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Information overload. (helpful utilities for managing CompuServe messages) (tutorial)
Is it possible to know too much?
Looking at how quickly my hard drive fills up, it seems like it is.
Where does all of the information come from? Lately, more and more of it seems to come from CompuServe. Keeping old, tattered threads?
There's so much valuable stuff on my hard drive that there's nothing to discard. Besides, the stuff cost me money to accumulate, so it would be wasteful to throw it away. The trick is to get the most use out of it. If you've just started using TAPCIS, I'm sure you've noticed that trying to follow the conversations can be frustrating. The new messages are appended to the end of each Forum's MSG file, regardless of the fact that they refer to messages sent 14 sessions ago. This quickly leads to a computerized bedlam of unrelated responses.
One of the best things you can do to combat untidy threads is to use TAPORDER. This handy shareware utility from GRIMS Associates sorts your messages into continuous threads for you to view with TAPCIS. But that's not all. It also:
* Removes duplicate messages
* Updates the number-of-replies for each message
- Use your time wisely. (TAPCIS moves thought time off-line)(includes information...
- Magazine article from: Data Based Advisor Frier, David April 1, 1991 700+ words
...are downloaded. Once messages have been downloaded...can page through the messages you've downloaded...R" key to initiate TAPCIS' built-in message editor. The editor...the editor to compose messages on a new discussion...
- With RLIB, you don't have to do it all yourself. (Software Review) (RLIB...
- Magazine article from: Data Based Advisor Riley, Joe June 1, 1992 700+ words
...centralized RLIB error message handler so that they...program, RLIB includes Message[underscore]Reader, a TAPCIS utility for organizing downloaded CompuServe messages off-line, which can then be browsed. The Message Reader source code is...
- Shareware shop. (shareware front ends for online information services) (Online)...
- Magazine article from: Computer Shopper Gralla, Preston September 1, 1993 700+ words
...the process. TAPCIS works by taking...download the message headers from...you're done, TAPCIS goes back online...downloads those messages. You read and...offers a better message editor. When...than the austere TAPCIS. OzCIS offers...and downloading messages where it left...
- CompuServe can be a LAN manager's help desk (of sorts). (local area networks)...
- Magazine article from: InfoWorld Merenbloom, Paul December 21, 1992 700+ words
...on 30 or 40 forums per day. TAPCIS only collects information on...keyword searching on captured message threads, so there's little...through. In addition, because TAPCIS batches these actions and does...step (to read or reply to a message), it saves you lots of money...
- Data dictionaries and demos. (using the Data Based Advisor Forum on CompuServe)...
- Magazine article from: Data Based Advisor Schaffhauser, Dian L. March 1, 1991 700+ words
...have taken our advice to use TapCIS to reduce CompuServe communication...other wonderful features, TapCIS lets you read and respond to mail and messages off-line. One problem some...as we've suggested). TapCIS appears to stop operating...
- CompuServe admits NetWire bills pinch too many pennies. (pricing policy...
- Magazine article from: InfoWorld Foster, Ed August 1, 1994 700+ words
...connect-time charges. TapCIS also keeps a log of its...savings that he uses TapCIS for in the first place...Penny fired off several messages to CompuServe's customer...posted a query on the TapCIS forum. For good measure, he also left a message on InfoWorld's Gripe...
- Off-line readers save you money on CompuServe. (question-and-answer) (Help...
- Magazine article from: InfoWorld Glass, Brett August 29, 1994 700+ words
...He suggested that you post a message on the Internet or on an on...Can you explain what this message means? Frank Bartucci A...compilers, this error message crops up due to a bug in Microsoft...read about a program called TapCIS, a CompuServe off-line reader...
- The Windows way thru CompuServe. (Windows-based auto-navigation programs for...
- Magazine article from: Data Based Advisor Covell, Holly June 1, 1993 700+ words
...graphically depicts forum message threads. One user says...of the context of the messages he reads. You can find...released. If you've used TapCIS, you'll find WINCIS...you'll be able to use TAPCIS scripts. I've tried...and post a "Feedback" message, or post a message to...
- Client/server explosion.
- Magazine article from: Data Based Advisor Covell, Holly April 1, 1993 700+ words
...the forums that allows for messages up to 10K in length. You...program. CISOP, OzCIS, and TapCIS require you to make a small...they'll accept your longer messages without squawking. CISOP...F10 to confirm and exit. For TapCIS 5.4x, just make sure that...
- Putting the pieces together; DBAVIEW is a thread organizer, an information...
- Magazine article from: Data Based Advisor House, Bill February 1, 1992 700+ words
...XBS 2.ZIP. The messages are in SAV files...viewing as-is with TapCIS. (You must use...debate, when the messages were primarily in...threads by importing messages by subject. Because...this, successive message imports on the same...information base out of TapCIS SAV files, anyone...