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From: brent@well.UUCP (Brent Southard)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: MS-DIAL and OnLine
Message-ID: <14014@well.UUCP>
Date: 9 Oct 89 14:04:16 GMT
References: <20290@usc.edu> <13972@well.UUCP> <20323@usc.edu>
Reply-To: brent@well.UUCP (Brent Southard)
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Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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In article <20323@usc.edu> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:

[talking about MS OnLine...]

>What is this "excess usage". Are accounts allotted a max time/month or
>something like that and billed differently when exceding that amount?

When you pay your yearly fee, you are allocated 1 hr/month of online time.
Actually, I believe you are allocated 12 hours credit, i.e. the time is
carried from month to month.  Time over and above the 12 hours is billed at
$25/hr, I believe.  Perhaps a Microsoft employee can correct me if I'm
wrong.

>>brent southard  (313) 656-8349   |   usenet:  ...!well!brent
>>ImageTech Corp  (313) 362-3141   |   
> ^^^^^^^^^
>What kinds of MS-Windows products does ImageTech have?  On a similar subject,
>I've read that there are a number of products that "facilitate" MS-Windows 
>programming, and others that provide a "uniform" interface to both MS-Windows 
>and OS/2/PM allowing easy portability.  What are usenetter's esperiences and
>recommendations for these?   What I'd be afraid of is the "extra" overhead that
>must be instruced by this extra interface.  If these items have been covered
>extensively previously on this group, please just e-mail. Thank you.

ImageTech produces a Windows program called 'MARVIN'.  It is an Image
Database application which enables you to scan or import bi-level images
into a proprietary relational database.  Image compression/decompression is
handled either by software or (KoFax) hardware.  Documents may be viewed,
printed, or exported to many file formats.  It's a product aimed mostly at
vertical markets.

Personally, I don't have experience with any of the programming facilities
you're talking about, but I'm interested in trying CommonView soon.

(Marco, going to COMDEX?  If so, send email -- maybe we can meet.)

-brent

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