CONNECT THE WORLD UPDATE #8
July 8, 1996

Dear Merlin volunteers,

Well I'm back from my vacation, rested, and finally caught up
on my e-mail.  Sorry for any delays in responding to some of
your questions, but I think I'm back up to speed.

As mentioned in the last update, the date for the "Connect the
World with Merlin" (CtWwM) event is scheduled for Saturday,
October 26, 1996.  Please consult the Script (Part I) for details
(see below).

PROJECT STATUS

1.  VOLUNTEERS

    The number of volunteers keeps growing.  As of this writing, we 
    now have approximately 550 volunteers from 37 countries 
    (welcome Lithuania).

    Again, I'm attaching the latest e-mail & telephone lists.  
    Please review them carefully and e-mail me any changes or 
    corrections to the lists.

2.  DEMOGRAPHICS OF CtWwM VOLUNTEERS (as of July 8, 1996):

    SUMMARY:
    North America         327
    Europe                115
    Australasia            32
    Africa                 10
    Asia                   27
    South America          33
    TOTAL                 544


    BREAKDOWN BY REGION & COUNTRY:

    NORTH AMERICA:
    Canada                 56
    Mexico                  3
    United States         268
    NORTH AMERICAN TOTAL  327

    EUROPE:
    Austria                 3
    Belgium                 5
    Czech Republic          2
    France                  4
    Germany                20
    Hungary                 1
    Italy                   7
    Lithuania               1
    Netherlands            14
    SCANDINAVIA
    -Denmark               13
    -Finland                1
    -Iceland                0
    -Norway                10
    -Sweden                 3
    -SCANDINAVIAN TOTAL    27
    Slovenia                4
    Spain                   7
    Switzerland            11
    UNITED KINGDOM
    -England                7
    -Scotland               2
    -Northern Ireland       0
    -UK TOTAL               9
    EUROPEAN TOTAL        115

    AUSTRALASIA:
    Australia              24
    New Zealand             8
    AUSTRALASIAN TOTAL     32

    AFRICA:
    Israel                  4
    South Africa            6
    AFRICAN TOTAL          10

    ASIA:
    China                   0
    Hong Kong               6
    Indonesia               2
    Japan                   3
    Macao                   1
    Philippines             0
    R.O.C./Taiwan           7
    Russia                  2
    Singapore               2
    South Korea             0
    Thailand                2
    Ukraine                 2
    ASIAN TOTAL            27

    SOUTH AMERICA:
    Argentina               0
    Brazil                 30
    Chile                   1
    Costa Rica              1
    Peru                    0
    Venezuela               1
    SOUTH AMERICAN TOTAL   33

    WORLD TOTAL           544

3.  CALL FOR COUNTRY COORDINATORS

    As mentioned in the last update, we now have Country Coordinators 
    in the following regions:

    Francois van der Merwe - Cape Town, South Africa
    (za2mhnwg@ibmmail.com)

    Terry Kemp - Dandenong, Victoria, Australia (will also
    coordinate New Zealand); (terry@emerald.cns.net.au)

    Joelle Nebbe - Bleiken, Switzerland (jnebbe@ibm.net)

    These people help coordinate demonstration activities for their 
    parts of the world.  If you are from these parts of the world, 
    please do not hesitate to contact your Country Coordinator.

    HOWEVER, as this project blossoms in size, we are now soliciting 
    Country Coordinators for the following areas:  
    BRAZIL, GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, TAIWAN, UNITED KINGDOM, SCANDINAVIA, 
    and the provinces of CANADA, particularly BRITISH COLUMBIA, ONTARIO, 
    and QUEBEC.

    Other regional areas are, of course, also welcome.

    Please do not hesitate to contact me regarding volunteering
    your services.

4.  SCRIPT - PART I

    I am again including Part I of the Script (SCRIPT1.INF) in the 
    attached zipped file (MERL0708.ZIP).  This is for those who didn't 
    receive it last time.

    The script is implemented using the standard OS/2 INF format.
    
    Part I includes guidelines for:  Selecting a Site for the demo; 
    Hardware Requirements; Personnel Requirements; a brief overview of 
    Merlin; and the Project Scope for this event.

    To execute the script, simply use the standard OS/2 "View" utility 
    (VIEW.EXE); for example:

    C:\VIEW SCRIPT1.INF

    Part II will include the actual script for the presentation itself 
    (in terms of how to conduct the actual demonstration).  Part II of 
    the script will be delivered in a couple of months after we have had 
    a chance to practice with Merlin in some depth.

5.  SITE REGISTRATION FORMS

    As mentioned in Script 1, please remember the Site Registration forms 
    are due AUGUST 31, 1996.  The Site Forms can be obtained from
    the Script.

