FARGO IBM PC USER GROUP NEWSLETTER JULY, 1987 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Users Group Information---------------------------------------------------1 Users Group Meeting Notes-------------------------------------------------1 Hardware: GLA 286 Computer------------------------------------------------1 Without Loren--Where To From Here?----------------------------------------2 Game: Snipes--------------------------------------------------------------4 Bits and Pieces-----------------------------------------------------------5 Editor's Screen-----------------------------------------------------------5 Proposed Constitution-----------------------------------------------------7 Uploads June 87-----------------------------------------------------------9 Parting Remarks: Loren Jones---------------------------------------------14 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Users Group --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meetings are free to the public and new computer owners are encouraged to attend. The Fargo IBM-PC Users Group meets the third Monday of every month at 7:00 p.m. Our current meeting place is the classroom located in Bethany Homes, 201 University Drive South, Fargo. Meetings are free to the public and new computer owners are encouraged to attend. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Want to join?? For an annual fee of $12 you receive our Newsletter, access to our disk library, and copies of IBM's own users group magazine Exchange. Group members also qualify for occasional discount purchases offered by supporting merchants. You can make your check out to Fargo IBM-PC Users Group and either bring it to a meeting or send it to Loren. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- USER GROUP OFFICERS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- President.........................Loren Jones Vice-President..................James Grettum Librarian......................Calvin Paulson Newsletter Ed......................Jim Levitt Treasurer.........................Loren Jones --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address: Box 9121, Fargo ND 58109 Newsletter: Box 97, Wolverton, MN 56594 User Group Information: 1-701-232-3332 RBBS-PC of Fargo Public Line: 1-701-293-5973 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEETING NOTES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- June Meeting. The June meeting featured a look at music synthesis courtesy of Eric Stranjord. Thanks, Eric, for helping out again! July. Besides bidding Loren farewell, we will demonstrate voice synthesis hardware for the PC. August. Everybody uses word processors. This month we'll demonstrate some of the most popular packages. Also scheduled is a short re- organizational meeting. September. New User Month! Bring a friend. We'll focus on tips and utilities that ease the pain of using DOS. We will also make available the best in Shareware. October. Utility programs abound. We will look at the best of the best. Make handling files, disk space, and your screen more effective. 1 Fargo IBM PC User's Group Newsletter -- July 1987 -- Page 2 November. White elephant month--if you've hardware or software, or accessories you would like to buy, sell, or swap--this is your month. We hope to have a few odds and ends to sell on behalf of the user group, too. We also plan to look at some recreational type things you can do with your computer. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- HARDWARE: GLA 286 AT Computer --------------------------------------------------------------------------- As prices fall, local computer dealers market more elaborate generic computers. Though most continue to offer machines from major manufacturers, they recognize the market for Asian compatibles. Red River Computers now sells a compact 8-slot 80286 AT style system. The standard GLA package (distributed by Gerrells, Light, and Associates) comes with the following components standard: --640K RAM --180 watt power supply --Parallel/Serial connector (you select either 9 or 25 pin serial) --360K floppy disk drive --Amber or green flat-screen Samsug Monochrome monitor with tilt/swivel base --Hercules compatible