Hi, just to inform about GameCon 2000 put on by the
GATT (Gamers' Association of Trinidad & Tobago)

GameCon 2000 will be held on Saturday July 29th 2000 at
Solutions.com Cyber Cafe, Gulf City Shopping Complex, La Romain
from 10:00AM - 8:00PM. At GameCon you will play games like
Quake 3 Arena and Starcraft for prizes. For more information,
please visit GATT's website at http://www.icnett.net/gatt/

Hi. The TTCS is having an "unoffical meeting" at the
Brass Institute on Sunday 23rd July 2000 from 1.00pm

We will be having three machines there and we will
be networking them using a hub and some network cards
to play some networked games.

All interested persons are welcome to attend.
The Brass Institute is at 117A Henry Street, Port of Spain
(next to Spectakula forum).

See http://www.ttcsweb.org/brass.htm for a map.

If you have any questions or comments about this
or about the TTCS, just email me!


Dev Teelucksingh
ttcs@...
Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org

The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society website at
http://www.ttcsweb.org has been updated.

* The handout done by Razor (presario@...) for the meeting
   "Internet Security for home and business users" done on
   Sunday 4th June 2000 is available for download as a 61K PDF
   file at http://www.ttcsweb.org

   You must have Adobe's Acrobat installed to view the PDF file.
   If you don't have it, it is free and available at
   Adobe's web site at http://www.adobe.com

* The Summary of past meetings page was updated with a summary
   of our pizza lime on 29th June 2000.

Dev Teelucksingh
Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org
"networking local computer users!"

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Pizza Lime on Thursday 29th June 2000 at 6:00pm at Pizza Hut,
Roxy Roundabout

Date: Thursday, June 29, 2000
Time: 6:00PM - 8:00PM VET (GMT-04:00)

The TTCS is having a pizza lime on Thursday 29th June 2000 at
6:00pm at
Pizza Hut, Roxy Roundabout, Port of Spain.
                              All interested persons (TTCS
members and members of the public) are invited to come
to eat and chat about various computer related topics including
:

* the U.S court ruling to   break up Microsoft

* TSTT's proposed telephone   rate change (25 cents per   minute
to anywhere in T&T)

* MP3s and programs/services
   such as Napster

If you are eating, a minimum contribution of $20 TT is
expected.

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TTCS Webpage at http://www.ttcsweb.org updated
----------------------------------------------


The following was done:

*  added a new section "Trini Scenes", where you can view 360 degree
    panoramas of various places in Trinidad and Tobago.
    Note : you must have a Java enabled browser to view these scenes.

*  changed the pop-up window of the Software links URL to allow vistors
    to select which OS to go to. The pop-up windows uses Javascript
    and DHTML for it to work.

*  adjusted the layout of the main page


If you have any :
* Questions/comments about the TTCS website at http://www.ttcsweb.org
* Contributions to the Trini links page
* Contributions to the software links page (any OS)
* Contributions to the Infoline server project
* Questions/comments about the Society in general


Please e-mail us: ttcs@...

Dev Teelucksingh
Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org
"networking local computer users"

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Pizza Lime on Thursday June 29th, 2000 from 6 to 8 pm
-----------------------------------------------------

The TTCS is having a pizza lime on Thursday 29th June 2000
from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Pizza Hut, Roxy Roundabout, Port of Spain.

All interested persons (TTCS members and members of the public alike)
are invited to come to eat and chat about various computer related topics
including
*  the U.S court ruling to break up Microsoft
* TSTT's proposed telephone rate change
   (25 cents per minute to anywhere in T&T)
* MP3s and services such as Napster

If you are eating, a minimum contribution of $20 TT is expected
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


For more info, please visit our website at http://www.ttcsweb.org


Dev Teelucksingh
Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Pizza Lime on Thursday 29th June 2000 at 6:00pm at Pizza Hut,
Roxy Roundabout

Date: Thursday, June 29, 2000
Time: 6:00PM - 8:00PM VET (GMT-04:00)

The TTCS is having a pizza lime on Thursday 29th June 2000 at
6:00pm at
Pizza Hut, Roxy Roundabout, Port of Spain.
                              All interested persons (TTCS
members and members of the public) are invited to come
to eat and chat about various computer related topics including
:

* the U.S court ruling to   break up Microsoft

* TSTT's proposed telephone   rate change (25 cents per   minute
to anywhere in T&T)

* MP3s and programs/services
   such as Napster

If you are eating, a minimum contribution of $20 TT is
expected.

