NOVEMBER 1986 Welcome to PC PURSUIT CONNECTION - the new name for the PC Pursuit newsletter. The winner of the name contest was ROGER DAVIS of Los Angeles, CA. Roger will receive a $25 credit on his next month's PC Pursuit bill. Thanks again for the many entries to the contest! HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS ISSUE NEW BBSLIST! ------------------------- -------------- * 11 New cities announced Check the On-line User Guide * How to log on to Telenet at at 800-835-3001 for an updated 8-N-1 list of BBS's in the PC Pursuit * How to access Exec-PC BBS metro areas. * Improved User Instructions * Questions/Answers 11 NEW CITIES TO BE ADDED !! ----------------------------- Yes - we listened to your numerous requests and are now expanding the service areas for PC Pursuit to include the following cities -- 503 PORTLAND 813 TAMPA 305 MIAMI 408 SAN JOSE 818 GLENDALE 612 MINNEAPOLIS 602 PHOENIX 216 CLEVELAND 801 SALT LAKE CITY 414 MILWAUKEE 919 RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK These cities should be added to the PC Pursuit service no later than 12/31/86. This will bring the total PC Pursuit service areas to 25 -- which include the top PC markets from across the U.S., and provides you long-distance access to 42% of the entire installed PC market in the U.S. And there are already plans underway for many additional cities to be added throughout 1987. In addition, another capacity expansion is underway to handle increased traffic in the existing 14 PC Pursuit cities. Check the User Guide BBS for the latest info on when each new city is expanded. IMPROVED USER INSTRUCTIONS NUMBERS TO CALL FOR INFO/HELP ---------------------------- ------------------------------- Enclosed is a copy of the new (800) 835-3001 - On-line BBS and improved user instructions User Guide (24 hrs) for PC Pursuit. You may find the Network Messages section (800) TELENET - PC Pursuit info, especially helpful. registrations (voice, 8-5pm) (800) 336-0437 - Customer Service SPOTLIGHT ON USERS ******************** DOUG AZZARITO - DR. FILE FINDER - Doug is a technology Dr. File Finder has become a consultant, currently doing famous name on thousands of BBS's several projects for IBM across America -- and he is truly at their Boca Raton hdqtrs. on of the best assets to the ever We first met Doug from his helpful popular Public Domain. We at E-mail responses to other Pursuit Telenet are extremely appreciative users on the Net-Exchange BBS of this famous wire wanderer's (available at 703-689-3561), and we October contribution to PC Pursuit said to ourselves -- we've got to meet with his trend BBS listing. Keep this guy! So Cliff arranged a trip to your modem's ear on the wire for Florida, where he met with Doug and future diagnosis from the Doctor. also spoke to the local Boca User Hats off to Dr. File Finder! Group. Doug continues to provide excellent tech support to PC Pursuit users on the Net-Exchange, and he is an avid PC Pursuit enthusiast (he has 6 PC's at his home, last time we checked). Thanks Doug ! HOW TO LOG ON TO TELENET AT 8-N-1 ------------------------------------- You can now log on to Telenet at 8 data, 1 stop bit, and no parity. Simply do the following -- 1) Set your PC comm parameters to 8-N-1, then dial your local Telenet number. 2) Once connected, enter (cr) D (cr) 3) At the TERMINAL = prompt, enter D1 (cr) (Previously you probably called in at 7-E-1 and entered (cr) (cr) to log on). This ability to log on at 8-N-1 makes it easier for file transfers since you do not have to switch parameters settings once you are connected to the BBS you called. Also, if you have a problem with no echo or double-echo of characters, you probably need to change the duplex. You can change the duplex either with your PC software, or at the @ sign, you can type FULL or HALF (cr), whichever is needed. HOW TO ACCESS THE EXEC-PC BBS IN MILWAUKEE ------------------------------------------------ In September, we set up a unique access method to a BBS in Milwaukee called EXEC-PC, a multi-port system that has many many megs of files. The EXEC-PC BBS has been modified to connect directly to Telenet at pre-specified ports and then await connections from PC Pursuit callers. This new enhancement to PC Pursuit is still in the test stages, but you are welcome to give it a try! Indeed, you may see the exciting potential this enhancement has, since it means that many other BBS's in ANY of Telenet's hundreds of cities could be connected up to Telenet and then await connections from PC Pursuit users. If you have a BBS or know of a BBS that would be interested in possibly setting up a connection arrangement similar