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Microsoft Y2K Update In late September we received a card in the mail, as did many of you, with the suggestion that we make sure our version of Windows and other Microsoft software contains the latest updates addressing the Y2K problem. A Website address was given where we could go to download files which can perform such updates. For those of you who did not receive such a "heads up" here is the address: http://www.microsoft.com/y2k. Free AOL 5 No. 5 AOL employees are not being held prisoner and need to be freed! Your local CompUSA store has AOL 5 disks available and they are free. The CD-ROM, contains software that allows you to sign up for AOL as an Internet Service Provider usually after some period of free trial access. After that you pay for the service.The disk may also allow you to upgrade from an earlier version of AOL--but you can also quite easily do that on-line. Converting Old Spreadsheets One of the things that made early personal computers practical for business use was the spreadsheet. The "story" goes that VisiCalc saved Apple from bankruptcy. It made it a useful machine to business owners. Many of us developed an intimate familiarity with early spreadsheets such as SuperCalcwhich was bundled with the Osborne computer. Many intricate MACROs, called Execute (.XQT) files, were developed and it would be nice to be able to convert them to Microsoft Excel. The subject of just such a conversion is discussed in Spreadsheet Notes & Tips. If you use SuperCalc and want to convert, see the comments on page 8. |
Learning About Linux
TAPCUG Starts a SIG Tacoma Area PC User Group has just formed a Linux SIG with Dan Medeiros as its leader. Dan is also a TOG member, and welcomes anyone interested in Linux to attend the meetings on the first Thursday and third Tuesday of the month. Anyone who intends to attend these meetings over an extended period of time will be expected to become a TAPCUG member ($30/year) to help support the costs of the meeting room and equipment used. Initially, the subject matter will be a short course during which attendees will learn about Linux, what it is, what it does and will include building a computer in class to run Linux. The first meeting of the Linux SIG was Thursday, Oct. 7th and will continue on Oct.19th, Nov. 4th, Nov. 16th, Dec. 2nd, Dec. 21st, etc. Gene Devereaux, who will teach the course, will post the lesson outlines each week on the website: http://linuxtech.dyndns.com Check it out. Installing Linux See also NeilStahfest's article Computing on the Bleeding Edge where he discusses his first foray into the Linux world. He will continue this in several parts over the next few months. Fast Cable Download Followup Recently we reported download times with our @Home Cable modem of about 40 to 50 KB per sec, even seeing 1 MB per sec. On October 16th, 1999 we were downloading the "favorite downloads of the week" on the @Home network and observed the download rate as 40MB per sec! Yes, that's Megabytes folks, not Kilobytes. As we mentioned, it depends on the throughput of all the elements in the system, but within the @Home infrastructure everything was working well that day! |
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