Linda University, OS/2 demo for professors and research assistants at university For information, contact Sukalyan Saha. April 11, 1994 in Red Land, California CTO, Private OS/2 demonstration to CTO employees For information, contact Sukalyan Saha. April 23, 1994 (for 4 days) in Santa Clara, California Computer Game Developer's Conference. The single biggest event for anyone in the computer gaming industry, where all of the bug-name and wannabe game developers and publishers meet. For information, contact: Robert Lee, Jr. at general@bcrvm1 (IBM). Florida April 10, 1994 (for 7 days) in Lakeland, Florida Sun-N-Fun: This event is the "SHARE, GUIDE, COMDEX" equivalents for private pilots. Sponsored by the Experimental Aircraft Association. For information, contact: James F. Agnew New Jersey April 16, 1994 (for 2 days) in Trenton, New Jersey Trenton State Computer Fair: Computer fair at Trenton County Community College. 15,000 people exptected to attend For information, contact: Dan Bullock at IBM: bullockd@wmavm7. Texas April 02, 1994 in Houston, Texas CompUSA: Store management asked Team OS/2 to return after OS/2 Apps Day at CompUSA. For information, contact Art Felner at Fidonet 1:106/437 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2. Chicago OS/2 User Group - A Major Event ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ A Major OS/2 Event: "Who's Who in OS/2" The North Suburban Chicago OS/2 Users' Group, Chicago's Largest OS/2 Users' Group Presents: "Who's Who in OS/2". Date: April 5, 1994 Time: 5:00 PM Registration 5:45 PM Opening Announcements 6:00 - 9:00 PM Main Event Location: Allstate Corporate Headquarters Auditorium Allstate Plaza Northbrook, Il This event is FREE of CHARGE and limited to only those with an honest interest in OS/2. Seating is limited and RSVP's are therefore strongly recommended. Priority will be given to those who preregister (RSVP). A series of moderated round table discussions comprised of possibly the largest collection of OS/2 luminaries and experts ever gathered in one place by an OS/2 users' group. These expert panels will discuss and debate various aspects of OS/2. Then the participants will field as many questions as possible from the audience. Currently scheduled to appear (in alphabetical order): Edwin Black Publisher, 'OS/2 Professional' Marty Cawthon Author of 'ChipChat', OS/2 communications software Charles Dircks Author of 'Desktop Observatory' LAN Administration Randell Flint Author of 'Relish', PIM for OS/2 Brady Flowers Oberon Software, Author of 'TE/2', OS/2 communications software Peter Hayes IBM PSP, Director of Communications Rick McGuire IBM Endicott, Senior Programmer, REXX David Moskowitz Author and Editor, 'OS/2 2.1 Unleashed' Pete Norloff Sysop, 'OS/2 Shareware BBS' Timothy Sipples Moderator, Author of Internet's OS/2 Frequently Asked Questions List Maria Tyne Author of 'Thinking Person's Guide to OS/2 2.1' David Whittle IBM PSP, OS/2 Advisor Guy Wright Technical Editor, 'OS/2 Magazine' Bill Wyatt IBM PSP, Grassroots Marketing John Soyring (IBM Director of Strategic Relations) has also expressed an interest in attending, schedule permitting. This is still a preliminary list with new additions still being added. Coincidently, the CAMP (Corporate Association for Microcomputer Professionals) EXPO is being held the very next day. If you were planning on attending, this would be an excellent opportunity to attend both events with a minimum of travel and lodging expense. A list of several hotels within driving distance is attached to the end of this announcement. To RSVP (pre-register): Call NSCOUG at 708-317-7405 Internet: mr.os2@gco.com Compuserve 73447,607 James Schmidt at Greater Chicago Online BBS 708-895-4042 (data). Directions: From O'Hare (South): Take I-294 (Tri-State Tollway) North. (North directions pickup from here down.) Exit Willow Road West to Sanders Road (1/2 mile). Left turn on Sanders (South) to Allstate Plaza Mail Entrance opposite Winkleman road. Left turn into Allstate (East). Inform guard you are attending the OS/2 meeting. Follow the signs to parking and the Auditorium. Register at the reception table and pick up your preprinted badge. From North: Take I-294 (Tri-State Tollway) South. Exit Willow Road West and follow the above directions. || || _____________||________________________________/||\___ ________________________________________________||____ || /\ \||/ \\ Sanders --->|| Willow Road | || T M \\ Road || || R i \\ || _________________________ || I l \\ Winkleman | || | | || - w \\ Road V || | Parking _ | || S a \\_____________|| | | |_| <- | || T u \\____________||---------------| | | || A k \\ || |Main | | | || T e \\ || |Entrance | | || E /\ e \\ || | | | || | \\ || | Auditorium - | || I | A \\ || |_________________________| || - | v \\ || ALLSTATE PLAZA || 2 North e \\ || || 9 \\ || || 4 Local Hotels: Northbrook Hilton (1 mile) 2855 Milwaukee Ave. Northbrook, IL 708-480-7500 Hyatt Deerfield (4 miles) 1750 Lake Cook Rd. Deerfield, Il 708-945-3400 Raddison Suites-Glenview (3 miles) 1400 Milwaukee Ave. Glenview, IL 708-803-9800 Embassy Suites (4 miles) 1445 Lake Cook Rd. Deerfield, IL 708-945-4500 Respectfully submitted, James Schmidt Founder/Co-ordinator NSCOUG OS/2 Accredited ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3. IBM at the Game Developers Conference ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ IBM at the Game Developers Conference By The General, Robert E. Lee Jr. At this year's Game Developer's Conference, IBM will sponsor two events. The first will be a one-hour 'Sponsored Session', where we will be able to present OS/2 to about 100 or so people interested in attending. For that session, we will have Gene Steele presenting OS/2 Multimedia to demonstrate the power of OS/2 in a gaming environment, followed by a short pitch by the Developer's Assistance Program folks to let them know the DAP program is available to help people figure out the intricasies of OS/2 programming. (It is actually the DAP folks who are paying for this session, so they're allowed to get a sales pitch in.;-) ) The second event is a booth at the vendor expo. That expo will go on for two days, Sunday April 24th and Monday the 25th. It will be a large 20'x10' booth, manned by a combination of PSP folks and Team OS/2 volunteers. (Exactly who will be manning that booth is still TBD, but we have more Team OS/2 volunteers than we can handle at the moment. Team OS/2 never ceases to amaze me!) At both events, we hope to use Galactic Civilization and Sim City as examples of what you can do under OS/2 that makes it such a great platform for both game developers and game players. These two games are now in their final beta test, and are among the first high quality OS/2 specific games to be marketted in the retail channels. They are both being published by Advanced Idea Machines. In addition to those folks working the booths, we will have at least a half-dozen 'IBM Attendees', who will be buying full conference tickets and will be able to attend the other sessions at the conference. Their mission will be more to listen to what these gamers want in an OS, than it will be to push OS/2 as the solution for them. Personally, I'm *VERY* happy with IBM's and Team OS/2's support in gaining a respectable presence at the conference. Compared to last year's conference, where I was the sole IBMer in attendence, ... well... there is no comparison. The Computer Game Developer's Conference is held annually at the Westin Hotel in Santa Clara, CA. This year, it will start on Saturday, April 23rd and run through Tuesday, April 26th. For more information, write the CGDC, 555 Bryant St., Suite 330, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, or call their Customer Service Desk at (415) 856-GAME and leave a message. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.4. 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Team OS/2 Event Reports (from previous events) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Team OS/2 Event Reports (from previous events) We're including this list of activites in the past couple months so you can see what has been happening recently. Since some of these events were scheduled after we posted the last list, this gives you a more complete picture of what Teamers were doing. Event reports are selected from various reports sent in to teamos2@vnet.ibm.com or posted on electronic conferences. Also, if you wish to specifically send in a report or letter that you'd like included in this newsletter, please send it via the Internet to: teamnews@vnet.ibm.com or internally within IBM to: teamnews at ausvm1 As you submit reports, we would appreciate photographs suitable for scanning and including in this newsletter. It is always nice to see the team in action!!! --- Country: Australia --- March 08, 1994 (for 4 days) in Sydney Australian PC94: Australian equivalent to Comdex --- Country: Brazil --- March 22, 1994 (for 4 days) in Rio de Janeiro Comdex-RJ: Brazilian Comdex. For information, contact: Marcio Alexandre at marcioal@riosys1 --- Country: Canada --- Alberta March 04, 1994 in Edmonton, Alberta OS/2 Day at Grant MacEwen: This hands-on demonstration will give computer users the opportunity to learn more about this powerful 32-bit desktop operating system. Users can test OS/2 with a variety of applications, to demonstrate the product's versatility and stability. Team OS/2 members will be available to demonstrate the software and answer questions. For information, contact: Arylnn Poczynek. --- Country: Denmark --- February 18, 1994 in Lyngby Sample Pack for Team OS/2 Denmark: Sample materials for Team OS/2 Denmark. For information, contact: Flemming Schmidt at dkibmvm2(schmidt). --- Country: Germany --- March 05, 1994 in Saulheim OS/2 Presentation: OS/2 Presentation to AMC Managers (Alfa Metalcraft) For information, contact: Norbert Pott at npott@mazvm02 --- Country: Japan --- February 21, 1994 (for 5 days) in Tokyo LANExpo '94 For information, contact: Steve Bellamy --- Country: Sweden --- February 12, 1994 in Stockholm OS/2 Day: OS/2 day at one of the largest resellers in Stockholm For information, contact: Mats Pettersson at MPettersson@vnet.ibm.com. --- Country: UK --- February 22, 1994 (for 4 days) in Warwick Windows Show: Computer fair in UK For information, contact: David Partridge. --- Country: USA --- Arizona February 26, 1994 in Tucson, Arizona Tucson Computer Society's Computer Fair: "The fair's theme is 'Explore the World of Personal Coputers'. For information, contact: Dave Battelle March 05, 1994 in Phoenix, Arizona - CompUSA #281 March 05, 1994 in Mesa, Arizona - CompUSA #227 California February 12, 1994 in Anaheim, California Anaheim Computer Show For information, contact: Jim Kennedy February 19, 1994 in North Ridge, California North Ridge Computer Show For information, contact: Robert Worne March 05, 1994 in Redondo Beach, California - CompUSA #581 March 05, 1994 in Newark, California - CompUSA #621 March 05, 1994 in Santa Clara, California - CompUSA #291 March 05, 1994 in San Bruno, California - CompUSA #297 March 05, 1994 in Woodland Hills, California - CompUSA #301 March 05, 1994 in San Marcos, California - CompUSA #307 March 05, 1994 in Culver City, California - CompUSA #211 March 05, 1994 in City of Industry, California - CompUSA #217 March 05, 1994 in Fountain Valley, California - CompUSA #241 March 05, 1994 in San Diego, California - CompUSA #251 March 05, 1994 in Sacramento, California - CompUSA #271 March 05, 1994 in San Bernadino, California - CompUSA #277 March 05, 1994 in Anaheim, California - Anaheim Computer Show March 12, 1994 in Westminster, California Egghead Software: Store demonstration of OS/2 For information, contact: Bobby Reeves March 18, 1994 (for 3 days) in Pomona, California Los Angeles Computer Fair For information, contact: Richard Frank Colorado March 05, 1994 in Aurora, Colorado - CompUSA #161 Connecticut March 05, 1994 in Norwalk, Connecticut - CompUSA #511 March 05, 1994 in Orange, Connecticut - CompUSA #517 Florida February 05, 1994 (for 2 days) in Miami, Florida Miami Hamboree For information, contact: Lloyd Webber March 05, 1994 (for 2 days) in Boca Raton, Florida Meet Me Downtown: Large festival in Boca Raton, FL. Usually