Before you get to the serious stuff here, you will have to wade through page after page of ‘Gosh! Hey! Wow!' about how you can, “explore the vast universe of electronic information . . . Having got this out of the way however, Hammond gets down to some hard facts, from making up your RS232 cable, to logging on to Nexis, Lexis and Blaise. In between, you will be given information on calling up Dial-your-match, an American Lonely Hearts facility, as well as pages on Prestel, Compunet and Micronet, and a quick rundown on searching techniques. The layout is attractive, with the pages of text being broken up by many little boxes, containing extra snippets of information under the cute title of Log-On Message.
In sum, the author seems much happier when dealing with American systems -which should please the half-dozen people who own a suitable modem and can afford to log-on! The book is really aimed at professional users of computer information ser-
vices who anyway will have their own sources of information. It's good, though, to have important phone numbers and addresses all in one book. Tony Bridge, PCW | ★ AMSTRAD CPC ★ A voir aussi sur CPCrulez , les sujets suivants pourront vous intéresser... |
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