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- INTRODUCING POPIT!
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- T E C H N O L O G I E S
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- 11433 Cronridge Drive, Suite H
- Owings Mills, MD 21117
- +1-410-363-1097
- FAX: +1-410-363-3779
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- MHS: Support @ Infinite
- CompuServe: >MHS:Support @ Infinite (or 73270,405)
- Internet: Support@Infinite.MHS.CompuServe.com
-
- Technical Support provided on the CompuServe Information Service in
- PCVENF Section 13 (moving to NOVVEN Section 4 on 12/1/92)
-
-
-
- OVERVIEW
-
- PopIT! turns almost any program into a memory resident pop-up
- utility. Simply press PopIT!'s hot-key (the default is CTRL-
- F1), and you can execute any of the programs defined to Pop-
- It's menu, or execute any DOS command-line.
-
- PopIT! was designed primarily with network administrators in
- mind, although network power-users will also undoubtedly enjoy
- the convenience of PopIT! Network administrators can use
- PopIT! to jump into NetWare utilities like RCONSOLE, SYSCON,
- FCONSOLE and others, without exiting their application.
-
- This .ZIP file includes a 30-day trial version of PopIT!, allowing
- you to try PopIT! for 30 days of actual use before deciding
- whether or not to purchase it.
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-
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- INSTALLING POPIT!
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- COPY POPIT! TO YOUR SERVER
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- Copy PopIT!'s program files into SYS:PUBLIC or other
- appropriate directory on your file server. The following
- files are required:
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- PINSTALL.EXE
- POPIT30.COM
- POPIT30.OVR
- VIDEO.OVR
- PCONFIG.EXE
- POPIT.DAT
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- Note: If you are running other Infinite Technologies'
- utilities, they share a common VIDEO.OVR file. Use the
- VIDEO.OVR with the most recent date stamp.
-
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- RUN PINSTALL TO INITIALIZE POPIT!
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- Run PINSTALL.EXE to initialize the PopIT! 30 day trial period.
-
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- RUN PCONFIG TO CUSTOMIZE POPIT!
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- PopIT! functions as a rudimentary menuing application. In
- order to define the items that will be made available on Pop-
- It's pop-up menu, you must execute the PCONFIG utility. Type
- PCONFIG to create/edit the default menu profile, POPIT.DAT, or
- type PCONFIG MENUFILE, where MENUFILE is the name of the menu
- profile that you are creating.
-
- Within PCONFIG, press <Insert> to define additional
- applications. The following fields are available for each
- application:
-
- Description (Required) - This is the descriptive name for
- the application that will appear on PopIT!'s menus.
-
- Executable File Information:
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- Drive (Optional if program is in path) - The drive
- letter on which the program file is located.
-
- Directory (Optional if program is in path) - The
- directory on the specified drive where the program file
- is located. DOS environmental variables can be used
- by surrounding the variable name with % characters,
- i.e., %USER%.
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- File Name (Required) - The file name of the executable
- program file (or batch file). Include the .EXE, .COM,
- or .BAT extension as appropriate.
-
- Parameters (Optional) - This defines any command line
- parameters to be passed to the program. To prompt for
- a command-line parameter, place a ? in the first field,
- followed immediately by an optional text prompt to be
- presented to the user when this application is
- selected.
-
- Working Drive or Directory (OPTIONAL) - These fields
- specify an optional work directory to change to when the
- application is executed. This is optional.
-
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- LOAD POPIT!
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- To load PopIT!, simply type POPIT30.
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- Optional command-line parameters include:
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- /P=MENUFILE where MENUFILE is the PopIT! menu profile file
- to use instead of POPIT.DAT.
-
- /M=??? where ??? is the number of KB of swap area PopIT!
- should use. PopIT! defaults to 384KB.
-
- /NE tells PopIT! not to use Expanded memory for swapping.
-
- /NX tells PopIT! not to use Extended memory for swapping.
