

    ======================================================================
                                  ANNOUNCING

              Online Networking Exposition and BBS Convention

                           O N E   B B S C O N

                            AUGUST 25-29, 1993

                 Broadmoor Hotel - Colorado Springs, Colorado

    ======================================================================

  Make your plans now to attend the biggest, most exciting event in BBS
  in history - 2000 BBS operators gathered under one roof. 

  HOW TO MAKE MONEY WITH A BBS-The most attended session from ONE BBSCON92 is
  back by popular demand.  Jack Rickard and Phil Becker with frank talk on
  what works, what doesn't, and why - gleaned from their contacts with
  hundreds of successful BBS operators.  How to handle credit cards, promote
  your system, develop a theme, and take advantage of printed media to get
  ahead.

  DVORAK AWARDS
  Noted columnist John C. Dvorak and modem manufacturer Zoom Telephonics 
  have again teamed up to present a series of Technical Excellence in 
  Communications Awards to many of the BBS industry pioneers.  Last year's
  awardees included Ward Christensen - author of the first BBS program and
  the XMODEM file transfer protocol, Chuck Forsberg, authorof ZMODEM, and
  Phil Katz, author of the PKZIP file compression utility.
  

  HISTORY OF BBS SESSION moderated by none other than Ward Christensen, 
  author of the FIRST BBS in Chicago in 1978.  Listen to some of the early
  pioneers describe how and why they did what they did the way they did it.

  LEGAL ISSUES FOR BBS OPERATORS - with Lance Rose, author of SYSLAW SECOND
  EDITION - copyright, trademark, contracts, censorship, in a series of 
  sessions Attorneys Lance Rose with Mike Godwin of the Electronic Frontier
  Foundation and cohorts will give you the information 
  you need to run a BBS - and avoid legal difficulties.  Rusty & Edie with 
  their own session.  Dealing with Adult GIF images.

  INTERNET FROM A TO Z - A series of sessions on the Internet, what it is,
  what it means, how to connect YOUR BBS at various levels.  From a top
  level roundtable discussion on the future of NREN and the Internet, 
  right down to how to get individual BBS software packages connected to 
  the network to do for global electronic mail. Internet Society President
  Dr. Vinton Cerf kicks this one off with The Past, Present and Future 
  Internet

  OTHER NETWORKS - FidoNet and ILINK - what are they and how do you connect
  YOUR BBS to exchange message conferences with other bulletin boards 
  world wide.  What software to use, how to install it, where to join.

  WHAT SOFTWARE AND TOOLS DO I NEED?  What BBS Software do you want to use?
  Detailed presentations by virtually every major BBS software vendor in the
  business - what it does, how it does it, and how you can get it to do more
  with utilities, add-ons, and networks.  Meet the authors of such popular
  packages as PCBoard, Wildcat, Major BBS, Remote Access, TBBS and many more
  in person and up close.  Ask questions.  See the latest releases. Compare
  these titles side-by-side. Nowhere else will you see such an array of BBS
  software products in one place to be compared side by side.

  SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHALLENGES FOR THE BBS COMMUNITY.  Presentations on
  the legal aspects of operating a BBS, copyright issues, sysop liability,
  the mission of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, how to deal with 
  telephone companies, electronic democracy, women online and much, more.

  HOW DID THEY DO IT?  Roundtable discussions of the elements of success by
  successful BBS operators in chat/social systems, mail systems, shareware
  libraries, special topic information services, online sales systems, and
  product support BBSss.  One of the most popular sessions from last year
  is back with Kevin Behrens of Aquila BBS, Andy Keeves of Executive Network,
  Greg Ryan of EXEC-PC, Norm Henke of PC Ohio, and more.

  PLUS OUR TRADE SHOW EXHIBIT AREA - featuring over 140 vendors of BBS 
  software,  hardware, utilities, services, and communications utilities 
  including U.S. Robotics, Hayes, ZyXEL,  AT&T, Zoom, Practical Peripherals
  Supra, Rockwell, virtually all major BBS 
  software vendors, including PCBoard, Major BBS, Searchlight, TBBS, Wildcat!
  and many more.  Last year, these companies offered such dramatic discounts
  on modems, software, and other utilities that many attendees claimed to have
  paid for their entire trip just on what they saved with special convention
  discount deals.  


  If you call bulletin boards, operate a BBS or have contemplated running
  one, sell to the online community, or want to find out what BBS products
  are available for your company to run their own internal system, you won't
  want to miss ONE BBSCON.  Nowhere ever has this much information on the
  topic of electronic bulletin boards and online information services been
  assembled in one place.  Nowhere, at no time, have this many of the
  industry players and personalities been assembled in one place.  Don't
  miss The ONE BBSCON.


			      PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED!

  Boardwatch Magazine will honor the winners of its Boardwatch 100 Readers'
  Choice Best BBS contest held January 1 - July 1, 1993.
  Voters' names will be drawn from all ballots received on or before July 1,
  1993, to receive one of several prizes donated by vendors, including top-
  of-the-line v.32bis/v.42bis modems from U.S. Robotics, Hayes, and ZyXEL! 
  The top 10 BBS will be awarded crystal pyramid award trophies on a walnut
  base - along with free advertising in Boardwatch Magazine and listing on
  the Boardwatch 100 Reader's Choice BBS List.  




			    REGISTER EARLY AND SAVE!

                            $250 May 1 - August 1
                            $325 after August 1.

  On-site registration opens Wednesday evening, August 25.

  Registration, hotel reservations, and vendor booth information 
  available from:

                        ONE, Inc.
                        4255 So. Buckley Rd., Ste. 308
                        Aurora, Colorado 80014
                        303-693-5253 voice
                        303-693-5518 fax
                        303-693-5432 BBS



    WHO IS ONE, INC.?

  Online Networking Expositions, Inc. was formed as a Colorado Corporation
  in the fall of 1991 specifically to put on an annual industry trade show.
  This corporation was formed as a partnership venture by Jack Rickard,
  publisher of Boardwatch Magazine, and Philip L. Becker, President of
  eSoft, Inc., and author of the TBBS bulletin board software package.

    PRESIDENT:  Jack Rickard
    SECRETARY/TREASURER: Philip L. Becker

    EXECUTIVE ADVISORY BOARD:

    Jim Harrer, President
    Mustang Software, Inc.
    Wildcat!

    Fred Clark, President
    Clark Development Company
    PCBoard

    Tim Stryker, President
    Galacticomm, Inc.
    Major BBS

    Jim C. Warren
    MicroTimes & Autodesk, Inc.

    Steven Laliberte, Director
    Byte Information Exchange, (BIX)

    Dave Hughes Sr., President
    Old Colorado City Communications

    Stan Hirschman, VP of Operations
    Software Etc.

    John C. Dvorak, Columnist
    PC Magazine

    Lance Rose, attorney and author
    SYSLAW: The Legal Guide for BBS Operators



 ==============================
 ONE BBSCON '93 PLANS ANNOUNCED
 ==============================

Preliminary planning for the second Online Networking Exposition and BBS
Convention (ONE BBSCON) has been completed and the '93 event will be held
August 25-29, 1993 at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Over a thousand BBS enthusiasts attended ONE BBSCON '92 in Denver this past
August - by all accounts the most successful face-to-face gathering of BBS
operators, Internet users, commercial service providers, and other
BBS/networking aficionados ever held. Over a hundred educational sessions
were presented during the three-day event.

Approximately 2000 attendees are expected at the 1993 ONE BBSCON as well as
over 130 vendors displaying modems, BBS software and utilities,
CD-ROMs, and other tools to make PCs talk in the night. Developers of the
PCBoard, Wildcat!, Major BBS, Searchlight, and TBBS software packages have
already indicated participation and are planning presentations. ONE BBSCON
will again be the best available opportunity to examine BBS software packages
close-up and side-by-side. And many of the vendors at the '92 event offered
significant "show special" discounts. If you are looking for a way to find
out specifically what's going on with bulletin boards, how to run one for fun
or profit, or how to put this technology into play for your organization or
company, ONE BBSCON will be the best opportunity you will have in 1993 to see
it all in one place at one time, talk to the developers and players, and
compare product capabilities side-by-side.

For those already IN the BBS community, ONE BBSCON 92 was attended by
virtually every major BBS operator in the country. Everyone from Ward
Christensen, who built the first BBS from scratch in 1978 and wrote the
XMODEM protocol, to Chuck Forsberg who wrote ZMODEM, Tom Jennings, who
started Fidonet, John C. Dvorak who has championed online communications and
written several books on the topic, and a host of the leading BBS operators
from across the country and around the world attended. We look for this
gathering of notables from the BBS community to be even more all encompassing
in 1993. Virtually anyone who is anybody online will be there. If you've
ever wanted to talk face-to-face with some of the pioneers of this industry,
and find out first hand how and why they got started, ONE BBSCON '93 will be
the place to do it.

The '93 event is designed to take advantage of the Colorado Rocky Mountain
environment at its most beautiful time of year. The Broadmoor Hotel is one
of the top five hotels in the country and the most beautiful hotel setting in
the state. Originally built in 1891 and extensively redone in 1918, the
Broadmoor is one of the grand hotel resorts of the west and has earned the
nickname "The Riviera of the Rockies." It has received the Mobil Five-Star
rating every year since 1960 and the AAA Five-Diamond rating since 1976.
Perched at the base of Pike's Peak, this 2400-acre resort is virtually within
view of some of Colorado's most popular tourism stops. The hotel includes
three 18-hole PGA golf courses, 16 tennis courts, an ice-skating rink,
skeet/trap/rifle shooting facilities, horseback riding, fly fishing, a lake,
and other recreational facilities. It features over 100,000 square feet of
meeting space and 36 meeting rooms along with eight different restuarants.
It's located right at the base of Pike's Peak.

This type of environment allows us to do some things that weren't part of ONE
BBSCON '92 - barbecues and bonfires from the top of a nearby mountain - at
night - with a view of the front range from 8000 feet up, for example.

On-site registration opens on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 25th, and
the final closing session is scheduled for late Sunday morning, August 29th.
Golf and tennis tournaments for early arrivals are planned for early
Wednesday.

Opening sessions are scheduled for Thursday morning with educational sessions
beginning Thursday afternoon and running into Sunday morning. Sessions will
again be designed in topical tracks such as Running an Online Service for
Profit, Legal Issues Online, Social and Community Issues Online, BBS
Software, The Internet, as well as a series of mini-symposiums presented by
the developers of various BBS systems for operators who use their software.
The result will again be one of the most ambitious schedules of educational
sessions ever planned for a convention of this type. Most conventions feature
eight or ten educational sessions.  At ONE BBSCON, that happens EVERY HOUR.


At the '92 event, there was a vendor space shortage with 51 available spaces
and as a result 11 vendors were turned away. This year vendor space has been
increased to 140 spaces and the vendor exhibits will be open all day Friday
and Saturday.

Rooms are available at the Broadmoor Hotel at a special convention rate of
$150 per night single/double occupancy. A block of some 385 rooms is
available at the Broadmoor, but to handle the expected 2000 attendees, some
900 additional rooms have also been secured at ten other nearby hotels at
rates from $55 to $110 nightly. A fleet of ten buses will provide
transportation between the various overflow hotels and the Broadmoor.

For many, less costly accommodations at one of the outlying hotels will
likely be attractive. But if you do want to actually stay AT the Broadmoor
itself at the convention rate, note that the 385 rooms is a fairly small
percentage of total housing, and we expect this space to go fairly quickly.
Because of the complexity of dealing with 11 different hotels, the ONE, Inc.
office will also handle hotel reservations this year in addition to
convention registrations - you can take care of both with a single telephone
call. ONE BBSCON '93 Registration is priced at

 $250 between May 1 and July 31
 $325 from August 1 until the show opens.

Contact 

ONE, Inc., 
 4255 South Buckley Road, Suite 308,
 Aurora, CO 80013;
 (303)693-5253 voice;
 (303)693-5518 fax;
 (303)693-5432 BBS.

========================================================================
========================================================================

                         THE FULL SESSION PLAN:

=========================================================================
=========================================================================


                   INTRODUCTORY SESSIONS

 
  TITLE: Welcome to ONE BBSCON
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time:  9:00:00
   Room: Inter.

Descrip: Opening comments on the Online Networking Exposition and BBS
         Convention.
 
Speaker: Phil Becker

Company: ONE, Inc.
         Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The
         Bread Board System BBS software package.  He is also author of the
         book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and
         founding partner in ONE, Inc.
 
Speaker: Jack Rickard

Company: ONE, Inc.
         Jack Rickard is Editor and Publisher of Boardwatch Magazine, a
         monthly publication covering electronic bulletin boards, online
         services, and the Internet.  Rickard is also one of the founding
         partners of ONE, Inc., promoters of the Online Networking
         Exposition and BBS Convention  (ONE BBSCON).
 
  TITLE: Boardwatch Readers Choice Awards
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 13:00:00
   Room: Colorado A

Descrip: Presentation of Awards to Top 10 Bulletin Board Systems selected
         by callers in Boardwatch 100 Reader's Choice BBS Contest.  Random
         drawing of modems/prizes from caller ballots by U.S. Robotics,
         Hayes Microcomputer Products, and ZyXEL USA.
 
Speaker: Jack Rickard

Company: ONE, Inc.
         Jack Rickard is Editor and Publisher of Boardwatch Magazine, a
         monthly publication covering electronic bulletin boards, online
         services, and the Internet.  Rickard is also one of the founding
         partners of ONE, Inc., promoters of the Online Networking
         Exposition and BBS Convention  (ONE BBSCON).
 
  TITLE: Dvorak Awards for Excellence in Telecommunications
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 17:30:00
   Room: Colorado

Descrip: Presentation Awards Ceremony.  The Second Annual Dvorak Awards for
         Excellence in PC Telecommunications
 
Speaker: John C. Dvorak

Company: PC Magazine
         John C. Dvorak is a noted columnist for a variety of Ziff Davis
         personal computer magazines including PC Magazine, PC Computing,
         and Computer Shopper.  He is also the author of Dvorak's Guide to
         PC Telecommunications, the largest selling book published to date
         on the topic.

                    HOW TO MAKE MONEY WITH A BBS TRACK

 
  TITLE: BBSing for Profit I
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 14:30:00
   Room: Colorado A

Descrip: Part 1 of the Jack and Phil Show.  This popular repeat from ONE
         BBSCON92 details the techniques and approaches learned throughout
         the BBS community as it applies to making a bulletin board system
         profitable.  Rickard and Becker's unique position in that
         community make them privy to the inside secrets of hundreds of
         profitable BBS.  In this two-session series, they introduce those
         concepts and set the stage for a number of detailed support
         sessions throughout the convention.
 
Speaker: Jack Rickard

Company: ONE, Inc.
         Jack Rickard is Editor and Publisher of Boardwatch Magazine, a
         monthly publication covering electronic bulletin boards, online
         services, and the Internet.  Rickard is also one of the founding
         partners of ONE, Inc., promoters of the Online Networking
         Exposition and BBS Convention  (ONE BBSCON).
 
Speaker: Phil Becker

Company: ONE, Inc.
         Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The
         Bread Board System BBS software package.  He is also author of the
         book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and
         founding partner in ONE, Inc.

  TITLE: BBSing for Profit II
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 16:30:00
   Room: Colorado A

Descrip: Part 2 of the Jack and Phil Show. Further material on why
         thousands of middle aged corporate burnouts are turning to
         electronic bulletin boards as the top home business opportunity of
         the '90s.
 
Speaker: Jack Rickard

Company: ONE, Inc.
         Jack Rickard is Editor and Publisher of Boardwatch Magazine, a
         monthly publication covering electronic bulletin boards, online
         services, and the Internet.  Rickard is also one of the founding
         partners of ONE, Inc., promoters of the Online Networking
         Exposition and BBS Convention  (ONE BBSCON).
 
Speaker: Phil Becker

Company: ONE, Inc.
         Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The
         Bread Board System BBS software package.  He is also author of the
         book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and
         founding partner in ONE, Inc.

  TITLE: Media Relations for Online Services
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 16:30:00
   Room: Oval

Descrip: In this session, David Coursey of IDG's PC Letter heads a panel of
         journalists in discussing what elements of an online service make
         a good story, and how BBS operators and online services can
         provide useful information on their services to members of the
         trade and wider press.  Mastering press relations is a crucial
         part of guerilla marketing your online service.  In this session,
         you hear from the press itself directly as to what types of
         approaches hit their story triggers, and what approaches result in
         obscurity.
 
Speaker: David Coursey

Company: PC Letter
 
Speaker: Dennis Fowler

Company: Ziff-Davis Publishing
         Dennis Fowler is a Contributing Editor for Computer Shopper
         magazine and regularly reviews electronic bulletin boards for
         Computer Shopper.
 
Speaker: Cheryl Gerber

Company: InfoWorld
         Cheryl Gerber is a columnist for InfoWorld - a weekly publication
         covering the latest news in personal computers, local area
         networks, and technology.
 
Speaker: David Carlson

Company: The Albuquerque Tribune
         David Carlson has twenty years experience in newspapers,
         magazines, and television as editor of a daily newspaper, news
         producer for television, and features writer for large circulation
         magazines.  In addition to his press experience, Mr. Carlson is
         also a BBS operator and currently operates the 20-line Electronic
         Trib for the Albuquerque Tribune newspaper.


  TITLE: Stand Out in Cyberspace - Making a Good BBS
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: Colorado B

Descrip: Discussion of the design elements of successful bulletin boards
         that callers actually face including the display window, the
         reception area, the interface, the focus, the contents, and the
         exit.
 
Speaker: Dennis Fowler

Company: Ziff-Davis Publishing
         Dennis Fowler is a Contributing Editor for Computer Shopper
         magazine and regularly reviews electronic bulletin boards for
         Computer Shopper.
 


  TITLE: Creating a Business Plan for BBSs
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Oval

Descrip: An outline for a business plan serves as general model for
         discussion and presentation.  The discussion will be tailored to
         the BBS community based on the speaker's own business and BBS
         experience.  Topics covered include the Executive Summary,
         Products or Services, Market Analysis, Marketing Strategy,
         Management Plan, and Financial Data.
 
Speaker: Simon Clement

Company: Datasafe
         Simon Clement has been actively involved in operating THe GaRBaGe
         DuMP BBS for the past 2.5 years.  In operation since 12/90, This
         system has expanded from a 4-line local system to an 80-line
         national service with access in over 500 cities and regional
         operations in both Denver, Colorado, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.
         Mr. Clement's responsibilities include marketing, business
         projections, contract negotiations, financial analysis, budgeting,
         and product development.  Prior to his position with DataSafe, Mr.
         Clement worked as an electrincal engineer designing and managing
         hardware/software development projects with Eastman Kodak, Miletus
         Assoc., and Gulton Data Systems.  Mr. Clement received his BS
         Electronic Engineering from Valparaiso Technical Institute in May,
         1980 and a BA in Business Administration from the University of
         Phoenix.
 


  TITLE: Credit Card Merchant Accounts for Online Services
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: Colorado A

Descrip: The electronic medium of cash exchange online is use of credit
         cards such as Master Card and Visa.  It is crucial to the success
         of any online service dependent on subscriptions, billing hours,
         or online product sales to make the purchase transaction painless
         for the buyer.  Teleflora has traditionally processed MC/Visa
         charges for florists.  But over the course of the past two years,
         they have developed a respected reputation within the BBS
         community.  A Teleflora representative will describe generally
         what some of the elements of applying for a credit card merchant
         account, and specifically Teleflora's program for online services.
 
Speaker: Dave Jones

Company: Teleflora
 


  TITLE: Subscription BBS Success Roundtable
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: West ABCD

Descrip: One of the most popular sessions from ONE BBSCON 92, attracting
         attention from convention attendees and fire marshals alike, this
         session presents a panel of BBS operators of some of the most
         successful electronic bulletin boards in the country in a no-holds
         barred discussion of what works, what doesn't, why, and what to
         look out for in developing a BBS into a full time career.  Each of
         these Sysops operates a BBS professionally as their primary means
         of making a living, and each got there one line at a time.  If you
         are curious how it's done, these are the guys that can tell you.
         Representatives of Aquila BBS, Software Creations, Executive
         Network, Exec-PC, and PC-Ohio discuss how to make money with a
         BBS, and answer questions from the audience.
 
Speaker: Kevin Behrens

Company: Aquila BBS
         Kevin Behrens is founder and operator of Aquila BBS, a 40-line
         PCBoard bulletin board system serving the Chicago Area.
 
Speaker: Dan Linton

Company: Software Creations
         Dan Linton owns and operates the Software Creations BBS in Clinton
         Massachussetts.  Software Creations BBS is a major multiline
         PCBOARD system that serves as the HOME BBS for major Software
         Companies such as Apogee Software Productions, Id, Gamer's Edge,
         and other major software companies. Known to many as the home of
         the authors, Software Creations currently has the worlds leading
         Shareware authors, graphics artists, musicians, publishers and
         vendors from around the world using Software Creations during
         development, beta, first release and support for their new
         products.
 
Speaker: Andy Keeves

Company: Executive Network
         Andy Keeves is founder and President of Crylon Computer Services,
         and operator of the Executive Network BBS based in Mt. Vernon, New
         York
 
Speaker: Greg Ryan

Company: EXEC-PC
         Greg Ryan is Vice President of Operations at Exec-PC.  Greg is
         also the author of RyBBS, a bbs program sold internationally and
         has been in the telecommunications field eight years.  He has a
         degree in engineering.
 