---------------------------------------------------
Tips For Getting The Most From Your I.T. Department   :-)
---------------------------------------------------

1.  When you call us to have your computer moved, be sure to leave
     it buried under half a ton of postcards, baby pictures,
     stuffed animals, dried flowers, bowling trophies and children's art.
     We don't have a life, and we find it deeply moving to catch a fleeting
     glimpse of yours.

2.  Don't write anything down. Ever.
     We can play back the error messages from here.

3.  When an I.T. person says he's coming right over, go for coffee.
     That way you won't be there when we need your password.
     It's nothing for us to remember 300 screen saver passwords.

4.  When you call the help desk, state what you want, not what's keeping
     you from getting it. We don't need to know that you can't get into
     your mail because your computer won't power on at all.

5.  When I.T. support sends you an E-Mail with high importance,
     delete it at once. We're just testing.

6.  When an I.T. person is eating lunch at his desk,
     walk right in and spill your guts right out.
     We exist only to serve.

7.  Send urgent email all in uppercase. The mail server picks it up
     and flags it as a rush delivery.

8.  When the photocopier doesn't work, call computer support.
     There's electronics in it.

9.  When you're getting a NO DIAL TONE message at home,
     call computer support. We can fix your telephone line from here.

10. When you have a dozen old computer screens to get rid of,
     call computer support.  We're collectors.

11. When something's wrong with your home PC, dump it on an I.T.
     person's chair with no name, no phone number and no description
     of the problem. We love a puzzle.

12. When an I.T. person tells you that computer screens don't have
     cartridges in them, argue. We love a good argument.

13. When an I.T. person tells you that he'll be there shortly,
     reply in a scathing tone of voice:
     "And just how many weeks do you mean by shortly?"
     That motivates us.

14. When the printer won't print, re-send the job at least 20 times.
     Print jobs frequently get sucked into black holes.

15. When the printer still won't print after 20 tries, send the
     job to all 68 printers in the company. One of them is bound to work.

16. Don't learn the proper name for anything technical.
     We know exactly what you mean by "my thingy blew up".

17. Don't use on-line help. On-line help is for wimps.

18. If the mouse cable keeps knocking down the framed picture of your dog,
     lift the computer and stuff the cable under it. Mouse cables were
     designed to have 20kg of computer sitting on top of them.

19. If the space bar on your keyboard doesn't work, blame it on the mail
     upgrade. Keyboards are actually very happy with half a pound of
     muffin crumbs and nail clippings in them.

20. When you get a message saying "Are you sure?" click on that
     Yes button as fast as you can.
     If you weren't sure, you wouldn't be doing it, would you?

21. When you find an I.T. person on the phone with his bank,
     sit uninvited on the corner of his desk and stare at him until
     he hangs up. We don't have any money to speak of anyway.

22. Feel perfectly free to say things like "I don't know nothing about that
     computer crap". We don't mind at all hearing our area of
     professional expertise referred to as crap.

23. When you need to change the toner cartridge in a printer, call I.T.
     support. Changing a toner cartridge is an extremely complex task, and
     Hewlett-Packard recommends that it be performed only by a
     professional engineer with a master's degree in nuclear physics.

