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Welcome to the ____ / ___) *StarShip* 5-MINUTE Weekend Newscast / (_ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / ___) / (__ very weekend the *StarShip* on GEnie presents a new 5-MINUTE Weekend (_____) Newscast in Communications Room 10 in the Real-Time Conference Area. Featuring late-breaking stories from the Amiga community, these dynamic, scrolling newscasts cycle every 5 minutes, so you can stop by between 6PM and 3AM Eastern time on Friday, or 3PM and 3AM Eastern time on Saturday or Sunday and learn everything that happened during the preceding week. Industry news, product announcements, upgrades, rumors, special *StarShip* activities, trade show reports, GEnie usage tips, humor, recommended files to download... ... the works -- and it ONLY takes 5 minutes! Each 5-MINUTE Weekend Newscast is available on *StarShip* Menu #10 during the following week. Periodically, newscasts are combined and made available for downloading from the *StarShip* Library. ____________________________________________________________ // \ || -*- IMPORTANT! -*- | || | || As long as individual stories are kept intact and credit | || is given, this material may be reproduced in ALL or PART | || on a privately owned BBS or in a user group newsletter. | || See wording for proper credit at the end of this Newscast. | \\____________________________________________________________/ || | || | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special thanks to... Denny Atkin, Journalist Extraordinaire Tim Walsh, AmigaWorld Senior Editor For generous assistance to the *StarShip* News! Here we go!... DateLine: November 5, 1993 This 5-MINUTE Newscast presents the following stories: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Amiga News Bits This Week: - The Commodore Stock Watch -- up 40%+ in one day??? - Last phase of Stockholders Movement - Major Imagine Update Shipping from Impulse - Riffgrabber shipping 2. CD32 featured in London Transport Museum Exhibit 3. DeskTop Video World Doubles Frequency 4. *StarShip* Conferences Next Week - Meet the LiveWire Multimedia Crew! 5. BitMap magazine info 6. RGB Computer & Video Announces 3rd Quarter Profits 7. New Psygnosis Game is a PRIME MOVER 8. New Amiga Game Magazine Shipping in December 9. CONNECT Magazine Nov/Dec Features for Telecommunicating Enthusiasts 10. Softwood Announces Final Writer -*- _____________________________________________________________ // \ || -*- ViewPort is Here -*- | || | || | || Don't miss this exciting new issue of ViewPort. The Oct/Nov | || issue published last weekend features the following: | || | || CAOS - The Amiga's almost operating System, by Andy Finkel | || Three Young Videographers in England, "Young Guns" | || Reviews: VLab Internal Model Proper Grammar II | || Picasso II KidPix | || Brilliance: The Lost Tutorials | || Running with ARexx | || ... and lots more! | || | || ViewPort.guide File# 21434 ViewPort Xtras File# 21425 | || | \\_____________________________________________________________/ -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 1st of 10 Stories Amiga News Bits This Week ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ____ Commodore Stock Watch / ___) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / (_ *StarShip* News Network -- November 5, 1993 / ___) / (_ (____)very week, we'll provide you with the closing stock price of Commodore International, (CBU) traded on the NYSE. _________ | | Commodore's Closing Stock Thursday: | 4.625 | /\ |_________| / \ / \ /______\ *Way* UP 1 5/8ths from a week ago! || || Commodore stock was the biggest winner on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday with a sudden 44% rise in price. Surprising everyone who has been quietly watching CBU stand still for the past month or so as everyone waited for the 4th quarter reports to be filed, the *StarShip* 5-MINUTE News wondered what in the world precipitated this wild flux and huge volume. Was the fourth quarter report about to be released? - Well, as of noon today, no sign of it anywhere, and Commodore's comment to us, as well as national wire services has been "No Comment" when asked where the report was. Did the final steps in the Commodore Shareholder Movement have an impact? - Studying the release of other information files from these folks who are working at trying to change some of Commodore's management with proxy votes and shares, I'd have to say that *no* correlation could be found previous to this. You can read the latest and likely one of the last opportunities to participate in this in J.YEAGER5's upload of CSMQ&A.LHA, File# 21463. Did Commodore know why the stock was suddenly one of the biggest movers on Wall Street? - Their only comment was "No Comment" to the total turnover of over 5.7 million shares on Thursday, bringing Thursday's high of the stock up to 4 and a half. Commodore stock hasn't traded above four since they released the 