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Contact: Don Rittner,
MUG News Service,
1726 Lenox Rd,
Schenectady, NY 12308
518 374 1088
UG0194
Wayzata Technology Inc.,
PO Box 807,
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
218 326 0597 (or 800 735 7321 for orders);
Newsbytes News Service,
822 Arkansas St,
San Francisco, CA 94107
415 550 7334.
Newsbytes: International Computing News CDROM Published for Mac & PC
December 1, 1991 Grand Rapids, MN: Wayzata Technology, MUG News Service (MNS), and Newsbytes News Network announce the release of the first Newsbytes CDR-ROM for both Mac and PC platforms.
The Newsbytes CD-ROM contains the complete archives of Newsbytes News Network, published continuously since May, 1983 to August, 1991 and is produced by Don Rittner, editor of MUG News Service.
Newsbytes is the largest independent computer industry news service in the world and has 4 U.S. and 7 international bureaus in London, Brussels, Toronto, Tokyo, Singapore, Malaysia, and Syndney devoted to gathering the week's most significant microcomputer and consumer technology news. Newsbytes was awarded the "Best Online Publication" by the Computer Press Association. The news stories are republished by approximately 52 magazines, newspapers, news sources, and online systems worldwide.
You can search the entire database of the Newsbytes CD-ROM using keywords of your choice and will find articles covering telecommunications, computing trends, general computing news, government, and special articles on UNIX, IBM, and Apple. Also included are reviews of software and hardware, editorials, stock reports and more, collected from the archives of Newsbytes News Network.
Searching is easy using the TextWare search retrieval engine that comes with this CD-ROM. TextWare is a full-text search and retrieval software package which uses the index on the CD-ROM to allow for rapid search and retrieval of the data.
The disk is produced by Don Rittner, editor of MUG News Service, the only international news service devoted to Apple user groups worldwide. MNS reaches more than 350,000 Apple users in the U.S., Canada, and 15 other countries.
The Newsbytes CD-ROM is available immediately with a suggested retail price of $129.00
System Requirements:
Mac Versison
Mac Plus or higher with CD-ROM drive
IBM PC Version
640k, Hard Disk, CD-ROM with MS extensions
Contact:
Polly Edington, Marketing
Wayzata Technology
800 735 7321
Fax 218 326 0598
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This information is provided by the product's developer or distributor and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation by Apple Computer, Inc. Apple assumes no responsibilty with regard to selection, performance, or use of this product. All understandings, agreements, and warranties, if any, take place directly between the developer and the prospective user.