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1. Looking Back These past three years that I have had the privilege of being president of DACS seemed to fly and not due to any great skills of mine Rather I must attribute the pleasure and any accom plishments of my term to the help of an inner core of people who have quietly volunteered to do what has needed to be done There is no way I can mention ev erybody who has made a difference Let me simply say thanks to everyone who has done the little extra Thanks Thanks to the programs we bring to the monthly General Meeting Thanks primarily to the efforts of Jeff Setaro we have enjoyed the presentations of a wide spectrum of programs Due to Jeff s coordination we also have our MUSIC ON YOUR PC 1 WINDOWS 98 1 PRESIDENT S FILE 2 HELP LINE 3 DIRECTORS NOTES 4 DACS U SCHEDULE 4 NEW MEMBERS 4 CRAFTS ONLINE QUILTING 6 INTERNET PROVIDERS 6 SIG NOTES 8 CALENDAR 9 CREATE WEB PAGES 10 KEEP IT CLEAN 11 THIS OLD PC 12 TECH EXPO 13 RANDOM ACCESS 14 CLASSIFIED ADS 15 annual presence at PC Expo in New York Thanks to the efforts of Gene Minasi1 we have the use of the Danbury Area Hospital for our General Programs Thanks to Ed Heere and all the Board Members for their dutiful attention to the needs goals and planning necessary to guide DACS With the permission of the Board we have also introduced sev eral related technology presentations from industry leaders like Ken Olsen CEO Emeritus of DEC2. Six insertions are available at 5 times the single insertion rate Contact BRAD ALTLAND Work 203 357 4007 Home 203 790 8620 e mail brad altland gecapital com Programmers wanted Contact Systems designs engineers and manufacturers surface mount placement ma chinery We are seeking pro grammers for Danbury CT with 2 years experience us ing Windows 95 NT operating system and experience with C C WIN 32 Visual C MFC ODBC Visit our website Fare uNe VAC Axa O O6 or e mail hr contact systems com Contact Systems 50 Miry Brook Road Danbury CT 86810 WANTED SIG NOTES EDITOR We need an editor to as sume the mantle of our award winning DACS SIG Notes and calendar pages Responsibilities will be to coordinate with SIG leaders and to edit monthly notes A pleasant phone voice and or en forcer experience is most desirable Compensation is of the psychic kind and will vary according to level of ac tivity DACS is an equal opportunity deployer http www dacs org Keane is positioned for a powerful future in IT consulting i 1 2 pg V keene months thru july Are you Since 1965 Keane has focused on application development outsourc ing and integration solutions to position itself as an industry leader To position yourself contact our local Connecticut branch Opportunities are now available in the following areas COBOL CICS DB2 Assembler PL 1 IMS DB2 QMF
3. yte Netscape Thus is my first Web page Location ffle 77 Cl himldacsfistweb htm This is my first Web page Tl Document Done H7 F fuse HTML with programming it s a lot simpler and you don t need to be a geek to create Web pages You just need to pick up a good book on Web authoring I rec ommend anything by Laura LeMay but you can find a book that speaks to you at Borders or Barnes amp Noble The only way to get good at Web page creation is practice and lots of playing 10 A great Web site for tutorials and tips tricks on Web page authoring 1s www htmlgoodies com You can also use a trick to learn how someone created a site that appeals to or awes you Anytime you see a page you like simply select the View menu in your Web browser and select View Source You ll see all of the tags and the secrets behind the page will be revealed If you want to learn about Web graph ics l ve put an old DACS column online that teaches all about images You can view the pages online at www demorgan com seminar graphics html A great tool for creating Web pages may be the same program you re using to view them Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator now include Web authoring tools I use Netscape when I want to put a quick and easy page to gether It even has a Publish feature that will move your Web page to the Internet To get started just use File and New Docume
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8. Then restart the machine Windows 95 will then detect that you don t have a display adapter and try to identify the board It will then install the driver it thinks is correct If it offers you the option of specifying where the driver is point it to the files you downloaded Comment I had a similar problem with a Diamond Stealth video card During install Windows 95 Setup correctly identified that it was an S3 chipset but installed the wrong one In my case the machine would start but eventually lock up after putting the icons on the desktop Q When I connect to a Web page can I only view the text A Yes there 1s a configuration parameter usually under Preferences that sets Text Only or similar Q I just upgraded from Office 95 to Office 97 and Quick View no longer works A The MS Word format changed in Office 97 and is incompatible with previous versions You can download the Word Viewer from Microsoft for free it is about 3MB in size It is considerably faster than the old Quick View or using Word itself if you are just viewing Q We have an HP 870csi printer that is driving us crazy It pulls the first Sheet of paper in a ways then tells you that it is out of paper If you clear the paper it then shuts down the system A The feed wheels may need to be cleaned or replaced Take the machine to an HP Authorized Dealer Members identified dealers in Stamford Bridgeport Danbury and
9. for or i Pecomece nl le ire iy T A T ii JPFP TOP PAID SALARIED amp HOURLY POSITIONS ER an MAINFRAME TECHNOLOGIES T J reniri ivana Pilari F EE Lees A ee rr anication fisted on the ASE wrih re Pet a a larg Developers ORACLE DBA APPLICATIONS SAP LOTUS NOTES SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATORS SW PROJECT MANAGERS City SW ENGINEERS WEB PROGRAMMERS PC NETWORK TECHNICIANS Subit resume to Akt DAD CS FAX BS8 9 10 1102 Email dhikadeiicdicorp cam TEL 8586 910 1101 CDI INFORMATION SERVICES Division of CDI Corporation Northeast LOTUS NOTES PL1 OB2 JAVA WEBS HTML C OO AM SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATORS SYSTEMS PAOGRAMMERS DBAs TECH WRITERS WINDOWS NT TECHNICIANS Submit resume bo Atta Ot DACS FAX pO0 541 05 64 Email dglarer edicorp pgm TEL 00 683 7494 Check oul our website ni https wwe odicorp com DASS APR 98 DASS APR 98 Crafts Online Computer Quilting Is Not for Squares by Sandy Harrison Y FAVORITE Web site is i 7 one I found after a recent g W visit to Kauai and an ad W dicting visit to the Kapaia gt Stitchery well maybe more than one visit On my return home I found I wanted to know more about Ha walian Quilting so I surfed the Web un til I found www Paokalani com This site combines examples of Hawaiian quilting squares history of the art form family history photos and anecdotes Located in Honolulu Poakalani offers quilting classes whi