3rd quarter reports at the end of May. So what happened? - Your guess is as good as ours. But as this newscast is finalized today, Friday afternoon, Commodore's stock is still above 4, but down a bit. Stay tuned. We will be watching. -*- Impulse Ships New Version of Imagine _ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / \ *StarShip* News Network -- November 5, 1993 / - \ / ___ \ (_/ \_)ccording to Impulse, the feature-laden new version of Imagine is shipping. In fact, because the manual wasn't quite done yet, it looks like version 2.999999..... is shipping now and version 3.0 will be in your mailbox at the end of the month with the complete manual! -*- RiffGrabber Ships ____ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / _ ) *StarShip* News Network -- November 5, 1993 / __/ / . \ (_/ \_)iffGrabber is now shipping, according to N.DIDKOVKY's message on the *StarShip* bulletin board. This musical tool was featured in the 5-MINUTE News on September 17th. The suggested retail price is $49.95 + $2 shipping. For more information, contact Didkovsky/Nerveware, 118 East 93rd Street, 9C, NY NY 10128 -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 2nd of 10 Stories London Transport Museum Uses Amiga CD32 System _ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / \ Newsbytes News Network, London -- 3 Nov 1993 / - \ / ___ \ (_/ \_)s part of an innovative UKP4 million redisplay, The London Transport Museum (LTM) has introduced a Commodore Amiga CD32-based audio-visual computer-based system. The museum claims that the system has allowed it to move to state-of-the-art interpretation techniques, to communicate effectively with their visitors and, in particular, to use to the full, the wealth of imagery and data at their command which cannot be presented in conventional displays. At the heart of many of the new displays is the Commodore CD32, a CD-ROM equipped computer system. The LTM claims that the machine's high quality graphics, double-speed CD-ROM drive, 32-bit processor and custom display hardware provide the ideal platform for audio visual and interactive displays (AVID's). When completed, as many as 109 CD32's will be used to provide interactive information, video, animations, interactive sound effects, display control, and background sound effect. Plans call for all the machines to be networked together using an expansion system currently being developed by Index Information, the company producing all the computer displays. "We plan to take this opportunity to introduce new methods of interpreting the collection, using the latest developments in design, graphics, audio visual and interactive displays," explained Rob Lansdown, head of LTM's communications and display. According to Lansdown, the computer system has allowed the museum to tell the 200 year story of London's urban public transport. "We have taken the linear, chronological, sequence of story panels off the walls and associated them directly with the objects in the collection," he said. "In this non-linear, object oriented approach we will create 'islands' of interest and ensure that the vehicles and other original material tell the story." "The visitor becomes free to explore the Museum, its collection and stories in a non-linear way, letting their own particular interest lead them around the Museum. Visitors will choose their own priorities and interests, navigating between the principle story 'islands' to follow say, a social history or a technological theme," he explained. According to Lansdown. the multimedia world has already experimented with the idea of a "Hyper-Museum" in the form of a virtual museum on videodisc, CD-ROM, and hard disk. "The intention is to take this concept one step further. We want to take this Hyper-media and use it to go beyond the database to interact with and interpret a real museum. Instead of being shown images of the collection as you Hyper-link around the disc, we will take you to the actual objects!," he said. In the real object-based Museum the visitor is free to wander through the displays, dipping into the electronic HyperMuseum when they want to. As the Museum's core displays will also be written in a non-linear style, the electronic sections will form an integral part of the whole interpretation, adding a further dimension to the visitor's experience, Lansdown explained. "Many of the qualities that will make the CD32 such a successful home entertainment system also make it the ideal commercial multimedia player," said Mick Tinker, technical director of Index Information, the developers of the museum system. "A high quality and low cost delivery unit combined with a powerful development platform is allowing us to provide advanced displays at much lower costs than competitive systems," he added. Tinker said that the company has had a very positive response from early demonstrations of the projects. "We feel that the concept will attract the attention of museums and