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- ==((((((((( == Z*NET INTERNATIONAL PC ONLINE MAGAZINE
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- ======(( ===== March 22, 1992 - Issue #29 - Vol 2, No. 9
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- ==((((((((( == Copyright (c)1992, Rovac Industries, Inc.
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- * The Editors Desk...........................Ron Kovacs and Jon Clarke
- * Z*Net Newswire With Windows Update..................................
- * Z*Net Newswire - One Year Ago.......................................
- * The Graphical Edge......................................Mike Mezaros
- * Microsoft Conference Highlights.......................America Online
- * Z*Net Press Desk and New Product Announcements......................
- * The Purple Alliance - Part Three........................Mike Mezaros
- * Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Toolkit............Press Release
- * America Online.......................................Glen Brensinger
- * Stacker................................................Press Release
- * Percentage............................................Paul Bernstein
-
-
- Publisher\Editor-In-Chief...................................Ron Kovacs
- Assistant Publisher\Managing Editor.........................Jon Clarke
- Senior Editor.............................................Mike Mezaros
- Articles Editor.............................................Mike Davis
- Contributing Editor.....................................Bruce Hansford
- Contributing Editor..........................................John Nagy
- Contributing Editor....................................Terry Schreiber
- Contributing Editor.....................................Dr. Paul Keith
- Columnist....................................................Jim Manda
-
- > Feedback Address and BBS Listings Appear At End Of Issue <
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- * THE EDITORS DESK by Ron Kovacs and Jon Clarke
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-
- With this edition we go back to a bi-weekly format. The reason we are
- changing release is because of the lack of staff. There are openings
- available to qualified persons, so if you are interested, leave PRIVATE
- email on COMPUSERVE ONLY to 71777,2140.
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- We welcome a new BBS to the Z*NET family, namely Lightening BBS in
- Perth Western Australia. The sysop Simon will be send regular raid and
- tick files by Fido Net to all the Fido BBS's in Australia. Welcome
- aboard Simon. Z*NET Western Australia
-
- ** IMPORTANT NOTICE: We have changed our Archive software 18MARCH92
- please read this HELP file fully.
-
- This is the HELP for the Waffle File Server at zpc@status.gen.nz
-
- Please send EMail to ZPC@STATUS.GEN.NZ
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- This is the archive-server address. Now the commands. But first .....
- Our thanks to Lawrence Hardiman for this fine software.
-
- WFS's command language for incoming mail messages is short: three
- commands: HELP, /DIR, /GET [filespec]. More than one command may be
- specified in an incoming message. Commands appear in the body of the
- message; the "Subject:" line, if any is ignored. Blank lines are
- ignored.
-
- Lines beginning with anything but one of the recognized commands (or a
- blank line) is reported as an error. After a number of detected
- errors, WFS quits interpreting commands and flushes the remainder of
- the message.
-
- The HELP command must appear in an input stream beginning in column
- one. The command must be upper case. Anything after the HELP on the
- line is ignored. The file configured as the response to HELP by the
- SYSOP is inserted in the session transcript following the HELP command.
-
- The /DIR command must appear in an input stream beginning in column
- one. The command must be upper case, with the leading slash. Anything
- after the /DIR on the line is ignored. The /DIR command causes WFS to
- send a sysop defined help file to the originator of the message.
-
- The /GET command must appear in an input stream beginning in column
- one. The command must be upper case, with the leading slash. The
- syntax for the /GET command is:
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- /GET [filespec]
-
- ie
-
- /GET ZNETPCxx.ZIP (where xx is the issue number)
-
- [filespec] is required. [filespec] may be lower case. Anything on
- the line after [filespec] is ignored.
-
- Filenames with the file extension ".TXT" are sent "plaintext". That
- is, they are mailed, as is. Filenames with any other extension
- (including no extension) are mailed in uuencoded form.
