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| New Newsletter for Team OS/2 Members | teamnews
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Team OS/2 consists of people who are OS/2 enthusiasts and who actively
share their knowledge and enthusiasm with others. Teamers include IBM
employees and non-IBMers worldwide. Membership is open to anyone who is
willing to spend his or her own time helping other OS/2 users and
promoting OS/2.
Finding Our Electronic Newsletter
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The Team OS/2 support group is now publishing an electronic newsletter
in .IPF format, which can be viewed using the OS/2 VIEW command. Team
OS/2 News will come out every month or two, and is available from these
e-mail systems:
o America On Line: Select the Computing Icon, then search in the OS/2
libraries
o CompuServe: Type GO OS2USER, and look in section 9, Team OS/2
o Delphi: in custom forum 41
o Fidonet: in file TEAM1093.ZIP
o GEnie: in the OS/2 Roundtable library
o Internet: Site ftp-os2.cdrom.com (or shadow site ftp-os2.nmsu.edu),
directory /pub/os2/all/teamos2, file name TEAM1093.ZIP
o OS/2 BBS: In OS/2 Software Support Library, under option 3, OS/2
Documents and Information
o PRODIGY, in the OS/2 Club library
Contents of First Issue
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The first issue of Team OS/2 News has file name TNEW01.ZIP except on
Fidonet and Internet, where its file name is TEAM1093.ZIP. The first
issue has these contents:
o Hello Team OS/2!
-- What is Team OS/2?
-- IBM Team OS/2 Support
o Team OS/2 Calendar of Activities
-- Currently Scheduled Activities
-- Past Activities
-- Event Reports
-- ONE BBSCON
-- University of North Texas - Denton
-- CompUSA Demo Day, Houston TX
-- CompUSA Demo Day, Rochester NY
o Team OS/2 Profiles
-- TEAM NC - North Carolina
o Team OS/2 Logo Status
o Appendices
(A) How do I Contact IBM Team OS/2 Support?
(B) How Can I Join Team OS/2?
(C) Where Can I Find Team OS/2 Members?
(D) Team OS/2 Support
-- Support for Public OS/2 Demos
-- Team OS/2 Support for Local Retailers Selling OS/2
-- OS/2 Posters for University Computer Labs
(E) But I'm not in the USA. Now what?
(F) Support for OS/2 demos at user groups
-- User Group and SIG registration information
Joining Team OS/2
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The Team OS/2 support group keeps a database of members. This file is
posted periodically on the same e-mail systems as the newsletter. Its
file name is TEAMOS.ZIP except on Fidonet, where its name is
TEAMLIST.Z10, and Internet, where its name is TEAMLIST.ZIP.
If you actively support OS/2 and its users, just let us know about you
to be added to the member list. Here's all we need to know:
1. Your name
2. Mailing address (only your city, state, and country will be
published)
May we release your address to vendors who wish to do mailings to
Team OS/2 members? Yes or No _________
3. E-mail userids and networks
4. Optional: Include a short (one- or two-line) description to be
included with your name. Sometimes software developers like to
mention which products they have written, or BBS operators include
how to reach their BBSs.
5. For our private records (this information will NOT be published),
please include your phone numbers at home and work, and your fax
number if you have one.
6. Please let us know what you have been doing so that you feel you
qualify for membership in Team OS/2.
Contacting IBM Team OS/2 Support
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You can send your enrollment information to any of the following. We
prefer electronic notes, but if necessary, contact us by phone or fax.
o America On Line: TEAMOS2VAC (Vicci Conway)
o CompuServe: 76711,1123 (Vicci Conway)
o Delphi: VICCICONWAY
o Fidonet: 1:109/347.3479 (Janet Gobeille)
o GEnie: V.CONWAY
o IBMMAIL: USIB45RN at IBMMAIL (Janet Gobeille)
o IBM internal PROFS: LUVOS2 at AUSVM1 (Jeff Mallon, Team OS/2 support)
o Internet: luvos2@vnet.ibm.com (Jeff Mallon, Team OS/2 support)
o OS/2 BBS: USIB55J9 at IBMMAIL (Vicci Conway)
o Voice phone: Jeff Mallon, Team OS/2 support, 1-512-823-1682
o Fax phone: Send your request to Janet Gobeille, 1-512-823-3252
o Mail: Janet Gobeille, Internal Zip 2996, IBM Corporation, 11100
Metric Blvd., Austin TX 78758 USA