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This month in
PCUG News & Services
Features
10
Family History & Genealogy
Jennifer Lindesay
13
Random Jottings
Ken Meadows tells a good yarn
16 How To: Check your
Owen Cook checks Telstra
17
The Rosetta Page
18
Setting Up IE5
Line Quality
Don Nicol philosophises
Brendan Falvey saves ‘Monopoly Hours’
7
Membership Notes
Mike Burke with information for new members
44
Internet Project Application
Get connected with TIP
45
Member Services
Details of services available to members only
46
Special Interest Groups
Where the real action is
20
24
38
Ockham’s Razor
47
PCUG Accounts
What your money did this year
48 Vendor Discounts
Membership has its privileges
Software Library News
50
Phil Trudinger reviews a selection of Software
41
Puzzle Page
Exercise the old grey cells with Vic Bushell
42
Training News
Transcripts from Auntie
What’s News
Malcolm Morrison keeps up with the latest
Low cost training for members
Members’ Ads/PCUG Membership form
Check here first for bargains
51
Help Directory
Stuck? Call the experts
52
Calendar
What’s on next month
Profile
2
Editorial Information
How to contribute to Sixteen Bits
3
Contact Information
How to contact us
4
Editorial
Anne Greiner
4
President’s Letter
Anne Greiner
5
Main Meeting
What’s on next
5
Letters
From our readers...
Advertiser & Product Information
6
11, 13, 15
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15
16
19
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22
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44
Inside Front
Inside Back
Outside Back
Canberra Computer Fair
Hi-Micro
L&S
Context
AB&T
Interact
Bettowynd
Context
Australian Computer Society
Vendor Discount Scheme
Dynamite
Software Shop
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How To Make Contact
President Anne Greiner
6288 2810
[email protected]
Vice President Ann Byrne
6282 2536
[email protected]
Secretary Hugh Bambrick
& Public Officer [email protected]
Treasurer Rod Farr
6249 7667
6286 1597
[email protected]
General Committee Allan Mikkelsen
6278 3164
[email protected]
General Committee David Schwabe
6254 9086
!Postal address
PO Box 42
Belconnen ACT 2616
(For ALL correspondence)
☺ PC Users Group Centre
Northpoint Plaza, Belconnen
Open Mon, Wed and Fri 10am-2pm
Saturdays and Sundays 9am-5pm
(closed long weekends)
[email protected]
General Committee Russell Kerrison
6257 4063
[email protected]
General Committee Michael Lightfoot
6258 8185
[email protected]
General Committee Peter Elliott
6258 9806
[email protected]
General Committee Ted Macarthur
6286 3536
[email protected]
General Committee Anne Meade
6231 7881
[email protected]
General Committee Tamsin Sowden
6286 4340
[email protected]
General Committee Nhan Tran
6254 5293
[email protected]
General Committee David Voss
6258 2178
[email protected]
PCUG Committee email to: [email protected]
Other Contacts
The PCUG Centre is the venue for PCUG training, some Special Interest
Group meetings and other activities. There is no charge for using the
Centre for PCUG activities. Contact Petra Dwyer at the PCUG Centre
on
(02) 6253 4911for bookings.
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Executive Secretary Petra Dwyer
http://www.pcug.org.au/pcug/
[email protected]
Membership Mike Burke
Secretary [email protected]
Novell Network Michael Phillips
Administrator
& Bulletin Board Service (BBS)
6253 4966
NT Network David Schwabe
Administrator [email protected]
6254 9086
BBS Sysop Michael Phillips
6253 4966
(02) 6253 4933 (5 lines 33.6k bps)
Fidonet address 3:620/243
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(6.00pm - 9.00pm)
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6258 5250
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Training Rm Mngr David Voss
6258 2178
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The phone numbers listed above are home numbers unless otherwise
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Main Meeting
Main meetings are held 7.00pm for 7.30pm, usually on the last Monday
of every month at Manning Clark Theatre 1, Crisp Building Australian
National University.
New Members’ Information Night
7.30pm first Monday of the month PC Users Group Centre, Northpoint Plaza Belconnen.
Editor’s Desk Top
Anne Greiner, Managing Editor
Well, this month
has been an absolute
nightmare as far as
Editors go. I’m
sure(?)
it’s
coincidental, but
almost all the
editorial team were somewhere else this
month, some overseas and some on holidays,
and some just elsewhere, and I didn’t have
as much invaluable assistance as usual, and
that we tend to take for granted.
The ads were late, the contributors were
late, the accounts from the Auditors were
late, and so was I.
So, OK, no worries, I can get this done.
Then I noticed that at least one of the articles
and the calendar had come in in Office2000
format. Now I just happened to have a copy,
just lying around, that Microsoft had donated
to the Editorial group, and I thought,
‘Hmmm, now might be a good time to load
this, solve a few problems.’ Foolish, foolish
woman!
Closed down Vet, screen savers, and
everything else, and slapped the first CD in,
told it to install, and went off and made some
Blue Mountain special expresso that I had
got from Hansel and Gretel, and came back
to find that there wasn’t enough disk space.
Spent several hours repartitioning my hard
disk, reshuffling stuff around and swearing
a lot, and tried the install again.
A blue screen of death or two, and the
most horrendous error messages later, it
calmly informed that ‘Installation had
terninated prematurely’. I already knew that
- it had done just that a number of times
already.
Logged onto the Microsoft website,
found that enough other people had had the
same problem, because there was a whole
section on premature terminations. By this
time I was thinking that maybe I would go
back to Win 3.1 and Office 4.
I forayed into DOS, renamed the
Windows Installation files, and reinstalled
them from the CD Rom. Still terminated
Prematurely. Went into Device Manager and
tinkered with cache and CD read speeds, and
was contemplating murder. Tried for the last
time, and lo and behold, the CD spun up,
files were being transferred, and everything
was chugging away nicely, with the little
blue indicator of progress edging its way
across the screen, when at 97%, the rotten
President’s Letter
I
little thing aborted (sorry, ‘terminated’) again.
Well 97% is almost there, and all the icons
were there on the Office shortcut bar, and a
couple of stray files on the desktop had had
there icons changed, so I hit the shortcut key
for Word, and no one home.
Not only had the install not managed to
get the 2000 applications onto the machine,
it had completely removed the Office 97
applications, and I was left with Notepad, and
a magazine to get to the printers the following
week. Couldn’t think who to murder, and the
cats, feeling that discretion was the better part
of valour aftering hearing some of the
comments coming out of my study, had beat
a hasty retreat and there wasn’t a one to kick.
After discovering that my copy of Office
97 had become molecularly disasssociated
(disappeared into thin air) I seriously
contemplated hari kirri. I took me all weekend
to cajole the poor little brute of a computer
back into some sort of operation, but he is
not happy, and may spit the dummy at any
minute. We may (or may not) have a mag on
time this month.
I will now attempt some resussitation for
the poor little brute. (Sometimes I wonder
why I don’t take up cross stitch)
&
Anne Greiner
t’s about the time of year that we think
about rounding one Committee year off,
and starting another one. Some of the
changes has happened a little early this time
though. It is regret that we farewell Peter
Elliott from his post as training Manager.
His business is expanding and he finds that
he no longer has the time to devote to the
position. We are very pleased for him, and
thank him for all the work he has put in for
the group. He has agreed to continue taking
the occasional class though, so we will still
see him around.
Marion van Wely has agreed to take over
as Training Manager, so welcome Marion.
Read her intro in Training News this month,
and do consider making some (nice)
suggestions about the directions we might
take. She and I will be holding a meeting of
our trainers soon, so get them to either one
of us as soon as you.
Don Nicol is also leaving us, and I would
also like to thank him for being a faithful
and reliable contributor to Sixteen Bits and
to training and many other areas of the
group.
As I said, with the start of a new
committee year, we must take this
opportunity to look back over last year and
prepare for the new year. There are several
areas where we have already started to make
plans. The lease will be up on the training
room machines soon, and if anyone wishes
to have any input into what we need to
consider when making decisions about that
area, now would be a good time to send and
advice (or wishlists) to the committee.
We are also looking at upgrading some
of the more venerable equipment in the coms
room, and at the same time making sure that
Y2K is not going to catch us out.
We had thirteen nominations this year
for fourteen positions on the committee, so
will have enough workers to share the load,
but if anyone wishes to be included in any
particular area, or has a skill that the group
would find useful, don’t hesitate to give me
a ring. For instance, I will be running a course
in Sixteen Bits Pagemaker shortly, with a
view to expanding the editorial team, so if
you see yourself as an editorial person, now
is the time to put a hand up. We have a great
team.
Computers
are
not
intelligent. They only think
they are.
&
Anne Greiner
Main Meeting
Guest Speaker:
Question and Answer
Subject:
Annual General Meeting
Election Of Office Bearers
Date:
27 September 1999
COME & SHARE
YOUR WIDE
WORLD
OF WISDOM
INTERNET S I G
AT THE CENTRE 7 - 9pm
On the LAST TUESDAY
Of EACH MONTH
From the
Committee
Excerpts from the
August Committee Meeting:
Due to download and other ISP charges
TIP was presently running at a small loss.
Allan Mickkelsen proposed that TIP charges
be increased to $132 for 1year/300 hours,
$71 for 6 months and $38 for three months
from October 1st. Carried unanimously.
Michael Lightfoot advised that they will add
another server as an adjunct/replacement for
Cheese as the proxy server. They are looking
at an Intel box running Linux, capable of
handling two CPU’s although one will only
be needed initially. Alan Mickkelsen pointed
out the old IPMC in now defunct and a new
system of management must be put in place.
After much discussion is was agreed that
Anne Greiner, Alan Mickkelsen, Michael
Lightfoot and David Voss would make up
the PCUG component with Owen Cook and
one of the present admin team being invited
to join.
Note that these exerpts are always
from the previous month - as the
minutes they are taken from have been
confirmed by the committee.
…compiled by Ann Byrne
David Schawbe noted the lease on the
computers in the training room will end in
October. The current proposal is to look at
replacing the 8 training machines, the key
being versatility not expense. The training
room is a multi functional room and will be
developed as such. A new training coordinator is needed due to the resignation of
Peter Elliot. The Executive Secretary advised
that she will be on holiday at the end of
September, is was agreed that a temp be
employed for the time she is away. John
Saxon has been approached by the ACT
Government on the matter of insurance for
the library volunteers. PCUG to advise the
local government that library volunteers are
volunteers who just happen to be members
of the PCUG and as such, we are not liable
to pay insurance.
Letters
The following is an article about a WEB
site that may interest PCUG members. After
doing a PCUG Web page course in May of
1999 I have had quite a bit of fun in putting
a site together. A very basic site it may be,
but I am still learning.
One idea I have is to develop a
community site for Belconnen. It is
envisaged that it will be a Community Media
service that will combine items found in
newspapers, notice boards, junk mail, even
radio or video etc.
People in Belconnen can submit articles,
photos, classified ads etc for “publication”.
It is an experiment and I am looking for
contributions and helpers. At this time no
commercial activity is involved, meaning that
contributers do not get paid. However,
persons can place ads free of charge.
Another service is to provide in index of
homepages of Belconnen residents. Any
person wishing to have their homepage
listed (with hypertext link) is welcome to
contact me.
The site can be viewed on
www.pcug.org.au/`terryg/belconnen.htm
I have named the site The://
Belconnen.Byte-Belconnen’s e Media
Terry Giesecke
9 Dallas Place
Scullin ACT
2614 61-2-6254 2896
www.tip.net.au/~terryg
Dear Anne,
I’d just like to say how much I enjoyed
the Ockham’s Razor in the last
(September) 16 Bits, and how much I
enjoy it issue by issue. Many thanks to
whomsoever secures these enlightening
National Hockey Centre
Mouat street, Lyneham
Saturdays: October 23, November 20, December 4
Thousand items of hardware, software &
accessories at wholesale prices. Much
more than a computer superstore.
Open 10am to 3pm Entry $2(Kids Free)
For enquiries call Hazel or Glenn on o414 96 1117
or visit our web site
and stimulating missives, and to the
ABC for allowing you to reprint them.
Regards, Andrew Purdam
[email protected]
http://www.pcug.org.au/~apurdam
Membership Secretary
…by Mike Burke
April. You should read Sixteen Bits
thoroughly as special events are publicised
mainly through the magazine.
Annual General Meeting
W
elcome to new members reading
Sixteen Bits for the first time,
welcome to the PC Users Group.
Continuing members should also check this
column regularly because I am sure that
If your PCUG
membership expires at
the end of September 1999
RENEW NOW
to avoid losing access to
The Internet Project.
there will be some little surprises from time
to time, even for the most jaded of old hands.
Your Membership Card
Your membership card and, for new
members, a New Member’s Information
Disk, will normally be mailed to you on the
third Monday of the month in which you join
or renew your membership. Those who join
or renew after the third Monday will receive
their card/disk the following month. If you
lose your card, please leave a message with
the Executive Secretary on 6253 4911, or
contact me directly via TIP at
[email protected] and it will
be replaced without charge..
Information Disk
New members should also receive a disk
containing information about the Group and
its services. Please read the information on
the disk carefully as you will find the
answers to most of your questions there. This
disk now contains instructions on how to
connect to the Internet Project.
New Members’
Information Night
New members are especially urged to attend
a New Members’ Information Night which
is normally held at 7.30pm on the first
Monday of the month (except January) at
the PC Users Group Centre (see map page
3). These meetings are a chance for new and
‘older’ members (who are always welcome
to attend) to meet with representatives of the
Committee, to put names to faces, and to
ask any questions that you may have about
the Group and its activities. Tea and coffee
are available, and the atmosphere is informal
and friendly.
Main Meetings
Our main meetings, targeted at our general
membership, are normally held monthly, on
the last Monday of the month. The date,
venue and topic of the meeting always
appear on the front cover of Sixteen Bits
which is timed to arrive in your mail-box in
the middle of the week before the next main
meeting. Main meetings are also advertised
in the computing section of the Canberra
Times on the day of the meeting. Anyone is
welcome to attend these meetings — you
do not need to be a member. For main
meetings, we arrange guest speakers on a
variety of topics throughout the year. As an
added incentive, there are usually a couple
of door prizes to be won. You’ve got to be in
it to win it. There is no main meeting in
December.
Special Events
We also have some special events such as
the ‘Bring and Buy Night’ at the Albert Hall
in November, and an annual Quiz Night in
The Annual General Meeting is held in
September each year. Even if you are unable
to attend Main Meetings regularly, members
should make every effort to attend this
Meeting at which office bearers for the
ensuing 12 months are elected.
Other Good Stuff
For those who haven’t yet learnt through
bitter personal experience, please remember
that TIP access is dependent on your
continuing PCUG membership, and that it
takes time to process your membership
renewal — currently up to two weeks. We
are looking at ways to reduce this time, but
the best solution is for you to remember to
renew early. Members, particularly TIP
users, whose PCUG membership expires at
the end of the month stated in the above box
should renew their PCUG membership
immediate-ly. Do not delay because your TIP
access will automatically be cut off at
midnight on the last day of the month unless
your renewal has been processed.