    If you haven't done so already, now is the time to make contact with 
    the locations where you wish to conduct the demonstrations (e.g.,
    computer stores, universities, etc.).

    THERE WAS ONE OMISSION I OVERLOOKED IN SCRIPT-1 (WHICH I HAVE SINCE 
    CORRECTED);

    ON THE REGISTRATION FORM, PLEASE INDICATE THE NATIVE LANGUAGE YOU 
    WILL BE CONDUCTING THE DEMONSTRATION IN (such as English, French, 
    German, etc.).  This data will be necessary to send you a suitable 
    version of OS/2 to demonstrate.

6.  The following is a starter kit of the Web sites to reference during 
    the demo;

    1.  Please review these addresses for accuracy and omissions; 
        advise me accordingly.

    2.  If your Web site is listed, now is the time to consider updating 
        the web page for others to look at.

FOR FUN:

3D Site                          http://www.3dsite.com/3dsite/
Alexandria                       http://ce.ecn.purdue.edu/~ashmawy/ALEX/
Artful Things Gallery            http://emporium.turnpike.net/cgi-bin/imagemap/~zen/Index.jpeg.NCSA.map?204,75
The Atlantis Project             http://oceania.org/multimed.html
The Best of OS/2 on the WWW      http://www.aescon.com/bestofos2
David Barnes' Warped Gallery     http://www.os2bbs.com/David_Barnes/
Boston.com                       http://www.boston.com
Dinsouaur Art                    http://www.indyrad.iupui.edu/dinoart.html
Game Zero                        http://www.gamezero.com/team-0/
OS/2 Games Home Page             http://www.austin.ibm.com/os2games/
SPG-ColorWorks                   http://www.spg-net.com/
Mt. Baker Software-Money Tree    http://www.Mount-Baker.com
The Whitehouse                   http://www.whitehouse.gov

SEARCH ENGINES:

Yahoo                            http://www.yahoo.com/
World Wide Web Search Engines    http://UGWeb.CS.UAlberta.Ca/~mentor02/search/search-all.html
IBM Search the Planetwide Web    http://www.ibm.com/search
ZebraBBS (in English)            http://zebra.asta.fh-weingarten.de/os2/WebSearch_e.html
 (in German)                     http://zebra.asta.fh-weingarten.de/os2/WebSearch_d.html
Deja News (Usenet Search)        http://www.dejanews.com/

IBM:

IBM Home Page                    http://www.ibm.com
IBM Argentina                    http://www.ibm.com/Global/ar
IBM Australia                    http://www.ibm.com.au/
IBM Austria                      http://www.at.ibm.com/
IBM Belgium                      http://www.ibm.be/
IBM Brazil                       http://www.ibm.com.br/
IBM Canada                       http://www.can.ibm.com
IBM Chile                        http://www.ibm.com/Global/cl
IBM China                        http://www.ibm.co.jp/IBMGCG/
IBM Denmark                      http://www.dk.ibm.com/
IBM France                       http://www.ibm.fr/
IBM Germany                      http://www.ibm.de/
IBM Greece                       http://www.gr.ibm.com/
IBM Ireland                      http://www.ie.ibm.com/
IBM Israel                       http://www.ibm.net.il/
IBM Italy                        http://www.ibm.it/
IBM Japan                        http://www.ibm.co.jp/
IBM Luxembourg                   http://www.ibm.be/
IBM Mexico                       http://www.mexico.ibm.com/
IBM Netherlands                  http://www.nl.ibm.com/
IBM Norway                       http://www.ibm.no/
IBM Peru                         http://www.ibm.com/Global/pe/
IBM Portugal                     http://www.pt.ibm.com/
IBM South Africa                 http://www.za.ibm.com/
IBM Spain                        http://www.ibm.es/
IBM Sweden                       http://www.ibm.se/
IBM Switzerland                  http://www.ibm.ch/
IBM Turkey                       http://www.tr.ibm.com/
IBM United Kingdom               http://www.europe.ibm.com/
IBM United States                http://www.ibm.com/Global/us/

OS/2 SPECIFIC INFORMATION:

IBM OS/2 product information     http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/os2info.html
IBM OS/2 Device Drivers          http://www.europe.ibm.com/getdoc/psmemea/progserv/device/
IBM OS/2 Warp Compatibility      http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/os2buy.html
IBM OS/2 Warp Homepage           http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/os2.html
IBM OS/2 Warp Server             http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/warpserver.html
IBM OS/2 Warp vs Windows95:      http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/os2vschg.html
IBM Personal Software Products   http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/
IBM PC User Group Relations      http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/ibmpcug.html
IBM Team OS2 Relations           http://www.teamos2.org/ibm
OS/2 Warp Pharmacy               
  Sydney, Australia              http://www.zeta.org.au/~jon/WarpPharmacy.html
  Team OS/2, Austin, TX          http://www.teamos2.org/pharmacy/WarpPharmacy.html
Team OS/2 Help Desk Web Site     http://www.execpc.com/~lam/team_help.html
  (Lori Martin)

