GIF News Issue 17
November / December 1991
GN9111.TXT
GIF News
November 1991
Issue #17
(C)1991 Hsiao & Hunter, Inc.
Release date: November 8, 1991
Dear GIF News reader,
Sorry for the week and a half delay of the release of this
issue. It's been a busy month here with a new upgrade from a
286 12MhZ to a 386-33MhZ. Everything is running smoothly now.
You may have noticed that this issue only has the month November
on it. Does this mean GIF News has gone from bimonthly to monthly?
Well, not exactly. We plan on releasing another issue in December
solely for review of products for the Holiday season. This includes
games, hardware, software, etc. Be sure to look for it on a BBS near
you. Starting January, GIF News will go back to being bimonthly.
Files in this archive:
GN9111-1.GIF --- Page 1
GN9111-2.GIF --- Page 2
GN9111-3.GIF --- Page 3
GN9111V4.GIF --- Page 4 (256 Color page)
GN9111.TXT --- This file
GN-DISKS.TXT --- How to get .MOD files for Sound Blaster
GIFNEWS.ADS --- How to advertise in GIF News
BACKISSU.TXT --- Description of all back issues of GIF News
Thanks for taking the time to download this issue of GIF
News. I really hope you like it. In this issue there are articles
on: Mustang Acquisition of Qmodem, Windows 3.1 news, Wing Commander
built-in cheat and information of the Secret Operations Disks, review
of WordTris, new games coming out for various computer platforms,
more handy Internet TELNETable addresses, Police Quest III, a closer
look at the AdLib Gold, and more.
Again, GIF News can be freely copied and shared just as
long as no modifications what-so-ever are made to this
archive. If you enjoyed reading the past 6 or so issues of
GIF News, please consider a small donation of $5 to cover my
cost of uploading GIF News long distance to BBS's across the
country. Or instead, please upload GIF News to a couple of
your favorite boards. Any bit of distribution helps.
Free advertising continues...read GIFNEWS.ADS for more
details. Also, interested in megs of TrakBlaster .MOD files
without the cost of downloading them long distance? Read the
file GN-DISKS.TXT for an offer you can't refuse.
Special note to Internet readers: If you would like to
be a GIF News subscriber, just send me E-mail and I'll add you
to the mailing list. GIF News will be uuencoded and sent to
you via E-mail. Many uudecoders exist for both unix and ms-dos
platforms. If you can't unzip on your machine, let me know and
I'll send up the file in an LZH archive or a ZOO archive.
Also, if you're anonymously FTP'ing, and come across some
files you think might be GIF News. You can easily tell which
issue is up by looking at the filename. For example, you see:
gn91-11.zip <-- The gn stands for GIF News, the 91 re-
presents the year, and the 11 is the
month (November in this case).
So be sure to look for gn91-12.zip come December.
Several FTP sites you might want to look for GIF News are:
wuarchive.wustl.edu /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/gif-news
aix.rpi.edu /pub-write
saffron.inset.com /incoming/gifnews
ab20.larc.nasa/gov /incoming/amiga/Gif-news
I am happy to receive any comments or suggestions.
Please send them to any of the addresses below.
Thanks for your support,
Eric Hsiao
Editor-in-chief of GIF News
How to reach me:
US Mailing Address #1
Eric Hsiao
7 Fair Way
Poughkeepsie, New York 12603-5014
************* Please send to this address between 9/1/91 to 5/1/92) ********
US Mailing Address #2 (reach me quicker between dates
Sept. 1, 1991 to May 1, 1992)
Eric Hsiao
406-A BARH Mailroom, RPI
Troy, New York 12180-3590
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BACKISSU.TXT
BACKISSU.TXT
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** Descriptions of every single issue of GIF News that has come out **
If you want any of these issues, just send a Self-Addressed-Stamped-
Envelope and a blank floppy (5.25 or 3.5) and I'll copy them over for you.
Each issue is around 100K zipped. You must include the FLOPPY AND S.A.S.E
or else you won't receive anything back. ------------------
Issue # Date Description
------- ---- -----------
01 Nov/Dec 1988 Reviews of Leisure Suit Larry II, Fire Power,
and Sentinel Worlds, a short autobiography of
Hsiao & Hunter, Inc.
02 Feb/Mar 1989 Virus protection safeguards, review of Police
Quest II, "Are MS-DOS Games Getting Better"
editorial, game hints to Leisure Suit Larry 2.
03 May/June 1989 Industry news, Space Quest ]I[ review, 1st
annual Sight & Sound Awards, "Taito Games Are
Terrible" editorial.
04 July/Aug 1989 Nintendo Game Hints (Super Mario Bros 2, Rad
Racer, Karnov), Reviews of 4 different driving
simulation games (Vette, Test Drive 2, Lombard
Rally, F40 Pursuit Simulator), Review of the
game Caveman Ugh-Lympics, a short overview of
Lotus 123 Release 3.
05 Nov/Dec 1989 Review of Maxis' Sim City, the new Tears For
Fears CD "Seeds of Love", and a review of
Sierra's Manhunter II.
06 Jan/Feb 1990 A Look back at the eighties, review of Sierra's
the Colonel's Bequest, and a overview of music
cards (AdLib, GameBlaster, SoundBlaster, &
Roland), the best VGA games.