Speaker: Norm Henke

Company: PC-Ohio
         Norm Henke operates PC-Ohio BBS, a 40 line PCBoard system serving
         the Ohio area.
 


  TITLE: Success Measurement for BBSs
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Colorado C

Descrip: Operation of any business depends heavily on the capability to
         measure actual performance against projected performance.  The
         presentation highlights basic management tools such as Marginal
         Analysis, Variance Analysis, Budgeting and Forecasting as applied
         specifically to electronic bulletin boards and online services
         based on the speaker's own business and BBS experience running one
         of the nation's most successful social/chat bulletin boards in the
         country.
 
Speaker: Simon Clement

Company: Datasafe
         Simon Clement has been actively involved in operating THe GaRBaGe
         DuMP BBS for the past 2.5 years.  In operation since 12/90, This
         system has expanded from a 4-line local system to an 80-line
         national service with access in over 500 cities and regional
         operations in both Denver, Colorado, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.
         Mr. Clement's responsibilities include marketing, business
         projections, contract negotiations, financial analysis, budgeting,
         and product development.  Prior to his position with DataSafe, Mr.
         Clement worked as an electrincal engineer designing and managing
         hardware/software development projects with Eastman Kodak, Miletus
         Assoc., and Gulton Data Systems.  Mr. Clement received his BS
         Electronic Engineering from Valparaiso Technical Institute in May,
         1980 and a BA in Business Administration from the University of
         Phoenix.
 


  TITLE: Direct Mail Marketing Techniques for BBSs
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: Colorado C

Descrip: This session will cover customer service and direct mail marketing
         techniques for bulletin boards.  How to set and meet customer
         service goals for a BBS, and how to quantify the impact poor
         service has on caller loyalty.  Direct mail techniques that work -
         how to buy lists and advertising space, how to grade and gage
         response rates, frequency of contacts, and a description of direct
         marketing software tools.
 
Speaker: Dennis A. Hauser

Company: CIESIN
         Dennis Hauser is the Director of Customer Service and Training for
         the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
         in Saginaw Michigan.  CIESIN is a non-profit organization funded
         through NASA to distribute global environmental change information
         worldwide.  Hauser is a past president of the International
         Customer Service Association.  He also operates his own personal
         BBS titled "Delight the Customer."
 


  TITLE: Building Online Community
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Ballroom

Descrip: The most significant factor to emerge separating successful online
         services from those also providing tones is the element of
         COMMUNITY.  Public BBS systems worldwide already exist in the
         scores of thousands.  Increasingly, these systems go beyond being
         depots for file transfer and serve as gathering places for people
         to meet and talk.  Any gathering of people, even in electronic
         "cyberspace," is a living organism.  The environment may be
         electronic and "virtual," but the people are real.  Assumptions
         and personal customs are often as varied as the individuals who
         participate.  Each comes with their own special goals, styles and
         attitudes.  Because of this, it isn't enough to just tend the
         equipment an dassume everyone will get along well enough to create
         a real commons. If, as sysop, you want your network to develop
         social cohesion and hopefully flourish into something that calls
         itself a community, you need to understand the social nature of
         your network, and how to help, rather than hinder, its growth.
         "Building Online Community" uses the metaphor of the "innkeeper"
         to identify social conditions and dynamics found in networks.  It
         will offer specific advice to sysops about shaping network into
         community.  The themes will be: "the Virtual Village," "Social
         Dynamics," and "Making it Work."
 
Speaker: John Coate
         John Coate is in a unique position to instruct sysops, network
         managers, conference hosts and interested participants on the
         techniques of online community building.  From 1986 through 1991
         he was teh Conference Manager and Marketing Directory at the Whole
         Earth 'Lectronic Link (THE WELL).  While there, he was at the
         center of the founding of an online community that continues to
         flourish.  During that time, along with acting as the Welcome
         Wagon, party host, and referee, he noted what worked and didn't
         work.  In 1992, he left the WELL to try creating new forms of
         onlien meeting places that allow wider popular participation.
 
Speaker: Cliff Figallo

Company: EFF
         Cliff Figallo is currently with the Electronic Frontier Foundation
         as online liaison.  Previously, he was the system administrator
         for The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (THE WELL) in Sausalito,
         California


  TITLE: BBS Business Plans - The Venture Capitalist's View
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: Ballroom

Descrip: The business plan is a document that conveys a company's prospects
         and growth potential, and thereby sells the business plan to
         potential backers.  Find out how to write a business plan that
         will convey YOUR message and keep your reader's attention.
         Seminar topics include; financial forecasting in the BBS industry,
         guerrilla market research and a brief survey of venture capital
         financing.
 
Speaker: Dave Kennedy

Company: Deloitte & Touche
         Dave Kennedy is a CPA in the Middle Market Services department of
         Deloitte & Touche in Dallas, Texas.  The Middle Market Services
         department provides auditing and consulting services for
         entrepreneurial companies.  Additionally, Kennedy is co-editor of
         the Texas Venture Report, a bi-annual survey of venture capital
         activity in Texas.  He received a BBS from the University of Texas
         at Austin and an MBA from Southern Methodist University.  He also
         runs a BBS titled the BuCKET$HOP which runs a fantasy stock
         portfolio door for MBA students.
 


  TITLE: Chat/Social BBS Success Roundtable
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Ballroom

Descrip: This panel discussion features some of the most succesful
         operators of large online chat/social service bulletin boards -
         one of the fastest growing and most profitable segments of the BBS
         world - and in some ways - the most difficult to manage.  In this
         session, the pros discuss the online interactive human dynamics of
         chat services, online censoring, related services such as
         multiplayer games, pricing, line load factors, and generally what
         works and what doesn't in building large line count chat services
         to a profitable level.
 
Speaker: Scott Brinker

Company: Galacticomm Inc.
 
Speaker: Dean Kerl

Company: Datasafe
         Dean Kerl is President of DataSafe Publications, Inc. and founded
         The Garbage Dump BBS in December, 1990 in a spare bedroom with
         four telephone lines.  Due to the early success of The Garbage
         Dump, Mr. Kerl quit his full-time job to devote his efforts to the
         BBS in November, 1991.  The Garbage Dump has expanded to an 80
         line national system with access in over 500 cities and offices in
         both Albuquerque and Denver.  Prior to DataSafe, Mr. Kerl was the
         Director of Operations for Connect-USA, a natioanl data networking
         company that is no longer operating.  Mr. Kerl has spoken at
         numerous conferences relating his experiences in running a
         successful BBS utilizing X.25 technology.
 
Speaker: Michael Allen

Company: Computer Productions/Odyssey
         Michael Allen is president and founder of Computer Productions,
         Inc. and operates a 116 line national social/chat BBS titled
         Odyssey.
 
Speaker: Bruce Lomasky

Company: Bruce's Bar and Grill
         Bruce Lomasky owns operates Bruce's Bar and Grill, a multiline
         social/chat service serving West Hartford Connecticutt.
 
Speaker: Robert Michnick

Company: ProStar Computer Corp.
         Robert Michnick is the founder of ProStar Computer
 


  TITLE: CyberFinance: How to Raise Capital for Online Services/BBSs
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: The nuts and bolts of raising investment capital for online
         service/commercial BBS ventures.
 
Speaker: Pat Clawson

Company: Public News Corp.
 


  TITLE: Guerrilla Marketing Your BBS
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Colorado C

Descrip: Back by popular demand, Sheri Robert, Public Relations Manager for
         Galacticomm, Inc., and David Carlson of the Albuquerque Tribune
         and operator of the 20-line Electronic Trib service, again team up
         to show you how to get your BBS in the news and promote your
         service using low cost, effective marketing techniques any BBS
         operator can afford.
 
Speaker: Sheri Robert

Company: Galacticomm Inc.
 
Speaker: David Carlson

Company: The Albuquerque Tribune
         David Carlson has twenty years experience in newspapers,
         magazines, and television as editor of a daily newspaper, news
         producer for television, and features writer for large circulation
         magazines.  In addition to his press experience, Mr. Carlson is
         also a BBS operator and currently operates the 20-line Electronic
         Trib for the Albuquerque Tribune newspaper.


  TITLE: The BBS as a Service Bureau
   Date: 08/29/93                        Time:  9:00:00
   Room: Oval

Descrip: This session covers operating a BBS as a service bureau to provide
         companies with their own BBS identity and services located on your
         host service.  Covers maintenance contracts, service quality,
         marketing considerations, and the economies of scale that would
         attract a company to contract with an outside service for
         communications/BBS services.
 
Speaker: Jim Appleby

Company: The Business BBS
 


  TITLE: 900 Service for BBSs
   Date: 08/29/93                        Time: 10:30:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: The 900 industry has been profitable for many companies that use
         900 or 976 numbers for customer support, technical assistance,
         etc.  Now BBS Sysops can use a 900 service to collect
         fees/subscription dues for their BBSs.  This informational session
         will provide Sysops details on how to get connected to a 900
         service and how a 900 service will work for their particular
         system.  The 900 service can be implemented on systems running The
         Major BBS, Wildcat!, PCBoard, Spitfire, or many other BBS software
         programs.
 
Speaker: Yannick Tessier

Company: Tessier Technologies
         Yannick Tessier is founder of Tessier Technologies, developer of
         products and services for the BBS industry including 900 Service,
         and WorldLink.
                    THE LEGAL/SOCIAL ISSUES TRACK

 


  TITLE: Electronic Democracy: An Overview
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 13:00:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: General historical perspective on the various proposals that have
         taken shape under the heading of "electronic democracy."  Will
         include an overview of the work of Gary Orren (The Electronic
         Commonwealth), Chris Arterton (Teledemocracy), Richard Hollander
         (Video Democracy), and A. J. Bahn (Computocracy); I will touch
         lightly on the activities of politically activist Sysops such as
         Dave Hughes and Michael Sullivan, discuss the impact of networks
         such as Al Gore's proposed national data highway and the Time
         Warner project in Orlando, and describe existing exploratory steps
         along these lines such as the Nova Scotia Liberal Party's
         "televote" primary last June, the Perot campaign's use of BBS
         networks, the efforts of Evan Ravitz's Voting By Phone Foundation,
         Santa Monica's PEN, Mercer's Info Isle, Kansas City's City Hall in
         the Mall, and my own work involving Westinghouse and SFI.
 
Speaker: Tim Stryker

Company: Galacticomm Inc.
         Tim Stryker is founder and chairman of Galacticomm, Inc., makers
         of The Major BBS, The Major Database, Fax/Online, Major QWK-mail,
         Major Gateway/Internet, the GalactiBox, and dozens of other
         BBS-related products. He is also co-founder and president of the
         Superdemocracy Foundation, a Florida not-for-profit corporation
         dedicated to the ideals of Superdemocracy, and president/CEO of
         Consensus Systems, Inc., a recent startup formed to promote
         applications of Superdemocracy in teh commercial arena. A
         multi-user communications systems enthusiast since 1976, Stryker
         has authored dozens of programs and magazine pieces, and has been
         featured nationwide via newspapers and radio.  His firt book,
         THINK A LITTLE, subtitled "Evolutionary Perspectives on the Future
         of Civilization", was published by Cool Hand Communications in
         April of this year.  He resides in Fort Lauderdale with his wife,
         four children, cat, and rabbits.
 


  TITLE: Women Online
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 14:30:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: Panel discussion of the role of women BBS operators and online
         participation of women cybernauts.  Discussion of some of the
         problems as a minority in the online community, along with an
         examination of some of the strengths women bring to the online
         culture.  Discussion of how to increase participation of women
         online.
 
Speaker: Brenda Donovan

Company: Pacific Rim Information BBS
         Brenda Donovan is founder of Donovan Enterprises and the Pacific
         Rim Information BBS, an early member of the International FidoNet,
         and a leader in the San Diego area in providing online
         telecommunications education to Senior Citizen groups.
 


  TITLE: Electronic Access to Government and Governance
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 14:30:00
   Room: Theater

Descrip: Breif presentations followed by a panel discussion and Q&A about
         computer-based and online access to government information,
         decision-makers and to the processes of governance at the federal,
         state and local levels. Issues include private and public-sector
         fee and free BBSs and networks, functional access vs. information
         monopolies, government pricing issues, low/no-cost access, privacy
         issues, format alternatives, access legislation, practical access
         politics, etc. Specific cases, systems, problems and examples will
         be cited and/or described legislative, executive and judicial
         access.
 
Speaker: Jim Warren

Company: Boardwatch Magazine
         Jim Warren is MicroTime's "futures" columnist, Government
         Technology's government-access columnist, Boardwatch's
         public-access columnist and one of Autodesk, Inc.'s Board of
         Directors.  He was a first recipient of the Electronic Frontier
         Foundation's Pioneer Awards, founded InfoWorld and the Computers,
         Freedom & Privacy conferences, was PBS TV's "Computer Chronicles"
         founding host, Dr. Dobb's Journal's founding Editor and founded
         and chaired the old West Coast Computer Faires.  He began working
         as a programmer in 1968, and holds graduate degrees in Computer
         Engineering, Medical Information Science adn Mathematics &
         Statistics.
 
Speaker: James Love
 
Speaker: Richard Civille
 


  TITLE: Forming a National BBS Association: Are We Ready
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 14:30:00
   Room: West ABCD

Descrip: Several proposals have been received for a National BBS Operators
         Association.  This 90 minute session will serve as a meeting to
         present and discuss these various proposals and survey attendees
         as to their interest in forming a national association for
         lobbying, developing industry statistics, etc.  If sufficient
         interest is expressed, facilities will be provided for working
         group evening meetings and a Sunday wrapup/summary session.
 
Speaker: Mike Godwin

Company: Electronic Frontier Foundation
         Mike Godwin is legal services counsel for the Electronic Frontier
         Foundation.  A 1990 graduate of the University of Texas School of
         Law, Godwin served as editor of The Daily Texan, the University of
         Texas student newspaper, while a law student.  Prior to law
         school, Godwin worked as a journalist and as a computer
         consultant.  He received a BA in liberal arts from the University
         of Texas at Austin in 1980.
 
Speaker: Lance Rose

Company: LOL Enterprises


  TITLE: Privacy and Security on Internet
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 14:30:00
   Room: Copper

Descrip: This session discusses ethical issues on the Internet, including
         privacy and security, encryption, digital signatures, and digital
         time stamping.
 
Speaker: Rob Kolstad

Company: Berkley Software Design Inc
 


  TITLE: Meet the Electronic Frontier Foundation
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 16:30:00
   Room: Copper

Descrip: Introductory session describing the Electronic Frontier
         Foundation, purpose, goals, and mission of the organization,
         lobbying activity.
 
Speaker: Shari Steele

Company: Electronic Frontier Foundation
 


  TITLE: FBI Raid on Rusty & Edie's BBS
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 16:30:00
   Room: West ABCD

Descrip: In February, Rusty&Edie's BBS in Boardman Ohio was raided by the
         Federal Bureau of Investigation and all equipment seized in an
         investigation of copyright infringement.  Operators Russell and
         Edwina Hardenberg and their attorneys have asked for a session at
         ONE BBSCON to describe the incident, the legal fallout and
         ramifications, and what they believe this means for bulletin
         boards in general.
 
Speaker: Rusty Hardenberg
 


  TITLE: Privacy and Censorship
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 16:30:00
   Room: Ballroom

Descrip: Privacy and censorship as they relate to electronic bulletin
         boards, online services, and callers.
 
Speaker: David Johnson

Company: Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering
         David Johnson is a graduate of Yale College (Summa Cum Laude),
         studied at University Collete, Oxford, and received his law degree
         from Yale Law School in 1972.  He clerked for Judge Malcolm R.
         Wilkey of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of
         Columbia.  He is currently serving as President and CEO of Counsel
         Connect, an electronic mail and conferencing system that connects
         corporate counsel and outside law firms.  He is also presently
         counsel in the Washington D.C. law firm of Wilmer, Cutler &
         Pickering where his areas of practice include computer law
         (software and systems contracting, electronic publishing, and
         privacy issues), newspaper distribution systems, litigation,
         property valuation and administrative law.  David is the author of
         various publications, including "Electronic Communications
         Privacy: Good Sysops Should Build Good Fences".
 
Speaker: Lance Rose

Company: LOL Enterprises
 
Speaker: Dan Linton

Company: Software Creations
         Dan Linton owns and operates the Software Creations BBS in Clinton
         Massachussetts.  Software Creations BBS is a major multiline
         PCBOARD system that serves as the HOME BBS for major Software
         Companies such as Apogee Software Productions, Id, Gamer's Edge,
         and other major software companies. Known to many as the home of
         the authors, Software Creations currently has the worlds leading
         Shareware authors, graphics artists, musicians, publishers and
         vendors from around the world using Software Creations during
         development, beta, first release and support for their new
         products.
 
Speaker: Larry Wood

Company: CompuServe Information Service
         Larry Wood is the forum administrator (sysop) of the CompuServe
         Graphics forum, one of the more popular forums on the service.
         Particularly in this forum, Wood deals with issues of copyright
         and adult images on a daily basis on one of the largest commercial
         online services in the industry.
 
Speaker: Michael Greenbaum

Company: Prodigy Services Company
         Michael D. Greenbaum is General Manager, Communications Line of
         Business, Prodigy Services Company, first became involved with
         on-line technology in 1979, representing IBM before CCITT, the
         international standards setting organization charged with
         establishing worldwide videotex standards.  Since then, his career
         has spanned a broad range of related areas, including computing,
         telecommunications, and on-line information services.  At Prodigy
         Services Company, a partnership of IBM and Sears, Greenbaum
         oversees the line of business that includes bulletin boards,
         electronic mail products, classified/personals, advertising and
         greeting cards.  His responsibilities include the operation of
         PRODIGY service bulletin boards covering more than 800 topics and
         10,000 subjects.  Also at Prodigy, he was responsible for
         marketing and strategic alliances with financial institutions, and
         for such specialized service offerings as on-line banking and
         BillPay USA.  Before joining Prodigy Services Company, he served
         as Executive Vice President of Page America Group, Inc., a radio
         paging service company.  Prior to that he was with IBM in a
         variety of positions including corporate business planning,
         strategic planning and sales and marketing.  Mr. Greenbaum
         received a B.A. from Western Reserve University and is a member of
         the Queens College Corporate Advisory Board.
 


  TITLE: SuperDemocracy Online - Opportunities Today
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: A prototype demonstration of a Superdemocracy network in action,
         with emphasis on current-day, pragmatic commercial opportunities
         for third-party developers and integrators of systems for
         corporate and trade association decision distribution and
         consensus building.  Superdemocracy is defined as "a continuous
         networked hierarchy of online referenda, open to all."  Prototype
         will include graphical user interface, proxy management, dominion
         hierarchies, and sub-quorum, active, and holding "measure pools."
         Applicability to decisions by corporate boards of directors,
         committees, user groups, trade associations, non-profit
         organizations, chambers of commerce, boards of inquiry, and
         representative assemblies will be explored.  Barriers to more
         widespread use will be probed, with special attention to the
         security problem.  Third-party co-development will be encouraged
         by way of free distribution of API data and sample Visual Basic
         source code to attendees.
 
Speaker: Tim Stryker

Company: Galacticomm Inc.
         Tim Stryker is founder and chairman of Galacticomm, Inc., makers
         of The Major BBS, The Major Database, Fax/Online, Major QWK-mail,
         Major Gateway/Internet, the GalactiBox, and dozens of other
         BBS-related products. He is also co-founder and president of the
         Superdemocracy Foundation, a Florida not-for-profit corporation
         dedicated to the ideals of Superdemocracy, and president/CEO of
         Consensus Systems, Inc., a recent startup formed to promote
         applications of Superdemocracy in teh commercial arena. A
         multi-user communications systems enthusiast since 1976, Stryker
         has authored dozens of programs and magazine pieces, and has been
         featured nationwide via newspapers and radio.  His firt book,
         THINK A LITTLE, subtitled "Evolutionary Perspectives on the Future
         of Civilization", was published by Cool Hand Communications in
         April of this year.  He resides in Fort Lauderdale with his wife,
         four children, cat, and rabbits.
 


  TITLE: Dealing with Adult GIF Images Online
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Ballroom

Descrip: Lee Noga.  In this session, veteran BBS operators and legal
         advisors examine the delicate issue of dealing with Adult GIF
         images - a popular element of online libraries, from both the
         copyright infringement/detection angle, as well as the problems
         with pornography/obscenity laws.  With a number of bulletin board
         systems shut down/seized because of adult GIF images, and in at
         least one case bulletin boards subject to $500,000 copyright
         infringement settlements, this session deals with what promises to
         be one of the hottest areas of interest among BBS operators - so
         to speak.
 
Speaker: Greg Ryan

Company: EXEC-PC
         Greg Ryan is Vice President of Operations at Exec-PC.  Greg is
         also the author of RyBBS, a bbs program sold internationally and
         has been in the telecommunications field eight years.  He has a
         degree in engineering.
 
Speaker: Jim Maxey

Company: Event Horizons
         Jim Maxey is founder and President of Event Horizons, Inc.,
         operator of Event Horizons BBS, a 64-line BBS specializing in
         graphic images.
 
Speaker: Shari Steele

Company: Electronic Frontier Foundation
 
Speaker: Larry Wood

Company: CompuServe Information Service
         Larry Wood is the forum administrator (sysop) of the CompuServe
         Graphics forum, one of the more popular forums on the service.
         Particularly in this forum, Wood deals with issues of copyright
         and adult images on a daily basis on one of the largest commercial
         online services in the industry.
 
