eBlue, Sacra Blue Online Magazine

Number 208 — November 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 eblue9911.zip (70K). Print selected articles and read them whenever, and wherever, at your leisure.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
1999 eBlue Archives
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Credits & Information
The eBlue staff, disclaimer, and copyright information

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Contact Circulation Manager Marsha Leonard

Advertising in Sacra Blue
Sacra Blue advertising rates and the 1999 Media Kit

Writing for Sacra Blue
The Sacra Blue Writer’s Kit details our style guidelines

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SPCUG’s Web site

LOCAL MEDIA LINKS
California Computer News
Sacramento’s general- purpose computing magazine

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The Sacramento Bee
Sacramento’s daily newspaper

REGIONAL MEDIA LINKS
Computer Currents
The Bay Area general- purpose computing magazine

MicroTimes
The Bay Area high-tech mag

San Jose Mercury News
The Silicon Valley’s newspaper

The Gate
The San Francisco news site

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

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October's Meeting Report and Presentations.
Paul Plitzuweit of WildFile shows us GoBack, which can help you retrieve past versions of your files, while Jim Louderback of ZDTV, Ziff-Davis' computer television channel, shows us lots of cool new computer stuff.

Future Presentations Preview
What's on the agenda for future General Meetings? Read on to find out.

Featured Article
Y2K Legal Research
Confusion and Opportunity with "Loislaw."

—James M. Mize

Reader's Survey
Your Opinion on the "Blues"
We need your feedback.

—Editor-in-Chief

Virtual Domain
'Tis the Season
There's plenty of computer stuff to choose from this year.

—Eric Butow

Tech Talk
Cable Modems Are Here
Maybe. Watch for late breaking news.

—Milt Hull

Deep Blue
Back in the Saddle
Hello again, Chief!

—Anonymous

The Capitol Report
High-Tech Visas and Power

—Phil Wall

Solutions

Corner on Design
"Camera-Ready" Material

—Randall Rich

Ken's Korner
KVM Computer Switchs

—Ken Fermoyle

Random Access Memory
The Meaning of Y2K

—John Crow

Reviews

Light Blue
Sidewinder FF Wheel
Civilization: Call to Power
Dragon Magazine Archive
3-D Ultra Cool Pool
Extreme Boards & Blades
Edited by Chris Seip

Hardcopy
Developing Windows Error Messages
Visual Basic Controls in a Nutshell
Pure Visual Basic
Edited by Tom Anderson

Environmental Notes
ubiquitous "oak" products
Lorentz Design Storage Units
Spy Fox 2: Some Assembly Required
Math Blaster for 2nd Grade
by Bruce Boss

Product Review
Fix-It Utilities 99
Visio 2000
Edited by Chuck Sinclair

The Volunteer Page
Volunteers pull together quickly for another event.

—Stan Morris

Chapter and SIG Reports
A Message from the Chapter and SIG Coordinator

Auburn Chapter
Davis Chapter
Beginners SIG
WordPerfect SIG
Nevada Chapter

Et Cetera
Steering Committee Notes
SPCUG Benefits and Special Offers
Mentor List (Password Req'd)
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Consultants' Corner