to this (ie. EXEC-PC), call the PC Pursuit On-line User Guide and leave a message to the sysop, with your name and day and evening phone numbers. The steps to access EXEC-PC: 1) Access through PC Pursuit is available weekdays from 5pm to 8am CST and from 5pm Friday to 8am Monday morning CST. 2) Call your local Telenet number, get to the @ sign. 3) Enter 41419.33,YOUR ID (cr) (or 41419.35, .36, or .38) 4) At Password = Enter password (cr) 5) When you see 41419.3x CONNECTED, press (cr) several times and you will see that you are logged on to Exec-PC. NOTE: If you want to do Xmodem or other 8-bit file transfers, then be sure to log on to Telenet (step 2) at 8-N-1. See explanation above. Then you will want to give some specific port parameter settings to the Telenet port you are connected to. When you see the 41419.3x CONNECTED message, then -- a) Enter @ (cr) to escape to Telenet command mode b) Enter SET? 1:0,2:0,4:2,7:8,10:0,0:0,57:1,63:0 (cr) c) You will see the settings redisplayed... d) Then at the @, Enter CONT (cr), with several (cr)'s to continue the log-on to EXEC-PC. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ---------------------------- 1) THE NET-EXCHANGE BBS IS A GOOD BBS TO GET/SEND INFO WITH OTHER PC PURSUIT USERS -- BUT IT IS OFTEN BUSY. WHAT CAN I DO? ANS: We are working on a multi-port system to allow more users to access the Net-Exchange. Hope to have it operational in January, maybe sooner. 2) CAN I USE VOICE ACROSS PC PURSUIT? ANS: Telenet is for DATA communications only. Telenet is a part of US SPRINT, and we recommend SPRINT service for your voice long-distance needs (call 800-521-4949). You will nonetheless see more integration of voice and data service coming from US SPRINT as a result of our new joint-venture. 3) I HAVE FRIENDS IN RICHMOND, VA. AND PROVIDENCE, R.I. WILL PC PURSUIT EVER PROVIDE OUTDIAL SERVICE TO THOSE AREAS? ANS: Yes. Telenet Engineering is developing a method to enable all U.S. Telenet cities to be bi-directional in dialing. That is, calls could be made FROM any Telenet city TO any Telenet city. That is to be THE ultimate PC Pursuit service - with access to and from thousands of cities!! Hope to have this available by year end 1987. In the mean while, we will grow PC Pursuit from 14 to 25 to 50 cities, etc. 4) WHEN IS 2400 BPS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE WITH PC PURSUIT? ANS: Originally, it was to be available this fall '86. Development delays now have deployment scheduled for 1st Qtr 1987. We will give you an update in the next newsletter. TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ? COMING IN THE NEXT ISSUE ..... Call the NET-EXCHANGE BBS at * Helps with uploads (703) 689-3561 for some good messages from/to other PC * Best of BBS -- tips and comments Pursuit users and also to ask from other users. questions to the PC Pursuit team. Questions are read and * Telenet SET commands - how to responded to at least weekly alter port parameter settings on that BBS and it is a great place to exchange good info * Exciting news on how you can about other BBS's accessible promote your product or service through PC Pursuit. or BBS to other PC Pursuit users. The NET-EXCHANGE BBS can also be accessed through the PC Pursuit 202 area at 689-3561. ---------------------------------- This second edition of the newsletter comes out later than we had hoped due to the extensive trips we have taken to spread the word about PC Pursuit. Our staff is now increasing and we have made it our goal to keep a newsletter coming to you at least every 2 months. During the last four weeks, we travelled to Atlanta, Boca Raton, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston and Nashua, N.H. where we made presentations about PC Pursuit to such User Groups as the Boca Raton IBM Group, the Atlanta Apple Group, and the Boston Computer Society IBM Group. Telenet also participated in the Northeast Computer Faire recently in Boston. (It is interesting that about 75% of people in User Groups are modem users -- a very receptive audience indeed for the benefits of PC Pursuit). Additionally, PC Pursuit continues to get excellent press coverage - with recent articles on the front page of USA TODAY, INFOWORLD, MACUSER, MACAZINE, WALL STREET COMPUTER REVIEW, BOSTON HERALD, and a live radio interview with KING radio in Seattle on their Northwest Computer Review show. Throughout 1987, Telenet will also attend several other User Group meetings and trade shows (ie. the West Coast Computer Faire in S.F. in March). If you would like a presentation/demo of PC Pursuit to be given to your User Group, please contact Telenet at 800-TELENET and let us know!