As a further service, one month before your
membership is due to expire, I will send a
reminder letter with a renewal form on the
reverse. This letter, printed on blue paper,
should arrive a day or so before Sixteen Bits.
&
Next New Members’ Night
4 October 1999
7.30pm
PCUG Centre
Northpoint Plaza, Belconnen
Wha
Whatt does Canber
Canberrra PCUG
of
s?
offfer its Member
Members?
STRENGTH
With about 3,000 members, Canberra
PCUG is one of Australia’s larger PC User
groups. It was founded in 1982, and is still
run for the members, by the members. The
motto of the group is Users Helping Users.
The Group employs one part-time
Executive Secretary. Most functions of the
club magazine writing and editing, online
services maintenance, collection and
distribution of shareware, Organisation of
SIG and monthly meetings etc, are
performed by volunteers. The Group has a
membership from all walks of life, with a
broad range of knowledge, as well as access
to a vast store of information and help in
many fields.
SIXTEEN BITS MAGAZINE
The group’s magazine Sixteen Bits is
published eleven times a year. It is the award
winning primary communications
mechanism within the group. The magazine
contains articles primarily contributed by
PCUG members, reviews, notices of
upcoming events, contact details for the
various functions within the group, a handy
calendar, the new software library
acquisitions, the HELP directory, vendor
discount scheme, etc. The magazine is
created with the aid of Adobe Pagemaker,
and Microsoft Office, and other software
products, at the PCUG’s Northpoint Plaza
office. Members who wish to contribute
articles to the magazine, or participate in the
editorial team magazine layout day held each
month, should contact the editor
([email protected]). Contributions
are welcome! The magazine has details on
the preferred format of contributions.
Contributions can be on virtually any topic
you care to cover, from software reviews, to
hardware disaster stories, or how you used
your computer in a strange an unusual way.
THE INTERNET PROJECT
TIP was styarted as a collaborative effort
between the Australian Unix Users Group
(AUUG) and the PCUG, The Internet
Project (TIP) offers membership access to
the Internet, via 60 (soon to be 72) dial in
lines. Two forms of access are provided –
Limited Access, which allows people to
access email and news via PINE, via a basic
unix shell. Full Access provides for Point
to Point (PPP) connections effectively
putting your computer onto the internet,
providing full access to email, news, world
wide web, IRC, telnet, ftp, online-quakeplaying, anything a regular Internet Service
Provider offers. Full Access accounts
provide 10Mbytes of disk space per account,
which can be used for the storage of personal
web pages, accessible via the internet 24
hours a day. TIP started for business in
1995, offering amazingly cheap access to the
internet. Even with various policy changes
by the group’s uplink provider, TIP still
manages to offer the cheapest internet access
in Canberra. TIP policies are determined
by the Internet Project Management
Committee. The day to day administration
of TIP is by volunteers, mostly from the
AUUG. TIP has about 2,000 members,
making it one of the largest subscriber ISP’s
in the region.
BULLETIN BOARD SERVICE
PCUG has been offering access to a Bulletin
Board Service of some description, since late
1986. The current BBS offers five-line
access to Fidonet echomail areas, private
Fidonet email, a local file download area,
access to the PCUG’s CDROM library of
shareware, and ability to renew PCUG
membership and perform other ‘online
shopping’ functions. Since the widespread
use of the internet, the BBS has become
somewhat less exciting that it once might
have been, but it still serves a purpose, and
access to it is free for PCUG members.
MONTHLY MEETINGS
Each month (Except January) the group
holds its Monthly meeting, normally at the
Manning Clarke Theatre, (1, Crisp Building,
Australian National University) usually on
the last Monday of the month, at 7:30pm.
Each meeting has a guest speaker, usually
giving a demonstration/talk about some
software or hardware product, or upcoming
technology. Speakers from a wide range of
businesses are invited to give their product
or service a public hearing. Prior to the main
meeting you can renew group or TIP
membership, purchase blank floppy
diskettes, or attend the BYTES SIG at the
Asian Bistro in the ANU Union building.
Attendees are eligible for a lucky door prize
– sometimes these are valuable, once
someone was given Unix software valued
at many thousands of dollars. The Annual
General Meeting is where the outgoing
PCUG committee report on the year’s
achievements and what the status of the
Treasury is, and this meeting is where the
new PCUG committee is elected.
PCUG CENTRE
Located in a modern air-conditioned office,
at Northpoint Plaza, Belconnen, the PCUG
centre is the site of the main administration
office. It holds the BBS and TIP
communications centre, an 8-machine
training room with light-projector, and
various training aids. There are a number
of machines available for use at the centre,
including a colour scanner, a CD copier, a
photocopier, and access to the internet. The
centre hosts the PCUG committee meetings,
the monthly Hardware Setup day, and is
where the PCUG magazine, Sixteen Bits, is
created. The PCUG centre is staffed on
weekends (9am-5pm EXCEPT long
weekends such as Easter or Anzac day), and
during the week (10am-2pm, Monday,
Wednesday, Friday); during these times
members can renew their membership,
purchase blank media, or arrange access to
TIP. Various training courses are on offer
($40 for full day courses) on certain
weekends, such as Word7, Excel 7,
Designing a WEB page, or Introduction to
the Internet. Places are limited, so be sure
to book a place in advance.
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
The PCUG comprises a large number of
people with a wide range of interests.
Smaller groups of people, interested in
specific areas of personal computing, get
together to form Special Interest Groups,
which have their own meetings, and
projects. Some SIGS currently in operation
are, “Coffee and Chat”, “C/C++”, “The
Investment SIG”, “The OS/2 SIG”, the
“Linux Users Group”, “Flight Simulator
SIG”, “Internet Daytime Demo and
Discussion Sig”. Contact details are
published in Sixteen Bits. Anyone can start
a SIG – just ask in one of the TIP specific
newsgroups (tip.general) if anyone is
interested in a formal get-together, and
arrange things such as demonstrations,
discussions, or picnics!
TRAINING COURSES
Training courses on a wide variety of
subjects from Windows 95/98 and
Introductory Internet Connection to MYOB,
and various programming languages are
offered to our members and their families.
If there is a perceived need for a particular
course, our training sub-committee will
attempt to organise a trainer and a
curriculum.
MEDIA SALES
The group offers high quality disk and tape
cartridges for sale to its members at very
reasonable prices. Contact the PCUG centre
during its business hours (10am-2pm
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9am-5pm on
Weekends) for details.
SHAREWARE SOFTWARE
LIBRARY
Each month the group gets a new CDROM
of the latest shareware. The magazine
publishes excerpts from the current
CDROM. Titles are available for download
from the BBS (which is also accessible from
the internet via ftp://bbs.pcug.org.au), and
whilst this is a free service to members, the
programs themselves are usually shareware,
and require payment directly to the author,
if you intend to use the program in question
on a regular basis.
HARDWARE AND VIDEO
LIBRARY
Various hardware is available for loan.
Currently the group has 33.6K and 14.4K
modems, and ZIP drives available to
members, as well as some videos including
‘Developing Applications with Microsoft
Office’ and ‘Using Windows 95’. Items
may be borrowed for one week at a time,
there is no charge, but you must collect and
return the items yourself.
Enjoy the group!
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Family History &Genealogy
on the Internet
…by Janette Lindesay
For anyone interested in family history, the
internet and www are a marvellous resource.
Whether you want to trace your ancestors,
find out the origins of a surname, or locate
people in Australia or overseas who share
your name, there are a host of websites that
can provide useful information. My husband
and I have been exploring the genealogies
of our families for a number of years, and
have used the resources of the internet to
good effect.
Getting Starting: Decisions,
decisions …
The first thing to decide when
beginning a genealogical or family history
investigation is exactly how far back you
want to go. It’s a good idea to begin with a
clear idea of how many generations you
would like to include, and whether you are
interested only in your direct ancestors, or
in every relative you can find. Bear in mind
that your family tree will quickly develop
into a large and leafy specimen as you add
generations, and people like parents of
spouses, siblings and their spouses, and the
offspring of everyone! It’s also worthwhile
deciding what sort of information you would
like to gather: would you be satisfied with
names alone, or would you like to follow
the more common (and complete) route, and
include key dates (birth/baptism, death/
burial and marriage) and even the places
where these events occurred?
Once you have these facts it’s often
interesting to find out whatever else you can
about the people in your tree: for example,
if you have a convict ancestor, what ship did
he/she arrive on, and for what offence was
the person transported? Were your ancestors
living in Ballarat or another of the gold rush
towns in the 19th century? Did any of your
ancestors serve (or die) during WW1? And
so on.
The best place to start gathering data
is with your own relatives. Members of the
family may know a great deal more about
the family history than you realise, and are
an invaluable source of information that can
be pieced together and checked if necessary.
From there you can move on to the sort of
information that is available either directly
from the www, or can be located in libraries
and archives with the help of various web
sites.
I began my own family history
research in earnest on 1 January 1999 (yes,
it was a New Year resolution!). My
husband’s family tree (much further
advanced than my own) extends back into
the 16th century; thinking of the potentially
daunting nature of what I was undertaking,
I decided to attempt to go back seven
generations from my own children (i.e. to
their GGGG-grandparents, around the turn
of the 19th century). That would do for a
start! Record-keeping in Britain and most
European countries, and in Australia, was
good for all or much of that period, making
the success of the endeavour somewhat more
likely. By the end of June I had added more
than 750 individuals to my family tree, and
had at least the names (if not dates) of
everyone in the seven generations on my side
of the tree, in all but two of the 34 main
branches in the final generation! This
incredible progress would not have been
possible without the access to information,
and speed of communication, afforded by
the www.
Finding Family Information on
the Web
A good place to start looking for
information on your family is to use some
of the many available search engines. I have
had some very interesting results from
searching for the surname of interest, if it is
a relatively uncommon name. If the name
is more common, adding keywords like
‘genealogy’ or ‘family history’ can work
well. Using a place or country name as an
additional keyword can also help to limit the
returns. It is advisable to use several
different search engines, as each will give
you different results.
My research involves family in The
Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand, Britain,
South Africa and Australia. I began by
doing searches of the type described above,
and by using international telephone
directories available on the www. Those for
The Netherlands: www.telefoongids.ptttelecom.nl/
in every other country (and therefore could
be assumed to make relative-tracking easy),
is extremely common in parts of The
Netherlands! Just as I was becoming a little
too complacent …
In addition I also use resources that
are not web-accessible, but are essential for
family history research. These include the
Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages in
England and Wales (1837-1985), data from
the 1881 (and other 19th century) censuses
of England, Scotland and Wales, the
International Genealogical Index (IGI), and
indices of births, deaths and marriages in
the various states of Australia. These are
available variously on microfiche and/or
CD-ROM at libraries like the National
Library of Australia www.nla.gov.au/, a
number of state libraries (e.g. the State
Library of Victoria www.slv.vic.gov.au/slv/
genealogy/index.html and the State Library
of New South Wales www.slnsw.gov.au/grl/
family/family.htm), and the various State
and Territory genealogy societies (e.g. the
Genealogical Society of Victoria, at
www.alphalink.com.au/~gsv/); and in the
Family History centres of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (found in
most capital cities). Recently the Latter-Day
Saints have established a web site with
facilities for searching many of their
extensive
databases,
at
www.familysearch.org/.
Although one of the principal keys
to family history research in Britain, the
Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages in
England and Wales (1837-1985), is not
available online, details of how to order
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and UK telephone directories are
unfortunately not available on the www. A
useful site for UK email addresses provides
links to university email lists there
www.rdg.ac.uk/InfOff/dir.htm. If none of
these ideas works for you and you are at a
loss as to where to start, one of the best
international sites listing web-based
resources for genealogy and family history
research is Cyndi’s List, located at
www.CyndisList.com; the Australia and
New Zealand section alone lists more than
370 links in 16 categories.
I had particular success with The
Netherlands, where both telephone and
email addresses are listed for many people.
I had approximately a 20% reply rate to my
‘cold-call’ emails, several of which have
found relatives with whom my family had
long ago lost touch (or didn’t know about at
all!). A number of unrelated, but
enthusiastic (and very helpful), family
history researchers also replied, which has
led to some useful contacts and tips on doing
genealogy research in Holland. For instance,
the State Archives in The Hague
www.obd.nl/instel/arch/rkarch.htm hold a
wealth of genealogical information, and the
web site has links to the various provincial
archives, many of which have websearchable databases. I also discovered that
my father’s surname, which is uncommon
certificates from the British Office of
National Statistics can be found at
www.ons.gov.uk/ons_f.htm. There are also
individual professional genealogists and
companies via whose websites you can order
certificates, sometimes at prices lower than
those payable to the ONS. For Scotland,
the
Scottish
Records
Office
www.open.gov.uk/gros/groshome.htm has
an excellent online commercial facility for
searching their complete BDM index, as
well as some census information, and for
ordering certificates; the Scots Origins site
is at www.origins.net/GRO/. The best
descriptions I have encountered of the
information included in British BDM
certificates are written by a registrar (who
could be more qualified in this area?!), and
located at shoppersmart.com/otown/
registrations/. Another valuable source for
family history research in Britain is the
GENUKI (UK and Ireland Genealogy
Information Service) network of sites, at
www.genuki.org.uk/. This is a mine of
information, including links to the genealogy
and family history societies in each county;
a good example is the Cheshire Family
History
Society
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Sites like this one will also lead you to
those maintained by groups researching
particular surnames or geographical
areas. At the county level there are often
also sites detailing the family history data
holdings of the county administration (the
Cheshire site, as an example, is at
w w w. c h e s h i r e . g o v. u k / r e g i s t e r /
genealog.htm).
In Australia, apart from the
resources already mentioned, there are a
large number of web sites containing
information for genealogy research. The
Australian Family History Compendium
www.cohsoft.com.au/afhc/ and the
Australasian
Genealogy
Web
www.vicnet.net.au/~AGWeb/agweb.htm
are of general interest, and contain many
useful links. The interestingly-named
network of Dead Persons Societies has
branches around Australia; the Canberra
branch is at www.pcug.org.au/~chowell/
dpshome.htm.
I have also found the Australian
Society of Archivists’ Directory of
Archives
in
Australia
w w w. a s a p . u n i m e l b . e d u . a u / a s a /
directory/ very helpful. This list includes
the National Archives www.naa.gov.au
and the Australian War Memorial in
Canberra www.awm.gov.au, some of
whose databases can be searched online:
for example, the AWM has a searchable
list of the Australian Roll of Honour. It
is possible to order copies of the personnel
files of Australian soldiers in WW1 via
the National Archives web site; the files
provide fascinating insights into the
soldiers’ time on active service.
For anyone interested in extending
their investigation into the use of the
internet and www in genealogy, some
very useful and inexpensive Australian
books are available. These include a
general guide to the internet and its uses
for genealogy research, and an extensive
and up-to-date listing of around 900
useful www sites. Both can be obtained
from the bookshop at the National
Library, amongst others.
Genealogy Software
One of the most critical decisions
facing the family historian is the choice
of data storage medium. A great many
people keep their family history
information on bits of paper;
unfortunately, no matter how good one’s
filing system, it becomes very difficult
indeed to keep track of all those little details.