24. When you can't find someone in the government directory,
     call I.T. Support.

25. When you have a lock to pick on an old file cabinet, call I.T. Support.
     We love to hack.

26. When something's the matter with your computer, ask your secretary
     to call the help desk. We enjoy the challenge of having to deal with
     a third party who doesn't know anything about the problem.

27. When you receive a 30mb (huge) movie file, send it to everyone
     as a mail attachment. We've got lots of disk space on that mail server.

28. Don't even think of breaking large print jobs down into smaller chunks.
     Somebody else might get a chance to squeeze a memo into the queue.

29. When an I.T. person gets on the elevator pushing $100,000 worth of
     computer equipment on a cart, ask in a very loud voice:
     "Good grief, you take the elevator to go DOWN one floor?!?"
     That's another one that cracks us up no end.

30. When you lose your car keys, send an email to the entire company.
     People out in Pofadder like to keep abreast of what's going on.

31. When you bump into an I.T. person at the grocery store on a Saturday,
     ask a computer question. We do weekends.

32. Don't bother to tell us when you move computers around on your own.
     Computer names are just a cosmetic feature.

33. When you bring your own personal home PC for repair at the office,
     leave the documentation at home. We'll find all the settings
     and drivers somewhere.

34. Keep it crashing!

Dev Teelucksingh
ttcs@...
Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org

Hello. The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society Webpage
at http://www.ttcsweb.org has been updated.

The following pages have been updated:

* the Summary of past meetings page - added details about
   the meeting on Sunday 4th June 2000 about Internet security
   including several Internet security links

* added a new section on the Palm OS to the Software links page
   The Palm OS is the OS used by PDAs such as the PalmPilot and
   the Visor

* updated the Win9x section of the Software links page

If you have any
* Questions/comments about the TTCS website
* Contributions to the Trini links page
* Contributions to the software links page (all OSes)
* Contributions to the Infoline server project
* Questions/comments about the Society in general

please e-mail us at ttcs@...

Dev Teelucksingh
Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org
"networking local computer users!"

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

TTCS meeting on Internet security

Date: Sunday, June 4, 2000
Time: 1:00PM - 3:00PM VET (GMT-04:00)

This meeting will focus on Internet security for both the home
and business user.
Emphasis will be on preventative measures that users can take to
protect themselves from viruses (email, macro etc), Trojan horse
programs, "Spyware" programs that track your Internet activities
without your knowledge and vulnerabilities in the Win 95/98
networking components

------------------------------------
TTCS meeting on Sunday 4th June 2000
------------------------------------

The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will have its next
meeting on:

  Date : Sunday 4th June 2000
  Time : 1 PM
  Venue: The Brass Institute at 117A Henry Street, Port of Spain
         (next to Spektakula Forum)

( For a map showing where the Brass Institute is located, see
   http://www.ttcsweb.org/brass.htm )

This meeting will focus on Internet security for both the home and
business user; emphasis will be on preventative measures that
users can take to protect themselves from:

    * All types of viruses (email, macro etc)
    * Trojan horse programs
    * "Spyware" programs that track your Internet activities without
       your knowledge
    * Vulnerabilities in the Windows 95/98 networking components

--------------------------
Other TTCS webpage updates
--------------------------

More Trinbago Links (http://www.ttcsweb.org/ttlinks.htm)
were added.

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360 degree Panorama of the Queen's Park Savannah
------------------------------------------------

Many thanks to those who commented on the 360 degree panorama
done at the Queen's Park Savannah (http://www.ttcsweb.org/vr)

I will be looking at ways to include such scenes as a main part of
the ttcsweb.org site.


As always, email any questions or comments you have to ttcs@...

Dev Teelucksingh
ttcs@...
Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org
"networking local computer users!"
Dev Teelucksingh
devtee@...
Interesting DOS programs at http://www.opus.co.tt/dave
Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org

I've did a 360 degree panoramic scene at the Queen's Park Savannah.
You can take a look at the scene at http://www.ttcsweb.org/vr

Note that you need to have java enabled in your browser
and the size of the scene is about 250K.

