Words from the Prez on Installing It in the Near Future
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Vol. XIV June 1996 No.06 Newsletter of the Stanford I Palo Alto Users Group for PC A Non-Profit I Educational Organization j $en.e'ta.l d'fee~ln.a - /j.u.n.e S!6~/a.@ 7:JO Words from the Prez on installing it in the near future. On the question regarding communication and Bob Mitchell information, responses were heavily weighted in the direction of "average" or "little The Questionnaire - A Preliminary Look knowledge" regarding the Internet and information systems such as AOL or Three weeks of vacation is now history and I CompuServe. This was surprising since of the can now devote some time to the business of 32 returns, 31 individuals indicated their attempting to fulfill some of the systems included a modem. This does not responsibilities that I agreed to take on with mean that our group is not interested in the our group. My thanks to Brian Christopher subject, rather you want information about the who agreed to retain the leadership on my Internet so you can join the rest of the return. It wasn't easy considering a last minute computer world. This was demonstrated by 20 cancellation of a guest for the May meeting. responses of "very interested" and 12 "somewhat interested" to an area of the In an effort to determine what you the Internet explored at each meeting. members of SPAUG want, a questionnaire was offered that allowed us to determine what your Information software seemed to be much more i~terests were and allowed you to express your popular than game software. There were 21 views. So far, out of approximately 75 paid up responses indicating "not interested" in game members we have received 32 returns. There software with 6 "not interested" in educational were very interesting and in some cases very software. surprising results. LAN systems were of at least some interest to general knowledge of personal computing ?n 12 individuals with 20 "not interested". m general, PC Hardware, DOS and Windows, almost everybody regarded themselves average Reasons for not attending meetings included or above average. "Family problems", "conflicts with other activities", "meetings run too late", "late There were 5 responses indicating being "very notice" and "moves of meeting location". knowl~dgeable" 2 reflecting "little knowledge". Compelling reasons for attending future On Windows 3.x, we discovered the club has meetings included the addition (or repeat) of at least 2 DOS diehards. On Windows '95, 22 software demonstrations that included more indicated "little knowledge" with 10 (Continued on page 2) individuals who already have it and 8 planning (Continued from page 1) MS Office '95 and Netscape. useful applications such as utilities that resolve software conflict problems, personal data Based on this and questionnaires yet to be organization, and uninstallers with hardware returned we will be guided accordingly. At the demonstration of color scanners color printers moment, the input from 32 members will carry and CD Rom drives. There was also a heavy weight in shaping the future of suggestion that we should include some of the SPAUG. You still have time to exercise your basics on hardware (e.g.how does it work?). A "vote". number of members felt that the notices of upcoming meetings should do more in Considering national averages for responses to "selling" them on attending. surveys, this was outstanding. For all of those members who took the time to fill in the Most likable parts of meetings included blanks and offer your comments, a very sincere Random Access (Q&A), and presentations "Thank you". If there are substantial (demos) on new software and hardware. There refinements to this report we will include them were also votes for the drawings for free in the next PrintScreen. We will also provide software. On changes or eliminations, we you with some thoughts on the plans for the should locate the meetings in a place "like future based on the results of this survey. Varian" where the membership could see on a Stay tuned! projected image what was being demonstrated (good news coming on that). We should avoid MEmbErship lntErnEt AddrESSEs "glitzy" super salespersons, improve disk-of the-month (demos on a projected screen Beverly Altman [email protected] would do this), and a "blow off" of questions Audrey Borland [email protected] during random access. There was also a Frank Campbell rfvw9 [email protected] suggestion that there should be an attempt on Brian Christopher brianc@mediaci ty. com Jim Dinkey [email protected] better name recognition among the Karen Fung [email protected] membership. We should add: the mid meeting Dick Harding [email