For information, contact: Doug Azzarito March 05, 1994 in West Palm Beach, Florida - CompUSA #611 March 05, 1994 in Deerfield Beach, Florida - CompUSA #431 March 05, 1994 in Miami, Florida - CompUSA #311 March 05, 1994 in Tampa, Florida - CompUSA #337 Georgia March 05, 1994 in Marietta, Georgia - CompUSA #491 March 05, 1994 in Roswell, Georgia - CompUSA #487 March 05, 1994 in Atlanta, Georgia - CompUSA #497 March 05, 1994 in Duluth, Georgia - CompUSA #147 Illinois March 05, 1994 in Schaumburg, Illino - CompUSA #171 March 05, 1994 in Skokie, Illinois - CompUSA #177 March 05, 1994 in Downers Grove, Illinois - CompUSA #181 Indiana February 24, 1994 (for 4 days) in Lafayette, Indiana Tippecanoe County Home Show: "This is their biggest show of the year. Several thousand attendees expected" For information, contact: Phil Polstra at polstra@physics.purdue.edu March 05, 1994 in Indianapolis (Castleton), Indiana - CompUSA #451 Kansas March 05, 1994 in Overland Park, Kansas - CompUSA #141 February 02, 1994 in Baton Rouge, LA Exxon Computer Club: OS/2 demo for Exxon employees For information, contact: David Arbour March 05, 1994 in Metairie, LA - CompUSA #461 Massachusetts March 05, 1994 in Brighton, Massachusetts - CompUSA #447 March 05, 1994 in Framingham, Massachusetts - CompUSA #327 March 05, 1994 in Woburn, Massachusetts - CompUSA #361 Maryland February 05, 1994 in Rockville, Maryland - CompUSA: Store demo March 05, 1994 in Rockville, Maryland - CompUSA #391 March 05, 1994 in Glen Burnie, Maryland - CompUSA #397 Michigan February 24, 1994 in Grand Rapids, Michigan Product Show: Show to demonstrate new systems and new software to the agents. For information, contact: Janeen Weinstock March 05, 1994 in Madison Heights, Michigan - CompUSA #351 Minnesota March 05, 1994 in Roseville, Minnesota - CompUSA #197 Missouri March 05, 1994 in Maryland Heights, Missouri - CompUSA #131 North Carolina February 03, 1994 in Raleigh, North Carolina Egghead Weekly Demo: OS/2 weekly demo at Egghead For information, contact: Stephen Riley February 05, 1994 in Cary, North Carolina Electronics Boutique: Store demo For information, contact: Stephen Riley at sriley@carvm3 February 10, 1994 in Raleigh, North Carolina Egghead Weekly Demo: OS/2 weekly demo at Egghead For information, contact: Stephen Riley February 17, 1994 in Raleigh, North Carolina Egghead Weekly Demo: OS/2 weekly demo at Egghead For information, contact: Stephen Riley February 24, 1994 in Raleigh, North Carolina Egghead Weekly Demo: OS/2 weekly demo at Egghead For information, contact: Stephen Riley March 05, 1994 in Greensboro, North Carolina - CompUSA #561 March 12, 1994 in Raleigh, North Carolina PC Fair For information, contact: Steve Gallagher New Jersey March 05, 1994 in Edison, New Jersey - CompUSA #571 March 05, 1994 in Parsipanny, New Jersey - CompUSA #431 March 05, 1994 in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey - CompUSA #437 March 05, 1994 in Paramus, New Jersey - CompUSA #407 Nevada March 05, 1994 in Las Vegas, Nevada - CompUSA #221 New York March 05, 1994 in Rochester, New York - CompUSA #567 March 05, 1994 in Garden City, New York - CompUSA #347 Ohio February 12, 1994 in Cincinnati, Ohio Egghead Software: Store demo at Egghead Software in Cincinnati For information, contact: Kevin Royalty March 05, 1994 in North Olmstead, Ohio - CompUSA March 05, 1994 in Dayton, Ohio - CompUSA #427 March 05, 1994 in Columbus, Ohio - CompUSA #541 March 05, 1994 in Beachwood, Ohio - CompUSA #417 March 05, 1994 in Cincinnati, Ohio - CompUSA #421 Pennsylvania March 05, 1994 in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania - CompUSA #367 March 05, 1994 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - CompUSA #371 Texas February 19, 1994 in Irving, Texas Infomart: Computer show with free education and a vendor area. For the last 18 months, Team OS/2 has been in that vendor sale area promoting OS/2 and winning converts. For information, contact: Gerald Meazell March 05, 1994 in Austin, Texas - CompUSA #521 March 05, 1994 in Houston, Texas - CompUSA #527 (FM 1960 W) March 05, 1994 in Dallas, Texas - CompUSA #111 March 05, 1994 in Arlington, Texas - CompUSA #121 March 05, 1994 in Mesquite, Texas - CompUSA #127 March 05, 1994 in Houston, Texas - CompUSA #151 (Westheimer) Virginia February 05, 1994 in Tysons Corner, Virginia CompUSA For information, contact: Joe Gilvary March 05, 1994 in Vienna, Virginia - CompUSA #381 March 17, 1994 (for 2 days) in Blacksburg, Virginia VA Tech bookstore demo: Public demo of OS/2 at the Virginia Tech Bookstore. For information, contact: Keith Brafford Wisconsin March 05, 1994 in Brookfield, Wisconsin - CompUSA #191 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.1. Team OS/2 Australia and PC'94 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Team OS/2 Australia and PC'94 By Neil Stokes We've just finished the PC'94 show here in Sydney - kinda like Comdex down under - where OS/2 received a warm reception from vendors and punters alike. Our local Team OS/2 crowd put in a great effort demonstrating the product and handling questions from customers, both real and prospective. We put out a flyer to all the vendors at the show, offering to install OS/2 on their machines, so that they could demonstrate it running their applications and/or hardware. We had over twenty takers, and there were more that we simply didn't have time to install. It was interesting to note the change in people's perceptions of OS/2; last year it was "What is OS/2?", but this year it was more commonly "I've heard about OS/2, and it's getting good reviews. Show me more about it" which is very gratifying. Dick Smith Electronics (nationwide retailer similar to Tandy) had a sales booth on the IBM stand, and were selling OS/2, OS/2 for Windows, Stacker for OS/2, and Lotus SmartSuite for OS/2. On the Thursday evening, traditionally the show's busiest time, they were moving OS/2 for Windows at the rate of one per minute. Added up sales were over 330 copies of OS/2 for Windows alone...I didn't get time to check the other stuff. Enormous Yoshi to Neil Curtis from IBM U.K., who was in Sydney on vacation and volunteered his time to do presentations in the theatrette on the stand...his showmanship - including juggling segments - attracted huge crowds...people were standing eight or ten deep around the stand, and at times the aisles were completely blocked. The theatrette faced directly onto the Microsoft stand...they were getting fifteen or twenty people to their demonstrations, and looked miserable. :-) Classic comment of the show came during an NT demo on the Micrsoft stand. The presenter began with a catchy slogan - "NT is built for the future!" to which some bright spark - not an IBMer - replied in a loud voice "Well, it sure isn't built for the present!" The presenter visibly shrank. :-) Anyway, thought y'all might like to know that OS/2 is alive and well and living in Australia... ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.2. Recent Northern California Demo's ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Recent Northern California OS/2 Demos By Gene Steele Computer Authority Show The Saturday before last, my son and I had the pleasure of demoing OS/2 at the Computer Authority Show at Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco. The place was mobbed by thousands. The Center was split into two sections. Half was devoted to vendor booths showing off their hard and software, the other half was set up as a store to sell the demo'ed items at a discount. IBM had a small corner booth right across the aisle from the largest booth in the show; Microsoft's. In the IBM booth we had a multi-media docking station connected Thinkpad 750c and a couple of other Thinkpad models. We had gobs of "Z" cards and OS/2 pens (the plastic ones) to give away. I brought a box of OS/2 demo disks some OS/2 keychains (I'm out of both now...) and my 32Meg 33Mhz 2Gig 486 OS/2 box. I had plenty of Software Motion Video files including the "Blow your neighbors Windows out" Fiesta Bowl commercial. We took great delight in blasting this over and over, much to the dismay of the poor Microsoft employees across the way. Our little 8' by 10' booth was constantly under siege by dozens of attendees, while the huge Microsoft booth was lucky to snag an occasional victim (which they inevitably lost to us anyway.) The show ran from Friday through Sunday, but we sold the place out of OS/2 by Saturday afternoon. At one point, one of the people I recognized from the Microsoft booth came over masquerading as an attendee and started to harangue me about the "obviously dead" state of OS/2 and the inherent superiority of Windows NT. I was easily holding my own until the crowd surrounding us took over and abusively shouted him down and escorted him away! You had to be there! Too much fun. ;-) Fry's Stores Next came last Saturday's six store Tele-Video linked Northern Cali- fornia Fry's Stores OS/2 demos. Again I brought my monster machine and used our favorite OS to blow away the masses. Fry's had classrooms big enough for 50 or so people in each of six No. CA. Fry's stores and we were Live, Two Way, Full Motion Audio and Video Linked to each store. Microphones were passed among the attendees so that they could ask me questions (I could see them on TV as well). I gave two, one hour demos, an hour apart. The classrooms appeared to be between 30 and 60% full. There was a copy of OS/2 for Windows given away at each store at the end of each demo and there were "Z" cards and OS/2 pens for everyone as well. Excitement was high. Questions came non-stop and found me ready. Un- solicited anti-Microsoft sentiments were evident with people expressing dismay at what they have been suffering with and limited to, when they could have been using OS/2 instead. Just another fun Weekend in Silicon Valley. CompUSA Last night, TEAM OS/2 descended upon the local CompUSA and prepared one of their DX2-66 486 machines for tomorrow's CompUSA OS/2 Demo's. Dean Klingler has been struggling with their management to make things happen there and it finally looks like it will go well. We should have half a dozen Teamers and machines there to blow the collective minds of all the unsuspecting customers that will have to get past us to get into the store tomorrow! Thanks go to all who have made these events possible, including a number of highly motivated PSP employees. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.3. Meet Me Downtown ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Meet Me Downtown By Doug Azzarito I was involved in an OS/2 event a couple of weekends ago, and I am finally recovered enough to post a report - those 72 hour days are harder to handle than you'd think. The event was called "Meet Me Downtown", and the only tie-in with OS/2 was that Boca Raton is the home of OS/2. Many of the people walking by didn't have a clue, but they learned fast! I was able to scrounge 2 machines for demos. One was a ValuePoint with a SoundBlaster and VideoBlaster. I brought my CamCorder to take live shots of people and put them on the screen, and also showed off some multimedia apps. I didn't just show AVI movies, I had applications that USED MultiMedia, and that really made a difference. The other machine (a ThinkPad 720) was running OS/2 apps (DeScribe and 1-2-3), so people could see how powerful OS/2 apps could be. I also had a "prize machine" running on that machine. It was just a Rexx app I wrote before the show - anyone could walk up to the machine and press a key, and the prize machine would tell them what prize they won. I had some OS/2 shopping bags, mouse pads and other trinkets left over from other demos, and those wonderful folks in Austin also sent a box full of other goodies. The prize machine was busy the entire weekend (over 1000 people walked through the booth). We also had a drawing for copies of OS/2, and a teamer was wandering around the festival with a bagful of trinkets. While the band was on stage, I told everyone in the audience that if they saw someone with an OS/2 bag, and they said "Have you heard about OS/2", that person might give them a prize. Of course, there were hundreds of people walking around with OS/2 bags, given away by the prize machine, so OS/2 was a very popular topic! Everyone who sat in the audience while Blu/2 was on stage got an OS/2 pin, and during one break, some audience members were happy to find a secret message on the back of their pin that translated to, "you have won an OS/2 t-shirt". With some help fro the local OS/2 User's Group, we had a newsletter to hand out with OS/2 information of local interest. We even got the printing done for free, and gave the printer a nice mention in the flyer. The flyer was produced entirely in DeScribe, which also showed what OS/2 could do. This event was not your average Team OS/2 event. It really gave us a change to show OS/2 to Joe Public. The good news was that Joe Public liked it. Thanks to all the Teamers who stopped by the booth to help out. The more people that get involved, the better the event becomes. I hope this gives you some ideas to try yourself. Have Fun! ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.4. Anaheim, California ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Anaheim, California Event date: 2/20/94 (postponed from 2/12, due to earthquake damage to stadium) Location: Angel Stadium, Anaheim, California. Thanks to the Teamers that worked at the show: Jim Kennedy, Gloria Huang, Bobby Reeves and Steven V. Christ. The event ran from 10 until 4 and was crowded until the last few minutes of the show. Over 3000 people attended and almost all passed by the Team OS/2 demo. Office Solutions gave us one of their tables and provided the computer, a 486/66 with 16meg in a multimedia case. We used this to demonstrate participatory multitasking by running Popeye, the Tennis Match .AVI, Harley.AVI, the "take me out to the ball game" .MID clip and various WAV clips. We did two brief demos of CorelDraw for OS/2, but the show was too crowded to effectively show off the several OS/2 apps I had loaded on the demo machine prior to the show. We were all too busy just answering questions and handing out promotional material to this record crowd. Best Tool: OS/2 Balloons. The show management does not allow active "steering" either inside or outside the show entrance, so we gave OS/2 balloons to anyone who came to our demo table and wanted one. People saw others carrying these and came towards the balloons we had tied over the table. I had rented a small helium tank so we could try this; it worked very well. Demo prizes: We gave an OS2 mug or fountain pen to people that spent some time with us and talked to us. We gave the pins to anyone we saw buying a copy of OS/2 or an OS/2 application; we gave sticker sheets to anyone who asked (they are not too popular, except with children); we ran through all the demo disks I had. Tips: Collate all the flyers, throwaways, etc. before the show. It is easier to put a stapled packet into an OS/2 bag when things get busy. Keep demo disks out of the public's reach. I have stopped people from taking a dozen at a time. Special thanks to Office Solutions for the computer and the space. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.5. CompUSA Event Report Summary ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ CompUSA Event Report Summary Editors Note Store Manager/Personnel: "The folks at CompUSA were exceptionally nice to us and helped out in every way possible." -Carl Camara, Team Leader, CompUSA, Newark, CA "The staff was excited about OS/2 but did not know much about it. The store put us in the hardware demo area. It would have been better if we had an area away from the hardware demos, like in the furniture section or near the front of the store. More guidance to the store managers and teams would have helped. This would have prevented teams from being placed in poor locations." -Edward J. D'Avignon, Team Leader, CompUSA, Orange, CT "CompUSA support was fantastic. Floor manager bent over backwards to provide anything we needed. Later in the day, he basically invited Team OS/2 to demo at his store at any time." -Dan Bullock, Team Leader, CompUSA, Mt. Laurel, NJ "The store management was very friendly, but I had trouble with getting in with the right CompUSA person for the demo. This will not be a problem next time, as they want us back. Generally speaking the OS/2 knowledge of the staff was very close to zero! The store manager came up to us after the demo and thanked us for coming and invited us back. He also gave us a special thanks because we cleaned up after ourselves. He told me that most demo days the people pick up their machines and go, leaving the staff to clean up!! -Stephen Riley, Team Leader, CompUSA, Greensboro, NC "Cooperation of local management was excellent after initial delays with setting up the store's demo machine. Their enthusiasm grew remarkably as the lead up and event proceeded. Enthusiasm and knowledge of store staff progressed from mostly yawns to genuine interest and enthusiasm. There were only two or three OS/2 supporters on staff before the event and at least a dozen after it. About a half dozen decided to make the leap and migrate to OS/2 on their personal systems as a result of the event. One of the store staffers who works the software section holding the OS/2 apps was firmly committed to the Microsoft camp on the day I began setting up the demo machine. He progressed from pretty serious IBM/OS2 bashing to shyly asking questions to an enthusiastic pledge to make the switch. The Monday after the event when I stopped by for the post-event inventory, he said he'd switch to OS/2 as soon as more BackMaster was in stock so he could backup his stuff and make the change." -Ken Rucker, Team Leader, CompUSA, Arlington, TX "I received outstanding support from the CompUSA Management. They basically gave me everything I needed." -Jim McGuffin, Team Leader, CompUSA, Mesa, AZ "I talked with the assistant manager, and he was very impressed with OS/2, as he expressed a great deal of interest in learning much more about it. He asked me if we held classes so people like him could learn more about it. He was also impressed with the amount of customer interest in OS/2 and he told me that this demo had shown a bigger customer response than any other that they had done. Clearly, OS/2 made a good impression on the folks at CompUSA, both customers and employees." -Mark Kelley, Teamer Volunteer, CompUSA, Indianapolis, IN "The retail and software managers set up times for us to come back and train the store staff on OS/2. They also want us back in a few weeks when the software is back in stock." -Chris White, Teamer Volunteer, CompUSA, Sacramento, CA "The store manager pulled me aside to explain that he had called MS to cancel a demo they had for the same day, so we could do the OS/2 thing. I think we did his store a good service. They are gearing up to stock many of the apps that we demoed. I hope the same folks come back the second time." -M.Dean Klingler, Team Leader, CompUSA, Santa Clara, CA Materials/Applications- "I did not receive all the apps in time. Also, be sure that we receive ALL the apps that are on the demo list. The best packages to demo were the ones that came with complete documentation. If a company expects us to learn about their app to do demos, they should NOT send a restricted demo version. They should send the real retail version of the package." -Edward J. D'Avignon, Team Leader, CompUSA, Orange, CT "The Newark store had almost every OS/2 Blitzday sponsor application - plus others - on encaps - and an OS/2 sections. Kudos to Timothy Sipples for his FAQ list, which I received as a part of the Blitzday package and is PACKED with useful information." -Carl Camera, Team Leader, CompUSA, Newark, CA "All applications arrived before the event. Applications should be provided a month or more to demo'ers before the event. Learning 20 applications in a weeks time is a little difficult. Some applications were not on the shelves in the store, though most were." -Dan Bullock, Team Leader, CompUSA, Mt. Laurel, NJ "Seems like vendor council products should have had a "real" copy of product to give Teamer to demo, and a demo disk of some sort to leave with the store. Could perhaps a multimedia presentation be created easily with IBM's WITT product? It would be slick to have demo running real product. Then customer could look at demo and play with product himself. -Herbert C. Acree, Team Volunteer, CompUSA, Edison, NJ The applications did not sell as well. Many people were still just being introduced to OS/2. What the applications did provide is not obvious in application sales figures. People wanted to know the power of OS/2. This is something which is easy to explain, but explanation provides little other than contentment. They 'saw' the power of OS/2. They saw applications which they can use. Customers now know what applications are available for OS/2 and that there are apps available. The applications will follow OS/2's good fortune." -Dan Bullock, Team Leader, CompUSA, Mt. Laurel, NJ "I only got there at the end of the day, but was greeted by about 6-8 Team OS/2 members. I asked what types of apps had been there during the day and it seemed that they had pretty much everything that I had been looking for or had ordered mail-order. Overall I was very impressed I wish I had gotten there earlier." -Darrel Davis, Attendee, CompUSA, Rockville, MD "We all tried to push the sale of OS/2 applications but the hot app we sold was OS/2 for Windows." -Jim McGuffin, Team Leader, CompUSA, Mesa, AZ "Sold a handful of OS/2 for Windows and lots of OS/2 applications. DeScribe and Golden ComPass sold out immediately. Also sold out by the end of the day - BackupWiz, Performance 2.1 (6 copies), CPU Monitor Plus. CompUSA set a line for people who wanted to buy products that they were out of. We also sold two ValuePoints with OS/2 installed. -Chris White, Teamer Volunteer, CompUSA, Sacarmento, CA "Sales of the ISV products weren't as strong as I had hoped for, but sales of both the 'Special Edition' and the full blown OS/2 packages was brisk. At least two (and I think a couple more) people returned the DOS 6.2 upgrade to the shelf in favor of the special edition. Several others delayed pruchase of DOS/Win programs in favor of purchasing memory upgrades along with new OS/2 code." -Ken Rucker, Team Leader, CompUSA, Arlington, TX "We sold nearly every app they had in the store. Many people were turned off because they had come expressly to get apps and did not find them there." -M. Dean Klingler, Team Leader, CompUSA, Santa Clara, CA "We didn't sell too much of the OS/2 applications, mostly because these folks don't have OS/2 yet. I hope the Vendor Council isn't discouraged because we ended up selling a lot of OS/2 and one 1 or 2 OS/2 apps. I know what my learning curve was, and once we get these folks on board with OS/2, it's only a matter of time before they'll be wanting to dump their Windows applications." -Carl Higbee, Team Leader, CompUSA, Newark, CA Questions from Attendees The biggest and most popular question was 'Why use OS/2?', which was really the questions of 'what is OS/2?' When customers became informed of the OS/2 doctrine they were soon impressed, very impressed. They would then pop the question, 'year, but how much does this wonderful thing cost me?', to which our reply is, '39 dollars.' Their big question was, 'is there an easy way to remove OS/2 if I don't like it?' I recommended they place it on a separate partition." -Dan Bullock, Team Leader, CompUSA, Mt. Laurel, NJ "'What does (multitasking/threading/object orientation/etc.) do for ME?' There was a good deal of interest in relating features to benefits. A surprising number of the 'uninitiated' visiting the CompUSA event really don't want to have to worry about the bits and bytes of the computer. They just want to keep working while the fax is coming in or the document is printing and a client calls requiring access to database records. There was a noticeable amount of frustration apparent with having to learn and deal with inconsistent interfaces of DOS/Win applications. Variations on 'Will it work with my system?' and 'What about device driver support?' Many people who had either tried and failed to successfully install OS/2, or know someone who has had installation problems were anywhere from denigrating to outright hostile toward IBM and OS/2 for failing to provide 'idiot proof' driver installation mechanisms. Using the high-end Media Vision Multimedia kit on our demo PC as an example, we were able to clarify to most of them that it is the supplier of the add-on devices which have failed to provide drivers and installation utilities for their products. 