MicroMind's SlipKnot information robot replies:

If this is a request for SlipKnot Information, you will find a
description of
SlipKnot below...
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SlipKnot is now in beta test, and will be released before the end of 
the 
year.  Announcements of its release will be distributed on appropriate
Newgroups (e.g. comp.infosystems.announce and 
comp.infosystem.www.users).
When released, it will be available for downloading from numerous 
anonymous 
FTP sites.

For press information, please contact Felix Kramer at 
felixk@panix.com.

Descriptions and system requirements are included below:

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SlipKnot (tm)  is a graphical World Wide Web browser (similar to 
Mosaic)
specifically designed for Microsoft Windows users who have UNIX shell
accounts with their service providers.  SlipKnot's primary feature is 
that
it DOES NOT require SLIP or PPP or TCP/IP services.

SlipKnot was designed from the ground up to be optimized for modem 
users.

Features:

1. SlipKnot has a Terminal window which allows you access into your 
UNIX
   shell session at any time.  That means you can use your normal mail 
and
   news readers, and any other operation you normally perform on UNIX.

2. At the touch of a button, SlipKnot will switch into its Web browser 
and
   allow you to retrieve WWW documents in full graphical form (as well 
as
   sound).

3. SlipKnot allows 5 documents to be visible at the same time (though 
this
   can get crowded on your screen).  It keeps a cache on disk of all 
of the
   documents your have retrieved, allowing you to look at anything 
you've
   gotten almost instantly.

4. Retrieval of documents from the Internet occurs in the background,
   allowing you to browse previously retrieved documents in the 
foreground.

5. Requests will be queued up automatically, allowing you to request 
many
   documents without waiting. 

6. You can save full documents (including embedded pictures) into your 
own
   designated folders with associated comments.  This allows you to 
display
   these documents later (even offline).

7. Documents can be printed using your choice of typefaces.

8. SlipKnot's Web renderer makes it easier to develop your own WWW
   documents (if you know the document generating language called 
HTML) by
   quickly displaying any document on your disk that you are working 
on.

9. You can customize the typefaces and colors of the incoming 
documents.

10. SlipKnot will download files via anonoymous FTP directory to your 
PC in
    the background.

Last but not least, SlipKnot will be released as low-cost shareware.

(Note from Peter Brooks, SlipKnot dveloper):  

SlipKnot was created because there was no other alternative to 
accessing
the World Wide Web graphically if you did not have SLIP or PPP or 
TCP/IP
access.  Having analyzed Mosaic and some of its competitors, I 
concluded
that all of these browsers were designed for people with very rapid
communications channels into the Internet, not modem users.  Even if
you
have SLIP access, most of these browsers do not allow you to save 
entire
documents (with the included pictures),  forcing you to retrieve the
documents again whenever you wish to take a full look at them.  It 
takes a
while to retrieve any document by modem with any browser, and you 
shouldn't
have to do this more than once.

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The computer and service provider requirements for running it:

On your computer:

1. Windows 3.1 or higher.  Not yet tested with Windows for Workgroups 
or
   Windows NT.

2. At least 4 MB of memory, recommended 8MB.  We have noticed memory
   deficiency errors at 4 MB.

3. At least 2 MB of available hard disk space.  SlipKnot itself takes
   approx. 1.5 MB.  When working, SlipKnot's job will be to download
   documents for you from the Internet, and these may require plenty 
of
   hard disk space.

4. Mouse or other pointing device required (cannot control SlipKnot 
via
   only the keyboard).

On your service provider's UNIX host:

1. Your UNIX system must have either the program "lynx" or the program
   "www" available.  If in doubt, log in to your host, and try to 
execute
   either of these programs.  You will then know immediately whether 
they
   are available.

2. Your UNIX host must have a program to send files to you via either 
the
   Xmodem or Ymodem protocol.  The actual name of the programs that
perform
   these file transfers changes from system to system, but try the 
commands
   "sx" (for XModem) or "sb" (for YModem).  If these fail, ask your 
system
   administrator or some other knowledgeable person.

3. You must be able to download SlipKnot itself via anonymous FTP.