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                                  NEWS
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                   -=> Shareware Industry Awards <=-
                   -=> Mitnick Gets Plea Bargain <=-
                  -=> Freemail Selected by Kinkos <=-
                                REVIEWS
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                     -=> IBM'S WARP Version 3.0 <=-
           -=> Peachtree Accounting Software for Windows <=-
                          WEB SITE OF THE WEEK
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                        -=> Sci-Fi Web Page <=-
                  -=> Award Winning Creative Mind <=-
                          FTP FILE OF THE WEEK
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              -=> Bill Gates Admits OS/2 is the Future <=-
                               INTERVIEW
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-=> Replaced with our Response to the OS/2 Crush of Mail we Received <=-

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                     -=> The Best in Shareware <=-
                             W I N N E R S
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    1 9 9 5     S H A R E W A R E    I N D U S T R Y    A W A R D S
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 The following programs were the winners of the 1995 Shareware Industry
 Awards.  The awards were presented on June 24, 1995 in a gala event
 during the 1995 Shareware Industry Conference, in Scottsdale, AZ.
 Congratulations to ALL the winning programs!!
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 BEST UTILITY - Integrity Master
                by Stiller Research
 
 BEST MAJOR APPLICATION - Telix for Windows
                          by deltaComm
 
 BEST WORD PROCESSING APPLICATION - WordExpress for Windows
                                    by MicroVision
 
 BEST GRAPHICS/MULTIMEDIA UTILITY - SmartDraw
                                    by Smartdraw Software
 
 BEST PAINTING OR DRAWING SOFTWARE - Tek Illustator
                                     by TommySoftware
 
 BEST BUSINESS AND FINANCE SOFTWARE - Money Smith
                                      by Brad Smith
 
 BEST TECHNICAL SOFTWARE - Fastgraph/Light
                           by Ted Gruber Software
 
 BEST EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE - Billy Bear Series
                             by Loraine Wauer
 
 BEST ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Soleau Games Collection
                               by William Soleau
 
 BEST ACTION/ARCADE GAME - Rise of the Triad
                           by Apogee Software Ltd.
 
 BEST HOME/HOBBY SOFTWARE - SoundZ by
                            Unicorn Software
 
 BEST NEW PRODUCT - WordExpress
                    by MicroVision Inc.
 
                 -=> Hacker to Accept Plea Bargain <=-
 
    RALEIGH, N.C. - A hacker with a history of breaking into some of the
nation's most protected computer systems has agreed to a plea bargain
that could net him only eight months in jail, his lawyer said Saturday.
    Kevin Mitnick was arrested Feb. 15 after he allegedly broke into a
San Francisco-area computer network and read private e-mail and other
files, and cracked the tightly guarded system of computer security
specialist Tsutomu Shimomura.
    Shimomura, a researcher at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, put
his own vacation on hold and helped federal agents track his intruder
through cyberspace.
    Prosecutors said Mitnick commandeered cellular phone circuits to
raid corporate computer systems and steal information, including
thousands of credit card numbers.
    Mitnick, 31, had been scheduled to go on trial July 10 on 23 federal
counts.
    However, according to the plea agreement signed last week, Mitnick
admits illegally possessing 15 telephone numbers to gain access to
computer systems, and the government agrees to drop the other 22 counts.
    If the agreement is accepted by the court, he would serve just eight
months in jail, the newspaper said. He could have faced a maximum of 20
years on each of the 23 counts.
    "It was certainly going to be beneficial to him under the
circumstances," to plead guilty, said John Dusenbury, Mitnick's public
defender. No sentencing date has been set for the remaining charge.
    This wasn't the first time Mitnick's computer activities got him in
trouble.
    As a teenager, Mitnick broke into a sensitive Defense Department
database. He later pleaded guilty to breaking into Digital Equipment
Corp. computers and struck a plea bargain with California prosecutors in
which he served one year in prison and promised to get treatment for an
addiction to computers.
    However, he went on the lam in 1992 before completing the treatment,
eluding authorities until his arrest in Raleigh in February, and under
the agreement he could still face prosecution in California.
 