monochrome graphics video board --Floppy disk controller --Western Digital hard disk controller --20 Mb Seagate hard disk --101-Key keyboard (separate arrow keys, horizontal function keys along top, PC/AT switchable) --DTK Bios (dated 1/16/87) --6 or 8 MHz operation --Room for 4 half-height storage devices --Microsoft DOS 3.2 + BASIC --One year parts & labor warranty --Price for all the above = $2495 Standard. As the list above indicates, the GLA 286 package offers you everything but application software and a printer. This base configuration gives you more than most mail-order packages, which usually omit parallel and serial ports in their advertised prices. Most systems charge extra for DOS as well. What's Different? Does the GLA 286 offer any distinctive features? If anything is unique about this machine, it's the size. The GLA 286 is no bigger than an IBM-XT. In this respect, it shares more in common with IBM's XT-286 than with the AT. Like the AT, it offers 8 slots, five of which are empty in the standard configuration. It also offers space for four disk drives. Like the XT-286, it accepts add-on boards that must be shorter in height than many after-market products. Whenever a manufacturer trims the box, something disappears. Usually it's bays for disk drives and/or expansion slots. The GLA 286 compromised in board height. I'd rather mess with a larger system unit than worry about the dimensions of the next circuit board I purchase. For an additional $250, Red River will sell you an identical machine with a taller chassis, a 1.2 Mb floppy (instead of 360K) and 6-10 MHz operation (instead of 6-8). Options. You can obtain the GLA 286 configured to your wishes. You can change the video to EGA. [CGA is dead in my book.] You can opt for 3-1/2" 720K floppy drives. You can start with a 40Mb hard disk and/or tape backup. Operation. The amber monochrome screen and video adapter worked well together. No flicker. The keyboard I tried was not the enhanced model 2 Fargo IBM PC User's Group Newsletter -- July 1987 -- Page 3 sold with the system, so I can't evaluate the feel. Most clone keyboards I've tried this year have negligible differences. I suspect if I were given a blindfold test I couldn't tell them apart. I liked the LED light on the system unit that told me when I was in turbo (8 MHz) mode. The JVC floppy drive and the hard disk operated quietly. The application programs I tried didn't hang. (The more recent BIOS machines seem to have little software problems anymore.) Summary. The GLA 286 is what IBM's XT-286 should have been. It offers more slots and more storage space than IBM's product, and includes DOS 3.2 in the purchase price. Despite this machine's fine performance, I wouldn't buy one myself. Though I suspect most board manufacturers using surface mounted technology no longer need old AT height on their circuit boards, I'd rather not restrict myself with a shorter chassis--not, at least, until shorter boards become standard. My reluctance also relates to the price of the system. If I guess the relative value of some of the components correctly, the computer seems overpriced for an Asian clone. Subtract about $100 for DOS, $235 for the video board and monitor, $430 for the hard disk, and $80 for P/S card. What's left? A 360K floppy AT running at 8 MHz for $1650. At that price I'd expect at least a 10 MHz machine with 1 Mb of RAM on the motherboard and a 1.2 Mb floppy disk drive--features offered on Computer Associate's generic AT compatible. The unit still has a better price/performance ratio than IBM's AT--but so do most other compatible systems. It's worth looking at if you want a generic AT backed by the experienced service of a solid retailer. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Without Loren--Where To From Here? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you're like me, you felt a bit sick when you learned that our founder and president is off to pursue his special mix of law and computers in the Windy City. Such a change naturally causes some anxiety for those of us who have grown dependent upon Loren's leadership. What impact will his departure have on our group and its future? In an attempt to answer that question, the officers of the group have been meeting together regularly to lay plans for the future. Here is a summary of the key issues we've discussed: RBBS PC of FARGO. Technically, the bulletin board has never been operated by the user group; rather it has functioned in conjunction with the user group. Since Loren has been in charge of both, the distinction has often been overlooked. In an effort to separate the user group from the bulletin board, Jim Grettum and Mark Ugelstad have arranged with Loren to take over the operation of RBBS-PC of FARGO as a joint business venture. Current subscriptions will be honored. Renewals and new subscriptions will be paid to RBBS-PC of FARGO and not to the user group. Subscribers will be able to subscribe to RBBS-PC of FARGO or RBBS-PC of CHICAGO for $24 annually. Anyone wishing to have subscription status on both boards need pay only $36 annually. RBBS-PC & User Group. RBBS-PC of FARGO will function independently of the Fargo IBM-PC Users Group. The two will cooperate with one another, however. Our user group library will have access to uploads and information available through RBBS-PC of FARGO. In exchange we will contribute the basic line charge for the public node ($18/month) and offer information about the bulletin board in our newsletter--just as we do today. User group members should notice no difference on a day to day basis. 3 Fargo IBM PC User's Group Newsletter -- July 1987 -- Page 4 RBBS Hardware. RBBS-PC of FARGO is purchasing its own equipment to enable it to operate with one public and one private line, offering an initial 70-80 Mb of storage. Jim Grettum plans to add other nodes as funds permit. He is currently streamlining the 3,000+ files by removing duplicate files and outdated versions of shareware and public domain software. User Group Organization. Unbeknownst to many, the user group has never been officially incorporated. The officers feel this transition is a good time to become a bit more organized--especially since none of them can devote the herculean efforts that Loren did. We propose the creation of a board of directors, to be elected annually from the membership of the user's group. This board would appoint to annual terms of office a president, vice-president, secretary treasurer, and any other officers necessary for the user group. These appointees would include members of the board of directors and other volunteers. What You Can Do! You will find a proposed set of by-laws in this newsletter. Our goal has been to put something down on paper that is simple and flexible. The last thing we want to do is insert a layer of bureaucracy into the informal atmosphere of our users group. We seek to share responsibilities in an organized way. Please look over the document and jot down any modifications you would recommend. We hope to adopt this at next month's meeting. Your input is vital if we are to clarify our goals and understand your needs as users. We seek to structure future meetings so that both the novice and those technically inclined will benefit. We value your ideas in incorporating variety and balance into the long-range planning of our monthly meetings. If you would consider a place of leadership (on the board or as an officer); or if you know someone who would accept responsibility (and have received their consent first) please let one of the officers know so that we can prepare (1) a ballot for the board of directors election next month and (2) a slate of willing volunteers for user group officers. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Game: Snipes --------------------------------------------------------------------------- As a rule, I don't find too many games addictive. Snipes is an exception. Snipes is one of those games that will make your fingers ache and give your keyboard a real workout at the same time. Snipes comes as a 20K ARC file (SNIPES.ARC), containing 5 separate game files. Play. The game does not come with instructions, so I had to learn by trial and error. There may be elements of the game I haven't yet discovered, but this is a summary of what I know so far. You control a snipe-hunter using the arrow keys. By pressing the keys individually or in combinations