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TO/2 Newsletter - August, 1995

Welcome to the Toronto OS/2 User's Group Newsletter!  

[*][IMAGE]"volume 1, issue 3 

" "Please note that we have changed the format of the newsletter,

and dropped some of the extraneous sections. This will continue throughout,
until we work out a format that is easier to read."  
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[*]Return to TO/2 Homepage  
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[IMAGE][*]Introduction/ Administrivia 

- ->From the Warped Mind of the Editor 
- ->Contacting TO/2 
- ->Membership Information 
- ->Meeting Schedules 
- ->Meeting Map  
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[IMAGE][*]News of the Month  

- ->Group Announcements 
- ->Latest News from Vendors 
- ->Shareware/Freeware Information 
- ->Products in Review  
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[IMAGE][*]Tools, Tips and Tricks 

- ->Tips for Users New and Old 
- ->Vital OS/2 Tools and Utilities 
- ->Fixes, Patches and CSD's  
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[IMAGE][*]OS/2 Information 

- ->OS/2 BBS List 
- ->OS/2 Echoes and Mailing Lists 
- ->OS/2 Vendors 
- ->OS/2 Books 
- ->Team OS/2  
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[IMAGE][*]Details and Legals 

- ->This Month's Contributors 
- ->Request for Contributors 
- ->Request for Sponsors/Advertising 
- ->Disclaimer/Copyrights  
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TO/2 Newsletter - Intro/Admin - 8/95[IMAGE]

Introduction and Administration 

- ->[IMAGE][*]From the Warped Mind of the Editor 
- ->[IMAGE][*]Contacting TO/2 
- ->[IMAGE][*]Membership Information 
- ->[IMAGE][*]Meeting Schedules 
- ->[IMAGE][*]Meeting Map 

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[*]From the Warped Mind of the Editor 

I'm looking forward to August 24th, 1995, with mixed emotions.
Half 

of me hopes that, in a great bit of humble-pie eating, MicroSoft
will push back the release date of Winever yet again. The realistic
side, however, can't help feel nervous about the implications of
the impending release. As we all know, Windows 95 is a mix of 16
and 32 bit code, with a 

dressed up and very Warp-like interface, that will "change the
way of computing", and change it to MicroSoft's Way, the Only Way,
of computing. It may sweep the world, as did 3.1, and because
it is an "integrated product" (DOS 7 and Win 3.1 with some new
API's and a new interface), it is not subject to the Sporkin decision.
Without too much detail, that means they may be allowed to sell
Win '95 on a per-CPU load basis, instead of asking the customer
if they want Win '95. Every computer sold will be sold with it.
I don't want to sound like a conspiracy theorist. I do want to
sound 

like a realist. IBM has to get OS/2 apps on the market NOW. They've known
this for over 3 years, if not more, and if they don't do it now,
OS/2 will not be around to support. Sure, they bought Lotus, and
I hear from good sources that the new Warp SmartSuite that is built
on the same code base as the Win '95 Suite is in boxes at the loading
docks. (It will be released when the Win '95 product is, so that
they don't give their competitors a head start). That won't help
when IBM will essentially be competing against themselves. They've
bought the rights to two German programs, Star Writer and Star
Math, and will likely release an OS/2 Suite of their own. What IBM
has to do is have the major players outside Lotus commit to 

developing for OS/2, and pronto. The products are needed "  on store
shelves " inside of twelve months. With Corel flip-flopping on
what they want to do, that means Novell - who have a good track record
with OS/2. Oh, except for that WordPerfect thing. Which leaves
us where? Another integrated product from MS - Office. 

There is no way this is coming to OS/2, as we all know, and it
has captured an unbelievable amount of the Suite market. The next
few months will be interesting...  
On the lighter side... 