07 Mar/Apr 1990 "Do Sound Cards Really Sound that Good?"
editorial, a profile of the Channel 1(tm) BBS
in Cambridge, MA, review of Access' Crimewave
and Bitmap Bros' Xenon II, look at digitizing
sounds.
08 May/June 1990 Detailed look at the VGA and VESA video
standard, the Ultima VI built-in cheat, the
World of Amiga show in New York City.
09 July/Aug 1990 Request for BBS distribution sites, Computer
Industry News, a look at the Sound Blaster card,
a review of Spectrum Holobytes' Faces game.
10 Sept/Oct 1990 Review of the games Atomix & Puzznik, a look at
Battlechess II and future game releases, v.42
& v.42bis - what their advantages are.
11 Nov/Dec 1990 Look at the TrakBlaster program, new Flight
Simulator scenery disks, Reviews of games
Spellcasting 101 and Jones in the Fast Lane,
the Amiga Video Toaster by NewTek, Being a
Game Designer for Electronic Arts.
12 Jan/Feb 1991 V.32bis standard, XGA, LaserDiscs, the
controversial Lotus-Equifax CD-ROM CD, "Boo to
Disney Software" editorial, FD-Format, review of
the game Hard Nova.
13 Mar/Apr 1991 Look at Workstations, BBS's pay business rates
on their phone lines, JMPlayer review, Amiga 24
bit graphics, the first VGA page ever.
14 May/June 1991 The Prodigy STAGE.DAT controversy, review of
TrakBlaster v2.0, MediaVision's Pro-Audio
Spectrum, Amiga News, Review of Lemmings.
15 July/Aug 1991 The PC Expo in NYC, look at Creative Labs'
Voice Edit program, hints to the adventure game
Time Quest, a review of the game Armor Alley,
Internet News, and the first-ever GIF News
contest.
16 Sept/Oct 1991 Sound Blaster Pro Vs. AdLib Gold, "High Prices
for Game Software" Editorial, Internet News,
Contest Winners Announced.
17 Nov/Dec 1991 Closer look at AdLib Gold, Windows 3.1 news,
Wing Commander II Built-in cheat, Police
Quest III, WordTris, Internet sites, new
releases for various computers.
GIFNEWS.ADS
* FREE ADVERTISING * FREE ADVERTISING * FREE ADVERTISING * FREE ADVERTISING *
That's right! Advertise for free in GIF News today! Anything under
1/5 of a page is absolutely free! Advertise your BBS, advertise your
business, advertise anything of interest to the computer world. All you
have to do is mail your ad to me 10 days before the next issue is due
out (i.e. Nov 21st for the Dec 1991 issue). Also, please consider
a small donation or contribution if you enjoy reading GIF News. You will
help offset the cost of long distance calls to upload GIF News to a BBS
near you, plus you'll get a bigger ad space. I make no profit, and I
create GIF News as a hobby and to provide a service to the BBS community.
-> If you want to advertise a BBS, all I ask is that you add me to your
user roster, giving me a normal user account and password (which you can
mail to me along with your ad). <-
In order to help me keep track of which bulletin boards are still up
and which ones have gone down, I request that sysops who advertise their
BBS in GIF News to let me know before each & every issue comes out that
they want an ad to be in it. In other words, if I don't hear from you
before the next issue comes out, your ad most likely will not go in.
Sorry, but I cannot grant requests that say "please put my BBS ad in the
next 10 issues." - you must notify me each time before an issue comes out
that you want your ad in it. This makes it easier for me to keep track
of ads, as well as give you the chance to update the information in it.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Thank you,
Eric Hsiao
Editor of GIF News
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Note: GIF News has the right to refuse any advertisement, and complaints
arising from any advertisements should be directed toward the
advertiser, not GIF News. GIF News is a free publication which may
be freely copied and distributed, so long as no modifications what-
so-ever are made.
GN-DISKS.TXT
GN-DISKS.TXT
.MOD files at your service
Can't seem to find any boards in your area with alot of TrakBlaster
.MOD files? Wish you had more, but don't want to spend the lengthy
time to download them from long distance boards? If you're like me,
after listening to the TrakBlaster program play music, you swore you
would never go back to .ROL or .CMF files again. Well, I have a
solution to those people who want more, but can't find more. I have
amassed about 10 megs of .MOD files, and would like to share them
with you.
Introducing the GIF News .MOD file server
Files available on both 5.25" & 3.5" format
If you order 1-2 disks, the following rates apply:
Disk Type Price
5.25" 360K disk = $1.00 ea
3.5" 720K disk = $1.75 ea
5.25" 1.2Meg disk = $2.25 ea
3.5" 1.44Meg disk = $2.75 ea
If you order 3 or more, the following rates apply:
Disk Type Price
5.25" 360K disk = $.75 ea
3.5" 720K disk = $1.50 ea
5.25" 1.2Meg disk = $2.00 ea
3.5" 1.44Meg disk = $2.50 ea
Please print out the following order form to help you out.
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Shipping to Canada is $1.50, not $.75 (funds in US Dollars please)
Checks & Money Order accepted as payment
Please make check out to Eric Hsiao
Mail this order form to:
Eric Hsiao
406-A BARH Mailroom, RPI
Troy, New York 12180-3590
All sales are final.
To make sure I don't send you .MOD files you already have, it may be
helpful for you mail your list of .MOD files along with the order
form.