Constructing a clearly legible family tree is
also a difficult and time-consuming task
when done by hand. And relating the
‘branches and twigs’ information to the
interesting ‘leafy’ details and to photographs
is even more complicated. Many of these
problems can be solved by using a genealogy
package to store, organise and produce
reports from your family history information.
There are a number of genealogy
packages available, most with a bewildering
array of functions; as with all software, each
has features to recommend it and no single
package is going to be perfect for your
particular needs. When we were deciding
which package to buy we went through a
lengthy comparison process, concentrating
on the features that we knew we needed
most. In our case these included
comprehensive and flexible family tree and
report production, in a variety of formats,
including those suitable for inclusion in a
web site; flexibility in defining the data fields
allowed for each person; and the ability to
store digital images as part of the
information on each person. There is a
common data format (GEDCOM) for
genealogy packages that makes it possible
to transfer information between packages; I
know several people who have two
packages, preferring one for data storage and
organisation and another for report and
family tree production. For most people,
though, I suspect that the usual software rule
applies: one uses only some of the
functionality all of the time, and all of the
functionality none of the time!
In the course of our investigations
we found a useful (commercial) web site
[ w w w. w h o l l y g e n e s . c o m / h t m l /
compare.htm] with a comparison of a
number of the more commonly used
genealogy packages: Family Tree Maker,
The Master Genealogist, Ultimate Family
Tree and Generations (formerly called
Reunion for PCs, and still available as
Reunion for Macs). Even
if the package you are
considering
isn’t
included,
the
comprehensive
comparison table gives a
good idea of the types of
features these packages
have and can help in
deciding what you will
find useful.
Publishing Family History on
the Web
An increasing number of family
historians are making the results of their
labours available on the web. This is useful
for others with an interest in people with
the same name, and can lead to some very
interesting finds, in addition to making your
research easily available to members of your
family wherever they may be. Many of the
latest genealogy software releases are able
to produce web-ready versions of a family
tree, making it relatively easy to create a web
site for this purpose. And there are sites
offering free web page hosting (such as
geocities.com) that are used extensively by
the genealogy community, particularly in the
USA.
A word of caution, though; be aware of
the privacy implications of publishing
people’s personal details on such a web
page. Even name and date of birth may be
more information than some people would
want to appear in the public domain. One
way to avoid any possible problem is to
exclude any living person from the
information on your web page.
A Final Word
There are family history societies in
each state, and in many cities and towns, in
Australia. These provide a wealth of
resources to the family historian and
genealogist, and put you in touch with both
experienced researchers who can help you
when you get stuck, and enthusiasts who
are learning as they go. The Heraldry and
Genealogy Society of Canberra (HAGSOC)
has
a
useful
web
page
[ w w w. n e t s p e e d . c o m . a u / h a g s o c /
default.htm], an excellent library, and a
Computer SIG that could be just what you
need to help you decide about that genealogy
package.
Good luck, have fun, and beware –
family history research is addictive!
&
HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR
DESKTOP?
Re-reading the paragraphs on “How do
you like your desktop?” in last months
Jottings, I saw I had only referred to the
folders. These are spaced along the top.
Down the left side are icons to my A, C, D,
E & F drives and my two CDROM drives.
Great for instant access. The rest of the
desktop is clear.
SHORTCUT? HOW?
I read the English magazine PC PLUS
every month and consider it one of the best.
One recent hint was how to put an icon on
the desktop or in the Start Menu to allow
you to dash off an e-mail message without
going through the process of finding and
opening your e-mail manager. Just make a
shortcut to it with the command line reading
“mailto:” without the inverted commas. The
short cut I made resides within the “Web
Mania” folder on my desktop.
But how do you make a short cut to the
e-mail manager, which is an integral part of
something else, which in my case is Agent?
Whatever I did, I could not make a shortcut
that worked. So I sent an e-mail to the Help
Screen editor who promptly sent an e-mail
back. Like most things, so simple when you
know how.
You right click on the desktop, select
“New” then “Shortcut” and enter “mailto:”
in the command line pane.
Hope yours works. Mine does with
Agent. I know opening Agent, then e-mail,
is only a couple of mouse clicks more.
Perhaps I am getting lazy but it is
convenient, particularly after I installed the
shortcut to the “Desktop” on my taskbar as
described last month. No matter what I am
doing, if I find the need to compose an email I can do so without leaving my work.
BOOTING YOUR COMPUTER.
I set my computer up so it first tries
booting from C drive then, if it fails to boot
from C, to try to boot from A drive. After I
have put a disc in of course, using the
emergency disc. You have one, haven’t you?
The other night I saw a demonstration
of assembling a new computer. After
assembly the demonstrator loaded Windows
98 and configured the CMOS to boot first
from A, then C. I thought about this and
decided that was the best way so have
changed mine. I did wonder, though, can a
computer boot if the CMOS is faulty?
COMPUTER TEMPERATURE
One of the most destructive conditions
for electronic items is high temperature. My
motherboard, an AOPEN AX6BC has a
Celeron 333 processor with fan. CPU
temperature, fan speed and system voltages
are monitored and a utility is provided to
allow these to be checked and ring an alarm
if the CPU overheats or the voltages or fan
speed are abnormal. I installed the utility
and have/had it running all the time and for
interest periodically check it.
Of a morning, the CPU temperature is
around 11 degrees Celsius. While running
it fluctuates about 27 – 30 degrees. If I sit
and contemplate the screen the temperature
drops then rises again after activity. This is
winter with room heating during the day.
The overheat temperature for the CPU is set
at 49 degrees so the CPU is running
comparatively cool, 7 or 8 degrees above
room temperature. It will be interesting to
see the temperatures in the middle of
summer.
…by Ken Meadows
S
TOP PRESS!! As I was about to send
this article off to the Editor a small
parcel from Bill Gates arrived with a
copy of Windows 98 Second Edition.
Against my better judgement I installed it
over my existing Windows 98. It is too early
yet to determine any adverse effects though
I have read that some people who have
installed it have wished they had not. After
I deleted the unwanted icons – Online
Services, Outlook Express etc – that the
program installed on my desktop, I noticed
an icon I had not seen before, “Show
Desktop”. Clicking this icon has a similar
effect to the suggestion “And While we are
Discussing the Desktop” I made in last
months 16 Bits. The desktop appears over
whatever you are doing which is, I believe,
better than my suggestion where a menu of
the desktop items appears to the right of the
screen.
I may be able to comment more
meaningfully on Windows 98 Second
Edition next month.
After it had been on my task bar for a
few months I decided that as I am not
overclocking the CPU (which may lead to
overheating) and the cooling fans are
working OK, it was not necessary to have it
running all the time. It is not now loaded
on start up and I added a shortcut to it in my
utilities folder on the desktop so I can check
the health of my motherboard when I do my
weekly maintenance routine.
This is a useful utility. I have read that
some cooling fans are of poor quality and
may in time, seize. I doubt if this would
trouble the ordinary user unless the drive
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bays have been utilised to the full (some hard
drives can run very hot) or if the CPU has
been overclocked. There is also the
possibility that if the computer is used where
there is dust, dirt drawn into the computer
with the cooling air can clog the cooling
fans. Similar utilities to mine are freeware
so where there is the risk of overheating it
would be a good idea to install one.
FOR THOSE WHO READ
NEWSGROUPS OFF LINE
Like most people I read and reply to email and newsgroups while off line. If I see
mention of a web page, which I would like
to visit next time I am on line, I make a note
of the URL. There is the risk of a mistake
in writing it down or not being able to read
my own writing or, forgetting about it. I
use Internet Explorer with Agent as my
newsreader. Just by accident I found that if
I use the right mouse button with the cursor
on the URL I have a choice of actions,
including adding the URL to my Favourites.
This shows that I am like most people - I do
not read the instructions nor experiment
enough with the programs I use frequently.
The next time I go on line I can look at
the web page and either keep it as a favourite
or delete it.
The right mouse button is smarter than I
am; it changes its attributes depending on
the program. It is worth while clicking it
occasionally just to see what you can do with
it.
GENEALOGY – PROGRAMS
I had just about finished this piece
on Genealogy when I realised that while
readers of 16 Bits would use a computer, not
all would have access to the Internet. The
Internet is a marvellous resource. Not only
for programs and such that can be
downloaded, but also for the Geny
newsgroups, e-mail with the like minded and
for Geny information generally. I shall bear
the deprived (no Internet access!) in mind
and refer to where some at least, of these
goodies can be obtained. Remember it is
your research, so it is up to you to seek things
out and not expect others to hand them to
you on a plate. Or should that be on a
computer screen?
There are hundreds of genealogy
programs doing all sorts of things, but when
people say, “What is the best genealogy
program?” they usually mean one to record
their research and allow them to print out
the results in tables or graphs. If there was
one “best” program, most genealogists
would be using it and the suppliers of the
others would go broke. The answer then is,
“The program which is best for you at your
stage in genealogy.”
What should you look for? Michael
Pahlow, in his article (16 Bits September
1998) listed 10 criteria. I shan’t repeat those
but will mention some I consider important
for a beginner.
Do you find the program easy to use?
Do you find it easy to enter your data? Does
it allow you to enter all your information, or
at least the information you consider
important? Is it easy to change your entries
if you make a mistake or find that some of
your data is just plain wrong? Are the
printouts what you want? Can you record
the source of your entries? The most
important is, does it have Gedcom capability
– don’t, just don’t ever use a program that
does not have Gedcom. GEDCOM
capability means that all or most of the
information you enter into your program can
be transferred to any other program that is
also Gedcom capable. And most programs
are, these days.
If you are a beginner you may not know
what is important information and what
printouts you want. Don’t let this worry you
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your program to do you can, if you wish,
change programs without the hassle of reentering data. Gedcom it. It is quite usual
for a genealogist to change programs when
they find the one they are using does not do
what they now want to do. Some use two
or three programs. One for ease of entry or
for the type of information that can be
entered, and one to print out. Ok, this may
not mean much to you until you get hold of
a program, enter some data and try printing
it out.
The program I use is an English one,
“Pedigree” and it’s DOS. I first started
using Pedigree over 10 years ago and the
author has not yet released a Windows
version. In another article I shall tell you
why I chose Pedigree and stuck with it. As
I have not used other programs I cannot
comment on them. All the popular
programs have been reviewed in the various
genealogical journals and some (all?) have
been written up on the Internet. If you surf
the Internet you may have already looked
at sites where Free, Shareware or
Demonstration genealogy software is
available. One site with links to many
programs is www.concentric.net/~ekkm/
Software.html. Demonstration usually
means the program is crippled in some way
– some options are not available, or only
allows a limited number of entries, or has a
time limit. The one I hate is where printouts
have
a
giant
lettered
notice
DEMONSTRATION across it.
The program most commonly
recommended to “newbies” is “Brother’s
Keeper”. This program is shareware but the
author (John Steed – no relation to Emma) is
unusual in that he seems to be quite happy
for people to use it without registering –
something between freeware and shareware.
If you try this program and like it, then
register. This program is 2.7 Mb and can be
downloaded from his site http://
ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/
Brothers_Keeper/.
For the deprived, Brother’s Keeper is
available from firms distributing shareware
and from Bulletin Boards, which carry
Genealogical programs. John Steed provides
frequent updates and it is available in DOS
and Windows versions.
Another popular program is Personal
Ancestral File (PAF), written and distributed
by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, sometimes known as the Mormons,
and usually just abbreviated to LDS. The
LDS, while a religious body, has done more
for genealogy than any other organisation.
Using their facilities and material, without
charge other than distribution costs where
applicable, does not incur any obligation on
your part, other than grateful thanks.
Remember LDS, you will see it frequently
if you use computers for genealogy.
PAF may be purchased from the LDS
distribution centre in Sydney (phone 9841
5447, credit cards accepted) for a small
charge. The latest version is V4.0 and is
the first Windows version of PAF. As I
write, this version is only available by
download from the Internet, and is free. It
is 3.48 Mb and took me 19 minutes to
download. The URL (Universal Resource
Locater, ie the address of the site) is
www.familysearch.org/OtherResources/
paf4. I understand that V4.0 will be
available on CDROM later this year for a
small charge. A six page “Getting Started”
document is included with the download
which, used with the PAF help system,
should be enough to get you going. In
addition, a Frequently Asked Questions and
Feedback features for PAF may be found at
www.familysearch.org/paf.
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HOW TO:
Check Your Line Quality
1. You need Hyperterminal, see below
to set it up. 2. Your Modem Instruction
Book
Using Hyperterminal, connect to either
the BBS or TIP and log in, log into
Supreme if you go to TIP
After logging in, type +++ (DO
NOT PRESS THE ENTER KEY)
My Maestro 28.8k Executive book says
for:
%l
Line Signal level 20 is ideal, but
may vary between 10 and 40
%q
Line Signal Quality The lower
the better, 30 is getting a bit iffy.
I tested out my connection to the BBS
and to Supreme
You should get OK back
Type at%l%q (percentage ell,
percentage que)
After the readings have come back, type
atO (that’s an OH)
BBS %l = 31
good a connection)
Supreme %l = 24
good)
%q = 36 (Not so
%q = 17 (Real
How to use Hyperterminal
What do your readings mean?
Well this is where you need your
modem handbook.
Start | Programs | Accessories |
Communications -> Hyperterminal
(It may be just under Accessories)
Double click on Hypertrm.exe
Fill in a name for what you are going to
dial OK
Fill in the telephone number, 6206
6200 for TIP, 6253 4933 for BBS
after OK, hit dial........and away you go
Owen
…by Don Nicol
I
f you ever attend committee meetings
you may have noticed that sometimes
one member tries to take control and use
the venue as center stage for his particular
grievance or pet philosophy.
You have a right/duty to be heard at
meetings and, lets face it: with six items on
the agenda; and ten members around the
table, you get only two minutes to talk on
each item if the meeting is to be kept to two
hours in total. Talk is not cheap.
Want to have more than your tuppence
worth? Take your personal feelings outside
of the meeting (if anybody will listen) or,
better still, put them into writing and submit
your thesis to the person/persons in
authority. If your arguments are lucid and
logical there is a good chance that you will
be heard. Take your feelings to a meeting
and there is a good chance that you will not
be invited to attend another.
To ensure that meetings run smoothly
and effectively it behoves each of its
members to obey the universal etiquette.
Like it or not, committees have got to be
formal affairs. You should not talk without
permission of the Chair; you should not
engage in side-chatter; and you should
respect the rights of all others. Meetings
can be conducted without an air of formally
(by a nod of the head rather than a formal
request to have the floor) but only after if
the basic rules of lore are religiously obeyed.
Start your planning well before the
committee date/time. Decide what you want
to say about each agenda item and spend a
lot of time pruning those words to the very
minimum (keep it to within your tuppence
worth). Do not allow yourself to be sidetracked into discussion on non-relevant or
(especially) emotional issued that have no
direct bearing on the question that has been
put.
A committee meeting is not the place to
set policy or dictate terms. A committee is
the venue to thrash out pathways for the
implementation of decisions that are made
elsewhere. The aim of a committee should
be the establishment of cooperation and an
understanding of consensus that is needed
to achieve a specific goal.