For those who ARE into conspiracy theories, take a trip down to 

Niagara Falls, Ont., and go through the JFK Assassination Wax
Museum. Yes, I'm not joking. There is such an animal, and though
I haven't been in, it's probably worth the look for the laughs
you will get. And BTW - the net is getting all-pervasive. I'm not
sure how good or 

bad that is, but I had a laugh about it this weekend. Watch the
trailer for Mortal Kombat, due out at the end of this month - it
lists a web site to access more info right at the end.  
[*]Chuckle.  
If there is something you would like to see in the NL, just drop
me a note: 

[*][IMAGE]

Martin Moran, Editor 

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[*]Contacting TO/2 

Please refer to the[*]TO/2 home page 

for contact information.  
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[*]Membership Information

Presently, membership in TO/2 requires only that you show up at
the 

monthly meetings. Normally, we have a crowd of roughly 70 people
attend, but this swells and dips on a regular basis. Please
ensure that, should you attend to the meeting, you sign the 

Sign-In sheets, so that we can properly account for you as a member.
Presently there is no membership fee for TO/2, and the
Executive is 

currently debating this. Until such time as a decision has been
made, all TO/2 meetings and events are free of charge. For more
information about Membership, please contact 

[*]Kevin Quinn, Membership Co-ordinator by e-mail.  
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[*]Meeting Schedules 

All TO/2 meetings take place on the second Thursday in the month,
in the 

Auditorium of 3600 Steeles Avenue East, Markham. Meetings begin
with a one hour question and answer period at 6:30, and then presentations start
at 7:30. The August Meeting will take place on Thursday August
10, 

1995. The September meeting will take place on Thursday September
14, 1995.  
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[*]Meeting Map 

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TO/2 Newsletter - News - 8/95[IMAGE]

News of the Month 

- ->[IMAGE][*]Group Announcements 
- ->[IMAGE][*]Latest News From Vendors 
- ->[IMAGE][*]Shareware/Freeware Information 
- ->[IMAGE][*]Products in Review 

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[*]Group Announcements 

The programmer's Sig, headed by Norvall Oswald of the TO/2 Executive,

will have it's first meeting in September. The meeting will take
place in the Auditorium at 3600 Steeles, where the meetings take
place, on Wednesday September 13, 1995. For any further information,
please contact[*]Norvall directly. The executive committee will
be meeting shortly to further discuss 

the direction of the group. The majority of the meeting will probably be
spent discussing and arranging the Charter. More information will come
when available. Finally, a little something for the programmers
out there, as 

forwarded to Terry Hamilton...  

- ------------------------------ PREFORMATTED -------------------------------

Terry

I understand you are connected with the Toronto OS/2 User Group.
I am looking for a Toronto based consultant who has EXTENSIVE 
OS/2 Presentation Manager programing in combination with C/C++ and VM.

Knowledge of JCL, MVS, SQL Query or SAS also needed.

Contract is for approximately one year and starts early September.

Do you know of anyone with this background in your 
User Group who would be interested?  Please have them contact 
me.

This will  not be the only time I will need this skill set so if you 
would like to discuss this further, please feel free to contact me.

Thank you for considering this request
Mark Guscott
PC Etcetera
75753.111@compuserve.com

or 416-733-9509 x331

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[*]Latest News from Vendors 

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OS/2 Magazine announces Editors' Choice Award winners
July 26, 1995                                                                  
                                                                               
At the OS/2 World Conference in Boston, Mass, OS/2 Magazine announced          
that 11 products have been awarded its 1995 Editors' Choice                    
Award. These products are chosen by the monthly magazine's                     
editors, with consultation by contributing editors, regular                    
authors, and product reviewers.                                                
                                                                               
While evaluating products for the second annual Editors' Choice                
Awards, OS/2 Magazine's editors looked for products that "make a               
difference" to the OS/2 community, and are widely used and                     
recommend by OS/2 users to their peers. "These are software and                
services that are sworn by, not sworn at," said Alan Zeichick,                 
Editor-in-Chief of OS/2 Magazine. "These products represent the                
best of what's available today, and in many cases highlight the                
benefits of using OS/2 Warp 3.0, IBM's powerful 32-bit operating               
system."                                                                       
                                                                               
The 1995 OS/2 Magazine Editors' Choice Awards were presented at                
the OS/2 World Conference and Exhibition, held July 17-21 in                   
Boston, and will be announced in the October 1995 issue of OS/2                
Magazine.                                                                      
                                                                               
In alphabetical order by company, the products are:                            
                                                                               