10. 30 p m with casual networking at the Danbury Hospital auditorium 24 Hospital Avenue The monthly business meeting starts at 7 p m WITH the presentation beginning around 8 p m Microsoft Does Windows Again Newest One Will Be Better Than Ever by Wally David f the Danbury Area Computer Society you got a limpse into the future And the future is improve ments in the key areas of overall product quality Internet functionality entertainment features and support for the latest hardware Angelo Correa of Microsoft had a vast array of trusty PowerPoint slides that he used to put us to sleep with Actually that was not his intention but I know a lot of people were quite bored with the slides and wanted to see Windows 98 in action In fact I nudged the guy sitting next to me and got him to ask Mr Correa what the new OS actually looked like So after he got the message we were able to see him put Windows 98 through its paces One of the key features is Internet integration With the Integrated Internet Shell included in Windows 98 Internet access becomes a seamless part of the user interface Users will no longer have to learn multiple applications one to look at their local information an YOU ATTENDED the March General Meeting O other to look at their local hard drive or network and unquestionably another to use the Internet or intranet With the Integrated Internet Shell Windows 98 unifies this process into
11. Brookfield Call HP s 800 number found in the manual or on their Web site www hp com Q Recently my machine started insist ing that it examine the A floppy for some time 14 A Some applications remember which drive was being used last Put a floppy in check the applications that are running and see if any of them are looking at drive A Further questions revealed that you were running HiJaak for Windows 95 which has a feature called Shell Extensions that looks for graphic files to make thumbnail icons This looks at all drives Turn it off QO When I create a CD ROM is there a way to insert text that will show up in Windows Explorer next to the CD ROM s icon rather than the serial number A It depends upon the CD ROM writing software You want to find software that will write the CD ROM s volume label Q I recently changed my modem and now have a problem with WinFax Lite Delrina era under Windows 3 1 The transmission seems to start but at the last moment stops and hangs A Your new modem is probably set to run at a higher speed than WinFax Lite can handle your release of WEL and Windows 3 1 are from days when 9600 was a fast modem The communications driver in Windows 3 1 cannot run reliably at speeds higher than 9600 and some say it doesn t work too well even then You will have to slow down the speed setting for the modem when running WinFax and or replace the comm driver with a
12. Save As HTML Put the resulting file somewhere on your hard disk you ll remember such as your My Documents folder The name of the file is very important It should be kept to eight characters and end with htm To view your first Web page load NetScape Navigator or Internet Explorer Under the File menu select Open or Open File in Browser Select your file Viola You have just created your very own Web page You can even get fancy adding clipart or pho tographs from your digital camera or scanner Just remem ber to keep the layout simple because the Web doesn t support all of the fancy fea tures in Microsoft Word Safe things to use are tables indents alignment bold and italics To understand how Web pages really work we ll need to use Notepad Run Notepad and type the following in exactly as it appears including the right and left wedges in fact it s only a little bit harder than writing a letter lt html gt lt title gt This is my first Web page lt title gt lt body gt This is my first Web page lt body gt lt html gt Save the file as firstweb htm Run your Web browser and load the file Open or Open File in Browser It should look like Fig ure 1 The words in the lt and gt brackets are called tags and there are about 20 tags to learn if you are going to create Web pages Don t con
13. indestructible says Orloff They don t realize that dust residues skin oils and adverse environmental conditions do a lot of harm to sensitive electronics and plastic materials Experts agree that simple cleanliness and regular maintenance can mean longer trouble free life for com puters peripherals and other office ma chines It doesn t require a lot of time or money either All it takes is perhaps an hour of your time a vacuum cleaner CD and disk drive cleaners compressed air duster brushes swabs plus cleaning prod ucts available at most large computer and office supply stores or via mail order Orloff started ComputerBath a company that offers a line of products designed to cover most cleaning needs He developed Power Cleaner a non flammable non bu tyl wipe on wipe off formula that cleans removes stains and shines all in one step The firm s Starter Kit 12 includes a can of Power Cleaner special two sided clean ing cloth keyboard brush and long swabs for hard to reach places ComputerBath also has the most com plete set of tools on the market in its Com prehensive Maintenance Kit 49 95 203 944 9001 Source Edp Source Consultinc Temporary Full Time Source Services Experience on Demand Bi 1 Check www computerbath com for details The Marine Corps Information Systems requested a rugged all terrain version for use in the field User Groups might con side
14. one utility to universally view local network intranet and Internet data so you can get to the information you need faster and easier Windows 98 s advanced Internet browsing function ality provides the easiest fastest and most entertaining way to browse the Web This is done via advanced brows ing capabilities such as AutoComplete enhanced Web searching improved favorites navigation history on the Forward Back buttons and improved printing Support for all major Internet standards including HTML Java ActiveX JavaScript Visual Basic Scripting and major security standards You get improved performance with Dynamic HTML a just in time Java compiler and basic code tuning Correa stressed that Microsoft used extensive focus group research to determine what was important to us ers When users are asked the biggest problem they have Continued on page 4 DASS APR 98 President s File s you may recall the April DACS board meeting marks the election of officers for the 1998 99 year In accor dance with our bylaws the Board of Di rectors will elect these officers whose charge is to conduct the day to day busi ness affairs of the DACS We are indeed fortunate to have a fine group of mem bers willing to lend their leadership tal ents to help Since the Board meets the Monday after our general meeting you may find out who has been elected be fore the May program meeting by visit ing our Web site
