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- ShareDebate Mag. #5 BY Applied Foresight Registration $5 & UP
- MISC MAY91 MARTIN MAGAZINE HYPERTEXT SHAREDEBATE DBATE005
- FILES: dbate005.sdn dbate006.sdn
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- New Issue To An Existing SDN Release (see dbate001.sdn 3/90)
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- ShareDebate International (A ShareWare Diskette Magazine)
- Spring/Summer 1991 (BBS Filenames DBATE005 & DBATE006)
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- ShareDebate International, a ShareWare disk magazine,
- formerly a quarterly, is now semi-annual starting with this
- double-disk issue (#5 & 6). It is a debate forum for
- computer users concerned about the present & future carried
- by 544 to 1,444 BBSs or Shareware Dealers.
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- Debates & Articles
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- Prior to this issue there were 19 debate topics (indexed in
- issue #4). Five new debate topics have been added. Three of
- them are related to the Gulf War and the Palestinian problem.
- One is a catch-all topic, which is used by Sysop-Attorney
- Paula Goldman in her coverage of recent FCC actions that
- impact the computer industry. The other debate topic covers
- intellectual property law and programming freedom. Four
- position papers of the League for Programming Freeedom,
- including one written for ShareDebate International, kick off
- this debate.
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- Benston and Kaufman review the history of S&Ls. Bova writes
- about freedom of information over the satellite waves.
- General Graham writes on the political limitations imposed on
- the Patriot. The 28 Americans killed by the Scud missile
- didn't need to die. Pournelle discusses how government hurts
- progress. Smith assesses the National Interest Project-level
- Stock market proposal. Schulman's Prometheus- winning novel,
- Alongside Night, is excerpted (7 chapters). Martin writes on
- the Gulf War and viruses. McAfee Associates' latest version
- of its virus detector is included, SCAN76-C.
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- Hardware Requirements: IBM PC, PC-compatible or MS-DOS
- computer 384k RAM, 1 floppy drive.
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- Other Requirements: DOS 2.1x or higher.
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- (SDA format Copyright 1991 SDN Project for SDNet/Works! (sm))
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