Speaker: Herb Kraft

Company: BBS Legal Guide, Inc.
         Herb Kraft is a practicing attorney, radio talk-show host, BBS
         sysop, and co-sysop of the GENIE BBS Round Table and the author
         and co-author of several best-selling computer programs including
         the Home & Business Legal Guide, the PC Attorney, the Programmer's
         Legal Toolkit, the new BBS Legal Guide service, and the On-line
         Legal Advisor BBS door.  He is also the co-publisher of the BBS
         edition of Connect Magazine.  He hosts the weekly legal Talk
         Aabout on GENIE's BBS Roundtable (every Wednesday at 10:00 pm,
         EST) and also hosts the BBS LAwlink for WWIV net and other
         national message echoes. His clients include many large BBS
         systems and online services., BBS program and utility authors and
         government agencies.
 


  TITLE: BBSs Under Attack - The First Amendment
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Ballroom

Descrip: Electronic Frontier Foundation counsel Mike Godwin presents
         information on recent raids on bulletin boards by the FBI, Secret
         Service and other law enforcement entities and discusses what is
         covered under the First Amendment - and what isn't.  Realistic
         legal advice for BBS operators.
 
Speaker: Mike Godwin

Company: Electronic Frontier Foundation
         Mike Godwin is legal services counsel for the Electronic Frontier
         Foundation.  A 1990 graduate of the University of Texas School of
         Law, Godwin served as editor of The Daily Texan, the University of
         Texas student newspaper, while a law student.  Prior to law
         school, Godwin worked as a journalist and as a computer
         consultant.  He received a BA in liberal arts from the University
         of Texas at Austin in 1980.
 


  TITLE: Legal Issues Session
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Colorado A

Descrip: In this 90 minute session, several of the online community's top
         legal specialists will present an overview of and handle questions
         from the audience on legal issues facing BBS operators.
 
Speaker: Lance Rose

Company: LOL Enterprises
 
Speaker: Mike Godwin

Company: Electronic Frontier Foundation
         Mike Godwin is legal services counsel for the Electronic Frontier
         Foundation.  A 1990 graduate of the University of Texas School of
         Law, Godwin served as editor of The Daily Texan, the University of
         Texas student newspaper, while a law student.  Prior to law
         school, Godwin worked as a journalist and as a computer
         consultant.  He received a BA in liberal arts from the University
         of Texas at Austin in 1980.
 
Speaker: Herb Kraft

Company: BBS Legal Guide, Inc.
         Herb Kraft is a practicing attorney, radio talk-show host, BBS
         sysop, and co-sysop of the GENIE BBS Round Table and the author
         and co-author of several best-selling computer programs including
         the Home & Business Legal Guide, the PC Attorney, the Programmer's
         Legal Toolkit, the new BBS Legal Guide service, and the On-line
         Legal Advisor BBS door.  He is also the co-publisher of the BBS
         edition of Connect Magazine.  He hosts the weekly legal Talk
         Aabout on GENIE's BBS Roundtable (every Wednesday at 10:00 pm,
         EST) and also hosts the BBS LAwlink for WWIV net and other
         national message echoes. His clients include many large BBS
         systems and online services., BBS program and utility authors and
         government agencies.
 
Speaker: David Johnson

Company: Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering
         David Johnson is a graduate of Yale College (Summa Cum Laude),
         studied at University Collete, Oxford, and received his law degree
         from Yale Law School in 1972.  He clerked for Judge Malcolm R.
         Wilkey of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of
         Columbia.  He is currently serving as President and CEO of Counsel
         Connect, an electronic mail and conferencing system that connects
         corporate counsel and outside law firms.  He is also presently
         counsel in the Washington D.C. law firm of Wilmer, Cutler &
         Pickering where his areas of practice include computer law
         (software and systems contracting, electronic publishing, and
         privacy issues), newspaper distribution systems, litigation,
         property valuation and administrative law.  David is the author of
         various publications, including "Electronic Communications
         Privacy: Good Sysops Should Build Good Fences".
 
Speaker: Anne Branscomb

Company: Harvard University
         Anne W. Branscomb is a communications lawyer at the Harvard
         University Center for Information Resources Policy Research. As
         chairman of the Communications Law Division of the American Bar
         Association Science and Technology Section from 1980 to 1984, she
         edited "Toward a Law of Global Communications Networks" and
         organized a number of research and professional educational
         projects. She has served as a memeber of the Commission on Freedom
         and Equality of Access to Information and as a consultant to the
         National Science Foundation.  The congressional Office of
         Technology Assessment and the State Department.  Branscomb holds
         degrees in political science from Harvard University and the
         University of North Carolina and is a graduate of the George
         Washington University Law School.
 


  TITLE: Building Online Community
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Ballroom

Descrip: The most significant factor to emerge separating successful online
         services from those also providing tones is the element of
         COMMUNITY.  Public BBS systems worldwide already exist in the
         scores of thousands.  Increasingly, these systems go beyond being
         depots for file transfer and serve as gathering places for people
         to meet and talk.  Any gathering of people, even in electronic
         "cyberspace," is a living organism.  The environment may be
         electronic and "virtual," but the people are real.  Assumptions
         and personal customs are often as varied as the individuals who
         participate.  Each comes with their own special goals, styles and
         attitudes.  Because of this, it isn't enough to just tend the
         equipment an dassume everyone will get along well enough to create
         a real commons. If, as sysop, you want your network to develop
         social cohesion and hopefully flourish into something that calls
         itself a community, you need to understand the social nature of
         your network, and how to help, rather than hinder, its growth.
         "Building Online Community" uses the metaphor of the "innkeeper"
         to identify social conditions and dynamics found in networks.  It
         will offer specific advice to sysops about shaping network into
         community.  The themes will be: "the Virtual Village," "Social
         Dynamics," and "Making it Work."
 
Speaker: John Coate
         John Coate is in a unique position to instruct sysops, network
         managers, conference hosts and interested participants on the
         techniques of online community building.  From 1986 through 1991
         he was teh Conference Manager and Marketing Directory at the Whole
         Earth 'Lectronic Link (THE WELL).  While there, he was at the
         center of the founding of an online community that continues to
         flourish.  During that time, along with acting as the Welcome
         Wagon, party host, and referee, he noted what worked and didn't
         work.  In 1992, he left the WELL to try creating new forms of
         onlien meeting places that allow wider popular participation.
 
Speaker: Cliff Figallo

Company: EFF
         Cliff Figallo is currently with the Electronic Frontier Foundation
         as online liaison.  Previously, he was the system administrator
         for The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (THE WELL) in Sausalito,
         California


  TITLE: National BBS Association Wrapup
   Date: 08/29/93                        Time: 10:30:00
   Room: Theater

Descrip: Tentatively scheduled followup session to the "Forming a National
         Sysop Association - Are We Ready" session scheduled for the
         previous Thursday afternoon.  If sufficient interest is generated
         during the Thursday session, facilities will be made for private
         working committee meetings during evenings Thursday, Friday, and
         Saturday.  The Sunday session is intended as a wrapup presentation
         for all to discuss moving forward with an association.
 
Speaker: Mike Godwin

Company: Electronic Frontier Foundation
         Mike Godwin is legal services counsel for the Electronic Frontier
         Foundation.  A 1990 graduate of the University of Texas School of
         Law, Godwin served as editor of The Daily Texan, the University of
         Texas student newspaper, while a law student.  Prior to law
         school, Godwin worked as a journalist and as a computer
         consultant.  He received a BA in liberal arts from the University
         of Texas at Austin in 1980.
 
Speaker: Lance Rose

Company: LOL Enterprises
 
                    THE CORPORATE/BUSINESS APPLICATIONS TRACK

 


  TITLE: Commercial Services Roundtable
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 14:30:00
   Room: Oval

Descrip: Discussion of the future development of large commercial online
         services with representatives from Prodigy, BIX, Delphi,
         CompuServe, GEnie, and America Online.
 
Speaker: Michael Greenbaum

Company: Prodigy Services Company
         Michael D. Greenbaum is General Manager, Communications Line of
         Business, Prodigy Services Company, first became involved with
         on-line technology in 1979, representing IBM before CCITT, the
         international standards setting organization charged with
         establishing worldwide videotex standards.  Since then, his career
         has spanned a broad range of related areas, including computing,
         telecommunications, and on-line information services.  At Prodigy
         Services Company, a partnership of IBM and Sears, Greenbaum
         oversees the line of business that includes bulletin boards,
         electronic mail products, classified/personals, advertising and
         greeting cards.  His responsibilities include the operation of
         PRODIGY service bulletin boards covering more than 800 topics and
         10,000 subjects.  Also at Prodigy, he was responsible for
         marketing and strategic alliances with financial institutions, and
         for such specialized service offerings as on-line banking and
         BillPay USA.  Before joining Prodigy Services Company, he served
         as Executive Vice President of Page America Group, Inc., a radio
         paging service company.  Prior to that he was with IBM in a
         variety of positions including corporate business planning,
         strategic planning and sales and marketing.  Mr. Greenbaum
         received a B.A. from Western Reserve University and is a member of
         the Queens College Corporate Advisory Board.
 
Speaker: Steve Laliberte

Company: Byte Information Exchange
         Stephen M. Laliberte has been involved with online services for
         the past nine years.  He is currently the Director of Computer
         Related Services, for General Videotex Corporation where he is
         responsible for planning new services for the DELPHI and BIX
         networks.  He directs the development of BIXnav, the Windows
         access program for the BIX networks.  He directed the BYTE
         Information Exchange from 1988 through 1992 and has implemented
         online services for Windows Magazine and VARBUSINESS Magazine.  He
         has published private networks including McGraw-Hill Information
         Exchange, an online service for educators.  Mr. Laliberte has ten
         years publishing experience with McGraw-Hill Inc. including
         positions with BYTE Magazine, McGraw-Hill Software Publishing and
         the McGraw-Hill Book Company.  He holds a Bachelor of Science in
         Business Administration from the University of Minnesota.


  TITLE: Graphics Interface Design for Business Applications
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: Colorado A

Descrip: General design techniques applicable to any graphics/GUI interface
         to make business and corporate applications more usable and
         effective.
 
Speaker: Jim Appleby

Company: The Business BBS
 


  TITLE: The Major BBS as an Online Office
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: This session will introduce attendees to the concept of an "online
         office" - how they can use Galacticomm technology to increase
         their productivity, efficiency, image, and company morale.  The
         Major BBS, combined with the Advanced LAN Option, a variable
         number of User Six-Packs, the Fax/Online Add-on Option, and the
         Major Gateway/Internet Add-on Option provide all of the necessary
         components to automate several routine tasks.  The Galacticomm
         Demo system will be used as an example system.  our BBS is not
         only used as a demonstration for prospects, and as a technical
         support vehicle, but also as an internal and external
         communcations tool for Galacticomm employees.
 
Speaker: Sheri Robert

Company: Galacticomm Inc.
 


  TITLE: Online Databases Technology Roundtable
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Colorado A

Descrip: Database applications in an online environment, includes
         presentation of various database door and application programs for
         bulletin boards.
 
Speaker: Jim Appleby

Company: The Business BBS
 
Speaker: Dan Hanson

Company: Parallax Development Corp
 
Speaker: Troy Getty

Company: Integrated Solutions, Inc.
         Troy Getty is CEO of Integrated Solutions, Inc., a communications
         software company whose first product is ModemBase Pro, a database
         door program for bulletin boards including Wildcat!, Searchlight,
         PCBoard, and other BBSs that allow DOORS.
 
Speaker: Alan Bryant

Company: eSoft Inc.
         Alan Bryant handles technical documentation, product support, and
         marketing duties for eSoft, Inc.


  TITLE: TDBS - xBASE Applications Online for TBBS
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Colorado C

Descrip: Developing xBASE multi-user database applications using eSoft's
         The Data Base System (TDBS) option module.
 
Speaker: Philip L. Becker

Company: eSoft, Inc.
         Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The
         Bread Board System BBS software package.  He is also author of the
         book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and
         founding partner in ONE, Inc.
 


  TITLE: Integrating FAX with The Major BBS
   Date: 08/29/93                        Time:  9:00:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: This session will introduce attendees on how to integrate fax
         technology with their BBS.  The Fax/Online product and also
         possible uses of the fax/BBS combination will be discussed.  If
         the audience consists of a substantial number of people who are
         interested in add-on development, usign Fax Developer's Kit will
         also be discussed.
 
Speaker: Brian Stephens

Company: Galacticomm Inc.
 
Speaker: Chris Robert

Company: Galacticomm Inc.


  TITLE: The BBS as a Service Bureau
   Date: 08/29/93                        Time:  9:00:00
   Room: Oval

Descrip: This session covers operating a BBS as a service bureau to provide
         companies with their own BBS identity and services located on your
         host service.  Covers maintenance contracts, service quality,
         marketing considerations, and the economies of scale that would
         attract a company to contract with an outside service for
         communications/BBS services.
 
Speaker: Jim Appleby

Company: The Business BBS
 


  TITLE: ModemBase Pro - Database DOOR Application for BBSs
   Date: 08/29/93                        Time: 10:30:00
   Room: Copper

Descrip: ModemBase Pro is a database door program that operates as a DOOR
         program for Wildcat!, PCBoard, Searchlight, or other DOOR
         compatible bulletin board systems.  The program allows operators
         to develop database applications for their services.
 
Speaker: Troy Getty

Company: Integrated Solutions, Inc.
         Troy Getty is CEO of Integrated Solutions, Inc., a communications
         software company whose first product is ModemBase Pro, a database
         door program for bulletin boards including Wildcat!, Searchlight,
         PCBoard, and other BBSs that allow DOORS.
                    THE GOVERNMENT/EDUCATION TRACK

 


  TITLE: Electronic Democracy: An Overview
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 13:00:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: General historical perspective on the various proposals that have
         taken shape under the heading of "electronic democracy."  Will
         include an overview of the work of Gary Orren (The Electronic
         Commonwealth), Chris Arterton (Teledemocracy), Richard Hollander
         (Video Democracy), and A. J. Bahn (Computocracy); I will touch
         lightly on the activities of politically activist Sysops such as
         Dave Hughes and Michael Sullivan, discuss the impact of networks
         such as Al Gore's proposed national data highway and the Time
         Warner project in Orlando, and describe existing exploratory steps
         along these lines such as the Nova Scotia Liberal Party's
         "televote" primary last June, the Perot campaign's use of BBS
         networks, the efforts of Evan Ravitz's Voting By Phone Foundation,
         Santa Monica's PEN, Mercer's Info Isle, Kansas City's City Hall in
         the Mall, and my own work involving Westinghouse and SFI.
 
Speaker: Tim Stryker

Company: Galacticomm Inc.
         Tim Stryker is founder and chairman of Galacticomm, Inc., makers
         of The Major BBS, The Major Database, Fax/Online, Major QWK-mail,
         Major Gateway/Internet, the GalactiBox, and dozens of other
         BBS-related products. He is also co-founder and president of the
         Superdemocracy Foundation, a Florida not-for-profit corporation
         dedicated to the ideals of Superdemocracy, and president/CEO of
         Consensus Systems, Inc., a recent startup formed to promote
         applications of Superdemocracy in teh commercial arena. A
         multi-user communications systems enthusiast since 1976, Stryker
         has authored dozens of programs and magazine pieces, and has been
         featured nationwide via newspapers and radio.  His firt book,
         THINK A LITTLE, subtitled "Evolutionary Perspectives on the Future
         of Civilization", was published by Cool Hand Communications in
         April of this year.  He resides in Fort Lauderdale with his wife,
         four children, cat, and rabbits.
 


  TITLE: Telecommunications Policy for Education
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 14:30:00
   Room: Ballroom

Descrip: The Consortium for School Networking is a membership organization
         of institutions formed to further the development and use of
         computer network technology in K-12 education.  Members represent
         educational, institutional, and commercial organizations with an
         interest in advancing the state of the art in all aspects of
         electronic computer networking.  CoSN provides an opportunity for
         groups involved in educational networking to benefit from the
         resources and experience of all members.  One of the primary goals
         of CoSN is the deployment of the National Research and Education
         Network (NREN) to support education in all schools nationwide.
 
Speaker: Dr. Art St. George

Company: Consortium for School Network
         Dr. St. George is the Executive Network Services Officer of the
         University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, and the
         Secretary-Treasurer of the Consortium for School Networking.  He
         also compiles various lists of Internet services, most notably a
         list of online library services.
 
Speaker: Eugene Lott

Company: University of New Mexico
         Gene Lott is the Systems Coordinator for the Educational Native
         American Network (ENAN) Project at the College of Education,
         Center for Technology and Education at the University of New
         Mexico in Albuquerque.
 
Speaker: Dave Hughes

Company: Old Colorado City Comm.
         Dave Hughes is the founder of Old Colorado City Communications, a
         consulting firm specializing in telecommunications projects,
         particularly in the area of education.  He installed the Big Sky
         Telegraph system used to link schools throughout Montanna. He
         created the model of uucp-to-internet linked Fido-protocol BBS for
         distributed and appropriate networking for rural schools.  Hughes
         has been exploring, advocating, and developing NAPLPS services and
         software tools for 9 years, from teaching Indians to do original
         Indian art in the medium which has been show at SIGGRAPH, covered
         by CNN specials, and published in Omni, to the teaching of
         advanced math and science subjects, using NAPLPS for scientific
         notation, to communicating internationally in foreign languages
         and animated graphics. He is the developer of the TROIKA naplps
         terminal program.
 
Speaker: Ed Lyell

Company: Colorado Board of Education
         Dr. Ed Lyell is currently an elected member of the Colorado State
         Board of Education, and Co-Chair of the Colorado
         Telecommunications Advisory Commission to the State Legislature.
         He consults for government and business on innovative ways to
         design, operate and fund learning systems for children and adults.
         Dr. Lyell has his doctorate in Business Administration from the
         University of Colorado in Boulder where he studied with Kenneth E.
         Boulding.  Dr. Lyell is a Senior Fellow at teh Center for the New
         West, a 20-state think tank headquartered in Denver. He is
         designing school systems based on using Just in Time Learning
         based on the Integration of High Tech and High Touch Techniques.
         Dr. Lyell has been a professor of Management Strategy and Policy,
         Marketing, Economics, Quantitative techniques and ethics at
         several Universities including the University of Colorado, The
         Colorado College and Metropolitan State College.  Dr. Lyell has
         been staff consultant to the Colorado Commission on Higher
         Education, National Center for Higher Education Management
         Systems, Legislative Joint Budget Committee, and several
         governors.
 
Speaker: Nancy Bolt

Company: CO State Library/Adult Ed.
 


  TITLE: Electronic Access to Government and Governance
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 14:30:00
   Room: Theater

Descrip: Breif presentations followed by a panel discussion and Q&A about
         computer-based and online access to government information,
         decision-makers and to the processes of governance at the federal,
         state and local levels. Issues include private and public-sector
         fee and free BBSs and networks, functional access vs. information
         monopolies, government pricing issues, low/no-cost access, privacy
         issues, format alternatives, access legislation, practical access
         politics, etc. Specific cases, systems, problems and examples will
         be cited and/or described legislative, executive and judicial
         access.
 
Speaker: Jim Warren

Company: Boardwatch Magazine
         Jim Warren is MicroTime's "futures" columnist, Government
         Technology's government-access columnist, Boardwatch's
         public-access columnist and one of Autodesk, Inc.'s Board of
         Directors.  He was a first recipient of the Electronic Frontier
         Foundation's Pioneer Awards, founded InfoWorld and the Computers,
         Freedom & Privacy conferences, was PBS TV's "Computer Chronicles"
         founding host, Dr. Dobb's Journal's founding Editor and founded
         and chaired the old West Coast Computer Faires.  He began working
         as a programmer in 1968, and holds graduate degrees in Computer
         Engineering, Medical Information Science adn Mathematics &
         Statistics.
 
Speaker: James Love
 
Speaker: Richard Civille
 


  TITLE: SuperDemocracy Online - Opportunities Today
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: A prototype demonstration of a Superdemocracy network in action,
         with emphasis on current-day, pragmatic commercial opportunities
         for third-party developers and integrators of systems for
         corporate and trade association decision distribution and
         consensus building.  Superdemocracy is defined as "a continuous
         networked hierarchy of online referenda, open to all."  Prototype
         will include graphical user interface, proxy management, dominion
         hierarchies, and sub-quorum, active, and holding "measure pools."
         Applicability to decisions by corporate boards of directors,
         committees, user groups, trade associations, non-profit
         organizations, chambers of commerce, boards of inquiry, and
         representative assemblies will be explored.  Barriers to more
         widespread use will be probed, with special attention to the
         security problem.  Third-party co-development will be encouraged
         by way of free distribution of API data and sample Visual Basic
         source code to attendees.
 
Speaker: Tim Stryker

Company: Galacticomm Inc.
         Tim Stryker is founder and chairman of Galacticomm, Inc., makers
         of The Major BBS, The Major Database, Fax/Online, Major QWK-mail,
         Major Gateway/Internet, the GalactiBox, and dozens of other
         BBS-related products. He is also co-founder and president of the
         Superdemocracy Foundation, a Florida not-for-profit corporation
         dedicated to the ideals of Superdemocracy, and president/CEO of
         Consensus Systems, Inc., a recent startup formed to promote
         applications of Superdemocracy in teh commercial arena. A
         multi-user communications systems enthusiast since 1976, Stryker
         has authored dozens of programs and magazine pieces, and has been
         featured nationwide via newspapers and radio.  His firt book,
         THINK A LITTLE, subtitled "Evolutionary Perspectives on the Future
         of Civilization", was published by Cool Hand Communications in
         April of this year.  He resides in Fort Lauderdale with his wife,
         four children, cat, and rabbits.
 