'If there were applications for (XYZ App Class), I might give it a try.' Every time this concern came up, we were able to show one or more apps that put this question to rest." -Ken Rucker, Team Leader, CompUSA, Arlington, TX "We had a LOT of people stop by and ask questions. Many, or most, had heard and read about OS/2, but hadn't yet seen it, ans seeing seemed to make a big difference to them. The object-oriented GUI and the multitasking abilities seemed to be big attention getters, and many people were surprised at OS/2's ability to run DOS and Windows programs." -Mark Kelley, Team Volunteer, CompUSA, Indianapolis, IN Attendence "Estimate 100 to 150 stopped by the display. About 50 current OS/2 users, in addition to team staffers, lingered to talk about and look at apps being demonstrated. Estimate 40 to 50 consumers who are not presently running OS/2 engaged in serious discussions and product demos." -Ken Rucker, Team Leader, CompUSA, Arlington, TX "All told, we talked to several hundred people, and sold some apps. The interest was wonderful. The only 'bad' encounter was from an OS/2 developer who is going nuts trying to get some APPC stuff to work. He came back later for my last coffee mug." -Charlie Kotan, Team Leader, Sacramento, CA "150 tried it but didn't inhale - est., but not really sure at all. 20 were happy OS/2 users. -Dan Bullock, Team Leader, CompUSA, Mt. Laurel, NJ "One laptop buyer insisted that his new machine be preloaded with OS/2 before he would complete payment on it. When he came to pick it up, he asked the store to have us 'check it out' before he paid." -Ken Rucker, Team Leader, CompUSA, Arlington, TX "By my estimate, we had between 400-500 visitors to our demo. At no time were there fewer than 10-15 people. With 7 Team OS/2ers, we still had very little time to rest. We gave away all our sticky pads, pens and nearly all of the marketing sheets which I printed out. Rainer provided some flyers showing the new Hard Drives now being marketed to the public by IBM San Jose and we had great interest there, too." -M.Dean Klingler, Team Leader, CompUSA, Santa Clara, CA Misc. Comments from Teamers "Need more focus on selling store employees. There should have been a training session setup for store employees. Can't be on Saturday during business hours when the store is full of customers. Several employees wanted my OS/2 lapel pin. I was glad to get out of the store alive with it." -Herb Acree, Team Volunteer, CompUSA, Philadelphia, PA "I will be following up with this store to say the least. The surrounding business district is large and very computer oriented." -Dan Bullock, Team Leader, CompUSA, Mt. Laurel, NJ Start preparations early. Veteran presenters will have an advantage especially if they have a regular demo set to use. If using a store machine, allow plenty of time to get the WPS presentation space nicely configured and drivers correctly configured. Press for sufficient time for your product demo volunteers to learn their products. Try to arrange for pre-event meetings of the demonstrators to share ideas and conduct some cross training and demo dry runs." -Ken Rucker, Team Leader, CompUSA, Arlington, TX "Things have changed quite a bit since my last trip there in December. An OS/2 sections, OS/2FW and 2.1GA occupying an end isle display, generating interest and selling. All in all, it was a most satisfying day in assessing OS/2's acceptance in the commpunity and helping advance public awareness of OS/2 specific software." -Dr. Eric Shoenfeld, Team Volunteer, CompUSA, Garden City, NY "The 'slices-dices' multi-media video and the Harley video were the hits of the day. When folks saw both running simultaneously, completely synchronized they couldn't believe it. I'm sure some dialed 1-800- EXPLODE-MY-HEAD!!" -Charlie Kotan, Team Leader, CompUSA, Sacramento, CA "The lack of visible advertising hurt attendance, I'm sure. Many of the passers by said they'd been interested in OS/2 for some time, but couldn't locate anywhere to obtain information. The small ad space in the DFW newspapers did little to call attention to the event. Except for UG and FidoNet people, the passers by weren't aware of the event before spotting us in the store." -Ken Rucker, Team Leader, CompUSA, Arlington, TX ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.5.1. Thanks! ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Thanks! I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped us out on the March 5th OS/2 Blitzday! The response was great! We had over 60 stores covered out of a possible of 71 stores. I have had several discussions with CompUSA Headquarters and overall they were very pleased with the sales activity and the great support that everyone gave. Speaking of sales, let me share with everyone what the results were. We increased total IBM OS/2 2.1 sales for Saturday, March 5th 10 TIMES what they normally have sold. This includes OS/2 and OS/2 For Windows. OS/2 applications had a good start in now being offered in retail. I understand we need to continue working close with CompUSA in stocking more OS/2 applications and more titles. I will let everyone know when this gets done. IBM C SET ++ is going to be added to the OS/2 section. Thanks again for your support and let's continue working with CompUSA reps and customers! Regards, Steve Unger IBM Account Manager to CompUSA ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Bulletin Boards ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Bulletin Board Information The Bulletin Board section is divided up into three sections now, though some months will only have two sections (as does this month): Upcoming Bulletin Board Conferences Team OS/2 BBS's BBS Highlights (from previous conferences) Please be sure to send in your BBS's important highlights. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.1. Upcoming Bulletin Board Conferences ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Upcoming Bulletin Board Conferences America Online America Online holds chats in the OS/2 meeting room 3 times a week on: Saturdays at 9:30 pm Eastern Tuesday at 11:30 pm Eastern Thursdays at 9:00 pm Eastern The April OS/2 Chat Schedule is: SATURDAY: (04-02) OS/2 Word Processors - General discussion of DeScribe, Ami Pro, Word Perfect and FootPrint Works Word Processors SATURDAY: (04-09) Open House SATURDAY: (04-16) OS/2 & MMPM/2 SATURDAY: (04-23) OS/2 Q & A SATURDAY: (04-30) OS/2 Communications Programs - General discussion of Commercial and Shareware Communications programs THURSDAY: (04-07) OS/2 WorkPlace Shell - Working smarter with the WPS. THURSDAY: (04-14) OS/2 Beginner's Night - New to OS/2 or thinking about trying OS/2? Come and ask your questions! THURSDAY: (04-21) Team OS/2 - Find out what it is, and what other Team members are doing! THURSDAY: (04-28) OS/2 REXX Development Tools - General discussion of REXX, VREXX, VX-REXX, VisProREXX and other tools TUESDAYS: Late Night with OS/2 - Informal Chat GEnie Regularly scheduled RealTime Conferences (RTCs) are as follows (Eastern time): Monday 9:30P-11:30P Eastern OS/2 Help Desk with Jeff Elkins Tuesday 9:30P-11:30P Eastern Team OS/2 Nationwide Conferences with: Kevin Royalty and Stewart Hyde Wednesday 9:30P-11:30P Eastern General Meetings/Special Events ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.2. Team OS/2 BBS's ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Team OS/2 BBS's Have you setup a Team OS/2 section on your BBS? If so, let us know! This message in from Rob Adams (via Janet) has prompted the opening of a new section here called Team OS/2 BBS's. Original was from Rob Adams to all. 03-15-1994 To any Team OS/2 members in the Central Ohio area: I have set up a Team OS/2 message area on my BBS. This will allow Central Ohio Teamers to put local information up about demos, user group meetings, ect., as well as a local BBS to just chat. BBS Name=== DATA CONNECTION Phone=======(614) 337-0203 Hope to here from some of you soon Rob Adams Team OS/2 Here's the format for sending in your Team OS/2 BBS information: ΓûáBBS Owners Name ΓûáBBS Name ΓûáBBS Phone Number ΓûáBBS Node ΓûáHighest Baud Rate ΓûáOther "Other" would be any information you want to send in additional to that requested. Since I don't run a BBS myself, there might be some pertinent information that is missing; hence I leave it up to you'll to let me know what else might be valuable for the listing. Send your information via Internet to: teamnews@vnet.ibm.com. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Miscellaneous Bits 'n Bytes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Bits 'n Bytes Mailing Lists The Team OS/2 mailing list is being made available to vendors at this time, with special Thanks to Janet Gobeille for doing the REXX code to pull this listing. Several vendors have already asked for it, so expect to see some mailings from them in the near future. Retailers Do you know of a retailer who would like to be on the IBM/PSP (USA and Canada) mailing list for announcements and other things? If so, send the following information to teamnews@vnet.ibm.com (their own Internet userid was not established at press time, so in the meantime, we will forward the information on and it will be updated in next months issue): Store manager name Store name Complete store mailing address Store phone number, including area code ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.1. OS/2 Game Offer - Galactic Civilizations ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ GALACTIC CIVILIZATION OFFER - Thanks to the OS/2 Community A special offer is now being made during the pre-release period for Galactic Civilizations. When the game is released, the suggested retail will likely be $69.95. For a limited time - one week after release of the last beta - you can order Galactic Civilizations for $36 plus $4 (US and Canada) shipping and handling. For this price you will receive the release version of Galactic Civilizations plus, be able to participate in the final beta. This offer is being made over Internet and BBS's that support OS/2. This is Stardock's and Advanced Idea Machines' way of saying thanks to the OS/2 community for its support. The final beta should be ready by March 18. The release version by May 15. It is expected to be in retail stores in June. The Beta will be available electronically if you wish to download it from the AIMS BBS or FTP via Internet. Instructions will be sent to your Internet address or will be posted on AIMs BBS after March 1st. The beta will be about 2.5 megabytes. An extra charge will be made if you need the beta on diskette. About Galactic Civilizations In the first half of the 21st century Humanity, using the Hubble II space telescope, first confirmed the existence of Earthlike planets around other stars. This discovery, along with Humanity's innate desire for discovery, united all governments of Earth in a single effort to colonize these planets. A massive research effort effort was launched to provide a practical interstellar drive system. A century later, Humanity finally achieved a key breakthrough in Physics - the Micro Impulse Drive. The MID folds space allowing for an instantaneous transfer of a ship in the MID field from one point in space to another. The MID folds space in 500 AU's (astronomical units) and each fold requires 20 hours plus set up. This limits the "speed" of the MID to one parsec (3.26) light years per standard year. Three colony ships, tagged in the press "Colony Wagons", are built - the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. These Colony Wagons do not just transport the colony, they are the colony. These ships soft land on a target planet and act as the colony's base while the inhabitants slowly tame the outside environment. This means that virtually any planet can be colonized but Earth- like planets are definitely preferred. Each Colony Wagon contains a database with all the technology and works of art known to Humanity. Since the colonies are likely to be many parsecs apart, it is expected that each colony be to a certain degree, self sufficient. The three ships set sail into the unknown seas of space. The Nina and the Pinta engaged the MID and streaked off into the vastness beyond. When the Santa Maria engaged the MID it encountered a cosmic "string". The combination of the cosmic string's gravity along with the MID created a fold that trans- ported the ship into a galaxy billions of parsecs away from our galaxy. The Santa Maria arrived in a totally unknown part of space. Now, while the crew sees many stars in the distance, it is impossible to tell exactly how far the stars are without any star maps. Therefore, the Santa Maria needs to reach within several parsecs of a given star to get a fix on it and its planets. You are the colony leader of the Santa Maria. You must find and colonize a new world. Fortunately the cosmic string has enhanced your MID temporarily and the captain believes he can made about 12 parsec in the next year. Unfortunately the ships communica- tions system has picked up numerous electromagnetic signals from many different directions. You are not alone, there are other civilizations - alien, here to keep you company. The signals seem to indicate a space flight technology on par with the MID. Humanity generated similar signals during the MID tests. Editors Note * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * All orders must be by mail, faxed to 801-571-8625 or transmitted by Internet to AIMGAMES@GATE.NET. Credit card orders can be entered through the AIMs BBS at 801-572-6353. 