PUBLICATIONS:

OS/2 CONNECT newsletter          http://warp.eecs.berkeley.edu/os2/connect
OS/2 e-Zine!                     http://www.haligonian.com/os2/
OS/2 POINTERS                    http://www.lunatech.com/os2ug/pointers.htm
OS/2 Zone Magazine               http://www.os2zone.aus.net
OS/2er's GrassRoots Gazette      http://www.gco.com/grassroots.html
IBM OS/2 Warp Newsletters        http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/newsletters.html
Inside OS/2                      http://www.cobb.ziff.com/~cobb/os2/
Warp Online                      http://in.net/~mcdonajp

OS/2 RETAILERS:

APS Technologies                 http://www.apstech.com/
Indelible Blue                   http://www.indelible-blue.com/ib
J3 Computer Technologies         http://www.j3comp.com
OS/2 Express                     http://www.ifi-mpls.com/os2express/
Programmer's Paradise            http://www.pparadise.com

OS/2 USER GROUPS:

AUSTRALIA:
Hunter Region OS/2 User Group    http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~deras
OS/2 U.G., Western Australia     http://www.iinet.com.au/~bobogden/usergrp.html

CANADA:
Annapolis OS/2 Support Group     http://fox.nstn.ca/~pskipton/os2.html
  (Nova Scotia, Canada)          
Central Alberta OS/2 Users'      http://www.caos2.ab.ca/
  Group Association (CAOS/2)     http://www.tgx.com/bridge/caos
Greater Halifax OS/2 SIG         http://isisnet.com/tsst/ghos2
Kawartha Computer Club, OS/2 SIG http://knet.flemingc.on.ca/~csilvest/the-kcc.html
Ottawa OS/2 Users Group          http://ottos2.magi.com/ottos2/
Saskatoon OS/2 Users Group       http://www.sasknet.com/~roderick/soug/soug.htm
Toronto OS/2 User's Group (TO/2) http://www.io.org/~to2
Victoria Professional OS/2 U.G.  http://www.islandnet.com/~teamos2/vicos2/vicos2.html
Warp Users of Montreal           http://www.iisys.com/usrpages/wug
  (English speaking user group)  http://www.odyssee.net/~djgrant/wug.html

EUROPE:
Czech OS/2 User Group (COUG)     http://www.codalan.cz
Holland User Group OS/2 (HUGO)   http://www.dds.nl/~ibmplein/os2/hugo/
International OS/2 User Group    http://www.luna.co.uk/~os2ug/
  (United Kingdom)               
OS/2 Brukerforum Norge           http://www.oslonett.no/~bthoem/os2bfn.html
  (Norwegian OS/2 Users)
OS/2 Forum Austria (Vienna)      http://www.os2forum.or.at
OS/2 User Group Belgium          http://os2.ibm.be/OS2UG/index.html
OS/2 User Group of Flensburg     http://w3.allcon.net/os2/usergroup/index.html
  (Germany)
TUM OS/2 Users Group             http://www.leo.org/archiv/os2/os2-ug/index-engl.html
  (Munich, Germany)              

SOUTH AFRICA:
Cape Town OS/2 User Group        http://www.os2.iaccess.za/midware/os2ugnw5.htm
Gauteng OS/2 User Group          http://www.techpta.ac.za/os2user/uggtg.htm

OTHERS:
Grupo de Usuarios de OS/2        http://www.inf.ufes.br/~guos2es
  (Brazil)  
OS/2 Home Page da PUC-Rio        http://www.ele.puc-rio.br/~donnici/os2.shtml
  (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)       http://www.ele.puc-rio.br/~donnici/os2_eng.html (in English)
Singapore OS/2 Users Group       http://sunsite.nus.sg/pub/os2/