visitors from around the world," he said. "One of the new underground train simulators was shown at an exhibition and ever since the museum has been receiving regular requests from companies wishing to hire the display for their own exhibition stands," he added. Index Information claims to be one of the major commercial developers of Amiga- and CD32-based custom software and graphics applications for a wide range of interactive multimedia and broadcast graphics displays. Formed in January 1991, the company is rapidly expanding and currently has eight staff, supplemented by additional experts and consultants as required. Current and previous customers have included the London Transport Museum, British Telecom (for the CD-ROM Interface), BBC Scotland (for the Catchword game show software), and the Amiga Center Scotland (for the Harlequin graphics card software). The London Transport Museum first opened its doors in 1980, in the former Covent Garden Flower Market. Since then, the museum has been at the center of the renaissance of Covent Garden as one of London's liveliest places. For more information contact Steve Gold at Index Information, phone +44-256=703426; Email on the Internet: index@cix.compulink.co.uk) This story copyrighted 1993 by Newsybytes News Network, all rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 3rd of 10 Stories Premier Publication in Digital Video Market ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Doubles Frequency ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ______ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / __ ) Peterborough, NH -- November 1, 1993 / / ) / / /__/ / (______/esktop Video World -- the bellwether among magazines covering desktop solutions for video production -- today announced that the publication will move to monthly frequency, effective with the February 1994 Issue. "Our readers demanded the frequency change," asserted Dale Strang, Publisher of Desktop Video World. "They have asked for a monthly publication with each of the six issues that we have published to date. With the accelerating pace of developments in desktop video technology, readers of Desktop Video World have repeatedly told us of their need for more information, more often." "Our advertising clients will also benefit from this fre- quency change," added Strang. "Now the leading developers of desktop video products can reach a high-quality buying audience on a monthly basis -- an audience eager to implement the latest digital technologies." "Our readers respond to what differentiates Desktop Video World from other magazines," said Lou Wallace, Editor-In- Chief. "Our readers like the fact that Desktop Video World is the only magazine to include a product rating system and reviews geared to the needs of production professionals. Now, every month, we'll be able to deliver what our readers need to do their jobs." Focused on the hardware and software tools required to create videos, animations and presentations, Desktop Video World is the resource for creative professionals involved in video and multimedia production. The mandate of Desktop Video World -- unique among other publications -- is to provide information on the latest technological breakthroughs; peer-written evaluations of products; and hands-on instruction for using digital tools. Desktop Video World is published by TechMedia Publishing, Inc., an International Data Group company. TechMedia also publishes AmigaWorld, the definitive source of information for users of the Commodore Amiga computer. IDG is the world's leading publisher of computer-related information and the leading global provider of information services on information technology, with over 194 computer publications in 62 countries. For more information contact Wendie Marro Marketing Director (603) 924-0100. -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 4th of 10 Stories Next Week's *StarShip* Conference Calendar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ___________________________________________________________________________ | | | New Themes! *StarShip* Amiga Conferences | | | | | | _ _ _ | | / \ / ) / ) | | / \/ /____ _ _ ____ _ _ / /_ ____ ___ | | / // )( \_/ )/ __ )/ \/ \ / )/ __ )/ __) | | / /\ // /) / \ // ___// _ _ \ / /) // ___// / | | (_/ \_/(____/ \_/(____)(_/ \/ \_)(____/(____)(_/ | | | | | | Except where noted, Conferences begin at 10PM Eastern Time in the Amiga | | Conference Rooms at Page 555;2. Amiga Programmers meet Wednesday nights | | at Pro/Am on Page 670. TWO HelpDesks EVERY Night: 9PM Eastern & Pacific | |___________________________________________________________________________| | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday |Wednesday| Thursday | Friday | Saturday | |The Event | Telecomm |Multimedia| AmiGames| Music | Graphics | Party! | |__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|__________|__________| | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |5-MIN News| | | | |5-MIN News|5-MIN News| | 3PM-3AM |Telecomm: |Multimedia|AmiGames!