filename: "odd_de_presno"; contents: pointer to e-book _The Online World_; source01: list "devel-l" -------- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1993 19:24:40 +0100 Sender: Technology Transfer in International Development From: Odd de Presno Subject: new version of the online world To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L Version 1.2 of The Online World available ========================================= Version 1.2 of The Online World shareware book is now available. It is a non-fiction book dealing with the practical side of using the global online information resource as seen from an international perspective. It explores selected applications across network and service boundaries showing how such needs can be met. The examples range from databases to entertainment and the bizarre to special services for professionals and organizations. The following major changes have been done to book since version 1.1: Version 1.2 November 1, 1993 ------------------------------ * Added the home-ed mailing list, and The University of Phoenix's accredited degrees through courses conducted online * Corrected addresses for lists previously at RPIECS * The SIMTEL20 software library was closed. The software is now available through the SimTel Software Repository. * The Maastricht Treaty on European Union * Directory of scholarly electronic conferences * More science fiction, music, and The CIA World Factbook. * Forums for Mark Twain, Tolkien, - and the bizarre * Tarzan and Frankenstein (books) * Searching Webster's dictionary * Eunet Deutchland GmbH * Travel Britain Online * The World Health Organization * Advantis (IBM) * "The Totally Unofficial List of Internet Muds" * More WordPerfect support * Financial Times' thirty international business reports. * Sources on business in Mexico from Dow Jones. * Forums for international trade and management. * Trends: Interactive newspapers. Global telephone. Email by voice phone. CD-ROM supported communications. * New books and magazines. * Information about Compress, Demos, Jughead, RIP, SNA, .TAR, and .Z For current information about where to get a copy of the book, send email to LISTSERV@vm1.nodak.edu with the following command in the BODY of your mail. GET TOW WHERE ------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Odd de Presno (author) -------- eof; .