PCM Online Table of Contents: December 1994
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PCM Online is divided into eight sections.

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INTRO

   []  What Is PCM Online?
   []  SysOps Only: How to Subscribe to PCM Online
   []  How to Find and Run the Programs (Batch File and GW-/QBASIC)
   []  How to Talk to Us
   []  Submission Guidelines
   []  Masthead (the Falsoft staffers who bring you PCM Online)

FIRST THINGS

   []  The Issue at Hand: Editor's Notes -- Under Construction
   []  Letters to PCM: The readers talk back

FEATURES

   []  XLSCOM: Choose your own command-line color scheme -- 
          without resorting to ANSI.SYS. <PROGRAM: XLSCOM.BAS>
   []  Whammy: A graphical dice game that requires luck -- but also 
          skill and self-control. <PROGRAM: WHAMMY.BAS>
   []  Alternate Operating Systems: Novell DOS 7.0 -- Exploring
          operating-system alternatives to MS-DOS.

            *NOTE: The BASIC/QBASIC listings for these programs are
             contained in the file PCMO9412.ZIP. If you cannot find 
             this file in the usual file-downloads area of your BBS, 
             ask your SysOp for the file's location.

COLUMNS

   []  Back to BASIC: A BASIC quiz for non-beginners
   []  Business as Usual: PIMs -- Personal Information Managers
   []  FAQs in Focus: The Sound(ing) Board -- Frequently Asked
          Questions about sound boards
   []  Pipeline: Communicating on the Road -- cellular data 
          communications on the open highway
   []  The Silicon Warrior: Life in SimCity

SOLUTIONS

   []  Printing to "Disk" in Windows
   []  Preparing for the Worst With an Emergency Disk
   []  What's on This Disk?
   []  Here's YAFF (Yet Another File Finder)

REVIEWS

   []  Reviews of 13 new commercial software programs:
          <>  11 Million Businesses Phone Book
          <>  All Music Guide
          <>  ClickBOOK
          <>  The Columbia Electronic Dictionary of Quotations
          <>  The Cruncher
          <>  d-Time10
          <>  Financing Sources Databank
          <>  Good to Firm
          <>  Kittens to Cats, Puppies to Dogs
          <>  MoodMaker 2.0
          <>  SmartPad 3
          <>  Uninstaller 2.0
          <>  A Zillion Kajillion Rhymes

PRESS BOX

   []  News Bites: News shorts from across the industry
   []  $$  What a Deal!  $$: Bargains we've stumbled across
   []  Telecom Press Releases: For SysOps and other online enthusiasts

SOFTWARE SHOPPER
   []  Editor's Notes: Playing Through the Holidays
   []  Shareware Reviews: The season's coolest games!
          <>  Jazz Jackrabbit
          <>  Laser Light
          <>  Literati Lite for Windows
          <>  One Must Fall 2097
          <>  Skunny Kart 3-D
   []  FYI: DOSKEY Timesavers (a quick tip)
   []  Featured Selection: Our pick of what's new
   []  New Releases: New shareware programs
   []  New Versions: Updated shareware programs
   []  FormGen's Top 10: Hot sellers in shareware
   []  What Is Shareware?: A cheerful explanation of try-before-you-buy
   []  About the Catalog: A note on Software Shopper's database

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