           PRECEDING DATA WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE INTERNET 
 
            Troy Wilburn      INTERNET: hoosier@mail.top.net
                Bellevue, NE      RIME: 1600 or ONANDUP
 

                   -=> FreeMail Teams with Kinkos <=-

    FreeMail, Inc. has introduced expanded features with its latest
version of its e-mail software, FreeMail 4.0.  New features include file
completion technology (FCT), which allows the completion of any
interrupted transmission from the point of disruption rather than a
retransmission of the entire file for lower cost messaging, voice
messaging, and full cross platform compatibility which allows its entire
product line to communicate with others using different operating
systems -- Microsoft Windows(TM), Apple Macintosh(TM), Windows NT(TM),
and Windows 95(TM).
    "Windows users have been using FreeMail for almost a year but a
drawback for them until now has been the limitation that they could not
send the software to their friends and colleagues who lived and worked
in the Mac world," said Steve Barrett, President of FreeMail, Inc.
"We've got that problem behind us now."
    FreeMail makes a true Wide Area Network e-mail software that only
requires one computer, one modem, a single phone line and one copy of
the software. With FreeMail software any stand-alone PC can exchange
unlimited e-mail and files of any kind with any other PC.  FreeMail
eliminates the need for network cabling, software, file servers, or
system administrators, using regular phone lines and modems.  Only one
copy of FreeMail must be purchased; you are then free to make copies of
FreeMail 'Children' that can then phone service.  Another recent
development for FreeMail, Inc. is an agreement with a major national
corporation with more than 1,000 stores throughout North America.
    Software developed by FreeMail, Inc. was recently selected by
Kinko's Service Corporation for use in its Kinko's stores on a
nationwide basis. Kinko's chose FreeMail, Inc.'s unique e-mail software
over offerings from much larger software companies in a highly
competitive process which pitted FreeMail, Inc.'s products against some
of the largest software companies in the world.
    "FreeMail, Inc. is honored to be selected by such a respected
national company," said Barrett,  "It is one more indication of
FreeMail, Inc.'s ability to meet the unique demands of larger
organizations in need of customized electronic communication networks."
    FreeMail is now widely used in law offices and other businesses that
need secure networks to transmit and receive sensitive documents.
Overseas businesses use it to reduce their phone charges for frequent
messages to the states as well as when spotty phone service or the lack
of available providers makes Internet use for e-mail
unreliable,impractical, or prohibitively expensive.
    For more details, contact FreeMail, Inc., 2504 West Main, Suite K,
P.O. Box 1656, Bozeman, MT  59771-1656  USA; (406) 586-4200 (voice);
(406) 586-4336 (fax); email: FreeMail@AOL.COM.
 

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                            Warp Version 3.0
                       Reviewed by Roger W. Klein