Better committees stick rigidly to the
agenda as distributed to members prior to
the meeting. The committee Secretary has
a very important duty to ensure that the
agenda items are properly worded to meet
the aspirations (objectives) intended. The
Secretary also has the obligation to pre-warn
all prospective participants of any intended
dispute or amendment to each agenda item
as it is presented for discussion. The
timeliness of distribution of the notice of
meeting(agenda) and distribution of
(amendment) motions is a delicate function
designed to give each member the option to
attend (or not).
Organisation of the meeting is under the
control of the Chair. This is a most difficult
job and it is proper that a chairman should
concentrate solely upon the good order and
discipline of the meeting. Some chairmen
use egg-timers as symbolic reminder to
members of their obligation to give others a
fair go. The better Chair/s spend an
enormous amount of time in discussion with
each advocate before a meeting with the aim
of orchestrating a cohesive, comprehensive
debate of the issues involved. Meetings
organised with this degree of care have been
known to be over and done with in a
surprisingly short time span. The duty of
the Chair to ensure that every member is
given a fair go should be matched by each
members respect for that office. It is a
grievous wrong to over talk the Chair.
For most members, the reward for
attending a committee meeting is the sense
of achievement that follows from the
construction of a step in the path towards
the achievement of the (clubs) overall
objectives. In most cases those steps seem
small and the input by each member is often
seen to be commensurately tiny. Deny a
committee member this opportunity to share
in progress, however, and you threaten to
kill the spark of interest that has drawn him/
her to the meeting. Kill too many sparks
and you kill the committee. Kill the
committee and you .................
Computers have been the focus of my
attention for the past 11 years and it is with
much regret that I have to now announce to
you that our paths must part. I have selected
the above topic as my swan song simply
because it is a subject dear to my heart and
well worth the ink needed to convey its
message. It is in no way directed to the
PCUG or any of its committees (or, for that
matter, any other organisation ). It is merely
said to express the conclusion to which I
have come (after a lifetime of resistance) that
meetings are, of necessity, formal affairs.
Please know that I have enjoyed every
moment of my time with the PCUG and that
I have made many friends because of it. I
am especially attracted to the primary
objective of Users Helping Users and I have
the fondest hopes that this objective should
continue to be held as a primary focus by
each and every member. For this is the sense
of cooperation and achievement that has
been my experience over the past 11 years.
Contact me on [email protected] and
I promise that I will send you a personal
message of goodbye. This invitation applies
to all my friends (particularly to Tina and
Marge) and to anybody who has gotten
something out of my Rosetta Page. You
should know by this time that my articles
have been an attempt to take the mystery
out of computers and to dejargonise the
language. You should also know that this
effort does not require any particular skill.
There is a need for ordinary language to be
used to relate ordinary experiences and there
is no reason why you cant do the same. The
editor is a doll and the PCUG management
is very patient. I hereby will and bequeath
the banner of the Rosetta Page to all and
any who would like to continue its message.
Me?? Dont cry for me Marge and Tina.
I have lots of stuff that is calling for my
attention. Stuff that I have neglected in
favour of the computer revolution and which
now threatens me with apocalyptic disaster
if left longer undone. If I have lost my
email address by the time that you read this
then you can always get my by telephone on
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OR HO
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HOW
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I
was one of those dastardly users who
wasted their monopoly money. After
lodging suitable financial tithes to the
TIP God I decided to provide an additional
guide for the finer point of IE 5 setup not
necessarily covered in the useful online
guides at TIP for other miscreants.
Automate your Log on
After you have connected to TIP you
need to set up your computer to ensure
minimum effort you know one click to log
on and one to log off. IE variants normally
launch a log on dialog for username and
password and it will remember them, I
believe encrypted, if you so choose. You
can create a script (fancy name for a text
file) that will get the data that IE/Dial up
Networking (DUN) have remembered. The
script will insert the username and password
in appropriately and then send the PPP string
to enter the TIP site. Note if you use the IE
log on box you can use the script below as
shown.
Under NT launch the Dialup networking
dialog (Fig 1) and left click the more button
and select the “Edit entry and modem
properties”. This will display the “Edit
Phonebook Entry” Fig 2 and select the
“Script tab. You can look at the log on
process by selecting “Pop up terminal
window” and this is useful for
understanding the process followed by the
script. When the rubbish appears click on
“Done”. However, for automated use you
need a script to remove the tedium. Select
“Run this script” after you have created a
suitable script. Note the path shown here is
for NT. The dialog is identical in Win 9x
but the location is different. As to the
location of the file, just look for *.scp files
and put your script file there with its “scp
extension.
Fi 2
The Script
; my connection to PCUG using PPP
proc main
waitfor “sername:”
transmit $USERID, raw
transmit “^M”
; Wait for the password prompt
waitfor “assword:”
; Send the password
transmit $PASSWORD, raw
transmit “^M”
; Wait for the prompt
waitfor “] tip>”
transmit “ppp”
transmit “^M”
endproc
This will bring up the Connection
settings. While you are here click the “Use
automatic configuration script” and then
enter http://www.tip.net.au/proxy.pac in the
address box. If you are on line this automatic
configuration will only occur next time you
log on, it does not happen immediately.
Anyway back to the task at hand, left click
on the “Advanced” button which will bring
up the “Advanced Dialup” dialog box
The preceding script will work on NT
and Win 9x for a PPP connection on TIP.
The proc main and endproc tell the system
the start and stop of the script. Any lines
preceded by a semi colon are comments for
mere mortals and are ignored by the system.
The “waitfor” command is waiting for text
from TIP and when it identifies receiving
the text string following it, DUN transmits
the required information “$USERID” and
“$PASSWORD” information that are
provided from IE/DUN data. “^M” is the
scripts way of telling the system to send a
carriage return to TIP.
Advanced Connection or how to save
Monopoly hours in IE 5
If you are also a victim of this problem
of wasted monopoly hours, follow the
diagrams to get to “Advanced settings”.
Bring up the first dialog box (Fig 1) by either
selecting Tools|Internet Options menu in IE
or Right click the Internet icon on the
desktop and select Properties. Select the
Connection Tab and left click the Settings
button. You may need to do this for each
Dial up setting if you have multiple ISP
connections.
The Advanced Dial up has several
settings that should be set.
Try to Connect
Austel rules require that only 3 retries
can be made within 30 minutes. If caught
using more tries you may be in a spot of
bother. Occasionally the American? Default
is set to 10.
Wait between attempts
I usually set this between 20 and 50
second. The default seems to be only a few
seconds. If you cannot connect now, 2 or 3
seconds later is not likely to make much
difference. However, a reasonable time does
give you a better chance of a free line. Too
long and somebody may beat you to it.
Disconnect if Idle
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Disconnect when connection may no longer
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obyn Williams: Last week,
Ockham’s Razor was presented by
the Director of the Australian
Institute of Criminology in Canberra, who
reflected on his experience of being burgled,
and how to design homes and businesses to
avoid such an experience.
This week we look at theft outside such
physical structures: being robbed or
otherwise interfered with in cyberspace.
There’s plenty of risk, but what can you do
about it? This is the Director of Research at
the Institute, Peter Grabosky.
Peter Grabosky: It has almost become
trite to suggest that we are entering an age
as significant and profound in its impact as
was the Industrial Revolution. When you
think about it, the convergence of computing
and communications has already affected
most, if not all, of the major institutions of
society. It has created unprecedented
opportunities for education, health services,
recreation and commerce. Unfortunately, it
has also created unprecedented opportunities
for crime. It seems to me that identifying
these vulnerabilities, and mobilising
appropriate countermeasures will be one of
the great challenges of the next century.
This challenge is so great that it defies
the capacity of law enforcement alone to
control. Consequently, new forms of
policing, involving the harnessing of nongovernment resources, will become
essential. Given the fact that cyberspace
knows no boundaries, and that computer
crime often transcends national frontiers,
effective countermeasures will also require
a degree of international co-operation which
is without precedent.
Let me describe nine types of crime
involving information systems as
instruments and/or as targets.
First is Theft of Information Services.
The
means
of
stealing
telecommunications services are diverse,
and include the ‘cloning’ of cellular phones,
counterfeiting of telephone cards, and
unauthorised access to an organisation’s
telephone switchboard. In one case, hackers
were reported to have obtained access to the
telephone facilities of
Scotland Yard, and made over a million
dollars worth of phone calls.
Next are Communications in
Furtherance of Criminal Conspiracies.
Modern information systems clearly
provide an effective means by which
offenders can communicate in order to plan
and execute their activities. There is
evidence of information systems being used
to facilitate organised drug trafficking,
money laundering, child pornography and
trade in weapons.
Although the use of information
facilities does not cause such illegal conduct
to occur, it certainly enhances the speed and
ease with which individuals may act
together to plan and to execute criminal
activity.
Emerging technologies of encryption
and high speed data transfer can greatly
enhance the capacity of sophisticated
criminal organisations, and place their
communications outside the reach of police.
Increasingly, police are encountering
encrypted communications, and as
cryptography becomes more
widely accessible, I predict that its use
to conceal criminal communications will
increase markedly.
Then we have a range of activities to
which we collectively refer as Information
Piracy, Counterfeiting and Forgery.
Digital technology permits perfect
reproduction of software, text, images,
sound, and combinations of these - what we
call multi-media content. The potential for
copyright infringement, falsification of
documents, and fabrication of negotiable
instruments, has never been greater. It is now
possible to download compact disks and
feature films from the Internet. Copyright
infringement can occur quickly and without
difficulty, by anyone, from the comfort of
your own home. But I would not encourage
you to try it.
Then we have Dissemination of
Offensive Materials.
Content considered by some to be
objectionable exists in abundance in
cyberspace. This includes, among much
else, sexually explicit materials, racist
propaganda, and instructions for the
fabrication of incendiary and explosive
devices. Information systems can also be
used for harassing, threatening or intrusive
communications, from the traditional
obscene telephone call to its contemporary
manifestation in ‘cyber-stalking’ when
persistent messages are sent to an unwilling
recipient.
Category five is what I call Electronic
Money Laundering.
For some time now, electronic funds
transfers have assisted in concealing and in
moving the proceeds of crime. Emerging
technologies will greatly assist in concealing
the origin of ill-gotten gains. Large financial
institutions will no longer be the only ones
with the ability to achieve electronic funds
transfers transiting numerous jurisdictions
at the speed of light. The development of
informal banking institutions and parallel
banking systems may permit central bank
supervision to be bypassed, but can also
facilitate the evasion of cash transaction
reporting requirements in those nations
which
have them. Traditional underground
banks, which have flourished in Asian
countries for centuries, will enjoy even
greater capacity through the use of
information technology.
Next is Electronic Vandalism and
Terrorism.
As never before, western industrial
society is dependent upon complex data
processing and information systems. I’m
sure you would agree that nowadays, almost
everything depends upon software. Electric
power generation, telecommunications, air
traffic control, and financial systems all
comprise what we call society’s critical
infrastructure. Damage to, or interference
with, any of these systems can lead to
catastrophic consequences. Whether
motivated by curiosity, vindictiveness or
greed, electronic intruders cause
inconvenience at best, and have the potential
for inflicting massive harm. Some
commentators suggest that the very nature
of warfare is changing. Defence planners
around the world are investing substantially
Crime in Cyberspace
in information warfare: means of disrupting
the information technology infrastructure of
defence systems.
Seventh is Sales and Investment Fraud.
The use of the telephone for fraudulent
sales pitches, deceptive charitable
solicitations, or bogus investment overtures
is a billion dollar a year industry around the
world. Fraudulent sales and investment
offers abound in cyberspace. Further
developments in electronic marketing will
provide new opportunities for the
unscrupulous and new risks for the
unwitting. The growing use of the Internet
as a medium for sharemarket transactions
provide unprecedented occasions for
criminal exploitation.
Next is Illegal Interception of
Information.
Developments in information technology
provide new opportunities for electronic
eavesdropping. From activities as timehonoured as the surveillance of an unfaithful
spouse, to the newest forms of political and
industrial espionage, information
interception has increasing applications.
Here again, we are beginning to see how
technological developments
create new vulnerabilities. The
electromagnetic signals emitted
by a computer may themselves
be intercepted. Cables may act
as broadcast antennas.
And finally, we have
Electronic Funds Transfer
Fraud.
The proliferation of
electronic funds transfer
systems will enhance the risk
that such transactions may be
intercepted and diverted.
Criminals who are strategically
situated and skilled enough to
gain access to accounts have
already succeeded in executing
electronic ripoffs. The growth of
electronic commerce and the
move to a cashless society will
provide
even
greater
opportunities for sophisticated
criminals.
You can see that these forms
of illegality are not necessarily
mutually exclusive, and need
not occur in isolation. Just as an
armed robber might steal an
automobile to facilitate a quick
getaway, so too can one steal
information services and use them for
purposes of vandalism, fraud, extortion, or
in furtherance of other criminal conspiracies.
And remember, any one of them can be
committed from the other side of the world
as easily as it can from one’s own city.
Conversely, one can break the law
somewhere on the other side of the globe
from one’s own bedroom.
Moreover, there may be a lack of
agreement between authorities in different
jurisdictions about whether or not the
activity in question is criminal at all. If an
online financial newsletter, originating in the
Bahamas, contains fraudulent speculation
about the prospects of a company whose
shares are traded on the Australian Stock
Exchange, where has the offence occurred?
Other issues which may complicate
investigation entail the logistics of search
and seizure, the sheer volume of material
within which incriminating evidence may
be contained, and the encryption of
information which may render it entirely
inaccessible or accessible only after a
massive application of decryption
technology.
Well, what to do about all these risks?
All of this might appear formidable, but
pulling the plug, and returning to the predigital age is no longer an option, because
in a real sense, the genie is already out of
the bottle. Not only do digital technologies
provide us with specular opportunities, but
the competitive nature of the global economy
requires that we ride the wave of technology.
As I see it, the fundamental challenge is
to maximise the benefits which digital
technology provides us, while minimising
the downside risks. So, what can we do to
control computer crime?
First, we should emphasise prevention.
It is a great deal more difficult to pursue
an online offender to the ends of the earth
than to prevent the offence in the first place.
The trite homily that prevention is better than
cure is nowhere more appropriate than in
cyberspace. It applies no less to high
technology crime than it does to residential
burglary. Just as one would be most unwise
to leave one’s house unlocked when heading
off to work in the morning, so too is it foolish
to leave one’s information systems
accessible to unauthorised persons.
It seems to me that the first
step in the prevention of online
crime is to raise awareness on the
part of prospective victims to the
risks which they face. Individuals
and institutions should be made
aware of the potential
consequences of an attack on
their information assets, and of
the basic precautionary measures
which they should take. Those
businesses who stand to gain the
most from electronic commerce
have the greatest interest in
developing secure payments
systems. Technologies of
computer security can provide
significant protection against
various forms of computer crime.
But there are other, ‘low
technology’ measures which
should also not be overlooked.
Perhaps foremost among these is
staff selection. Surveys of
businesses reveal that one’s own
staff often pose a greater threat
to one’s
information assets than do socalled ‘outsiders’. Disgruntled
employees and former employees
constitute a significant risk.