-
- /NU tells PopIT! not to use 386-to-the-MAX or QEMM upper
- memory blocks to reduce conventional memory overhead.
-
- /D tells PopIT! not to use Expanded or Extended memory for
- swapping, and to swap to disk. (PopIT! will swap to disk
- by default if insufficient expanded or extended memory is
- available.) Note: PopIT! creates a swap file in C:\ or
- the directory specified via the DOS TMP environmental
- variable. PopIT! is NetWare aware, so multiple
- workstations can safely use the same TMP directory.
- /U unloads or de-installs PopIT!.
-
- You can also change PopIT!'s default hot-key of CTRL-F1 via
- the command line with the following command line parameters:
-
- @ Tells PopIT! to use <ALT> instead of <CTRL> in the hot-
- key.
-
- % Tells PopIT! to use <CTRL>-<ALT> instead of just <ALT>
- in the hot-key.
-
- & Tells PopIT! to use <CTRL>-<LEFT SHIFT> instead of
- <ALT> in the hot-key.
-
- ! Tells PopIT! to use <ALT>-<LEFT SHIFT> instead of
- <ALT> in the hot-key.
-
- A-Z Any alphabetic character from A to Z can be specified
- to work in conjunction with <ALT> or <CTRL> in the hot-
- key.
-
- Fxx Any function key (F1-F12) can be specified to work in
- conjunction with <ALT> or <CTRL> in the hot-key.
-
- Examples:
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- POPIT30 alone defaults to the <CTRL>-<F1> hot-key, or if Pop-
- It has already been loaded, the hot-key is not changed.
-
- POPIT30 X tells PopIT! to use <CTRL>-<X> as its hot-key.
-
- POPIT30 @Z tells PopIT! to use <ALT>-<Z> as its hot-key.
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- POPIT30 F12 tells PopIT! to use <CTRL>-<F12> as its hot-key.
-
- POPIT30 %F5 tells PopIT! to use <CTRL>-<ALT>-<F5> as its hot-key.
-
- POPIT30 &Z tells PopIT! to use <CTRL>-<LEFT SHIFT>-<Z> as its
- hot-key.
-
- POPIT30 !F1 tells PopIT! to use <ALT>-<LEFT SHIFT>-<F1> as its
- hot-key.
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- POPPING UP POPIT!
-
- Press the PopIT! hot-key defined when loading PopIT!, and the
- PopIT! menu will be displayed.
-
- Select an application by moving the highlight-bar, or by
- typing in the first one or more letters of the application
- name. Then press <Enter> to execute the application.
-
- In addition to any defined applications, you can also press F2
- to access a DOS Command Window, where you can enter any DOS
- command.
-
- To disable access to the DOS Command Window, set the DOS
- environmental variable POPDOS to NO (e.g., SET POPDOS=NO).
-
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- COMPATIBILITY CONSIDERATIONS
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- PopIT! may experience problems with some revisions of some
- manufacturer's VGA adapters. If your screen becomes corrupted
- when PopIT! pops up, or after exiting PopIT!, load the additional
- TSR in this .ZIP file, VGASAVE prior to loading POPIT.COM.
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- ORDERING POPIT!
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- PopIT! is currently available for $99, for unlimited use per file
- server.
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- COST
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- Please rush me ___ copies of PopIT! at $99 per file server. ____________
- Disk Size: ___ 3-1/2 ___ 5-1/4
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- Maryland residents add 5% sales tax ____________
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- Shipping and Handling (UPS Ground Service) * _______$7___
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- City: _____________________ State: ________ Zip: ___________________
- Country: _____________________
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- Telephone Number: _________________________________________________________
- FAX Number: _________________________________________________________
- CompuServe ID: ___________________
- MHS Address: ___________________ (via _________)
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- Method of Payment: ___ Visa ___ Master Card ___ Check Enclosed
- Card #: _________________________________
- Name of Cardholder: _________________________________
- Signature: _________________________________
- Expiration Date: _________________________________
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- * Overseas payments by Visa or Master Charge only. There will be
- an additional charge applied for shipping costs to reflect the
- actual cost of shipment.
