iCE iCE iCE iCE iCE iCE █░██   █▒██ ▄▀▄     ▓█░█   ██▄ NFO NFO NFO NFO NFO NFO

M   A   R   C   H      1   9   9   6

1.  Finally, after months of  arrangement and searching and  hoping and, well,
you get the  picture, iCE Advertisements has  obtained a T1 connection for
our first  UNIX box.  What  does this  mean for you?  A stable, dedicated,
world-wide-web server and FTP  server.  The site will be the one-stop-shop
for iCE on  the Internet.  iCE  would like to thank Novasys Interactive
for  supplying  the network  space.  Novasys  Interactive  is  an internet
provider in  the  Northern  NJ area (201).  To reach  Novasys Interactive,
call (201) 267-4441.  There are other local dialups available.  Novasys is
also on the web at http://www.novasys.com.

2.  Speaking  of web  pages, progress on the  official  iCE web page  has been
made.  In fact, during the month of April, the site will be  opened to the
public!  We'd like to congratulate Syntax Error, Devastator, Xten, and the
rest of the web team on their job well done!

3.  To recap  what you've  just read, the new  official internet sites  of iCE
during this month will change to the following:
FTP (packs, special packs, and apps): ftp.ice.org /pub
WWW (the web page - packs here too!): http://www.ice.org

4.  We'd like to extend a heartfelt apology to those on IRC we sent fake packs
to on April 1.  We weren't ready 'till a few days later, but I'm sure they
all  could  use  another  copy of  the shareware  version  of Ms. Pac-Man!

5.  Friar Tuck, Syntax Error, and myself, along with the rest of the iCE  team
would like to wish a (sort of belated)  Happy Birthday to Lord Soth,  BoA,
Highness, Digital Interface,  and Greater Evil, who  celebrated  birthdays
in March.

6.  iCE would like to welcome another large batch of new artists to the group!
In ANSI, we  welcome  Grendel, Grindstone, and  Zarkon.  In VGA, Shiva and
Stolen Faith join  the happy  family.  Also, Lintec joins  us as a member.

7.  Friar Tuck announced his candidacy for President last week.  He is running
on  the Republican  ticket.  Tuck, who  is no stranger  to the public eye,
simply  wants to get power  in order to  bomb small countries.  When asked
about his somewhat controversial strong-military agenda, Friar simply said
"Fire! Fire! Yeah Yeah! Fire! It's really gonna happen!" over  and over...

8.  Rumor has it that Mass Delusion has missed the train to Mars, so he's been
hanging  out  behind  iCE  Headquarters  counting stars.  All  attempts to
communicate  have failed to  this point.  Electro-shock  therapy begins on
Monday.

9.  The Senior Staff of iCE hereby apologizes to Kabal 13 (aka the FREAK!!!!!)
and Obsidian for accidentally leaving them off  of the memberlist.  It was
unintentional.

10. You may (or may not) have  noticed LS-TIPS.ICE in the ANSI section of this
pack.  This  Lord Soth release is not typical; in fact, it's one of a very
few  of  it's  kind, and  one  of the (we think) even fewer  accurate  and
helpful.  So what is it?  It's the first in a series of tutorials designed
to help  the art  community learn  about  and/or  improve upon  basic thru
advanced computer art techniques.  Look for  more tips from  iCE in future
iCEPacks!

11. In an  event  that proved the  effectiveness of  cryogenics, Tempus Thales
contributed to this month's pack!  While his much-anticipated full ANSI is
still a pack  or two away, Mr. Thales was unfrozen long enough to  work on
a couple of ANSIs with Corpulent Cow.  Will wonders never cease?

12. Speaking of Tempus Thales, his  board, Sanctuary (iCE World Headquarters),
will  be down for  a temporary  period of time during  the month of April.
His roommate has  a long-distance  addiction, and spent way too much  time
phoning "the deuce" in Australia.

13. This month iCE has released Neurotic's  retirement ANSI.  A  former member
of the group, Neurotic  has been one  of the scene's more prolific artists
during his tenure.  Neurotic was most  recently with  Legend, but rejoined
to  release  his final  work.  After  this  month,  Neurotic  will  become
inactive, and  we can only hope that he  will come  out of  retirement one
day in the future.  Good luck, Neurotic, and good-bye.

13. Toon Goon (a.k.a. Jae)  has  stepped down  as co-coordinator  of the  ANSI
department.  Lemonade is  now the sole coordinator of the ANSI department.

14. Greater Evil has  been promoted to  coordinator of  the Coding department.
Ever since joining iCE, he's been a constant contributor  to iCE projects.
Congratulations, Bob!

15. In keeping with the  spirit of family  cooperation, iCE proudly  announces
the  iCE  Healthcare  Package, our  internal health care  and  information
service.  iHP, as  we  call  it, is  automatically  available  to all  iCE
members active or inactive.  Dr. Syntax Error heads up this groundbreaking
new section of iCE!

16. Let it be known that Force Ten, maker of this pack and  info file, now has
a full  head of beautiful grey hair.  Poor guy's getting old, and has been
saying things like "back in my day..." quite often. . .

17. Another  great pack  from a  great group of  artists who are  also a great
group of friends.  Extra special thanks to Snake Grunger, Lemonade, Syntax
Error, and Tempus Thales for  their hard work in  the waning  hours of the
pack  release.  Congratulations to  everyone who  contributed this  month!
See you in April!

Force Ten     Friar Tuck      Lord Soth      Syntax Error