Suffice it to say that great care should be
taken when engaging and disengaging staff.
Next, non-governmental resources
should be harnessed whenever possible.
Market forces will generate powerful
influences in furtherance of electronic crime
control. Given the immense fortunes which
stand to be made by those who develop
secure processes for electronic commerce,
they hardly need any prompting from
government. In some sectors, there are
ample commercial incentives which can
operate in furtherance of cyber-crime
prevention. Information security promises to
become one of the growth industries of the
coming century. Some of the new
developments in information security which
have begun to emerge include technologies
of authentication. The simple password for
access to a computer system, vulnerable to
theft or determination by other means, is
being complemented or succeeded
altogether by biometric authentication
methods such as retinal imaging and voice
or fingerprinting.
Detection of unauthorised access to or
use of computer systems can be facilitated
by such technologies as artificial intelligence
and neural networking, which can identify
anomalous patterns of use according to time
of day, and keystroke patterns.
Next, we can enhance the Capacity of
Law Enforcement.
the continuing uptake of digital
technology around the world means that law
enforcement agencies will be required to
keep abreast of rapidly developing
technologies. As new technologies are
exploited by criminals, it becomes even more
important for law enforcement not to be left
behind. This is a significant challenge, given
the emerging trend for skilled investigators
to be ‘poached’ by the private sector. The
collaboration of law enforcement with
specialised expertise residing in the private
sector will become a common feature in
years to come.
Finally, it is imperative to foster
international co-operation.
At present, if I, in Australia, were to be
gullible enough to fall victim to a fraudulent
investment scheme originating in Albania,
I suspect that I could count on very little help
from authorities in either jurisdiction. But
transnational electronic crime seems
destined only to increase.
Steps taken following the G-8
Birmingham meeting in May 1998 for
nations to designate liaison offices which
will be on call on a 24-hour basis, illustrates
the need for prompt concerted response to
the problem of transnational digital crime.
I think most of us would agree that the
world is a shrinking place. On the one hand,
this shrinking is highly beneficial. People
around the world now enjoy economic,
Practical small system development
cultural and recreational opportunities which
were previously not accessible. On the other
hand, the rapid mobility of people, money,
information, ideas and commodities
generally has provided new opportunities for
crime, and new challenges for law
enforcement agencies. This will require
unprecedented co-operation between
nations, and will inevitably generate
tensions arising from differences in national
values. Even within nations, tensions
between such values as privacy and the
imperatives of law enforcement will be high
on the public agenda. And new
organisational forms will emerge to combat
new manifestations of criminality. The 21st
century will be nothing if not interesting.
Robyn Williams: I think he’s right. Peter
Grabosky is Research Director at the
Institute of Criminology in Canberra.
Ockham’s Razor is broadcast at
8.45am every Sunday and repeated at
2am every Thursday on Radio
National, the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation’s national radio network
of ideas.
The transcripts are reprinted here
with the kind permission of the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Every month the library receives several
hundred files on CD-ROM from the
Public software Library in Houston,
Texas. Each CD features a different
category of files (eg, Games, Utilities,
Communications etc) as well as a batch
of new and updated files. It is from the
latter that the files described in these
news-letters are selected (NOTE: all are
ZIP files).
The CD-ROMs themselves are not
available to members but the latest 7 are
on the Bulletin Board and are available
for downloading. The text files, CD1
through 7, in Area 1 of the Board are the
monthly file lists.
The BBS and CD-ROMs can be accessed
using a communications program such as
Telix, or via the Internet with Netscape.
However, in the latter case the local sites
must be cleared first by entering
‘pcug.org.au,tip.net.au,auug.org.au’ in the
‘no proxy for’ box of the Proxy option.
Now the URL ftp://pcugbbs.pcug.org.au/
will display a list of the CD-ROM and
hard disk directories. Note the terminal
forward slash: if this is omitted, or the
local sites are not cleared, only the hard
disk information will appear. Also note
that the trick does not work with MSExplorer.
Reminder
Most CD-ROM programs are Shareware.
A reasonable time (generally one month)
is allowed for evaluation, but if you
continue to use a program beyond this
time you should comply with the author’s
conditions that usually require payment
of a registration fee. Bear in mind that
this is the only way by which an author
receives any reward for his/her efforts.
Unless otherwise stated registration fees
are in US dollars.
Files from CD-ROM Vol 7 No 8,
July 1999, category ‘Games’
NEW AND UPDATED
WINDOWS FILES
(Programs marked with an asterisk are
32 bit and will not run under Windows 3.1)
AUDIO
EVALVSI* (1708759 bytes)
VoiceSecureIt 1.0 is an easy-to-use voice
authentication utility for Win95/98/NT that
allows you to logon to your computer system
with just your voice. Requires a sound card
and a microphone. Reg.Fee: $49.95
MELOCOMP (2558340 bytes)
Melody Assistant 3.3.0a is a music
composition and score editing package with
audio playback capabilities. Its digital soundediting features let you record custom sounds
from your CD player or microphone. A
digital-instrument database can be assigned
to play back your compositions. Reg.Fee: $15
…by Phil Trudinger
OFTWARE
S LIBRARY
MEW700* (2359419 bytes)
MusicEase for Windows (32-bit) 7.00 is a
music score editor which lets you create, edit,
play, and print music notation. This includes
a WYSIWYG screen-oriented editor which
allows you to see the musical score exactly as
it will be printed. Reg.Fee: $79
SPKLITE (6863951 bytes)
Speak Lite 1.0.11 will enable your computer
to “talk to you”. You can listen to your web
pages, documents, help files or anything else
you copy to the clipboard. Just keep the
animated character on top of your desktop
and click on it whenever you want it to read.
Reg.Fee: $13.99
VISCYBER (3444371 bytes)
Visual Cyberadio 2.02 is a fully configurable
interface to streaming audio and video
Internet broadcasts. It comes with hundreds
of pre-programmed stations. An integrated
search engine lets you quickly locate
broadcasts from around the world and around
the country. You can store up to 100 custom
formats and up to 2000 music, news, sports,
talk and other broadcasts. Supports both Real
Player G2 and Microsoft Windows Media
Player. Reg.Fee: $14.95
EDUCATIONAL
AREV20 (5513517 bytes)
Arithmetic Review 2.0 is a math tutor for
addition, subtraction, multiplication and
division. Features include three skill levels,
step-by-step interactive instructions, spoken
problems, tutorial narration, fun sound
effects, individual user performance
reporting, and much more. Reg.Fee: $9.95
HNDRX200 (511042 bytes)
Hendrix The Chord Generator 2.00 allows
everybody to make a series of operations that
normal guitar handbooks can not allow,
including the possibility to represent all
theoretical chords positions. It contains
powerful elaboration and search tools that
allow to generate all the positions referred to
the stated performing parameters. Reg.Fee:
$45
MTHFUN (372993 bytes)
Math Strategies 3.0 is a fun arcade-style
math game. Features include entertaining
graphics and music, the ability to adjust the
playing speed, and more. Reg.Fee: $24.95
PAS210 (2306149 bytes)
Pre-Algebra Skills 2.1 allows you to review,
practice, and master the algebraic skills of
opposites, absolute value and basic
operations with integers. Features include
worksheets, reports, colour certificates and
more. Reg.Fee: $9.95
WINAST15 (390046 bytes)
WinAstronomica 1.5 is an easy-to-use,
feature-packed sky map generator. It lets you
see the stars and planets which are visible to
the naked eye, from any point on Earth, at
any time. It also lets you see galaxies,
nebulas, the Milky Way and much more. You
can print out the maps and use them outside
without additional equipment. Reg.Fee: $20
GAMES
BACKDR13 (431568 bytes)
BackDraft 1.3 is an interesting board game
with a mixture of features from a version of
backgammon as played in Greece and Cyprus
and draughts. The board consists of four
levels of 6 squares each and is traversed from
the top left position and proceeds in alternate
directions on each of the four levels. Reg.Fee:
$33
double pad, and many more. Also, you will
get additional points by hitting monsters.
Requires DirectX 6.0 and Win95/98/NT.
Reg.Fee: $16.95
DEMONSHR (5818198 bytes)
DemonStar 3.0 is a fun space shooter where
you pilot the RaptorX, blasting everything
that moves and collecting objects that
increase your firepower. Features include
support for two-player games, a high score
listing, excellent sound effects and music,
and more. Reg.Fee: $20
DOUBLEPA (629190 bytes)
Double Patience 1.13 is a kind of Patience
game for two players in which you can move
only one card at a time like FreeCell. Its
possible to move rows of cards using free
spots on the table and other rows (also the
stacks the other player). If the game is
between a human and a computer player,
than the computer checks al the possibilities
and when the human makes a mistake the
computer will notice that and will take the
turn. A player wins when he has no more
cards. Reg.Fee: $0
DWEEP (1835134 bytes)
Dweep 1.01 is a challenging puzzle game
where your task is to help a small, furry
creature escape from 30 deadly levels.
Features include colourful 3D artwork,
comical sound effects, a musical soundtrack,
and much more. Reg.Fee: $9.95
CRACDEMO* (3703846 bytes)
FILLINCW (2762479 bytes)
3D Crackanoid Ultra 1.3 is a classic arcade
game where the object is to destroy all the
bricks while keeping the ball on the playing
field. Some bricks will give you special
powerups such as missiles, gun, long or
Fill In Crosswords challenges you to
complete the crossword grid by using the
given words. Puzzle options include the
ability to remove a word from the grid,
change the direction of the cursor, receive a
letter hint, see incorrect letters, see the
solution and print the puzzle. Five puzzles
are included. Reg.Fee: $10
INTCNT* (6216127 bytes)
Intense Concentration 1.4 challenges you to
match pairs of pictures together as quickly as
possible. Every time you do not select
matching pictures your score is decreased. A
time bonus is added to your score when the
game is completed. You can play a game with
as little as 4 pictures to as much as 40
pictures. Requires Win95/NT. Reg.Fee: $10
MEMGOLD2 (2101288 bytes)
Memory Game 2 Gold is a fun matching
game for Windows, where the challenge is to
match pairs of themed images. Because of its
relative difficulty, this is geared towards
adults. Reg.Fee: $8
RDDEMO (5160952 bytes)
Rich Diamond Demo is a fantastic puzzle
game with an action/adventure theme. You
are Rich Diamond, adventurer extraordinary,
making your way through an elaborate
system of mazes, monsters and masterfully
challenging puzzles in order to collect
diamonds. The 3-D graphics are extremely
well done. Reg.Fee: $27.90
RSBJ350 (6052573 bytes)
Rob’s Super BlackJack 3.5.0 is designed to
teach and train every BlackJack player from
the absolute beginner to the most advanced
player. Three animated “wizard” tours are
available to introduce you to the game. It
teaches rules, basic betting strategy, and card
counting. Reg.Fee: $19
SOLSUITE* (2924321 bytes)
SolSuite 2000 4.2 is a collection of 160
different solitaire games for Win95/98.
clips. It is capable of handling small
collections as well as large archives. You can
easily and quickly create electronic albums
for storing and organizing all your computer
images, scanned or digital photographs, video
and sound clips. Includes ActiveX controls
for Web deployment. Reg.Fee: $29.95
MISCELLANEOUS
APRCAL30* (981291 bytes)
AprCalc 3.0 is an amortization calculator that
allows you to investigate various “what-if”
scenarios quickly and easily. The four
variables in a mortgage loan are the amount
financed, the term, the interest rate, and the
payment; setting any three of these
automatically determines the value of the
fourth. It can also automatically amortizes
loan, and allows you to save scenarios to disk
or print them out. Requires Win95/98/NT.
Reg.Fee: $24.95
COOKBOOK* (5252200 bytes)
Features include detailed instructions for
each game, a high score listing, game
statistics, and much more. Reg.Fee: $19.95
on your printer. It supports BMP, EPS, JPG,
PCX, PCD, TIFF, GIF, WPG, and WMF
graphics formats. Reg.Fee: $20
ULTRASH (3533597 bytes)
GCATWN50 (253694 bytes)
Ultranium is an excellent Arkanoid(r)
adaptation for Windows. In each fast and
furious level you must clear all the bricks by
bouncing a ball around the playing field.
Power-ups are available that increase the size
of your paddle, release multiple balls, and
more. Reg.Fee: $15
Graphcat 5.0 contains macros that can create
pictorial catalogs of clip art in WordPerfect
for Windows 5.2+. All graphics formats
readable by WP/WIN are supported, and can
easily be set up in columns as a pictorial
catalog. Reg.Fee: $20
WANDERER* (8674171 bytes)
IconShop 1.13 allows you to create and
manage Windows icon libraries. You can
extract icons from executables, DLL’s,
bitmaps, icon files or any binary that can
contain icons simply by dragging them from
Explorer. You can also convert Macintosh
icons to Windows format without using an
extra tool. Reg.Fee: $0
Wanderer of Absu is a first person
perspective role-playing game where your
quest is a journey through the world of Absu.
You have to use your brain to the utmost to
solve all the puzzles on your way. The
intuitive interface lets you travel fast from
location to location and is both easy to learn
and easy to use. The game features original
graphics, music, and a huge world to explore
and hours of enjoyment. Requires DirectX
and Win95/98/NT. Reg.Fee: $0
GRAPHICS
3DVIEW (5538313 bytes)
3D View 3.0 is a powerful 3D CAD/CAM
viewer. Features include native CATIA(tm)
support, the ability to view multiple parts in
different file formats, realtime cross
sectioning, the ability to annotate 3D models
with multimedia notes, and more. Reg.Fee:
$120
CDLV4 (4167574 bytes)
CDROM Label Shop 4.0 lets you design and
print CD-ROM jackets labels with both text
and graphics. You can use all fonts installed
ICONSHOP (90716 bytes)
IMAGEBER (1347198 bytes)
Bersoft Image Measurement 1.0 measures
length, angle, segments, perimeter and area
in digital images. It can be used in multiple
scientific disciplines, such as Biology,
Ecology, Geography, Agronomy, and Natural
Sciences. Reg.Fee: $399
INSTP3D1 (2312366 bytes)
Photo3D for Windows allows you to create
3D models from photographs. Using multiple
photographs you can create more complex 3D
models. Photo3D creates textures to be
mapped on the model surface. Created
models can be immediately examined in the
preview mode. Reg.Fee: $30
MTR20_EN (2513845 bytes)
MediaTracer 2.0 is a database designed to
manage and retrieve all kinds of multimedia
Cookbook! 1.0.0 is a recipe database
management system for Windows 95. You
may create your own categories and then add
recipes to your database. You may also edit,
print, copy, mail or save your recipes as a text
file. You may also import text files when
adding new recipes. Reg.Fee: $20
DKEEPER3* (4544622 bytes)
Diary Keeper 3.33 assists in the creation and
maintenance of a personal diary or journal in
Windows. It features both password
protection and data encryption so entries
cannot be read by anyone else. It is also
designed to allow you to keep your diary on
multiple computers yet keep one completely
up-to-date diary on the computer you use the
most. Requires Win95/98. Reg.Fee: $29.95
EXCELRE2 (4288219 bytes)
Excel Report Builder 1.5 is an easy and
convenient tool for the creation and
customization of reports which takes
advantage of the formatting and presentation
capabilities of Microsoft Excel. It allows the
rapid construction of reports as forms and
columnar reports. Reg.Fee: $50
HANDY1 (2279902 bytes)
HandyMan Paint Project Estimator Lite
generates materials lists for any interior paint
project. Includes options for moulding,
windows, trim, and surfaces. Reg.Fee: $0
IBP210 (1937706 bytes)
Info Book Pro 2.1 allows you to easily
manage information about colleagues,
contacts, friends, and family. The user
interface provides an intuitive way of
handling the information, all conforming to
the latest Windows standards. Features
include a folder tree, e-mail/web support,
phone dialing, search and replace, import/
export, multiple configurable printing styles,
print preview, password protection, and
more. Reg.Fee: $30
sheets, a collection of over 140 Java and VB
Scripts and dynamic HTML functions, and
much more. Reg.Fee: $39.99
JNL211* (2999539 bytes)
EMEFX16 (532843 bytes)
The Journal 2.11 is a daily entry writing tool
for people who wish to keep a convenient and
secure daily record of their thoughts and
ideas. The Journal allows you to create
multiple entry categories such as “Daily
Journal,” “Poetic Scribblings”, “Project
Notes”, and more and is completely user
definable. Requires Win9x. Reg.Fee: $34.95
Email Effects 1.6 allows you to dress up your
email with ASCII art. Several sample graphic
files are included, or you may create your
own. Reg.Fee: $15
EVLNK99A (3020435 bytes)
Minder 1.11 will display reminders and
important dates from an attractive graphical
interface. Requires Win95/98/NT. Reg.Fee:
$12.95
EveryLink for You 99 1.18 allows you to
annotate and organize your Internet links.