*    Barebones Software's File Manager/2 2.32, a set of file                   
management and disk utilities which work closely with OS/2 Warp's              
Workplace Shell user interface.                                                
                                                                               
*    Clear & Simple's Performance Plus 3.0, a set of tools that                
not only automatically fine-tune OS/2's performance, but also                  
teaches about OS/2's internal operation.                                       
                                                                               
*    DeScribe, Inc.'s Voyager CD, a competitively priced,                      
full-featured word processor that's available across most PC                   
platforms, as well as OS/2.                                                    
                                                                               
*    Jon Seymour's Warp Pharmacy, a World Wide Web home page and               
electronic resources that offer excellent support to OS/2 Warp                 
users and consultants.                                                         
                                                                               
*    Markus Schmidt's Zap-O-Comm 2.052, a popular shareware                    
telecommunications package that includes scripting, REXX                       
interface, and plug-in modules.                                                
                                                                               
*    NovaStar Software's Impos/2 1.2, an image-processing and                  
manipulation tool that support many popular file formats and                   
input devices.                                                                 
                                                                               
*    PowerQuest Corp.'s PartitionMagic 1.0, an easy way to grow,               
shrink, and move HPFS or FAT partitions without using FDISK,                   
destroying data, or reformatting.                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
*    SouthSide Software's PMMAIL 1.1, an Internet e-mail solution              
with nearly all the functionality of UltiMail Lite, but with an                
intuitive interface and better performance.                                    
                                                                               
*    SPG Inc.'s ColorWorks 1.0, a professional-level photograph                
and image manipulation package that offers unprecedented ability               
to create and change special effects.                                          
                                                                               
*    StarDock Systems's Galactic Civilizations 1.05, a                         
full-featured strategy and role-playing game take exploits OS/2's              
multimedia capabilities.                                                       
                                                                               
Plus, there is one special award:                                              
                                                                               
*    IBM Corp.'s Internet Access Kit (OS/2 Warp), recognizing the              
value of including a full suite of dial-up Internet connectivity               
tools. The IAK makes access to the Internet and World Wide Web                 
easy for all OS/2 Warp users.                                                  
                                                                               
OS/2 Magazine is published by Miller Freeman Inc. Miller Freeman,              
headquartered in San Francisco, is a wholly owned subsidiary of                
United News and Media plc. Miller Freeman publishes more than 50               
trade magazines, including OS/2 Magazine, OS/2 Developer, Dr.                  
Dobb's Journal, Cadence, UNIX Review, Software Development, and                
Embedded Systems Programming. Miller Freeman is also the                       
third-largest trade-show producer in North America; leading                    
events include OS/2 World Conference and Exhibition, Software                  
Development Week, Autodesk University, and The Embedded Systems                
Conference.                                                                    

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The May 1995 Hobbes OS/2 Archive CDROM has been released and
will be shipping soon.  As before, Radio Devices is offering
discounts to the readers of the OS/2 Usenet newsgroups and
to Users Groups.

Walnut Creek Direct Price  $29.95 + $5 postage
Radio Devices Prices:

Qty   Price ea.   First Class Postage (total)
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1     $14.95      $2
2-5   $13.95      $3
5-20  $12.95      $6
20+   $11.95      $10

Check/MO/MC/VISA (no surcharge for CC)

Radio Devices 
32 Queens View Road
Marlboro, MA  01752
(508)480-0502

web site w/order form http://www.raddev.com/biz/raddev/

If you would like to be on Radio Device's Mailing List for
new versions of OS/2-Specific CDROMS or just specials of 
OS/2-Specific CDROMs, please reply and change the title
to "subscribe OS2-CDROM".

[moderator's note:  make certain your reply is addressed to raddev
and not the moderator]

Mailings will be 2 or 3 times per month maximum.

Examples might be new releases of Hobbes OS/2 Archive or
Hobbes Ready to Run.  Prices will be at least 1/2 of 
nationally advertised prices.

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[*]Shareware/Freeware Information 

- ------------------------------ PREFORMATTED -------------------------------

Chicago, IL 06/28/95 - The OS/2er's GrassRoots Gazette Summer 1995 Issue
is now available.  This quarterly newsletter is published in both an INF
version and an HTML version (http://www.gco.com/grassroots.html).