15. spellchecked better in the new machine than in the old one and that the Web was ac cessible faster with the new modem The 486 sat there lonely and little used On a January day when school was canceled with the prospects of the kids coming back inside the house to play I found an alternative to keep them out of my office and away from my computer A few years earlier I had purchased a shareware game called Duke Nukem from Apogee After my son had tried it from a copy I had downloaded from a BBS I sent in payment to register it After a while when my son tired of the game and moved onto CD ROM activities I removed it from my hard disk But then last January I reinstalled it on the 486 and the kids played it like it was a brand new game At the same time I wondered if Apo gee the maker of Duke Nukem still had available the older EGA VGA games I remembered that we had tried some but had neither registered them nor deleted them from the hard disk If those games were still available I could turn the 486 into a gaming machine I looked up Apogee on the Web http www apogeel com and found their site Some old favorites such as Commander Keen Crystal Caves and Halloween Harry were still available The minimum requirement for those DOS games are low compared to today s games While Apo gee has new games available that run on Pentium machines the latest Duke Nukem on CD ROM for instance they also offer the ol
16. wrong display driver installed for the display so it isn t responding There are a couple of ways to fix it In both before you do anything you should examine the display adapter to identify the make and possibly the model by looking at the identification markings on the chips Then visit the display adapter manufacturer s Web site and download the most recent set of drivers Usually the files are ina single self extracting EXE file Extract them into a temporary folder and read the ReadMe file if there is one Note that S3 is not a display adapter model but the type of chipset used by the manufacturer of many display adapters Another very common chipset is Cirrus Logic Method 1 When booting your machine press F8 when you see the Starting Windows 95 message before you see the blue clouds Select Safe Mode which will default you into the default VGA 640x480 display mode which doesn t use the hardware specific adapter You should then be able to get into the display properties page and work your way through the Change Display Adapter wizard Use the have disk option and point it at the file s that you downloaded Method 2 Go to My Computer Control Panel System Device Manager and click on the display adapter icon to expand the list there is usually only one It should list the identification of the adapter that Windows 95 Setup found and installed Select it and delete it
17. 8 0077 Program Wally David 203 790 7286 e WEB Site Jeff Setaro 203 748 6748 DACS Voice Line 203 748 4330 Resource Center 203 791 8532 Web Site http www dacs org BBS 203 791 8532 HelpLine Volunteers have offered to field member questions by phone Please limit calls to the hours indicated below Days means 9 a m to 5 p m evening means to 9 50 p m Please be consider ate of the volunteer you are calling HelpLine is a free service If you are asked to pay for help or are solicited for sales please contact the dacs doc editor the person requesting payment will be deleted from the listing Can we add your name to the volunteer listing d day e evening Program Alpha Four AOL AFL AutoCAD C UNIX ObjC C Clipper COBOL Dbase DOS DOS Newdeal Electronics FOCUS Hardware Interface Instrumentation Internet Lotus 123R5W Macintosh O05 Magic PC Microsoft Access MIDI Multimedia 095 2 Paradox PASON Publishing amp PR Q amp A ver 3 4 KRBASE Statistics amp Data Analysis Viruses Visual Basic Windows 3 1 WordFerfect http www dacs org Name Dick Gingras Marc Cohen Charles Bovaird Feter Hylenski Kenneth Lerman Reg Charney Dick Gingras Charles Godfrey Alan Boba John Gallichotte Marc Cohen Andrew Woodruff Jim Scheef John Gallichotte Andrew Woodruff Nick Fercival Ben Carnevale Bob Constantine Hira Suri Dick Gingras Arnold Gross Ed Fitzgerald Rich Chernock Alan Boba
18. Duane Moser Elaine Chacho Anthony Telesha Jerry Frie rich Charles Bovaird Jeff Setaro Nick Fercival Nick Strother Ben Carnevale John Heckman Phone 203 426 0484 203 775 1102 203 792 7881 203 797 1042 203 426 4430 214 833 0762 203 426 0484 203 775 3543 203 264 1753 203 426 0394 203 775 102 203 798 2000 860 355 0034 203 426 0394 203 798 2000 203 438 9307 203 748 1751 203 730 1634 203 748 2473 203 426 0484 203 746 1727 203 222 9253 203 270 0224 203 264 1753 203 797 2716 203 426 5493 203 748 4478 203 740 7175 203 792 7881 203 748 6748 203 438 9307 203 743 5667 203 748 1751 203 831 0442 Q OQ om O So Se Q QD Q A A NNN NN NNN NNN NNN NN NNN NNN NNN NNN ONO Ragsdale Al Vail and Vince Tichy have helped at the front desk and with our database greeting us and making us feel welcome as we enter our general meet ings Thanks to Allan Ostergren Marc Cohen Frances Owles Dan McLeod and all the others who give up countless weekends and family time we have an award winning newsletter that every body misses if when the Post Office delivers it after the first of each month Due to the prolific writings of members such as Mike Kaltschnee Wally Jeff and Bruce we have interesting content about past present and future meetings as well as related Internet and comput ing topics Thanks to Jim Schema Chris Sales Diane G
19. E is a co owner of DeMorgan Industries Corp the leading developer of Web graphics http www webspice com and also teaches Webmaster and Internet marketing classes at the Internet School in Naugatuck Valley Community Technology College You can reach Mike at mikek demorgan com Keep It Clean A cardinal rule of computer maintenance by Ken Fermoyle CLEANLINESS is next to godli os we computer users are an irrev erent lot That s the considered opin ion of many computer maintenance and re pair specialists Dennis Orloff a computer service engineer in Southern California for more than ten years is one Lyle Wood who services computer equipment in Vancouver British Columbia is another Technicians I know in several L A area computer shops agreed that dirty equipment is a common problem Time after time when he was called in to fix failed ma http www dacs org chines Orloff reports that he had to tell cli ents It s not broken it s dirty Comput ers are a magnet to dirt they can suck in dust from the air and major parts that need to be kept cool get coated with it The re sult is overheating and poor performance data loss or even system breakdowns notes Wood honcho at the aptly named Ounce of Prevention Computer Services www ounceofprevention ca which now has franchises across Canada There is a common misconception among individual and corporate computer users that their machines are
