The December DVPC meeting is a triple-header. We'll have Microsoft with a Gaming Night presentation. Many people don't know that Microsoft is one of the major game software publishers, with hits like Age of Empires, Mech Warriors, and Flight Simulator. eGems will demonstrate their Collector program, reputed to be the fastest, easiest way to gather, access and share facts, resources, data, quotes, graphics and other discrete pieces, or gems of information from the Web. Finally, we'll have our annual Comdex reprise, The Steve and Alan Show, complete with product scoops, tidbits, rumors, and random data direct from Las Vegas venue of Comdex.
DVPC meetings are held in the lobby conference room in Building B at the Bank of America Technology Center office complex in Concord, located near the northeast corner of Clayton Road at Galindo (see the Map to Monthly Meetings on page 15). Please use the main entrance of the building, which is in the center of the front of the building that faces Clayton road.
Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. We will have the next installment of PC 101, our New Users SIG class run by Craig Peterson on how to use the computer, at 6:15 p.m. We will be looking once more at our textbook "Teach Yourself Computers and the Internet Visually". The book can be ordered by contacting Craig Peterson (compmail@pacbell.net). The classes are open to all members.
We'll also have the Networking Table from 6:30 to 7:00; if you have something to sell or trade, need technical help, or just want to exchange views, visit the Networking Table. We may have one of our ever-popular mini-auctions with great products, so bring your checkbooks and cash! Also, as usual, we'll have library disks and those great DVPC mugs (version 2) for sale, SIG news, random access, and some of our usual great door prizes. See you at the meeting!