You can obtain the INF version on the OS/2 GrassRoots Home Page (see URL
above) or from the Compuserve Team OS/2 Forum.  Or you can dial
GREATER CHICAGO Online!! BBS and download it from there.  The filename
is GZT0795.ZIP.

This issue features among other items:

Editorial: It's Time To Start Shooting Back At Redmond
Feature: Someone You Should Know - Maria Tyne
Technical: Mr. OS/2 Discovers Vmodem
May, June and July 1995 OS/2 Tip of the Month Winning Entries

Anyone who would like to write an article, column or contribute to
future issues of the Gazette (on a one-time or continuing basis) should
contact the Editor, Bill Cook, at bill.cook@gco.com or e-mail to
grassroots.gazette@gco.com.

Let's keep the grassroots growing out here!

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- ------------------------------ PREFORMATTED -------------------------------

PM PostNotes is primarily a PostIt type utility, allowing you to
create notes and to post them electronically on your monitor.   

But, PM PostNotes is much more than simply a note poster.  
It is also 

  o a digital clock / calendar that will optionally play a 
    user-defined chime on the hour, quarter, and half hours 
    and can also toll the hour if desired
  o a stop-watch 
  o a reminder utility 
  o and a program launcher   

PM PostNotes is released as shareware.  Please see the Registration 
topic in the Help file for information on how to register the program.   

The archive (pmpost10.zip) can be found at hobbes.nmsu.edu in the /incoming
directory and at ftp-os2.cdrom.com in /os2/incoming.

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[*]Products in Review 

"This review is one of the first to be received by a member of TO/
2 - honorary as this may be. This was submitted by the winner
of the CD, Thomas Knight, a visitor from the Winnipeg user group
down during Comdex."  

- ------------------------------ PREFORMATTED -------------------------------

Arawak Shareware CD

As a matter of convenience, shareware CDs can be invaluable but only 
seem to hold this value for a short period of time. After several
months
they become dated and are no longer a reliable source of the latest
versions                 of programs, drivers, and information files. 

One of the problems with Arawak is the lack of true dates on the
files. I contacted the publishers and was informed there had been a
problem before manufacturing the CD where most of the dates where
changed on the files. Due to this I could not readily evaluate if the
files where up to date without extracting them.  In general, for the
majority of the files I did extract they were older versions but I did
not check too deep.

Some files never get outdated. They have included the EDM/2 (OS/2
programmer magazine?) archives and many icons. You can view these
without                 extracting to your hard drive. A definite
bonus in my opinion.

Of equal importance is the browsing software and the organization of
information on the CD. It should be simple to find and extract the
files you want. Arawak makes this chore a breeze under OS/2. A drag
and drop interface which creates a folder and places the extracted
files into that folder for you, what could be more simple. This is
truly how an OS/2 utility for CD viewing should behave. 

The built in search function allows for case sensitive and global
searches of not just the filenames but descriptions as well. What is
extremely apparent in this  interface is the lack of file dates. You
must use a different method to check file dates. 

The files are organized in a friendly manner with descriptive topics
allowing you to quickly find what you are looking for. All the files
dealing with communications can be found under one main heading which
is further split to include BBS files.

I evaluated volume one, this is a new product with room to improve.
The manufacturers seem to be eager to please and willing to listen to
any and all suggestions for improvement of the product. They can be
reached via E-mail at arawak@ibm.net or voice (519) 641-4523. The next
release should be late August with a sales price in the $22 range.

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TO/2 Newsletter - Tips 'n Tools - 8/95[IMAGE]

Tools, Tips and Tricks 

- ->[IMAGE][*]Tips for Users New and Old 
- ->[IMAGE][*]Vital OS/2 Tools and Utilities 
- ->[IMAGE][*]Fixes, Patches and CDS's 

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[*]Tips for Users New and Old 

No tips were submitted this month. Please see the[*]

Details and Legals section to find out more about submitting material
to the newsletter.  
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[*]Vital OS/2 Tools and Utilities 

There is a small tool that anyone would find valuable - WPSBkup.

