Hello again, and welcome back to the column. I hope everyone had a nice holiday season, and is ready to face yet another exciting year in the world of T/S computing.
I will be able to now spend much more time with my computer and modem, as I am taking a “sabattical” from college. I am working to get some new products out into the market (word on one of them in the MTERM II Tutorial this month), and have just worked out an agreement with ONLINE of Atlanta, Georgia (see TSH #9) to be the SYSOP for the T/S SIG on ONLINE PLUS.
ONLINE PLUS will be a new service, similar to COMPUSERVE or the SOURCE, but better! Toll-free lines, a low hourly fee, and for T/S users, everything you can imagine! We will hold online User Group meetings every other Sunday afternoon, there will be a fully stocked Download section, and more, more, more! Keep looking in this column for more on ONLINE PLUS.
I have some bad news for those that are on MCI Mail. Effective January 1, 1985 is a yearly $19.00 mailbox fee, and the Toll-free lines will cost .25 per minute of use. I am very upset about how MCI baited us with this great service, and then turned around and made changes like these. I wrote MCI a letter, and have yet to receive an answer. Is this how it will all turn out? I hope not.
There is a new book out that helps to explain the MTERM II software in more detail, while doing it in easy-to-understand language. “TIMEX/SINCLAIR SMART TERMINAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS” is a 30 page full size manual that contains all of the information needed to properly use MTERM II. It sells for $5.00 and is available from: Barry Carter, P.O. Box 614, Warren, Michigan 48090. I recommend it highly.
Because of the holiday rush, a few things were left undone. Because of the response to the FREE WEEKEND on RIVER CITIES SMART BBS, many were not able to get in and try it out. So, we will do it again…the weekend of February 23 & 23. Look for the ad in this issue.
I will also be reviewing the Byte-Back modem in the February issue. (I know…”you said that last month”…nobody’s perfect!) If you have any comments or suggestions, please write. I will do my best to help in any way. Until next month…HAPPY TELECOMMUNICATING!