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Welcome to Voss Net Online
This document is an introduction to Voss Net Online, the premiere Internet
access software for home and business computer users.
If you wish to go ahead and try the service straight away, please read
the file 'Getting Started'.
Voss Net Online provides you entry into every corner of the Internet
including the World Wide Web, News Groups, and electronic mail.
What's Inside Voss Net Online
After signing on to Voss Net Online, the Internet is at your fingertips.
World Wide Web ("The Web")
The hottest feature on the Internet is "The Web". Pictures, photos,
graphics, and text are combined on Web pages to provide an appealing
way to view information and interact with what's on your screen.
Click on the spider web icon to reach the Web.
Electronic Mail
As a Voss Net Online subscriber, you are issued your own electronic mail
address. You can compose and send electronic mail messages to anyone else
connected to Internet and read mail sent to your Voss Net Online address.
Click on the mailbox icon to read or compose electronic mail messages.
News Groups
Explore the hundreds of News Groups that proliferate the Internet.
Interested in a specific subject? Chances are very good that a news group
already exists for you to share your views and benefit from the views and
advice of others.
There are two Voss Net specific News Groups. The vossnet.help group answers
your questions about Voss Net Online. The vossnet.chat group is a free form
forum for you to share with other Voss Net Online subscribers.
Click on the newspaper icon to get to news groups.
Exploring the Internet
The Internet is by all definitions enormous, and it's growing everyday.
Luckily there are reference guides and tools to help you find what you are
looking for.
Search tools with names like "Veronica", "Archie", "Jughead", and "Gopher"
are invaluable for helping you find information. They are all available
through Voss Net Online.
Click on the question mark icon or on the menu items titled, "The Internet:
Guides and Tools" and "Reference Desk".
Financial Services
Are you interested in finding out how your investments are doing at any time
of the day or night? How about hearing the latest from the world of
commerce or getting free tax help? It is all on the Internet and it is all
in front of you via Voss Net Online.
Click on the menu item titled, "Professionals, Business and Financial".
Entertainment
The Internet is attracting more and more attention each day from the world
of Arts, Leisure, and Entertainment. You can find TV guides, music lyrics,
sports team schedules, movie reviews, food recipes, and much more. View
your favorite works of art right on your computer screen. Voss Net Online
makes it easy.
Click on the menu item titled, "Arts and Leisure".
Voss Net Online: The Internet Starts Here!
Enjoy using Voss Net Online. If you need assistance please call the Voss Net
Online Customer Support Team on (01753) 737-999 (Monday - Friday 9:00 - 6:00)
or send electronic mail to support@vossnet.co.uk.
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APPLICATION NOTES
If you are using smartdrive with the /x option, you may encounter some
errors with directory and file creation when using the user interface. This
is known problem and a fix is forthcoming. The temporary workaround is to
use smartdrive without the /x option.
On some hi-colour graphics cards running in 24bit mode you may encounter
'Overflow Error' messages. If you come accross these reduce the number of
colours in Windows to 65,536 or 256.