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- WHO WE ARE . . . WHAT WE'RE ABOUT
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- by Eugene A. Zeak, Jr, Editor
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- MICRONEWS is the first fully electronic publication in the area. It is
- designed using hypertext technology and text is formatted for display on a
- computer screen.
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- What that means for you is having complete freedom to browse at your will.
- You do not have to read MICRONEWS in the traditional fashion, i.e.,
- front-to-back. Using hypertext, and our skill at embedding references in the
- text, you can make a hypertext jump anytime you see a highlighted area inside
- angle brackets by pressing the ENTER key. After making the jump, you can
- return to where you were reading . . . say, this screen, by pressing the Left
- Arrow key. In fact, press the <ENTER> key now. When there is more than one
- angle-bracketed filename on the screen, the first one will be highlighted.
- You can selected others by using the Up or Down Arrow keys. Once the one you
- want it high- lighted, press ENTER.
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- This, our premiere issue, brings the first part of an article for DOS begin-
- ners. It explains what DOS is all about. There is also a Glossary of DOS and
- Computer Terms to help the neophyte understand the technobabble. <ARTICLE 1 13>
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- Another offering is a poignant piece about learning. There's a lot there for
- us all. <LEARN>
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- One of our regular features is an up-to-date list of bulletin board systems in
- our area. Another is a review of recently released shareware programs you can
- find on many of the bulletin boards. If, for any reason, you would rather get
- the reviewed progams directly from us, you can. We give you complete instruc-
- tions on how to elsewhere in this issue <SHRWR>.
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- There is no charge for MICRONEWS. If you wish the U.S. POSTAL SERVICE to
- deliver it to you, we have to levy a modest charge to cover our expenses.
- <SUBSCRIBE>
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- We also feature commercial advertising <AD_COM>. It's a great resource you
- can use to "let your fingers do the walking" and call some of the finest
- local computer establishments to ask about prices, equipment, etc.
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- We actively solicit your submitions. They can be articles, a column you think
- our readers would like, or simply a letter. If you do submit something, we
- ask that you complete and return the form letter <SUBMIT> we provide. This
- gives us permission to publish your text. We will not publish it unless we
- get this permission!
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- Also, one of the things we would like to add is a monthly "Letters to the
- Editor" type column. That, however, will be up to you.
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- Oh yes, before I forget... All the files on this disk pertaining to
- MICRONEWS (except GO.EXE, MENU, and HELP) are ASCII files. That means you
- can print them out on your printer. Some files contain extended ASCII
- characters, so that might confuse printers not capable of printing those. We
- will include a printer utility in a future issue that will replace extended
- ASCII charaters with asterisks, dashes, and the like.
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- One other thing. We are not a shareware dealer. We will make the programs we
- review available for a limited period of time...usually for the issue's month.
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- If you wait two or three months and then send us an order for a program we've
- reviewed, we may not have it. So, if you think you want one of the programs
- we review, order it right away. Six bucks is not all that much! And,
- remember, the $6.00 you remit to us does not register the program with the
- author...you have to do that yourself. <SHRWR>
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- Press the Left Arrow key to return to the menu, or the ENTER key to jump to
- the shareware reviews...
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