UNITED STATES:
Berkeley OS/2 Users' Group       http://warp.eecs.berkeley.edu/os2
Brown University OS/2 User Group http://www.cs.brown.edu/people/jmk/os2ug.html
  (Providence, RI)
Capital PC User Group, OS/2 SIG  http://cpcug.org/
  (Rockville, Maryland)
Central Ohio OS/2 User Group     http://www.osc.edu/os2
Cleveland OS/2 Users' Group      http://www.trnet.com/cos2ug/cos2ug.html
Columbia-Baltimore Users Group   http://millkern.com/cbug/
Dallas/Ft. Worth OS/2 U.G.       http://www.computek.net/public/dfwos2ug
Greater Chicago Online!!         http://www.gco.com
Heartland OS/2 Users Group       http://www.ionet.net/~bfesler/heartgroup.html
  (Oklahoma City, OK)
Las Vegas OS/2 User's Group      http://www.cfsrexx.com/lvos2ug/welcome.htm
Los Angeles OS/2 User Group      http://www.pcinnovations.com/pci/laos2ug
Miami OS/2 Users Group (MOUG)    http://www.shadow.net/warp
Mid Atlantic OS/2 User Group     http://www.pinn.net/~reaper/maos2ug.html 
  (Virginia Beach, VA)
Minnesota OS/2 Warp Users        http://www.skypoint.com/members/miranda/minnwarp
Nashville OS/2 User's Group      http://rex.isdn.net/os2
New York OS/2 Users Group        http://www.catalog.com/nypc/nypc.html
North Suburban Chicago OS/2 U.G. http://www.chipchat.com/nscoug
Northeast Ohio OS/2 User Group   http://www.slink.com/neohos2/
  (Akron, OH)
OS/2 Bay Area User Group         http://www.davebsoft.com/os2baug/
  (Mountain View, CA)
Pacific Northwest OS/2 User Grp. http://www.halcyon.com/pnwos2ug/pnwos2ug.html 
  (Seattle, WA) 
Philadelphia Area Computer       http://www.op.net/~llavins
  Society (PACS), OS/2 SIG       
Phoenix OS/2 Society             http://www.possi.org
San Diego OS/2 Users Group       http://underground.net/Sdrocks/sdos2.html
Southern California OS/2 U.G.    http://www.kaiwan.com/~rwhite/scoug.html
Tampa Bay OS/2 Users' Group      http://warp.eecs.berkeley.edu/os2/tboug
TEAM OS/2 Cincinnati U.G.        http://www.cincyteamos2.org/
Texas A&M OS/2 Users' Group      http://os2www.tamu.edu/os2/
Triangle OS/2 User's Group       http://www4.ncsu.edu/~wrnealis/www/trios2.html
  (Raleigh, NC)                  

TEAM OS/2:

World Wide Web server            http://www.teamos2.org/
Membership Services              http://www.teamos2.org/jointeam
Frequently Asked Questions       http://www.aber.ac.uk/~ccs95/teamfaq.html
  (FAQ)                          http://www.teamos2.org/faq
Austria                          http://www.os2forum.or.at/TeamOS2/
Germany                          http://www.nordwest.pop.de/nda/crew/os2/
                                 http://www.teamos2.de/
Hungary                          http://xenia.sote.hu/~amby/eindex.html
Ireland                          http://www.compura.org/teamos2
Japan                            http://shop.fsi.co.jp/os2con/teamos2.html
Netherlands                      http://www.dds.nl/~ibmplein/os2/teamos2/
South Africa (Gauteng)           http://www.techpta.ac.za/os2user/home.htm
Switzerland                      http://diwww.epfl.ch/~avernet/TeamOS2/


7.  "TO DO" LIST - THINGS I'M STILL WORKING ON:

    A.  Promotions - development of ads and promotional materials.

    B.  Development of the Web Site - still working with IBM to
        finalize details of the Web site and the final Web page.

    C.  Obtain demonstration versions of 3rd party OS/2 software
        products for distribution.

    D.  Develop Part II of the Script.

    E.  Plan and assemble the demonstration kit.

8.  AVAILABILITY OF MERL0708.ZIP

    Based on the responses received from the last update, I will 
    be uploading the MERL0708.ZIP file to:

    MBA's BBS (the "PRIDE" Network) at:
    +01-813/786-4864

    And, due to requests from volunteers, we will now upload the 
    updates to the Hobbes FTP site:

    ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu

    Look for it one of the following directories:
    /incoming  (temporary) 
    /os2/info

    NOTE:  CtWwM Update files are named 'MERLmmdd.ZIP' where
    "mm" represents the month and "dd" represents the day;
    for example, MERL0708.ZIP represents the July 8th update.

That's all for now.  I'll keep you abreast of developments
as they occur.  

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Stay tuned!

Regards,
Tim Bryce
Editor, OS/2 CONNECT
M. Bryce & Associates, Inc. (MBA)
777 Alderman Road
Palm Harbor, FL  34683
United States
Tel:  813/786-4567
Fax:  813/786-4765
BBS:  813/786-4864
E-Mail:  TimB1557@aol.com
CompuServe:  76235,2364
IBM Link:  MA00890
WWW:  http://warp.eecs.berkeley.edu/os2/connect/
Since 1971:  "Software for the finest computer - the Mind"

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