| Music! | 6PM-3AM | 3PM-3AM | | -*- | | | with | deb's | -*- | -*- | | LiveWire | Aladdin |Authoring | Peteroo | Deluxe | Graphics | Party | |Multimedia| Night! | Programs| & Zach | MusicII | w/ Syl! | Night! | |Team Q&A | | | | Workshop |Imagine/3D| | |__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|__________|__________| /\ / \ Meet the people who pulled together the interactive graphical ~||~ LiveWire Multimedia issue for the Amiga on Sunday night at 10 PM || Eastern in the *StarShip* conference. Talk about the design, new || feature requests and hear the inside story...! \\________________________________________________________ TWO HelpDesks EVERY Night! 9PM Eastern AND 9PM Pacific! Bring your Amiga/GEnie problems for on-the-spot assistance! -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 5th of 10 Stories Amiga Artists and Graphics Authors Sought for New Magazine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -= Bitmap =- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ____ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ / _ ) *StarShip* News Network -- November 5, 1993 / __ / / _ ) (____/itmap is putting together a new disk magazine, and has put out a call for authors and artists. Everyone interested in 2D & 3D graphics and animation on Amiga is welcome to send in their reviews, tips, tutorials, images, objects, ARexx scripts, etc., to this new magazine in Leeds, England. Their aim is to give everyone who submits material maximum exposure. When you send in your material, please remember to include your contact address and a note about what you do. The magazine will be distributed in NTSC- compatible format so that people on the other side of the pond can read it without problems. Bitmap also says that they plan on publishing a freely distributable collection of images in JPEG format on Amiga, PC and Macintosh disks. They'll contain text files describing images and ways to get in touch with the artists and authors. Jacek Artymiak, editor says, "We plan to put them into PC and Macintosh PD libraries to spread as far as possible." Please note that the magazine will be distributed on electronic networks, via PD libraries etc., and Bitmap cannot guarantee that your copyright will be respected. But you _should_ include copyright notice anyway. In response to mail from people concerned about their copyright, Jacek explains, "Everyone who submits material will be acknowleged and their work treated as freely distributable, i.e. authors retain full copyright. We (Jacek & Kathrin) are merely organizing incoming files." Please submit material via e-mail/binmail or on 880K disks only. Send your submissions to: Jacek Artymiak Department of Civil Engineering University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT England or Contact Jacek and Kathrin Artymiak, editors of Bitmap via Internet mail at jartymiak@cix.compulink.co.uk -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 6th of 10 Stories RGB Computer & Video announces third-quarter results ____ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / _ ) Riviera Beach, FL -- November 2, 1993 / __/ / . \ (_/ \_)GB Computer & Video, Inc. (NASDAQ-EDIT), Amiga Video systems developer, today reported its results for the third quarter ended September 30, 1993. Sales for the third quarter of 1993 decreased to $688,156 from $724,240 in the prior year's comparable period. Gross profit, net of costs of sales, increased to $370,857 from $358,151. The Company reported a net loss of $307,035, or $0.10 per share, down from net income of $50,675, or $0.03 per share, in the similar period in 1992. The per share loss in the current period was based on a weighted average number of shares of 3,216,705 as compared to 1,865,032 shares for the comparable period in 1992. For the nine months ended September 30, 1993, sales increased 47 percent to $2,939,782 from $1,996,817 in the prior year's comparable period. Gross profit, net of costs of sales, increased to $2,028,971 from $970,604, an increase of $1,058,367. Income from operations was $16,691 versus income of $175,857. Net income wa $8,170 or less than one cent per share compared with $124,729, or $0.07 per share in the prior period last year. Steven M. Crane, President, stated "The Company's marketing activities for this period were adversely affected due to the problems associated with the availability of the Commodore Amiga 4000 and the introduction of an Amiga-based video editing system from Pride Integrated Services, Inc. ("Pride")." Throughout the third quarter, the Commodore Amiga 4000 was delayed from shipping in quantities sufficient to meet overall market demand. During the same period, Pride unexpectedly introduced a video editing system at one-half the price of the Company's products. As stated in the Company's press release of October 25th, suit was filed in Federal Court against