  TITLE: Educational Telecommunications: From FidoNet to Internet
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Colorado B

Descrip: Telecommunications in the form of bulletin boards has become an
         important educational tool over the past several years.  More
         recently, the K12 community has begun to access the enormous
         resources of the Internet.  This panel will discuss the strategies
         employed to support and encourage the effective educational use of
         telecommunications.
 
Speaker: Mort Sternheim

Company: University Of Massachusetts
         Morton M. Sternheim has been sysoping in the Pioneer Valley PCUG
         FidoNet BBS since 1985.  A physics professor by profession, he
         started the Physics Forum BBS at the University of Massachusetts
         to serve the state's physics teachers.  This has grown into the
         SpaceMet BBS network with multiple user systems at several sites
         and access from the Internet via a terminal server.  Together with
         Helen Sternheim, Terry Dun, and the staff of their computer
         center, they have now started a Freeport based Internet BBS called
         UMassK12 for Massachusetts K12 students and educators.
 
Speaker: Angus Dun

Company:
         Mr. Dun is teh Computer and Electronics Instructor, Franklin
         County Technical High School in Turner Falls, Massachussets
 
Speaker: Gleason Sackman

Company: 226 IACC
 
Speaker: Dave Hughes

Company: Old Colorado City Comm.
         Dave Hughes is the founder of Old Colorado City Communications, a
         consulting firm specializing in telecommunications projects,
         particularly in the area of education.  He installed the Big Sky
         Telegraph system used to link schools throughout Montanna. He
         created the model of uucp-to-internet linked Fido-protocol BBS for
         distributed and appropriate networking for rural schools.  Hughes
         has been exploring, advocating, and developing NAPLPS services and
         software tools for 9 years, from teaching Indians to do original
         Indian art in the medium which has been show at SIGGRAPH, covered
         by CNN specials, and published in Omni, to the teaching of
         advanced math and science subjects, using NAPLPS for scientific
         notation, to communicating internationally in foreign languages
         and animated graphics. He is the developer of the TROIKA naplps
         terminal program.
 
Speaker: Helen Sternheim

Company: University Of Massachusetts
         Helen R. Sternheim was orginally trained as an electrical engineer
         and worked in the aircraft and telephone industries.  Several
         years ago she became involved in supporting teachers in learning
         how to use telecommunications effectively in their classrooms. As
         K12Net Project Coordinator, she was able to bring a wide variety
         of interesting projects to the attention of teachers worldwide.
 


  TITLE: The Past, Present, and Future Internet
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: West ABCD

Descrip: Dr. Vinton Cerf was a key part of the initial team developing
         TCP/IP and the Arpa Internet in the late 1960's and has been part
         of the development of the Internet at every stage since that time
         to the present as President of the Internet Society.  Probably
         more than any other individual, Dr. Cerf is familiar with the
         history, and present status of the Internet.  And in this session
         he will further describe the likely future direction this network
         of networks takes.
 
Speaker: Dr. Vinton Cerf

Company: The Internet Socity
 


  TITLE: The Government, the Internet, and the BBS
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: West ABCD

Descrip: -0-
 
Speaker: Anne Branscomb

Company: Harvard University
         Anne W. Branscomb is a communications lawyer at the Harvard
         University Center for Information Resources Policy Research. As
         chairman of the Communications Law Division of the American Bar
         Association Science and Technology Section from 1980 to 1984, she
         edited "Toward a Law of Global Communications Networks" and
         organized a number of research and professional educational
         projects. She has served as a memeber of the Commission on Freedom
         and Equality of Access to Information and as a consultant to the
         National Science Foundation.  The congressional Office of
         Technology Assessment and the State Department.  Branscomb holds
         degrees in political science from Harvard University and the
         University of North Carolina and is a graduate of the George
         Washington University Law School.
 


  TITLE: The CyberSpace Classroom One Year Later
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: Colorado B

Descrip: Dr. Walter Copley designed an implemented an online classroom at
         Metropolitan State College's Department of Criminal Justice
         featuring college credit courses taught online.  After two
         semesters of actual operation, Dr. Copley reports on the program's
         successes, but perhaps more interestingly, on the items they wish
         they had known before introducing the program.  Items discussed
         include the importance of administrative framework and the support
         system surrounding an online classroom.
 
Speaker: Dr. Walter Copley

Company: Metro State College of Denver
 


  TITLE: Bulletin Boards for Government Agencies
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Colorado B

Descrip: This panel session is presented by sysops who run electronic
         bulletin boards within U.S. government agencies.  Discussion of
         the role of bulletin boards in government, with real world tips on
         how to make a case for a BBS within a government agency, and how
         BBS can help governmental departments disseminate information to
         the public.
 
Speaker: Bob Davis

Company: TEAM NET/Naval Surface Warfare
         Bob Davis operates the TEAM NET BBS for the Naval Surface Warfare
         Center in Port Hueneme California
 
Speaker: Erik Delfino

Company: ALIX II, FEDLINK BBS
 
Speaker: Key Royer

Company: Dept. of Commerce NTIS
         Key Royer is sysop of the FEDLINK BBS operated by the Department
         of Commerce National Technical Information Service.
 
Speaker: Karl Schneider

Company: US Dept of Agriculture ALF BBS
 
Speaker: Bill Curdy

Company: DEIS II BBS
 


  TITLE: Making Government User Friendly: Public Sector Goes Online
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Copper

Descrip: A growing number of organizations at all levels of government
         (Federal, State, Local) are using BBS and other on-line
         technologies to better meet the needs of their constituents by
         offering a wide range of useful applications.  This session will
         explore how the public sector has succeeded in being more
         responsive to those they serve by providing on-line access to
         public information and services.
 
Speaker: Bruce H. Kirschner

Company: Kirschner, Lowe, and Associate
         Bruce H. Kirschner, Ph.D., has had a long-term interest in how
         government and the public sector may use on-line technologies to
         better serve the public.  He is System Operator of the "Boulder
         County Civic Center," a free public access on-line system for
         citizens of Boulder County.  Bruce is also Chair of the Denver
         Free-Net Policy and Procedures Committee.
                    THE TECHNICAL TOPICS TRACK

 


  TITLE: CD-ROMS and BBSs
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 13:00:00
   Room: West ABCD

Descrip: CD-ROMS are quickly gaining favor as a storage medium in the BBS
         community due to low cost, high capacity, durable media, minimum
         maintenance, and virtual elimination of the backup process.
         Bulletin boards are adding these drives in some cases by the
         dozens and dozens of CD-ROM vendors are supplying updated archives
         of shareware material on CD-ROM ready for installation on bulletin
         boards.  This session discusses CD-ROM technology, and covers some
         of the techniques for connecting even large numbers of CD-ROM
         drives to electronic bulletin boards, as well as overcoming the
         inherent slow access times for these drives.
 
Speaker: unassigned

Company:
 


  TITLE: Network Publishing With Royalty: Xanadu Publishing Method
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 13:00:00
   Room: Theater

Descrip: Publishing for profit online using Xanadu.
 
Speaker: Ted Nelson

Company: Xanadu World Publishing Repos.
 


  TITLE: Data Communication Trends
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 16:30:00
   Room: Theater

Descrip: Presentation will highlight some interesting new trends in data
         communications software, discuss how these issues affect the BBS
         community, and talk about current and upcoming DATASTORM products.
         Datastorm is best known for Procomm Plus, the world's best-selling
         data communications package
 
Speaker: Phil James

Company: DataStorm Technologies, Inc.
         Phil James is Director of Research and Development for Datastorm
         Technologies, developer of the popular PROCOMM PLUS data
         communications package.
 


  TITLE: QWK Mail
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: Colorado C

Descrip: Technical description of the QWK offline mail reader file format
         by the man who first developed it for QMAIL DELUXE.  Presentation
         of current 1stReader product, and discussion/question/answer on
         the protocol itself and possible future enhancements.
 
Speaker: Mark "Sparky" Herring

Company: QMail Deluxe
 


  TITLE: OS/2 and Communications
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: West AB

Descrip: IBM's OS/2 Version 2.1 provides multi-tasking that really works
         and the ability to run DOS, Windows, or OS/2 programs in a solid,
         reliable environment.  Of particular interest to the sysop
         community is OS/2's ability to simultaneously handle multiple
         lines on one system using either DOS or OS/2 bulletin board
         systems.  IBM OS/2 Advocate Dave Whittle will briefly introduce
         OS/2 2.1 and discuss the benefits it offers anyone in
         communications.  A panel of guess experts will be on hand to
         address questions, concerns, and explore possibilities.
 
Speaker: Dave Whittle

Company: IBM
         David B. Whittle is the first IBM OS/2 Evangelist/Advocate and has
         been a key player in IBM's ever-increasing presence in cyberspace.
         He founded the industry's first "virtual" team - Team OS/2 - to
         facilitate industry teamwork and open communications with
         customers and the media.  He is co-author of "Dvorak's Guide to
         OS/2 Version 2.1."  Dave and his family of six recently moved from
         the Washington D.C. area to Austin, Texas.
 


  TITLE: Future of Modem Technology Roundtable I
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: West AB

Descrip: Part I of a two part roundtable discussion of the future and
         evolution of modem and data communications by
         vendors/manufacturers of modems and communications devices
         including Hayes, USR, AT&T, ZyXEL, Zoom, Practical Peripherals,
         Supra, and others.
 
Speaker: Tony Zuccarino

Company: Rockwell International
         Tony Zuccarino is Market Development Manager for Rockwell
         International.  Prior to this position, Mr. Zuccarino held the
         position of Product Manager, Low Speed Modems.  He joined Rockwell
         from Sharp Digital Information Products where he was Product
         Marketing Engineer.  A graduate of the University of Illinois, he
         earned a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and recently
         received his MBA from the University of Southern California
 


  TITLE: Online Databases Technology Roundtable
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Colorado A

Descrip: Database applications in an online environment, includes
         presentation of various database door and application programs for
         bulletin boards.
 
Speaker: Jim Appleby

Company: The Business BBS
 
Speaker: Dan Hanson

Company: Parallax Development Corp
 
Speaker: Troy Getty

Company: Integrated Solutions, Inc.
         Troy Getty is CEO of Integrated Solutions, Inc., a communications
         software company whose first product is ModemBase Pro, a database
         door program for bulletin boards including Wildcat!, Searchlight,
         PCBoard, and other BBSs that allow DOORS.
 
Speaker: Alan Bryant

Company: eSoft Inc.
         Alan Bryant handles technical documentation, product support, and
         marketing duties for eSoft, Inc.


  TITLE: Dealing with Viruses
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: Copper

Descrip: John McAffee, author of the widely acclaimed VirusScan and Cleanup
         anti-virus utilities, presents a session on computer virus
         propogation and how to protect your BBS and callers from virus
         incidents.
 
Speaker: John McAffee

Company: McAffee Associates
 


  TITLE: How it Began - The First BBS
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: Theater

Descrip: Ward Christensen wrote the first BBS software package, CBBS, in
         January/February 1978 launching a world of communications based on
         personal computers owned by individuals - not institutions.  The
         father of the electronic bulletin board reflects on the many
         things that have changed in the subsequent 15 years, and the many
         things that haven't.  Most of all, he provides a historical
         account of how it all got started that provides a key historical
         perspective for anyone involved in the industry today.
 
Speaker: Ward Christensen

Company: Wards CBBS
         Ward Christensen is the author of XMODEM file transfer protocol
         and wrote the first BBS software package, CBBS.
 


  TITLE: Satellite Communications for BBSs
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: Ballroom

Descrip: PageSat founder Norman Gillespie presents information on how to
         use satellite technology to advantage for bulletin boards where
         information is essentially asymmetrical - a characteristic of most
         shared message conferences.  PageSat has offered a low cost
         satellite receiver to receive some 4700 UseNet News Groups (over
         50 MB daily) by satellite, saving hundreds of dollars monthly over
         telephone line charges for bulletin boards carrying Usenet News.
 
Speaker: Norman Gillespie

Company: PageSat
 


  TITLE: Data Compression Theory and Techniques
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Colorado B

Descrip: Data compression/library utilities have been a key technological
         component of the development of the BBS as a shareware software
         archive service.  The majority of files on bulletin boards are
         stored in compressed form using the ZIP file format developed by
         Phil Katz.  In this session, Mr. Katz provides some detailed
         technical information on data compression, including an overview
         of data compression, basic data compression theory, history of
         data compression from the PDP-11 RAD50 codeson, description of
         modern data compression algorithms including Ziv-Lempel-Welch
         Encoding, Huffman Squeezing, Repeated String Elimination, and
         Optimal Follower Sets.  He then demonstrates PKZIP and PKUNZIP
         showing execution of the algorithms discussed.
 
Speaker: Phil Katz

Company: PKWARE, Inc
         PKWARE, INC> was incorporated in November 1986 by its founder and
         President, Phil Katz. The majority of software products available
         from PKWARE are data compression products, as is the primary focus
         of software research and development at PKWARE.  Mr. Katz
         graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee with a
         Bachelors degree in Computer Science in 1984.  After graduation
         Mr. Katz spent several years working as a Software Design Engineer
         in the field of industrial automation.  While in that field, he
         developed programming and monitoring software for programmable
         logic controllers, before making PKWARE a full time profession.
         At this time Mr. Katz is completing the University of Wisconsin,
         Milwaukee Masters Degree for Computer Science.
 


  TITLE: Future of Modem Technology Roundtable II
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Colorado C

Descrip: Representatives of major modem manufacturers including Hayes, USR,
         ZyXEL, AT&T, Zoom, Supra, Practical Peripherals, and more discuss
         the future development of modem technology to increase speed and
         features of data communications.
 
Speaker: Angelo Stephano

Company: Rockwell International
         Angelo Stephano has been with Rockwell's Digital Communications
         Division for nine years and has held the position of Product Line
         Manager, Modem Systems for the past two. Prior to this he was
         Product Manager, Modem Systems for one year and Systems Engineer
         of telecommunications products for six years.  He obtained his
         Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse
         University.
 


  TITLE: DESQview and Communications
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Theater

Descrip: The DESQview multi-tasking environment has enabled thousands of
         bulletin boards to offer multiline access with a minimum of
         equipment - becoming one of the most ubiquitous software packages
         online.  In this session, Michael Chapman of Quarterdeck covers
         some technical and configuration issues specific to running and
         optimizing communications applications effectively in the DESQview
         environment - including both BBS applications and general
         communications chores.
 
Speaker: Michael Chapman

Company: Quarterdeck Office Systems
 


  TITLE: Introduction to UUCP Protocol
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Copper

Descrip: This session will cover the UUCP protocol, including the
         sub-protocols UUCP-f through UUCP-z; current implementations,
         including HoneyDanBer, Taylor UUCP, System III, and MSDOS
         versions; using UUCP in sending mail, transferring netnews,
         requesting and attaching files, setting up UUCP over TCP/IP,
         recent extensions in Taylor UUCP, UUPlus, and FSUUCP
 
Speaker: Chris Ambler

Company: Fubar Systems
         Chris Ambler is the author of Fubar Systems Unix to Unix Copy
         Program (FSUUCP), a shareware program to connect DOS machines to
         UUCP.
 


  TITLE: Dealing with Serial Ports
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Colorado A

Descrip: General discussion of RS-232 serial ports, communications software
         in general, multi-port serial cards, the differences between
         "smart" serial cards and "dumb" serial cards, and other items of
         interest in a basic presentation on RS-232 communications.  Phil
         Becker is author of "Introduction to PC Communications" published
         by Que.
 
Speaker: Phil Becker

Company: ONE, Inc.
         Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The
         Bread Board System BBS software package.  He is also author of the
         book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and
         founding partner in ONE, Inc.
 


  TITLE: Connecting Your BBS to an X.25 Packet Network
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: This presentation will cover the problems and opportunities in
         connecting a BBS to an X.25 network.  The discussion will be based
         on the speaker's experience in connecting BBSs to X.25 networks in
         both a public and private environment.
 
Speaker: Dean Kerl

Company: Datasafe
         Dean Kerl is President of DataSafe Publications, Inc. and founded
         The Garbage Dump BBS in December, 1990 in a spare bedroom with
         four telephone lines.  Due to the early success of The Garbage
         Dump, Mr. Kerl quit his full-time job to devote his efforts to the
         BBS in November, 1991.  The Garbage Dump has expanded to an 80
         line national system with access in over 500 cities and offices in
         both Albuquerque and Denver.  Prior to DataSafe, Mr. Kerl was the
         Director of Operations for Connect-USA, a natioanl data networking
         company that is no longer operating.  Mr. Kerl has spoken at
         numerous conferences relating his experiences in running a
         successful BBS utilizing X.25 technology.
 


  TITLE: Memory Management - QEMM for BBSs
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: Ballroom

Descrip: In the never ending quest to get a BBS to jump through it's serial
         port backwards, memory limitations are part of the life of the
         sysop.  The most popular memory management software available is
         Quarterdeck's QEMM memory manager - used by the overwhelming
         majority of electronic bulletin boards.  In this session,
         Quarterdeck provides invaluable tips for optimizing memory usage
         to tune your BBS to top performance and deal with RAM cram once
         and for all.
 
Speaker: Michael Chapman

Company: Quarterdeck Office Systems
 


  TITLE: Macintosh Data Compression
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: Congress

Descrip: A discussion of data compression on the Macintosh platform by the
         developers of the STUFFIT DELUXE compression program.
 
Speaker: Dave Schargel

Company: Aladdin Systems
 
Speaker: Leonard Rosenthol

Company: Aladdin Systems


  TITLE: International Telecommunications and BBSing.
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: West C/D

Descrip: With a large poroportion of the world's BBSs in countries other
         than the US, fast, error correcting modems, and with the
         economical internconnecting of international networks such as
         Internet, Bitnet, Sprintnet, Infonet, Tymnet, CIS net, there is a
         lot of action and innovation across the globe.  BBSCON 93 will
         attract telecommers from all over the world.  This session will be
         a chance for those in the US to learn about how telecommunications
         works at the grass roots level of other countries, and will give
         those in different regions of the the world a chance to learn from
         each other what's going on, what works and what doesn't, and how
         innovators get around problems such as PTT charges, interconnect
         complexities, foreing languages, differences in standards.  This
         is a mapping session with all attending serving as main speakers,
         and the moderator managing the flow.
 
Speaker: Dave Hughes

Company: Old Colorado City Comm.
         Dave Hughes is the founder of Old Colorado City Communications, a
         consulting firm specializing in telecommunications projects,
         particularly in the area of education.  He installed the Big Sky
         Telegraph system used to link schools throughout Montanna. He
         created the model of uucp-to-internet linked Fido-protocol BBS for
         distributed and appropriate networking for rural schools.  Hughes
         has been exploring, advocating, and developing NAPLPS services and
         software tools for 9 years, from teaching Indians to do original
         Indian art in the medium which has been show at SIGGRAPH, covered
         by CNN specials, and published in Omni, to the teaching of
         advanced math and science subjects, using NAPLPS for scientific
         notation, to communicating internationally in foreign languages
         and animated graphics. He is the developer of the TROIKA naplps
         terminal program.
 


  TITLE: An Overview of ISDN Deployment
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: Colorado A

Descrip: An update/overview of the current status of ISDN nationally with
         comments on why ISDN is important and a brief sketch of
         applications and advantages it offers now and in the immediate
         future.
 
Speaker: Dennis C. Hayes

Company: Hayes Microcomputer Products
         Dennis C. Hayes is the founder of Hayes Microcomputer Products and
         one of the early pioneers in the development of modems for
         personal computers.
 


  TITLE: The National ISDN Advantage for BBSs
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Colorado A

Descrip: In this session conducted by Norther Telecom, the world leader in
         digital switching technology, Stephen Cunningham, Director of
         Network Services and Applications, will discuss the National
         Integrated Digital Networks that are being launched across the
         country.  Cunningham will review topics such as What is National
         ISDN?  Why it can mean success for a BBS. When and where National
         ISDN will be available for your BBS.  How much wil it cost.  How
         to get ISDN service.  What ISDN customer premise equipment is
         required.  How to configure and connect it to your BBS.
 
Speaker: Stephen J. Cunningham

Company: Northern Telecom
         Mr. Cunningham is currently Director of Network Services for
         Northern Telecom's Switching Division in Research Triangle Park,
         North Carolina.  In this capacity, he is responsible for marketing
         the Meridian Business Services Product Line which includes
         Meridian Digital Centrex, Meridian Data Services, Meridian
         Switched Network, and ISDN.  Prior to joining NT, Cunningham spent
         10 years at AT&T in Network Design and Marketing and 3 years at
         AT&T Bell Laboratories in Operations Systems Development.  He has
         Masters degress in both Electrical Engineering and in Physics from
         the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and in Advanced Management from
         PACE University, and is also a licensed Professional Engineer.
 
Speaker: Jack DeQuano

Company: Northern Telcom


  TITLE: Macintosh ISDN Applications
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Congress

Descrip: Discussion of the capabilities and uses of Integrated Services
         Digital Networks (ISDN) telephone service from the Macintosh
         platform.
 
Speaker: Guy Bonneau

Company: XBR Communications
 


  TITLE: X.25 Packet Switch Networks for BBSs
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: West CD

Descrip: Discussion of X.25 packet networks, what they are, how to connect,
         traditional applications for X.25, evaluating X.25 for a BBS,
         examples of bulletin boards using X.25, potential pitfalls.
         Service and pricing structures.
 