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- INFINITE TECHNOLOGIES
- 11433 CRONHILL DRIVE, SUITE H
- OWINGS MILLS, MD 21117
- (410)-363-1097
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- FAX your credit card orders -- (410)-363-3779
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- PRODUCTS FROM INFINITE TECHNOLOGIES
- ===================================
-
- Infinite Technologies offers innovative and easy-to-use software
- solutions, designed primarily for the networked environment.
-
- We back our products with dependable service and special attention
- to individual requirements. All of our programs are easy to learn
- and use, and are designed to increase your efficiency.
-
- We also want to help keep you up-to-date with product information,
- updates and technical support.
-
- These services are provided via the following mechanisms:
-
- On the CompuServe Information Service, Infinite Technologies offers
- support and product updates in Section and Library 4 of the NOVVEN
- forum.
-
- Via MHS (through CSERVE or NHUB), you can address technical support
- and/or product information inquiries to SUPPORT @ INFINITE.
-
- You can also subscribe to our MHS Librarian! mailing list, which
- will include notices of product updates. To join this mailing
- list, send a message via MHS (CSERVE or NHUB) to LIBRARY @ INFINITE
- with SUBSCRIBE on your subject line. (CompuServe users can send a
- message to >MHS:Library@Infinite via CompuServe Mail.)
-
- For an index of files available via LIBRARY @ INFINITE, send a message
- with INDEX on your subject line.
-
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- NETWORK UTILITIES
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-
- * I-Queue! - Simplifies network printing and print queue management
- in the Novell NetWare environment. From within a small memory
- resident pop-up (0 to 2-1/2KB), I-Queue! allows users to easily
- change NetWare print queues and modify "capture" parameters.
- I-Queue! is compatible with Novell's PRINTCON/PRINTDEF and adds
- global PRINTCON support for Novell's own utilities.
- Queue management capabilities include: delete/reorder print jobs,
- move/copy jobs between queues, and hold/delayed printing.
- NOW INCLUDES A WINDOWS VERSION!
-
- * I-Queue! Server - Turn printers attached to any network workstation
- into shared network printers. Two to four times faster than RPRINTER,
- compatible with workstations running Windows, and compatible with
- printer ports that do not provide "hardware interrupt support".
-
- * LockIT! - Intelligent Security for DOS & Windows workstations
- on Novell NetWare networks. LockIT! addresses the problem of
- users leaving workstations unattended, and the security issues
- that this presents. Unlike other solutions that will reboot or
- logout a workstation after a period of "inactivity", potentially
- leading to data loss, LockIT! locks out keyboard input until you
- enter your NetWare password...even allowing unattended processes
- to continue executing.
-
- * CastAway! - A better NetWare broadcast message trap. Get NetWare
- message notification (e.g., SEND) without your PC locking up until
- you press CTRL-ENTER! Get notified of new messages while in graphics
- based applications! All in 0 to 1-1/2KB of conventional memory!
-
- * PopIT! - Gain pop-up access to almost ANY program with less than
- 2-1/2 KB overhead. Network administrators -- access SYSCON,
- RCONSOLE, FCONSOLE and all of your favorite network utilities
- without leaving your current application.
-
- * OnCall! - A memory resident "Chat" utility for Novell NetWare,
- that runs in between 0 and 2-1/2 KB of workstation memory.
- Simple, straightforward, and easy to use. NOW INCLUDES A
- WINDOWS VERSION!
-
- EXPRESSIT! ELECTRONIC MAIL
- --------------------------
-
- * ExpressIT! Electronic Mail - The ExpressIT! Electronic Mail product
- family includes the following products:
-
- * ExpressIT! - The network version of ExpressIT!, including
- the MHS-compatible DOS version, which runs in less than 2KB of
- resident memory.