    When I first began hearing about the newest version of OS/2, better
known as Warp, I didn't give it a second thought. You see, I'm an avid
Windows user and everyone of my Windows using buddies had warned me that
OS/2 was nothing but a headache compared to good ol' Windows. They
talked about slowness, installation problems, and lack of support for
their favorite Windows apps.
    Well, this held me back for awhile but I continued to hear more and
more good things about this latest IBM operating system (not to mention
the really cool commercials on TV where even nuns are getting Warped)!
So finally, I cracked. I decided to give Warp a shot and try it out on a
workstation at work. I'm a network administrator for a fortune 500
company and have a few extra machines at my disposal (I wouldn't dare
install this on my workstation at home based on what I had heard about
earlier versions the OS/2 product)!
    To my amazement the installation went flawlessly and I had Warp up
and running in about a half an hour. This didn't include time for
repartitioning my hard drive but that was my decision. I wanted to have
a "Windows" partition and a "Warp" partition. Using the boot manager
utilities that came with the product made this a snap. By utilizing the
boot manager like this I can either boot into "Warp" mode or "DOS" mode
so that I can run my Windows setup. The version of Warp that I looked at
didn't include Wi 2 but since I had an existing installation of Windows
on my system I was still able to get this functionality. So now I can
either boot into "DOS" mode and execute Windows or run Warp and then
execute WinOS2 to run my Windows apps.
    This first hitch I encountered was the first time I tried to
executed WinOS2. Warp would go into a permanent state of limbo. I
quickly discovered that this was due to the fact that I was running a PC
speaker driver for Windows and when this driver would try to directly
access the hardware Warp would lock. Warp tries to handle all hardware
calls and obviously wasn't able to handle this. Once I figured this out
Windows ran great under Warp and I didn't have any other problems.
    As I mentioned earlier, I'm a network administrator so I obviously
needed to get Warp up and running on my network. I jumped onto
CompuServe and went to the NetWire forum for Novell where I was able to
download the client drivers for Warp. In another ten minutes after
downloading the software I had Warp talking on my network. The OS/2 Warp
LAN Client product, which should be out just about now, is going to have
network functionality built in.
    For me, Warp's network support is where this product really began to
shine! The fact that OS/2 can use network sockets allowed me to log into
my network as several different users from the same workstation! For a
network administrator this is heaven! This, combined with the fact that
OS/2 is truly multi-threading, allowed me to be logged into one server
as myself and then trouble shoot a users problem by being logged in as
them in another window! No more logging in and back out every time I
wanted to te a users account on the network!
    Another great benefit of OS/2 is the fact that it uses multiple
VDM's (Virtual DOS Machines). This means that every time a DOS window is
opened up under OS/2 it looks to the operating system like it is a
stand-alone machine. You can even have separate config.sys and
autoexec.bat files for each window. The true test of this, and Warp's
ability to multi-thread, was when it was time for me to do my monthly
upgrade to a proprietary production application we have on the network.
Usually this upgrade holds a station hostage for half a day while I
continually run over and check on its progress. You see, the application
won't allow anything else to be running on the machine, such as remote
monitoring software, during the upgrade. This time I opened up a DOS
window under Warp and started the upgrade. It ran flawlessly in the
background while I went about my administration tasks such as checking
my email, running various administration utilities, and logging in as
other users in separate te DOS windows, etc. Everything ng ran smooth as
silk. Only when I had multiple things running at one time did I notice
any slow down and some of these processes where hitting the processor
pretty hard.
    Overall, I'm very impressed with Warp's ability to run Windows apps,
multi-task, and handle network functionality. The install went great and
it even set-up an icon for my favorite game Doom! (Yes it was installed
on my work computer but for testing purposes only :-) ) Warp is
definitely a strong product and I'm looking forward to see what
functionality IBM adds to it next. As of right now I would say my time,
at least at work, is probably spit evenly between running Warp and
Windows. Although, when In a stable, true multi-threading environment,
I have no other choice but to get Warped!

                            IBM Corporation
                          1000 NW 51st Street
                          Boca Raton, FL 33431
                             (800) 799-7765
                          CompuServe: GO WARP
                        URL: http://www.ibm.com/

                        Peachtree Accounting 3.0
                         Reviewed by Judy Litt

    Accounting software is a necessary evil for most business. Peachtree
Accounting attempts to make it a necessary tool instead - and it is
generally successful.

Installation
    Peachtree installs easily if you have only one hard drive. If you
have more than one, and you don't choose to do a custom install, the
program writes itself onto the first hard drive it finds.
    This would have been fine, except that I did not want the program on
my C drive. I tried to move the program from my C to my D drive, but it
would not open - and I had changed the properties. I ended up deleting
the program, and reinstalling it to my D drive with a custom install.
    Peachtree follows a custom that is peculiar to all the other
accounting programs I have used: if you do not immediately register the
program, you're limited in the number of times you can open it. With
Peachtree I found I was able to open it enough times to review the
program without registering it. This means you should be able to open it
enough to evaluate whether or not you want to keep it without
registering it.

Manuals
    Peachtree includes an accounting primer in addition to its manual. I
was very excited by this at first, since accounting is next to gibberish
to me, despite having taken a course on it in college. Although the
primer was well written, it still did not answer all my questions.
    The manual is also well written, and provides easy to follow,
step-by-step instructions. None of these instructions utilize the
navigational aids (a graphical interface to menu commands).

The Program
    It is almost surprising that Peachtree is not a MicroSoft product.
The program, as well as the manual, walks you step by step through
setting up your company. There is even a check list that outlines
everything you need to do in order to get started.
    Every time you start a task you have not tackled before, smart
guides pop up. These tell you what you need to do to complete this task.
Smart guides can be turned on or off.
    Peachtree includes everything that standard accounting software
should: general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll,
and inventory.
    In addition there are reports, forms, business analysis and
financial statements. Forms can be preprinted or designed by you, and
include the following: invoices, statements, mailing labels, quotes,
collections letters, payrolls checks, w-2s, 940s & 941s, state quarterly
forms, disbursement checks, 1099 forms, and purchase orders. There are
reports for accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, general
ledger, financial statements, inventory, job reports, and account
reconciliation.
    Peachtree offers many different ways to get help. You have 30 days
free technical support after registration (404-279-2099). 75 minutes of
support, at an 800 number, is available for $129. There is also a pay
per call number. In addition, you can reach Peachtree on CompuServe (Go
WinPeach) and on America Online (keyword Peachtree).