Speaker: Greg Eichman

Company: CompuServe, Inc
         Greg Eichman is an Account Executive with CompuServe's network
         services group providing nationwide X.25 networking connections to
         businesses - including electronic bulletin boards.
 


  TITLE: Integrated Services Digital Network
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Colorado A

Descrip: AT&T Presentation on Things to Come with ISDN
 
Speaker: AT&T Representative
 


  TITLE: Satellite Distribution for FidoNet and other Networks
   Date: 08/29/93                        Time:  9:00:00
   Room: Colorado C

Descrip: Satellite Distribution using C and KU bands of FidoNet echomail
         and other conferences, weather, news, and stock market information
         you can receive on a TV satellite dish at 19,200 bps.
 
Speaker: Bob Oberholt
                    THE GRAPHICS/INTERFACE TRACK

 


  TITLE: Graphics Interface Design for Business Applications
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: Colorado A

Descrip: General design techniques applicable to any graphics/GUI interface
         to make business and corporate applications more usable and
         effective.
 
Speaker: Jim Appleby

Company: The Business BBS
 


  TITLE: Dealing with Adult GIF Images Online
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Ballroom

Descrip: Lee Noga.  In this session, veteran BBS operators and legal
         advisors examine the delicate issue of dealing with Adult GIF
         images - a popular element of online libraries, from both the
         copyright infringement/detection angle, as well as the problems
         with pornography/obscenity laws.  With a number of bulletin board
         systems shut down/seized because of adult GIF images, and in at
         least one case bulletin boards subject to $500,000 copyright
         infringement settlements, this session deals with what promises to
         be one of the hottest areas of interest among BBS operators - so
         to speak.
 
Speaker: Greg Ryan

Company: EXEC-PC
         Greg Ryan is Vice President of Operations at Exec-PC.  Greg is
         also the author of RyBBS, a bbs program sold internationally and
         has been in the telecommunications field eight years.  He has a
         degree in engineering.
 
Speaker: Jim Maxey

Company: Event Horizons
         Jim Maxey is founder and President of Event Horizons, Inc.,
         operator of Event Horizons BBS, a 64-line BBS specializing in
         graphic images.
 
Speaker: Shari Steele

Company: Electronic Frontier Foundation
 
Speaker: Larry Wood

Company: CompuServe Information Service
         Larry Wood is the forum administrator (sysop) of the CompuServe
         Graphics forum, one of the more popular forums on the service.
         Particularly in this forum, Wood deals with issues of copyright
         and adult images on a daily basis on one of the largest commercial
         online services in the industry.
 
Speaker: Herb Kraft

Company: BBS Legal Guide, Inc.
         Herb Kraft is a practicing attorney, radio talk-show host, BBS
         sysop, and co-sysop of the GENIE BBS Round Table and the author
         and co-author of several best-selling computer programs including
         the Home & Business Legal Guide, the PC Attorney, the Programmer's
         Legal Toolkit, the new BBS Legal Guide service, and the On-line
         Legal Advisor BBS door.  He is also the co-publisher of the BBS
         edition of Connect Magazine.  He hosts the weekly legal Talk
         Aabout on GENIE's BBS Roundtable (every Wednesday at 10:00 pm,
         EST) and also hosts the BBS LAwlink for WWIV net and other
         national message echoes. His clients include many large BBS
         systems and online services., BBS program and utility authors and
         government agencies.
 


  TITLE: RIPscrip - Remote Imaging Protocol Script Language
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Theater

Descrip: The Remote Imaging Protocol script language, or RIPscrip, has
         quickly emerged as the leading protocol for online graphical
         interfaces for electronic bulletin boards.  This session is for
         developers and BBS operators interested in implementing RIPscrip.
         The developer will describbe who RIPscrip works, general uses for
         RIPscrip graphics in communications, benefits of RIPscrip versus
         current online communications languages, and an overview of
         communication systems that can support RIPscrip.  A demonstration
         of RIPaint and RIPterm will be provided.
 
Speaker: Jeff Reeder

Company: Telegrafic Communications, Inc
 


  TITLE: NAPLPS - Universal Graphics for BBSs to the Internet
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: oval

Descrip: NAPLPS- The North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax, is
         an international standard for the presentation of animated text
         and graphics in an interactive telecommunications environment on
         any network, to and from any micro.  For 10 of the past 12 years
         it had only been used as one-way "videotex" in such services as
         Prodigy and Hawayii FYI.  But after the release of low-end drawing
         and terminal NAPLPS shareware programs, a number of innovative BBS
         and terminal, drawing, and foreign language and symbolic software
         developers have produced new NAPLPS products.  This presentation
         will educate BBS and software developers of what it takes to
         implement NAPLPS.  Complete technical documentation of the
         standard, as well as shareware tools will be distributed.  THere
         will be a demonstration of NAPLPS on TBBSs, Fido BBSs, Unix and
         Internet hosts in dual NAPLPS-ASCII mode, Macintosh, MSDOS,
         software, new freeware, shareware, and commercial drawing,
         conversion, and font entry programs.  As well as the newly
         approved standard for using JPEG in NAPLPS programs, new tools
         which can convert any Corel Draw images, Windows Icons, GIF and
         other bitmaps to NAPLPS and fancy fonts incorporation, as well as
         a demo of Version 1.0 of Troika, an integrated Teledrawing,
         Terminal, and language-font entry NAPLPS-ASCII-MINITEL program
         written in Russia.
 
Speaker: Dave Hughes

Company: Old Colorado City Comm.
         Dave Hughes is the founder of Old Colorado City Communications, a
         consulting firm specializing in telecommunications projects,
         particularly in the area of education.  He installed the Big Sky
         Telegraph system used to link schools throughout Montanna. He
         created the model of uucp-to-internet linked Fido-protocol BBS for
         distributed and appropriate networking for rural schools.  Hughes
         has been exploring, advocating, and developing NAPLPS services and
         software tools for 9 years, from teaching Indians to do original
         Indian art in the medium which has been show at SIGGRAPH, covered
         by CNN specials, and published in Omni, to the teaching of
         advanced math and science subjects, using NAPLPS for scientific
         notation, to communicating internationally in foreign languages
         and animated graphics. He is the developer of the TROIKA naplps
         terminal program.
 


  TITLE: Graphic Interface Technology Roundtable
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Theater

Descrip: Roundtable discussion of various technical solutions to providing
         a graphical interface for the BBS community, including RIPscrip,
         NAPLPS, and RoboBoard.  A bare knuckled event in five rounds with
         no possibility of survivors.
 
Speaker: Jeff Reeder

Company: Telegrafic Communications, Inc
 
Speaker: Seth Hamilton

Company: Hamilton TeleGraphics, Inc
 
Speaker: Bernal Schooley

Company: Midwest Designs
 
Speaker: Dave Hughes

Company: Old Colorado City Comm.
         Dave Hughes is the founder of Old Colorado City Communications, a
         consulting firm specializing in telecommunications projects,
         particularly in the area of education.  He installed the Big Sky
         Telegraph system used to link schools throughout Montanna. He
         created the model of uucp-to-internet linked Fido-protocol BBS for
         distributed and appropriate networking for rural schools.  Hughes
         has been exploring, advocating, and developing NAPLPS services and
         software tools for 9 years, from teaching Indians to do original
         Indian art in the medium which has been show at SIGGRAPH, covered
         by CNN specials, and published in Omni, to the teaching of
         advanced math and science subjects, using NAPLPS for scientific
         notation, to communicating internationally in foreign languages
         and animated graphics. He is the developer of the TROIKA naplps
         terminal program.
 
Speaker: Len Anderson

Company: ResNova Software, Inc.
 


  TITLE: Searchlight with RIPscrip Graphics
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Oval

Descrip: Techniques for using Searchlight BBS with RIPscrip to develop a
         usable and attractive online service with graphical interface.
 
Speaker: Frank Larosa

Company: Searchlight Software
         Frank Larosa is the author of the Searchlight BBS package and
         President of Searchlight Software
 


  TITLE: RIPscrip Workshop for The Major BBS
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: Colorado A

Descrip: This will be a "hands on" session for existing and prospective
         Sysops of The Major BBS who are interested in integrating EGA/VGA
         graphics on their BBS.  We will examine the RIPscrip Add-on Option
         and the integrated RIPaint tool.  Several sample RIP-ized menus
         will be created on the spot.  Various RIPscrip tips and tricks
         will be shared, in additiona to some discussion on colors, good
         graphic layout, and the mechanics of a GUI interface.
 
Speaker: Scott Brinker

Company: Galacticomm Inc.
 
Speaker: Jeff Reeder

Company: Telegrafic Communications, Inc
 
Speaker: Chris Robert

Company: Galacticomm Inc.
 


  TITLE: TBBS Graphics RIP/NAPLPS, etc
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: Colorado B

Descrip: How to develop attractive EGA/VGA graphic interfaces for eSoft's
         The Bread Board System using Remote Imaging Protocal, North
         American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax, and other graphic
         interface techniques.
 
Speaker: Philip L. Becker

Company: eSoft, Inc.
         Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The
         Bread Board System BBS software package.  He is also author of the
         book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and
         founding partner in ONE, Inc.
 


  TITLE: RIPscrip Developer's Forum
   Date: 08/29/93                        Time:  9:00:00
   Room: Colorado B

Descrip: This is a meeting for RIPscrip Developers, Communications
         Professionals, or those interested in direction of future
         development of the RIPscrip graphics script language.  Attendees
         of this meeting should be already familiar with the RIPscrip
         Development System as the topics will be on a technical level.
         The RIPscrip environment and language architecture, Implementation
         of GUI/MultiMedia Objects in the script language, Developing 3rd
         party DLL/Extension modules for the terminal/paint system.
 
Speaker: Jeff Reeder

Company: Telegrafic Communications, Inc
                    THE INTERNET TRACK

 


  TITLE: Internet 101
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 13:00:00
   Room: Ballroom

Descrip: An introductory overview of the global Internet describing the
         network and many of the services and concepts such as TCP/IP,
         UUCP, ftp, telnet, wais, gopher, simple mail transport protocol,
         and other definitions and concepts that will come up throughout
         the Internet track.
 
Speaker: Bernard Aboba

Company: Berkeley Mac User Group
         Bernard Aboba, Ph.D. is President of Internaut Books, a newly
         established telecommunications publishing firm.  He is author of
         several volumes, including the BMUG Guide to Bulletin Boards and
         Beyond; The Online User's Encyclopedia, an 850 page guide to
         global networking; and The Internet Connection: TCP/IP Networking
         for DOS and Windows (due out in early 1994).  Software development
         projects include portions of Quattro Pro for Windows.
 


  TITLE: Privacy and Security on Internet
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 14:30:00
   Room: Copper

Descrip: This session discusses ethical issues on the Internet, including
         privacy and security, encryption, digital signatures, and digital
         time stamping.
 
Speaker: Rob Kolstad

Company: Berkley Software Design Inc
 


  TITLE: Internet 102 - the Odyssey Continues
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 16:30:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: Part II of the Introduction to Internet, Tim Pozar and Mark Graham
         adventure into some of the more technical issues that will be
         addressed throughout the Internet track.
 
Speaker: Tim Pozar

Company: Late Night Software
         Tim Pozar is the author of UFGATE, a shareware program to gate
         electronic mail and message conferences between the International
         FidoNet and the Internet.
 
Speaker: Mark Graham

Company: Pandora Systems


  TITLE: Introduction to TCP/IP
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: Theater

Descrip: This session covers the basic services available under the
         Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) including
         gateways, routers, IP addressing, subnetting, and protocols
         including ARP, TCP, IP, FTP, TELENET, EGP, and RIP.  Technical
         terms and acronyms used in subsequent sessions will be defined
         here and this session should provide a good basis for later
         Internet sessions.
 
Speaker: Britt Basset

Company: The Root Group Inc
 


  TITLE: SLIP and PPP Protocols for Internet
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Copper

Descrip: Once you've got your Macintosh or Windows machine on the Internet,
         a world of graphical Internet applications is opened to you.  But
         first, you've got to get your machine connected.  Point to Point
         Protocol (PPP) and Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) are
         protocols for connecting to the Internet via a dialup modem
         connection.  This session discusses the origins of the two
         protocols, and explains basic terms such as dialupIP, Van Jacobsen
         compression, BOOTP, static versus dynamic routing, and proxy ARP,
         and discusses issues in TCP/IP administration both from the host
         and remote caller side, such as static and dynamic routing.  This
         session also discusses the basic debugging tools used to bring up
         SLIP and PPP connections, such as ping, traceroute, netstat, and
         arp.  Finally, this session talks about software for implementing
         SLIP and PPP.
 
Speaker: Doug Kerry

Company: University Of Colorado
 


  TITLE: The Past, Present, and Future Internet
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: West ABCD

Descrip: Dr. Vinton Cerf was a key part of the initial team developing
         TCP/IP and the Arpa Internet in the late 1960's and has been part
         of the development of the Internet at every stage since that time
         to the present as President of the Internet Society.  Probably
         more than any other individual, Dr. Cerf is familiar with the
         history, and present status of the Internet.  And in this session
         he will further describe the likely future direction this network
         of networks takes.
 
Speaker: Dr. Vinton Cerf

Company: The Internet Socity
 


  TITLE: Satellite Communications for BBSs
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: Ballroom

Descrip: PageSat founder Norman Gillespie presents information on how to
         use satellite technology to advantage for bulletin boards where
         information is essentially asymmetrical - a characteristic of most
         shared message conferences.  PageSat has offered a low cost
         satellite receiver to receive some 4700 UseNet News Groups (over
         50 MB daily) by satellite, saving hundreds of dollars monthly over
         telephone line charges for bulletin boards carrying Usenet News.
 
Speaker: Norman Gillespie

Company: PageSat
 


  TITLE: Internet Commercialization
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Oval

Descrip: This panel will discuss the overall concept of what for-profit
         entities will do in the future with the Internet, from reselling
         access to the Internet to using the Internet as a commercial
         medium.
 
Speaker: Lloyd Brodsky

Company: Univ of Colo Business School
 
Speaker: Steve Laliberte

Company: Byte Information Exchange
         Stephen M. Laliberte has been involved with online services for
         the past nine years.  He is currently the Director of Computer
         Related Services, for General Videotex Corporation where he is
         responsible for planning new services for the DELPHI and BIX
         networks.  He directs the development of BIXnav, the Windows
         access program for the BIX networks.  He directed the BYTE
         Information Exchange from 1988 through 1992 and has implemented
         online services for Windows Magazine and VARBUSINESS Magazine.  He
         has published private networks including McGraw-Hill Information
         Exchange, an online service for educators.  Mr. Laliberte has ten
         years publishing experience with McGraw-Hill Inc. including
         positions with BYTE Magazine, McGraw-Hill Software Publishing and
         the McGraw-Hill Book Company.  He holds a Bachelor of Science in
         Business Administration from the University of Minnesota.
 
Speaker: Mark Graham

Company: Pandora Systems
 
Speaker: Chris Locke
 
Speaker: Brad Templeton
 


  TITLE: Introduction to UUCP Protocol
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Copper

Descrip: This session will cover the UUCP protocol, including the
         sub-protocols UUCP-f through UUCP-z; current implementations,
         including HoneyDanBer, Taylor UUCP, System III, and MSDOS
         versions; using UUCP in sending mail, transferring netnews,
         requesting and attaching files, setting up UUCP over TCP/IP,
         recent extensions in Taylor UUCP, UUPlus, and FSUUCP
 
Speaker: Chris Ambler

Company: Fubar Systems
         Chris Ambler is the author of Fubar Systems Unix to Unix Copy
         Program (FSUUCP), a shareware program to connect DOS machines to
         UUCP.
 


  TITLE: Internet/UUCP Host Accounts
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: Theater

Descrip: A key element in making the connection to the Internet is setting
         up an account on a host provider service that offers UUCP host
         accounts, SLIP or PPP dialup accounts, or full IP connectivity.
         In this session a selection of vendors describe their products and
         programs for making the connection to the Internet at various
         levels.
 
Speaker: Norman Gillespie

Company: PageSat
 
Speaker: Arthur Britto

Company: Information Access Technologie
 
Speaker: Guy Cook

Company: Colorado SuperNet
         Guy Cook is Chief Executive Officer of Colorado SuperNet, a
         regional Internet access provider serving the Colorado area.
 


  TITLE: Connection Your BBS to Internet Using IP
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Theater

Descrip: Increasingly, tools are emerging to connect electronic bulletin
         boards to the domain name mail system for electronic mail, and
         UseNet News Groups.  The next hurdle is full IP connectivity to
         the Internet to provide BBS callers access to such services as
         TELNET, FTP, GOPHER, and WAIS.  Similarly, the connection to allow
         the millions of people resident on the Internet to telnet or ftp
         to your BBS is of intense interest.  This leading edge frontier
         area is the topic of discussion centering on software, hardware,
         and techniques to allow DOS based electronic bulletin boards to
         make the complete connection to the Internet.
 
Speaker: Brad Clements

Company: MurkWorks
 
Speaker: Tim Pozar

Company: Late Night Software
         Tim Pozar is the author of UFGATE, a shareware program to gate
         electronic mail and message conferences between the International
         FidoNet and the Internet.
 
Speaker: Alex Hopmann

Company: ResNova Software, Inc.
 
Speaker: Mark Graham

Company: Pandora Systems
 
Speaker: Arthur Britto

Company: Information Access Technologie
 


  TITLE: Connecting Your BBS to UUCP and USENET
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: Theater

Descrip: The majority of interest in the BBS community in Internet
         connections revolves around global domain name service electronic
         mail and access to the 4700 UseNet News Groups.  For most bulletin
         boards, this can be accomplished with an inexpensive dialup
         account to a UUCP host provider.  This session describes the
         technical steps required to make this connection to allow your
         callers to send electronic mail to virtually any online service in
         the world, and carry the shared conference cornucopia of UseNet
         News Groups.
 
Speaker: Chris Ambler

Company: Fubar Systems
         Chris Ambler is the author of Fubar Systems Unix to Unix Copy
         Program (FSUUCP), a shareware program to connect DOS machines to
         UUCP.
 
Speaker: Tim Pozar

Company: Late Night Software
         Tim Pozar is the author of UFGATE, a shareware program to gate
         electronic mail and message conferences between the International
         FidoNet and the Internet.
 
Speaker: Arthur Britto

Company: Information Access Technologie
 
Speaker: Roy Pereira

Company: Merlin Systems
         Roy Pereira is founder and President of Merlin Systems, a Canadian
         software developer specializing in connectivity solutions.


  TITLE: Connecting Wildcat to Internet
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Colorado C

Descrip: In this session, vendors present information/demonstration of
         third party software utilities to connect WILDCAT! BBS systems to
         UUCP host accounts for domain name service mail, Usenet
         Newsgroups, and more.  This is the detailed session for WILDCAT!
         sysops desiring to bring Internet services to their BBS.
 
Speaker: Tom Tcimpidis

Company: TGT Technologies
         Tom Tcimpidis operates Mog-ur's EMS bulletin board system in
         Granada Hills California and is the founder of TGT Technologies.
 
Speaker: Joseph Martin

Company: Online Computer Resources
         Joseph Martin is Senior Partner at Online Computer Resources.  OCR
         develops software for use with Mustang Software's Wildcat! BBS.


  TITLE: Connecting PCBoard to Internet -  PCB-UUCP
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: A presentation on using Merlin Systems PCB-UUCP to connect PCBoard
         BBS systems to the Internet using UUCP dial-up accounts.  Covers
         list management, sub-routing of mail to other PCBoard systems,
         Usenet News Groups, file attachments, and use with PageSat
         satellite delivery of Usenet News.  This is the technical session
         for PCBoard operators desiring to connect their BBS to a UUCP host
         account for global mail.
 
Speaker: Roy Pereira

Company: Merlin Systems
         Roy Pereira is founder and President of Merlin Systems, a Canadian
         software developer specializing in connectivity solutions.
 


  TITLE: The Major BBS - Message Networks and MHS
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Theatre

Descrip: Connecting to echo networks, either with or without MHS, continues
         to be a high demand feature of BBS software packages.  This
         session will cover the various message and mail networks available
         for systems running The Major BBS.  Depending on attendees
         present, a panel of guest speakers may include Robert Michnick,
         author of MailLink and coordinator of MajorNet, Skip Potter,
         author of MjrFIDO and MjrUTI, and Tony Javoric, co-author of Chat
         Mail
 
Speaker: Bert Love
 
Speaker: Steve Neal

Company: Public Data Network
Speaker: Skip Potter

Company: Crystal Vision, Inc.
 
Speaker: Robert Michnick

Company: ProStar Computer Corp.
         Robert Michnick is the founder of ProStar Computer


  TITLE: Connecting TBBS to Internet - PIMP
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Colorado B

Descrip: Presentation on using Jack Rickard's Personal Internet Mail
         Processor (PIMP) to connect a TBBS bulletin board to a UUCP host
         account for Internet domain name service mail, Usenet Newsgroups,
         Mailing List management, and FTP e-mail File Service. Discussion
         of internal UUCP g protocol dialer allowing TBBS to use unused BBS
         line to dial host for mail exchange.
 
Speaker: Jack Rickard

Company: ONE, Inc.
         Jack Rickard is Editor and Publisher of Boardwatch Magazine, a
         monthly publication covering electronic bulletin boards, online
         services, and the Internet.  Rickard is also one of the founding
         partners of ONE, Inc., promoters of the Online Networking
         Exposition and BBS Convention  (ONE BBSCON).
 