you can move him horizontally, vertically, or diagonally through the maze. With your other hand you use the A-S-D-W keys to shoot at the snipes and their nests. You can press two keys simultaneously for a diagonal shot. The object of the game is to destroy the snipes, which emerge from three or more nests. As you increase the difficulty of play, you increase the breeding time of the snipes, giving you more to shoot and more that can destroy you. (Snipes shoot arrows at you.) If you want to win, you must go for the nests. Once they are destroyed, you can run through the maze and hunt down the remaining snipes. As long as one nest is intact, it will breed snipes up to a number dictated by the level of play you select. Difficulty. 234 levels of play range from A1 to Z9. As the levels of difficulty increase, not only do the snipes breed faster, they become more 4 Fargo IBM PC User's Group Newsletter -- July 1987 -- Page 5 difficult to kill. At level D certain snipes require two shots to kill. At level M your snipe-hunter dies if he runs into a wall. At level 9 the number of snipes is set to 150. They reproduce as fast as you can kill them, and you must destroy their nests before the number will drop below 150. Hint. Fortunately, the snipes are somewhat dumb. They detect your presence even if you are on the other side of a wall and attempt to shoot you. Their arrows cannot penetrate the wall, but they do kill each other, and even the nests. If you can safely park near a nest full of them, you can get them to save you the trouble of destroying it in their frantic attempt to get at you. Even so, it will take skill and patience to work from number 1 to 9--even on the first three levels. No information was given in the ARC file regarding the author or source of the game. We assume it is public domain. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BITS AND PIECES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some of the programs on the Bulletin Board and in the User Group library are surprisingly useful, others are "buggy." We'll use this column to quickly mention some of the programs and their features and/or failings. PMAP126.ARC is designed to show what programs are loaded into RAM and what space each occupies. Not all of the display is readable with my system--some of the output is garbage characters. DSS.ARC is a duplicate upload of a 1984 file called SPACEWAR.ARC. REPEATS.COM is a PC-Magazine utility that searches your hard (or floppy) disk for files which have identical names. It will print to screen a list of these files, their locations, and the size and date of their creation. A good way to use this handy utility is to send the output to a text file. For example, you may type: REPEATS > DOUBLE.DOC to create a document with the duplicate file information. BAKRDOZN.ARC is Jim Button's thirteen utility programs--"Baker's Dozen" as he calls them. We hope to take a look at this package in a future issue. PCUTIL01.ARC contains volume one of the utilities from PC-Magazine that they recently distributed in conjunction with renewed subscriptions. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDITOR'S SCREEN --------------------------------------------------------------------------- It was doomed from the start. I could tell when I walked in the store. Blue Chip PC's at Target, that is. It's not that the Blue Chip is a poor computer. For the price, it remains a very good value. Even paying full retail, you get a six-slot single drive system with graphics card, monochrome monitor, and DOS 3.2 for $688. In this case, the problem is the marketing. Target has discontinued the machine for a number of reasons. The most significant, in my way of thinking, lies in a lack of user support. Though a customer could walk out with a PC computer at a home computer price, there was never anyone to turn to once the machine passed through the checkout lane. Experienced users or buyers with knowledgeable friends found this lack of support to be no problem. Those who have the patience to dissect manuals fared ok too. But the typical low-end user, being high in expectations and low in patience, must have found the experience rather dreadful. The Target bureaucracy would