8-N-1 - 2400 to 14.4. Advanced Idea Machines P.O.Box 188 Draper, Ut 84020 Name ____________________________________________________ Address _________________________________________________ City _______________________ State/Province _____________ Zip/Postal Code _________________ Country _____________ IF you will download the beta: Password for you to sign onto AIMs BBS _________________ or Internet Address _______________________________________ Galactic Civilization beta/release package $36 (US) Shipping and handling for release code ($4 (US) for US and Canada $10 (US) everywhere else) ____ (US) Shipping and handling for beta (Electronic - no chanrge Diskette $6 (US) for US and Canada Diskette $10 (US) everywhere else) ____ (US) Sales Tax (Utah residents only 6.25%) ____ (US) Total ____ (US) If not included shipping and handling will be added. Payment: Check ___ Money Order ___ VISA ___ Master Card ___ Check or Money Order payable to Advanced Idea Machines Card Number ________-________-________ Exp. Date _________ If credit card order (sign or Internet address) Signature _________________________________________________ ______ Check here if you would like the GA on CDROM. Subject to a minimum of at least 1000 orders from all sources. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Internet: AIMGAMES@GATE.NET IBMLINK: DEV1024@Hone82 AIMs BBS: 801-572-6353 - 8N1 9600 baud (after March 1st) ** Galactic Civilizations is a Trademark of Stardock Systems, Inc. ** Advanced Idea Machines, AIMs, AIMs BBS are trademarks of Advanced Idea Machines, Inc. ** OS/2 and IBM are trademarks of IBM ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.2. Demo Tips ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Demo Tips Here are some suggestions for demoing OS/2 that have been shown to be rather effective and often fun. This will be an ongoing section in this newsletter. Please send your suggestions and submissions to the newsletter editor (see Appendix A for contact information): The following was sent from Melissa Woo, Fidonet 1:233/4/100 A member of my user group had 4 copies of Wing Commander II running simultaneously on the OS/2 desktop. (he says he had to put them into CGA mode) Wows 'em every time. : ) The following was sent from Robert Worne, Fidonet 1:102/905 I changed the Shredder Icon to a toilet and added the flushing sound whenever OS/2 deletes a file. Here's some of the other nifty things I demoed to the Die-hard DOS and Windows fans: X-Wing (DOS game) running in a window on the WPS with full soundblaster accompanyment. Other games were Lands of Lore and Populous II (these are very OS/2 friendly). DOS VDM settings: Showed those QEMM-haters how easy it is to set the configurations to those pesky memory settings... impressing people with messages like "741456 largest executable program size" messages. Setting PKUNZIP as an Icon and associating it with all the *.zip files, and demoing that you can now drag 'n drop zipfiles to be unzipped and zipped. (This remains one of the most impressive OS/2 functions I have seen.) Running Video for windows seamlessly on the WPS desktop. MMPM/2 demos, with those (pesky) parrots. And notably, since my BBS was on the machine, passing out the drivers files to those who came up with questions like "how do I get my CD-ROM to work with my PAS-16?" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.3. Team OS/2 Information for IBM'ers ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Team OS/2 Information for IBMers: Γûá Do you work with OS/2 customers, but have NEVER heard of "Team OS/2"? Γûá Are you hearing of "Team OS/2", but don't know what it is? Γûá Have you heard of Team OS/2, but would like to know more? Γûá Do you want to know how to get information about Team OS/2 that is current and useful? The most comprehensive set of information on Team OS/2 is in TEAMOS2 PACKAGE on MKTTOOLS. This includes: Γûá A current list of Team OS/2 members (updated monthly) Γûá The current Team OS/2 newsletter (updated monthly). This contains: Definition of Team OS/2 How to join Where to find Team OS/2 members on electronic BBS's Reports from recent Team OS/2 activities Status of Team OS/2 internationally What support IBM PSP offers for Team OS/2 Γûá Team OS/2 logo in common formats To get this package, enter the command (from your OV/VM command line): TOOLCAT MKTTOOLS GET TEAMOS2 PACKAGE This package will be updated monthly when a new list or new newsletter is available. To have updates sent to you automatically, enter: TOOLCAT MKTTOOLS SUBSCRIBE TEAMOS2 PACKAGE If you do not have access to MKTTOOLS, request the package directly from Vicci Conway as follows: REQUEST TEAMOS2 FROM VICCI at BCRVM1 or REQUEST TEAMOS2 FROM GOBEILLE at AUSVM1 For further information about IBM support of Team OS/2, please request and read the newsletter. To suggest changes to the newsletter, please contact Vicci Conway at VICCI at BCRVM1. The files are also available world-wide on networks external to IBM: Compuserve, Internet, Fidonet, Prodigy, America Online, GEnie, and others. To obtain information on how to get connected to the various electronic services, enter the command (from your OV/VM command line): REQUEST GETCON FROM VICCI AT BCRVM1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Appendix - Questions and Answers ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Appendix (Questions and Answers) The Appendix will contain information that will be updated in future newsletters to provide valuable reference information. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.1. Appendix A: How do I contact IBM Team OS/2 Support ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ How do I contact IBM Team OS/2 Support IBM PSP Grass-Roots Marketing supports Team OS/2 and other activities. The people involved are: Vicci Conway Vicci is in Boca Raton, Florida. Her primary job is BBS coordination, coverage thereof, and communications for IBM PSP. Her secondary responsibility is helping with Team OS/2 support. Part of her Team OS/2 support is being the editor of this newsletter. She also works with vendors to provide them with the Team OS/2 mailing list and coordinates the Team OS/2 Reception at Fall Comdex. In addition, any vendor wishing to get their press releases distributed electronically should contact her as well. Janet Gobeille Janet is in Austin, Texas. She works to define and coordinate world-wide Team OS/2 support for IBM PSP. If you have a problem with IBM Team OS/2 support, call her. She also works to provide international support and coordination for Team OS/2, and maintains the databases used to support Team OS/2. Jeff Mallon Jeff works with Janet in Austin. He handles the and day-to-day support for Team OS/2 including shipping, database updates, and responding to phone, fax, and email inquiries. When you send a note to either TEAMOS2@VNET.IBM.COM or LUVOS2@vnet.ibm.com, Jeff is usually the person who will read and answer it. User Group Relations: Gene Barlow, Kathy Fanning, and Bill Wyatt form our PSP User Group Relations team. See Appendix F for more info on IBM PSP User Group Support. You can contact Team OS/2 Support via the Internet address given below from most electronic networks. If necessary, contact us via fax or telephone, but electronic mail is definitely preferred. Internet (Team OS/2 Support): teamos2@vnet.ibm.com Internet (Team OS/2 Newsletter): teamnews@vnet.ibm.com Internet (BBS support): vicci@vnet.ibm.com Internet (PC User Group Support): ibmpcug@vnet.ibm.com IBM (internal) (Team OS/2 Support): TEAMOS2 at AUSVM1 IBM (internal) (Team OS/2 Newsletter): TEAMNEWS at AUSVM1 IBM (internal) (BBS Support): VICCI at BCRVM1 IBM (internal) (IBM PC User Groups): IBMPCUG at AUSVM1 You can also contact us at any of the following addresses and request that your note be forwarded to the correct person: CompuServe: Vicci Conway at 76711,1123 Fidonet: Janet Gobeille at 1:109/347.3479Y IBMMAIL: Janet Gobeille at USIB45RN at IBMMAIL OS/2 BBS: Vicci Conway at USIB55J9 at IBMMAIL Fax: Send your request to Janet Gobeille, Team OS/2 Support, at (512) 823-3252 Mail: Janet Gobeille IBM PSP - Bldg 808 Internal Zip 2996 11400 Burnet Rd Austin, TX 78758 USA Telephone: Jeff Mallon, Team OS/2 Support, at (512) 823-1682 If you have problems reaching Team OS/2 Support, contact Janet Gobeille at (512) 823-3247. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.2. Appendix B: How can I join Team OS/2? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ How can I join Team OS/2? The IBM Team OS/2 Support group keeps a database of members as a service to Team OS/2 members world-wide. We then sort and upload them to the electronic networks so that you can find each other. For this database, please send the following information to one of the addresses given in Appendix A: 1. Your Name 2. Mailing address (only the city, state, and country will be published) May we release your address to vendors who wish to do mailings to Team OS/2 members? (Yes or no) 3. Userids and networks 4. Optional: you can include a short (1-2 line) description to be included with your name. Sometimes software developers like to mention which products they've written or BBS operators include how to reach their BBS. 5. For our private records (these will NOT be published), please also include your phone number (home/work), Fax, etc. Also please let us know what you've been doing to help promote the use of OS/2. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.3. Appendix C: Where can I find Team OS/2 Members? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Where can I find Team OS/2 Members? The majority of people associated with Team OS/2 can be found somewhere online, participating on a Bulletin Board. Since the fastest and easiest method of communicating with a large group such as Team OS/2 is via electronic networks, this is the perfect avenue to coordinate events, to report on what you or your group are doing, or to help others who have questions or problems. We also electronically brainstorm about new ideas. We also provide a list of Team OS/2 members and email addresses worldwide. It can normally be found wherever this newsletter is found. The next section in this Appendix shows how to address these users via the Internet no matter which electronic system they may be on. Below are the major networks where Teamers can be found. The lead Teamer on each network is usually a volunteer assisting in monitoring conferences and uploading files from IBM PSP. Note: these folks are *not* IBM OS/2 technical support. The following list is maintained by Vicci Conway (IBM PSP Bulletin Board Coordinator). Please contact her with corrections and changes. America Online: Go to the "Computing" icon, "OS/2" topic. The lead Teamer here is Ed D'Avignon and can be found with the userid "TEAMOS2 ED". AOL has regularly-scheduled OS/2 chats on Tuesdays at 11:30 p.m., Thursdays at 9 p.m., and Saturdays at 9:30 p.m.. All times are Eastern Standard Time. Compuserve: "GO OS2USER", Section 9, Team OS/2. Vicci Conway (76711,1123) is the lead Teamer here. To join CompuServe, call (800)-848-8199 (USA only). Delphi: Custom Forum 41 is where the Teamers hang out on Delphi. Steve Gallagher (S.GALLAGHER) takes the main Teamer liason role here. To join Delphi, call (800) 695-4005 (USA only). Fidonet: Join us on the TEAMOS2 echo conference (on the Fidonet zone 1 backbone but available internationally). Janet Gobeille (1:109/347.3479) is active here along with many other IBMers who join in on this conference. Steve Gallagher is the volunteer uploading IBM announcements to the International OS2 echo conference. GEnie: Go to the "OS/2" roundtable (page 1400). Kevin Royalty is an active Teamer here and sends in the GEnie announcements for this newsletter. GEnie has regularly scheduled RealTime Conferences (RTCs) which are listed in the Upcoming Bulletin Board Conferences section. To join GEnie, call (800) 638-9636 (USA only). Within IBM: See TEAMOS2 FORUM and TEAMOS2 CFORUM on the internal IBMPC conference disk. Also, check TEAMUK FORUM (UK) or TEAMCDA FORUM (Canada). Internet: No specific conference, but you will find Teamers on most of the OS/2-specific newsgroups. For Team OS/2 information on the Internet, send email to luvos2@vnet.ibm.com. OS2BBS (from IBM): Join us on the TeamOS2 CFORUM. Vicci Conway (USIB55J9 at IBMMAIL) is the forum Administrator. To join the OS2BBS, call (800) 547-1283 (USA only). Prodigy: The OS/2 Club. This Club on Prodigy has files available for downloading and messages are auto-posted. Check the "New Files" area weekly for new uploads. The Team OS/2 support liason is Gene Gough (DWJG89A). To join Prodigy, call (800) PRODIGY (USA only). Also, there are often Team OS/2 get-togethers or meetings at trade shows and technical conferences. If you plan to attend a conference, please check electronically for any Team OS/2 activity that may be planned. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.3.1. Sending Email through the Internet ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Sending Email through the Internet We've had many requests asking how to contact a Teamer who is on a different electronic network. So, this table shows how to create an Internet email address for many of the systems where Teamers can be found: Γöé (Added BIX and MCI Mail.) Network Sample address Sample re-formatted for Internet America tom214 tom214@aol.com Online Bix xxxxx xxxxx@bix.com Compuserve 76711,1123 76711.1123@compuserve.com (Note: change the comma (,) to a period (.) for the Internet address.) Delphi Barnesd Barnesd@delphi.com Fidonet Janet at 1:109/347.3479 Janet@p3479.f347.n109.z1.fidonet.org Janet Gobeille at Janet_Gobeille@f347.n109.z1.fidonet.org 1:109/347 (Note: not all Fidonet users have Internet netmail access. However, if the Fidonet address is in the Team OS/2 list, the person should have mail capability there. Fidonet addresses are reversed and prefixes added to create an internet address. The 'p' parameter is only used when sending a note to a Fidonet 'point': an address with the 4th set of digits). GEnie K.Royalty K.Royalty@genie.geis.com MCI Mail 378-4029 3784029@mcimail.com (Note: the dash in MCI Mail should not be used.) Prodigy tvkm35a tvkm35a@prodigy.com ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4. Appendix D: Team OS/2 International! ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Team OS/2 International! Team OS/2 is everywhere.... not just in the USA. Team members can be found around the world. Although the international conferencing is often done in English, there are Teamers active on local bulletin boards and other conferences in many languages. This section contains any country-specific information that we can collect to assist and publicize your efforts to help other OS/2 users. If you know of some specific Team OS/2 or OS/2 conferences in your country, please send us a short note with information on how to get to them. We will be happy to re-post that information here in following newsletters to help others learn where they can also join in the fun. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4.1. Team OS/2 OZ : Australia ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Team OS/2 OZ - Australia Team Coordinator for Team OS/2 OZ: Scott Akinson IBM Internal: SCOTTA at SYDVM1 Internet: via Peter Kelly at: yellek@vnet.ibm.com IBM Liason for Team OS/2 OZ: Peter Kelley Internet: Peter Kelly at: yellek@vnet.ibm.com ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4.2. Team OS/2 Canada ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Team OS/2 Canada IBM Team OS/2 Canada Liaison: Rob Hudaj IBM Internal: RHUDAJ at CANVM2 Internet: TEAM_CND@vnet.ibm.com Canada has many active teamers, as well as a great BBS system.: IBM BBS Denis Tonn has been doing a great job supporting the IBM BBS OS/2 conferences within Canada (ibmNET). They are widely carried outside of Canada by Fidonet nodes. Within IBM: Teamers inside IBM have a Canadian-specific conference: TEAMCDA FORUM on IBMPC. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4.3. Team OS/2 Denmark ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Team OS/2 Denmark I know our Danish Teamers will be happy to hear that we now have Team OS/2 support in Denmark. The IBM TeamOS2 Liaison for Denmark is Carsten Joost at: IBM internal: JOOST at DKIBMVM2 Internet: TEAMOS2_DK@vnet.ibm.com ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4.4. Team OS/2 Finland ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Team OS/2 Finland I know our Teamers in Finland will be happy to hear that we now have local Team OS/2 support for them. The IBM TeamOS2 Liaison for Finland is Pekka Kaukonummi at: Internet: TEAMOS2_FI@vnet.ibm.com IBM internal: KAUKONUM at HEKVM ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4.5. Team OS/2 Italy ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Team OS/2 Italy by Guiseppe Rossano Team OS/2 Italy Coordinator: Guiseppe Rossano (IBM). Looking at the great activities made by you all around the world, some people from the Italian OS/2 BBS, as well as from the Italian DAP BBS Front End and me asked ourselves: "why do we not create our own Team OS/2?". Nowadays we consist of about 10 people, who are discussing about the Team itself, the experiences made by the other Teams everywhere and the activities we are planning to organize in the future. Don't worry, all the discussions are in Italian ..... ! ! Joining Team OS/2 Italy It is possible to join and participate to Team OS/2 Italy. How ? We usually meet on the IBM Semea PSP BBS in our local TeamOS2 Area, so if you would like to join us, you can find us there. Leave your name, address, e-mail address, phone numbers and OS/2 activities in a message addressed to me, Giuseppe Rossano. The IBM Semea PSP BBS in Italy telephone number is 02 - 7534412 and the access is free of charge. If you are a DAP Member, you can do the same from the IBM Semea DAP BBS. BBS Network Support - Italy IBM DAP BBS (+39) 02 - 7534402 Since December 1992 is actively working the Italian DAP BBS Front End. It collects more than 250 members and supported about 5000 calls during this year. Please contact Giuseppe Rossano to get more information about the Italian Developers Assistance Program itself. IBM PSP BBS (+39) 02 - 7534412 The Personal Software Products BBS started during the "OS/2 Forum" event we had in Milan at the end of September. The BBS is dedicated to support and deliver as much as possible for OS/2 End User. The access is free of charge and more than 1.5 Gigabytes are on line !!!! The Pletora of OS/2 BBS's Yes, currently in Italy you can find many available BBS dedicated to OS/2 !!!!!!. They are making an huge job delivering files and conferences as well, supporting and boosting the OS/2 in ITALY. My personal greetings to them !!!! Note: A new Team OS/2 Italy newsletter is now being distributed on these BBS's by Fabio Vinciguerra. Contact Information Team OS/2 Italy: Giuseppe Rossano (nickname: Ross) Mail Address: Giuseppe Rossano (MiSeg526) IBM Semea spa Circonvallazione Idroscalo 20090 Segrate Italy phone: +39-2-59625289 fax : +39-59629199 VNET (IBM Internal only): IT33201 at Vimvmoa Internet E-Mail: Giuseppe_Rossano@VNET.IBM.COM BBS: IBM Semea PSP BBS phone number: +39 - 2 - 7534412 IBM Semea DAP BBS phone number: +39 - 2 - 7534402 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4.6. Team OS/2 NL: the Netherlands ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Team OS/2 Netherlands Team OS/2 Coordinators: Michael Dag and Anton Versteeg Michael Dag and Anton Versteeg are the primary Team OS/2 NL contacts. (The photo shows Anton on the left, Michael on the right). Team OS/2 NL usually "hangs out" on the IBM OS/2 BBS in their local TEAMOS2 Area. To join, call the BBS at 030-334711 (access is free of charge). Leave your name, address, email address, phone number, and OS/2 activities in a message addressed to Michael Dag. There is also an IBM internal conference for Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg called TEAMBNL FORUM on IBMPC. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4.7. Team OS/2 Norway ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Team OS/2 Norway The IBM TeamOS2 Liaison for Norway is Kjell T╨£rnby at: Internet: TEAMOS2_NO@vnet.ibm.com IBM internal: TORNBY at OSLOVM ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4.8. Team OS/2 Singapore ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Team OS/2 Singapore Team OS/2 Coordinator: YAP Ken Ann (IBM Singapore) The new baby in Singapore is an OS/2 User Group. Many of the keen and vocal advocates of OS/2 are Fidonet BBS Sysops and university students, and they have requested Team OS/2 status. I'm sure we're all interested in hearing what they will be doing to encourage the use and spread of OS/2, and they will be providing further updates as to how to reach them in later issues of this newsletter. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4.9. Team OS/2 Sweden ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Team OS/2 Sweden The IBM TeamOS2 Liaison for Sweden is Mats Pettersson. He's been very active in supporting Team OS/2 activities in Sweden. To contact him, use any of the following: Internet: TEAMOS2_SV@vnet.ibm.com IBMMail: seibm3nl at IBMMail IBM internal: petter at stovm1 Or leave a message on the IBM PSP BBS: 46-8-793-2200 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4.10. Team OS/2 UK ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Team OS/2 UK Team Coordinator for the UK: David C. Partridge (IBM) IBM internal: TEAMUK at ASICVM1 Internet: TEAMUK@vnet.ibm.com We have support from various IBM UK organizations and David C. Partridge has volunteered to work with them and with other Teamers to try to provide better support for Team OS/2. Within IBM, there is a UK-specific online conference for Team OS/2 called TEAMUK FORUM on IBMPC. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.5. Appendix E: Team OS/2 Activities support by IBM ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Team OS/2 Activities support by IBM This section contains information on specific activities and events where IBM PSP is actively supporting Team OS/2. However, if you are looking for support that doesn't fall within one of the following categories, please contact us to discuss. At this time, major activities that are supported include: 1. Support for public OS/2 demos (including those at stores or universities) 2. Support for local OS/2 resellers ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.5.1. Support for Public OS/2 Demos ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ If you're planning to do a demo for a group of people or for a public event, please contact IBM Team OS/2 Support. Examples of supported demos include public demos at universities, PC fairs, hamfests, shopping center malls, or OS/2 days at local retailers. We would like to know: o Where the demo will be done (name of school, store, etc.) o Date and location of scheduled event (city, state, country) o Number of Teamers involved in doing or supporting the demo o Number of people expected to attend and see your demo o If this is a public demo at a software retail store, also send the number of store clerks expected to be working during your demo. o Your name, shipping address, and telephone number We would like to help with a 'Team OS/2 demo pack' with some things to support your demo and to give away during it. Since the contents will vary according to the event, we'll discuss what this will consist of after receiving your request. (Note: this 'demo pack' is not intended for user group meetings.) Then after your event, we would like a report on it including, but not limited to: o Names and addresses of all the Teamers involved in the activity o Pictures, Pictures, Pictures. Please take pictures of the Teamers in this activitiy, and send them to us with your report. We would like to include your pictures in future newsletters. o Number of people who saw your demo or tried OS/2 during that time. o How did it go? Tell us what went well, what didn't, what advice you'd have for others doing this? Also, what suggestions do you have for our Team OS/2 support in the future. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.5.2. Team OS/2 Support for local retailers selling OS/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ If you have a local retail store that is selling OS/2, we encourage you to 'Adopt a Store'. Meet the employees, answer their questions on OS/2, encourage them to stock it, visit them on a regular basis if you can. If you adopt a store that is carrying OS/2 but doesn't have any OS/2 marketing 'support' (such as demo disks, z-cards, etc.), please contact us with the following information: o Name and address of store o Name of the store manager o Does the store have a demo OS/2 system (or will they?) We'll send you a 'Team OS/2 Store Pack' for you to give to them. This contains: OS/2 'Z-cards' (flyer with OS/2 information) OS/2 demo disks OS/2 post-its and pens for store employees A 'monitor topper' if they are running OS/2 Catalogs from sources of OS/2 merchandise Note: at this time we are only prepared to offer this support within the US. However, if there are Teamers outside the US who are seriously interested in requesting one of these packs, please EMAIL or FAX your inquiry to us as given in Appendix A and we'll see what we can arrange. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.6. Appendix F: OS/2 User Group Informaton ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ OS/2 User Group Information The User Group Appendix has grown so much with the addition of the User Group Listing, that it's been broken up into three sections: Support for OS/2 demos at User Groups User Group and OS/2 SIG Registration Information OS/2 User Group and SIG Listing ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.6.1. Support for OS/2 demos at User Groups ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Support for OS/2 demos at user groups To arrange for an OS/2 demo or to support a planned OS/2 demo for a user group, contact one of the following (The 'store demo pack' is not intended for user group presentations of OS/2.): Internet: ibmpcug@vnet.ibm.com Inside IBM: IBMPCUG at AUSVM1 Fax: Gene Barlow at 512 823-3252 Mail: Gene Barlow IBM PSP User Group Relations P.O. Box 201449 Austin, TX 78720-1449 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.6.2. User Group and OS/2 SIG Registration Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ TO: All PC User Group Officers, all OS/2 User Group Officers and OS/2 SIG Officers: Please help us (IBM) update our database. As we enhance our User Group support programs and explore alternate ways of communicating, we need to gather additional information on each user group as well as to update any obsolete information. Please fill out as much information as you can on your User Group or SIG. Then return the completed information to IBM PSP User Group Relations at one of the addresses below: Mail: Kathy Fanning IBM 11400 Burnet Rd. INTERNAL ZIP 2996 Austin, TX 78758 FAX: (512)823-3252, ATTENTION: KATHY FANNING Internet: ibmpcug@vnet.ibm.com To send to an Internet address from CompuServe, type the following on the 'send to' line: INTERNET: ibmpcug@vnet.ibm.com THANKS for your help! NOTE: Where the survey asks for an email address, please provide the full userid and name of the service (ie. CompuServe, Internet, Prodigy, MCI Mail, IBMLINK, etc.) --------------------------------------------------------- IF YOU ARE FILLING THIS FORM OUT FOR A SIG (SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP), PLEASE PUT THE SIG NAME, ADDRESS, OFFICERS, ETC. WHERE IT SAYS CLUB. --------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT YOUR GROUP AND HOW TO REACH YOU: WHAT IS THE CLUB OR SIG NAME AND PERMANENT MAILING ADDRESS? Club Name: Address: Address: City/State/Zip Code: Country: IF DIFFERENT, WHAT IS THE CLUB/SIG SHIPPING ADDRESS (FOR UPS SHIPMENTS, CANNOT BE A US POST OFFICE BOX)? Ship to Name: Address: Address: City/State/Zip Code: Country: HOW CAN PEOPLE GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR GROUP OR SIG? Information Phone: BBS Phone: Email: ---------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN YOUR GROUP: WHO IS THE CLUB/SIG PRESIDENT? Name: Daytime Phone: WHO IS THE PROGRAM CHAIRPERSON? Name: Daytime Phone: DOES YOUR CLUB/SIG HAVE A NEWSLETTER? Do you accept vendor advertising? Who is your editor? Daytime Phone: -------------------------------------------------------- OS/2 INVOLVEMENT: DOES YOUR CLUB HAVE ONE OR MORE OS/2 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIG'S)? IF SO, FOR EACH SIG, PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING: IGNORE IF ENTIRE FORM IS FOR AN OS/2 SIG. SIG Name: SIG Leader's Name: Daytime Phone: DID YOUR GROUP/SIG HAVE AN OS/2 PRESENTATION IN 1992/93? WHEN? Who presented? WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN AN OS/2 PRESENTATION BY IBM? IF THIS IS AN OS/2 SPECIFIC USER GROUP OR SIG, WHAT TOPICS WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE PRESENTED? ---------------------------------------------------------- MEETINGS, MEMBERSHIP, ETC.: WHAT IS YOUR MEETING DAY? WHAT IS YOUR MEETING TIME? WHERE DO YOU MEET (PLEASE INCLUDE NAME OF BUILDING AND ROOM NUMBER IF APPROPRIATE)? PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING FOUR QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO SIZE, BOTH FOR THE MAIN GROUP AND FOR EACH SIG LISTED ABOVE: What is the size of your membership? What is the largest number of attendeees you have had recently? What is the smallest number of attendees you have had recently? What is the average number of attendees at your meetings? --------------------------------------------------------- CAN WE GIVE YOUR GROUP'S INFORMATION OUT? We would like to make the list of User Groups public information to vendors, those users looking for local groups, etc. WOULD YOU OBJECT TO OUR MAKING THIS INFORMATION PUBLIC? *********************************************** We appreciate your help! ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.6.3. OS/2 User Group and SIG Listing ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ OS/2 User Group and SIG Listing as of March 14, 1994 To add your group or update your listing, send an Internet note to IBM's User Group Relations at ibmpcug@vnet.ibm.com. Central Alberta OS/2 User Group (403)448-1434 Greenwood Business Centre c/o BRIDGE Scientific Services 205, 10607 - 82 Street Edmonton AB T6A 3N2 Canada ***************************** Multitasking SIG Greater Victoria PC Users Assoc. 3073 Donald St Victoria BC V9A 1Y1 Canada ***************************** OS/2 LAN Users Group c/o Tracey Kerr, IBM Canada Ltd 1803 Douglas St, 2nd floor Victoria BC V8T 5C3 Canada ***************************** Vancouver PC Users' Society, OS/2 SIG c/o Jonathan Story P.O. Box 12 Vancouver BC V6C 2L8 Canada ***************************** Victoria OS/2 User Group 2518 Wentwich Road Victoria BC Canada ***************************** Winnipeg OS/2 User Group c/o Paul Marcino P.O. Box 2914 Winnipeg MB R3C 4B5 Canada ***************************** Atlantic OS/2 Users Group c/o Omkar Atwal, IBM Canada Ltd 1969 Upper Water St, 11th floor Purdy's Warf II Halifax NS B3J 3R7 Canada ***************************** North Bay OS/2 Users Group c/o Michael Lavallee 790 Laurentian Ave. North Bay ON P1B 7V2 Canada ***************************** Ottawa OS/2 Users Group (613)788-6020 IBM Canada Ltd, -ATTN: Karen Wright 55 Metcalfe Street Ottawa ON K1N 8X1 Canada ***************************** Personal Computer Club of Toronto, OS/2 SIG PO Box 5429 Station A Toronto ON M5W 1N6 Canada ***************************** London OS/2 Users Group (519)680-0585 John Roesner c/o Links Custom 1000 Pond Mills Rd London Ont N6N 1A2 Canada ***************************** Kawartha Computer Club, OS/2 SIG (705)939-1204 460 Scriven Rd. Bailieboro Ontario K0L 1B0 Canada ***************************** OS/2 Corporate Focus Group (416)348-5212 c/o George Oliver, Royal Bank of Canada 315 Front Street West Toronto Ontario M5V 3A4 Canada ***************************** Toronto OS/2 Sysops (TorontOS/2) (416)480-0360 c/o John Chamberlain 126 Celest Dr Scarborough Ontario M1E 2V1 Canada ***************************** Club des Utilisateurs d'OS/2 de Montreal (514)382-9858 10214 Ave Peloquin Montreal QC H2C 2J8 Canada ***************************** Estrie Area OS/2 User Group (819)565-3666 c/o Francois Menard P.O. Box 142 Sherbrooke QC J1H 5H8 Canada ***************************** Montreal OS/2 Users Group c/o Gilbert Lefebvre 807 Millington Greenfield Park Quebec J4V 1R8 Canada ***************************** Regina OS/2 User Group c/o P Takis Skagos 3438 Keohan Cr Regina SK S4V 1J5 Canada ***************************** OS/2 User Group of Flensburg +49-461-32880 c/o Olaf Scherdin Swinemuender Str. 3 24944 Flensburg Germany ***************************** Christchurch OS/2 User Group P.O. Box 3712 Christchurch 8001 New Zealand ***************************** Cape Town OS/2 User Group 021-4862078 P.O. Box 4034 c/o Glenn Fermoyle Cape Town 8000 South Africa ***************************** Kharkov OS/2 User Group 7 (0572) 32-1062 47 Lenin Ave. Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering Kharkov 310164 Ukraine ***************************** Phoenix PC Users' Group, OS/2 SIG (602)222-8511 c/o Bill & Esther Schindler 28824 North 57th St Cave Creek AZ 85331 ***************************** Sierra Vista IBM PC UG, OS/2 SIG c/o Kevin McCrory 4931 Loma Loop Sierra Vista AZ 85635 ***************************** Bay Area OS/2 User Group (415)948-9186 c/o Guy Scharf, Software Architects Inc 2163 Jardin Dr Mountain View CA 94040-2253 ***************************** Channel Islands PC UG - OS/2 Corner (805)388-8452 P.O. Box 1213 Camarillo CA 93011 ***************************** Greater South Bay PCUG, OS/2 SIG (213)621-5181 c/o Fred Zimble IBM Building 879 190th St Gardena CA ***************************** High Desert OS/2 Users Group (805)258-4312 8 Cypress Avenue c/o Anthony Ricciotti Edwards CA 93523 ***************************** Inland Empire OS/2 Users Group (609)621-8555 ext. 3197 c/o Scot Gould, PhD Keck Science Center 925 North Mills Ave Claremont CA 91711-5916 ***************************** Long Beach IBM Users Group-OS/2 SIG (310)590-4554 330 Molino Ave Long Beach CA 90814 ***************************** Los Angeles OS/2 Technical Architect Group (818)989-4423 c/o Alan Duboff 6507 Whitaker Ave Van Nuys CA 91406 ***************************** Los Angeles OS/2 User Group (805)584-8732 c/o Paul Duncanson Jr 3008 Texas Ave Simi Valley CA 93063-1963 ***************************** Naval Postgraduate School, OS/2 SIG (408)656-2520 c/o Michael Schievelbein NPS Code ECEL Monterey CA 93943 ***************************** OS/2 User Group (415)297-7881 c/o Gerald Brown World Savings and Loan 794 Davis St San Leandro CA 94577 ***************************** Sacramento PC User Group, OS/2 SIG (916)641-4007 P.O. Box 460 Cedar Ridge CA 95924 ***************************** San Diego OS/2 User Group (619)987-5955 c/o Craig Swanson 11080 Camino Propico San Deigo CA 92126 ***************************** San Francisco OS/2 Users Group (800)426-AOSI c/o Bob Barber, AOSI 250 World Trade San Francisco CA 94111 ***************************** San Francisco PC Users Group-OS/2 SIG (415)346-2644 c/o Hank Stephenson 465 Laidley San Francisco CA 94118 ***************************** San Jose IBM Club PC Club, OS/2 SIG (408)284-6694 c/o Jerry Silverstein IBM Storage systems Division 5600 Cottle road L63/088-C106 San Jose CA 95193 ***************************** Southern California OS/2 User Group (714)532-2298 982 N Batavia St Unit B-11 Orange CA 92667 ***************************** Tule Frog Computer Club, OS/2 SIG (209)733-4875 P.O. Box 1373 Visalia CA 93279 ***************************** Old Colorado I/S OS/2 Users Group (719)471-8306 2423 Hagerman St Colorado Springs CO 80904-3228 ***************************** Rocky Mountain OS/2 User Group c/o Robert Saenz, ISSC 5600 North 63rd St Boulder CO 80314 ***************************** New York OS/2 Users Group (NYPC) (203)255-2979 c/o William H Zack & Associates 10 Robert Ct Fairfield CT 06430 ***************************** Central Florida Computer Soc.