  TITLE: Colorado SuperNet
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Ballroom

Descrip: Colorado SuperNet has in the past been a regional provider of
         Internet access operating as a non-profit entity.  In this
         session, Guy Cook, recently named CEO of this organization,
         describes their efforts to spinoff a for-profit competitive
         organization to serve the needs of the online community with
         inexpensive UUCP dial up accounts, SLIP and PPP, and full IP
         connections, and describes some of the new services they intend to
         offer such as database management, interface software, and more.
 
Speaker: Guy Cook

Company: Colorado SuperNet
         Guy Cook is Chief Executive Officer of Colorado SuperNet, a
         regional Internet access provider serving the Colorado area.
                    THE SURVEY OF BBS SOFTWARE TRACK

 


  TITLE: Wildcat! BBS Introduction
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: West CD

Descrip: Introduction to the latest release of Wildcat!  This will be your
         first chance to see Mustang's latest evolution in BBS Software.
         They will discuss single and multi-line applications for both the
         hobbyist and corporate user.
 
Speaker: Jim Harrer

Company: Mustang Software, Inc.
         Jim Harrer, 35, founded Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield,
         Calif. in 1986 and oversees the entire operations of the company
         as its President and Chief Executive Officer.  He is also the
         company's chief technical officer.  A self-taught computer
         programmer, Mr. Harrer personally wrote all previous versions of
         Mustang Software's WILDCAT! bulletin board system (BBS) and headed
         the programming team until early 1993.  Although his management
         duties have reduced the amount of time he devotes to programming,
         he continues to be heavily involved with the development
         department and takes an active visionary role in all programming
         decisions.  Mr. Harrer is also a self-taught business person.
         Prior to founding Mustang Software he spent seven years with Grant
         Corporation, a Tulsa, Okla.-based supplier of oil field pipes,
         valves and fittings.  Mr Harrer rose from the inside sales desk to
         district manager for Central California, and in that capacity he
         built the company's revenues from $300,000 annually to $10 million
         per year.  Mr. Harrer's hobbies include tennis and scuba diving.
         He lives in Bakersfield with his wife Debbie and children
         Christopher and Nicole.
 
Speaker: Scott Hunter

Company: Mustang Software, Inc.
         Scott Hunter, 25, joined Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield,
         Calif. in June 1988, and is responsible for supervision and
         coordination of the program development teams for all MSI products
         including WILDCAT!, QmodemPro and Qmodem for Windows.  Mr. Hunter
         first became involved with MSI President Jim Harrer in 1985, even
         before the company was founded, as part of the long-distance
         programming team for Colossus BBS system. The Colossus code was a
         group effort that was also loosely affiliated with John Friel and
         the Forbin Project.  He attended University of Arkansas before
         moving to California in 1988, where he continued his studies at
         Cal State University and received his BS in computer science in
         1993.


  TITLE: Introduction to TBBS
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: Ballroom

Descrip: Introduction to eSoft's The Bread Board System (TBBS) BBS
         software.  Overview of features, including multi-user operation,
         flexible menu design, database application development,
         connectivity options, and sample applications.
 
Speaker: Philip L. Becker

Company: eSoft, Inc.
         Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The
         Bread Board System BBS software package.  He is also author of the
         book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and
         founding partner in ONE, Inc.
 


  TITLE: Intro to 1stClass BBS
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: Congress

Descrip: Introduction to 1stClass BBS software package - a multiline BBS
         software package that operates from the Macintosh platform and is
         quickly gaining a following in the Macintosh community.
 
Speaker: Maury Markowitz

Company: Softarc, Inc.
 


  TITLE: Introduction to The Major BBS
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: Colorado C

Descrip: This session will introduce attendees to the features and
         philosophy of The Major BBS and related Galacticomm Products.
         Possible announcement of a new release - followed by a question
         and answer session.  Intro to features such as expansion hardware
         and software, connectivity options, RIPscrip, fax/online, Major
         Gateway/Internet, Major Database & Search and Retrieve, Shopping
         Mall, Entertainment Options, Developer's Toolkit, and technical
         support.
 
Speaker: Scott Brinker

Company: Galacticomm Inc.
 


  TITLE: PCBoard Version 15.0
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: An introduction to PCBoard version 15.0 with an emphasis on new
         features including the PPL Programming Language, RIPscrip Support,
         New "Real-Time Chat Mode, New Internationalization Techniques,
         FOSSIL Support for Intelligent Serial Cards, Multiple Daily
         Events, File Attachment to Message, New CD-ROM Jukebox Support,
         FILE_ID.DIZ and .QWK Support, Caller-ID and Incoming FAX Support,
         New Message Handling Features, New Program Setup Features.
 
Speaker: David Terry

Company: Clark Development Company
         David W. Terry is Director of Programming at Clark Development
         Company.  David is the author of the current PCBoard code and is
         intimately familiar with its setup, configuration options, and
         overall operation.
 


  TITLE: Intro to hi-BBS
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Congress

Descrip: An introduction to the hi-BBS bulletin board package for the
         Macintosh, noted for ISDN capability.
 
Speaker: Guy Bonneau

Company: XBR Communications
 


  TITLE: Introduction to Searchlight BBS
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: Oval

Descrip: Introductory session on Searchlight BBS, noted for ease of
         installation, ease of use, and good connectivity options.
         Presented by the author.
 
Speaker: Frank Larosa

Company: Searchlight Software
         Frank Larosa is the author of the Searchlight BBS package and
         President of Searchlight Software
 


  TITLE: Introduction to Robo-Board
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Copper

Descrip: Introduction to Robo-Board, a relatively new BBS software package
         that incorporates a very integrated VGA quality graphics interface
         with its own terminal program for caller use.
 
Speaker: Seth Hamilton

Company: Hamilton TeleGraphics, Inc
 


  TITLE: Intro to Novalink Professional BBS
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: congress

Descrip: An introduction to a multiline iconic Macintosh bulletin board
         system offering RIPscrip graphic capability, and excellent
         Internet mail capabilities.  Up to 40 lines per server and TCP/IP
         telenet login.
 
Speaker: Len Anderson

Company: ResNova Software, Inc.
 
Speaker: Alex Hopmann

Company: ResNova Software, Inc.


  TITLE: Introduction to TEAMate
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: Oval

Descrip: Introduction to TEAMate, a full featured BBS/Information service
         product for UNIX platforms featuring excellent Internet full IP
         connectivity and very popular with educational
         institutions/commercial Internet sites.
 
Speaker: Bob Baskerville

Company: MMB Development
         Bob Baskerville is Chairman of the Board of MMB Development
         Corporation.  Before founding MMB in 1985, Bob was Group Vice
         President of Marketing for Computer Sciences Corporation.  Bob
         graduated from the University of Colorado in 1965
 


  TITLE: Remote Access BBS
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: Colorado C

Descrip: Introduction to the Remote Access BBS software package developed
         by Andrew Milner of Wantree Development.  In this session, the
         Wantree team demonstrates the features of the newly-released
         RemoteAccess 2.0, in addition to the overall flexible design
         features of the package.
 
Speaker: Andrew Milner

Company: Wantree Development, Inc.
         Andrew Milner is the author of the RemoteAccess BBS software
         package.
 
Speaker: Walt Lane

Company: Wantree Development, Inc.
 
Speaker: Bruce Bodger

Company: Wantree Development, Inc.
 
Speaker: John Rickey

Company: Wantree Development, Inc.


  TITLE: Intro to Telefinder BBS
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Congress

Descrip: Introduction to Telefinder, a multi-line BBS package for the Mac
         platform by Spyder Island Software.  A proven performer.
 
Speaker: Rusty Tucker

Company: Spyder Island Software
 
Speaker: Chris Silverberg

Company: Spyder Island Software


  TITLE: Introduction to Falken BBS
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Oval

Descrip: Introduction to FALKEN BBS, a multiline BBS package that runs
         external door programs.  History of FALKEN and INFO*SHARE.
 
Speaker: Jeffery Coons

Company: INFO*SHARE, Inc
 


  TITLE: Introduction to Celerity BBS
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Oval

Descrip: Introduction to Celerity BBS
 
Speaker: Brendan Woirhaye
 


  TITLE: UNIX BBS Software Vender Panel
   Date: 08/29/93                        Time: 10:30:00
   Room: Colorado A

Descrip: Presentation of various BBS software packages for the UNIX
         operating system.
 
Speaker: Bob Baskerville

Company: MMB Development
         Bob Baskerville is Chairman of the Board of MMB Development
         Corporation.  Before founding MMB in 1985, Bob was Group Vice
         President of Marketing for Computer Sciences Corporation.  Bob
         graduated from the University of Colorado in 1965
 
Speaker: Theodore Tso

Company:
 
                    NETWORKS AND CONNECTIVITY TRACK

 


  TITLE: QWK Mail
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: Colorado C

Descrip: Technical description of the QWK offline mail reader file format
         by the man who first developed it for QMAIL DELUXE.  Presentation
         of current 1stReader product, and discussion/question/answer on
         the protocol itself and possible future enhancements.
 
Speaker: Mark "Sparky" Herring

Company: QMail Deluxe
 


  TITLE: Macintosh Networking Issues
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Congress

Descrip: Roundtable discussion of various networks available to Macintosh
         bulletin boards, and techniques/requirements to connect to them
         for shared message conferences, electronic mail, etc.
 
Speaker: Alan Heflich

Company: Arizona Macintosh Users Group
 
Speaker: Len Anderson

Company: ResNova Software, Inc.
 
Speaker: Maury Markowitz

Company: Softarc, Inc.
 
Speaker: Ben Templin

Company: Ziffnet/Mac
         Ben Templin has been working on bringing print magazines into the
         online environment since 1987.  He has been an editor and/or
         writer for MacUser, MacWEEK, MacGuide, Computer Shopper and other
         technology based magazines.  Templin launched ZMac (aka
         ZiffNet/Mac) in May 1990 and has since also launched a ZiffNet
         presence on AppleLink as well.  Templin's focus today is on
         developing multimedia information which is small enough in size to
         suffer the bandwidth restrictions of telecommunications.


  TITLE: FidoNet Basics
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: Colorado B

Descrip: Overview session of what the 20,000 member International FidoNet
         is, how it got to be that way, what is necessary technically to
         connect your BBS to FidoNet, and a description of various elements
         such as echomail, netmail, the Fidonet nodelist, FidoNet political
         structure, etc.
 
Speaker: Phil Becker

Company: ONE, Inc.
         Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The
         Bread Board System BBS software package.  He is also author of the
         book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and
         founding partner in ONE, Inc.
 


  TITLE: Satellite Communications for BBSs
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: Ballroom

Descrip: PageSat founder Norman Gillespie presents information on how to
         use satellite technology to advantage for bulletin boards where
         information is essentially asymmetrical - a characteristic of most
         shared message conferences.  PageSat has offered a low cost
         satellite receiver to receive some 4700 UseNet News Groups (over
         50 MB daily) by satellite, saving hundreds of dollars monthly over
         telephone line charges for bulletin boards carrying Usenet News.
 
Speaker: Norman Gillespie

Company: PageSat
 


  TITLE: Gateways for Wildcat! - Internet/MHS/QWK
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Copper

Descrip: This session will discuss how easy it is to link any Wildcat! BBS
         with other mail services, such as Internet, MHS, .QWK, RIME and
         other services.
 
Speaker: Jim Harrer

Company: Mustang Software, Inc.
         Jim Harrer, 35, founded Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield,
         Calif. in 1986 and oversees the entire operations of the company
         as its President and Chief Executive Officer.  He is also the
         company's chief technical officer.  A self-taught computer
         programmer, Mr. Harrer personally wrote all previous versions of
         Mustang Software's WILDCAT! bulletin board system (BBS) and headed
         the programming team until early 1993.  Although his management
         duties have reduced the amount of time he devotes to programming,
         he continues to be heavily involved with the development
         department and takes an active visionary role in all programming
         decisions.  Mr. Harrer is also a self-taught business person.
         Prior to founding Mustang Software he spent seven years with Grant
         Corporation, a Tulsa, Okla.-based supplier of oil field pipes,
         valves and fittings.  Mr Harrer rose from the inside sales desk to
         district manager for Central California, and in that capacity he
         built the company's revenues from $300,000 annually to $10 million
         per year.  Mr. Harrer's hobbies include tennis and scuba diving.
         He lives in Bakersfield with his wife Debbie and children
         Christopher and Nicole.
 
Speaker: Westin Fryatt

Company: Mustang Software Inc
         Weston Fryatt, 26, joined Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield,
         Calif. in April 1992, and is part of the program development team
         for support services for WILDCAT! and various other MSI products.
         Mr. Fryatt became involved with personal computers in 1983 when he
         purchased a Commodore 64, and launched his telecommunications
         career the following year. He began programming and produced
         various utilities for the C64 and Amiga.  In 1988 he and co-worker
         Paul Davis began work on what would become a full-featured BBS for
         the Amiga including a .QWK mail tosser and telecommunications
         program.  Weston is a self-taught programmer and has enhanced his
         skills with studies at California State College where he continues
         to pursue a degree in Computer Science.


  TITLE: TBBS Connectivity - QWK/FidoNet, Interchange
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Colorado A

Descrip: Technical description of various option modules and techniques for
         connecting bulletin boards based on eSoft, Inc.'s The Bread Board
         System to external networks such as FidoNet, provide QWK mail
         service to callers, and links provided using the new Interchange
         option module.
 
Speaker: Philip L. Becker

Company: eSoft, Inc.
         Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The
         Bread Board System BBS software package.  He is also author of the
         book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and
         founding partner in ONE, Inc.
 


  TITLE: Connecting Your BBS to an X.25 Packet Network
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: This presentation will cover the problems and opportunities in
         connecting a BBS to an X.25 network.  The discussion will be based
         on the speaker's experience in connecting BBSs to X.25 networks in
         both a public and private environment.
 
Speaker: Dean Kerl

Company: Datasafe
         Dean Kerl is President of DataSafe Publications, Inc. and founded
         The Garbage Dump BBS in December, 1990 in a spare bedroom with
         four telephone lines.  Due to the early success of The Garbage
         Dump, Mr. Kerl quit his full-time job to devote his efforts to the
         BBS in November, 1991.  The Garbage Dump has expanded to an 80
         line national system with access in over 500 cities and offices in
         both Albuquerque and Denver.  Prior to DataSafe, Mr. Kerl was the
         Director of Operations for Connect-USA, a natioanl data networking
         company that is no longer operating.  Mr. Kerl has spoken at
         numerous conferences relating his experiences in running a
         successful BBS utilizing X.25 technology.
 


  TITLE: Introduction to ILink
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: West AB

Descrip: Introduction to the ILINK message conferencing BBS network.
 
Speaker: Jim Lee

Company: Business Computer Systems
 


  TITLE: WILDMAIL! Echomail Tosser for Wildcat!
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Oval

Descrip: Presentation on Wildmail utility to connect Wildcat! BBS to the
         International FidoNet.
 
Speaker: Joseph Martin

Company: Online Computer Resources
         Joseph Martin is Senior Partner at Online Computer Resources.  OCR
         develops software for use with Mustang Software's Wildcat! BBS.
 


  TITLE: An Overview of ISDN Deployment
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: Colorado A

Descrip: An update/overview of the current status of ISDN nationally with
         comments on why ISDN is important and a brief sketch of
         applications and advantages it offers now and in the immediate
         future.
 
Speaker: Dennis C. Hayes

Company: Hayes Microcomputer Products
         Dennis C. Hayes is the founder of Hayes Microcomputer Products and
         one of the early pioneers in the development of modems for
         personal computers.
 


  TITLE: The Major BBS - Message Networks and MHS
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Theatre

Descrip: Connecting to echo networks, either with or without MHS, continues
         to be a high demand feature of BBS software packages.  This
         session will cover the various message and mail networks available
         for systems running The Major BBS.  Depending on attendees
         present, a panel of guest speakers may include Robert Michnick,
         author of MailLink and coordinator of MajorNet, Skip Potter,
         author of MjrFIDO and MjrUTI, and Tony Javoric, co-author of Chat
         Mail
 
Speaker: Bert Love
 
Speaker: Steve Neal

Company: Public Data Network
Speaker: Skip Potter

Company: Crystal Vision, Inc.
 
Speaker: Robert Michnick

Company: ProStar Computer Corp.
         Robert Michnick is the founder of ProStar Computer


  TITLE: The National ISDN Advantage for BBSs
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Colorado A

Descrip: In this session conducted by Norther Telecom, the world leader in
         digital switching technology, Stephen Cunningham, Director of
         Network Services and Applications, will discuss the National
         Integrated Digital Networks that are being launched across the
         country.  Cunningham will review topics such as What is National
         ISDN?  Why it can mean success for a BBS. When and where National
         ISDN will be available for your BBS.  How much wil it cost.  How
         to get ISDN service.  What ISDN customer premise equipment is
         required.  How to configure and connect it to your BBS.
 
Speaker: Stephen J. Cunningham

Company: Northern Telecom
         Mr. Cunningham is currently Director of Network Services for
         Northern Telecom's Switching Division in Research Triangle Park,
         North Carolina.  In this capacity, he is responsible for marketing
         the Meridian Business Services Product Line which includes
         Meridian Digital Centrex, Meridian Data Services, Meridian
         Switched Network, and ISDN.  Prior to joining NT, Cunningham spent
         10 years at AT&T in Network Design and Marketing and 3 years at
         AT&T Bell Laboratories in Operations Systems Development.  He has
         Masters degress in both Electrical Engineering and in Physics from
         the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and in Advanced Management from
         PACE University, and is also a licensed Professional Engineer.
 
Speaker: Jack DeQuano

Company: Northern Telcom


  TITLE: SDN - Software Distribution Network
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: West CD

Descrip: Introduction to the Software Distribution Network, a FidoNet
         technology distribution network for shareware software and files.
 
Speaker: unassigned

Company:
 


  TITLE: X.25 Packet Switch Networks for BBSs
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: West CD

Descrip: Discussion of X.25 packet networks, what they are, how to connect,
         traditional applications for X.25, evaluating X.25 for a BBS,
         examples of bulletin boards using X.25, potential pitfalls.
         Service and pricing structures.
 
Speaker: Greg Eichman

Company: CompuServe, Inc
         Greg Eichman is an Account Executive with CompuServe's network
         services group providing nationwide X.25 networking connections to
         businesses - including electronic bulletin boards.
 


  TITLE: Integrated Services Digital Network
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Colorado A

Descrip: AT&T Presentation on Things to Come with ISDN
 
Speaker: AT&T Representative
 


  TITLE: Satellite Distribution for FidoNet and other Networks
   Date: 08/29/93                        Time:  9:00:00
   Room: Colorado C

Descrip: Satellite Distribution using C and KU bands of FidoNet echomail
         and other conferences, weather, news, and stock market information
         you can receive on a TV satellite dish at 19,200 bps.
 
Speaker: Bob Oberholt
 


  TITLE: Front End Mailer Programs for BBS network Connectivity
   Date: 08/29/93                        Time:  9:00:00
   Room: Copper

Descrip: Front-end mailer programs that can allow virtually any BBS system
         to send and receive Fidonet mail, files, Internet Mail, News and
         other information services.  Demonstration of D'Bridge E-Mail
         System.
 
Speaker: Martin P. Belcke

Company: Hackers World BBS, Inc
         Martin Belcke has been running a full-time BBS since 1988 that has
         grown from a single line system to a 24-line system with 16.8 GB
         of file storage.  He has assisted countless individuals in setting
         up the D'Bridge E-Mail System, as well as providing technical
         assistance to others in the operation of Wildcat! BBS.  He has
         served as Net Echomail Coordinator and Regional Echomail
         Coordinator in FidoNet and is still active as a past REC with the
         Fidonet Backbone.  Hackers World BBS, Inc. is currently a major
         hub with the Filebone and helps to disseminate Public
         Domain/Shareware files daily.
 


  TITLE: Introduction to MajorNet
   Date: 08/29/93                        Time: 10:30:00
   Room: Oval

Descrip: An introduction to a network linking BBSs based on Galacticomm's
         The Major BBS for shared message conferences.
 
Speaker: Robert Michnick

Company: ProStar Computer Corp.
         Robert Michnick is the founder of ProStar Computer
                    CALLER SOFTWARE - TERMINAL PROGRAMS AND OFFLINE READERS

 


  TITLE: Data Communication Trends
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 16:30:00
   Room: Theater

Descrip: Presentation will highlight some interesting new trends in data
         communications software, discuss how these issues affect the BBS
         community, and talk about current and upcoming DATASTORM products.
         Datastorm is best known for Procomm Plus, the world's best-selling
         data communications package
 
Speaker: Phil James

Company: DataStorm Technologies, Inc.
         Phil James is Director of Research and Development for Datastorm
         Technologies, developer of the popular PROCOMM PLUS data
         communications package.
 


  TITLE: Offline Mail Readers: A look at OLX
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: Off-Line Mail Readers are catching on in a big way.  Today, many
         of the BBS packages offer callers the ability to "download" their
         mail and read it off-line.  This session will discuss the past,
         present and look into the future of where this technology is
         going.
 
