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- GEnie's virtual community has a niche for users of
- every type of computer. Users of IBM PC and
- compatible computers will find their special
- neighborhood on GEnie to be a thriving and active
- one, a place where new developments are avidly
- discussed, rumors, true and false, debated and
- debunked and problems, old or new, quickly solved.
-
- Open Windows
-
- The Windows RoundTable (GEnie Page 1335, keyword
- WINDOWS) welcomes OTC Corporation to its online
- community. OTC offers product information and
- technical support for its high-powered Windows COM
- Port Manager, KingCOM. KingCOM eliminates COM Port
- contention problems when attempting to use fax and
- communications software on a single fax/modem board
- under Windows. It also fully supports the advanced
- capabilities of the 16550 high performance UART.
- This allows you to take full advantage of the
- newest high speed modems. In addition, KingCOM
- allows DOS communications applications to share COM
- Ports in a virtual machine with Windows
- communications applications. Find out more about
- KingCOM in Category 28 of the Windows RoundTable
- Bulletin Board.
-
- In addition to product support, the Windows
- RoundTable Bulletin Board is all about user-to-user
- communication. Supporters and detractors of all
- kinds of applications, utilities, peripherals and
- Windows itself share their views and experiences.
- The latest releases of the popular Windows
- enhancement packages, Symantec's Norton Desktop for
- Windows and Central Point's PC Tools for Windows
- are topics of discussion in Category 18. Check out
- the secret "Easter Eggs" (hidden credit screens) in
- your favorite programs in Category 3, Topic 18,
- Easter Egg Hunt. From Arabesque's Ecco to Zortech
- C++, there's someone talking about it in the
- Windows RoundTable Bulletin Board.
-
- Among the great new files in the Windows RoundTable
- Software Library: File #2136, DRAFTWIN.ZIP. Lead
- off the real baseball season with this easy-to-use
- Windows program, Draft Day for Fantasy Baseball. It
- features a customizable rating system, making full
- use of 1993 statistics. GammaCAD, File #2135
- GCAD110.ZIP, is a full featured CAD program for
- Windows. Formerly called CAD Vantage, it provides a
- wide range of functionality in an easy to use
- package. File #2128 VIDVUE21.ZIP, VidVue v2.1, is a
- multimedia vie wer and then some! It views and
- manipulates GIF 87a/89a!, PCX, TIF, JPG, TGA, BMP,
- DIB, EPS, WPG, DCX, PICT format images and plays
- back files in the AVI, WAV, MIDI, FLI/FLC formats.
- Use it to create scripted multimedia presentations
- and much more. To protect confidential data, try
- Encyprt-It, File #2133 EIW211.ZIP. Its secure
- encryption routines are perfect for protecting
- everything from private diaries to company
- proprietary data. Lastly, in the small but very
- useful department, Text Wrapper 1.0, a Windows
- 3.1 utility that wraps text file lines to fit
- within a specified line length limit. It's File
- #2102 TWRAP10.ZIP.
-
- For some friendly chat with fellow travelers in the
- Windows neck of the woods, drop by the weekly Open
- Windows Real-Time Conference on Thursday nights at
- 9:30 PM Eastern time. Sysop Rick Ruhl, who hosts
- the weekly meeting, calls Open Windows the
- "longest-running live weekly Windows user meeting
- online." The Windows Conference Help Desk continues
- its own long run as a terrific source of instant,
- expert advice and troubleshooting. The schedule, at
- the time of this writing: Monday and Friday nights,
- from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM Eastern time, and Tuesdays
- and Thursdays from 10:00 PM to Midnight Eastern
- time.
-
- Compatible Product Support
-
- If you own a Supra faxmodem or are considering
- buying a Supra product, pay a visit to Bulletin
- Board Category 6 in the IBM & Compatibles Product
- Support RoundTable (Page 115, keyword IBMSUPPORT).
- Providing technical support and product information
- for their high-speed faxmodems, Supra Corporation
- joins Gateway 2000, Boca Research, Kaseworks and
- GVC in the expanding roster of vendors offering
- official support in the RoundTable. File #376
- SUPRA.TXT, in the RoundTable Software Library, is
- an archive of Supra-related messages from the IBM
- PC RoundTable. File #379 KASECAT.TXT is an archive
- of messages from the Bulletin Board's Kaseworks
- Category. The IBM & Compatibles Product Support
- Software Library features the latest product
- listings, spec sheets and driver updates from the
- participating vendors.
-
- OS/2
-
- Mirroring the ever-expanding community of OS/2
- users, the OS/2 RoundTable (Page 1400, keyword
- OS/2) has emerged as a hotbed of OS/2 discussion
- and support on GEnie. There are Real-Time
- Conferences four nights a week at 9:30 PM Eastern
- time, with the OS/2 Help Desk staffed on Mondays,
- Team OS/2 meetings convening on Tuesdays, general
- OS/2 discussion on Wednesdays and OS/2 Game Night
- on Thursdays. Hosted by RoundTable staff members,
- the OS/2 Real-Time Conferences are great places to
- find advice, help and conversation from fellow
- OS/2 users.
-
- The terrific selection of new files in the OS/2
- RoundTable Software Library includes file #2278
- FILEB_14.ZIP, the latest version of FileBar, a
- menubar for your OS/2 desktop. Spanning across the
- top or bottom of your desktop, FileBar is designed
- to give you quick and easy access to your most used
- applications (whether DOS, Windows or OS/2
- applications). Also, check out file #2300
- G-CHSOS2.ZIP, a recomplilation of GNU Chess with
- mouse support.
-
- LapTops
-
- The Laptops RoundTable (Page 655, keyword LAPTOP)
- is the place to head for information on, and
- software specifically for laptop, notebook,
- handheld, palmtop and other portable computers. The
- Laptops Software Library features regularly updated
- product and price listings and weekly uploads of
- Internet newsgroup discussions of special interest
- to users of laptops and other portables. Users of
- most Toshiba laptops will be interested in file
- #4953 TSEP62.EXE Toshiba's special enhancements
- package for MS-DOS 6.2. Check the file description
- for full details regarding compatibility with
- specific Toshiba models.
-
- IBM PC RoundTable
-
- As you can see, the circle of RoundTables focusing
- on branches of IBM-compatible computing has several
- hotspots of interest. At the hub of the circle is
- the IBM PC RoundTable, accessible at GEnie Page 615
- or by typing IBMPC at any prompt. Its Bulletin
- Board constitutes an impressive source of reference
- and news on all IBM PC and compatible computing
- issues, software and hardware alike.
-
- The IBM PC Roundtable Software Library features a
- new version of the popular shareware classic, Qedit
- from SemWare. Qedit Advanced v3.0 maintains its
- heritage as a blazingly fast, compact and powerful
- yet easy to use DOS text editor. Qedit was a Data
- Based Advisor Readers Choice as Best Program/Text
- Editor. Download a copy of the latest version to
- find out why.
-
- Designed for the entrepreneur who wants to sell a
- unique printout at swap-meets, fairs, or in a small
- business setting, First Name Almanac v1.02 (file
- #35098 FNA102.ZIP) is a lot of fun, too. It
- produces a commercial quality printout, in
- calligraphic script, of "The Meaning of More Than
- 14,000+ First Names." Also, take a look at file
- #35112 GERMAN.ZIP, version 1.1 of Genial
- Computerware's German vocabulary "flashcard"
- program.
-
- Whether you're a weathered traveler or just
- embarking into the world of IBM-compatible
- computing, a visit to GEnie's IBM Computing
- RoundTables will be an enjoyable and rewarding
- tour. Add several to your GEnie travel itinerary.
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