This utility backs up your OS/2 WPS settings (desktop configuration)
, and stores them in a single file for recovery purposes. Best
of all, it has a PM shell. In it's latest 4.x version, WPSBkup can
keep track of multiple 

backups, and it fully multi-threaded, meaning it can be run in
the background with no danger of reducing the integrity of the
backup. Restores are quite simple, and the program can be incorporated
onto the recovery disks make by Warp. An interesting side note -
when WPSBkup restores a desktop 

configuration, it deletes ALL desktops it can find. In other words,
if you have had to install OS/2 over a previous version due to
a crash, and now have multiple desktop directories, this program
can get rid of them safely! WPSBkup is available on 

[*]Hobbes .  
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[*]Fixes, Patches and CSD's 

We hear tell that there is a new CSD available for Warp Red Box,
which 

will bring it up to the code level of Warp Fullpack. There is
no official announcement from IBM as far as we have seen, but one
should be coming soon. This CSD would be available from the normal
distribution sites.  
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TO/2 Newsletter - OS/2 Info -8/95[IMAGE]

OS/2 Information 

- ->[IMAGE][*]OS/2 BBS List 
- ->[IMAGE][*]OS/2 Echoes and Mailing Lists 
- ->[IMAGE][*]Vendors 
- ->[IMAGE][*]Books 
- ->[IMAGE][*]Team OS/2 

[IMAGE]
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[*]Return to Table of Contents 

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[*]OS/2 BBS List 

Local BBS' for OS/2 Users: 

- ->IBM BBS 
- ->905-316-4255 

- ->ONE LESS CAR 
- ->416-480-0147 

- ->Detached Process 
- ->416-447-9260 

- ->ATI Technologies 
- ->905-764-9404 

- ->World's Biggest Bookstore 
- ->416-240-8056 

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[*]OS/2 Echoes and Mailing Lists 

Echoes and Mailing lists: 

- ------------------------------ PREFORMATTED -------------------------------

 BBS:
    FIDONET:  OS2 ; OS2GAMES ; TOROS2 ; TEAMOS2
    NANET:    OS2 ; IBM
    ibmNET:   OS2SIG ; OS2SE ; IBMGENERAL

 USENET:
    comp.os.os2.*
    comp.os.os2.announce
    comp.os.os2.advocacy

 MAILING LISTS:
    TEAMOS2-L - subscribe via LISTSERV@hearn.nic.surfnet.nl
    TEAMOS2HELP-L - subscribe via LISTSERV@hearn.nic.surfnet.nl

 WWW:
    TeamOS/2 Toronto: Home Page
      http://www.teamos2.org/
    Computer Paper
      http://www.wimsey.com/tcp
    TORONTO COMPUTES!
      http://www.io.org/~tcbang
    International Business Machines
      http://www.ibm.com/
    WATCHCAT program info
      http://www.uni-passau.de/~normann/watchcat.html
    OS/2 Northwest UG
      http://www.halcyon.com/os2_northwest/os2nw.html
    PNWOS/2UG: (Maintained by Ward Kaatz
      http://www.halcyon.com/pnwos2ug/pnwos2ug.html
    Stupid OS/2 Tricks, release #4
      http://index.almaden.ibm.com/nonibm/tricks/tricks.html
    One Less Car - Cycling the Web
      http://www.ismcan.com/
    U.S.S. Voyager: Sickbay
      http://voyager.paramount.com/
    Novell Inc. World Wide Web Homepage
      http://www.novell.com/
    The OS/2 Shareware BBS
      http://www.os2bbs.com/
    Mid-Atlantic OS/2 User Group, Va Beach, VA
      http://www.pinn.net/~reaper/maos2ug.html
    OS/2 Northwest BBS Home Page
      http://www.os2nw.inetnw.com/
    OS/2 WarpFlash Archives
      http://www.iceonline.com/home/duncans/warpflash.html
    NetWarp
      http://www.iceonline.com/home/duncans/default.html
    PSM EMEA Device Driver Repository Description
      http://www.europe.ibm.com/getdoc/psmemea/progserv/device/
    Below Zero/2
      http://www.wimsey.com/PacificaBlue/belowzero/index.html
    Internet Direct's *official* WWW Server
      http://www.indirect.com/
    World Wide Web FAQ
      http://sunsite.unc.edu/boutell/faq/www_faq.html
    The Berkeley OS/2 Users' Group Home Page
      http://warp.eecs.berkeley.edu/os2
    Inside OS/2 - January 1995
      http://www.cobb.ziff.com/~cobb/os2/
    Raj's OS/2 Urbana-Champaign AREA HOME PAGE
      http://www.teamos2.org/~rsingh
    IBM BookManager BookServer Library
      http://books.ibmlink.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr/bookmgr.cmd/library
    The Kawartha Computer Club
      http://knet.flemingc.on.ca/~csilvest/the-kcc.html
    IBM Education & Training home page
      http://www.edu.ibm.com/canada

