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- From: darrylo@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata)
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 01:33:37 GMT
- Subject: Re: MICROSOFT NT STAFF PLEASE READ
- Message-ID: <18560001@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
- Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!hpscdc!hplextra!hpl-opus!hpnmdla!darrylo
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
- References: <1992Aug19.111056.10794@rdg.dec.com>
- Lines: 44
-
- In comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32, alistair@microsoft.com (Alistair Banks) writes:
-
- > You should download "Compuserve Information Manager 2.0" from the CIMSOFT
- > forum on Compuserve - its a useful compromise between the 100% off-line
- > mode of TAPCIS & OZCIS, and the 100% online mode of a terminal emulator.
-
- Huh? Ideally, you want to spend as little time as possible online,
- as online time costs $$$$. Both ATO and OzCIS have "off-line" and
- "on-lines" modes.
-
- > CIM gives you the ability ot upload & download all your messages at
- > once, and do off-line creation of new threads and answers.
-
- Both ATO and OzCIS can do this (I don't know about TAPCIS, though).
-
- > It also
- > gives you the ability to browse through the tree-view of the
- > converstation threads.
-
- OzCIS can do this, too. OzCIS can also download and manage
- databases containing lists of available files for downloading (doing
- this efficiently -- for the least amount of $$$ -- is somewhat tricky,
- however).
-
- The big advantage of ATO and OzCIS is that they are *FREE*. They
- are not shareware or commercial programs (at least, in case of OzCIS,
- not yet), as are TAPCIS and CIM (I believe). Of the two, OzCIS is much
- more powerful (has lots of features), but ATO is easier to use (for
- computer novices).
-
- -- Darryl Okahata
- Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com
-
- DISCLAIMER (unoriginal): This message is the author's personal opinion
- and does not constitute the support, opinion or policy of
- Hewlett-Packard. Any resemblance between the above views and those of
- the author's employer, his terminal, or the view out his window are
- purely coincidental. Any resemblance between the above and his own
- views is non-deterministic. The question of the existence of views in
- the absence of anyone to hold them is left as an exercise for the
- reader. The question of the existence of the reader is left as an
- exercise for the second god coefficient. (A discussion of
- non-orthogonal, non-integral polytheism is beyond the scope of this
- article.)
-