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- If hanging on the technical support hotline isn't
- your idea of a good time, try the IBM Product
- Support RoundTable. It provides a single,
- convenient location for GEnie members seeking
- assistance from vendors of IBM-compatible
- products. You'll find quick responses from Gateway
- 2000, Boca Research, Kaseworks, and GVC, with more
- joining the hardware and software support team as
- we move into 1994. You'll also find drivers,
- utilities, demos, and information in the IBM
- Product Support RoundTable's Software Librar ies.
- Shopping for new "toys"? Gateway 2000's complete
- price list is available in file #398 PRODUCTS.EXE.
-
- IBM PC RoundTable
-
- For OS/2-like power in a DOS program, Telemate
- 4.12 (#34219 TM412-1.ZIP, #34220 TM412-2.ZIP,
- #34222 TM412-3.ZIP, #34223 TM412-4.ZIP) is a
- powerful, multi-threading communications program
- featuring ANSI/Avatar/VT52/VT102 terminal
- emulation, text viewer and editor, scrollback,
- clipboard, and unique functions that are easily
- accessed with built-in mouse support.
-
- Of course you'll always find answers and solutions
- in the IBM PC RoundTable at Page 615. Visit the
- Real-Time Conference on Sundays at 9:30 PM Eastern
- time, or post your questions in the Bulletin
- Board. Check out the Software Libraries for the
- latest IBM and IBM-compatible shareware programs,
- including drivers for popular sound and video
- cards, handy utilities, personal productivity
- files to save you time, and lots more.
-
- One great way to beat the winter blahs is to
- settle on the couch with a bowl of hot popcorn
- (or healthy carrot sticks, if you insist on
- keeping those New Year's resolutions) and pop a
- favorite movie in the VCR. If you're into reruns,
- why not rent something you haven't seen? But
- first, drop by the IBM PC RoundTable and grab
- this hot title from the Software Library! Instead
- of spending all your time at the store trying to
- judge a film by its jacket, let ImagiSOFT, Inc.'s
- Movies to Go! version 1.4 (files 32892
- MOVIEA14.ZIP, #32893 MOVIEB14.ZIP, and #32894
- MOVIEC14.ZIP) serve as your graphical electronic
- video movie guide! Search 1,000 titles by
- category, actors, directors, MPAA rating, key
- words, year, and more. Movies to Go! tells you
- about the characters, setting, music, box office
- gross, objectionable content, film trivia -- in
- short, everything you need to decide.
-
- You can't exactly curl up with this book, but if
- you're a history buff you'll enjoy reading The
- Lost Churchill Library 1.0 (file #33991
- LCL101.ZIP). It contains American writer Winston
- Churchill's Revolutionary War novel "Serapis:
- Caught by the Tide," modernized and adapted for
- readers, students, and teachers of American
- history, and illustrated with 150 color .PCX
- files. Or try your hand at writing poetry, with a
- little help from Poetry Star (#32108 POETSTAR.ZIP)
- and your PC. Of the hodge-podge assortment of
- computerized poetry generators available, Poetry
- Star may be the only one that attempts to
- demonstrate and aid in the creation of formal
- poetry -- including sonnets and pantoums -- as
- well as free verse. Written in the INRAC language,
- Poetry Star is interactive and entertaining, and
- it may even bring out the poet in you!
-
- You'll always find fun at your fingertips in the
- IBM PC Software Library with its extensive
- collection of games to play on (and with) your
- computer. $PINBALL.ZIP (#34257) brings
- arcade-style pinball to life on your PC with
- 256-color scrolling graphics, digital music, and
- sound. By Epic MegaGames, creators of the
- commercial pinball game, Silverball, it features
- all the shots, sounds, action, and excitement of
- the real thing!
-
- OS/2 RoundTable
-
- Come find out why OS/2 fans are full of praise for
- the OS/2 RoundTable at Page 1400. You'll get help
- from IBM employees and knowledgeable OS/2 owners
- (just try to stump them!) in the Bulletin Board.
- The Software Libraries are full of useful
- utilities, helpful and informative text on a
- variety of OS/2 topics, and one of the largest
- collections of OS/2 shareware online today! With
- many excellent CA-Realizer programs being
- developed, the runtime DLLs required for them
- (file #1793 RLZRUN20.ZIP) are a MUST have in any
- OS/2 owner's toolbox. VXRUN101.ZIP (#1344)
- contains the 1.01 runtime DLL that's required for
- all VX-Rexx programs.
-
- All work and no play -- well, you know what they
- say. When you need a break from the serious side
- of computing, try these great OS/2 games:
- ASTRA.ZIP (#1702) for solitaire fans; backgammon
- (BG14.ZIP #1712); Dungeon Chess (DCHESS.ZIP
- #1540), an interesting version of a classic
- favorite; Mahjongg (MAH21E.ZIP #1294); or
- GREED.ZIP (#1027), an "addictive" new PM game.
- Take a trip down memory lane with the original
- Adventure game (#149 ADVENTF.ZOO), or meet an
- entirely new challenge in Roids (#1963
- ROIDS10.ZIP). Search for more fun in the Software
- Libraries using the keyword GAME.
-
- Windows RoundTable
-
- Windows RoundTable members can count on top-notch
- technical help at GEnie Page 1335. The Windows
- Help Desk is open from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM Eastern
- time on Mondays and Fridays, and from 10:00 PM to
- midnight on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the
- Real-Time Conference area. Or drop by on Thursday
- nights at 9:30 PM to talk with other Windows
- owners and software developers. Even if you don't
- use Windows (yet), you're welcome to join the
- discussion! If you do use Windows and enjoy
- Real-Time Conferencing, try Skirzy 1. 1 (files
- #1467 SKIRZ11A.ZIP and #1468 SKIRZ11B.ZIP; or,
- #1465 SKLITE11.ZIP) to take advantage of all
- Conference features with multiple resizeable
- windows, full logging, menued commands, quick
- access keys, sounds, and more! Several
- entertaining add-ons are available including
- Skirzy Adventure (#1857 SKADVH11.ZIP, #1856
- SKADVC11.ZIP, and #1853 SKADVHLP.ZIP) an
- interactive, multi-player role-playing game for
- Real-Time Conference that includes sound effects
- (#1854 SKADVSND. ZIP)!
-
- Word games like the ever-popular Hangman (#1842
- HJMM1.ZIP) provide a thought-provoking challenge.
- If you think that's too easy, try the Hebrew
- version (#1843 HJHC.ZIP)! If you enjoy puzzling
- over crosswords but find that someone's always
- beating you to the Sunday paper, download
- CWDLX20.ZIP (#1874). Still not challenged enough?
- Try solving a three-dimensional crossword puzzle
- with 3DXWD124.ZIP (#1875)! SCAT10.ZIP (#1870) is a
- fun and easy-to-learn card game, but watch out --
- it could be habit-forming!
-