I'll appreciate any comments you may have about this
(does it work with browsers for the Mac?)


If the response is favourable, I'll try to do more of them
and make it part of the main ttcsweb.org website.

Dev Teelucksingh
ttcs@...
Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org

In the past 5 months, there has been two new options for
internet access in T&T.

One is eFreenet, which offers free internet access in exchange for an
advertising window which is displayed at all times while you surf
the 'net. To sign up, you have to provide certain basic demographic
and geographic information along with data on your hobbies and
interests.

Efreenet has POPs in Port of Spain, Diego Martin and Arima.

For more information, visit http://www.efreenet.net

                           *     *     *

CariDirec is offering the Direct PC system which allows
satellite downloads up to 400Kbps while you use your regular ISP
and phoneline for uploads (you're not allowed to use
the satellite dish for uploads).

You can choose to buy the dish or lease it for a monthly fee
and choose between different usage packages based on time used
and amount of MBs downloaded. For more information,
visit CariDirec's website at http://www.caridirec.com
(Note : prices listed are in US dollars)




Dev Teelucksingh
ttcs@...
Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org

Hello. The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) Webpage
at http://www.ttcsweb.org has been updated.

What's updated
--------------

* The "Summary of past meetings" page has been updated with news
   and photos from our pizza lime on May 11th, 2000.

* Updated the "Trinbago Links" page

* Updated the "Win9x" and "BeOS" pages under Software links

Next meeting
------------

The next meeting will focus on Internet security for both the home and
business user; emphasis will be on protection from all types of
viruses (email, macro etc), trojan horse programs and the latest threat
to 'Net users: spyware programs that track your Internet activities.

The date and time of this TTCS meeting will be announced shortly

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If you have any
   * Questions/comments about the TTCS website
   * Contributions to the Trini links page
   * Contributions to the software links page (all OSes)
   * Contributions to the Infoline server project
   * Questions/comments about the Society in general

please e-mail us at ttcs@...

Dev Teelucksingh
ttcs@...
Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org

Hi, just a reminder about the Pizza Lime this Thursday.
See you there! :-)

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Pizza Lime on Thursday 11th May 2000 from 6pm to 8pm
----------------------------------------------------

The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) is having a pizza lime
at Pizza Hut, Roxy Roundabout, Port of Spain on
Thursday 11th May, 2000 from 6 pm to 8 pm.

Come join us as we eat and chat about
  * the proposed computer laws for T & T
(http://www.opus.co.tt/compbill)
  * the proposed breakup of Microsoft Corp,
  * other computer related issues.

Anyone interested in computers is invited to come.

If you're eating, a contribution of $20 TT is expected.

Hi, here are some computer related articles that
I thought you might be interested in.

Dev Teelucksingh
ttcs@...
Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org

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In Wired Magazine March 2000 issue had an article on Computer
Retroactivism on people using "old" computers like C-64 and TRS-80s.
and software such as New Deal Inc. Office Suite which runs on 286s.

You can access the article by Mark Frauenfelder at
     http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.03/diehards.html

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From Wired News, is an article on India's upcoming 'cyberlaws'
which sounds remarkably similiar to Trinidad and Tobago's
proposed computer laws ( http://www.opus.co.tt/compbill )
  http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,35822,00.html?tw=wn20000425

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Sadly, the creator of PKZip and the popular ZIP compression format,
Phillip W. Katz, has died at the age of 37. For more details :
     http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/pkzip000422.html

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Pizza Lime on Thursday 11th May 2000 from 6pm to 8pm
----------------------------------------------------

The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) is having a pizza lime
at Pizza Hut, Roxy Roundabout, Port of Spain on
Thursday 11th May, 2000 from 6 pm to 8 pm.

Come join us as we eat and chat about
  * the proposed computer laws for T & T (http://www.opus.co.tt/compbill)
  * the proposed breakup of Microsoft Corp,
  * other computer related issues.