Conclusion
    Accounting software should not take the place of your accountant,
but Peachtree comes darn close. It makes a necessary evil just a little
bit more understandable.

System Requirements: 4 MB RAM
12 MB available disk space
Widows 3.1 or higher
VGA or higher display

                               Peachtree
                         1505-C Pavilion Place
                          Norcross, GA  30093
                             (800) 443-9361
                        CompuServe: GO PEACHTREE
                       URL: http://www.peach.com/

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WEBSITE OF THE WEEK! | This section is devoted to a cool WebSite . . .
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                      -=> New Sci-Fi Web Site <=-
 
    STJ Publications, announces the launching of KALERIA - The magazine
of SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY. Web Address: http://kaleria.com/kaleria/
    Sam White, Kaleria's Editor and President of STJ Publications, Inc.,
having a passion for reading and writing science fiction and fantasy
literature wishes to share this passion with as many people as possible
via the latest communication and commercial medium - The World Wide Web.
    After browsing online for a while, he had the idea of saving the
cost of paper publications by publish the magazine via computer. The
savings would decrease the subscription price and make the reality of
the dream more affordable to everyone.
    Kaleria is completely interactive featuring video, picture graphics,
enhanced audio visual capabilities along with entertaining stories and
articles.  This interaction gives up and coming writers of all ages a
chance to see their works published and read by others. It also lets
individuals who have the same passion explore a new realm of science
fiction and fantasy entertainment.
    For information and subscriptions call: 1-800-734-5282
 
                            STJ Publications
                          7092 Ankneytown Road
                         Bellville, Ohio 44813
                     (419)886-8330 or (419)886-8331
                           FAX (419)886-8332

               Stories and articles may be submitted to:
                            Kaleria@aol.com


           -=> Award-winning Copywriter Unveils Web Site <=-
 
    Miamian, Julie Ross, specializing in copywriting ads, brochures,
annual reports and other print materials announces her new site on the
World Wide Web, site address: http://www.netrunner.net/~jross/writeword.
On the pages are samples of her work for Royal Viking Cruises, Mercy
Hospital and Del Monte Tropical Fruits.  She's available to work with
art directors, graphic designers or can provide the total package.
    Some other past clients are: American Express, American Bankers
Insurance Group, Bonaire Tourism Development, Coulter Electronics,
GameTek, Jamaica Tourist Board, Sandals Resorts, and Wendy's.
    She has three CLIO nominations and numerous Addy's.
    For more information, contact Ms. Ross at (305) 666-1434, or by
e-mail at jross@netrunner.net or Ross Write@aol.com.

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COOL FTP FILE OF THE WEEK | You may need this file . . .
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 For the OS/2 folks in the crowd who complained loudly last week . . .

    Here is Darth himself, Bill Gates, letting you know he thinks OS/2
is wonderful. He actually says, "We believe OS/2 is the platform of the
nineties."

      You can find this as BILL-OS2.ZIP on the following FTP site:

        WUARCHIVE.WUSTL.EDU:/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/misc/bill-os2.zip

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INTERVIEW OF THE WEEK | Interesting people you should know about . . .
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    Well, we will again not have an interview this week due to the
response we received from last issue's look at Windows 95.

    To answer some lingering email questions:

1) No, we are not on Microsoft's payroll.
2) My Mom was never even in your state.
3) Yes, I can say Windows 95 will be on time without laughing.

    My personal feeling is that OS/2 is a great operating system for
mission critical, vertical applications and DOS multitasking. Regardless
of what anyone tells me, shows me or demonstrates to me, OS/2 will never
be a consumer operating system. Never. That doesn't mean that OS/2
sucks, is dead, doesn't have a market or is run by loosers. It means
that IBM is a wonderful technical company that can't market.

    OK, many of you pointed out the coverage was a little skewed. Of
course, we had the typical OS/2 folks who whined about it. Geesh, if you
know of a good OS/2 mainstream application let us know and we'll review
it. Better yet, why don't you write something positive about OS/2? Too
many folks just whined.