Speaker: Jim Harrer

Company: Mustang Software, Inc.
         Jim Harrer, 35, founded Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield,
         Calif. in 1986 and oversees the entire operations of the company
         as its President and Chief Executive Officer.  He is also the
         company's chief technical officer.  A self-taught computer
         programmer, Mr. Harrer personally wrote all previous versions of
         Mustang Software's WILDCAT! bulletin board system (BBS) and headed
         the programming team until early 1993.  Although his management
         duties have reduced the amount of time he devotes to programming,
         he continues to be heavily involved with the development
         department and takes an active visionary role in all programming
         decisions.  Mr. Harrer is also a self-taught business person.
         Prior to founding Mustang Software he spent seven years with Grant
         Corporation, a Tulsa, Okla.-based supplier of oil field pipes,
         valves and fittings.  Mr Harrer rose from the inside sales desk to
         district manager for Central California, and in that capacity he
         built the company's revenues from $300,000 annually to $10 million
         per year.  Mr. Harrer's hobbies include tennis and scuba diving.
         He lives in Bakersfield with his wife Debbie and children
         Christopher and Nicole.
 
Speaker: Greg Hewgill

Company: Mustang Software, Inc.
         Greg Hewgill, 22, joined Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield,
         Calif. in January 1992.  As a key member of the program
         development team he contributes to WILDCAT! and QmodemPro, and is
         heavily involved in Qmodem for Windows. Mr. Hewgill was introduced
         to computers at an early age and designed TTL circuits by his
         ninth birthday in 1979. In 1984 he released his first complete
         program for the Apple, a large-type word processor to assist the
         visually impaired.  He joined Technique Computer Systems in 1990
         and was a principal force in the co-development of the WILDCAT!
         utilities TOMCAT!, TNet and SLMR.  During his time with Technique
         he also developed several products for Galacticomm's Major BBS
         system.  Greg studied at University of Victoria and graduated in
         1992 with a double major in mathematics and computer science.


  TITLE: SmartCom for Windows
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: Copper

Descrip: Hayes presentation on the Smartcom for Windows terminal program.
         Smartcom has received a bit of a new lease on life with this
         latest Windows version, quickly gaining favor in a BBS market
         where it was previously ignored.  New features in this product
         make it an impressive contender as a terminal communications
         package.
 
Speaker: unassigned

Company:
 


  TITLE: QModem for Windows
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: West AB

Descrip: A windows demonstration of the popular general purpose
         communications program.  Qmodem for Windows features 10 popular
         file transfer protocols, 30+ terminal emulations, GIF viewing, fax
         ability, and more.  See the latest in Windows based communications
         software guaranteed to knowck your socks off.
 
Speaker: Jim Harrer

Company: Mustang Software, Inc.
         Jim Harrer, 35, founded Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield,
         Calif. in 1986 and oversees the entire operations of the company
         as its President and Chief Executive Officer.  He is also the
         company's chief technical officer.  A self-taught computer
         programmer, Mr. Harrer personally wrote all previous versions of
         Mustang Software's WILDCAT! bulletin board system (BBS) and headed
         the programming team until early 1993.  Although his management
         duties have reduced the amount of time he devotes to programming,
         he continues to be heavily involved with the development
         department and takes an active visionary role in all programming
         decisions.  Mr. Harrer is also a self-taught business person.
         Prior to founding Mustang Software he spent seven years with Grant
         Corporation, a Tulsa, Okla.-based supplier of oil field pipes,
         valves and fittings.  Mr Harrer rose from the inside sales desk to
         district manager for Central California, and in that capacity he
         built the company's revenues from $300,000 annually to $10 million
         per year.  Mr. Harrer's hobbies include tennis and scuba diving.
         He lives in Bakersfield with his wife Debbie and children
         Christopher and Nicole.
 
Speaker: Greg Hewgill

Company: Mustang Software, Inc.
         Greg Hewgill, 22, joined Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield,
         Calif. in January 1992.  As a key member of the program
         development team he contributes to WILDCAT! and QmodemPro, and is
         heavily involved in Qmodem for Windows. Mr. Hewgill was introduced
         to computers at an early age and designed TTL circuits by his
         ninth birthday in 1979. In 1984 he released his first complete
         program for the Apple, a large-type word processor to assist the
         visually impaired.  He joined Technique Computer Systems in 1990
         and was a principal force in the co-development of the WILDCAT!
         utilities TOMCAT!, TNet and SLMR.  During his time with Technique
         he also developed several products for Galacticomm's Major BBS
         system.  Greg studied at University of Victoria and graduated in
         1992 with a double major in mathematics and computer science.


  TITLE: Telix Communications
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: West AB

Descrip: Presentation on TELIX communications program featuring RIPscrip
         compatibility.
 
Speaker: Jeff Woods

Company: deltaComm Development
         Jeff Woods is president of deltaComm Development, developer of the
         TELIX communications software package.
 


  TITLE: QModemPro for DOS
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: West AB

Descrip: Introduction to the latest version of QmodemPro for DOS, the only
         communications program which has integrated data communications
         and electronic mail management features in one package.
 
Speaker: Jim Harrer

Company: Mustang Software, Inc.
         Jim Harrer, 35, founded Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield,
         Calif. in 1986 and oversees the entire operations of the company
         as its President and Chief Executive Officer.  He is also the
         company's chief technical officer.  A self-taught computer
         programmer, Mr. Harrer personally wrote all previous versions of
         Mustang Software's WILDCAT! bulletin board system (BBS) and headed
         the programming team until early 1993.  Although his management
         duties have reduced the amount of time he devotes to programming,
         he continues to be heavily involved with the development
         department and takes an active visionary role in all programming
         decisions.  Mr. Harrer is also a self-taught business person.
         Prior to founding Mustang Software he spent seven years with Grant
         Corporation, a Tulsa, Okla.-based supplier of oil field pipes,
         valves and fittings.  Mr Harrer rose from the inside sales desk to
         district manager for Central California, and in that capacity he
         built the company's revenues from $300,000 annually to $10 million
         per year.  Mr. Harrer's hobbies include tennis and scuba diving.
         He lives in Bakersfield with his wife Debbie and children
         Christopher and Nicole.
 
Speaker: John Friel III

Company: Mustang Software, Inc.
         John Friel, 33, joined Mustang Software, Inc., of Bakersfield,
         Calif. in January 1992, and heads up the QmodemPro/DOS product
         development team in addition to his contributions to other MSI
         products.  Mr. Friel has been employed in the computer field since
         his graduation from high school when he began a nine year career
         as a systems analyst for John Deere in Cedar Falls, Iowa, working
         with IBM mainframes.  A self-taught programmer, Mr. Firel added to
         his skills with classes at the University of Northern Iowa in
         1980. John introduced the first version of the shareware
         communication program Qmodem in 1983 under his company name The
         Forbin Project.  As a result of regular updates and overwhelming
         acceptance by both the corporate and hobbyist market, Qmodem
         became a million-dollar shareware program by the time Mr. Firel
         joined MSI in 1992.
 
                    THE WILDCAT! BBS TRACK

 


  TITLE: Wildcat! BBS Introduction
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: West CD

Descrip: Introduction to the latest release of Wildcat!  This will be your
         first chance to see Mustang's latest evolution in BBS Software.
         They will discuss single and multi-line applications for both the
         hobbyist and corporate user.
 
Speaker: Jim Harrer

Company: Mustang Software, Inc.
         Jim Harrer, 35, founded Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield,
         Calif. in 1986 and oversees the entire operations of the company
         as its President and Chief Executive Officer.  He is also the
         company's chief technical officer.  A self-taught computer
         programmer, Mr. Harrer personally wrote all previous versions of
         Mustang Software's WILDCAT! bulletin board system (BBS) and headed
         the programming team until early 1993.  Although his management
         duties have reduced the amount of time he devotes to programming,
         he continues to be heavily involved with the development
         department and takes an active visionary role in all programming
         decisions.  Mr. Harrer is also a self-taught business person.
         Prior to founding Mustang Software he spent seven years with Grant
         Corporation, a Tulsa, Okla.-based supplier of oil field pipes,
         valves and fittings.  Mr Harrer rose from the inside sales desk to
         district manager for Central California, and in that capacity he
         built the company's revenues from $300,000 annually to $10 million
         per year.  Mr. Harrer's hobbies include tennis and scuba diving.
         He lives in Bakersfield with his wife Debbie and children
         Christopher and Nicole.
 
Speaker: Scott Hunter

Company: Mustang Software, Inc.
         Scott Hunter, 25, joined Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield,
         Calif. in June 1988, and is responsible for supervision and
         coordination of the program development teams for all MSI products
         including WILDCAT!, QmodemPro and Qmodem for Windows.  Mr. Hunter
         first became involved with MSI President Jim Harrer in 1985, even
         before the company was founded, as part of the long-distance
         programming team for Colossus BBS system. The Colossus code was a
         group effort that was also loosely affiliated with John Friel and
         the Forbin Project.  He attended University of Arkansas before
         moving to California in 1988, where he continued his studies at
         Cal State University and received his BS in computer science in
         1993.


  TITLE: Offline Mail Readers: A look at OLX
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: Off-Line Mail Readers are catching on in a big way.  Today, many
         of the BBS packages offer callers the ability to "download" their
         mail and read it off-line.  This session will discuss the past,
         present and look into the future of where this technology is
         going.
 
Speaker: Jim Harrer

Company: Mustang Software, Inc.
         Jim Harrer, 35, founded Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield,
         Calif. in 1986 and oversees the entire operations of the company
         as its President and Chief Executive Officer.  He is also the
         company's chief technical officer.  A self-taught computer
         programmer, Mr. Harrer personally wrote all previous versions of
         Mustang Software's WILDCAT! bulletin board system (BBS) and headed
         the programming team until early 1993.  Although his management
         duties have reduced the amount of time he devotes to programming,
         he continues to be heavily involved with the development
         department and takes an active visionary role in all programming
         decisions.  Mr. Harrer is also a self-taught business person.
         Prior to founding Mustang Software he spent seven years with Grant
         Corporation, a Tulsa, Okla.-based supplier of oil field pipes,
         valves and fittings.  Mr Harrer rose from the inside sales desk to
         district manager for Central California, and in that capacity he
         built the company's revenues from $300,000 annually to $10 million
         per year.  Mr. Harrer's hobbies include tennis and scuba diving.
         He lives in Bakersfield with his wife Debbie and children
         Christopher and Nicole.
 
Speaker: Greg Hewgill

Company: Mustang Software, Inc.
         Greg Hewgill, 22, joined Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield,
         Calif. in January 1992.  As a key member of the program
         development team he contributes to WILDCAT! and QmodemPro, and is
         heavily involved in Qmodem for Windows. Mr. Hewgill was introduced
         to computers at an early age and designed TTL circuits by his
         ninth birthday in 1979. In 1984 he released his first complete
         program for the Apple, a large-type word processor to assist the
         visually impaired.  He joined Technique Computer Systems in 1990
         and was a principal force in the co-development of the WILDCAT!
         utilities TOMCAT!, TNet and SLMR.  During his time with Technique
         he also developed several products for Galacticomm's Major BBS
         system.  Greg studied at University of Victoria and graduated in
         1992 with a double major in mathematics and computer science.


  TITLE: Gateways for Wildcat! - Internet/MHS/QWK
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Copper

Descrip: This session will discuss how easy it is to link any Wildcat! BBS
         with other mail services, such as Internet, MHS, .QWK, RIME and
         other services.
 
Speaker: Jim Harrer

Company: Mustang Software, Inc.
         Jim Harrer, 35, founded Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield,
         Calif. in 1986 and oversees the entire operations of the company
         as its President and Chief Executive Officer.  He is also the
         company's chief technical officer.  A self-taught computer
         programmer, Mr. Harrer personally wrote all previous versions of
         Mustang Software's WILDCAT! bulletin board system (BBS) and headed
         the programming team until early 1993.  Although his management
         duties have reduced the amount of time he devotes to programming,
         he continues to be heavily involved with the development
         department and takes an active visionary role in all programming
         decisions.  Mr. Harrer is also a self-taught business person.
         Prior to founding Mustang Software he spent seven years with Grant
         Corporation, a Tulsa, Okla.-based supplier of oil field pipes,
         valves and fittings.  Mr Harrer rose from the inside sales desk to
         district manager for Central California, and in that capacity he
         built the company's revenues from $300,000 annually to $10 million
         per year.  Mr. Harrer's hobbies include tennis and scuba diving.
         He lives in Bakersfield with his wife Debbie and children
         Christopher and Nicole.
 
Speaker: Westin Fryatt

Company: Mustang Software Inc
         Weston Fryatt, 26, joined Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield,
         Calif. in April 1992, and is part of the program development team
         for support services for WILDCAT! and various other MSI products.
         Mr. Fryatt became involved with personal computers in 1983 when he
         purchased a Commodore 64, and launched his telecommunications
         career the following year. He began programming and produced
         various utilities for the C64 and Amiga.  In 1988 he and co-worker
         Paul Davis began work on what would become a full-featured BBS for
         the Amiga including a .QWK mail tosser and telecommunications
         program.  Weston is a self-taught programmer and has enhanced his
         skills with studies at California State College where he continues
         to pursue a degree in Computer Science.


  TITLE: wcPRO! - The Ultimate Sysop Utility for Wildcat!
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: wcPRO! is one of the most powerful sysop utilities available on
         the market today.  Fully integrated management of BBS Files,
         Messages, Users, Activity Logs, and Questionnaires.  This program
         makes the management of the BBS a breeze. Even if you don't run a
         Wildcat! BBS, you may want to sit in on this presentation just to
         see a truly awesome support utility.
 
Speaker: Jim Harrer

Company: Mustang Software, Inc.
         Jim Harrer, 35, founded Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield,
         Calif. in 1986 and oversees the entire operations of the company
         as its President and Chief Executive Officer.  He is also the
         company's chief technical officer.  A self-taught computer
         programmer, Mr. Harrer personally wrote all previous versions of
         Mustang Software's WILDCAT! bulletin board system (BBS) and headed
         the programming team until early 1993.  Although his management
         duties have reduced the amount of time he devotes to programming,
         he continues to be heavily involved with the development
         department and takes an active visionary role in all programming
         decisions.  Mr. Harrer is also a self-taught business person.
         Prior to founding Mustang Software he spent seven years with Grant
         Corporation, a Tulsa, Okla.-based supplier of oil field pipes,
         valves and fittings.  Mr Harrer rose from the inside sales desk to
         district manager for Central California, and in that capacity he
         built the company's revenues from $300,000 annually to $10 million
         per year.  Mr. Harrer's hobbies include tennis and scuba diving.
         He lives in Bakersfield with his wife Debbie and children
         Christopher and Nicole.
 
Speaker: Sam Robertson

Company: Mustang Software, Inc.
         Samuel Robertson, 24, joined Mustang Software, Inc. of
         Bakersfield, Calif. in September 1992 and is part of the program
         development team for support services for WILDCAT! and other MSI
         products. Mr. Robertson was first exposed to computers in school
         in 1980 when he used a TRS 80 Model I THis experience led him to
         embark on his first programming project, a PAC-MAN type game for
         the Atari 800 in 1984.  In 1986 he joined the ranks of
         telecommunications enthusiasts using his Apple II+ and has been
         active in the industry since that time.  He obtained a position as
         a contributing programmer in 1988 for a Legal Practice program for
         attorneys and most recently used his talents creating financial
         compliance software for the banking industry.  Sam attended
         McMurry University in Texas and graduated in 1992 with a Bachelor
         of Science degree in Computer Science and a minor in Mathematics.


  TITLE: QModem for Windows
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: West AB

Descrip: A windows demonstration of the popular general purpose
         communications program.  Qmodem for Windows features 10 popular
         file transfer protocols, 30+ terminal emulations, GIF viewing, fax
         ability, and more.  See the latest in Windows based communications
         software guaranteed to knowck your socks off.
 
Speaker: Jim Harrer

Company: Mustang Software, Inc.
         Jim Harrer, 35, founded Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield,
         Calif. in 1986 and oversees the entire operations of the company
         as its President and Chief Executive Officer.  He is also the
         company's chief technical officer.  A self-taught computer
         programmer, Mr. Harrer personally wrote all previous versions of
         Mustang Software's WILDCAT! bulletin board system (BBS) and headed
         the programming team until early 1993.  Although his management
         duties have reduced the amount of time he devotes to programming,
         he continues to be heavily involved with the development
         department and takes an active visionary role in all programming
         decisions.  Mr. Harrer is also a self-taught business person.
         Prior to founding Mustang Software he spent seven years with Grant
         Corporation, a Tulsa, Okla.-based supplier of oil field pipes,
         valves and fittings.  Mr Harrer rose from the inside sales desk to
         district manager for Central California, and in that capacity he
         built the company's revenues from $300,000 annually to $10 million
         per year.  Mr. Harrer's hobbies include tennis and scuba diving.
         He lives in Bakersfield with his wife Debbie and children
         Christopher and Nicole.
 
Speaker: Greg Hewgill

Company: Mustang Software, Inc.
         Greg Hewgill, 22, joined Mustang Software, Inc. of Bakersfield,
         Calif. in January 1992.  As a key member of the program
         development team he contributes to WILDCAT! and QmodemPro, and is
         heavily involved in Qmodem for Windows. Mr. Hewgill was introduced
         to computers at an early age and designed TTL circuits by his
         ninth birthday in 1979. In 1984 he released his first complete
         program for the Apple, a large-type word processor to assist the
         visually impaired.  He joined Technique Computer Systems in 1990
         and was a principal force in the co-development of the WILDCAT!
         utilities TOMCAT!, TNet and SLMR.  During his time with Technique
         he also developed several products for Galacticomm's Major BBS
         system.  Greg studied at University of Victoria and graduated in
         1992 with a double major in mathematics and computer science.


  TITLE: WILDMAIL! Echomail Tosser for Wildcat!
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Oval

Descrip: Presentation on Wildmail utility to connect Wildcat! BBS to the
         International FidoNet.
 
Speaker: Joseph Martin

Company: Online Computer Resources
         Joseph Martin is Senior Partner at Online Computer Resources.  OCR
         develops software for use with Mustang Software's Wildcat! BBS.
 


  TITLE: Connecting Wildcat to Internet
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Colorado C

Descrip: In this session, vendors present information/demonstration of
         third party software utilities to connect WILDCAT! BBS systems to
         UUCP host accounts for domain name service mail, Usenet
         Newsgroups, and more.  This is the detailed session for WILDCAT!
         sysops desiring to bring Internet services to their BBS.
 
Speaker: Tom Tcimpidis

Company: TGT Technologies
         Tom Tcimpidis operates Mog-ur's EMS bulletin board system in
         Granada Hills California and is the founder of TGT Technologies.
 
Speaker: Joseph Martin

Company: Online Computer Resources
         Joseph Martin is Senior Partner at Online Computer Resources.  OCR
         develops software for use with Mustang Software's Wildcat! BBS.


  TITLE: ModemBase Pro - Database DOOR Application for BBSs
   Date: 08/29/93                        Time: 10:30:00
   Room: Copper

Descrip: ModemBase Pro is a database door program that operates as a DOOR
         program for Wildcat!, PCBoard, Searchlight, or other DOOR
         compatible bulletin board systems.  The program allows operators
         to develop database applications for their services.
 
Speaker: Troy Getty

Company: Integrated Solutions, Inc.
         Troy Getty is CEO of Integrated Solutions, Inc., a communications
         software company whose first product is ModemBase Pro, a database
         door program for bulletin boards including Wildcat!, Searchlight,
         PCBoard, and other BBSs that allow DOORS.
                    THE TBBS BBS TRACK

 


  TITLE: Introduction to TBBS
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: Ballroom

Descrip: Introduction to eSoft's The Bread Board System (TBBS) BBS
         software.  Overview of features, including multi-user operation,
         flexible menu design, database application development,
         connectivity options, and sample applications.
 
Speaker: Philip L. Becker

Company: eSoft, Inc.
         Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The
         Bread Board System BBS software package.  He is also author of the
         book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and
         founding partner in ONE, Inc.
 


  TITLE: TBBS Menu Design
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Colorado C

Descrip: How-to session on designing menu structures, presentation, and
         hierarchies for eSoft's The Bread Board System BBS software to
         take advantage of the powerful design capabilities built into
         TBBS.
 
Speaker: Philip L. Becker

Company: eSoft, Inc.
         Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The
         Bread Board System BBS software package.  He is also author of the
         book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and
         founding partner in ONE, Inc.
 


  TITLE: TBBS Connectivity - QWK/FidoNet, Interchange
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Colorado A

Descrip: Technical description of various option modules and techniques for
         connecting bulletin boards based on eSoft, Inc.'s The Bread Board
         System to external networks such as FidoNet, provide QWK mail
         service to callers, and links provided using the new Interchange
         option module.
 
Speaker: Philip L. Becker

Company: eSoft, Inc.
         Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The
         Bread Board System BBS software package.  He is also author of the
         book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and
         founding partner in ONE, Inc.
 


  TITLE: TDBS - xBASE Applications Online for TBBS
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Colorado C

Descrip: Developing xBASE multi-user database applications using eSoft's
         The Data Base System (TDBS) option module.
 
Speaker: Philip L. Becker

Company: eSoft, Inc.
         Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The
         Bread Board System BBS software package.  He is also author of the
         book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and
         founding partner in ONE, Inc.
 


  TITLE: TBBS Graphics RIP/NAPLPS, etc
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: Colorado B

Descrip: How to develop attractive EGA/VGA graphic interfaces for eSoft's
         The Bread Board System using Remote Imaging Protocal, North
         American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax, and other graphic
         interface techniques.
 
