armstron@sjuvax.UUCP (L. Armstrong) (08/01/85)
*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** OK, OK, I know (as well as we all do) that the net has been flooded lately with the same info requested over and over again. (BTW, maybe net.micro.mac.newusers isn't such a bad idea) But (unfortunately) I just happen to be one of the guilty. So, if there is someone out there who hasn't "n"ed the article in digust yet, maybe you could answer a couple of questions for me. All or any would be fine. 1. How can I get a copy of INSIDE MACINTOSH? Does it really cost $150.00? 2. Is there anyone out there who subscribed to Compuserve who would be willing to download a few files for me? I would supply the disks of course. What I'm looking for are the Hayden Music Work's song files found in MAUG's Data Library 4. 3. Could I find out what users groups are around, and what I would have to do to join, and what is available to me from them. 4. ...and of course (what request article would be complete without a request for...) BinHex 4.0 (and documentation on how to use it) -- NAME Len Armstrong UUCP {astrovax | bpa | burdvax | allegra }!sjuvax!armstron ORGANIZATIONS RCA Advanced Technology Labs St. Joseph's University HOME 4121 "O" st. Phila, PA 19124 PHONES (HOME) (215) 288-3758 (WORK) (609) 866-6647
tdn@cmu-cs-spice.ARPA (Thomas Newton) (08/04/85)
1. You can get the "phone-book" edition of Inside Macintosh for $25. The loose-leaf edition went down in price from $150 to $100 a while back, but will go away (if it hasn't already) to be replaced by a hardback edition sometime in the fall. 2. Why don't you subscribe to Compuserve yourself? Unlike the Source, there is no minimum monthly fee -- if you don't use any connect time or storage space during a month, you don't get billed for anything. I get the impression from your offer to supply disks that you think connect time is free to subscribers. It isn't. Being a subscriber just means that you can log on and run up connect time bills... (An interesting sidenote is that the "Welcome to MAUG" article and the documentation on FreeTerm that came with the final Supplement talk about how you can get an account number and password free and say that membership in MAUG is free. Nowhere is there any mention of how much connect time costs; the closest Apple comes to giving you a hint that participating in MAUG is not free after all are a couple of sentences: "Keep in mind that entering your User ID is similar to printing your name on a check, but giving the password is like signing the check. Never give anyone your password." and "participation is through telecommunications on the Compuserve Information Services Network") -- Thomas Newton Thomas.Newton@cmu-cs-spice.ARPA