have nothing to do with the user group. But then, we don't fit in with marketing Big Bird sneakers and two-pound 5 Fargo IBM PC User's Group Newsletter -- July 1987 -- Page 6 bags of M&M's. I can't help but suspect there was more profit in these machines than in tennis shoes or candy. Maybe not. So what? The Target incident seems to underscore the axiom that computers are best sold by someone who understands them. Though some may be commodity priced, it's unlikely that general merchandisers will ever do well with PC's--no matter how cheap. A retailer who is not computer literate ought not sell a PC to a buyer who is also not computer literate. Computer dealers who know their products need not fear loosing many sales to general merchandisers. The American consumer still needs all the help he can get! 6 PROPOSED CONSTITUTION Name The name of this organization shall be the Fargo IBM-PC Users Group. Purpose 1. This organization exists for the purpose of assisting the users of personal computers and related systems to better understand and utilize computer technology. 2. This assistance shall take the form of providing: A. Education for both novice and experienced users related to computer hardware and software implementation. B. Information distribution through monthly meetings, printed material, demonstrations, and electronic media. Membership 1. Membership shall be offered to anyone interested in personal computers. Any applicant acquires membership status by paying annual dues as set by the board of directors. 2. Membership qualifies an individual to: A. Purchase disks containing public domain and "Shareware" programs from the user group library at minimal cost. B. Obtain literature produced by the user group and/or made available through the user group by IBM and other vendors. C. Share in discounts on hardware and software that are extended to user group members by vendors. D. Vote for candidates to the board of directors. Meetings 1. Informational meetings A. The users group shall schedule regular monthly meetings for training and exchange of information open to user group members and the general public. B. Additional meetings may be scheduled at the discretion of the board of directors. 2. Annual business meeting A. Annually, during the September informational meeting, the users group shall elect at least three and no more than five members to serve a one year term on the board of directors. B. Candidates for the board of directors must hold membership in the users group during six consecutive months immediately prior to their nomination. C. Business meetings shall be conducted in accordance with the latest edition of Robert's Rules of Order unless otherwise specified in these by-laws. No quorum shall be necessary. Board of Directors 1. The board of directors have administrative oversight over the affairs of the users group. They are responsible for planning, policy, and financial management of the users group. 2. They are to appoint from their number and/or the general membership officers to carry out the functions outlined below. Officers 1. President: The president serves as the public spokesman for the user group. He oversees the monthly meetings when possible and works with volunteers from the users group to provide training and information exchange to the membership. 2. Vice-President: The vice-president assists the president in planning, scheduling, and conducting the meetings of the users group. 7 3. Secretary-Treasurer: The secretary-treasurer oversees the income and expenditures of the user group. He is to provide a fiscal report at the annual business meeting or upon request by the board of directors. He shall keep records relating to membership and payment of dues. 4. Other Officers: The board of directors shall have authority to appoint such other officers as may be deemed appropriate from the membership of the users group. This may include, for example, a group librarian, program chairman, SIG leader, newsletter editor, etc., Affiliation The Fargo IBM-PC Users Group is an autonomous organization not connected with any retail or business organization. IBM is a trademark of International Business Machines and is used in the group name only to designate the family of computers and operating systems with which the users group is involved. 