Speaker: Philip L. Becker

Company: eSoft, Inc.
         Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The
         Bread Board System BBS software package.  He is also author of the
         book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and
         founding partner in ONE, Inc.
 


  TITLE: Connecting TBBS to Internet - PIMP
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Colorado B

Descrip: Presentation on using Jack Rickard's Personal Internet Mail
         Processor (PIMP) to connect a TBBS bulletin board to a UUCP host
         account for Internet domain name service mail, Usenet Newsgroups,
         Mailing List management, and FTP e-mail File Service. Discussion
         of internal UUCP g protocol dialer allowing TBBS to use unused BBS
         line to dial host for mail exchange.
 
Speaker: Jack Rickard

Company: ONE, Inc.
         Jack Rickard is Editor and Publisher of Boardwatch Magazine, a
         monthly publication covering electronic bulletin boards, online
         services, and the Internet.  Rickard is also one of the founding
         partners of ONE, Inc., promoters of the Online Networking
         Exposition and BBS Convention  (ONE BBSCON).
 


  TITLE: TBBS Future Directions
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Colorado B

Descrip: Presentation by TBBS author and developer Phil Becker on future
         development targets and directions for the TBBS bulletin board
         platform - what's likely, and what's not.
 
Speaker: Philip L. Becker

Company: eSoft, Inc.
         Phil Becker is the President of eSoft, Inc. and author of The
         Bread Board System BBS software package.  He is also author of the
         book Introduction to PC Communications published by Que, and
         founding partner in ONE, Inc.
 


  TITLE: TBBS Third Party Developers Meeting
   Date: 08/29/93                        Time: 10:30:00
   Room: Colorado C

Descrip: Panel discussion on developing and marketing TDBS applications for
         eSoft's TBBS bulletin board platform.
 
Speaker: Ben Cunningham

Company: Nashville Exchange
         Ben Cunningham operates the Nashville Exchange BBS in Nashville, a
         multiline TBBS system.  He also develops third party programs for
         use with TBBS software using the TDBS option module.
                    THE PCBOARD BBS TRACK

 


  TITLE: PCBoard Version 15.0
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: An introduction to PCBoard version 15.0 with an emphasis on new
         features including the PPL Programming Language, RIPscrip Support,
         New "Real-Time Chat Mode, New Internationalization Techniques,
         FOSSIL Support for Intelligent Serial Cards, Multiple Daily
         Events, File Attachment to Message, New CD-ROM Jukebox Support,
         FILE_ID.DIZ and .QWK Support, Caller-ID and Incoming FAX Support,
         New Message Handling Features, New Program Setup Features.
 
Speaker: David Terry

Company: Clark Development Company
         David W. Terry is Director of Programming at Clark Development
         Company.  David is the author of the current PCBoard code and is
         intimately familiar with its setup, configuration options, and
         overall operation.
 


  TITLE: PCBoard Programming Language
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: This session will provide a greater in-depth discussion of the new
         PCBoard Programming Language or PPL. Any time PCBoard v15.0
         displays a prompt to the caller, asks the caller for input, or
         executes a command, a PPL program can be "attached" to the main
         code for execution.  The SysOp can create sub-menus for the main
         program as well as for all file directory and bulletin menus.  The
         PPL can also be used to "reprogram", translate, supplement, or
         change a system command quickly and easily without the use of a
         DOOR.  Intelligent script questionnaires can also be developed.
         New or revised system commands can also "stuff" the keyboard with
         replacement commands, execute other PPL applications, or branch to
         a sub-menu as desired.
 
Speaker: Louis Zirkel

Company: Clark Development Company, Inc
         Louis Zirkel has been with Clark Development for over 2 years and
         brings with him over 7 years programming experience.  Louis'
         current responsibilities include the maintenance of several
         PCBoard supplemental utility programs - including PCBPack,
         PCBModem, and INSTALL.  Louis also provides technical support when
         he is not working on his programming efforts.
 


  TITLE: PCBoard/M Code Supplement
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: West AB

Descrip: This session will detail the various options available to SysOps
         when using the /M code (intelligent serial port) PCBoard
         supplement, including the use of both intelligent as well as
         non-intelligent serial cards in the same machine.  Specific
         hardware options discussed inlcud ARNET Intelligent Boards,
         DigiBoard Intelligent Boards, Willies Single IRQ serial cards,
         FOSSIL compatibility.
 
Speaker: Daniel Chiarson

Company: Clark Development
         Daniel Chiarson is in charge of the overall BBS operations of
         Clark Development and is also responsible for maintaining the
         PCBModem program as well as working in the Technical Support
         department.  Daniel has been with Clark Development for over a
         year and has a great deal of experience with PCBoard from previous
         installations he has worked on.
 


  TITLE: Connecting PCBoard to Internet -  PCB-UUCP
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: A presentation on using Merlin Systems PCB-UUCP to connect PCBoard
         BBS systems to the Internet using UUCP dial-up accounts.  Covers
         list management, sub-routing of mail to other PCBoard systems,
         Usenet News Groups, file attachments, and use with PageSat
         satellite delivery of Usenet News.  This is the technical session
         for PCBoard operators desiring to connect their BBS to a UUCP host
         account for global mail.
 
Speaker: Roy Pereira

Company: Merlin Systems
         Roy Pereira is founder and President of Merlin Systems, a Canadian
         software developer specializing in connectivity solutions.
                    THE MAJOR BBS TRACK

 


  TITLE: The Major BBS as an Online Office
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: This session will introduce attendees to the concept of an "online
         office" - how they can use Galacticomm technology to increase
         their productivity, efficiency, image, and company morale.  The
         Major BBS, combined with the Advanced LAN Option, a variable
         number of User Six-Packs, the Fax/Online Add-on Option, and the
         Major Gateway/Internet Add-on Option provide all of the necessary
         components to automate several routine tasks.  The Galacticomm
         Demo system will be used as an example system.  our BBS is not
         only used as a demonstration for prospects, and as a technical
         support vehicle, but also as an internal and external
         communcations tool for Galacticomm employees.
 
Speaker: Sheri Robert

Company: Galacticomm Inc.
 


  TITLE: Introduction to The Major BBS
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: Colorado C

Descrip: This session will introduce attendees to the features and
         philosophy of The Major BBS and related Galacticomm Products.
         Possible announcement of a new release - followed by a question
         and answer session.  Intro to features such as expansion hardware
         and software, connectivity options, RIPscrip, fax/online, Major
         Gateway/Internet, Major Database & Search and Retrieve, Shopping
         Mall, Entertainment Options, Developer's Toolkit, and technical
         support.
 
Speaker: Scott Brinker

Company: Galacticomm Inc.
 


  TITLE: RIPscrip Workshop for The Major BBS
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: Colorado A

Descrip: This will be a "hands on" session for existing and prospective
         Sysops of The Major BBS who are interested in integrating EGA/VGA
         graphics on their BBS.  We will examine the RIPscrip Add-on Option
         and the integrated RIPaint tool.  Several sample RIP-ized menus
         will be created on the spot.  Various RIPscrip tips and tricks
         will be shared, in additiona to some discussion on colors, good
         graphic layout, and the mechanics of a GUI interface.
 
Speaker: Scott Brinker

Company: Galacticomm Inc.
 
Speaker: Jeff Reeder

Company: Telegrafic Communications, Inc
 
Speaker: Chris Robert

Company: Galacticomm Inc.
 


  TITLE: Online Door Programs with The Major BBS
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: West CD

Descrip: This session will discuss the ability to offer "Doors" to external
         programs via The Major BBS.  This is accomplished by connecting to
         a second machine, via a null modem cable.  Discussion of equipment
         required, software required, system files provided nd various
         programs that can be used with The Major BBS as an external
         program.
 
Speaker: Edward Bush

Company: Galacticomm Inc
 


  TITLE: The Major BBS - Message Networks and MHS
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Theatre

Descrip: Connecting to echo networks, either with or without MHS, continues
         to be a high demand feature of BBS software packages.  This
         session will cover the various message and mail networks available
         for systems running The Major BBS.  Depending on attendees
         present, a panel of guest speakers may include Robert Michnick,
         author of MailLink and coordinator of MajorNet, Skip Potter,
         author of MjrFIDO and MjrUTI, and Tony Javoric, co-author of Chat
         Mail
 
Speaker: Bert Love
 
Speaker: Steve Neal

Company: Public Data Network
Speaker: Skip Potter

Company: Crystal Vision, Inc.
 
Speaker: Robert Michnick

Company: ProStar Computer Corp.
         Robert Michnick is the founder of ProStar Computer


  TITLE: Integrating FAX with The Major BBS
   Date: 08/29/93                        Time:  9:00:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: This session will introduce attendees on how to integrate fax
         technology with their BBS.  The Fax/Online product and also
         possible uses of the fax/BBS combination will be discussed.  If
         the audience consists of a substantial number of people who are
         interested in add-on development, usign Fax Developer's Kit will
         also be discussed.
 
Speaker: Brian Stephens

Company: Galacticomm Inc.
 
Speaker: Chris Robert

Company: Galacticomm Inc.


  TITLE: Introduction to MajorNet
   Date: 08/29/93                        Time: 10:30:00
   Room: Oval

Descrip: An introduction to a network linking BBSs based on Galacticomm's
         The Major BBS for shared message conferences.
 
Speaker: Robert Michnick

Company: ProStar Computer Corp.
         Robert Michnick is the founder of ProStar Computer
 


  TITLE: Developing Products for The Major BBS
   Date: 08/29/93                        Time: 10:30:00
   Room: Ballroom

Descrip: This session provides a meeting for third-party developers of
         add-on products for Galacticomm's The Major BBS to discuss
         technical issues, marketing techniques, and other factors in
         developing software for Galacticomm's BBS platform.
 
Speaker: Chris Robert

Company: Galacticomm Inc.
                    THE MACINTOSH BBS TRACK

 


  TITLE: ZiffNet/Mac
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 16:30:00
   Room: s congress

Descrip: ZiffNet/Mac is a separate online service hosted on the CompuServe
         network.  It is associated with the magazines, MacUser and MacWEEK
         and caters to Macintosh professionals, power users and
         enthusiasts.  It features product buying databases, tech support
         databases, interactive forums to talk with the editors of the two
         publications, plus a select shareware library of 1500 of the
         greatest Macintosh shareware and freeware programs as chosen by
         the editors of MacUser and MacWEEK.
 
Speaker: Ben Templin

Company: Ziffnet/Mac
         Ben Templin has been working on bringing print magazines into the
         online environment since 1987.  He has been an editor and/or
         writer for MacUser, MacWEEK, MacGuide, Computer Shopper and other
         technology based magazines.  Templin launched ZMac (aka
         ZiffNet/Mac) in May 1990 and has since also launched a ZiffNet
         presence on AppleLink as well.  Templin's focus today is on
         developing multimedia information which is small enough in size to
         suffer the bandwidth restrictions of telecommunications.
 


  TITLE: Macintosh BBS Administration
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: Congress

Descrip: Presentation on general techniques for effectively operating an
         online service or bulletin board system from the Macintosh
         platform.
 
Speaker: Michael Bean

Company: Arizona Macintosh Users Group
         Michael Bean is the President of the Arizona Macintosh Users
         Group, BBS sysop, creator of BBS in a BOX, and several other
         CD-ROM titles.  Michael also has provided software tools that
         provide description translations to teh SitC=0 format now
         supported by Telefinder and First Class systems for the Macintosh.
         Michael has been involved in BBS systems since 1986.  Since BBS in
         a BOX was introduced in 1990 over 200 Macintosh BBS systems
         currently provide this library to their members.
 


  TITLE: Macintosh Networking Issues
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Congress

Descrip: Roundtable discussion of various networks available to Macintosh
         bulletin boards, and techniques/requirements to connect to them
         for shared message conferences, electronic mail, etc.
 
Speaker: Alan Heflich

Company: Arizona Macintosh Users Group
 
Speaker: Len Anderson

Company: ResNova Software, Inc.
 
Speaker: Maury Markowitz

Company: Softarc, Inc.
 
Speaker: Ben Templin

Company: Ziffnet/Mac
         Ben Templin has been working on bringing print magazines into the
         online environment since 1987.  He has been an editor and/or
         writer for MacUser, MacWEEK, MacGuide, Computer Shopper and other
         technology based magazines.  Templin launched ZMac (aka
         ZiffNet/Mac) in May 1990 and has since also launched a ZiffNet
         presence on AppleLink as well.  Templin's focus today is on
         developing multimedia information which is small enough in size to
         suffer the bandwidth restrictions of telecommunications.


  TITLE: Intro to 1stClass BBS
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: Congress

Descrip: Introduction to 1stClass BBS software package - a multiline BBS
         software package that operates from the Macintosh platform and is
         quickly gaining a following in the Macintosh community.
 
Speaker: Maury Markowitz

Company: Softarc, Inc.
 


  TITLE: Macintosh File Distribution
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Congress

Descrip: General discussion of Macintosh shareware file distribution
         systems.
 
Speaker: Alan Heflich

Company: Arizona Macintosh Users Group
 


  TITLE: Intro to hi-BBS
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Congress

Descrip: An introduction to the hi-BBS bulletin board package for the
         Macintosh, noted for ISDN capability.
 
Speaker: Guy Bonneau

Company: XBR Communications
 


  TITLE: Macintosh Data Compression
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time:  9:15:00
   Room: Congress

Descrip: A discussion of data compression on the Macintosh platform by the
         developers of the STUFFIT DELUXE compression program.
 
Speaker: Dave Schargel

Company: Aladdin Systems
 
Speaker: Leonard Rosenthol

Company: Aladdin Systems


  TITLE: Mac Sysops Speak Out
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 10:45:00
   Room: Congress

Descrip: General discussion of technical, social, and political
         developments of concern to sysops using the Macintosh platform
         primarily.
 
Speaker: Bill Gram-Reefer

Company: WORLDVIEW
         Bill Gram-Reefer is President of Worldview, a Concord California
         Public Relations Consulting Firm.  He operates the Worldview BBS
         using Macintosh hardware and software, and writes a monthly column
         on Macintosh communications for Boardwatch Magazine.
 
Speaker: Michael Bean

Company: Arizona Macintosh Users Group
         Michael Bean is the President of the Arizona Macintosh Users
         Group, BBS sysop, creator of BBS in a BOX, and several other
         CD-ROM titles.  Michael also has provided software tools that
         provide description translations to teh SitC=0 format now
         supported by Telefinder and First Class systems for the Macintosh.
         Michael has been involved in BBS systems since 1986.  Since BBS in
         a BOX was introduced in 1990 over 200 Macintosh BBS systems
         currently provide this library to their members.
 
Speaker: Alan Heflich

Company: Arizona Macintosh Users Group
 
Speaker: Ben Templin

Company: Ziffnet/Mac
         Ben Templin has been working on bringing print magazines into the
         online environment since 1987.  He has been an editor and/or
         writer for MacUser, MacWEEK, MacGuide, Computer Shopper and other
         technology based magazines.  Templin launched ZMac (aka
         ZiffNet/Mac) in May 1990 and has since also launched a ZiffNet
         presence on AppleLink as well.  Templin's focus today is on
         developing multimedia information which is small enough in size to
         suffer the bandwidth restrictions of telecommunications.


  TITLE: Intro to Novalink Professional BBS
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: congress

Descrip: An introduction to a multiline iconic Macintosh bulletin board
         system offering RIPscrip graphic capability, and excellent
         Internet mail capabilities.  Up to 40 lines per server and TCP/IP
         telenet login.
 
Speaker: Len Anderson

Company: ResNova Software, Inc.
 
Speaker: Alex Hopmann

Company: ResNova Software, Inc.


  TITLE: Intro to Telefinder BBS
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 15:00:00
   Room: Congress

Descrip: Introduction to Telefinder, a multi-line BBS package for the Mac
         platform by Spyder Island Software.  A proven performer.
 
Speaker: Rusty Tucker

Company: Spyder Island Software
 
Speaker: Chris Silverberg

Company: Spyder Island Software


  TITLE: Macintosh ISDN Applications
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Congress

Descrip: Discussion of the capabilities and uses of Integrated Services
         Digital Networks (ISDN) telephone service from the Macintosh
         platform.
 
Speaker: Guy Bonneau

Company: XBR Communications
                    MISCELLANEOUS SESSIONS

 


  TITLE: Association of Shareware Professionals
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 13:00:00
   Room: Copper

Descrip: Presentation on the Association of Shareware Professionals, the
         FILE_ID description field, and a new Shareware product
         identification product proposal termed VENDINFO that may impact
         electronic bulletin boards in the future.
 
Speaker: unassigned

Company:
 


  TITLE: Cultivating Information Entrepreneurs
   Date: 08/26/93                        Time: 13:00:00
   Room: Oval

Descrip: Description of the concept of the "Information Entrepreneur," how
         to  find, nurture, develop and eventually make them into an
         Information or Service Provider for your BBS or Network
         Information Service.
 
Speaker: George Thornally

Company: Bailey Thornally, Inc
         George Thornally is a business executive associated with Bailey
         Thornally, Inc., builder ofn an international high speed network.
         He also produces the Macintosh Communications Forum on America
         Online.
 


  TITLE: Media Relations for Product Vendors
   Date: 08/27/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Colorado B

Descrip: In this session, David Coursey of IDG's PC Letter newsletter heads
         a panel of computer trade press journalists in discussing the
         elements of a software or hardware product press release that
         get's their hearts ticking - as well as elements in a product
         press release that cause quick filing in the outbound.  Mastering
         press relations is crucial to the success of any product.  In this
         session, you can hear from the trade press itself what works and
         what doesn't.
 
Speaker: David Coursey

Company: PC Letter
 
Speaker: Cheryl Gerber

Company: InfoWorld
         Cheryl Gerber is a columnist for InfoWorld - a weekly publication
         covering the latest news in personal computers, local area
         networks, and technology.
 
Speaker: David Carlson

Company: The Albuquerque Tribune
         David Carlson has twenty years experience in newspapers,
         magazines, and television as editor of a daily newspaper, news
         producer for television, and features writer for large circulation
         magazines.  In addition to his press experience, Mr. Carlson is
         also a BBS operator and currently operates the 20-line Electronic
         Trib for the Albuquerque Tribune newspaper.
 
Speaker: Dennis Fowler

Company: Ziff-Davis Publishing
         Dennis Fowler is a Contributing Editor for Computer Shopper
         magazine and regularly reviews electronic bulletin boards for
         Computer Shopper.


  TITLE: IRS Electronic Filing Applications
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 13:30:00
   Room: Crystal

Descrip: This presentation by the Internal Revenue Service Taxpayer
         Education Division describes various software applications
         affiliated with the online electronic submission of income tax
         forms and will provide information for developers interested in
         developing such applications.
 
Speaker: Terry Donohoue

Company: I.R.S. Denver District
         Terry Donohoue is the district Office Electronic Filing
         Coordinator for the Internal Revenue Service Denver District.  He
         is a native Coloradoan who attained a BA degree in Marketing and
         Business Administration from Mesa College in Grand Junction,
         Colorado.  Terry began working for the Internal Revenue Service in
         1987 as a Taxpayer Service Representative.  He answered tax law
         inquiries as a phone assistor and at walk-in counters.  Terry
         advanced to Taxpayer Service Specialist answering written and
         telephonic inquiries about technical tax law subjects for
         preparers as well as the general public.  In June of 1991, Tery
         was selected as the District Office Electronic Filing Coordinator
         (DOEFC) for the Denver District.  The DOEFC serves as the district
         program coordinator on matters involving electronic filing of tax
         returns.  The DOEFC performs a variety of administrative and
         liaison assignments which are complex in character and broad in
         scope.  Terry, his wife Jody, and their 1 year old son Brian
         reside in the Denver Metro area.
 


  TITLE: SEX NO MORE: Woes of a BBS Operator's Once Significant Other
   Date: 08/28/93                        Time: 17:00:00
   Room: Theater

Descrip: Noted actress and BBS widow Irene Fletcher covers the trials of
         being the Significant Other to a BBS enthusiast.  This
         light-hearted session covers the demise of holidays, vacations,
         intelectual pursuits, household projects, and sex to the BBS in
         the den.  This session opened to unregistered spouses of ONE
         BBSCON attendees who may find they too arenot alone.
 
Speaker: Irene K. Fletcher
 


  TITLE: Falken BBS Doors
   Date: 08/29/93                        Time:  9:00:00
   Room: Theater

Descrip: Technical session covering tips and techniques for developing door
         programs for the Falken multiline BBS package.
 
Speaker: William Bell

Company: Two Minute Warning Software
         Mr. William Bell graduated with an Electrical and Computer
         Engineering Degree from the State University of New York at
         Buffalo in 1989.  Mr. Bell works part-time developing Falken Doors
         which include Chess, Backgammon, Western Teleconferenc, Dialout,
         Public School #13, Western Developers Kit, etc.
 
Speaker: Herb Rose

Company: INFO*SHARE, Inc


  TITLE: Inexpensive UNIX Implementations
   Date: 08/29/93                        Time:  9:00:00
   Room: Colorado A

Descrip: This session discusses low-cost UNIX clones such as 386BSD, Linux,
         and Coherent as an operating system for electronic bulletin boards
         taking advantage of Internet connectivity.
 
Speaker: Theodore Tso

Company:
 
Speaker: Tim Pozar

Company: Late Night Software
         Tim Pozar is the author of UFGATE, a shareware program to gate
         electronic mail and message conferences between the International
         FidoNet and the Internet.
 
Speaker: Rob Kolstad

Company: Berkley Software Design Inc
