The Newsletter of the Information Industry in Hawaii Volume 2, Number 2

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Sign Up Now! HAWAII INC, FYI Offer Triple Incentive Package for New Users

,~re thinking about registering on aii's information gateway, Hawaii ow is the time to get on board.

For the month of January, HAWAII INC is offering a special incentive package that includes a month's free usage of three information services. Newly registered users can also obtain a discount on modems and emulation software from participating retailers. You should have recently received a packet in the mail describing the offers.

To qualify for the incentive packages, you need to complete the Hawaii FYI online registration process and return the agreement form included in the packet.

The services being offered are Inter­act!, Portal, and Yo! FYI Raps.

Interact! is a locally based electronic bulletin board service that offers interactive chat in a unique environ­ment designed to simulate a small

city. You can decorate your online · home, then invite people over for a party, create a new look for yourself, play interactive games, participate in a wide variety of "forums," or even try to find that special someone in the dating directory. Many of its features have been custom-modified to incor­porate user preferences and sugges­tions, resulting in an interactive communication alternative.

The Portal Online Communications System is an embracing service that includes a variety of informa­tion libraries, nationwide local access, chatlines, special interest groups, and mail. Users can converse in real time with other people using the Portal meeting system, which can cover every­th~ng from regularly scheduled chats and impromptu conversa­tions to organized games, with no hourly charge. Portal mail is linked to major networks including the Internet.

Interact! is First Local Online Pay Service

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Alan Isobe and Bruce Kim. Graduates of the University of Hawaii in computer science,theyrecognized the need for online services in the state and created Interact! "to provide a quality service to the local community at a reasonable price."

With the first fee-based

Alan and Bruce: "We run a clean system."

using Hawaii's own gate­way. Ac­cording to Bruce, '1t is a challenge, but we are confident that if we offer excep­tional service and focus on the satisfac­tion of our

service on Hawaii FYI, they say they intend to prove the viability of online

users, we're going to have a successful operation on our hands." of

Yo! FYI Raps is a bulletin board/chat service initially offered by HA WAIl INC to stimulate student interest in online communication.

The incentive package represents a total value of more than $50. Users will be under no obligation to con­tinue using the services after the free month. If they choose to continue, applicable fees will vary by service. of

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I received an interesting letter the otherda}'ttom Carolyn Moss~/:ar teacher at Princess Kaiulani elementary .. sc)ooUn Honolulu. Her sfu-: dents include a number of children front'ilnmigrant families, who.seem to recognize ~t being able to communicate is a vital element in ~ ability to get ahead in their new world. 1:he(v~ signed up fot Yo! which says is "a ~

Three Appointments for Info Types K-en AUenr.one of the featured speak­

TS-41ast year, has been president of the Informa­

Association. He was previously vice president for govern­ment relations.

HAWAII INC Advisory Council member Raleigh Awaya was named Director of Information Services for

Pacific Resources, Inc. He was previ­ously associated with the East-West Center.

Executive Director Arthur Koga was appointed to the board of directors of Hawaii Children's Museum of Arts, Culture, Science, and Technology . ...

Computer Software Buffs Can Connect With HSSC BBS

are Service Center (HSSC) bulletin board.

The HSSC BBS includes a profile of 82 local software companies and their software applications. The listing is taken from the Center's publication Hawaii's Guide to Software Companies/Catalog of Software Applications.

Other software-related topics on the BBS include notices of federal and state opportunities; sales channels, distributors and support services; technology transfer opportunities; high-tech calendar of events; high tech employment opportunities and resumes on file; teleconferencing; special interest groups; and e-mail services.

HSSC is a project of the High Technol­ogy Development Corporation, an agency of the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. The center also sponsors workshops and seminars, supports Hawaii firms at trade shows, and coordinates projects for the Digital Media Lab in the newly completed Manoa Innova­tion Center. HSSC recently moved from its home in the Kaimuki Technol­ogy Enterprise Center to new quarters in the new Manoa facility . ...

Ken Allen, Information Industry Association president.

Electronic Explorations ByMelNakahara

If you're up for some touring and don't want to venture beyond the comfort of your own home, here's something you could try with your whole family-and all you need is a home computer and a modem. This expedition will take you from Hawaii to Ohio with a short stop­over in California, all at no charge.

The first step after logging into Hawaii FYI is connecting to the University of Hawaii's CARL system (%UHCARL). For the record, CARL stands for Colo­rado Alliance of Research Libraries. UHCARL not only connects you to the card catalogs of the Hamilton and Sinclair libraries but also to other

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universities across the nation. Selecting Option 7, Out-of-state Libraries and Databases, from the main menu will produce a list of options, one of which will advance your journey to the University of California (Option 56).

If you are not that familiar with telecom­munications, you may notice the word "connecting" on your screen and not realize what is really happening. You will actually be connecting to another system that is located within the University of California, and what appears on your screen originates from across the Pacific Ocean. The system is called MEL VYL Library System. You will only be able to access some of the options listed, two of which are NASA's Online Data and Information Service and the OCEAN Information Center. Another option takes you from Califor­nia to Ohio. Entering "CFN" will start the next leg of your trip to Cleveland, Ohio.

When the connection is made, you will

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be greeted by a cityscape, welcoming you to the Cleveland Free-Net Commu­nity Computer System (CFN). CFN is located on the campus of Case Western Reserve University. You will be given an opportunity to register on the system by filling out a questionnaire and sending in a request form. Registration will allow you to participate in the various forums and chat conferences and use the e-mail system.

An alternate option is to go in as a visitor. A visitor will have access to all conferences and be able to read but not to enter messages or mail or to partici­pate in the chat areas.

The CFN system includes an Adminis­tration Building where you can get information and help on using the system, a Post Office option which permits e-mail to be sent and received, and a Communications Center for file transfers and online chatting. A Teleport option allows you to transport

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Ah, Romance! An Electronic, Interactive Love Story

'fe<~i1fology may be different, chemisfry never -changes:

the story of a high tech - --courtship, played out on Hawaii

FYI's popular Yo! FYI Raps chatline. Because the connection was there, "Honeysweet" started a conversation with "Cowboy" last year. "Honey-sweet" turned out to be Shana Valdez, who lived on Maui when this courtship began, and the smooth-talking "Cowboy" was Calvin Yoshida from Wind­ward Oahu. They chatted, ar­ranged to meet, dated, and are now making plans for a wedding next June.

We found out about all this when Calvin responded to the Hawaii FYI User Satisfaction Survey and noted at the bottom, "P.S. Thanks for FYI. Because of it, I'm getting married next year. Mahalo!"'"

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e-mail to other systems such as CompuServe, Internet, BITNET, and FidoNET. There are other "buildings" that you can visit, such as the Medical Arts Building, Science and Technology Center, Courthouse, and Government Center. There's even a Public Square and Business and Industrial Park. The symbolic electronic community that CFN has created may be one of the better representations of how people

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work, study, and play together on an electronic network.

One of the more attractive features of CFN is USA Today Headline News. USA Today also relays subject-specific news in various areas of the system. As a visitor, you'll probably spend the entire hour that is allotted visiting the different areas on the system. As the name implies, CFN can be accessed at no cost.

When it is time to return home, just click your heels three times and enter "// EXIT" twice. That will whisk you right back to Hawaii's own Manoa campus and out into Hawaii FYI again. Node­hopping is fun and can be exciting, and at the same time, it can become a valuable tool in expanding your information resources. Getting past the bits and bytes and techno-acronyms, there is a real, live community out there waiting for you! ...

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