protected] break, location where you can "see" and "hear" Nancy Helmy [email protected] the presentations, more shareware Stein Hoffmoen [email protected] information, non-product presentations on Jess Kanarek [email protected] computer subjects, identify the officers, more Floyd Kessler [email protected] members including younger people in college Don Kleyensteuber [email protected] or recent college graduates. Mildred Kohn [email protected] Aldora Lee [email protected] Suggestions for hardware demos ran the gamut Bill McElhinney [email protected] John McFall [email protected] with particular emphasis on color scanners, Zip Bob Mitchell TVBob [email protected] drives and other removable disk type drives Robert Mitchell [email protected] such as Syquest, CD ROM drives, color Larry Mehl [email protected] printers, the fastest computers (133-166 Clark Moore [email protected] MHz), visioner paper port and a PC to TV Jim Powell [email protected] conversion unit, optical hard drives, sound Norm Rossen [email protected] cards, memory extenders, video boards, Ron Seltzer [email protected] laptops, modems and (horrors) a Power Mac. John Sessom [email protected] Lamont Shadowens [email protected] Russ Smith [email protected] Suggestions for software demos also covered Kendric Smith [email protected] the world. They included utilities (high Barry Smith [email protected] response) with individual requests for Ben Swan [email protected] Windows '95, foreign language, uninstallers, Walt Varner [email protected] Pagemaker, Printshop, Stackers, Family Tree Bill Weber [email protected] Maker, OS-2 applications, CAD, accounting Larry Weinberg [email protected] for small business, Quicken CD ROM Deluxe, Seth Wu [email protected] 2 Disk of The Month Daily Exercise [DOM9606] For The Nonathletic Robert Mitchell Anonymous I contributed by Kendric Smith MORECN.ZIP - Win 3.1 126K Proper weight control and physical fitness This program allows the user to easily access cannot be attained by dieting alone. Many those settings in WIN.INI & SYSTEN.INI people who are engaged in sedentary files from the user interface. Also lets occupations do not realize that calories can be user change colors in help menu, the alignment burned by the hundreds by engaging in of menus as well as vertical spacing between strenuous activities that do not require icons, fonts used in icon tittles, etc. physical exercise. SMTDOC.ZIP - Win 3.1/95 60K Here's the guide to calorie-burning activities This niffty little utility lets you convert and the number of calories per hour they standard Windows *.hip files into files that can consume. be read in ordinary text editors. Beating around the bush 75 SPARTA15.ZIP- Win 3.1 137K Jumping to conclusions 100 If you tired of the old Win 3.1 File Manager, Climbing the walls 150 but don't want to upgrade Win 95, this Swallowing your pride 50 program is for you. It makes Windows 3.1 Passing the buck 25 look like the Macintosh interface complete Throwing your weight around with garbage can on the right lower corner. (depending on your weight) 50-300 The main folders appear on the screen like the Dragging your heels 100 Mac. Their is a window with three buttons. Pushing your luck 250 They let you display a menu bar with Mac-like Hitting the nail on the head 50 menu's, Disk drives appear like they do on the Wading through paperwork 300 Mac as well as letting you use the old File Bending over backwards 75 Manager. It makes Windows as easy to Jumping on the bandwagon 200 use as Mac on this side of the fence. Balancing the books 25 Running around in circles 350 WINCHG21.ZIP - Win 3.1 131K Eating crow 225 This utility lets you customize windows by Tooting your own horn 25 letting you make the windows do what you Climbing the ladder of success 750 want them to do, 1) Find a buried window Pulling out the stops 75 easily, 2) Make a windows stay on top of Adding fuel to the fire 160 others, as well as change the menu's to your Wrapping it up at the day's end 12 needs. It also lets you run programs by Making mountains directory name or program name or by out of molehills 500 history of program has been run last. There are many other things this program can as well. To which you may want to add your own It uses very little memory and is easy to install. favorite activities, including: WSCI22CE.ZIP - Win 3.1 943K Opening a can of worms 50 McAfee Anti Virus Scan tool for Windows 3.1, Putting your foot in your mouth. 300 a must have utility for all Windows users. Starting the ball rolling. 90 Protect you system from terrible viruses that Going over the edge 25 can damage vital files and hard drive boot Picking up the pieces after 350 sectors. 3 What is Shockwave? moved immediately to the World Wide W eh.