Anyone interested in computers is invited to come.

If you're eating, a contribution of $20 TT is expected.

--------------------
TTCS Webpage updated
--------------------

* The "Trinbago Links" page has been updated with the layout
   similiar to the "Software links" pages.

* Updated the layout of the "Who runs the TTCS?" page
   and the "Infoline BBS" page to match the layout of the main page.

As always, any questions, comments or suggestions about the TTCS
are appreciated and can be emailed to ttcs@...

Dev Teelucksingh
ttcs@...
Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org
"networking local computer users"

Hi, just a mention that the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society
at http://www.ttcsweb.org was updated over the weekend.

We've updated the Windows 9x and Windows 3.x software links
section and added a new page for the BeOS operating system
(For more info on BeOS, visit http://free.be.com )

Also, we have mentioned on our main page about the
proposed new computer laws for Trinidad & Tobago
( http://www.opus.co.tt/compbill )

The layout of the main page has been changed to include
the date on which site updates have been made.

As always, questions and comments can be emailed to ttcs@...

Dev T.
Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org

[  Forwarded message from Peter Wimbourne of Opus Networx.           ]
[  Please review and comment on these proposed computer laws since   ]
[  it affects ALL computer users in Trinidad and Tobago.             ]
[                                                                    ]
[  Dev Teelucksingh                                                  ]
[  Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org    ]

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The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has proposed new laws relating to
the use of computers. These laws directly affect you as a computer user.

We have posted all of the bills on our website at
http://www.opus.co.tt/compbill

I urge you to review these drafts and to make comments on our
listserver, by replying to this message or sending email
to computerlaw@...

If you are already an OPUS NETWORX member then you have been
automatically subscribed to the list.

If you have been forwarded a copy of this message you can join by
sending email to mailto:computerlaw-request@... with the word
JOIN in the body of the message

Comments made on the listserver will be read by members of the relevant
government departments and will be your only opportunity to comment and
influence these proposals.

Please copy this message to as many people as possible so that the
widest possible participation in this discussion can be developed.

regards

- peter wimbourne

OPUS NETWORX - Trinidad and Tobago's longest running online service!
http://www.opus.co.tt     telnet:bbs.opus.co.tt
mailto:support@...
Modem: (868) 628-5023     Phone: (868) 628-1950     Fax: (868) 628-1969

To subscribe, send email to computerlaw-request@...
with the word JOIN in the message body.
To unsubscribe, send email to computerlaw-request@...
with the word LEAVE in the message body.

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Hello. The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society Main Page
has a new layout at http://www.ttcsweb.org

We've added a software links section which has
links to various software and other related websites for Win9x/NT,
Linux, Win3.x, DOS, OS/2 and Macintosh. The emphasis is on
freeware programs but some are shareware.

I welcome useful contributions to these links as my main
interests are in DOS, Win3.x, Win9x and Linux.

Also, you can get your FREE web based email address @ttcsweb.org !
Among the benefits :

* You can recieve an email attachment up to 2MB
* your mailbox can hold up to 4MB.
* you can receive email notification at your regular address when
   email is recieved at the ttcsweb.org address
* you can access it anywhere you can access the internet with
   a browser
* it's free


Also, we're having a meeting on Sunday 9th April 2000 at 1:00 pm
at the Brass Institute at 117A Henry Street, Port of Spain
(next to Spectacula Forum).

The meeting will be an actual demonstration on
installing a second operating system on an existing
Windows 9x machine using using only freeware tools to do so.
This includes :


* creating space on your hard drive for the second OS.
   We'll resize the existing Win9x partition WITHOUT destroying
   the data on it
* installing Caldera's OpenLinux 2.3
* using LILO (the LInux LOader included with Linux) to
   select which OS to use when you turn on the machine


Cost of attending meeting : FREE!!

We'll be ordering food after the meeting.
If you wish to eat, you are expected to contribute to the food bill
(should be no more than $20 TT per person).