    We do have an OS/2 Warp review this week. The timing was
coincidental, but lucky. Enjoy! I have also attached a couple of email
notes to the bottom of this response. These are from OS/2 folks who
actually took the time to give some positive notes about OS/2.

    The following came from msavio@VNET.IBM.COM. These were originally
found floating around the Internet . . .

-- 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------       
                                                                               
 Do you know that in the United States:                                        
                                                                               
  * Nearly every ATM uses OS/2.                                                
  * Most IBM and NCR point-of-sales systems use OS/2.                          
  * Most airline ticketing systems use OS/2.                                   
  * The entire railroad transportation system is converting to a joint         
    OpenDoc application on OS/2.                                               
  * Half of the prisons in the United States are run by OS/2.                  
  * The federal judicial system in many states is run on OS/2.                 
  * Nearly every computer in police cars across America run OS/2.              
  * The Olympics, Indianapolis 500, and other major sporting events are        
    run on OS/2 and LAN Server.                                                
  * OS/2 runs more multimedia kiosks than any other OS.                        
  * Blockbuster Video is using OS/2 for their video-on-demand system.          
                                                                               
 :-) ...... Without OS/2, we couldn't get money, Kentucky Fried Chicken        
 or Big Macs, couldn't buy an airplane ticket or book freight on a train.      
 The criminal system would bog down and police would be less responsive.       
 Sports records would be harder to track, keep, and break. Companies           
 who've invested millions in kiosks would have to start over again             
 and Blockbuster would end up years behind the competition, etc.               
                                                                               
-- 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------      
                                                                               
                SOME NEWSCLIPS ON OS/2 WARP CONNECT                            
                                                                               
                                                                               
 OS/2 WARP CHOSEN PRODUCT OF THE YEAR BY PC WORLD                              
 PC World                                                                      
 IBM's OS/2 Warp 3.0 was selected as the                                       
 1995 Corporate Product of the Year                                            
                                                                               
 IBM OS/2 WARP WRAP-UP                                                         
 Jeff Ubols, Midrange Systems, 6-16-95                                         
 "It clearly has a good collection of network connectivity                     
 features, and I expect enterprise consumers will appreciate that.             
 At the same time, it offers a small business operating                        
 environment."                                                                 
                                                                               
 IBM AIMS FOR 10 MILLION BARRIER WITH CONNECT                                  
 The Australian, 6-20-95                                                       
 IBM is selling OS/2 Warp Connect as an upgrade from any other                 
 operating system.                                                             
                                                                               
 CONNECT SIMPLIFIES NETWORKING                                                 
 Sydney Morning Herald, 6-20-95                                                
 OS/2 is starting to hit the shelves at software dealers and                   
 retail shops.                                                                 
                                                                               
 PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS                                                         
 Linda Wilson, Communications Week, 6-19-95                                    
 "OS/2 Warp Connect allows eight levels of permission to be set                
 directly from a workstation, including read, write, execute,                  
 delete, none or some combination."                                            
                                                                               
 IBM's OS/2 WARP CONNECT GETS YOU IN TOUCH WITH YOUR PEERS                     
 Steve Rigney, PC Magazine, 7-95                                               
 "OS/2 Warp Connect is the first mainstream operating system                   
 designed to automate and control your access to a wide variety of             
 networks as well as to the Internet."                                         
                                                                               
 IBM EXEC MAPS LAN SERVER'S FUTURE                                             
 Joanne Cummings, NetworkWorld, 6-19-95                                        
 "IBM is best positioned to be the premier server solution                     
 provider in the future because the paradigm shift from basic                  
 file-and-print servers to application servers to distributed                  
 computing is real and it's here." said Phil Powers, director of               
 LAN Systems in IBM's PSP division.                                            
                                                                               
-- 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------       
                                                                               
 CICS ENABLED WWW SERVER SOFTWARE                                              
                                                                               
 Check: http://www.hursley.ibm.com/                                            
                                                                               
 It has information on IBM upcoming CICS enabled WWW server software.          
 The Front-end legacy apps with a platform independent GUI. Why                
 rewrite legacy CICS apps when you can use HTML and allow your users           
 to continue using the platform that best suits their needs?                   
                                                                               