8 RBBS-PC OF FARGO JUNE UPLOADS Page 9 COMMUNICATIONS ================================================================ XTALK35.ARC 512 06-03-87 Remove copywrite text from Crosstalk 3.5 001 PIBT32S4.ARC 96088 06-06-87 Pascal source to PIBTERM 3.2 Part 4 of 4 001 PIBT32S3.ARC 95537 06-06-87 Pascal source to PIBTERM 3.2 Part 3 of 4 001 PIBT32S1.ARC 95018 06-06-87 Pascal source to PIBTERM 3.2 Part 1 of 4 001 NYWORD22.ARC 208896 06-16-87 New York Word word processor ver. 2.2 001 DSZ0618.ARC 43008 06-19-87 6-18 Release of the Zmodem program. 001 QCALL.ARC 20480 06-23-87 Analyze Qmodem SST log files for call info!001 CLEANLOG.ARC 13312 06-23-87 Cleanup/Compres Qmodem SST logs! Great. 001 ZDOC0529.ARC 9216 06-23-87 Excellent docs. on DSZ Zmodem releases. 001 MLINK11.ARC 34816 06-23-87 MegaLink external file transfer protocol. 001 USBBS37A.ARC 34816 06-24-87 Darwin's Nat'l list of BBS for 6-14-87 001 BOYAN-D2.ARC 194560 06-25-87 Boyan's latest comm pgm VG! 001 WORD PROCESSING/EDITORS ======================================================= RESUME.ARC 18432 06-19-87 Aid in resume preparation 002 NYWPRT22.ARC 40960 06-20-87 NEW YORK WORD v2.2 printer utilities 002 WP-MACRO.ARC 34889 06-24-87 Nice set of WordPerfect macros w/ doc 002 WPHELP.ARC 35840 06-24-87 Extra help for WordPerfect users 002 TECHPRNT.ARC 68736 06-28-87 Utility to put ESC codes, etc into text 002 DATABASE MANAGEMENT ==================================================================== NEWHEAD.ARC 14464 06-10-87 Reconstructs damaged dBASE III/III+ headers003 BAR.ARC 1536 06-10-87 Generate a 'status bar' in dBASE III/III+ 003 BARGRAF.ARC 2432 06-10-87 Generate a bar graph in dBASE III/III+ 003 DSCAR20.ARC 62592 06-16-87 Public Domain Version of DFLOW - SUPER! 003 EDUCATIONAL ========================================================================== ELECTRON.ARC 173136 06-06-87 A large collection of electronics formulas 004 STRESS.EXE 27648 06-12-87 How well do you handle stress? 004 9 RBBS-PC OF FARGO JUNE UPLOADS Page 10 SPELLBEE.ARC 20224 06-17-87 Spelling exercises for kids 004 123GO.ARC 19456 06-17-87 Math teaching game for pre-school to elem. 004 FINANCE/PRODUCTIVITY =================================================================== PC-ACCT3.ARC 56320 06-06-87 PC Accounting package part 3 of 3 005 PC-ACCT2.ARC 63488 06-06-87 PC Accounting package part 2 of 3 005 PC-ACCT1.ARC 61440 06-06-87 PC Accounting package part 1 of 3 005 MYGL112.ARC 118784 06-17-87 MyGL v1.12-Nice general ledger prgm w/tutor005 LANGUAGES/PROGRAMMING ================================================================== A86V304U.ARC 23168 06-01-87 Upgrade A86 v3.0x to 3.04 007 ADVC11.ARC 14336 06-01-87 C subroutine library 007 TC-LIB.ARC 6144 06-10-87 Lib utility w/source for Turbo C 007 XINU.ARC 56320 06-13-87 "C" Source code for XINU Operating System 007 BWTOOL01.ARC 30848 06-17-87 Window Tools for QuickBASIC 007 TCSEARCH.ARC 2176 06-19-87 Directory search routine in Turbo C w src 007 UNDOC.QB 2560 06-19-87 Undoc'ed ms quickbasic switches 007 X68000.ARC 102912 06-21-87 MC68000 Cross Compiler for 8088 assembler 007 DLLIB.ARC 148480 06-27-87 C library for Datalight C Compiler 007 TCXREF.ARC 13312 06-27-87 Cross Reference Utility for Turbo C 007 OOPS.ARC 640 06-30-87 Recover BASIC prog lost by return to system007 MUSIC/POSTERS/GRAPHICS ================================================================= NAUTILUS.ARC 1280 06-01-87 Nautilus Color ANSI Logo & Laser Disk Info.008 EGADEMO5.ARC 81536 06-28-87 EGA demonstration, requires 256k video ram 008 UNPROTECTS/PATCHES ============================================================ DM501.UNP 3456 06-12-87 Diagram Master v5.01 unprotect 009 IBMASS'T.UNP 7296 06-12-87 Unprotect IBM Ass't programs 009 DIAGRM50.UNP 1024 06-12-87 Unprotect Diagram Master v5.0 009 TURBCPAT.ARC 12288 06-25-87 Borland's patches to Turbo C (to date). 