Welcome to the Atari SIG's Portfolio Support Area!
The Portfolio Support Area has something for everyone, from the new owner to
the experienced and advanced user and programmer of the Portfolio palmtop
computer.
The Portfolio Support Area is run by individuals and is no way affiliated
with Atari Corporation. The "Atari" name, logo, and any other Atari
products mentioned here are copyrighted by Atari Corporation. The Portfolio
Support Area is made possible by CWRU, INS, NPTN, and you, the user who
contributes time and information. This area is maintained by the Cleveland
Free-Net Atari SIG. It can be accessed by users around the nation and world
for free by using "telnet" at their college or business by one of the
following Internet addresses: 129.22.8.51, freenet-in-a.cwru.edu,
freenet-in-b.cwru.edu, freenet-in-c.cwru.edu, nextsun.INS.CWRU.Edu.
The Cleveland Free-Net can also be accessed by the phone number:
216/368-3888 at either 300, 1200, or 2400 baud (sometimes even greater).
Once you have connected to Free-Net, you should enter the system as a
visitor if you are not a registered user and apply for an account. The
system will not allow you to post to a bulletin board or sign your name
to a directory without an ID. Type 'go portfolio' at the main menu and you
will be sent to the Atari SIG. From there, select option 7 for the Portfolio
Support Area menu.
Here is a small overview of each section and its contents:
1. About this Support Area
- What you are reading now.
2. Portfolio Description
- A fairly detailed description of the Portfolio palmtop and
what it is capable of doing.
3. Portfolio News
- The place to find the latest announcements in the Portfolio
palmtop world.
4. Bulletin Board
- A general discussion board just for you and your fellow
Portfolio users!
5. Usenet: comp.sys.palmtops
- An international palmtop newsgroup (bulletin board) that
hundreds of users post to and read from. Since the
Cleveland Free-Net Atari SIGOps do not maintain this
newsgroup, you must be extremely careful when posting to it.
A user caught posting profanity or illegal material to this
newsgroup may lose his or her Free-Net access. Read the
Usenet rules in the Atari Library under the Usenet submenu.
6. Product Summaries
- See below.
7. Product Reviews
- See below.
8. Tips & Tricks
- A place for you to share those neat little things you've
discovered while using your computer that make the system
even more enjoyable.
9. Portable Addiction Magazine
- An ASCII publication dedicated to portables is very dedicated
to the Portfolio. These issues are also available in the
Portfolio Support Area and Atari Library.
10. Portfolio User Directory
- Be sure to add your name to this directory. This is where
members can look up other members of the SIG.
Finally, don't forget to use the main Atari SIG menu. There are several
boards there that are relevant to the Portfolio user as well, including the
Atari SIG's General Bulletin Board, The Wanted & For Sale Board, the
Voting Booth area, the Atari Library area, the Help Line (Q & A) board, and
the SIG Directory Services.
REVIEWS & SUMMARIES INFORMATION:
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In order to avoid confusion, please follow these instructions when
contributing a review or summary. When entering the subject of a review or
summary, do the following:
SUBJECT: title/application/commercial, p.d., shareware.
The title is almost self-explanatory, all you do is write the name of the
title you are reviewing or summarizing. You then use "/" to separate it
from the next bit of information that you will provide. The kind of
application in which the title belongs to. For example, if it is a game you
would enter "game". If it is for desktop publishing, you would enter "DTP".
Or if it is for music, you would enter "music". The user looking for a
review or a summary may be looking for a particular application and does not
wish to read through all the other reviews that do not deal with that
application. You then use " / " again to separate it from the next bit of
information that you will provide. If the title is commercial, public
domain, or shareware. The user looking for a review may be looking for a
certain program that does not cost anything for him to use such as public
domain. Or the user may be looking for a program where he can get it now
and then send the author money for his or her work later. The user may only
want to read reviews or summaries for commercial software titles and not
read articles on p.d. or shareware programs. By putting "commercial",
"p.d." or "shareware" at the end of the subject, you are giving the user
needed information automatically without having him or her guess.
The summary and review should also be very informative. You should mention
what it is about, what you like about it, what you don't, etc. Write a
summary or review as how you would like to read a summary or review provided
by other users.
Also, if you wish to contribute summaries or reviews that have been printed
in a user group newsletter, online magazine, or publication, you must first
get permission to reprint it here. You must also give them proper credit.
By not giving them credit, you are breaking the law.
Each contribution that you give will be delayed until it is validated by one
of the Atari SIGOps. This should take less than 48 hours.
And lastly, if you take a review or summary from this section and have it
reprinted in your newsletter or any other publication, please include this
necessary information unless the review or summary posted here was taken
from another source:
Name of article
Author's name
Cleveland Free-Net Atari SIG
telnet freenet-in-a.cwru.edu
(216)/368-3888
type "go atari" at any menu
Thank you and please do your part in making this area a success. The
Portfolio Support Area is only as good as you make it!
If you have any comments or suggestions on how to make the Portfolio Support
Area better then please send them to the Atari SIG (xx004) mail box. The
Atari SIG Operators would love to hear from you!
Thank you,
Fred Horvat (ap748)
Portfolio Support Area SIGOp
and the
Cleveland Free-Net
Atari SIG (xx004)
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