From: aboba@world.std.com (Bernard D Aboba)
Subject: Announcement
Summary: Book released
Keywords: BBB Book
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 06:44:06 GMT

          BMUG Releases Guide to Mac Communications
 
April 16, 1992, Berkeley, California - BMUG, Inc., the Berkeley,
California based computer users group, today released The BMUG
Guide to Bulletin Boards and Beyond, a comprehensive guide to
Macintosh communications appropriate for all experience levels.
Bulletin Boards and Beyond was developed for BMUG by MailCom,
an Oakland-based telecommunications publishing and training
firm. The release of Bulletin Boards and Beyond caps a two-year
effort by MailCom to identify and provide solutions for common 
Macintosh telecommunications problems. The effort began with a
review of thousands of user support calls on the BMUG helpline
and evolved into the 560 page Bulletin Boards and Beyond, based
on the comments of dozens of beta testers.
   
Bulletin Boards and Beyond includes:
   
	A guide to modems, cables, and accessories. 
	A glossary of telecommunications terms
	A discussion of "Safe Hex" - how to protect against viruses
	A chapter on "How to Save Money On Your Phone Bill."
	A guide to file transfer and format conversion between 
		the Mac, PC,and UNIX. 
	A 75 page Quickstart for beginners.
	A tour of some of the nation's most popular Macintosh 
		bulletin boards.
	A guide to compression software for the Mac, PC, and UNIX.
	A comprehensive list of communications "Choice Products."
	A guide to online libraries.
	A guide to sending mail all over the world.
	A guide to transferring files and communicating over 
		the Internet.
	A resource guide for sysops.
	A bibliography of telecommunications books.
    	A history of the FidoNet and EchoMac networks.
	A guide to the EchoMac network.
	A guide to "point mailer" and "message reader" software
	Listings of Macintosh bulletin boards on the FidoNet 
		and RIME networks.
 
Since the telecommunications universe is expanding at such a
rapid pace, no book on  the subject is current for more than
a few months after publication. In order to keep purchasers
of Bulletin Boards and Beyond current on the latest developments,
MailCom will be distributing updates to the book in electronic
form over global computer networks. The book may also be 
purchased by sending electronic mail to Quantum Books
(quanbook@world.std.com) or Silver City Software
(FidoNet 1:213/277). 
   
In keeping with the book's "hands-on" philosophy, readers are
encouraged to contact the author via electronic mail with 
suggestions on how the book can be improvJd. 
  
Bulletin Boards and Beyond has a suggested retail price of $23, 
and is available from the following dealers:  
   
Quantum Books, 4 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, 
(617)494-5042, Fax:(617)577-7282, email: quanbook@world.std.com
 
Silver City Software, P.O. Box 1661, Sparks, Nevada 89432-1661, 
(800)828-2929, email: FidoNet 1:213/277
  
Computer Literacy Bookshops, Inc., 520 Lawrence Expressay #310, 
Sunnyvale, CA 94086, (408)730-9955
  
MailCom offers quantity discounts to sysops, user groups, schools,
computer retailers, universities, businesses, or individuals.
For information on quantity discounts, contact: 
   
MailCom, 5337 College Ave., Suite 326, Oakland, CA 94618, 
(510)547-0345, Fax:540-1057, email: AOL: MailCom, 
Internet: aboba@world.std.com, FidoNet: 1:161/445. 

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