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- ID:CS Technical Support via Compuserve
- Quarterdeck Technical Note #134
- by Gene Venable
-
- With half a million subscribers, CompuServe is more of an
- electronic city than a community, yet somehow it has the feel of
- the best of both worlds. Subscribers can get information on
- virtually any subject, and experts are usually available to explain
- that information in a way that matches the user's level of
- expertise. CompuServe, however, is not just an information
- service; it is a band of friends, ready to help or argue or
- commiserate or point out, as the situation requires.
-
- CompuServe rates are $6.00 an hour for communications below
- 1200 baud and $12.50 an hour for 1200-2400 baud. Your
- communications program can probably be left at its standard
- settings, since CompuServe allows typical bulletin board settings
- of 8 bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit. You may subscribe to
- CompuServe using a registration package that you is available at
- most computer and software stores. Many users minimize the cost of
- going online and getting information by using TAPCIS or AUTOSIG,
- two popular programs that automate interaction with CompuServe,
- thus greatly speeding online activities and allowing the
- transmitting and receiving of hundreds of selected messages or
- files in minutes. TAPCIS may be downloaded from the TAPCIS forum
- on CompuServe; AUTOSIG is available from Library 1 of the IBMCOM
- forum.
-
- Quarterdeck participates in Section 1 of the PCVENB forum,
- which you may reach by typing GO PCVENB at a prompt. The first
- time that you enter the PCVENB forum you will be asked to join it,
- which you should do, since it involves no additional cost and
- allows you access to everything available in the PCVENB forum; all
- you need to do is agree to join the forum and give your name.
- After entering the PCVENB forum, type MES BRO SEC:1 to browse thru
- the messages in Section 1, choosing which messages you wish to
- read. To browse through the files available for download, enter
- LIB 1 and at the following prompt enter BRO. To get help on
- CompuServe, simply enter HELP at a prompt. Another popular hangout
- for Desqview users is the Multitasking section of the IBMSYS forum,
- Section 4.
-
- Here is a typical selection of "threads," or topics, discussed in
- Section 1 of the PCVENB forum:
-
- 53997 NG and DV's new version
- 53948 Windows 3.0 and QEMM
- 54016 Startup Video
- 53957 DV/Zoom/Sight Problem
- 53989 QEMM-386 start-up
- 53969 [ 1] QEMM 5.1-FACTS
- 54025 ?dvansi + dos4.01?
- 54036 QEMM 50/60
- 54007 Carbon Copy Plus
- 53966 DV.bat
- 53964 [ 1] Multitasking/Procomm
- 53941 [ 1] DV 2.26 and WP 5.1
- 53976 DV 2.26 and Quattro Pro
- 53987 DV and LAN
-
- The opportunity for users of Quarterdeck products to
- exchange information and opinions via CompuServe and other
- electronic information services is invaluable; our users are often
- very concerned with keeping up with the latest developments in
- software and hardware, and nowhere else is it possible to find out
- what's happening now with such immediacy. Users who want to
- squeeze out faster performance or more memory would have to have
- mighty good connections to match the incredible resources of
- advice, expertise, and knowledge available to
- anyone who accesses CompuServe. We welcome your participation.
-
- Copyright (C) 1991 by Quarterdeck Office Systems
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