You can add meaningful notes, drag and drop
to organize links, password protect your
links, import and export your existing
Netscape Navigator Bookmark and Microsoft
Internet Explorer Favorites, and much more.
Reg.Fee: $14.95
PMSTITCH (3174157 bytes)
IMSWEB16 (3093252 bytes)
PictureMan Stitch Creator 1.0 allows you to
prepare your own counted cross-stitch
patterns. It will automatically convert your
digital pictures into stitch patterns optimized
for a specified floss palette, or you can create
patterns from scratch with virtual needles
and other tools like colour fill, eraser, or text.
Stitch patterns can be viewed on screen and
printed as stitch work, coloured patterns or
symbol charts. Reg.Fee: $39
IMS Web Engine Professional 1.60 is a
visual DHTML authoring application for the
creation of interactive web pages, games,
stories, and educational dynamic content. The
program features a WYSIWYG, drag and
drop intuitive interface that is ideal for the
novice user while providing many desktop
publishing components that are demanded by
the professional. Reg.Fee: $99
TNM_122 (1395382 bytes)
NetInfo 3.4 is a set of diagnostic utilities for
gathering various information about any IP
connected network. It can check local host
and Winsock data, ping a remote host, trace
the route to a remote host over the network,
look up a host-name from an IP address, find
the IP address from a host-name, obtain local
time of the day at another computer’s
MINDR111* (323229 bytes)
Time-n-Measures 1.22 allows you to view
current times in over 400 cities around the
world. It can also quickly convert between
the following English and metric
measurements: distance, area, volume,
weight and temperature. Reg.Fee: $34.95
WGLOBE12* (1782420 bytes)
NETINFO* (1275259 bytes)
location, and much more. Requires Win9x/
NT. Reg.Fee: $15
NETVAMP* (827281 bytes)
Net Vampire 3.3 is a universal download
manager you can use to find, schedule and
download files from FTP and Web servers.
Just drag the link from your browser to a
small floating window, and the program will
get the file for you. It can find alternate
locations of the file on the Internet, test the
sites for accessibility and speed, establish a
dial-up connection when scheduled, and start
downloading. Requires Win95/98/NT.
Reg.Fee: $?
NM99_110 (965215 bytes)
NetMaster 99 1.10 is a special utility
designed to configure and personalize
Internet related settings in Windows 98/95.
You can optimize Internet Connection
performance (adjust NDI cache, IPMTU,
RcvWindow, Time to Live, MaxMTU, Boost
modem transfer speed, etc.), access many of
Internet Explorer’s hidden settings, access
many of Outlook Express’s hidden settings,
and more. In addition, you will get selected
Internet Tips and Tricks to boost your
productivity. Reg.Fee: $15
OFFLNEXP* (735852 bytes)
Offline Explorer 1.0 allows you to download
your favorite web sites for later off-line
viewing, editing or browsing. It also has
many web development features that will
allow you to easily edit, view or browse your
downloaded web pages. It allows you to
selectively (include or exclude) individual
servers, directories, and files using only
WinGlobe 1.2 displays a tiny Earth that sits
on your desktop. While it does so it can show
the names of countries and major cities (2762
currently). It knows the population and the
current local time of each city, and also
shows whether it is day or night. Requires
Win9x. Reg.Fee: $15
INTERNET
CPG19 (2149780 bytes)
Cool Page 1.9 is an extremely easy-to-use
package for creating web pages. It uses a
unique “drag and drop” approach, which
allows you to place objects anywhere on your
page and easily move them to any location.
Reg.Fee: $28
EDITOR30 (6871734 bytes)
Dutch’s HTML Editor 3.0 allows you to
create Web Pages easily and quickly. Its
professional tools and Wizards make it
suitable for both experienced HTML creators
and beginners. Features include resizeable
frames, image maps, FTP, a built-in local
browser (HTML viewer), cascading style
keywords. Requires Win95/98/NT. Reg.Fee:
$30
PBT12 (1562441 bytes)
Power Browsing Tools for Netscape 1.2 is a
collection of four browser add-ons that help
power up Netscape, adding new useful
features. This allows you to remove all your
menu and tool bars, save an entire web page
along with all its images, icons and every
link still active all in one action, and more.
Reg.Fee: $24
SPAMKILL (2992115 bytes)
SpamKiller 2.55 quietly monitors your mail
box, and deletes incoming junk e-mail before
it reaches your inbox. It works by checking
incoming mail against a list of several
thousand known spammers. It can be
customized to scan the subject line for
specific words. Junk e-mail can be
automatically deleted or marked and left in
your mailbox and the program can
automatically send an anti-spam reply
message to the sender. Reg.Fee: $29.95
WP3DEMO (3505968 bytes)
WebPainter 3.0 is a cel-based animation tool
for creating attractive and sophisticated
animations for your website. Its unique cel
animation process creates the smallest, highquality GIF animation, QuickTime movies,
JPEGs and GIF files in the fewest possible
steps. Reg.Fee: $89.95
SCHEDULING
ABIX3XX (4495021 bytes)
ABIX 3.01 is a powerful and easy-to-use
personal organizer for Windows. It allows
you to track appointments, meetings,
anniversaries, things to do, addresses,
inventory, and more. Reg.Fee: $35 CAN
DESETUP (2649272 bytes)
DARN! Don’t Forget! 5.0.1.6 is an automatic
reminder system for Windows. It can pop up
every day, to give you plenty of warning so
you can purchase cards or presents, plan
parties, or prepare for meetings. Reg.Fee:
$30-$40
FAMRNT31* (959858 bytes)
Family Runner NT 3.1 helps schedule all
appointments, deadlines, trips, and birthdays
for everyone in the family and will display
events for one family member or all at once.
It will print a wide variety of calendars, lists,
and other reports, each of which may be
filtered to include all events or only those
that meet specified parameters. It also tracks
income, expenses and things done. Requires
Win95/NT. Reg.Fee: $25
SECURITY
CLEANER1 (866822 bytes)
arclab Cleaner 1.0 automates the process of
removing unwanted and temporary files from
your computer. Features include user
defined-filters, the ability to send files to the
recycle bin or completely remove them from
the system, and more. Reg.Fee: $19
3DVCP45 (1888995 bytes)
DETECTV (389689 bytes)
Visual Calendar Planner 4.5 is a
customizable calendar program that provides
scheduling, events, memos and
appointments. Reg.Fee: $30
Omniquad Detective 1.0d is a powerful
security/monitoring package which will help
you assess, analyze and audit the
effectiveness of your internal security. It
allows you to rapidly examine system
activity, and it can reconstruct the usage
history of your machine, presenting you with
a log of past actions for inspection. Reg.Fee:
$55
LOCKIT54 (2044040 bytes)
ScreenLock 5.4 provides easy, yet secure
access to your desktop while denying others
attempts to access Windows. Keep intruders
and unwanted visitors from invading your
privacy and track their unauthorized attempts
to access your system. It is unlocked via
answering a question that you provide
yourself and can change or edit at any time.
Reg.Fee: $19.95
NUBAK470* (467952 bytes)
NTuS Realtime Backup 4.70 is a hard disk
backup utility for Win95/NT. Features
include the ability to automatically back-up
updated files in designated folders, very little
load on the operating system, the ability to
keep a copy of deleted/overwritten files, and
more. Reg.Fee: $29
PLAT (10076224 bytes)
Panda Antivirus Platinum 6.0 is a powerful
anti-virus package that scans at the Winsock
level, providing real-time scanning of E-Mail
and Internet downloads. It even tracks down
viruses in the hard-to-find places (nested
attachments, OLE documents, etc.). It can
can send warnings and customized messages
to all recipients of infected messages.
Reg.Fee: $59
QH32V518* (3776113 bytes)
Quick Heal 5.18 is an anti-virus package that
scans for files when executed, accessed and
created. This prevents virus infection from
floppies, file execution, Internet download,
FTP, network, email attachments, etc.
Features include the ability to scan inside
archives, scheduled scans, a toolbar with stay
on top and autohide options, and more.
Requires Win95/98/NT. Reg.Fee: $34
UTILITIES
21FLY2 (1824763 bytes)
21 Flying Images Screen Saver 2.0 allows
you to load your favorite images and fly them
around the screen with a variety of special
effects. Reg.Fee: $14.95
AMERGE99* (2618041 bytes)
Araxis Merge 99 is a powerful file
comparison/merging and folder
synchronization package for Win95/98/NT. It
allows you to compare and work with
different versions of the same text file. A
colour-coded side-by-side comparison makes
it easy to pinpoint similarities and differences
between two files at a glance. Connecting
lines are drawn between the documents
showing clearly how they are related.
Reg.Fee: $99+
…by Victor Bushell
1
. The set A contains the integers 0,
4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, … The set
B contains 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 15,
16, 17, 18, … Place 20 and 21 in their
proper sets.
2. Very few people are aware of the
growth pattern of Jack’s beanstalk. On the
first day it increased its height by 1/2, on
the second day by 1/3, on the third day by 1/
4, and so on. How long did it take to achieve
its maximum height (100 times its original
height)?
3. One experience when over in Euclidia
last winter really had me puzzled. You know
that odd custom in the island? Men always
tell the truth. A woman, however, never
makes two consecutive true or untrue
statements: if one is true, her next is a lie,
and vice-versa. And the same goes for the
boys and the girls. Meeting a Euclidian
couple with their child I asked the child “Are
you a boy?” The reply was in Euclidian.
Fortunately, the parents both spoke our
language. “Aristotle said, ‘I am a boy’,” one
of them declared. “Aristotle is a girl.
Aristotle lied,” the other parent told me.
Well what can you make of that?
4. Put some mass, say a paperweight,
into a plastic bowl and float the bowl in a
basin of water. Then remove the paperweight
and drop it into the water. Does the basin
rise higher out of the water or sink deeper
or stay the same? Does the water level in
the basin rise or fall or stay the same?
5. Strictly speaking, two men are
“brothers-in-law” if one is married to the full
sister of the other. How many men can there
be with each man a brother-in-law of every
other man?
6. Some numbers have rather peculiar
properties. All those referred to here are twodigit numbers. See how many of them you
can find. Find a number —
(a) whose double exceeds its half by 99 (b)
which is twice the product of its digits (c)
which is thrice the sum of its digits (d)
whose half exceeds its third by the sum of
its digits (e) which is increased by onefifth of its value if the order of its digits is
reversed (f) which can be multiplied by
itself simply by sandwiching an extra two
digits in between its original two (g) which
differs from its reverse by twice the product
of its digits (h) the product of whose digits
is twice the sum of its digits (i) which, if
turned upside down, will be increased by
12.
7. Only within the last year has Euclidia
overcome its repugnance to the telephone,
but much remains to be done. At present
only six towns in the country can boast a
telephone service, and the links between
these are anything but complete.
Alphalpha, the capital, is connected to
all the other five towns, but Beetonia is
connected to only four. Gammalia too is
connected to four, whereas Deltata,
Epsilonia, and Zetalena are each connected
to only three towns.
It will be at least another two years before
a proper exchange system will enable calls
to be ‘fed through’ one town to another. In
the meantime, it is possible to call one town
from another only if a direct line connects
them.
Thus although it is possible to make a
call from Deltata to Zetalena, the only towns
one can call from Epsilonia are – what?
8. “I found it,” said Wally. “I pointed it
out,” protested Frank. “I picked it up,”
declared George. “We all looked for it,” said
Leonard,“ so we should all stand in a ring
and count eeni-meeni-myni-mo.”
“Not likely,” objected Quentin.
“Everyone knows that eeni-meeni-myni-mo
always finishes up with the sixteenth person
to be counted, so Leonard will just start
counting from sixteen places to his left.”
“Then I’ll do the counting,” announced
Victor (no relation), “and whomever the last
“mo” falls on will have to step out. Then we
go on counting from that spot, round and
round, until everybody has been counted out
except one – and he’ll be the winner.”
So they all stood in a ring as shown in
the figure, and Victor did the counting.
And Victor won. So he got the dollar they
had found.
At which boy did Victor start counting
his eeni-meeni-myni-mo?
9. She takes quite a bit of figuring out
does our Annabel. Just look at her in the
figure below.
Each of the five different letters of her
name represents one of the digits 0 to 9. For
instance, if A = 1, N = 2, B = 3, E = 4 and L
= 5, the product would read 122 X 1 = 345.
Unfortunately 122 X 1 does not equal 345
so that can’t be right. Can you discover
which digit must be assigned to each of the
five letters if the multiplication is to work
out correctly?
There is only one possible solution.
ANN
X A
BEL
Send your replies (or gifts and/or
bribes) to Vic at:
[email protected]
by Malcolm Morrison
Telstra delivers
Telstra has announced Australia’s first
nationwide, high speed Internet service
through Big Pond Advance powered by
Satellite. People living in rural and remote
Australia will be among the first to be
offered this new service, which will deliver
Internet connection at speeds of up to
400Kbps - many times faster than
conventional dial-up methods.
Satellite delivery will complement the
Telstra cable network to deliver high
bandwidth across the entire continent. “All
Australians, from the Derwent Valley to the
Kimberley, can now access the Internet at
high speeds,” Ted Pretty, Group Managing
Director of Telstra Convergent Business,
said. “Telstra will provide customers in
locations where access to a 64Kbps ISDN
service is unavailable, a 50 per cent subsidy
(up to a maximum of $750) on the hardware
and installation required for the Big Pond
Advance powered by Satellite service.