Pride and Rodion Molina, a former Company employee. It is the Company's contention that Molina stole the Company's AmiLink source code for use in Pride's video editing system. Based on advice from counsel, the Company is confident that it will be successful in its efforts to prevent Pride from competing with its products in the future. As the Company enters the fourth quarter, the Commodore Amiga 4000 is being shipped in quantity which is having a favorable impact on current period sales. Additionally, the Company has recently introduced its new AmiLink video editor running on the Microsoft Windows operating system and its AmiLink CIP Editing System for the consumer, industrial and professional marketplace. Initial response to both products has been excellent. Incremental sales staffing should be completed soon, and the Company expects increased sales activity as a result of expanded marketing efforts during the period. The Company was significantly restructured during the period, including the creation of a service division devoted to creating additional revenue and cash flow opportunities through sales of services to a customer installed base of over 5,000 systems and 150 dealerships. "We expect these new products and activities will have a significant positive impact on revenues in the foreseeable future," said Crane. RGB Computer & Video, Inc., assembles, markets and sells personal computer-based video editing systems under the trade name AmiLink. For more information contact Steven M. Crane, President, RGB Computer & Video at (407) 844-3348 or Gordon H. Wolfe and Mona J. Walsh at Wolfe Axelrod Associates, (212) 370-4500. -*- *StarShip* Amiga *Flash* 7th of 10 Stories Psygnosis Announces New Game: Prime Mover ____ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / _ ) Cambridge, MA -- October 29, 1993 / ___/ / / (_/ rime Mover is not just a motorcycle racing game. The game's playability sets it apart from all others. Prime Mover has been painstakingly developed to provide a unique computer racing experience. The developers at Psygnosis have dedicated considerable research time into isolating the factors that make racing games so playable - factors such as fluid graphics, cornering, and reducing 'stumbling' (the amount of time spent floundering on off-track grassy sections). Prime Move Features: - Five unique motorcycles with individual performance characteristics - Race in 12 different countries - 3.7 Megabytes of graphics - 18 Soundtracks - Fluid 50 frame per second animation Look for the demo of Prime Mover, coming soon to the *StarShip*'s Software Library. Prime Mover will work with any Amiga model with at least 1MB RAM (512K CHIP or greater.) Suggested retail price is $49.95, and will be available from Amiga dealers or directly from Psygnosis. For more information, contact Psygnosis, Ltd, 675 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 01239, (800) 438-7794 (for orders) or (617) 497-7794 for technical support. -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 8th of 10 Stories New Amiga Game Magazine Debuts in December ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _ Urbana, IL -- November 3, 1993 / \ / - \ / ___ \ merican Amiga owners will finally have their own Amiga-specific (_/ \_) ame magazine. Amiga Game Zone will exclusively cover Amiga games and related hardware from both the United States and Europe. All machines will be supported, including the new CD32, AGA, and standard Amigas. Issues will have full-color covers and will include numerous Amiga screenshots and in-game graphics. Amiga Game Zone will initially be published on a bi-monthly basis, but plans are to go to monthly issues by summer. The premiere issue will be nationally distributed to newsstands and computer stores in December. Amiga Game Zone will offer the most detailed information and reviews in the industry. Each issue will have information on new European import games as well as American releases. Charts of the twenty best selling games on both continents will also be included. The December issue will feature a complete analysis of the new Amiga CD32 with every available title reviewed. Approximately twenty current games will also be reviewed in each issue with a brief overview and a detailed opinion offered for each game. Reviews will include complete compatibility information and an overall rating. A special column will cover every AGA game released for the Amiga 1200 and 4000. Amiga Game Zone will clearly be the best source of regular information for the Amiga games player. Strategy guides will be published for the top American games, in addition to cheats, level codes, and tips for all Amiga games. Classic commerical and public domain games will be featured on the last page of each issue. Sample issues are available from the publisher for $4 each plus $1 for postage and handling. Six issue subscriptions are $24 including postage. To order by Visa or MasterCard, call 