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21. Roussel ICF Kaiser Int Icon Solutions Integrated Systems Consulting Group International Network Svcs ITT Aero space Communications Defense ITC Indus Consultancy Svcs Ibase Con sulting IRI Software JDA Software Group Kenan Systems Klein Man agement KTL Applied Sciences Hewitt Assoc L3 Communication Sys tems M I S I Co Ltd Maersk Data USA IMI Systems Maverick McIntyre Information Technology ILX Systems Interim Technology MF Smith amp Assoc Micro Coax Na tional Starch amp Chemical Naviant Technology Solutions PRT Group Parexel Int Princeton Information Systems Programmed Solutions RHO Information Technology Svcs RIS Info Svcs SMS RHI Consulting Kenda Systems SMI Systems Meth odologies Software Quality Solutions Setford Shaw Nayjarian Spectrum Technology Tiffany Computer Sys tems Total Tec Systems Virtual VOH Svcs Group amp many more DASS APR 98 DASS APR 98 Random Access Instant replay March 1998 Bruce Preston Moderator Q In Windows 95 I can t get into the properties page for my display When I right click on the desktop and then select Properties it just ignores it The board is identified as an S3 There is also an icon in the toolbox near the clock with a display and if I click on it to change the resolution all of my icons be come the default Microsoft Win dows A You have the
22. UG event will be held at the New Yorker hotel in NYC Look to www apcug org for further information 9 1990 A pr Lonbuty Aled C OMDUWEL SOCIEY Kod are Es AY Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Phil Dilloway 203 367 1202 7 00 PM Visual Basic Chuck Fizer 203 798 9996 7 00 PM Web Site Design Jeff Setaro al Meeting 7 00 PM DTP Danbury Hospita Allan Ostergren 7 00 PM Inter net Diane Greenwald 203 797 4505 7 30 PM Advan ced Operating Systems Don Pearson 914 669 9622 7 30 PM Finan cial Will Toll 203 270 1519 7 30 PM Voice For Joanie ics Ken Graff 860 355 2611 203 775 6667 x4517 Friday Saturday ws Ben Carnevale SIG NOTES DEADLINE Calendar and SIG Notes are available on the Internet at http www concentric net dwmcleod signotes htm http www dacs org 9 DASS APR 98 DASS APR 98 Web Pages Create Your Own Web Page Really By Mike Kaltschnee HIS MONTH I d like to help you understand how Web pages work and the best way to learn is to ac tually create one of your very own It s not hard to do in fact it s only a little bit harder than writing a letter or a DACS column The easiest Web page is done using a recent version of Microsoft Word preferably 7 0 you can also use WordPerfect if you desire You simply type the document as you normally would select File from the menu bar then
23. We learned from Mike McCarthy of Photronics in Danbury how photomasks are used to define the circuitry of a semiconductor from John Shamaly how SVGI Silicon Valley Group Inc of Wilton makes the equipment that Intel and others use to etch our shrinking chips and from ATMI s Advanced Technology Mate rials Inc in Danbury Dean Hamilton who last May shared with us what they are doing to develop new materials that will be key to many of the next genera tion of technology Internet devices that will be ubiquitous in four or five years We have seen industry contributions from some of our members such as Jerry Metcoff and Dave Wilson who through MidCore Software have devel oped modem sharing technologies that allow Internet Users to use two modems to double their surfing speeds Through what has become a yearly presentation by John Patrick Vice Presi dent of Technologies of IBM we have learned what is and will be the Internet of a Universally Connected World Thanks to the friendly moderations of Bruce Preston at Random Access we have had an opportunity air our ques tions and have our confusions and frus trations turned into learning sessions packed with ideas to make our comput ing easier Thanks to the pre meeting prepara tions of Wally David we have had an opportunity to learn about new and timely Web sites These work sessions have helped us absorb the Net in little doses without intimidation Thanks to Wally s
24. an create serious overheat ing ina hurry One technician told me ofa customer who had a Border Collie that curled up at her feet while she used her computer She thought it was cute until one day her system acted up and she called me in to see what was wrong As soon as I pulled the mid tower case out from under her desk I could see the problem Dog hair had been sucked into the case and was clogging both the air intake ar eas and the fan cage I cleaned it out well and everything was fine She had called me soon enough to permanent damage though her CPU s life might have been shortened by a few months Keep this in mind if you have a pet Keep it out of your computer room and check your system regularly to be sure they are free of fur or hair balls Keep ing your system clean takes only a few hours a year but could add years to its life KEN FERMOYLE kfermoyle earthlink net has written some 2 500 articles for publications ranging from Playboy and Popular Science to MacWeek Microtimes amp PC Laptop He was co host producer of a radio show on computers and a partner in a DTP service bureau during the 80s Fermoyle Publications offers editorial consulting Copyright 1995 7 by North Orange County Computer Club All rights reserved Articles by NOCCC authors may be reprinted by other user groups without permission provided they are unaltered and the publication acknowledges the author thereof and NOCCC Articles contai
25. ch are regularly held at Queen Emma s Summer Palace and occasionally at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel Log on if you want to know more I think you will be as delighted as I was Computer literate quilters might want to take a look at another interesting Web site QuiltPro com You can download a demo program containing a sampling of all the features of the complete program QuiltPro v 2 which sells for 95 and can be purchased on the Web site from dis tributors nationwide see directory on the site or direct from the company at P O Box 560692 The Colony TX 75056 Fax 972 235 75056 Included in this software are patterns for 1 000 quilt blocks and hundreds of borders and sashes with templates that can be printed out complete with a 1 4 inch seam allowance You can design your quilt right on the screen using the QuiltPro pallet of fabric patterns and col ors Or if you have a scanner your own fabrics can be scanned into the database so you can see exactly how the finished quilt will look Block and quilt sizes can be changed fabrics changed and borders and sashes changed added or eliminated on the fly Among the other features included are calculation of fabric requirements a big savings Now you can create an entire quilt without wasting a scrap of fabric I can t wait to try this program on my stash of Hawaiian fabrics SANDY HARRISON is a new contributor to the dacs doc and can be reached at sandyhar