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[*]OS/2 Vendors 

We a presently working on a local OS/2 Vendor list, which should
be 

available in a future newsletter. In the meantime, you can contact[*]
House of Technology, who are still dealing directly with consumers.

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[*]OS/2 Books 

As with the vendors, we are trying to come up with a list and
brief 

review of the books available for OS/2, and especially Warp. Please watch
this page for more info.  
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[*]Team OS/2 

The biggest thing to hit local Teamers this year was Comdex which 

took place in July. We will have more info for your in next month's issue! If
you wish to tell us about a Teamer event, either before or after 

it happens, send e-mail to the editor at the link below.  
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TO/2 Newsletter - Details - 8/95[IMAGE]

Details and Legals 

- ->[IMAGE][*]This Month's Contributors 
- ->[IMAGE][*]Request for Contributors 
- ->[IMAGE][*]Request for Sponsors/Advertising 
- ->[IMAGE][*]Disclaimer/Copyrights 

[IMAGE]
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[*]This Month's Contributors 

This month we'd like to thank Thomas King of Winnipeg. Thomas
was at 

Comdex this year, and came to the TO/2 user's group meeting during
some downtime. Luckily for him it was worthwhile - he won the draw
for the Arawak CD. As we are now asking all winners, Thomas submitted
his review for us very quickly, and for that we are grateful. Enjoy
the disc, Thomas! Again we'd like to thank Terry Hamilton for providing
a lot of the 

news that you see in the NL. Terry, while doing his own contract
work, always has time to ensure that the NL gets it's stuff. And,
as always, thanks to Martin Moran for putting together the NL,

digesting the items, and formatting it for the web. We hope you
enjoy this web page! 

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[*]Request for Contributors 

The TO/2 newsletter is always willing to accept contributions,

especially from its own members. This newsletter can really take
off with your help, and the Executive would really appreciate any contributions.
If you wish to submit something, mail it to[*]Martin Moran.
This means anything, including product releases that you grab from
the 'net to little reviews you do about a utility you find valuable.
As an aside, we have already been contacted by a few members who
have 

prepared something for submission. Way to go, guys, and keep it coming.

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[*]Request for Sponsor/Advertising 

TO/2 is always looking for OS/2 centric companies to come and 

demonstrate their products. Any product demonstrated at TO/2 will
have a review in the newsletter following the presentation. For
more information, please contact[*]Terry Hamilton, TO/2 President.

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[*]Disclaimer/Copyrights 

All standard disclaimers apply. All products mentioned, with their 

accompanying symbols and trademarks, are the properties of their manufacturers.
All trademarks are the property of the registered owners. The
views of this newsletter in NO WAY reflect the views of IBM, unless
otherwise stated. Any information about product releases and dates
should be taken to be information released into the public domain.
Any information that is provided here may have been obtained via
the internet, and as such should not necessarily be taken as true
and correct. This document is[IMAGE]The Toronto OS/2 User's group
and Martin Moran. No reproduction, in any form, is allowed without
express written consent. The Toronto OS/2 User's Group takes no
responsibility for any information located in links to other HTML pages
and/or other internet locations that some may find offensive.
The Toronto OS/2 User's Group takes no responsibility for the
length of this disclaimer. No MicroSoft employees were harmed
during the creation of this document (we'll try harder next month.)
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[*]Martin Moran Editor, Toronto OS/2 User's Group Newsletter
snooker@interlog.com
72713,63 (CompuServe)

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