Any comments to ttcs@... about the new layout or about the
TTCS are greatly appreciated

Dev Teelucksingh
ttcs@...
Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org

Hi, I got this message about a free seminar on Windows 2000 so I thought
I pass this information to you.

If you want to attend this free presentation, please send an email to
Ansar at the email address below confirming attendance......

Dev Teelucksingh
devtee@...
Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org

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From:  Ansar Mohammed [mailto:amohammed@...]
Sent:  Friday, February 11, 2000 11:27 AM
To: The Trinidad and Tobago Microsoft BackOffice Users Group
Subject:  [mbug] First Event

The Trinidad and Tobago Microsoft BackOffice Users Group

Hello All, I am pleased to announce that The Microsoft BackOffice Users
Group is announcing its first event.

We are hosting a Seminar entitled an Introduction to Microsoft Windows 2000
at the University of the West Indies.

The presenters will be myself and an Engineer from one of our Solution
Providers ..... CCS Technology.

This is a technical session introducing IT Professionals, Enthusiasts or
Students to the new technologies in Windows 2000 Server and Professional
(Workstation). After the session the floor will be opened for
questions and comments.

Light refreshments will be served.

The session starts promptly at 5:30 on Wednesday February 16th 2000
(the eve of the Windows 2000 launch) at Room B, Main Lecture Theater in
the Sir Frank Stockdale Building.

We may have some copies of Windows 2000 RC3 for those of you who arrive early.

See you there!

Please forward this to anyone who you know may be interested!

Ansar Mohammed
Pre Sales Technical Support
Microsoft Trinidad and Tobago
tel:868 622 3401
mobile: 868 680 5941
e-mail:amohammed@...

Hi all, here's an event that you may be interested in :




Event: Pizza Hut Lime
Date:  Thursday February 24, 2000
Time:  6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Description: We're having a pizza lime at Pizza Hut at Roxy Roundabout.

Come and join us as we eat and chat about computers,
technology and the local cyber community and other ole talk
including post Y2K stories, the AOL-Time Warner merger,
Windows 2000, the Denial of Service attacks,
and the recent DeCSS controversy.

Anyone interested in computers is invited to come.

If you're eating, a contribution to the final food bill is
expected (should be no more than $20 per person)

Have any questions? Email me at ttcs@...
or visit the TTCS website at
http://www.ttcsweb.org

Looking forward to see you there!




To add this event to your personal calendar, simply click on the following link:
http://www.egroups.com/cal?md=copy&prevMd=d&day=11011&eid=634434

If you have any other comments, you can reply to this message.

eGroups.com Calendar

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Happy new Year to all.
This email is just to update you on what's been happening with the TTCS.

=====----- C O N T E N T S -----=====

- February meeting
- suggestion for the TTCS logo
- what's new at the ttcsweb.org website
- Infoline BBS and the intranet server
- Free Linux CDs

=====-----00000-----=====

-----------------------------
Proposed Meeting in February
-----------------------------

The February meeting would be a get together to discuss various things:

* post Y2K stories
* the AOL - Time Warner merger
* Bill Gates stepping down as CEO of Microsoft,
* Win2K,
* cd universe being hacked for credit card numbers
* emi-aol-time-warner merger
* any other topics of ttcs interest/relevance
* the DVD/De-CSS controversy

and also to plan future ttcs events/meetings for at least the next 6 months.

  We are thinking about having it, once again, at Pizza Hut (Roxy Roundabout).
The December 1999 meeting was well attended and even generated several
replies from abroad :-) from interested persons wishing they could attend.
  This positive response occured in spite of only 24-48 hours notice
(we had to wait for permission from Prestige Holdings,
the owners of Pizza Hut for nearly 2 weeks before the actual day)
to both members and participants on the TTCS announce list.

This meeting will be open for all interested persons and we would be
able to place a proper advertisement in the newspapers and perhaps even
on the radio (any suggestions for which radio stations and what
times would be the best for such an advertisment?)