26. der EGA and VGA games There is a pic ture on the Apogee page for each game available My kids chose two of them the sequel to Duke Nukem and the name sounds more terrible than the game really is Alien Carnage for merly Halloween Harry We printed out the order form from the site and sent it in with our payment All of Apogee s prod ucts can be purchased directly online To install the new games I had to fidget a bit since one required more free memory than was available I used memmaker to send some applications to upper memory The new games have sur prisingly good graphics and make use of the Sound Blaster to produce nice back ground music Although these games cannot be called educational kids really enjoy playing them just for fun According to my kids the Apogee games are as good as the Nintendo games that some of their friends own Since the games we ordered are DOS based I had to teach the chil dren how to navigate between them us ing the commands CD and CD Change Directory In this Windows world DOS has been relegated to a mere program sel dom used nowadays If my kids do not learn anything else playing the Apogee games they at least earned a few DOS commands MARLENE GABEREL is a regular contributor to dacs doc and the assistant Webmaster for DACS own Web site dacs org 12 Remember When Computer was something on TV from a science fiction show A window was something y
27. e Visit our web site at www pc solution com 203 270 1646 volunteer April 7 Voyetra Technologies The Musical PC May 5 Symantec Norton Utilities Anti Virus etc June 13 18 InterGlactic APCUG PC EXPO 1998 AMSYS PENTIUM 166 MHz MMX PERFORMANCE SYSTEM LATEST INTEL PENTIUM TECHNOLOGY Special DACS Price 999 J OT ae PENTIUM System Board 75 233 MHz INTEL MMX 200 Watt Switchable Power Supply 110 220 UL CHIPSET 256K PIPELINE BURST CACHE PCI Listed i FAST 32X Multi Media Kit i BUS 2 16550 SERIAL 1 EPP PARALLEL PORT 64 Bit SVGA PCI Bus Video Card Win Accel Card W Sound Card Speakers 4 EIDE MODE 4 HARD DRIVE SUPPORT w 1 MEG RAM Expandable to 2 MEG RAM Encyclopedia Etc INTEL PENTIUM 166 MHz MMX CPU W FAN 14 Super VGA Monitor 28 dp Low Radiation NI 16 Megabytes RAM Expandable to 192 Meg 3 2 Gigabyte High Speed EIDE Hard Disk DACS PRICE 189 Upgradable to Pentium 233 max 1 44 Megabyte 372 HD Floppy Drive Landmark CPU Speed 1049MHz PS 2 Mouse Mid Tower Case small footprint design 104 key Windows 95 AT style keyboard I I i i I I I I ke Pentium 166 MMX NoteBook i Space for 6 storage devices 3pc 5 3pc 3 WINDOWS 95 installed amp optimized i 20xCD ROM i I l I i I I I I Bas FCC Class B certified and UL approved AMSYS 203 431 1500 COMPUTER 900 Ethan Allen Hwy WWW AMSYS NET Ridgefield CT 06877 Owned and Operated by Ed Heere AMSYS Inc 1997 2 2 GIG HD 16 MB RAM
28. in Street Danbury Next Meeting Apr 1 1998 Voice for Joanie Provide and support people with Lou Gehrig s disease with special PC computer equipment Contact Shirley Fredlund 860 355 2611 x4517 Meets on last Tuesday at 7 30pm Datahr Brookfield Next Meeting Apr 28 1998 Wall Street New Windows stock marketing software Contact Phil Dilloway 203 367 1202 Meets on last Monday at 7pm at the A G Edwards office 42 Old Ridgebury Road Danbury Next Meeting Apr 27 1998 Windows Explores all phases of Windows 95 and 3 1 Contact Ben Carnevale 203 748 1751 Meets on the 2nd Friday at 7pm at DACS Resource Center Ives Manor lower level 198 Main Street Danbury Next Meeting Apr 10 1998 Register with Ben first SIG News Internet When Did Vacation Planning Get So Easy Book your next plane trip check out hotels around the world or just see what s happening close to home in Boston amp New York It never was as easy As itis on the Web and we ll see how at the next DACS Internet SIG on Wed April 15 The SIG meets from 7 8 30 p m at the Danbury Public Library 170 Main St For more information contact Diane Greenwald 797 4505 or dmg danbury lib ct us PC EXPO 1998 Jacob Javits Convention Center A New York City XPO June 16 16 1998 APCUG is planning a Spring Event for June 14 and 15 following NYPC s iver Alale Viernes lige 3 and just before PC Expo on June 10 12 Tae APC
29. led Ifa class is undersubscribed it may be canceled DACS New Members 2 15 98 thru 03 22 98 1 James Costello Ronald C Geck Robert A Grover Randall L Hitchens Thomas Insinna Joseph E Kelly George H Krampetz Ralph C Langham Gino Lopes Ed Miltner 11 James Murphy 12 Russell E Schaus SVS OU OD THIS IS YOUR LAST NEWSLETTER if the membership date on your mailing label reads EXP 2 98 If that s what it says you need to renew your DACS membership now Windows Continued from page I with the World Wide Web the Number 1 response is getting the information they need Windows 98 addresses this prob lem by providing a mechanism to auto matically select and schedule downloads of the information you care about This enables you to see what has changed on a Web site without physically visiting the site and even allows you to view the site when you are not connected to the Web Windows 98 also contains lots of tools for online communication Out look Express is a full featured e mail and news reading client Microsoft NetMeeting a complete Internet conferencing solution providing stan dards based audio data and videoconferencing functionality Per sonal Web Server and the Web Publish ing Wizard provides an easy way to pub lish Web pages on intranets or the Internet Microsoft FrontPad is a WYSIWYG what you see is what you get HTML editor based on the editing tools in Microsoft Fro
30. ls Following are the locations dates and times for second quarter events New Jersey Tues May 5th 10am 6pm The DoubleTree Hotel 200 Atrium Dr Somerset Travel Directions call 908 469 2600 Connecticut Thurs May 7th 10am 6pm The Stam ford Sheraton 1 Stamford Place Stamford Travel Directions call 203 967 2222 New York Tues May 12th 10am 6pm The Sheraton New York 7th Avenue at 53rd Street NYC Travel Directions call 212 581 1000 Pennsylvania Wed May 20th 10am 6pm The Penn sylvania Convention Center 12th amp Arch St Philadelphia Travel Directions call 215 418 4989 Connecticut Wed June 3rd 10am 6pm The Sheraton Hartford 315 Trumbull St http www dacs org power to open doors to new and exciting professional opportunities in the world of computers the Internet and high tech nology Participating companies will be inter viewing for positions including Com puter Programmers Software Develop ers Analysts Software and Network En gineers Systems Architects DBA s Tech Support Marketing amp Sales in Technology amp much more ranging from Junior level to Senior levels candidates urged to bring many copies of their resume ADMISSION is FREE Technical job candidates are strongly urged to bring many copies of their resume Business attire is requested Updated information on our events can be accessed by visit ing our Internet Web site at www tech
