The files in this package include the full text of press releases issued
during the month of January 1996 and distributed electronically via our
newswire services (see below for more details). Each file is a standard 
ASCII text file, formatted for 80 column viewing or printing using your 
favorite utilities.

The file INDEX.TXT in this package contains an indexed listing of the 
files included. Each line in the index listing provides the News Group
(abbreviated), the news article title or heading line, plus the
corresponding filename where the individual press release or news article
can be found in this package.

The available News Groups include:

      Hwr-Exp    =  Hardware - Expansion (boards, etc)
      Hwr-Mac    =  Hardware - Macintosh Specific
      Hwr-Per    =  Hardware - Peripherals
      Hwr-Sys    =  Hardware - Systems
      Hwr-Misc   =  Hardware - Miscelaneous

      Swr-Bus    =  Software - Business/Productivity
      Swr-Games  =  Software - Games
      Swr-Mac    =  Software - Macintosh Specific
      Swr-Per    =  Software - Personal/Educational
      Swr-Prof   =  Software - Professional/Engineering
      Swr-Sys    =  Software - System/Utilities
      Swr-Misc   =  Software - Miscelaneous

      _News      =  General News
      _Online    =  Online & Internet News
      _Pubs      =  Publications (books, audio/videos, etc.)

This data is from our electronic newswire service that currently appears 
daily on America Online (keyword=New Products) and Delphi (GO COMPUTING
PRODUCT); plus weekly via affiliated local BBS services. Any local BBS or 
corporate networks interested in carrying our weekly "New Product News" 
can contact BBS Press Service at the address below for full details and 
sample data. Note that there is NO CHARGE to any company/author submitting 
press releases or other information for our distribution.

Monthly news archives, in ASCII text or a WinHelp format for Windows users, 
are available for downloading from our areas on AOL and Delphi, along with
delayed copies via the SimTel Internet archives (see below for WWW info).

All company and product information is also cataloged in our PC Vendor 
Database that appears in our area on America Online. The same data is 
distributed monthly on diskette via EMS Professional Software as their 
PC Products Database ($25 + $5 S&H within the USA, see below for address)
and included on their bi-monthly CD-ROM product as well. The database lists 
thousands of products, companies and authors; including commercial and 
shareware software products, hardware, peripherials, accessories, books, 
publications, etc. with addresses, phone numbers, E-mail addresses and more.
A subset of our data is also available in our new book from No Starch Press.
The Computer Phonebook includes information on over 14,000 U.S. and Canadian 
companies and authors from our master database. Check your local book store
or see below for publisher contact information.

Please address all news & database submissions, news archive orders -or- 
inquiries concerning using our news or database information for other 
applications, directly to our attention:
 
     BAKER ENTERPRISES
     20 Ferro Drive
     Sewell, NJ 08080 USA
     Tel: 609-582-9203
     Fax: 609-582-9204
     Email:  RBakerPC@delphi.com  -or-  RBakerPC@aol.com
     
For access to our news archives via the Internet, check:

     http://www.coast.net/SimTel/msdos/bakernws.html
     http://www.coast.net/SimTel/win3/bakernws.html

For more information on our 1996 Computer Phonebook, contact:

     No Starch Press
     401 China Basin St, Suite 108
     San Francisco, CA 94107
     Tel: 800-420-7240
     Tel: 415-334-7200
     Fax: 415-334-3166

For more information on our New Product News for local BBS services,
corporate networks or other organizations, contact:

     BBS Press Service Inc
     8125 S.W. 21st St
     Topeka, KS 66615 USA
     Tel: 913-478-3157
     BBS: 913-478-9239  (includes news service samples!)

For more information on our PC Products Database, contact:

     EMS Professional Software
     4505 Buckhurst Ct.
     Olney, MD 20832-1830 USA
     Tel: 301-924-3594
     Fax: 301-963-2708
     Email: ems@wdn.com
     WWW:   http://www.wdn.com/ems

For information on subscribing to the America Online service, you can call
toll free within the US at 1-800-827-6364 for details.

For information on subscribing to Delphi, you can call toll free within
the US at 1-800-695-4005 or you can reach them via Internet Email
addressed to:  info@delphi.com