We have several game demos : Quake 3 Arena (for Win9x and Linux)
and Unreal Tournament. We are investigating whether we could bring
computers into Pizza Hut. If so, we could have a "gaming" lime as well.

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TTCS Logo
----------

Raul has come up with an unusual (but creative IMO) design for the
logo for the TTCS. You can view it online at
http://community.wow.net/parodice/ttcs

----------------------
ttcsweb.org website
----------------------

We now have an easier to use URL/domain name:

http://www.ttcsweb.org

for our website.

I've been working on expanding the site to include more
computer related links. For ease of generation, it would
look like my Interesting DOS programs site at this URL:

http://www.opus.co.tt/dave

Another example layout for the TTCS computer links can be found at my
other page that combines Linux, Win3.x, Win9x and OS/2 links.  The link is:

http://www.opus.co.tt/dave/otheros.htm

A section featuring Mac related links is in the works but I urgently
need suggestions for Mac freeware/shareware; troubleshooting; buying
tips; reviews; commercial software sites; mac hardware sites etc

We now offer browser-based email from the ttcsweb.org website.
At the site, you can get and use an email address similar to:
yournamehere@...

You will be able to send and receive email from your browser from
anywhere on the internet (similar to other web based email e.g. hotmail)
and can also choose to be notified via email to your regular email
address or by ICQ.

The signup form for your free web based email account is located at:

http://mail.bigmailbox.com/users/ttcsweborg/

(P.S  Apparently the email server is being upgraded so you won't be
       able to login until noon Saturday 5th February)

------------------------------------
Infoline BBS and the intranet server
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  Infoline, our BBS has been offline since the third week of January
because of a hard drive crash (no it is not related to Y2K/millenium bug
:-) ) All relevant data had been backed-up before on two CDs
so we haven't lost anything. The BBS will remain offline until further
notice because we are moving ahead with its sucessor: an intranet server.

The Linux intranet server for Infoline is nearly done - all important
components are working :

- web pages
- ftp with resume download capability
- email (among registered users of the system)
- public forums (using a SQL database)
- the ability to call the server and login in the same manner as calling
   your ISP for internet access(We have successfully tested clients using
   Win3.x, Win9x, Mac and DOS to login)

Outstanding work with the system:

- ftp maintance - writing a script to generate the 00_index.txt and
   00_index.htm for each file directory at the end of each day or week
   so that new file uploads are catalogued.

- a script to make backups of key data files so that in the event
   of a software or hardware crash, we would be able to recover.

- Content : designing a web site which integrates all of these things.

(help in any or all of these 3 areas from members and participants on
the announce list is welcome)

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Linux CDs anyone?
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The TTCS has two copies of Red Hat Linux version 6.1 for sale.
Cost: TT$20 per disk.

We also have some older Linux CDs (Redhat 5.2, Suse 5.1, OpenLinux 1.2)
which are available for free to TTCS members. Just send an email to
reserve your copy today.
You can collect it at the next meeting.

Questions, ideas, thoughts, suggestions?

Email them to me at ttcs@...

Dev Teelucksingh
ttcs@...
Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org

I wish everyone a merry Christmas to all the members of the TTCS
mailing list.

We've have registered a url for the TTCS webpage :
http://www.ttcsweb.org
This URL will make it easier to promote the TTCS by word of mouth and
by radio and print ads. Many thanks to Opus Networx who continues to
host our website.

Apart from announcing the Pizza Hut Lime on Thursday 17th December
1999, the TTCS website had two other changes :

* A New layout of the TTCS main page

* Thanks to Trini.com, we have a public computer forum Computer Corner
where
   you can post computer related questions and comments using your
browser.
   You can access the Computer Corner from our website.


Season Greetings,
Dev Teelucksingh
Trinidad and Tobago Compueter Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org

Season Greetings! here's an event that you may be interested in.


