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<strong>TELECOMPUTING</strong> continued. Elec tronic File Transfer Update PlayNet Disks In f or m,i t i on Center -■ PP i T:Q enter Bui letm Boards ftccount 8 Billing Infornation PlayNet has beautiful on-line graphics and sound - including games - but it's not videotex. Screen displays and games are loaded from one of the three disks that PlayNet provides when you join ($34.95). You don't have to buy additional disks to play interactive games but that's only an advantage if you want to play games in the first place. (Lest I sound superior, I confess to enjoying Quad 4 on-line with 1Q other players, during which game we carried on a lively -if confusing- conversation. Two of us "won/') Getting around on PlayNet is about a million times easier than doing so on other networks but the trade-off is that it's proportionally less extensive. Even when fully operational with Apple and IBPl-PC members, public domain and commercial data bases and other structures, it should have easy access. Extensive conferencing features (such as splitting the screen for private messages and menus that toggle on and off) made it delightful to talk with very enthusiastic PlayNet users like Bill P1 who stroked my ego by guessing my full name from Peggy H, my predesignated handle, and Deb C, who's "debl" when she runs the CBffl SIG on CompuServe. You don't need your own terminal software because it's on the disks PlayNet provides, and updates for new features are downloaded. You have to wait a couple of minutes for disk loads each time you change areas but the $2 an hour connect fee of $2 an hour works out to only three and a third cents a minute. Other costs are a monthly service charge and fee for downloading which averages $.50 per file. Call 1-800-PLAYNET for more info. AMERICAN PEOPLE/LINK is doing Beta testing as of this writing. Their ad's claim "anyone with a word processor, personal computer or terminal, and a modem" can access People/Link upon, of course, paying the $14.95 one-time sign up fee. But notice it says "word processor" - not terminal software. A lengthy and unconvincing phone conversation with them left me as skeptical as I was in the first place about Ml- ITS IHOIftHft JOKES Man, Mould you lihe ta Send it to a Friend tiaKe another creature getting on-line with a word processor, even at $2.95 an hour. Nevertheless, they spoke of interactive, multi-player games "coming soon as well as Special Interest Clubs (SICs?) with user Club Presidents deciding everything including subject matter. Good luck when calling 1-800-524-01 DO for more information. T>€ ELECTRONIC UNIVERSITY is not a commercial network per se, rather it is a means of study via telecommunications. Courses range from seminars to classes for kids, professional field-specific study and adult education which many U.S. colleges accept for credit. There's conferencing and private on-line consultation with professors and 24-hour access to a library of data bases. I was impressed with the diversity (if not the number) of available classes. Call 1-80O-22LEARN (1-80D-44LEARN in Calif.) for info and prices. GO FOR IT If you do nothing else, downloading public domain programs is sufficient reason to telecompute. But your first try can be tough. Be sure to read (and re-read) on-line instructions and program documentation. Make certain you have the right protocols. Remember that all computers are picky devils; your patience and perseverance can be taxed but keep trying - it's worth it. Public domain programs are NOT second-rate and can be especially helpful for learning or sharpening BASIC skills because you can list and examine them. In fact, you can do anything you please ' with a public domain program, from personalizing it to selling. on-line conferencing runs the gamut from technical talk to pure unadulterated fantasy. Whatever your preference, you can make friends with people you might never meet face to face, and all of them are interested in computers. If you like dealing with the written word and have fair typing ability, you're sure to find it fascinating. Keep in mind that the advantages enjoyed by good-looking people in person belong to the literate, on-line, /bye
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