-
- -* ZNET PC Global News Gateway :::: zpc@status.gen.nz (archive-server)
-
- help will send 'help' file (similar to 'get help')
- get index will send file 'index'
- get ZNETPCxx.ZIP UUE will send file 'ZNETPCxx.ZIP' in uue format
-
- (please use NO paths and include the UUE command else you get nothing)
-
- Please NOTE: if your email address includes % signs my mailer can not
- send you mail. My host's host can not cope with "%" in the address
- line and it bounces back to me so please add the BANG address ie
- usent.com.ca!fred!username in your from line. I am sorry for any
- inconvenience caused by this. Finally make sure you have a _valid_
- from LINE:
-
- * Postmasters: This is a robot archive, please ensure you reply to the
- reply-to: line not the from: line for bounced mail else this mailer
- will think you have sent a request.
-
- ***** WANTED : USA based archive server to post Z*NET PC to each Week
- ***** WANTED : Europe Based archive server (ditto)
- ***** WANTED : Australian based archive server (ditto)
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- * Z*NET NEWSWIRE
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- OS/2 2.0 WON'T INCLUDE 32-BIT GRAPHICS
- It appears to be final: OS/2 2.0 won't ship with the full 32-bit
- graphics engine developed by IBM and Micrografx. It will instead
- feature a primarily 16-bit engine, with some 32-bit code. The full
- 32-bit engine will be included in a later update (perhaps OS/2 2.1,
- which is said to also include Stacker-like disk compression). The
- initial version has another video limitation: "seamless" Windows
- support will only be available in VGA mode. IBM is reportedly working
- on additional "seamless" drivers, which are apparently slightly modified
- Windows display drivers, for XGA and various flavors of SuperVGA.
-
-
- APPLE TO DEVELOPERS: "THE MAC IS NOT DEAD"
- The Macintosh System Software Forum, held last week in California,
- opened with a scene reminiscent of Steve Ballmer: "The Macintosh is not
- dead," Apple president Michael Spindler told attendees. Apple is trying
- to separate the Macintosh OS from the Pink operating system being
- developed at Taligent. "We're not going to stop developing and
- improving the Mac OS while we wait for at least three years to see what
- Taligent comes out with," insisted Apple-Taligent liaison Chris
- Espinosa. "We're not going to do to the Macintosh what we did to the
- Apple II," he said.
-
-
- TOP TEN SHAREWARE TITLES FOR FEBRUARY
- The top ten shareware programs for February were: 1) Duke Nukum (T.
- Replogle, arcade game), 2) Commander Keen (Id Software, arcade game), 3)
- Sky Globe (M. Haney, astronomical display), 4) ViruScan (McAfee
- Associates, anti-virus software), 5) Crystal Caves (F. Maddin, arcade
- game), 6) Print Partner (R. Bequette, card/banner printer), 7) AM-Tax 91
- (AM Software, federal tax preparation), 8) Desktop Paint 256 (S. Rimmer,
- DOS paint program), 9) Graphics Workshop (S. Rimmer, graphics file
- conversion), and 10) By Design (Streetwise Software, graphic designer
- for WordPerfect). The above list is compiled monthly by Randy MacLean
- and is based on unit sales of evaluation disks sold by the following
- shareware disk vendors from the US, UK, and Austrailia: Bonware, CWI,
- Manaccom, PC-SIG, Public Brand Software, Shareware Express, Software
- Excitement!, Shareware Marketing, and Software Shopper.
-
-
- AT&T PROVIDES ACCESS
- Anyone interested in AT&T's 1991 Annual Report may use the company's
- "AT&T News On-Line" service to access the report via computer. This is
- a database containing AT&T press releases, the AT&T Fact Book and, as
- of this week, the 1991 Annual Report. Users may access the system
- using any communications soft ware on a PC and a modem. Communications
- should be set for 7 data bits, 1 stop bit and even parity. The system
- operates 24 hours a day and provides access at two speeds, 1200 and
- 2400 bps. For 1200 modems, dial 908-221-8088. For 2400 modems, dial
- 908-221-2701.
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