31. n directory previously authorized by this Board for linking to its Web page Zip for Resource Center A discussion was opened regarding the advantages of having a zip drive available on the computer installed at the Resource Center principally for assimilating copy for the newsletter and for transporting work done thereon to other computers It was unanimously agreed that an internal zip drive be installed LARRY Buoy ANNOUNCEMENT DACS U Classes Rescheduled Class Introduction to Windows 95 electronic membership 15 New Date Monday March 23 6 Sundays 7 p m to 9 p m Location DACS Resource Center 198 Main St Danbury Instructor Ben Carnival Tuition 35 for DACS members Manual 5 40 payable at first class Non members must join DACS regular membership 25 Type Lecture and Exercises Materials Manual Sign up Contact Charles Bovaird 203 792 7881 aam eci com or aam mags net Class Size Limited to 20 students 16 signed up so far Class Introduction to LOTUS 1 2 3 release R5W for Windows New Date None Canceled for lack of enrollment Note DACS U classes were announced for the first time at the March general meeting Those who signed up at that time should call or e mail Charlie Bovaird 203 792 7881 or aam eci com to confirm their committment to attend Signup will be taken on a first come first served basis If requests exceed classs limits additional sections will be schedu
32. ned herein by authors from other organizations retain their original copyright http www dacs org Free Classified Ads Members of DACS can publish non commercial computer related classified ads in dacs doc at no charge Ads can be placed by fax modem or hard copy sub mission at our monthly general meeting Fax your ads to Charlie Bovaird at 203 792 7881 Leave hard copy classifieds with Charlie Marc or whoever is tending the membership table at our monthly meet ing FOR SALE IBM Server Model 720 w Pentium 166 Mhz processor 128MB RAM open bay amp 4x CD ROM Drive Three year war ranty Will sell for 2 995 E mail Ron at 2546 3262 compuserve com Laptop Epson 486 50 8MB RAM 120 hd 14 4 Modem extra battery case Three Years old 350 Call Marty 203 743 1548 mfolan Juno Com Buy it Sell it through dacs This is your place Computerworld s 100 Best Places to Work 50 Time rm na E We appreciate Computerworid s recognition of our commitment to professionally encour aging work environment And since we have 50 locations in North America it s 50 times as good So no matter where you live there s bound to be a graat place to work in IT Opportunities may currently be available in the following areas Lotus Notes Development Administration Project Management Business Consultants ORACLE Development Administration Programmer Analysts C C UNIX AIX Visual Basic
33. nt The final step in creating a Web page is to publish it on the Internet Contrary to popular belief you don t have to pay anything for space on the Internet if you don t want to Free space is available for non commercial Web pages at several great loca tions Geocities www geocities com calls it homesteading and you put your pages in the same area as oth ers of the same interest hobby or type Tripod www tripod com is another place where you can post your pages without paying a dime The term for pub lishing your pages is called FTP which stands for File Transfer Protocol Don t let it scare you it s just the copy command of the Internet If you re using a Web authoring program such as Hot Dog Navigator FrontPage Fusion PageMill or any com mercial program it should easily allow you to transfer your files to the Web If you re using Word or Notepad you can download a great program for FTP called WS FTP from www shareware com So now that I ve got you started get your Web pages online When you re done send me the URL The reason the Web has grown so quickly is that it s so easy to get your ideas hobbies interests stories and more published so the whole world can see I know 13 year old Web publishers as well as 50 plus year old grandmothers who have put whole Web sites together I m looking forward to see ing your pages MIKE KALSCHNE
34. ntPage Another groundbreaking feature is the Troubleshooting Wizards These Wizards can help you quickly diagnose and solve technical problems with Win dows 98 Troubleshooters are scenario based walk throughs that the user can customize to their situation by choos ing the answer that fits their situation The Troubleshooting Wizards included in Windows 98 address the following areas Network Modem Startup Shut down Print DriveSpace 3 Memory MS DOS Programs Display DirectX Sound The Microsoft Network Hard ware Conflict Dial Up Networking Direct Cable Connection and PC Card Because Correa spent a lot of time tak ing questions during the main part of his presentation he ran out of time However he was able to show us so many glimpses of what Windows 98 has to offer he really whetted the appetite of most of the people in attendance Windows 98 is slated to hit the stores in June of this year In the mean time you can check out Microsoft s Web site at www microsoft com for more infor mation on Windows 98 including how to take part in the public beta testing program WALLY Dav is a member of the Board of Directors of DACS and also a member of the dacs doc editorial committee He is a System Support Specialist for Labatt USA at their U S headquarters in Norwalk Contact Wally via e mail at wallydavid myself com couneees eae ay PC TECHS LOAMS NTRS So CORD http www dacs org Sp
35. ou hated to clean And RAM was the cousin of a goat Meg was the name of my girlfriend And gig was a musical engagement Now they all mean different things And that really mega bytes An application was for employment A program was a TV show A cursor used profanity A keyboard was a piano Memory was something that you lost with age A CD was a bank account And if you had a 3 1 2 floppy You hoped nobody found out Compress was something you did to the garbage not something you did to a file And if you unzipped anything in public you d be in jail for a while Log on was adding wood to the fire Hard drive was a long trip on the road A mouse pad was where a mouse lived And a backup happened to your commode Cut you did with a pocket knife Paste you did with glue A web was a spider s home And a virus was the flu I guess PII stick to my pad and paper And the memory in my head I hear nobody s been killed in a computer crash But when it happens they wish they were dead ANON from the internet Forwarded by Doug Friedman former dacs member now living in Atlanta GA E MAIL NOTICE 65 of our paying members have re ported valia email addresses to us Meeting notices are sent to these members via email the week before the general meeting If you have an email address and do not get these notices send an email message to aam eci com saying you would like to receive these timely notices Trade Fai