Telstra - Velocity
Telstra Big Pond Advance powered by
Satellite, in association with Mushroom
Records and Mushroom Music, has
demonstrated a future high quality on-line
music experience. When formally trialled,
this music applet called “Velocity” will use
streaming technology to enable Big Pond
Advance customers to experience the
sensations of CD quality audio and high
quality music videos - on demand. Velocity
will offer a multi-media rich music
experience which can not be achieved over
traditional dial-up Internet services.
Existing multimedia content, which
subscribers to Big Pond Advance powered
by Satellite can access right now, include
Newscasting, delivering up to 30,000 User
Newsgroups to the user’s computer, and
Webcasting, which enables subscribers to
choose from a list of the most popular sites
on the Internet and have those sites
delivered automatically to their computer’s
hard drive. Newscasting and Webcasting
operate while the subscribers’ computers
are offline, enabling customers to minimise
their dial-up charges. You will be able to
download the software from the Website:
www.easymail.com.au
Shockmachine: Your Personal Web
Entertainment System
You save content like games and cartoons to
Shockmachine to play either online or
offline. What you get: Shockmachine is a
software file which you purchase from
shockwave.com for US$19.95, then
download to your hard drive. Shockmachine
comes pre-loaded with one piece of content
- Centipede. Your purchase also includes
six additional pieces of content reserved
just for Shockmachine owners which you
save to your Shockmachine at the Screening
Room on shockwave.com. These
Shockmachine Exclusives are: South Park
Toonpak, Centipede, Dilbert Toonpak,
Super Breakout, King of the Hill Mini-Golf,
South Park Mecha-Smash. Each month
there will be additional content available at
the Screening Room reserved just for
Shockmachine owners. With Shockmachine,
you can save an unlimited number of
Shockwave games, cartoons, comics, and
puzzles (called Cartridges when you save
them) to your hard drive to play either
online or offline.
RealJukebox
Plus RealNetworks, the recognized leader
in media delivery on the Internet, has
introduced two new versions of
RealJukebox - already the most popular
digital music system only 8 weeks after its
introduction. The company introduced the
beta release of RealJukebox Plus, the first
complete digital music system including the
ability to record at CD-quality up to
320Kbps using the MP3 format.
RealJukebox Plus, now available for
US$29.99 at www.realjukebox.com,
includes a 10-band graphic equalizer,
powerful new music management
capabilities, and many other features. “The
tests confirm in my mind that the 192Kbps
and higher MP3 music files that are created
by RealJukebox Plus are effectively
indistinguishable from the original CD,”
said John Seymour, audio engineer, whose
credits include work with platinum
recording artists Dave Matthews, Alice in
Chains and Bad Company. “RealJukebox
Plus will enable music lovers to enjoy the
same high quality digital sound directly
from their PCs and portable digital devices
that they now expect from compact disc
players.” RealNetworks can be found on the
World Wide Web at www.real.com.
Thomson/Microsoft Bring Interactive
Television Services to Europe
Thomson Multimedia, the world’s fourthlargest supplier of consumer electronics
products, has announced the formation of
TAK, a new subsidiary dedicated to
developing advanced interactive television
services. The company is partnering with
Microsoft to develop a hardware and
software solution that provides European
customers with a wide range of broadband
television services, including Internet
access, email and interactive programming.
Starting next year, TAK will use Thomson
multimedia’s hardware and software TV
technology with Microsoft’s TV platform
technology to provide customers in key
European markets with subscription-free
access to enhanced television content such
as email services, news, sports, weather,
games and program guides. The platform
will be fully compliant with ATVEF, an
HTML-based open specification for
interactive TV programming.
Corel LINUX
At LinuxWorld in early August Corel
Corporation unveiled its distribution of the
Linux operating system, Corel LINUX, to
the public for the first time.Corel LINUX is
based on the Debian/GNU distribution of
the Linux OS and includes the K Desktop
Environment (KDE). In its distribution,
Corel has enhanced the graphical user
interface and created a new installation
program that greatly simplifies the
installation process.
A beta version of Corel LINUX will be
available in September 1999, and the first
release is planned for the end of the year.
Corel LINUX will be available as a standalone product and will also be bundled with
the upcoming WordPerfect Office for
LINUX suite, which is expected to be
available in early 2000.
The prices for both the standalone version and the suite will be
announced at a later date.
Corel will offer a number of unique features
in its distribution, such as: similar network
configuration to Windows; an intuitive file
manager with integrated Web browsing,
FTP support and access to local and
network drives; online updating and
automatic installation of the latest Linux
files and patches; and an event viewer that
shows all system messages that occur on a
system.
Corel’s packaging of Linux should be
appealing to both Linux users who are
looking for an easier route to a Linux
environment, as well as to users who want
the convenience and full features offered by
its combination with Corel’s WordPerfect
Office for LINUX suite.
Corel Chosen By Amiga
To Supply Linux Applications
Corel has announced that it has formed a
new relationship with Amiga, to ensure that
Corel’s award-winning software
applications will be supported on Amiga’s
new line of products that are scheduled to
be released later this year. Recently, Amiga
announced that it has selected Linux as the
OS kernel for the new Amiga Operating
Environment. Amiga is developing products
and technology for current and future
computing devices which are focused on
making computers and the Internet a natural
part of everyday life. As Amiga approaches
the release dates of the new Amiga
Operating Environment and the Amiga
MCC (Multimedia Convergence Computer),
it will announce more details.
images and sounds real-time to your TV,
VCR, or computer video input! No wiring,
easy setup!
The World’s Smallest, Highest
Quality Color Video Camera!
Sun to offer Microsoft Office
Competitor for Free
The ideal camera for: multimedia e-mail,
video/document conferencing, 3D scanning,
multimedia authoring, multimedia e-mail,
video/document conferencing, scientific
imaging. Look at www.pixera.com
Dell Ultraportable
As part of Sun Microsystems’ acquisition of
software firm Star Division, the computing
company will put more pressure on
Microsoft by giving a Microsoft Office
competitor, called Star Office, away for free
to anyone, the company said.
As reported earlier by CNET News.com, the
Star Division acquisition gives Sun the Star
Office suite of office productivity software.
Star Office is similar to Microsoft Office,
but it runs on Linux and Sun’s Solaris
operating systems as well.
With StarPortal, due by the end of the year,
the heavy lifting is handled by a powerful
central server and people access the
software through gadgets including cell
phones, TV set-top boxes, and laptops.
Both StarPortal and the conventional
versions of the software will be given away
for free to all comers, not just the
educational and home users that used to be
able to get Star Office without paying. That
price tag stands in stark contrast to
Microsoft Office, which costs about $400
for a basic version and much more for
premium versions.
New XCAM
Capture sight and sound with NEW XCAM
Anywhere! Experience real-time wireless
color video — complete with sound —on
any TV in the house! Enjoy live COLOR
video from anywhere inside or outside your
home, thanks to XCam Anywhere! Transmit
Dell has unveiled a new compact design
with a number of high-end features,
following similar announcements from
IBM, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, and
Toshiba. Dell Computer also indicated that
the new design could accommodate an
upcoming 500-MHz Pentium III processor
for portable computers from Intel. New
systems from Compaq, including its E700
and M700 Lightweight laptops are trying to
shrug off past deficiencies in design typically, they have been cutting-edge in
form but lagging edge in function. The new
Latitude CS includes a large 13.3-inch
active matrix display and a 400-MHz
Pentium II processor - the fastest portable
chip from Intel. Yet it weighs only 4.3
pounds, Dell said. IBM’s ThinkPad 570 is
also in this category.
Looking for Fast?
Fast, the Norwegian search site that
promises the most comprehensive Web
searching, is at www.alltheweb.com
Microsoft
In the US Microsoft has announced that
more than 1.3 million individuals have
signed up for MSN Messenger Service
since its launch just last month.
&
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PCUG Centre, or downloaded from the PCUG BBS or from
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to offer affordable access to as many members as possible,
allowing members to experience all the resources of the
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day. The debit rate is set from time to time by the Internet
Project Management Committee. For more details, refer to
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7. Limited Access
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only.
b) Limited Access is free on application.
c) In any calender year, calculated from the 1 st February,
Limited Access provides up to 100 ‘hours’ usage.
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a) Full Access provides PPP or SLIP access and includes
email, news, WWW, etc.
b) Full Access is not free. Current rates are shown at left with
up to 25 'hours' per month usage over the period.
c) When your Full Access subscription expires OR you use up
your hours of access (whichever is earlier), you will be
required to purchase another subscription.
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9. All users joining The Internet Project receive a one-off, free
five hour allocation of Full Access.
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the applicant - from the PC Users Group Centre. We
recommend that you phone the Centre first to check that the
details are waiting for you.
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will be required to sign an Acceptable Use Policy Declaration
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These special offers and services are only available to PCUG members.
Please bring your memberhip card with you when collecting orders.
Disks & Tapes
We offer high quality disks and tape cartridges
in various formats at very reasonable prices.
Disks & tapes are available from the PCUG
Centre Monday, Wednesday & Friday 10am
to 2pm or between 9am and 5pm on weekends.
One complete section of the permanent library
is also contained on each CD-ROM. In
addition, there are many programs on the
PCUG BBS which members have uploaded
or which come from other sources.
BBS Access
This software is provided as ‘shareware’. If
you continue to use it, you must register the
software with the author. The Group does not
‘sell’ the software - it charges a fee to cover
the cost of obtaining the software, maintaining
the library and copying the software to the
member.
New members wishing to access the PC Users
Group (ACT) InterActive Bulletin Board
Service (BBS) should dial (02) 6253 4933 and
create an account on the system. Once the
main menu is presented, select the ‘Goodbye’
option followed by the ‘Yes’ option to leave a
message to the Sysop.
In this message state your membership
number (from your card or magazine address
label) and request an access upgrade. This will
usually occur within a few days.
Shareware
Members have access to a huge selection of
‘shareware’ software. The PCUG subscribes
to a CD-ROM which provides over 250 Mb
of new and updated software titles on each
monthly CD.
Computers are available at the Centre which
are connected to the BBS enabling members
to download software.
Hardware & Video Library
The hardware and video library is located at
the PC Users Group Centre. Items may be
collected and returned on Saturdays and
Sundays between 9am and 5pm (loans are for
one week). Please bring your membership
card with you.
Stuffed Again
We would like to thank
the following members and friends
for assisting with
the mailing out of our Journal.
George Adamson (also for
the past months)
Bruce Black
Owen Cook
Bill Curnow
Eddie & Sharon de Bear
John Elias
Jim & Chris Fogg
Rufus Garcia
Anne Greiner
Neville Hall
John Hempenstall
Emil Joseph
Vernon & Naomi Kronenberg
Geoff Lau
Wolf Lieske
Allan Mikkelson
Don Nicol
Bill Parish
Eleanor Rayment
Peter Roberts
Keith Sayers
Roy & Ruth Smalley
Rod Smith
Graeme Taylor
Gordon Urquhart
Marion Van Wely
Peter Watney
Lew & Sylvia Yardley
We are always looking for volunteers
to assist us with the ‘stuffing’ of our
journal. We start around 5.00pm
(latecomers are welcome) usually on
the 2nd last Monday of every month
and are generally finished by 8.00pm.
Refreshments are provided. If you
would like to help, please ring Petra
Dwyer at the PCUG Centre on 6253
4911.
Next Stuffing
5.00pm Monday 18 October
at Northpoint Plaza, Belconnen.
(see map page 3)
The library provides access to equipment
which members would not normally have
readily available. Most items have instructions
manuals and software where appropriate.
Modems do not include software; check the
Shareware Library for suitable packages.
Items may be borrowed for one week. There
is no charge, but you must collect and return
the items yourself.
Equipment available includes:
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modems (33.6k and 14.4k)
zip drives.
Videos include:
Developing Applications with Microsoft
Office
• Using Windows 95
•
We now have a
Giveaway Table at the
PCUG Centre.
If you have any SMALL
items of computer related
equipment (software or
hardware) that you no
longer need or use and
don’t want to throw away,
put them on the table and
someone else may find a
use for them.
Just bring them to the
Centre when it’s open and
we’ll pass them on
for you.
The OS/2 SIG
An enthusiastic forum for those operating or
interested in OS/2 Warp. Meetings include
wide ranging discussion and interesting
hands on demonstrations. Meetings are held
on the fourth Thursday (except January) at
7.00pm for 7.30pm at the IBM Building 8
Brisbane Ave, Barton.
Contact David Thrum Phone 6201 8806
(bh). Full details about the OS/2 SIG can be
obtained from http://www.pcug.org.au/
~aacton/os2/welcome.htm
Bytes
The Bytes SIG is designed for those who
like to talk about computing over a meal. It
meets from 6 pm at the Asian Bistro,
Australian National University Union, on
the PCUG meeting nights. There are no
Bytes SIG meetings in November,
December, or January. Contact person:
Andrew Freeman Phone: 6258 7411 Email:
[email protected] or WWW at http://
www.pcug.org.au/~afreeman/cvsig.html
AutoCAD
Geoffrey May 6295 5942 Monday-Fri 45pm. Please call for details.
The Investment SIG
The group meets at the PCUG Centre at
7.30pm on the fourth Thursday of every
month except for December to discuss
investment affairs, especially the stock
market and share ideas and information.
Matters covered may be someone’s hot
stock, or a tax problem or an interesting
Web site, and sometimes a software demo.
We are looking for volunteers to present
brief reviews of a favourite stock. Contact
Mick Preskett ph 6252 5036.
Linux User Group
Stephen Rothwell 6231 6648 (ah) Stephen
[email protected] 4th Thursday
7.00pm Room N101 Computer Science
Dept ANU.
& Chat
The Coffee and Chat Group meet at the
PCUG Centre in Belconnen on alternate
Tuesdays from 10.30am to 11.30am The
doors are open from 9.30 to 12.00 for 30
minutes of individual discussion before and
after the meeting. The dates of these
meetings are shown in the Calendar of
Events.
discussion and coffee, followed by a more indepth look at a particular topic of interest.
There is also time for discussion (and
hopefully solving) of members problems with
the internet. A home page for the SIG is at
http://www.pcug.org.au/~amikkels/
intddd.html Enquiries or suggestions for
topics are welcome at
[email protected].
The Delphi SIG
A lively forum for software developers who
are working with or interested in Delphi.
Our meetings include wide ranging
discussion and interesting hands-on
demonstrations. Come and see why Delphi
is RAD! Some of our recent meetings have
discussed Delphi components, best
shareware tools, database applications, and
HTML tools. Meeting 3rd Tuesday of each
month 7.30pm at PCUG Centre. Convenor
David Gray email [email protected]
are welcome to also subscribe to the PCUG
Delphi mailing list by sending message
‘subscribe [email protected] [your
email address]’ to [email protected]
Networks
Garry Thomson 6241 2399
[email protected] Thursday after
main meeting Please call for venue.
Computers and Vegetarianism
This SIG is designed for those who have an
interest in both computers and vegetarianism. It generally meets with the Bytes SIG.
