armstron@sjuvax.UUCP (L. Armstrong) (08/01/85)
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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)
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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) 866-6647tdn@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