1. $PECIAL: Last-Minute Gift Buyers--Beat the Budget Blues! Business and personal versions of Mark/Space software are available at extra-special prices!
2. NEW: Online v1.0 VT-100 Terminal Emulator Released (PalmOS)
3. UPDATED: PageNOW! Web Gateway v1.2 Free Update (Mac)
4. UPDATED: PageNOW! 1.1 Status Report (Windows)
5. SERVICE TIP: Mark/Space Customizes Applications for Enterprise Use
6. THRIFTY TIP: Using Communicate Lite for Local Data Transfer (Mac)
7. PARTY TIP: Save Yourself from Party Mania with PageNOW! (Mac/Windows)

Enterprise specials: $100 off the following:

PageNOW! Workgroup or Enterprise Edition,

Web Gateway

Email Gateway (25-User Pack)

Personal use specials: $99 for any two from the following:

PageNOW! Personal Edition (Mac or Windows)

PhoneWatcher (Mac)

$59 for any two from the following:

PageNOW! Lite (Mac or Windows)

PageNOW! (PalmOS or Newton)

Online (PalmOS)

Communicate Lite (Mac)

Online 1.0 is now available for downloading. Mark/Space Softworks has recently acquired and released a *brand-new* version of this very popular VT-100 terminal emulation application (formerly published by Haus of Maus.)

Online is a VT-100 terminal emulator for the PalmPilot, Palm III, and IBM WorkPad lines of personal organizers.

Using Online you can connect to other computer systems and access real computer power and network resources wherever you are. For example Online has been used to connect to Unix systems and then surf the web using Lynx, edit files with vi and emacs - and even to read and write email using elm!

Online can be connected either via clip-on modem or serial cable.

Online is available direct from Mark/Space or PGHQ for $29.95. Owners of the previous release by Haus of Maus may upgrade for $9.95 (via Mark/Space only).

Also, see the Winter $pecial above--buy Online now and purchase PageNOW! for PalmOS at 1/2 price!

A minor update to PageNOW! Web is now available for free to all register owners of the gateway. The update includes updated CGIs and html files and has been tested with the latest version of WebStar (3.0.2). Additionally, sources to all of the included AppleScripts are now included to provide unprecendented ways to customize the look and feel of the gateway so as to preserve your own corporate identity while bringing the power of PageNOW! to your site.

To get the update via email, just sign the guestbook at and request the update in the "comments" field, including information to help us confirm your ownership of a previous version (such as date/place of purchase, Mark/Space invoice number, etc).

Note that if you'll be buying the Web Gateway for the first time, now is the time to do it during the $100-off special Winter Holiday discount!

PageNOW! 1.1 for Windows is nearing completion.

Among many enhancements are:

If you're struggling with the need to manage your messaging activities, Mark/Space Softworks offers customization, bundling, and private labelling of all its products. From small business to Fortune 500 enterprise to nationwide paging vendor, we can deliver a custom solution that meets your needs!

Please contact Brian Hall, President and CEO of Mark/Space via email to begin exploring the solutions we can develop for you!

I'd like to transfer data from an older Macintosh computer to my iMac by running a phone cable from its modem to the iMac's built-in 56K modem. Is this possible? If so, what is the process for transferring files?

While Ethernet is a much faster way to transfer data, if your older Macintosh is not Ethernet capable, you can use Mark/Space's Communicate Lite to perform the transfer. Here's how to do it:

01) Connect both modems with a standard telephone cable.

02) In Communicate Lite, open a new Session in each computer.

03) For both computers, under the Settings menu set the Connections Settings to:

Method: Serial Tool

Baud Rate: 57600

Parity: None

Data Bits: 8

Stop Bits: 1

Handshake DTR & CTS

Current Port : Internal (or appropriate port)

04) For both computers, set or leave the default File Transfer Settings as:

Protocol: ZMODEM Tool

Method: MacBinary

Transfer Options: Standard

05) On the receiving computer, in Communicate Lite, select a receiving folder.

06) Open the Connection in the sending computer (this will let you type modem AT commands).

07) On the sending computer, type: ATD

08) On the receiving computer type: ATA
(The modems should begin to negotiate and indicate a connection speed.)

09) Once the modems are connected, select Send File from the Session menu on the sending computer.(Select a StuffIt archive file of the data you wish to send.) On the receiving computer, select Receive File.

10) The computers should start to send and receive the file via ZMODEM.

You've lots of parties to attend, and you want to make it to all of them, but boring, end-of-year meetings are getting in you way, eh? Worry no more! Just use your desktop version of PageNOW! to page your text pager or PCS phone with alerts, directions, excuses to get our of meetings, or reminders of the times of your next activity.