-
- * ExpressIT! Remote - A remote version of ExpressIT! (DOS) customized
- for use on stand-alone/remote PCs. Includes Personal MHS and
- allows users to send and receive mail with any MHS based
- electronic mail system. Includes the ability to run the MHS
- Connectivity Manager from within the 2KB TSR without exiting
- your current application.
-
- * ExpressIT! Windows Client - An upgrade for the network version
- of ExpressIT! offering native support for the Microsoft Windows
- environment, and a wealth of additional features, including
- mail enabling of other Windows applications.
-
- * ExpressIT! Remote Windows - A remote version of the Windows
- version of ExpressIT! customized for use on stand-alone/remote
- PCs. Includes Personal MHS and allows users to send and receive
- mail with any MHS based electronic mail system.
-
- A special Windows based MHS configuration utility eliminates the
- need to use the MHS Directory Manager.
-
- * ExpressIT! OS/2 Client - An upgrade for the network version
- of ExpressIT! offering native support for the IBM OS/2 v2.x
- environment, and a wealth of additional features.
-
- All versions of ExpressIT! include ExpressIT! Directory Assistance,
- facilitating automatic exchange of user directories between ExpressIT!
- hosts.
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- MHS GATEWAYS AND UTILITIES
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- * MHS Scheduler - An MHS mail agent that provides greater flexibility
- in configuring when MHS will connect to a host. On a host-by-host
- basis, the MHS administrator can configure different frequencies of
- forced connections based on different times of the day, with
- separate weekday, weekend, and holiday scheduling possible.
- MHS gateways and internetwork connections can also be scheduled.
- The companion RunIT! utility simplifies the creation of batch file
- gateways...now you can run your tape backup system on your MHS
- server.
-
- * MHS Librarian! - An MHS Gateway that allows users to request
- information to be forwarded to them via MHS. Requests are
- made by placing a keyword in the "SUBJECT" field of the message
- that you address to the library. A list of files may be
- requested by sending a message with the keyword of INDEX. The
- system Admin can also configure MHS Librarian so that selected
- users can request files or directories other than those that
- appear in the index. Security is provided by a password program
- that generates unique daily passwords, a fixed password, or you
- can create your own password utility.
-
- MHS Librarian! also supports "discussion lists", similar to
- the "list server" concept on the internet.
-
- * PageIT! - An MHS gateway connecting MHS-based electronic mail
- systems to full text alphanumeric pagers. Once configured,
- sending messages to an alphanumeric pager is as simple as
- sending a message from your favorite MHS application.
-
- * ForwardIT! - An MHS mail agent for automatically forwarding
- MHS based electronic mail messages. ForwardIT! can forward
- (or copy) messages addressed to an MHS address to an alternate
- address.
-
- ForwardIT! is most useful in the MHS remote e-mail environment.
- By remote, we refer to field workers or business travelers who
- operate ExpressIT! Remote, or other MHS compatible remote
- software, on a PC or laptop to access their electronic mail
- from a distant location. Examples could include a salesperson
- between sales calls, a business traveler in a hotel room,
- or work-at-home scenarios.
-
- Without ForwardIT!, when mail is sent to a recipient's office
- address, MHS does not allow for a remote user to dial into the
- network and retrieve mail waiting for their office address. Mail
- addressed to this office address can only be picked up at the
- office.
-
- In order to send a message to the user's MHS remote, the sender
- must assume responsibility for sending a copy of the message to
- the remote MHS address.
-
- With ForwardIT!, the user leaves a forwarding address at the
- office, and while they're out, all messages will be forwarded,
- or copied, to their forwarding address, giving users transparent
- access to their electronic mail while away from the office.
-
- This forwarding address can be any valid MHS address, including
- addresses via MHS gateways.
