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- Jim Hood is a commercial photographer by training and a computer
- hobbyist by preference and resides about 3 miles from Seattle,
- Washington on Mercer Island, a city of about 22,000 people in
- the middle of scenic Lake Washington. A former coordinator for
- the Mercer Island Computer Club, Jim divides his time between
- computer related hobby activities and the operation of Seattle
- Scientific Photography which produces 35mm lecture/presentation
- slides for medical and corporate training. Jim attended the
- University of Sophia in Tokyo, Japan and Seattle University in
- Seattle. Following are descriptions of other shareware programs
- written by Jim....
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- PC-LEARN is a computer training system for beginners which
- includes chapters on buying and using a computer, an
- entertaining history of computers, DOS lessons, hard disk
- drives, tech tips how to use shareware tutorial and virus
- protection. It also includes information on word processing, a
- suggested reading list, software selection, mailing list of
- computer clubs, batch files, spreadsheets, databases, and even a
- glossary! PC-LEARN features high speed color or monochrome
- menus, tutorial printing, information searching capabilities and
- more!
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- The SSP Directory of Computer Clubs. Every computer owner, from
- novice to advanced, can use this comprehensive directory of over
- 1,000 computer clubs and users groups to locate and benefit from
- the vast offerings which computer clubs and users groups offer.
- Edited by a former computer club coordinator, the SSP Directory
- of Computer Clubs is a comprehensive listing of major computer
- clubs and users groups which focus on the MSDOS and PCDOS family
- of personal computers. Includes a mailing list of computer clubs
- plus brief tutorial on the support services, newsletters,
- monthly meeting agenda and special interest groups of computer
- clubs. The mailing list and contact directory is provided in
- both plaintext ASCII which you can read and revise with your
- word processing software and also in dBase format so you can
- generate mailing labels or use your database program to
- effectively search and sort this large resource list.
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- The SHAREWARE USER'S TUTORIAL is a detailed presentation on how
- to use and enjoy shareware! Topics include: eight easy steps to
- using shareware FAST, determining what is on a disk, how to run
- a program, how to unpack and unarchive, commonly asked
- questions, a short DOS review course, shortcuts, using filenames
- and extensions, locating documentation on disk. Even includes a
- short pop quiz to test your "shareware survival skills!" Chapter
- titles of this excellent tutorial are as follows: What is
- shareware, public domain, freeware and commercial software?
- Eight easy steps to using shareware FAST! Minimum DOS commands
- for using shareware. Copying the master disk. The directory
- listing of a shareware disk. File names and extensions - the
- keys to the kingdom. A turbocharged shortcut! Finding, reading
- and understanding documentation within a file. Unpacking and
- installing, including ARCS, ZIPS, LZH and more! Configuring the
- program if necessary. Running the program. Feedback: either
- register or send your regrets! Common questions and answers.
- Recommended reading list for shareware users and authors.
- Shareware vendors should consider adding this to their catalog
- as a reprint or at least sending this file with every order to
- customers!
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- The $HAREWARE MARKETING $YSTEM received the Public Brand
- Software Trophy award in 1991 and 1992. It is a top seller at
- over 800 vendors. It is a quarterly updated marketing newsletter
- and complete mailing list of over 4,200 major shareware disk
- distributors, large computer clubs, key magazine editors,
- recommended BBS systems and more! Software programmers, disk
- vendors, agents and shareware programmers can use the detailed
- mailing list to mail software in an effective, highly successful
- manner. Also contains a massive marketing newsletter which has
- been prepared by an established shareware author and contains
- dozens of creative tips, tricks and traps every author and disk
- vendor should review. The database file mailing list is rated so
- you can mail shareware to key vendors ranked A, B or C. The
- database file is supplied in dBase III (DBF) file format.
- Program does NOT require color or special graphics. Requires
- database program such as PC-File, dBase or any database which
- can import dBase III format (DBF) files. Hard drive suggested.
- Single issue registration available as well as subscriptions - 4
- quarterly issues per year.
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- Tutorial finished. Be sure to order your THREE BONUS DISKS which
- expand this software package with vital tools, updates and
- additional tutorial material for laptop users! Send $29.95 to
- Seattle Scientific Photography, Department LAP, PO Box 1506,
- Mercer Island, WA 98040. Bonus disks shipped promptly! Some
- portions of this software package use sections from the larger
- PC-Learn tutorial system which you will also receive with your
- order. Modifications, custom program versions, site and LAN
- licenses of this package for business or corporate use are
- possible, contact the author. This software is shareware - an
- honor system which means TRY BEFORE YOU BUY. Press escape key to
- return to menu.
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