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To: Junkyardawg who wrote (119)	9/4/1998 9:00:00 PM
From: Tom Swift	Respond to of 110652

Hmm, then I don't know how to help you. It should work. The best advice I can give you is to look for similar software on the web and see if it works.

To: Junkyardawg who wrote (119)	9/5/1998 3:49:00 AM
From: Johnathan C. Doe	Respond to of 110652

Do yourself a favor and download Polyview. This is a fantastic program for viewing pictures in practically any format. The program I believe is free, but buying it for a cheap price adds some functions and you get free updates forever. The program is updated constantly and I haven't found anything I like better for quick viewing. An absolutely fantastic contribution these people have made! polybytes.com

To: Junkyardawg who wrote (119)	9/5/1998 4:00:00 AM
From: Johnathan C. Doe	Respond to of 110652

I am one of the early adopters for CD-RW and I thought I would pass on what I have learned so far. I bought a Memorex EIDE drive model CRW-1622 and I am really pleased with everything about it. Memorex included a fully version of software that does copying and backup in all formats and this software has been fully supported with continuing upgrades that are free off the Memorex website. I am using an old 486 DX2 66 computer and I have no problems copying at 1X speed. 2X can be problematic; it works sometimes and bombs out others. I found a great free 1x audio copying program at www.padus.com that is the best audio copying program. You do need about 1 gig of free space to do it though, unless you have a CD-ROM drive as well that the www.padus.com program supports fully. A Plexor SCSI CD-ROM seems to be the favored source drive for this purpose. Anyhow, the CRW-1622 Memorex CD-RW drive has been excellently supported and has flash firmware updates that continuously improve the drives performance. I just am thrilled with this technology. I have bought HI-VAL blank disks for under one dollar from Comp USA and have CD backups now that are tremendously superior to my old tape backups that were slow as hell to use. The drive is also supported in all of the best CD programs; Adaptec's Easy CD Deluxe which is an excellent program; CD Architech by Sonic Foundry, Win On CD, etc. The kicker is that the drive is only $299. at Comp USA. There is a new model that will record at double the rate. The CRW-1622 has 1 meg. of buffer and that works great.

To: Junkyardawg who wrote (119)	9/5/1998 4:04:00 AM
From: Johnathan C. Doe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

Motorola is getting out of the modem business and they are dumping out there 56K V.90 modems at the unheard of price of $25 bucks a modem. These are full hardware modems, not Winmodems that should be avoided at all costs due to their tying up the CPU. You call the 800 number for Motorola that you can get off 800 information and then get the Tidal Wave program number. What a bargin. You can flash back and forth between 56K Flex and V.90 which is nice if your ISP isn't getting the bugs worked out of V.90 yet. The flash firmware is on the Motorola website: www.motorola.com; pick products; pick dial up modems; etc.

To: Junkyardawg who wrote (119)	9/5/1998 4:06:00 AM
From: Johnathan C. Doe	Respond to of 110652

When you buy a computer or buy a second harddrive; pay attention to both the access time and the RPM speed. Quantum has a drive called the Big Foot and it is horrible due to slow RPM speed. You want access at 9.5 ms and a minimum of 5200 RPM; better 5400. I really like Maxtor drives for the price/performance and size.

To: Junkyardawg who wrote (119)	9/5/1998 4:10:00 AM
From: Johnathan C. Doe	Respond to of 110652

For Zip functions; there is only one program to have; Zip Magic. For some really dumb reason, this program never gets mentioned in reviews and it is by far the best and unique Zip utility. The reason it is so perfect is that Zip files function as normal file folders when the program is running. You don't have to create unzip directories. You can run straight from the Zip folder. The only thing you must remember is to turn the damn thing off before backing up you files to CD-R or tape. I set the thing up to be off until I need it, and turn it back off when I am done. I love the program and can't see why anyone would use anything else once you get Zip Magic. It does all functions and supports many archive formats.

To: Junkyardawg who wrote (119)	9/5/1998 4:15:00 AM
From: Johnathan C. Doe	Respond to of 110652

PC Magazine has a section on their website with free utilites and a number of them are incredible. One I just love is Notes 2; it allows you to make a text notation describing what a file is within Windows Explorer. If you download a lot of files; this is a must have utility. You just right click the file in Windows Explorer and select the Notes option that the program puts in the list and then type a long description. You can get a whole paragraph in the area for the note.