-
- * MhsQ! - An MHS gateway interface to NetWare print queues.
- Messages can be sent via MHS to a NetWare print queue.
- This capability can be useful for MHS remote sites and/or
- MHS enabled applications for generating printed output
- and/or reports.
-
- MhsQ! can also redirect print queues on one file server
- to a remote print queue on another file server via MHS.
-
- * ExpressIT! MHS Directory Assistant - A directory services
- gateway that automatically creates and updates user routes
- in a multi-host workgroup environment. Add a user at one
- host within the workgroup, and the user route will automatically
- be created at all other hosts within the workgroup. Add a
- new host to your workgroup, and the host and user lists will
- automatically be added to other hosts within the workgroup.
- (Directory Assistant is bundled with ExpressIT! but is also
- available separately.)
-
- * MHSNotify! - A TSR which runs on the MHS mail server only, and
- automatically notifies recipients of new electronic mail
- received from remote MHS sites, or across internetwork
- connections. An excellent alternative to MHSALERT for
- DaVinci e-mail users! (MHSNotify! is bundled with ExpressIT!)
-
- REQUESTING TRIAL VERSIONS VIA MHS
- ---------------------------------
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- 30-Day Trial Versions of many Infinite Technologies Products can
- be requested via MHS.
-
- For more information, send an MHS message to LIBRARY @ INFINITE
- via CSERVE or NHUB, with a subject line of INDEX.
-
- DOWNLOADING TRIAL VERSIONS FROM COMPUSERVE
- ------------------------------------------
-
- 30-Day Trial Versions of many Infinite Technologies Products are
- available on CompuServe! Look for the following files in the
- NOVVEN Forum, Library 4:
-
- EXPDOS.ZIP - ExpressIT! E-Mail (NetWare) (DOS Version)
- EXPWIN.ZIP - ExpressIT! E-Mail (NetWare) (Windows Version)
- EXPOS2.ZIP - ExpressIT! E-Mail (NetWare) (OS/2 Version)
- REMDOS.ZIP - ExpressIT! E-Mail (Remote & non-NetWare) (DOS Version)
- REMWIN.ZIP - ExpressIT! E-Mail (Remote & non-NetWare) (Windows Version)
- REMOS2.ZIP - ExpressIT! E-Mail (Remote & non-NetWare) (OS/2 Version)
- EXSPEL.ZIP - Supplemental file for ExpressIT! (Spelling Dictionary)
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- POPIT.ZIP - PopIT!
- ONCALL.ZIP - OnCall!
- CASTAW.ZIP - CastAway!
- IQUEUE.ZIP - I-Queue!
- IQS.ZIP - I-Queue! Server
- LOCKIT.ZIP - LockIT!
- MHSCED.ZIP - MHS Scheduler
- PAGEIT.ZIP - PageIT!
- 4WARD.ZIP - ForwardIT!
- MHSNFY.ZIP - MHSNotify!
- MHSLIB.ZIP - MHS Librarian!
- EXDA.ZIP - ExpressIT! MHS Directory Assistant
- MHSQ.ZIP - MhsQ!
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- And don't miss our *FREE* utilities (also in NOVVEN Library 4):
-
- NETERR.ZIP - Network error handlers (CRITTER, SHATTACH)
- to reboot unattended workstations and clear
- network errors.
- CREATQ.ZIP - Create NetWare print queues on a volume other
- than SYS:
- LOGIN.ZIP - Load TSRs from the NetWare Login Script without
- losing available memory!
- MHSACT.ZIP - Automatically re-activate deactivated MHS
- internetwork hosts without operator intervention.
- MHSSWP.ZIP - Redirect MHS swap files to a local drive or
- VDISK.
- MHSBPL.ZIP - Configure MHS 1.5C host to host communications
- to use the B+ protocol.
- SENDIT.ZIP - Send MHS messages from the DOS command line
- or batch files.
