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December 10, 1996 Announcements

YARNDIAL v1.42 Now Available.

YARNDIAL version 1.42 is now available to anyone wishing to beta test it. Request it of Jerry Levy by e-mail. He will respond with a MIME attachment of YRNDL142.ZIP. If you cannot handle MIME, point that out when you request a copy. It will eventually be posted to ftp sites (est.: 1 Feb 96).

YARNDIAL is freeware.

YARNDIAL.CMD is a menu-driven front end for C.T. Huang's OS/2 Souper and Yarn off-line News and Mail reader programs and now supports use of VSoup as well as Souper.

YARNDIAL.CMD is a ReXX utility running under OS/2 Warp. It is designed to automate the steps needed to retrieve and send news articles and mail and while doing so to provide a more versatile, friendlier interface for users than could be accomplished using ordinary batch files. Packaged with YARNDIAL.CMD is its rather full-function installer. If YARN and Souper are up and running, installation of YARNDIAL via its installer is a breeze. That includes allowing you to select to use VSoup in place of Souper.

Beta Testers Wanted:

YARNDIAL v1.42 now supports the use of VSoup, which is multithreaded for news retrieval, and if you take advantage of this feature, is considerably faster than with Souper.
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Office Solutions Web Site.

Office Solutions, a Southern California OS/2 software retailer, now has a Web page and an updated e-mail address.

You can access their Web page at http://www.os2shop.com/. You can e-mail Office Solutions at sales@os2shop.com.

They are also reachable by phone at:

1-310-439-5567 or 1-800-897-2777.

You can FAX an order to 1-310-438-7888.
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HearThis v2.0 Available.

HearThis is a simple program to help budding musicians with their ear-training. The program plays notes and you guess the intervals between them. The difficulty is automatically adjusted according to how well you are doing. Several new features in this version make learning intervals easier than in the last version. For advanced users there the option to test your hearing on chords.

HearThis! version 2.0 is now available at: ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/new/hearthis.zip ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/games/hearthis.zip
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ColoradOS/2 CD-ROM Available.

The CD-ROM for the 1996 ColoradOS/2 Software Developers Conference is being mailed today (December 5, 1996) to everyone who attended ColoradOS/2 this year. Allowing for the mail delays that are usual during the holiday season, we nevertheless anticipate that everyone will have received their CD-ROM within a week or so; if not, please contact us.

This year we have a very limited number of extra CD-ROMs available for sale. Complete details about ColoradOS/2 1996 (and the contents of the CD-ROM) can be found on our Web page; the URL is http://www.colos2.com. You can reach ColoradOS/2 by any of the following methods:

Voice:         800-481-3389  (from the U.S.A. and Canada)
                719-481-3389  (from anywhere in the world)

 FAX:           719-481-8069

 Internet:      wkovsky@colos2.com

 CompuServe:    76711,1221

 U.S. Mail:     Kovsky Conference Productions Inc.
                Attn:  ColoradOS/2 Registrations
                P.O. Box 1461
                Monument, CO  80132-1461
	        U.S.A.
For more information, see http://www.colos2.com/.
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Trials of Battle Released.

OS/2 Gaming gets its biggest game yet!

Stardock Systems, a leading OS/2 software vendor, announced Trials of Battle today. Trials of Battle, a fast paced first person action game that has been described as a combination of Quake and Mech Warrior, is in fact the first 3D action game designed specifically for OS/2.

Developed by Shadowsoft, Trials of Battle uses all of OS/2's latest multimedia advances. Trials of Battle has excellent graphics, sound, and a full digital musical sound track.

In Trials of Battle, you have been taken to a distant world where you must compete against other beings in an arena. You can choose from up to 3 different combat vehicles and equip them with weapons, armor, sensors, and a host of other abilities. Users gain purchase points from their deeds in the combat arena and can continually improve their craft. As players move up in rank and points, tougher opponents enter the arenas to challenge the player.

Trials of Battle clearly stands apart from other games of the genre by boasting sophisticated computer controlled enemies. Unlike games such as Quake, DOOM, Duke Nukem, Mech Warrior, etc. where the computer players try to defeat you by overwhelming numbers, the AI in Trials of Battle will try to dodge your shots, escape if necessary, and attack very aggressively.

But Trials of Battle also shines in its multi-player abilities. It has possibly the most flexible multi-player interface yet seen In a game. When a player starts a multi-player game, others can join that machine from the LAN (Local Area Network), directly from the modem, or from the Internet all at the same time. Up to 12 players can be in the arena at once and even join games that are already in progress.

"Anyone that's ever played a multi-player game knows how much of a pain it can be to start it up. Trials of Battle was designed to make multi-player games a snap. My friends and I can be playing and others can join in during the middle of it." said Wardell.

The graphics in Trials of Battle are easily some of the best seen in the 32-bit gaming world. The team that developed the graphics for Trials of Battle has previously worked on several well known projects including the Babylon 5 TV show's star ships. Trials of Battle is also the first commercial OS/2 game to support DART's digital mixing allowing several sounds to be played at the same time.

Because Shadowsoft and Stardock didn't want to exclude any OS/2 users from the game, it supports adjustable graphics quality allowing users with even a 486DX to play. Users with high end machines can turn on the high end texture mapping to give the game a more realistic look.

OS/2 users have had a long time to wait for a good first person action game. Trials of Battle won't disappoint, it's everything OS/2 users have been asking for and much more.

Trials of Battle will be generally available on December 20 and because Stardock expects so many to sell, it has a special introductory price of only $45. It requires OS/2 Warp 3 or later. Trials of Battle will be available at most outlets that carry OS/2 software or directly from Stardock at 1-800-672-2338.

Trials of Battle for OS/2 Warp
Requires:
  OS/2 Warp 3.0 or later
  Sound Card highly recommended
  $49.95 ($45 introductory price)
  Stardock Systems, Inc.       7977b Ronda Dr. Canton MI 48187
  Phone: (313) 453-0328        Orders: 1-800-672-2338
  Fax: (313) 453-1480          Email: sales@stardock.com
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