If hanging on the technical support hotline isn't
your idea of a good time, try the IBM Product
Support RoundTable. It provides a single,
convenient location for GEnie members seeking
assistance from vendors of IBM-compatible
products. You'll find quick responses from Gateway
2000, Boca Research, Kaseworks, and GVC, with more
joining the hardware and software support team as
we move into 1994. You'll also find drivers,
utilities, demos, and information in the IBM
Product Support RoundTable's Software Librar ies.
Shopping for new "toys"? Gateway 2000's complete
price list is available in file #398 PRODUCTS.EXE.
  
IBM PC RoundTable
  
For OS/2-like power in a DOS program, Telemate
4.12 (#34219 TM412-1.ZIP, #34220 TM412-2.ZIP,
#34222 TM412-3.ZIP, #34223 TM412-4.ZIP) is a
powerful, multi-threading communications program
featuring ANSI/Avatar/VT52/VT102 terminal
emulation, text viewer and editor, scrollback,
clipboard, and unique functions that are easily
accessed with built-in mouse support.
  
Of course you'll always find answers and solutions
in the IBM PC RoundTable at Page 615. Visit the
Real-Time Conference on Sundays at 9:30 PM Eastern
time, or post your questions in the Bulletin
Board. Check out the Software Libraries for the
latest IBM and IBM-compatible shareware programs,
including drivers for popular sound and video
cards, handy utilities, personal productivity
files to save you time, and lots more.
  
One great way to beat the winter blahs is to
settle on the couch with a bowl of hot popcorn
(or healthy carrot sticks, if you insist on
keeping those New Year's resolutions) and pop a
favorite movie in the VCR. If you're into reruns,
why not rent something you haven't seen? But
first, drop by the IBM PC RoundTable and grab
this hot title from the Software Library! Instead
of spending all your time at the store trying to
judge a film by its jacket, let ImagiSOFT, Inc.'s
Movies to Go! version 1.4 (files 32892
MOVIEA14.ZIP, #32893 MOVIEB14.ZIP, and #32894
MOVIEC14.ZIP) serve as your graphical electronic
video movie guide! Search 1,000 titles by
category, actors, directors, MPAA rating, key
words, year, and more. Movies to Go! tells you
about the characters, setting, music, box office
gross, objectionable content, film trivia -- in
short, everything you need to decide.
  
You can't exactly curl up with this book, but if
you're a history buff you'll enjoy reading The
Lost Churchill Library 1.0 (file #33991
LCL101.ZIP). It contains American writer Winston
Churchill's Revolutionary War novel "Serapis:
Caught by the Tide," modernized and adapted for
readers, students, and teachers of American
history, and illustrated with 150 color .PCX
files. Or try your hand at writing poetry, with a
little help from Poetry Star (#32108 POETSTAR.ZIP)
and your PC. Of the hodge-podge assortment of
computerized poetry generators available, Poetry
Star may be the only one that attempts to
demonstrate and aid in the creation of formal
poetry -- including sonnets and pantoums -- as
well as free verse. Written in the INRAC language,
Poetry Star is interactive and entertaining, and
it may even bring out the poet in you!
  
You'll always find fun at your fingertips in the
IBM PC Software Library with its extensive
collection of games to play on (and with) your
computer. $PINBALL.ZIP (#34257) brings
arcade-style pinball to life on your PC with
256-color scrolling graphics, digital music, and
sound. By Epic MegaGames, creators of the
commercial pinball game, Silverball, it features
all the shots, sounds, action, and excitement of
the real thing!
  
OS/2 RoundTable
  
Come find out why OS/2 fans are full of praise for
the OS/2 RoundTable at Page 1400. You'll get help
from IBM employees and knowledgeable OS/2 owners
(just try to stump them!) in the Bulletin Board.
The Software Libraries are full of useful
utilities, helpful and informative text on a
variety of OS/2 topics, and one of the largest
collections of OS/2 shareware online today! With
many excellent CA-Realizer programs being
developed, the runtime DLLs required for them
(file #1793 RLZRUN20.ZIP) are a MUST have in any
OS/2 owner's toolbox. VXRUN101.ZIP (#1344)
contains the 1.01 runtime DLL that's required for
all VX-Rexx programs.
  
All work and no play -- well, you know what they
say. When you need a break from the serious side
of computing, try these great OS/2 games:
ASTRA.ZIP (#1702) for solitaire fans; backgammon
(BG14.ZIP #1712); Dungeon Chess (DCHESS.ZIP
#1540), an interesting version of a classic
favorite; Mahjongg (MAH21E.ZIP #1294); or
GREED.ZIP (#1027), an "addictive" new PM game.
Take a trip down memory lane with the original
Adventure game (#149 ADVENTF.ZOO), or meet an
entirely new challenge in Roids (#1963
ROIDS10.ZIP). Search for more fun in the Software
Libraries using the keyword GAME.
  
Windows RoundTable
  
Windows RoundTable members can count on top-notch
technical help at GEnie Page 1335. The Windows
Help Desk is open from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM Eastern
time on Mondays and Fridays, and from 10:00 PM to
midnight on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the
Real-Time Conference area. Or drop by on Thursday
nights at 9:30 PM to talk with other Windows
owners and software developers. Even if you don't
use Windows (yet), you're welcome to join the
discussion! If you do use Windows and enjoy
Real-Time Conferencing, try Skirzy 1. 1 (files
#1467 SKIRZ11A.ZIP and #1468 SKIRZ11B.ZIP; or,
#1465 SKLITE11.ZIP) to take advantage of all
Conference features with multiple resizeable
windows, full logging, menued commands, quick
access keys, sounds, and more! Several
entertaining add-ons are available including
Skirzy Adventure (#1857 SKADVH11.ZIP, #1856
SKADVC11.ZIP, and #1853 SKADVHLP.ZIP) an
interactive, multi-player role-playing game for
Real-Time Conference that includes sound effects
(#1854 SKADVSND. ZIP)!
  
Word games like the ever-popular Hangman (#1842
HJMM1.ZIP) provide a thought-provoking challenge.
If you think that's too easy, try the Hebrew
version (#1843 HJHC.ZIP)! If you enjoy puzzling
over crosswords but find that someone's always
beating you to the Sunday paper, download
CWDLX20.ZIP (#1874). Still not challenged enough?
Try solving a three-dimensional crossword puzzle
with 3DXWD124.ZIP (#1875)! SCAT10.ZIP (#1870) is a
fun and easy-to-learn card game, but watch out --
it could be habit-forming!