-
- Plus, other helpful text files and reports:
-
- MHSGAT.TXT - NetWare MHS and Gateways overview
- DOSMEM.TXT - PC Memory management/architecture overview
- WINTIP.TXT - Windows vs. NetWare Troubleshooting Tips
-
-
-
- ...and stay tuned for MORE!!!
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- FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
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- T E C H N O L O G I E S
-
- 11433 Cronridge Drive, Suite H
- Owings Mills, MD 21117
- +1-410-363-1097
- FAX: +1-410-363-3779
-
- MHS: Support @ Infinite
- CompuServe: >MHS:Support @ Infinite (or 73270,405)
- Internet: Support@Infinite.MHS.CompuServe.com
-
- Technical Support provided on the CompuServe Information Service in
- NOVVEN Section 4 (GO INFINITE)
-
-
- In Australia:
- Future Technologies, Level 2 - 60 York Street, Sydney NSW
- Telephone: (+61) 02 299-1400, FAX: (+61) 02 299-1401
- Contacts: Cynthia Kuiper, Richard Denyer or Steve Ross
-
- In Austria (Österreich):
- MISSING LINK GmbH, Wickenburggasse 14, A-1080 Wien
- Telephone: (+43) 0222-4089071; FAX: (+43) 0222-4089071-15; MHS: Support@MLink
- Contact: Johannes Zeitelberger
-
- In Germany (Deutschland):
- PLZ 2/4 --
- Ing. Büro, K.H. Lendroth, Auf dem Kleinen Feld 8, D-28717 Bremen
- Telephone: (+49) 0421 6361391, FAX: (+49) 0421 6362344, MHS: KLendrot@Lend-Ing
- Contact: Karl-Hermann Lendroth
-
- PLZ 0/1/3 --
- microCOM Franchise GFI, Gesellerschaft für Informationssyteme,
- Vertriebs GmbH & Co. KG, Bayerische Str. 32, D-10707 Berlin
- Telephone: (+49) 030 8819011, FAX: (+49) 030 8822792, MHS: Juergen@MC
- Contact: Jürgen Knaack
-
- PLZ 5/6/9 --
- SHIFT Computer GmbH, Würzburger Str. 62-68, D-63739 Aschaffenburg
- Telephone: (+49) 06021-3969-0, FAX: (+49) 06021-3969-21, MHS: STW@SHIFT-AB
- Contact: Stephan H. Wissel
-
- PLZ 7/8 --
- SHIFT Computer GmbH, Niederlassung Freiburg, Rimsinger Weg 10,
- D-79111 Freiburg im Breisgau
- Telephone: (+49) 0761-45233-0, FAX: (+49) 0761-45233-95, MHS: PD@INTEG-FR
- Contact: Peter de Waard
-
- In Norway:
- Infonor Kompetanse A-S, 1816 Skiptvet, Langli
- Telephone: (+47) 9 809 766, FAX: (+47) 9 809 814, MHS: Olaf@InfoKomp
- Contact: Olaf Berli
-
- In Spain:
- BSI, Calle Bac de Roda 198, 08020 Barcelona
- Telephone: (+34) 3 266 3120, FAX: (+34) 3 266 4591
- Contact: Josep Rifa
-
- In Sweden:
- Direktrosys, Sandtorpsvagen 10, Nynashamn 14900
- Telephone: (+46) 8 520 18200, FAX: (+46) 8 520 18121
- Contact: Mats Gahlin
-
- In Switzerland (Schweiz):
- Maurhofer Informatik, Birkenweg 2, Postfach: 353, CH-8304 Wallisellen
- Telephone: (+41) 01-830-61-41, FAX: (+41) 01-830-70-47, CIS: 100016,2244
- Contact: Fritz Maurhofer
-
- In U.K.:
- NetConnect Limited, St. John's Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge
- Telephone: (+44) 223 423523, FAX: (+44) 223 420655, MHS: SBacon@NetCon
-