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- Contacting Quarterdeck Technical Support
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- Quarterdeck Technical Note #144 Filename: CONTACT.TEC
- by Heather Kratt CompuServe: CONTAC.TEC
- Last revised: 04/26/95 Category: INF
-
- Subject: A list of available options for contacting Quarterdeck
- Technical Support.
-
- 1-800-ROBOTECH
- --------------
-
- 1-800-ROBOTECH (1-800-762-6832) is our automated technical support
- hotline. This free service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a
- week (including holidays). Using a touchtone telephone, you can
- get answers to a variety of commonly asked questions, including
- product information, installation, configuration, and
- troubleshooting tips.
-
- Navigation is easy! Once connected to 1-800-ROBOTECH, simply
- press the number on your telephone keypad that corresponds to the
- menu selection you desire. Below are some helpful shortcut keys:
-
- MENU COMMANDS:
- Press *P to go to the Previous menu.
- Press *T to go to the Top system menu.
- Press *C to hear the Current level.
- Press *J and the 4 digit level number to Jump to that menu
- level.
-
- MESSAGE COMMANDS:
- Press N to hear the Next part of a message.
- Press P to hear the Previous part of a message.
- Press A to hear the message Again.
- Press T to go to the Top or beginning of a message.
- Press # to pause a message and # again to resume.
-
- For more information and a complete list of 1-800-ROBOTECH topics,
- refer to Quarterdeck Technical Note #272, "1-800-ROBOTECH"
- (ROBOTECH.TEC).
-
- CompuServe
- ----------
-
- With over 2 million subscribers, CompuServe is the most popular
- computer information service in the world. And with good reason!
- CompuServe provides electronic mail, online reference material,
- up-to-date news services, travel services, weather information,
- online shopping, investor services, games, over 500 special
- interest forums, and much more.
-
- If you are already a member of CompuServe, just type GO
- QUARTERDECK at any ! prompt to access our forum. Private e-mail
- is accepted at 76004,2310.
-
- FREE INTRODUCTORY MEMBERSHIP!
-
- If you are not a current member of CompuServe, you are entitled to
- a free introductory membership. This offer includes a personal
- user ID and password, $15 usage credit, and a complimentary
- subscription to CompuServe magazine.
-
- To receive this membership and go online today, call
- (800) 524-3388 and ask for Representative #372.
-
- For more information about our CompuServe forum, refer to
- Quarterdeck Technical Note #134, "Technical Support via
- CompuServe" (CIS.TEC).
-
-
- Quarterdeck White Papers
- ------------------------
-
- Individual Quarterdeck Technical Notes cover a specific topic of
- interest to users of Quarterdeck products. Whether you need
- assistance in correcting a problem or you simply want a better
- understanding of how something works, these notes are an
- invaluable source of information. Our complete technical note
- library is available on most of the online services listed above.
-
- Some of the more common technotes are included with your QEMM,
- DESQview 386, or DESQview/X installation disk. Those technotes
- are installed to your \QEMM\TECHNOTE directory, and can be viewed
- with QSetup (or any text editor).
-
- These technical notes are collectively referred to as the
- Quarterdeck White Papers. QWHITE.COM, our complete technical note
- library and reader, is also available on most of the online
- services listed above.
-
- For more information about QWHITE.COM, refer to Quarterdeck
- Technical Note #236, "Quarterdeck White Papers" (QWHITE.TEC).
-
-
- Q/FAX
- -----
-
- Our innovative Q/FAX system gives you access to our complete
- technical note library. Quarterdeck Corporation was the first
- software company to offer this 24-hour outbound self-faxing
- system! Using the telephone attached to your FAX, you can access
- our Q/FAX service by dialing (800) 354-3202 or (310) 309-3214.
-
- For an updated list of technical notes available, request document
- #100. This master list is updated as new technical notes become
- available.
-
-
- Other Online Services
- ---------------------
-
- Online services provide a convenient way to contact Quarterdeck
- Technical Support. Our electronic forums are staffed by our most
- senior technical support representatives. In these forums, you
- will find discussions of the latest issues, our complete technical
- note library, product upgrades, development tools, user-submitted
- utilities, and much more!