36. r investing in the kit and recouping its cost by having periodic Keep It Clean sessions in which members computers are cleaned for a modest 5 to 10 fee Other companies that sell computer cleaning and maintenance product include ACL Staticide www aclstaticide com Allsop www allsop com Kensington www kensington com products Keysan www keysan com PerfectData www perfectdata com Never use ammo nia based or abrasive household cleaning products on your computers or other of fice equipment Start your cleanup by shut ting off power Dust computer system and work surfaces including under the moni tor keyboard printer etc Vacuum around the work area Vacuum vents on the com puter case and all peripherals Remove the case cover and ground yourself by touch ing the metal computer chassis or even better wear a grounding strap Blow out all debris from inside the case with a com pressed air duster being careful not to dam age any of the wiring or electronic compo nents Concentrate on the vents fan s power supply diskette and CD ROM drive openings Use long cotton swabs to get into crevices Replace case cover Unplug your keyboard turn it upside down and shake gently then use a brush to clean between the keys Remove screws that hold on the bottom and blow out dust and debris from the innards with the air duster Replace the back Follow a similar procedure with your mouse or trackball except that you
37. r monthly meeting at the Re source Center on March 9 1998 at 7 30 pm Present were Messrs Bovaird Buoy David Gingras Heere Ostergren and Setaro Also present was Jim Scheef Chair man Ed Heere presided and Secretary Larry Buoy kept the records of the meet ing The minutes of the February board meeting were approved Finance amp Membership Treasurer Charles Bovaird reported current combined checking and postal ac count balances of 10 134 18 postage on hand of 215 52 and accounts receivable of 71 for a total cash position of 10 426 70 Current membership is about 670 GM Presentation Procedure Change Chairman Heere commented on aspects of the March 3 general meeting that may have created unwanted impressions upon the many visitors present He suggested that when presentations are expected to attract a large numbers of visitors the usual open ing segments of those meetings be abbre viated and that presenters be asked to post pone question and answer periods until the end of the presentation The directors con curred Election of Officers The Board was reminded by Chairman Heere that at its next meeting officers will be elected for the ensuing year Known candidates for office were reviewed Also reviewed were prospects for the responsi bilities of public relations for DACS Adult Ed Web Directory Jim Scheef announced that preliminary forms and a database had been designed for the on line adult educatio
38. reenwald Marlene Gaberel Charlene Jeff Brad Bobby John and many others we have a Web site that has received award recognition from the InterGalactic User Group Conferences Thanks to the community involve ment of members Charles Bovaird Phil Dilloway Vince Tichy Bobby Curtis Allan Ostergren and countless others who have worked on programs such as Computers for Kids and Voice for Joanie we have been able to earn and maintain our good citizenship Thanks to the Danbury Public Li brary and Diane Greenwald we have a meeting place for our special New to programs and many of our SIG meet ings Thanks to the SIG leaders we have a wealth of Special Interest Group ses sions to enhance our knowledge enough to create spousal 12 step groups to ad dress concern over DACS Addiction Thanks to the efforts of early DACS leaders such as Dick Gingras who ar ranged for our Resource Center we have a home for our Board Meetings SIGS newsletter and Internet work sessions DACS has kept us current with the evolving nature of the computer from a computational comptometer to a dy namic Graphic WorkStation to the Internet Communications Device into which it has been morphing Thank you DACS Thank you DACS leaders It has been my pleasure and honor to represent you for the past three years Tom McINTYRE DACS PRESIDENT DASS APR 98 DASS APR 98 Directors Notes ACS Board of Directors held its regula
39. ring PC Expo Events his June will find APCUG in New York City We are holding our first event in conjunction with PC Expo This APCUG Event is dif ferent from our Comdex events in several ways We have reduced the surcharge for non APCUG member groups to just 25 in an effort to reach out and attract other PC and Macintosh groups to see what APCUG does In addition this event is not only the two days before a major tradeshow it also follows a major regional computer event NYPC User Group InterGalactic 11 So if you come in Friday evening June 12 you can catch the one day InterGalactic event on Saturday June 13 and then two days June 14 and 15 of APCUG RoundTable sessions on various topics of interest to User Group of ficers followed by three days of PC Expo June 16 18 with APCUG Vendor Events in the morning and in the evening and you will have all day at the show and not have to leave to come back to the hotel for a lunch event For more information on this event please see _ http www apcug org events pcexpo spring98 htm Don Singleton djs ionet net 918 622 3417 President Tulsa Com puter Society http www tcs org Chairman APCUG Spring PC Expo Events http www apcug org events pcexpo Cpeningas in Westchester Fishkill Poughieepasic White Plaina amp Connecticut roumi foe Aa cai fat weemerer Ihara ee a critica vi eee Poe TEE Ta i free An megy a fending i ME i aff om CIN
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41. rs Blockbuster 98 TechExpo Breaks Records New York NY March 17 1998 CH EXPO continues to produce the Northeast s largest and most successful technical job fairs in New York and New Jersey The 98 winter Tech Expo events broke records with over 2 300 attendees at the New York event and over 1 500 attendees at the New Jersey show Tech Expo is also now a must attend for I T professionals and hiring companies alike in Philadelphia PA Stamford and Hartford CT Though many competitors have emerged in the career fair industry Northeast s largest and Hartford Travel Directions call 860 728 5151 Virginia DC Tues June 9th 10am 6pm The Sheraton National 900 S Orme St Ar lington VA Travel Directions call 703 521 1900 By attending this event candidates are able to save months of interviewing and traveling time by attending this FREE mega job fair Experienced tech nical professionals meet face to face with decision makers from the nation s due to high demand most leading technical for technical employ successful technical employers These ees Tech Expo not lob fai hiring managers and only survived but has job fair recruiters have the doubled its attendee and exhibitor records This Spring High Tech professionals can expect the same top companies and abun dance of career opportunities at Tech Expo 98 Admission is FREE to all expe rienced computer professiona
