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Number 207 — October 1999	Striving to accommodate the wishes of our members, this edition is also available as an unformatted, text-only, complete collection of articles compressed into one file. Click here eBlue9910.zip (75K). Print selected articles and read them whenever, and wherever, at your leisure.

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1999 eBlue Archives
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The eBlue staff, disclaimer, and copyright information

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The Sacra Blue Writer’s Kit details our style guidelines

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The San Francisco news site

MAGAZINE SITES
- BYTE.com
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- PC Magazine
- PC Week
- PC World
- Windows Magazine
- ZDNet

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September's Meeting Report
BeadleNet follows up on high-speed connections with their firewall. With cable and DSL modems, system break-ins may become more common.

Future Presentations Preview
This is the first of a possible series of columns previewing upcoming meetings. We need your feedback.

Prez.com
Newsworthy Events
A Grand Lady passes on and the PC Jamboree is a great success.

—Frank Leonard

Virtual Domain
A Step Toward the Future
SPCUG fulfills some of its educational goals with the PC Jamboree.

—Eric Butow

Tech Talk
Outlook's Import and Export
Because it comes with Microsoft Office, many people are using Outlook as their default e-mail package.

—Milt Hull

OS/2 News
Warp Expo West
What happened at Warp Expo West and what's in the offing for this great alternative operating system.

—Tim Cardozo

Legal Bits
Disputes in Cyberspace
What to do with Domain Names and Trademarks.

—Steve L. Davis

Environmental Notes
Lucas Learning Debuts
Educational programs with Star Wars themes.

—Bruce Boss

Solutions

Corner on Design
Happy Scanning!

—Randall Rich

Drawing Conclusions
The Great OS Debate

—Rick Altman

Ken's Korner
"Korner" Turns Two

—Ken Fermoyle

Random Access Memory
In the Beginning...

—John Crow

Q & A
Here's the latest on all your tech questions from the General Meeting.

—The SPCUG Answer Guys

Reviews

Light Blue
Heavy Gear II
Army Men II
Caesar III
Sin Mission Pack: Wages of Sin
Edited by Chris Seip

Hardcopy
Visual C++ 5 Bible
Visual J++ 1.1: No Experience Required
Mastering Visual J++
Principles of Object-Oriented Programming in Java 1.1
Step by Step: Microsoft Visual Basic 5
Visual Basic 5 from the Ground Up
Edited by Tom Anderson

The Volunteer Page
Volunteer Ranks Expand

—Stan Morris

Chapter and SIG Reports
Auburn Chapter
Davis Chapter
Orangevale-Folsom Chapter
Roseville Chapter
Beginners SIG
WordPerfect SIG

Et Cetera
Letters to the Editor
Steering Committee Notes
SPCUG Benefits and Special Offers
Mentor List (Password Req'd)
Classified Advertisements
Consultants' Corner