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                     Interview with Clark Oswald                             
       (Writer of: "How to Create...ASCII SIGNATURES"                        
                   "How to Create...ANSI Color Macros")                      
                          by:  Inez Harrison                                 
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 I met Clark Oswald on a multi-chat BBS in the Ansi Chat Chamber.            
 I love ansi but unforunately ansi doesn't love me and I had seen some       
 of his easy to understand messages in the Ansi Conference.                  
                                                                             
 Well, if any of you have seen any of my previous interviews one of          
 the worst things for me to find out is that you know something that I       
 want answers to!  More importantly, he explained to me, in 5 minutes,       
 something I'd been reading in a manual for months and couldn't figure       
 out.  I was impressed and, therefore, thought I'd share with you who this   
 wonderful person is.  On with the interview!                                
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 Personal specs:                                                             
          Full Name: Clark Oswald                                            
           Location: Brooklyn, NY                                            
             Status: Single                                                  
                Age: 30                                                      
                                                                             
 Q:  What exactly do you do?                                                 
                                                                             
 A: I am a PC trainer.  I teach folks how to gain productivity from          
    their computing time by understanding the disk operating system          
    (DOS) and their software applications.  I provide user support,          
    tutorials and manuals for businesses, libraries, and individuals.        
    I recently began a series of tutorials for shareware release.            
                                                                             
                                                                             
 Q:  What inspired you to begin this series of tutorials?                    
                                                                             
 A:  I use ANSI graphics in my work and, believe it or not, I like           
     to play with them when I'm not working as well.  I noticed that         
     many tutorials are written in a way that is hard to understand,         
     even for those who are already familiar with the subject matter.        
                                                                             
     Because of this, I decided to write a series of plain language,         
     self-running, tutorials that lay-out step-by-step instructions          
     for handling different aspects of ASCII and ANSI use on a BBS.          
                                                                             
                                                                             
 Q:  Why "self-running" tutorials?                                           
                                                                             
 A:  I wanted the absolute novice to be able "see" the files as easily       
     as possible.  By placing the tutorials in a ".com" file format,         
     all that is required of the user is that he/she types in the file-      
     name and presses the [ENTER] key.  All of the tutorials in the          
     How to Create... series contain clear, step-by-step instructions        
     in "chart" formats that can be thought of as "recipes".                 
                                                                             
     All of the tutorials include a text-file containing the complete        
     text in the same format as the .comfile with the color attributes       
     and other formatting information stripped. The textfiles are useful     
     when printed as ready-reference materials.                              
                                                                             
                                                                             
 Q:  What made you write the series using Telix for your examples?           
                                                                             
 A:  I use Telix in my work, and I think it is a very good                   
     communications program (by the way, I am not affiliated with            
     Exis, Inc.; makers of Telix).                                           
       While the tutorials show the "step-by-step" for Telix, they also      
     explain in more general terms how to accomplish the same goals in       
     other programs.                                                         
     I thought it was important that folks get to "see" the process          
     from start to finish.                                                   
                                                                             
                                                                             
 Q: How much do these tutorials cost?                                        
                                                                             
 A:  I'm releasing these tutorials as shareware...all that I ask is that     
     folks send a postcard will comments or suggestions about topics they    
     would like to see covered in future editions of How To Create...        
                                                                             
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 I'd like to thank Clark for his time concerning this interview.             
                                                                             
     Clark can reached directly:                                             
                                                                             
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      718-232-1468             OATS & TECH                                 
      Clark Oswald          1558 W.6th Street                              
                           Brooklyn, NY, 11204                             
                                                                           
       OATS & TECH provides practical down-to-earth support services:      
        software integration, training, and custom technical writing       
          for small businesses, special libraries, and individuals.        
                                                                           
        Clark can also be reached via the following:                       
        METRO 212-998-0779                account: CLARK 2278              
        NOVUS 212-721-1206                account: CLARK                   
        GEnie On-Line Services            account: CLARK                   
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