                                                                               
-- 4 --------------------------------------------------------------------      
                                                                               
         BENTLEY ANNOUNCES COMMITMENT TO IBM'S OS/2 WARP                       
                                                                               
 Bentley Systems, Inc. announced the availability of MicroStation(R)           
 Version 5.5 on IBM's OS/2 Warp operating system. This announcement            
 marks the first major CAD product for OS/2. The new product                   
 was demonstrated at held at the International Intergraph Graphics             
 Users Group in Huntsville, Alabama.                                           
                                                                               
 Bentley CEO, Keith Bentley, says, "The increasing popularity of OS/2          
 demonstrates that our users need and want platform choices."  Mr.             
 Bentley continues, "OS/2 offers companies and organizations important,        
 enterprise-wide information capabilities.  Information management of          
 this type is fast becoming a top priority for our users, as they              
 typically use MicroStation for large-scale engineering projects, such         
 as designing and maintaining airports, telecommunications and                 
 electrical utility networks, roadways and complex mechanical products."       
                                                                               
 Manager of computer resources Richard Blalock of Seamons Whiteside and        
 Associates, a land planning and civil engineering firm in Mt.                 
 Pleasant, South Carolina, comments, "Our company standardized on OS/2         
 because of its reliable multi-tasking and networking capabilities.  Up        
 to now, there have been no acceptable CAD solutions on OS/2 that meet         
 our civil engineering needs.  MicroStation for OS/2 holds the promise         
 of letting us escape from our AutoCAD 'DOS box'."                             
                                                                               
                                    ###                                        
                                                                               
 MicroStation is a registered trademark; MDL is a trademark; and               
 MicroStationCSP is a service mark of Bentley Systems, Incorporated.           
 OS/2 is a registered trademark and RS/6000 is a trademark of                  
 International Business Machines Corporation.  Windows and Windows NT          
 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.  Other brands and product            
 names are trademarks of their respective owners.                              
                                                                               
-- 5 --------------------------------------------------------------------      
                                                                               
       NEW OS/2 INTERNET APPLICATION ANNOUNCED BY SOFTOUCH SYSTEMS             
                                                                               
 If you are looking for an excellent companions to OS/2 Warp's                 
 Internet Access Kit, look to SofTouch Systems.  They just announced           
 the release of GammaTech Internet Relay Chat (IRC) version  1.0.              
 This multi-user, multi-channel chat applications lets people all over         
 the world have real-time conversations.                                       
                                                                               
 Channels are the mechanisms by where people carry on public discussions.      
 Users can also talk in groups or in private conversations by using            
 a user-selected nickname.                                                     
                                                                               
 Rich Jones, president of SofTouch Systems says "Many  users are               
 attracted to OS/2 by the superior connectivity features which a true          
 multitasking operating environment provides.  By taking advantage of          
 OS/2 technology the GammaTech IRC lets users join and change channels         
 even as they monitor a conversation in Windows. As a complete                 
 Presentation Manager (PM) application, GammaTech provides menus               
 and customizable toolbars to easily issue the IRC commands. SofTouch          
 provides full documentation including an introduction to the Internet         
 Relay Chat facility.                                                          
                                                                               
 GammaTech IRC will retail for $49.95.  For a limited time, users can join     
 the international conversation for the introductory price of $39.95.          
                                                                               
                                                                               
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                     OS/2 WARP CONNECT'S TCP/IP                                
                                                                               
 With TCP/IP taking front and center stage in connectivity features, it        
 seems worthwhile to list the major advantages of OS/2 Warp Connect's          
 TCP/IP V3 over others                                                         
                                                                               
  * Access to the Internet via phone line (SLIP or PPP) AND local              
    connection AT THE SAME TIME!!                                              
  * Web Explorer (Mosaic interface)                                            
  * NewsReader                                                                 
  * Ultimail Lite - MIME compliant mail                                        
  * Gopher                                                                     
  * FTP-PM (graphical FTP)                                                     
  * Full TelNet (including 3270, 5250, and High performance options)           
  * LPR/LPD - distributed print                                                
                                                                               
 There are also a variety of options for our TCP/IP like:                      
 - Programmable operator message exchange facility (PMX)                       
 - X for OS/2 - run X-Windows applications on OS/2                             
 - Motif 1.2 libraries - run Motif applications on OS?2                        
 - NFS - Network File System                                                   
 - and others...                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                        -= See you next week =-