009 10 RBBS-PC OF FARGO JUNE UPLOADS Page 11 GAMES/ENTERTAINMENT ==================================================================== SQ1-SOL.ARC 19456 06-08-87 Step-by-step solution to Space Quest 010 SUPRNOVA.ARC 198351 06-09-87 *Supernova space adventure game - Good! 010 CODEBLUE.ARC 73472 06-15-87 Area code helper/must have for the office 010 DOTS.ARC 44032 06-17-87 Interactive Connect-the-Dots game 010 BANDIT.ARC 26624 06-19-87 Unno armmed bannddiitt 010 SAILING.ARC 59392 06-20-87 *Very Nice Sailing Game 010 CHOMPS.ARC 36736 06-26-87 Pacman game with 4 different mazes 010 UTILITIES-GENERAL ====================================================================== ARCA127.ARC 12288 06-01-87 New with greater speed and compression. 011 ARCE30F.ARC 11264 06-01-87 Fixes a bug in the /G of previous release. 011 ASC.ARC 2048 06-03-87 Pop up ASCII table from PC MAG Vol6 No 5 011 TIMEIT.ARC 7040 06-04-87 Times the execution of commands 011 DESKTEAM.ARC 130944 06-09-87 Desktop organizer like Sidekick 011 CHARS.ARC 13568 06-10-87 View/Find all 256 chars w/ hex & decimal 011 FC20HPGM.ARC 169984 06-17-87 FANSI-CONSOLE Programs 011 FC20HDOC.ARC 140800 06-17-87 FANSI-CONSOLE Doc 011 PCUTIL01.ARC 71680 06-18-87 PC-Magazine Utilities Disk Volume 1 011 EE2.ARC 5376 06-19-87 Full Screen Environmental Editor 011 CHIMES.ARC 19712 06-19-87 Westminster bell chimes w/clock 011 CMOS.ARC 3072 06-20-87 Save AT CMOS settings for easy setup-VG! 011 VMX.ARC 16384 06-20-87 Visual memory map displays mem allocation 011 LISTUSER.ARC 21504 06-21-87 List users on Novell network 011 DISKBUFF.ARC 22528 06-24-87 Find the best # of buffers for your system.011 TSRSRC22.ARC 75776 06-25-87 Kim Kokkonen's TSR utils + source code 011 FASTBAT.ARC 2432 06-26-87 Speed up batch file operations 011 BAKRDOZN.ARC 248747 06-29-87 Button's "Baker's Dozen" utilities v1.0 011 11 RBBS-PC OF FARGO JUNE UPLOADS Page 12 UTILITIES-KEYBOARD ============================================================ KBFIX3.ARC 14336 06-01-87 Controls cursor speed, etc. 012 F11_F12.ARC 2048 06-17-87 Access F11 & F12 on enhanced keyboard 012 NEWKEY40.ARC 124160 06-21-87 *NewKey 4.0 keyboard enhancement program 012 LAST.ARC 18432 06-23-87 Recall last 10 DOS command level commands. 012 UTILITIES-DISK ================================================================ PKFIND11.EXE 20471 06-02-87 PKFIND v1.1 Find files, even in ARChives!! 013 CDF.ARC 7168 06-11-87 Screen menu to select directories 013 IOLITE.ARC 1024 06-14-87 Puts lite in corner when disk reads- writes 013 DISKPREP.ARC 6400 06-17-87 Add DOS System files to non-DOS disk 013 RED.ARC 1920 06-17-87 Changes file subdir in directory=move+erase013 DISKSCAN.ARC 2944 06-17-87 Checks hard disk for bad spots via crc chck013 LOCATE.ARC 1792 06-17-87 Locates string in any file on disk 013 PUSHPOPD.ARC 1792 06-17-87 Popup directory changer 013 SD3.ARC 31744 06-18-87 CD without stating path, new features. 013 DCS.ARC 50944 06-19-87 Another disk cataloging program 013 UTILITIES-FILE ================================================================ XEQ115.ARC 10112 06-01-87 Squeeze programs into one and run fm there 014 VFILER28.ARC 9472 06-04-87 Nice sorted file directory manager V2.8 014 PK35DOS2.TXT 768 06-08-87 Fix minor bug with PKARC 3.5 & DOS 2.XX 014 CHOPIT.ARC 21504 06-16-87 Chop up large files into 25K files 014 QSORT300.ARC 31744 06-20-87 QSORT 3.0 - Excellent sort utility 014 CPT20.ARC 36864 06-21-87 CopyTree-utility to copy directory tree 014 NEW.ARC 8192 06-23-87 Shows new files on dir within X days. 014 ALTER241.ARC 4096 06-26-87 Bruce Gavin's attribute modifier v2.41 014 LARK21.ARC 50176 06-29-87 A full screen tool for ARC'ed files 014 UTILITIES-PRINT =============================================================== 12 RBBS-PC OF FARGO JUNE UPLOADS Page 13 LASERS.ARC 54272 06-08-87 Set of utilities for HP Laserjet. 015 IBMREZ.COM 20608 06-16-87 Excellent pop-up print utility 015 EPSONRX.ARC 8960 06-17-87 Epson RX printer setup util 015 UTILITIES-SCREEN ========================================================================== FLASHER.ARC 8192 06-07-87 A MicroSoft windows 'stroboscope' program 016 FCON200I.ARC 8192 06-23-87 Patches to make FCONSOL-I from FCONSOLE- H. 016 MISCELLANEOUS ================================================================= GRCOACH.ARC 79232 06-05-87 Training Aid/Record Keeper for runners 090 LTR2FCC.ARC 1792 06-17-87 Letter to FCC re:access charges-important 090 ABUSE.ARC 6741 06-18-87 A Sysop's perspective. PLEASE READ!! 