1-800-32-AMIGA. Send checks or money orders to Amiga Game Zone, 103 W. California, Urbana, IL 61801. For more information, call 1-217-344-3478, or contact editor GEoff Miller via internet mail at: miller@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 9th of 10 Stories CONNECT Magazine -- Table of Contents ____ Vol. 1, No. 4 November/December 1993 (_ _) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / / Ann Arbor, MI -- November 3, 1993 / / _/ / (____)n this issue, which went on sale November 1st: White House Connections by David Noack The Clinton Administration has opened connections with the online community in a big way. This article shows how you can get involved in the discussions and often directly contact the White House via the commercial online services, the Internet, Fidonet and compatible networks, and federally-run or organization-sponsored bulletin boards. ONE BBSCON Briefs by Clint Bradford One of the over 100 vendors attending the recent ONE BBSCON convention shares his experiences and observations concerning the show. Sysops Invade Colorado Springs! by Steve Richardson Another ONE BBSCON attendee gives his impressions of the four-day "COMDEX, but for sysops." ONE BBSCON -- Adult Images Conference Focus by Jim Mallory Discussion of adult images online, sysop liabilities, and what constitutes pornography were discussed in detail at one of the 137 educational conference sessions held at ONE BBSCON. This article condenses that discussion, along with a look at what some of the other sessions had to offer. Fighting the Good Fight, A Look at WWIV BBS by Wayne Heyward A review of WWIV BBS, an IBM-based shareware bulletin board package from Wayne Bell. Includes discussion of enhancements to be included in the next release, as well as a focus on networking with WWIV. In the Grove with Ruby Begonia by Del Freeman Digital publishing is at its literary best in the antics and escapades of Ruby Begonia, a fictional character who appears regularly in the electronic magazines Ruby's Pearls and Smoke & Mirrors. This article introduces CONNECT readers to Ms. Begonia and gives some insight into the character's popularity. The Online Reference Shelf by Thomas Pack From encyclopedias and dictionaries to movie reviews and consumer product reports, users of online services have a wealth of reference materials available to them 24 hours a day. This article shows you the most popular reference works available on CompuServe, Prodigy, GEnie, DELPHI and America Online. Is a GUI BBS in Your Future? by Brian Cummings RIP graphics is taking the BBS community by storm, and this article focuses on current RIPscrip support in terminal packages, BBS software, and paint programs from major commercial and shareware developers in the PC and Macintosh markets. The Automatic Internet by Peter Plantec With resources like Hytelnet, the focus of this article, getting around the Internet has never been easier. The author shows you how Hytelnet functions and provides a list of Hytelnet servers you can access if your current Internet provider doesn't offer this resource directly. The FedWorld BBS by Kathleen Creighton Many agencies of the federal government make information publicly available via bulletin board systems, and this article tells you how the FedWorld BBS lets you access these systems easily and efficiently. COLUMNS The Inside Line Editorial Staff Columnist Michael A. Banks takes a look at shareware, unscrupulous shareware distributors, and the Association of Shareware Professional's efforts to protect buyers and programmers. Eye on America Online Your America Online guide, Columnist Julia Wilkinson, takes you on a tour of AOL's Travel & Shopping offerings. Connecting with CompuServe Columnist Jim Ness shows you CompuServe's Electronic Mall, where you can spend money online, and then stops off in the Financial Services area, where you can possibly make money online. Telecomputing the DELPHI Way The stores available in DELPHI's main shopping area are introduced by Columnist Dick Evans, who also points you to other places on DELPHI to search for bargains. GEnie's Treasures Columnist Jim Mallory takes you on a shopping spree through GEnie's online mall, which includes a new German import store carrying German software, toys, books and clocks you'll be cuckoo for. The Internet Gateway Downloading files from the Internet using anonymous FTP is covered step-by-step by Columnist Paul Gilster, who also points you to a couple good sites for graphics on the Internet. Clear To Send (CTS) RIPterm, the freeware RIP terminal package from TeleGrafix Communications, Inc., is reviewed by PC Columnist Victor Volkman. Dial M For Macintosh Macintosh Columnist Ross Scott Rubin shows you the "remote possibilities" offered by AppleTalk Remote Access (ARA) when combined with third-party ARA tools. Staying Connected For About A Pound Palmtop Columnist Marty Mankins discusses "Communicating the Infrared Way" with palmtops from