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`Copyright 1994 The Age Company Limited
`All Rights Reserved
`The Age (Melbourne, Australia)
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`February 8, 1994 Tuesday
`Late Edition
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`SECTION: COMPUTERS;Onthe wire; Pg. 34
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`LENGTH: 881 words
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`HEADLINE: Easier CIS access with QModem patch
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`BYLINE: Ash Nallawalla
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`BODY:
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`A PATCHfor the popular communications program QmodemPro version 1.51 is available on CompuServein the
`PCVENAforum (in Library 9) as QMP152.EXE.It updates the retail version of QmodemProand its bundled OLX
`off-line reader program,not the "test-drive" ones that are the superseded commercial programsfreely available on
`BBSs.
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`Its new appealto meis that it is now relatively easy to use QmodemProto reach CIS to fetch mail and forum mes-
`sages. Although the QMGate componenthasnot been updated, an earlier timing problem between QmodemPro and
`FALNEThasgone.
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`QmodemProis the componentthat you useto dial on-line services; QMGateis invoked during a CIS session; and
`OLX can be used on any QWK-formatfile that has been downloaded from an on-line service. I prefer OLX for manag-
`ing my Fidonet QWK-format messagesand andforits superior user interface, compared with OzCIS. Although CIS
`itself has no provision to prepare QWKpackets, members of Melbourne PC User Group can ordera stand-aloneretail
`version of OLX for just $25 (normally $65) by contacting the office at (03)6996222.
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`A Windowsversion of QmodemPro hasbeenreleased but it does not come with an off-line reader. For detailsofall
`Mustangproducts, contact Banksia Technology Pty Ltd at (02)4186033; Fax (02)4285460; or BBS (02)4187693.
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`I still use OzCIS 2.0c(2) for the bulk of my CIS work: QMGate can only capture all messages in a forum and does
`not have a two-pass metaphor.
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`OzCISshould be used after you have becomefamiliar with CIS or if you are an experienced communications en-
`thusiast.
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`CompuServecheaper.
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`IN THE UnitedStates, there is a continual battle for market share of the on-line services market. The consumeris
`winning because accesscosts are dropping. You might have heard of America On-Line, GEnie, Prodigy, Delphi and, of
`course, CompuServe Information Service (CIS).
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`Starting 27 March, CIS membersbilled under the Standard Pricing Plan will pay lowerrates for access to extended
`(hourly rate) services.
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`Easier CIS access with QModem patch The Age (Melbourne, Australia) February 8, 1994 Tuesday
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`CompuServe Pacific announcedthis week that the new rates will be 37 cents per minute (was 45 cents) for 300,
`1200 2400bps. For 9600bpsit will be 49 cents per minute (it was 65 cents). For further information, GO CHOICE.
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`Walnut Creek CD-ROM updates.
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`WALNUTCreek CDROMis well-known for its compilations of popular Internet archives. It recently released the
`Octoberedition of the Simtel MSDOSCollection. Simtel is a highly respected repository of shareware and public do-
`main software in the United States, although its contents are mirrored by other machines around the world, including
`Australia. You will also find software for CP/M, Macintosh, and UNIX at Simtel. The new disc contains over 9000
`MS-DOSprograms, namely, the entire Simtel MS-DOSarchive.
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`If you collect color GIF images, then you are awareoftheir size and the time taken to download them from a BBS.
`If you want 5000 of them on one CD-ROM,then you will want the September 1993 edition of GIFs Galore. These im-
`ages can be viewed on Macintosh, Amiga, IBM-PC and UNIX computers. A vieweris supplied for each ofthese plat-
`forms.
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`The self-explanatory Space and Astronomy CD-ROMwill appeal to people whoseinterests lie far above the Earth.
`It is a compilation of 6600 files from Thomas Shaffer's Space Station Freedom BBSat Fidonet 1:2320/110. In addition
`to imagesof space, there are many high-altitude views of our own planet. Eclipses, photographsof astronauts, the
`Hubble telescope, space vehicles, and even the $US10 million toilet on the Space Shuttle can be viewed. Scanned doc-
`uments include shuttle flight plans and its communications manual. Shareware programsinclude viewers for many
`platformsandutilities such as an orbit position calculator, JPL mission clock simulator, and astronomical ephemeris.
`Textfiles include detailed information about astronauts and four major astronomicalcatalogs.
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`The OS/2 Hobbes CD-ROMcontains the OS/2 Archives from the Internetsite at ftp-os2.cdrom.com. Over 3000
`files from the world's largest OS/2 repository are on this disc. Users of the Melb PC BBSwill be able to download these
`files from the revamped BBS.
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`Contact info(AT)cdrom.com via the Internet or 72147,3425 via CIS for details of local resellers. Alternatively, you
`can fax them on 001115106740821.
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`Odds and Ends.
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`SEVERALMelbourne-based CIS users have expressed an interest in forming an informal user group. Members of
`the Sydney CIS group seem to havea lot of fun sharing CIS tips and they also have a busy social calendar. The make-up
`of this proposed groupisentirely up to its members. Leave a note in PACFORUMto Subra Venkatat 76004,3202.
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`Venkatis the technical manager for CompuServe Pacific and is eager to support this concept.
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`The popular antivirals from McAfee Associates, Scan and Clean, are presently at version 111. Version 110 was
`supposedly a fake and that numberhas been skipped. The file manager Shez is at version 96 but watch out for a forth-
`coming review ofthe locally written InspectA, by David Nugent. It starts where Shez ends and delivers more, particu-
`larly for BBS sysops. Andy's BBS on (03)3573414 carries it as file INSP110D.ZIP.
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`If you have a topic that you wouldlike to read about, please contact me at 72662,377 on CISorvia the Internet at
`root(AT)testbox.apana.org.au.
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