42. ry Area Computer Society Permis sion to reprint or publish granted to any nonprofit group provided credit is given and a copy of the final publica tion is mailed to the copyright holder All rights reserved Technical Support dacs doc is prepared using AMSYS Pentium 133 and an HP LaserJet 4 P us printer Software packages have been provided to dacs doc staff by Microsoft Windows 95 Office 7 0 TrueType fonts Adobe PageMaker 6 5 CorelDRAW 6 0 Calendar Creator Plus for Windows dacs doc file transfer security provided by Dr Solomon s Antivirus Toolkit Applications amp Hardware to enhance dacs doc are always welcome personal Compute aon Of Jeff Setaro APCUG Liaison 748 6748 Officers President Tom McIntyre 203 744 6000 VPs Robert Constantine 203 750 1634 Wally David 203 790 7286 e Vince Tichy 203 746 7690 Sec y Larry Buoy 203 355 0394 Treasurer Charles Bovaird 203 792 7881 Directors Chair Ed Heere 203 431 1500 Charles Bovaird 203 792 7681 Larry Buoy 203 355 0394 Marc Cohen 203 775 1102 Wally David 203 790 7266 Dick Gingras 203 426 0484 Bruce Preston 203 438 4263 Tom McIntyre 203 744 6000 e Allan Ostergren 560 210 0047 Frances Owles 860 868 0077 Jeff Setaro 203 748 6746 Committees Education Gene Minasi 260 354 9380 e New Media Allan Ostergren 860 210 0047 Membership Jim Ragsdale 203 743 2039 e Newsletter Frances Owles 660 86
43. should use swabs and a safe cleaner made for the job to clean the ball and positioning roll ers Clean your printer too Follow direc tions in your User Manual because differ ent types of printers require different care This could be a subject for a future col umn if enough readers are interested Now that the insides are clean go over the exteriors A cleaning product like ComputerBath should not be sprayed di rectly on surfaces Spray it on a cleaning cloth wipe on then wipe off Stubborn stains may require a second application Use a drive cleaner disk to clean floppy and CD ROM heads every three to six months depending on system usage Finally make sure there are no kinks in cables and cords and that all plugs and connectors are still properly seated after being disturbed during the cleaning pro cess Computers used in homes with pets Continued on page 15 Recycling Ideas Getting This Old PC Doing What It Used To Turning A PC Geriatric Into A Game Machine by Marlene Gaberel EN I bought a new computer my first instinct was to give my old 486 to a charity while it was still worth something But the rest of the family wanted to keep it claiming they would still use it My older son wanted to do his homework the younger one wanted to play his old CD ROM games and my husband announced he would be reading his newspapers online We kept the 486 Soon enough ev eryone discovered that Word
44. third party communications driver such as KingComm CommPro etc Look on the Internet where you will probably some freeware or shareware drivers that can handle speeds over 9600 Q What is a PDF file and can it be loaded into PowerPoint A PDF Portable Document Format is a file format published by Adobe The Reader is in public domain It is intended to be device independent and is commonly used for documentation and help files etc There are conversion programs that can change PDF into other formats although no one could remember if PowerPoint could handle PDF directly gt Q I have a 2 year old Packard Bell ma chine with Fast Media which is used in conjunction with an infra red port and a special keyboard Now if I try to remove the special keyboard I am dead I can t even get into the CMOS setup to delete the configuration A Only suggestion was to remove the battery for a few seconds and then boot with a normal keyboard By removing the CMOS battery the machine will forget everything about its configuration BRUCE PRESTON is president of West Mountain Systems a consultancy in Ridgefield CT specializing in database applications A DACS director and moderator of the Random Access sessions at the General Meetings Bruce also leads the Access SIG KEEP IT CLEAN Continued from page 11 may need special care because fur from the animals can build up on or inside air intakes This c
45. ts on Thursday following monthly general meet ing at 7pm at the DACS Resource Center Ives Manor lower level 198 Main Street Danbury Next meeting Apr 9 1998 Education Coordinates DACS education classes Contact Charlie Bovaird 203 792 7881 Meets as needed Financial Discusses various investment strategies emphasiz ing careful selection to maximize profits and limit risk Contact Will Toll 203 270 1519 or Paul Gehrett 203 426 8436 Meets on 3rd Thursday at 7 30pm Edmond Town Hall Newtown Next Meeting Apr 16 1998 Graphics Learn to create and print quality graphics and im ages Contact Ken Graff 203 775 6667 Meets on last Wednesday at 7pm at Best Photo Brookfield Next Meeting Apr 29 1998 Internet Acquaints DACS members with all aspects of Internet Contact Diane Greenwald 203 797 4505 Meets on 3rd Wednesday at 7pm at Danbury Public Library Community Room 170 Main Street Danbury Next Meeting Apr 15 1998 Macintosh Serves as a forum for a discussion of Macintosh hardware and software Contact Chris Salaz 203 798 6417 Meets on 3rd Tuesday at 7 30pm DACS Resource Center Ives Manor lower level 198 Main Street Danbury Next Meeting Apr 21 1998 Visual Basic Focuses on developing Windows applications using Visual Basic Contact Chuck Fizer 203 798 9996 or Jim Scheef 860 355 8001 Meets on 1st Wednesday 7pm at DACS Resource Cen ter Ives Manor lower level 198 Ma
46. work we have developed Dacs mail or broadcast e mail messages of upcoming meetings and special events Thanks for the reminders Thanks to Charles Bovaird we have a convenient way to update our e mail addresses pay our dues and pick up winning raffle tickets as we sign in at each meeting Many others including Larry Buoy Elaine Chacho Jim dacs doc Membership Information dacs doc ISSN 1084 6573 is pub lished monthly by the Danbury Area Computer society Inc 12 Noteworthy Drive Danbury CT 06810 7271 Annual subscription rates 25 to regular members 20 to students included in dues Postmaster send address changes to Danbury Area Computer Society Inc 4 Gregory Street Danbury CT 06810 4430 Editorial Committee Managing Editor Frances J Owles Production Editor Marc Cohen Technical Editor Bruce Preston Public Relations Wally David Charles Bovaird Elaine Chacho Wally David Dan McLeod Larry Buoy Robert Constantine John Heckman Allan Ostergren DACS its officers and directors assume no liabil ity for damages arising out of the publication or non publication of any article advertisement or any other item in this newsletter The editors welcome submissions from Dacs mem bers Contact Frances Owles at 860 868 0077 jones ct1 nai net or Allan Ostergren at 860 210 0047 dacseditor aol com Advertisers please contact Brad Altland 203 357 4007 brad altland gecapital com 1997 Danbu
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