Hewlett-Packard, Sharp, Apple, Casio and Tandy Corp. CONNECT magazine is available at the following magazine outlets: B.Dalton Bookseller, Bookstop, Bookstar, Barnes & Noble, Doubleday, Scribner's, Crown Books, Tower Books, Little Professor, Lichtman's News and Books, Coles Book Stores, CompUSA, Computer City and Software Etc. chains, as well as other chains and independent newsstands, book stores and computer dealers in the U.S. and Canada. Call (313) 973-8825 to find the magazine dealer nearest you who carries CONNECT. CONNECT is a bi-monthly magazine covering the major commercial online services (such as America Online, BIX, CompuServe, DELPHI, GEnie and Prodigy), the Internet, and bulletin board system networks (such as Fidonet, WWIVnet, and GlobalNet). The magazine is platform-independent, with columns focusing on PC-specific (DOS and Windows), Macintosh-oriented, and Palmtop/PDA-related topics. Each issue also contains an editorial column by renowned telecomputing author Michael A. Banks. Yearly subscriptions are available for $18.00. For more information contact CONNECT.MAG in GE-Mail, or write directly to: Connect Magazine, 3487 Braeburn Circle, Ann Arbor, MI, 48108. -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 10th of 10 Stories Softwood Introduces New Final Writer ____ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / ___) *StarShip* News Network -- November 5, 1993 / (_ / ___) / / inal Writer, Softwood's new powerful word-processor, is now shipping! (_/ Look at these features! Highlights: Outline Fonts: ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Includes 120 Outline Fonts - Size fonts from 4 to 300 points - Includes 100 EPS Clip-art images - Compugraphic Type 1 Support - Easy to learn and use - NimbusQ Support - Excellent printing - Line Spacing control - Comprehensive User Manual - Compress/Expand Character widths - Underline and Double Underline Word Processing: - Strike-Thru ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Small Caps and All Caps - Table of Contents - Obliquing - Index - Superscript and Subscript - Table of Illustrations - Color Text - Bibliography - Endnotes User Interface: - Outline generation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Named Paragraph Styles - User-defined button strip - Named Text Styles - User-defined "User" menu - 144,000 word Speller - Magnified and reduced page views - 1.4 million word Thesaurus - User-defined preferences - Document Statistics w/ Word Count - Extensive ARexx support - Automatic hyphenation - Page guides - Sections - Optional horizontal & vertical - Multiple Master Pages rulers - Multiple Columns - Very Fast Search & Replace Graphic Support: - Text Clips ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Header/Footer Support - Import IFF ILBM & EPS images - Left, Right, Center, Decimal Tabs - Draw Boxes, Ovals and Lines - Paragraph Justification - Draw Perfect Squares and Circles - Document Statistics - Draw rounded cornered boxes - Insert Date, Time, and Page Number - Draw arrow tipped lines - Sort Paragraphs - Create, move & resize Text Blocks - Add Columns of Numbers - Real-time text flow for graphic - Auto Bullet & Hanging Indent Control - Optional "Flow Over" Text Flow - Indent paragraphs left & right - Depth arrange graphics & text - Cut/Copy/Paste text blocks - Cut/Paste ruler - Scale graphics to any size - Insert and remove page breaks - Crop imported IFF and EPS images - Go to Page, Section or Selection - Rotate graphics - Title Page and Preface Sections - Lock/Unlock Graphics - Mail Merge - Group/Ungroup Graphics - Delete document within program - HAM, 24 bit & EHB Support - Show EPS images on screen Printing: ~~~~~~~~ - Print at full resolution of printer - Built-in PostScript(tm) support - Print EPS images on graphic printers - Draft printing option - PostScript halftone and spot function control - PostScript crop marks - PostScript scaling - PostScript thumbnails - Tall or wide printing - Color graphic and PostScript printing - 12 bit color graphic printing - Front-to-Back and Back-to-Front printing - All, Right only and Left only collate option - Print all or range of pages or sections For more information, contact SoftWood, Inc, P.O. Box 50178, Phoenix, Arizona, 85076, Phone, 800-247-8314. If you own Final Copy, there is an upgrade policy, please make sure to ask about it. -*- ______________________________________________________________ // \ || | || Permission is hereby granted to quote ALL or PART of this | || Newscast on a privately owned BBS or in a user group news- | || letter provided you include the following credit: | || | || Reprinted by permission from the *StarShip* 5-MINUTE News | || on GEnie. | || | || If you would add the following, we'd appreciate it! | || | || Joining GEnie is easy! Use half duplex at 300/1200/2400 | || baud. Dial 1-800-638-8369 (Canada 1-800-387-8330). Type | || HHH at CONNECT. 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