Event: Pizza Lime at Pizza Hut, Roxy
Date:  Thursday December 16, 1999
Time:  5:45 pm - 7:45 pm
Description: We're having a pizza lime as our final "meeting" for the century at
Pizza Hut
at Roxy Roundabout.

Come and join us as we eat and chat about computers, technology and the local
cyber community and other ole talk.

Anyone interested in computers is invited to come.

If you're eating, a contribution to the final food bill is expected ($15 per
person)

Looking forward to see you there!


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Season Greetings! here's an event that you may be interested in.


Event: Pizza Lime at Pizza Hut, Roxy
Date:  Thursday December 16, 1999
Time:  5:45 pm - 7:45 pm
Description: We're having a pizza lime as our final "meeting" for the century at
Pizza Hut
at Roxy Roundabout.

Come and join us as we eat and chat about computers, technology and the local
cyber community and other ole talk.

Anyone interested in computers is invited to come.

If you're eating, a contribution to the final food bill is expected ($15 per
person)

Looking forward to see you there!


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Hi all, the TTCS will be having a meeting at the Brass Institute this
Sunday (details below).
  Also, the TTCS website at http://www.opus.co.tt/ttcs was
updated with a new method for signing up to the TTCS mailing list
and an Trinbago link added.




Event: TTCS meeting
Date: Sun Nov 14, 1999
Time: 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Description: The TTCS will be having a meeting on Sunday 14th November, 1999 at
1:30 pm at the Brass Institute at 117A Henry Street, Port of Spain.

   We will be having further discussions for the proposed changes to the TTCS
which include :

* registering a URL for our website :
   what name do we register?
* changing the membership fees
* deciding on a logo for the TTCS
* changing our statement of purpose

   The meeting will also look at our intranet server which will be replacing our
terminal based Infoline BBS. This will be done by calling the server as one
would do when calling an ISP.

For futher details about the TTCS,
including a map showing where the Brass
Institute is located, visit
our website at http://www.opus.co.tt/ttcs


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Unisys, the owner of the LZW algorithm used to create/view GIF images
is now requiring operators of websites (including intranets) that
use GIFs to pay $5000 US in license fees.
And even if you distribute software that create/view GIF images,
you may have to get written permission to do so.

See for yourself :   http://corp2.unisys.com/LeadStory/lzw-license.html
                      http://corp2.unisys.com/LeadStory/lzwfaq.html


Many software developers find this unacceptable. One group, the
League for Programming Freedom is organising a Burn All GIFs Day on
Friday
November 5th 1999. For more information and to find alternatives to
GIFs,
visit http://burnallgifs.org/

D. Teelucksingh
ttcs@...
Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society
http://www.opus.co.tt/ttcs

Hello, the TTCS will be having a meeting  on Sunday 31st October, 1999
at 2:00 pm.

The Venue is the Brass Institute at 117A Henry Street, Port of Spain.
A map is at http://www.opus.co.tt/ttcs/brass.htm

We will be looking at our intranet server as well as deciding on
several issues concerning the society future :

* relooking at our mission statement
* registering a URL: what name we should use?
* Should we change our membership fees?
   If yes, what fees should be charged?
* creating a logo for the TTCS.

Your presence will be appreciated.

For more details, visit our website at http://www.opus.co.tt/ttcs
or email ttcs@...

Regards,

Dev Teelucksingh



Event: TTCS meeting
Date: Thu Oct 28, 1999
Description: We will be looking at our intranet server
as well as deciding on several issues concerning the society future :

* relooking at our mission statement
* registering a URL: what name we should use?
* Should we change our membership fees?
   If yes, what fees should be charged?
* creating a logo for the TTCS.

Your presence will be appreciated.

The Venue is the Brass Institute
at 117A Henry Street, Port of Spain.
(A map is at http://www.opus.co.tt/ttcs/brass.htm

For more details, visit our website at
http://www.opus.co.tt/ttcs


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