090 FDIRBASE.ARC 162048 06-19-87 FARGODIR as of 6/16/87 R:Base Sys. V format090 FDIR8705.ARC 4977 06-19-87 Fargo uploads for 5/87; Add to master list 090 COPYRIGH.ARC 3079 06-21-87 Info on how to copyright your software 090 CONTOUR.ARC 4096 06-28-87 BASIC contouring prgm (SLOW). Needs CGA. 090 RBBS-PC SYSTEM FILES =================================================================== 151B-EXE.ARC 284672 06-08-87 RBBS-PC 15.1B Executable files 095 151B-TXT.ARC 50176 06-08-87 RBBS-PC 15.1B Menus, Helps, etc. 095 151B-DOC.ARC 228352 06-08-87 RBBS-PC 15.1B Documentation 095 151B-SRC.ARC 302080 06-08-87 RBBS-PC 15.1B Source 095 RBBS MISC. UTILITIES =================================================================== ADD2FMS.ARC 17536 06-10-87 Add new files to FMS from DOS - 'ADD2FMS ?'096 LISTM102.ARC 34816 06-19-87 ListMesg v 1.02 - Bugs fixed with Docs! 096 LISTMESG.ARC 35840 06-19-87 For RBBS Sysops - Read & Print Messages 096 LISTM200.ARC 38912 06-26-87 ListMesg 2.00 - Every RBBS SysOp needs it! 096 UNCLASSIFIED UPLOADS ======================================================================= USBBS.ARC 33792 06-01-87 Newest listing USA BBS's 098 13 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parting Remarks: Loren D. Jones --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I decided it was best to say "Goodbye" via a keyboard as I often find a lump in my throat the size of a baseball and tears in my eyes when I try to address a group of people I have grown to appreciate as much as I appreciate the members of this group. It has been five years of friendships, many of which were established at the first few meetings and continue to this day. In those five years the group has grown from a handful of enthusiasts to a pretty wide cross-section of the microcomputer users in this area. The common bond is a fascination with the ever growing number of uses we find for these little boxes. I think it was that fascination and attendant enthusiasm of the members that always made me look forward to the next meeting, even if I didn't have a clue what we'd be doing for the meeting! Through the group my interest was always pushed to new levels by seeing what someone else was doing or discovering a new piece of software someone had written or picked up from a bulletin board somewhere. John Hilley was the original "code sucker" when I was still in school in Grand Forks (having started both user groups at the same time....a glutton for punishment!) that got me hooked on the power of communications. He'd spend an hour a day perusing the handful of bulletin boards that existed at the time, most running on machines other than PCs. I remember the happiness we experienced that day we ran across the first bulletin board system actually running on an IBM PC! From those humble beginnings the seeds for the present bulletin board system were sown. And through it, I have made friends coast to coast. It has introduced me to people whom I now count as my closest friends and who I know will remain so the rest of my life. And through one of those friends, Jim Grettum, whom I have come to appreciate more than I can ever tell, I met my wife, Gail. Who say's the good Lord can't use computers to bless us! If it were not for the user group's educational experience, I may not have had a shot at the new job I am now leaving to take. It was the expertise gained by working with all of you....many of whom have forgotten more about the inner workings of micros than I will ever know....that laid the ground work which, together with my legal training and experience, made me the the number one candidate for the faculty position I am filling at Chicago-Kent. So I owe you one! Thus, it is with a combination of sadness and excitement that I bid this group farewell. The Fargo IBM PC Users Group will always be "my group", no matter how far away I may go, because this is home and you are my kind of people. Keep it going strong, as I am sure you will. And remember....we're only a modem connection away! I'll be keeping in touch with the new Fargo Board, and I hope all of you will stop by Chicago's newest RBBS and say hello from time to time. You'll always be welcome. God bless you all! ---Loren D. Jones 14