-OS/2 SIG c/o Homer Whittaker 1501 Magnolia Avenue Winter Park FL 32789 ***************************** Ft Lauderdale Computer UG, SIG-32 (305)748-7237 c/o Steve Matus 8461 NW 31st Place Sunrise FL 33351-8904 ***************************** Miami OS/2 Users Group (305)256-3948 8780 SW 82 St Miami FL 33173-4126 ***************************** PC User's Group of Jacksonville,OS/2 SIG (904)221-5628 c/o Brad Davis P.O. Box 47197 Jacksonville FL 32247-7197 ***************************** South Florida OS/2 User's Group (407)276-2945 c/o Doug Azzarito 2399 NW 30th Rd Boca Raton FL 33431-6212 ***************************** Tampa Bay OS/2 Users Group (813)786-4567 c/o Tim Bryce, M Bryce & Associates, Inc 777 Alderman Rd Palm Harbor FL 34683 ***************************** Atlanta OS/2 Users Group (404)455-4177 c/o Robert Cannon 3070 Presidential Dr Suite 220 Atlanta GA 30340 ***************************** Des Moines OS/2 User Group (515)276-7060 c/o Bob Wruck 12824 NW 127th Ct Des Moines IA 50325 ***************************** OS/2 SIG (319)273-6460 University of Northern Iowa Gilchrist 255 Cedar Falls IA 50614-0007 ***************************** Central Illinois OS/2 Users Group (217)524-0455 Il Health Care Cost Containment 4500 South 6th St Rd #215 Springfield IL 62703-5118 ***************************** Champaign-Urbana OS/2 User's Group (217)367-3817 c/o Melissa Woo, Dept of Physio & Biophysics 524 Burrill Hall 407 S Goodwin Ave Urbana IL 61801 ***************************** Chicago Computer Society, OS/2 SIG (312)721-5476 c/o Technical Resource Center 8020 S Phiilps, Suite #2 Chicago IL 60617 ***************************** Chicago OS/2 User Group (312)245-2112 c/o John Middleton One IBM Plaza (mail code 07-554) 330 N Wabash Chicago IL 60611 ***************************** North Suburban Chicago OS/2 User Group (708)317-7405 c/o William M Mercer Inc c/o James R Schmidt 1417 Lake Cook Rd Deerfield IL 60015 ***************************** Western Suburban Chicago OS/2 User Group (708)742-0700 x-2170 c/o Dwight Cannon, CR Industries 888 N State St Elgin IL 60123 ***************************** Baton Rouge OS/2 User Group (504)753-9637 c/o David Arbour 6333 Feather Nest Lane Baton Rouge LA 70816-2733 ***************************** Boston Computer Society-OS/2 SIG (508)369-3918 c/o Marcia Gulesian 1073 Main St Concord MA 01742 ***************************** MIT OS/2 Technical Users' Group (617)253-1938 MIT room 38-591 77 Mass Ave Cambridge MA 02139 ***************************** Capital PC User Group, OS/2 SIG (301)762-6755 51 Monroe St, Plaza East Two Rockville MD 20850 ***************************** Hagerstown Computer Club, OS/2 SIG (301)733-7312 c/o Eric B Erickson 12 West Magnolia Avenue Hagerstown MD 21742-3347 ***************************** Minnesota OS/2 Users Group (612)869-7956 c/o Marcus Krumpholz 7300 12th Ave S Minneapolis MN 55423 ***************************** Mid-Missouri OS/2 User Group (800)385-7074 x2884 c/o Phillip Wilson P.O. Box 30645 Columbia MO 65205-0645 ***************************** Charlotte OS/2 User Group c/o Jeff Howard IBM 220 N Main St Greenville NC 29601 ***************************** Triangle OS/2 User Group (919)254-2238 c/o Steve Gallagher P.O. Box 98461 Raleigh NC 27624-8461 ***************************** Lincoln OS/2 Users Group (402)471-4857 State of Nebraska, Central Data Proc Nebraska State Office Bldg, Lower Level c/o Dottie Smith Lincoln NE 68509 ***************************** Omaha OS/2 Users Group c/o Finis Cook, IBM Corporation 450 Regency Pkwy Omaha NE 68114 ***************************** New Hampshire OS/2 User Group (603)446-7307 c/o Frank Richards P.O. Box 71 Marlow NH 03456 ***************************** Assoc. of PC Professionals-OS/2 SIG (609)779-0202 c/o Nick Cvetkovic 808 Richard Rd Cherry Hill NJ 08034 ***************************** Northern NJ OS/2 User's Group (201)762-6086 280 W Mount Pleassant Ave ATTN: Bruce Leiwant Livingston NJ 07039-2729 ***************************** OS/2 User's Group of Monmouth County (908)775-4784 c/o Keith Brodhead, Jr 71 Stockton Avenue, #4 Ocean Grove NJ 07756 ***************************** Capital District OS/2 User Group 158 Brookline Rd Ballston Spa NY 12020 ***************************** Danbury Area Computer Soc.-OS/2 SIG (914)669-9622 c/o Don Pearson, Distributed Data Proc Corp Crichton Castle de Lancey Rd North Salem NY 10560-9763 ***************************** Long Island OS/2 User's Group (516)349-3670 c/o Phil Mandato IBM 2 Jericho Plaza Jericho NY 11753 ***************************** OS/2 Jam Session for Finance & Securities (212)493-2717 IBM Corporation c/o Edward Hasicka 33 Maiden Ln, 14th Floor New York NY 10038 ***************************** Rochester OS/2 User's Club (716)594-0943 c/o Jerry Seward 5 Spicewood Lane Rochester NY 14624-3117 ***************************** Rockland PC Users Group, OS/2 SIG (914)634-6618 c/o H Stanley Smith 9 Chestnut Grove Ct New City NY 10956-2713 ***************************** Westchester OS/2 Users Group (800)995-0400 42 Barker Ave, Suite 4G White Plains NY 10601 ***************************** Dayton Microcomputer Assoc, OS/2 SIG (513)745-0500 x443 c/o Donald Purnhagen 4030 Hackview Ct Dayton OH 45424 ***************************** Far West OS/2 Professionals (216)734-0287 c/o Andrew J Nicola 4832 Clague Road North Olmsted OH 44070-3760 ***************************** Greater Cleveland PC UG-OS/2 SIG (216)351-2120 c/o Charlie Sweet IMax Associates 981 Keynote Circle, Suite 2 Cleveland OH 44131 ***************************** TEAM OS/2 Cincinnati Users Group (513)762-2168 c/o Kevin Royalty 11460 Mill Rd Cincinnati OH 45240 ***************************** Tulsa Computer Prof. User's Assoc. OS/2 SIG (918)493-4755 IBM, 2 Warren Place 6120 South Yale Tulsa OK 74136 ***************************** Tulsa Computer Society, OS/2 SIG (918)622-3417 P.O. Box 690180 Tulsa OK 74169 ***************************** Portland PC Users Group, OS/2 SIG c/o Lee Higbie 1353 Troon Dr West Linn OR 97068 ***************************** TEAMOS2.PDX (503)224-6900 c/o Albert Gaylord 5425 SW Seymour St Portland OR 97221 ***************************** Computer Users of Erie, OS/2 SIG (814)866-5396 c/o Tom Kuklinski PO Box 1975 Erie PA 16507-0975 ***************************** Delaware Valley OS/2 User Group (302)477-0190 c/o Tim Howey 30th Street Station Philadelphia PA 19105 ***************************** Pittsburgh OS/2 User Group (412)237-4769 c/o Nick Vucich, IBM Corporation 4 Allegheny Center, 2nd Floor Pittsburgh PA 15212 ***************************** Caribbean OS/2 Workgroup (809)763-4987 Segovia 705 Hato Rey PR 00918 ***************************** Palmetto PC Club, OS/2 User Group (803)735-6059 c/o Paul S Beverly P.O. Box 10 3C2 Columbia SC 29202 ***************************** Upstate IBM PC Users Group, OS/2 SIG (803)246-3779 c/o Philip Yanov PO Box 5521 Greenville SC 29606 ***************************** East Tennessee PC UG-OS/2 SIG (615)584-8482 c/o Arnold Sprague 808 Fairfield Dr Knoxville TN 37919-4109 ***************************** Nashville Area OS/2 Users Group (615)731-5649 c/o DRT Systems International 402 BNA Dr Suite 403 Nashville TN 37217 ***************************** Alamo PC Organization, OS/2 SIG (210)493-3845 c/o Tim Hoke 14118 Kings Meadow San Antonio TX 78231 ***************************** Central Texas PCUG, OS/2 SIG (512)459-0026 c/o John Rothgeb 6810 B Lexington Road Austin TX 78758 ***************************** Dallas/Ft Worth OS/2 User's Group (817)963-9566 c/o Toby Pennycuff 1211 Wilshire Blvd Arlington TX 76012-4623 ***************************** Houston Area League of PC Users-OS/2 SIG (713)922-1614 c/o Daryle Swink 10700 Fuqua #303 Houston TX 77089 ***************************** OS/2 Users Group (512)471-4291 c/o Howard Hyten 1200 Barton Hill Dr, #222 Austin TX 78704 ***************************** Golden Triangle PC Club, OS/2 SIG (409)880-8193 c/o Ira Wilsker 5770 Clint Ln Beaumont TX 77713-9531 ***************************** Southwest International PC Club, OS/2 SIG (800)527-4062 c/o Andrew Gnoza III 824 Marimba Dr El Paso TX 79912-4950 ***************************** Texas A&M OS/2 Users Group c/o Christopher Menegay Dept of Computer Science Texas A&M University College Station TX 77843 ***************************** Utah Computer Society, OS/2 SIG (801)583-8544 c/o Bob Angell AIMS 1238 Fenway Avenue Salt Lake City UT 84102-3212 ***************************** Mid-Atlantic OS/2 User Group (804)422-6692 1478 Petite Ct Virginia Beach VA 23451-6013 ***************************** Burlington OS/2 User Group (802)862-7451 c/o Bruce Alvarez 52 Central Avenue South Burlington VT 05403 ***************************** Pacific Northwest OS/2 User Group (206)784-3673 1727 NW 61st St #2 Seattle WA 98107 ***************************** Central Wisc. Computer Soc.-OS/2 SIG (715)344-3137 c/o Joe Mangal 3440 Evergreen Dr #4 Plover WI 54467 ***************************** Fox Valley Tech College PC UG-OS/2 SIG (414)730-4700 x2075 1825 N Bluemound Dr Appleton WI 54913 ***************************** IBM Wisconsin OS/2 Users Group (414)223-6147 c/o Yi-sen An, IBM Corporation 411 E Wisconsin Ave Milwaukee WI 53202 ***************************** Madison PC User's Group, OS/2 SIG (608)267-9117 P.O. Box 2598 Madison WI 53701-2598 ***************************** Personal Systems Society 44-869-240414 20 CSG/MW APO AE 09466 ***************************** ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.7. Appendix G: Team OS/2 Merchandise ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Team OS/2 Merchandise Lees Keystone will be stocking special items for Team OS/2. You can contact LK for orders and pricing information at the following: Phone: (800) 717-7666 (USA only) Phone: (914) 273-6755. Fax: (914) 273-9187. They are now carrying white Team OS/2 tshirts (with a large 6-color logo on the front). They also have golf shirts with the colored Team OS/2 logo embroidered on the front where a pocket would have been. The golf shirts are available in green, red, and blue. They also carry embroidered Team OS/2 patches (2 1/2" x 2 3/8"). It would be great on hats, jackets, etc. You'll be seeing these shirts (both the golf shirts and the tshirts) as more OS/2 demos and other public events are planned. From now on, IBM Team OS/2 support will be sending these out for the "uniforms" for the teamers who are working these events instead of the shirts with the OS/2 logo. The OS/2 shirts will still be used for other purposes, but Team OS/2 shirts will only be sent for the volunteers. At this time, we're not planning to send out the embroidered patches, however they look very good. They were designed and stocked based on many requests by Teamers. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This summary represents comments from Teamers that worked the March 5th CompUSA Blitz day. We thought it would be useful to share them with everyone. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ I put this in the newsletter since I like games and hope that you'll don't mind.