From: nguyenh@cod.nosc.mil (Hoa G. Nguyen)
Subject: [TECH] Release of VIETVU 2.0
Originator: daemon@media-lab.media.mit.edu
Reply-To: nguyenh@cod.nosc.mil
Organization: SCV Relay
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:07:36 GMT

********************* Software Announcement ********************

     The following VISCII-compliant software package is now 
available for anonymous ftp from the Monash and SIMTEL20 
archives, as well as all of SIMTEL20's mirror sites worldwide.  

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VIETVU20.ZIP    VN keyboard/clipboard filter for Windows 3.1

     VietVu 2.0 is a Windows 3.1 utility that can be used 
together with other Windows applications to produce Vietnamese 
document.

Main features for this version are:

   1. VISCII 1.1 compatible
   2. 4 TrueType fonts (made possible by Trichlor group)
   3. Instant access to VIQR ("Quoted-Readable") mode thru toolbar      
      button
   4. Customizable "Quoted-Readable" - read: add your own key 
      compositions such as  a^~ = a~^ = aa~ = etc....
   5. Create, save and load your own key composition tables
   6. Toolbar for easy access to main functions
   7. Clipboard conversion mode allows cut/paste Viet-Net documents.
   8. Keyboard input methods include Interactive, Key Activate and
      Clipboard. If for some reasons the Interactive and Key 
      Activate modes don't work with your softwares, use Clipboard 
      mode.

     The program is free.  Questions should be directed to 
the author, Cha^u Vu~, "chauv@microsoft.com". 

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	WHERE TO OBTAIN THE ABOVE FILE:
	(Thanks to Hu`ng Ho^`, hho@usc.edu, for compiling the
following list.)


Modem (VietNet BBSes)
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	1-213-734-8528	Los Angeles & Southern California, USA
	1-408-739-1520	Bay Area & Northern California, USA

Anonymous FTP                            Directory
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	(Please FTP from the site closest to you.)

Sony Corporation, CA, USA		/tin/VN
	sonygate.sony.com (192.65.137.2)  (Main VietNet archive,
	with other TriChlor VISCII software for Unix and X-Windows)

SIMTEL20, NM, USA			pd1:<msdos.viscii>
	wsmr-simtel20.army.mil (192.88.110.20)

Halcyon Organization, WA, USA		/wuarchive/mirrros/msdos/viscii
	halcyon.com (192.135.191.2)

Washington Univ., MO, USA		/mirrors/msdos/viscii
	wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4)

Oakland Univ., MI, USA			/pub/msdos/viscii
	oak.oakland.edu (141.210.10.117)

UUNet Communication Service, VA, USA 	/systems/ibmpc/msdos/simtel20/
	ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.9)                                viscii

AARNet, Melbourne, Australia		/micros/pc/oak/viscii
	archie.au (139.130.4.5)

Monash Univ., Melbourne, Australia      /pub/vietnam
	monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (130.194.1.106)

Imperial College, London, UK		/computing/systems/ibmpc/SIMTEL20/
	src.doc.ic.ac.uk, (146.169.2.1)                             viscii

Finland			                /pub/msdos/SIMTEL20-mirror/viscii
	nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100)

Switzerland        		        /mirror/msdos/viscii
	nic.switch.ch, (130.59.1.40)

Taiwan			                /SIMTEL20/msdos/viscii
	nctuccca.edu.tw, (140.111.3.21)


Electronic Mail (uuencoded)
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Use FTPMAIL server at DEC (ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com) to access all 
archives above (send FTP commands in an e-mail message to this 
address), or use the mailserver at saigon.com (send e-mail to 
mailserv@saigon.com, with a command HELP in the body for info).

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OTHER VISCII UTILITIES IN THE SAME DIRECTORIES

 Filename   Type Length    Description
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BTVIET03.ZIP  B   69482    Vietnamese editor--most graphics cards + mouse
NHAC1-A3.ZIP  B   60788    Vietnamese Songs, hypertext style, Vol1-VerA3
NHAC2-A3.ZIP  B   60004    Vietnamese Songs, hypertext style, Vol2-VerA3
NHAC3-A3.ZIP  B   60596    Vietnamese Songs, hypertext style, Vol3-VerA3
NHAC4-A3.ZIP  B   59456    Vietnamese Songs, hypertext style, Vol4-VerA3
THITAP1.ZIP   B   22014    Poems by Quang Dung, uses VN TrueType fonts
THITAP2.ZIP   B   62454    Poems by Nguyen Binh, uses VN TrueType fonts
THO1-A3.ZIP   B   66606    Poems by Xuan Dieu, hypertext style 
VDOS421.ZIP   B   84078    VIETDOS: Vietnamese keyboard & screen filters
VISC11PS.ZIP  B  370010    VISCII and VIQR 1.1 standards, in PostScript
VLASER2.ZIP   B   77697    Multi-font Laserjet printing for Vietnamese
VPRINT12.ZIP  B   25949    Printing utility for Vietnamese VISCII files
WINVNK10.ZIP  B  603166    Vietnamese keyboard and fonts for Windows 3.1

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COMING SOON TO AN FTP SITE NEAR YOU: 

* VIETDM        Multi-font dot-matrix formatting & printing
		(nguyenh@nosc.mil)

* More VISCII TrueType fonts for Windows 3.1 
		(vn-fonts@cccogp.com)  

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	If you have written VISCII-compliant software and need help
uploading to these archives, please let me know. 

	Enjoy,

	Ho`a

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