No meetings are held in November,
December, or January. Contact person:
Andrew Freeman Phone: 6258 7411 Email
[email protected] or WWW at http://
www.pcug.org.au/~afreeman/cvsig.html
[email protected]
Internet Daytime Demo
and Discussion SIG
Meets every second Monday at the PCUG
Centre from 10.00am to noon. We meet to
discuss internet issues, software, sites (and
anything else of relevance), and demonstrate,
on Centre equipment, selected software and
techniques. The meeting starts with informal
Linux Learners SIG
For newcomers to Linux - installation
and use of one of the currently available
Linux distributions. Designed for the end
user rather than the systems programmer or
administrator, Meets 10 until 12 every
second Thursday. Contact: Allan Mikkelsen
6278 3164 or [email protected].
The VB SIG
Meets 10am to 12Noon on alternate
Thursday mornings (in the Coffee & Chat
week) to discuss the tips and tricks not
disclosed in the Help files. Enquiries
welcome.
Don Nicol (02) 6254 6584
[email protected]
The Games SIG:
A SIG that runs Fridays in school holidays
at the PCUG centre.
Contact John: Phone 6281 2350, email
[email protected], or
ICQ# 25886924"
Training News
H
i! I’m Marion and I need your help.
Here’s your chance to contribute
something to the PCUG. The good
news is that it needs to take only 30 seconds
of your time. What do you do?
Just send me an email to tell me how
you think that we can improve the PCUG
training courses.
We have a terrific facility but it’s under
utilised. How can we best improve the
facilities at the centre? I need your ideas.
6. Should we give consideration to
professional teachers who will offer
accreditation?
What do you think? Please forward your
constructive suggestions and comments to
[email protected].
If you are an employer/staff officer I would
be particularly pleased to hear from you. If
you have been involved in training I want to
hear from you too.
If you feel insecure or vulnerable around
computers then I am especially interested to
talk to you.
1. Should we put on longer courses?
2. Would you be interested in courses that
run for a shorter period [1, 2 hours or half a
day]?
3. Should our subjects be more diverse?
I only need a line or two. I expect a
response from every member I need some
original and positive suggestions. How about
it?
4. Maybe courses on graphics, computer
maintenance, upgrading or interfacing the
home watering/security systems?
I am committed to give you, the members,
the best possible training facility that the
PCUG can afford.
5. Should we open the facility at different
times?
Will you help? Please don’t delay, get
your answers in now.
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COURSE BOOKINGS: Petra Dwyer, at the
PCUG Centre on 6253 4911
Training coordinator and course
information (not bookings):
Marion vanWely 7.00pm to 9.00pm
Microsoft Product courses (not bookings):
Henk Brummelaar 6258 9332 (h) 7.00pm
to 9.00pm.
All courses are held at the PCUG
Centre, Northpoint Plaza, Belconnen
— maximum 8 people.
Courses cost $35 unless otherwise
indicated. Full day courses run from
9.30am to approximately 3.00pm.
AM Courses commence at 9.30am.
PM courses commence at 1.30pm.
Win 95 Intro
Visual Basic
Sixteen Bits Layout Day
Centre Closed (Public Holiday)
Internet Intro
MYOB
Win 95 Intro
Designing Your Own Web Page
Desktop Pubishing
Excel 7
Internet Intro
Win 95 Intro
Sixteen Bits Layout Day/Internet Clinic
Full Day
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Vendor Discount Scheme
The following local vendors offer discounts to PCUG members
• Present your PCUG membership card when making a purchase
• Benefits may not apply to some sale items
• The PCUG does not necessarily recommend or endorse the products being offered
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BUSINESS
SERVICES/PRODUCTS
PHONE/FAX/EMAIL
ADDRESS
DISCOUNT
Accountants
Peng Lee BA, BEc(ANU), FCA
Chartered accountant
Registered tax agent
Holder of Certificate of Public
Practice
Accounting and taxation
services
A fee schedule published 1
year in advance will be
forwarded upon request
Ph: 6258 0156
Fax: 6258 0157
Mob: 0419 625 801
[email protected]
6 McGuiness Place
McKellar ACT 2617
10% discount off
the published fee
schedule to PCUG
members
Lesley Piko
Certified practising
accountant, registered tax
agent
Personal and business
taxation services
General accounting
services
Ph: 6288 8888
Suite 1
17 Trenerry St
Weston ACT 2611
15% discount off
quoted fee
Collins Booksellers
A wide selection of
computer titles for the
novice and also advanced
computer user
Ph: 6251 4813
Fax: 6251 3926
Belconnen Mall
10% discount off
computer book
purchases only
Daltons Books
No. 1 for computer and
business books
Ph: 6249 1844
Fax: 6247 5753
[email protected]
54 Marcus Clarke St
Canberra City 2600
10% off RRP of
computer books
Repairs, upgrades, new
systems, software
installation.
Low rates Open 7 days
Computer, printer,
monitor repairs and
upgrades, networking and
cabling
Ph: 6294 2592
Mob: 0419 990 669
[email protected]
Books
Computer related
ACT Valley Computer Repairs
Amalgamated Business
Machines
Capital Simulations
10% discount on
upgrades and
repairs
Ph: 6280 4887
Fax: 6280 7729
[email protected]
65 Kembla St
Fyshwick ACT 2609
10% discount on
repairs
Fax/message: 6258 0110
PO Box 329
Belconnen ACT 2616
Free postage and
handling (normally
$4) and 2 free
modem opponents
‘wanted’ notices
(normally $10)
10% discount on
all remanufactured
inkjet and toner
cartridges
No discount on new
ink or toner
cartridges
5% discount on
accessories and
upgrade
installation
5% discount
The Cartridge Factory
Premier re-manufacturer
of inkjet, laser, copier and
fax cartridges
Ph.: 6260 4571
Fax: 62604572
[email protected]
www.tcf.com.au
65-B Dundas Court
Phillip ACT
Hi-Micro Computers
Computer upgrades,
trade-ins, service, parts,
new systems
Ph: 6280 7520
Fax: 6280 7540
[email protected]
6/18 Whyalla St
Fyshwick ACT 2609
Bettowynd
Prompt, guaranteed, fixed
price repairs to monitors
and terminals
Ph: 6239 1043
Fax: 6239 1043
[email protected]
Unit 5, Centrecourt 1
Pirie St,
Fyshwick ACT 2609
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BUSINESS
SERVICES/PRODUCTS
PHONE/FAX/EMAIL
ADDRESS
DISCOUNT
Computer related (cont)
L & S Associates
NCH–Swift Sound
PE Computers & Software
Solutions
Rob’s Computer Help Desk
The Software Shop
Sproatley Computer Services
Pty Ltd
Kelehe Bisnis Sevis
World Wide Website Creation
& Consulting (W3C2)
Canberra
Multi-media audio
Professional voice overs,
music and SFX for
multimedia, telephone,
games, software
New systems, upgrades,
Hardware and software
installation, setup & home
PC support.
Software tuition including
Win95 & Internet s’ware
Telephone & on-site help
for all your computer and
support needs
Suppliers of all business,
educational and personal
software, plus selected
hardware.
Upgrades
New and used PCs
MYOB specialists
Software installation,
onsite/home service
24 hour help desk
ACT written software for
home & small business
from Lanyon Management
solutions. New release of
Automobile Workshop
Business System
Your key to the Internet.
Training, consulting and
web site services.
Ph: 6257 7555
69 Paterson St
Ainslie ACT 2602
Ph: 6257 7221
Fax: 6257 7889
GPO Box 1169
Canberra ACT 2601
Ph/fax: 6258 9806
Mobile: 015 484 711
[email protected]
Lawn mower service,
spares and repairs
5% for single copies,
higher discounts for
resellers
Ph: 02 6292 3211
Fax: 02 6292 3914
Mobile: 019 440 608
[email protected]
PO Box 5145
Chisholm 2905
5% to a maximum of
$100 on web site
services.
Upstairs, Union
Building, Union
Court, ANU (next to
main meeting
venue)
8 Hutcheson St
Monash ACT 2904
86 Northbourne
Ave
Braddon ACT 2612
Suite 4, 32–36
Colbee Court,
Phillip
ACT 2606
Union member
discount on PCUG
main meeting nights
ONLY
Ph: 6291 1458
Australian Management
Control
Ph: 6285 4888
Canberra Lawyers
Litigation specialists -
10% discount on all
services
P.O. Box 1187
Tuggeranong
ACT 2901
Ph: 6247 7608
Email-based maths
tutoring service provided
by experienced teacher
(high school to uni level)
5% discount off our
already low prices
Ph: 6231 1813
Mob: 0418 607 748
[email protected]
Aspect Computing Education
Services
Net Maths Tutor
42 Townsend St
Phillip ACT 2606
Ph: 6231 5397
Fax: 6231 3605
Other
ANU Union Asian Bistro
Steve’s Mower Service
5% discount on all
new systems and
upgrades
10% discount on
installation, tuition &
home PC support
5% discount on
consulting services
Ph: 6292 3211
(24 hours/7 days)
Ph: 6285 4622
Fax: 6285 4614
[email protected]
Special price on any
Microsoft product:
dealer price plus 5%
25% discount to noncorporate members
Ph: 6258 4791
plavers@canberra.
teknet.net.au
www.teknet.net.au/
~plavers/
Ph: 6287 1223
canberralawyers@
homeorder.com
10% discount on all
repairs
10% discount
5% discount on
recordkeeping and
payroll courses
10% discount
Unit 7 13 Napier
Close, Deakin
ACT 2600
1st interview free and
10% discount to
PCUG members
Members’ Ads
FOR SALE
WANTED
FOR SALE
Hi, Could you please put this in the
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Phone
Days
Times
Access for Windows
Access 97
Graham Fry [email protected]
Andrew Bartlett [email protected]
6288 3138
6254 0272
Assembly Language
AutoCad
AutoCAD Rel 12, 13 and LT
BASIC + Machine Language
Bluewave
Batch Files, TSRs, Utilities
Bulletin Board Service
Chinese Star for Windows
Excel
Flight Simulation
Free Agent / Agent Newsreading
GEOS/GeoWorks
Thomas McCoy [email protected]
Geoffrey May *
Neil Moffat
George McLintock
Jorge Garcia
Bill Ghysen
Michael Phillips *
Peng Lee
Graheme Fry
Roger Lowery [email protected]
Allan Mikkelsen
Phil Jones
6294 2226
6295 5942
6292 7108
6295 6590
6282 2681
6287 1234
6253 4966
6258 0156
6288 3138
6258 1583
6278 3164
6288 5288
7.30pm - 8.30pm
4.00pm - 9.00pm
10.00am - 9.00pm
8.00pm - 10.00pm
4.00pm - 5.00pm
Noon - 10.00pm
8.30pm -10.00pm
7.00pm - 9.00pm
8.00pm - 10.00pm
7.30pm - 8.30pm
1.00pm - 9.00pm
7.30pm - 8.30pm
Anytime
Noon - 9.00pm
6.00pm - 10.00pm
Hardware
HDK
HDK
Hypertext Markup Language
Anthony Glenn
6288 8332
Lis Shelley [email protected]
Ivana Leonard
6231 4169
Peter Tilbrook [email protected] 6242 4000
0411 508 169
Neil Moffat
6292 7108
Andrew Novinc
6258 1907
Peter Tilbrook [email protected] 6242 4000
0411 508 169
Michael Phillips *
6281 1980 or
Andrew Purdam [email protected]
6230 2231
Andrew Acton [email protected]
6293 1684
Dave Thrum [email protected]
6201 8806
Michael Lightfoot *
6258 8185
Chess Krawczyk [email protected]
6247 1218
Chris Collins
6258 8276
Nick Thomson
6241 3239
Michael Phillips *
6281 1980
Jeremy Bishop
6291 0478
Michael Lightfoot *
6258 8185
Jonathon Ross
6288 1428
Michael Phillips *
6281 1980
Cedric Bear [email protected]
6258 3169
Graeme Challinor [email protected]
6236 8166
Chess Krawczyk [email protected]
6247 1218
Lis Shelley [email protected]
Gayle Scott [email protected]
6254 1579
Dave Hay
6258 7310
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10.00am - 6.00pm
6253 8153 (ah)
Noon - 10.00pm
6.00pm - 10.00pm
10.00am - 6.00pm
6253 8153 (ah)
7.30pm - 8.30pm
Anytime
9am-9pm
8am-6pm
7.30pm - 9.30pm
7.00pm - 9.30pm
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7.30pm - 8.30pm
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10.00am - 4.00pm
7.00pm - 9.30pm
All days
All days
7.30pm - 9.30pm
7.00pm - 9.00pm
ISR CADDSMAN Modeller (Win)
Microstation Cad
Microsoft Front Page
Modem Communications
Noteworthy Composer
OS/2
OS/2
OS/2
Outlook, Outlook Express
Scream Tracker 3 (3SM) / MOD Music
Small Business Computing
Telix
SCO Unix & Xenix
Unix
Unix/Linux/*BSD
Turbo Pascal
Visual Basic for Windows
Windows 95
Windows 98
Word for Windows
WordPerfect 5.1 DOS, 6.1 Win
WordStar
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Weekdays
Anytime
October
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
Sixteen Bits
commercial ad
deadline for
Novenber
CENTRE
CLOSED
Sunday
3
CENTRE
CLOSED
Layout day
for Sixteen
Bits
4
CENTRE
CLOSED
5
6
Coffee & Chat
PCUG Centre
9.30am-12pm
7
8
9
Internet Clinic
PCUG Centre
9.30am-1pm
VB SIG
PCUG Centre
10am-12pm
New
Members
Night. PCUG
Centre
11
12
13
Internet
Daytime SIG
10am-2pm
16 Bits
Suffing and
Mailing
PCUG Centre
5pm
Main Meeting
7 for 7.30pm
Manning Clarke
Theatre 1 ANU
16
19
20
Coffee & Chat
PCUG Centre
9.30am-12pm
26
Evening
Internet SIG.
7-9pm
Internet
Daytime SIG
10am-2pm
21
VB SIG
PCUG Centre
10am-12pm
22
Article
Deadline for
November
OS/2 SIG, IBM
Building
Brisbane Ave.
27
28
Assisted Access
SIG - 9am-11am
PCUG Centre
Linux Learners
SIG PCUG
Centre. 11am 1pm
Investment SIG.
PCUG Centre.
TRAININGD
AY PCUG
Centre
9.30am
MYOB
17
TRAININGDA
Y PCUG
Centre 9.30am
Design Your
Own Web Page
Intermediate
Linux Learners
SIG 11am -1pm
Dephi SIG.
PCUG Centre
25
15
Assisted Access
SIG - 9am11am
PCUG Centre
Committee
Meeting
PCUG Centre
7.30pm
18
14
10
29
Linux 7.30pm
Rm.N101.
Comp. Science
Dept. ANU
(28th)
23
24
TRAINING
DAY PCUG
Centre 9.30am
Desktop
Publishing-Intro
TRAININGDA
Y PCUG
Centre 9.30am
Excel 7-Intro.
30
31
TRAINING
DAY PCUG
Centre 9.30am
Introduction to
the Internet.
TRAINING
DAY PCUG
Centre 9.30am
Introduction to
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