-
- Although many of these forums offer private e-mail, we recommend
- posting your messages publicly whenever possible. In addition to
- Quarterdeck Technical Support, there are many users in these
- forums who are eager to help. Because these public messages can
- be read by anyone, you may get a faster response.
-
- If you have a modem, the following options are available to you:
-
-
- 1. Quarterdeck BBS
- ------------------
-
- The Quarterdeck Bulletin Board System (BBS) is available 24 hours
- a day, 7 days a week. Our BBS has 8 nodes on rotary lines, which
- support communications up to 14,400 bps. The recommended modem
- settings are 8 bit word length, no parity, and 1 stop bit. Our
- BBS is also a SmartNet node. You can reach the Quarterdeck BBS at
- (310) 309-3227.
-
- For more information about our BBS, refer to Quarterdeck Technical
- Note #105, "Using The Quarterdeck BBS" (BBS.TEC).
-
-
- 2. Internet -- Messages and Anonymous FTP Site
- ----------------------------------------------
-
- Public messages: comp.os.msdos.desqview
-
- Please note that the above message group is not run by
- Quarterdeck, but our senior technical support representatives do
- monitor the messages.
-
- Private e-mail: support@qdeck.com
-
- Anonymous FTP Site:
-
- To access our anonymous FTP site, use the following information:
-
- Host: qdeck.com (149.17.8.10)
- Login: anonymous
- Password: Type your e-mail address here
- (e.g., johndoe@netcom.com).
- Note: Refer to the README file in ~\pub for a list
- of files available for download.
-
-
- 3. BIX (Byte Information Exchange)
- ----------------------------------
-
- Public messages: JOIN DESQVIEW
- Private e-mail: QOS.REP2
-
- For more information about BIX, refer to Quarterdeck Technical
- Note #160, "Technical Support via BIX (Byte Information
- eXchange)" (BIX.TEC).
-
-
- 4. MCI Mail
- -----------
-
- Private e-mail: QUARTERDECK
-
-
- 5. SmartNet
- -----------
-
- Public messages: DESQview conference
-
-
- SmartNet is a network of individual BBSes that exchange messages
- and files. The Quarterdeck BBS is a SmartNet node, or member. If
- a BBS in your area is a SmartNet node, and carries the DESQview
- conference, you can contact Quarterdeck Technical Support via that
- BBS. The advantage of these echoed conferences is that you can
- contact us via a local phone call, rather than dialing our BBS
- directly which may be long distance. If your local SmartNet node
- does not carry the DESQview conference, send a note to the Sysop.
- If enough interest is shown, the Sysop may consider adding the
- conference to that system.
-
- For more information about SmartNet, refer to Quarterdeck
- Technical Note #159, "Technical Support via Smartnet" (SNET.TEC).
-
-
- 6. Fidonet
- ----------
-
- Public messages: DESQview echo
-
-
- FAX
- ---
-
- All FAXes are responded to within 24 hours of receipt (weekends
- and holidays excluded). Please include your telephone number and
- either your product serial number or customer VIP number on all
- FAX correspondence. FAX all technical support inquiries to
- (310) 309-3217.
-
-
- Mail a Letter
- -------------
-
- All letters are responded to within 24 hours of receipt (weekends
- and holidays excluded). Please include your telephone number and
- either your product serial number or customer VIP number on all
- mailed correspondence. Mail all inquiries to the following
- address:
-
- Quarterdeck Corporation
- Technical Support
- 13160 Mindanao Way
- Marina del Rey, CA 90292-9705
-
-
- Telephone Support Hotline
- -------------------------
-
- Quarterdeck Technical Support can be reached at (310) 309-4250,
- during the following hours:
-
- Monday - Thursday 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time
- Friday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time
-
- ******************************************************************
- * Trademarks are property of their respective owners. *
- * This and other technical notes may be available in updated *
- * forms through Quarterdeck's standard support channels. *
- * Copyright (C) 1995 Quarterdeck Corporation *
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