From the Radio Free Michigan archives ftp://141.209.3.26/pub/patriot If you have any other files you'd like to contribute, e-mail them to bj496@Cleveland.Freenet.Edu. ------------------------------------------------ Blythe Systems & Public Information Research announce NAMEBASE ONLINE! FREE PUBLIC ACCESS NOW AVAILABLE via telnet or rlogin to ursula.blythe.org (log in as: namebase) NameBase is used by hundreds of serious journalists and researchers. For anyone with an IBM-compatible or Macintosh microcomputer, it offers fast access to a database of 80,000 names of groups and individuals, compiled from over 500 investigative books published since 1962, and thousands of pages from periodicals since 1973. Areas covered include the international intelligence community, political elites from the Right and Left, the U.S. foreign policy establishment, assassination theory, Latin America, big business, and organized crime. SPECIAL ONLINE VERSION FOR INTERNET ACCESS! NameBase Online can now be accessed via the Internet by logging into Blythe Systems. From your internet site, type the command: telnet ursula.blythe.org When you see the login prompt, log in as: namebase No password is required. To leave the program and return to your home site, just hit X on the NameBase Online menu. Note: if you have trouble with your screen when you login via telnet, (like seeing double characters when you log type), try the "rlogin" command instead of telnet: rlogin ursula.blythe.org ................................................................. ACCESS AND USE THE COMPLETE NAMEBASE ONLINE PROGRAM FOR FREE! This is an experimental installation. Depending on response, unrestricted free access may not be available after our trial period. So login soon and explore this uniquely valuable information resource! After you've tested NameBase Online, you'll probably want to buy your own registered copy and receive regular updates and PIR's excellent quarterly newsletter "NewsLine." The full-featured diskette version of NameBase, which offers a more sophisticated user interface and several additional search options, is available for MS-DOS or Macintosh computers. Ordering, update, and registration information for NameBase is available online at Blythe Systems or via e-mail: write to pir@nyxfer.blythe.org for complete details. * What is NameBase? NameBase is a unique microcomputer name and country index with over 176,000 citations. Each name includes up to 150 sources for a total of over 176,000 citations. When the name has been located in or associated with a country other than the U.S. for a period of years (true of 28,000 names), this information is also displayed. Access time for a single name is about one second, and for all names associated with a country during a time frame is about thirty seconds. The program also graphs the distribution of entry-years for a country during the last sixty years, providing a picture of how well the data covers a particular period or event in its history. Name or country searches may be stacked 50 deep to save time, with the option of printing out the display or appending displayed names to the user's word-processing file. Leading letters and phonetic searches can be used to locate difficult or transliterated names, and the most common nicknames are cross-checked automatically. If a citation is of particular interest, it is possible to extract other names from the same source, or even cross one source with another. (For example, which members of the Council on Foreign Relations are also included in Forbes 400 richest Americans?) NameBase on Diskette: NameBase fits on 3 standard HD floppies, or takes about 3 megabytes on a hard disk. The program can be configured to prompt for the floppy it needs if a hard disk is not used. After purchasing an initial set of disks, update notices are sent out with a list of recent sources, along with our quarterly NameBase NewsLine, and the latest set of cumulative disks may be purchased at half price. The back issues of NewsLine may also be read or downloaded from the NameBase menu. Although only citations are shown for each name (author, title, date, and page number), almost all titles include a screen of annotation. All sources are filed at Public Information Research and a photocopy or fax service is available. NameBase specializes in sources that are ignored by expensive online search services. Many of the sources have never been indexed before anywhere, but now they are all indexed together. Name and country searches are supported, and the program creates country graphs for time periods you can specify. The newest version of NameBase can also perform a search for all names covered in the same source as your criterion name, and the IBM version offers customizable color screens. What some users say about NameBase: "The sheer novelty and volume ... has won positive reviews from disparate sources." --Christian Science Monitor, July 31, 1989 "...[a] treasure trove of intelligence information." --Jeff Gerth, New York Times, October 6, 1987 "...a helpful and easily accessible resource for research into the world's diplomatic and intelligence communities." --Peter Grose, Executive Editor Foreign Affairs, Spring 1989 "...the closest popular equivalent to the CIA's own master computer." --Jonathan Marshall, Economics Editor San Francisco Chronicle "[The references I received] would have been invalable during the early stages of my [research] project." --Steve Weinberg, Executive Director Investigative Reporters & Editors, Inc. The IRE Journal, Winter 1989 "The absolutely indispensable database for anyone seriously interested in global intelligence and espionage." --David Wise, author of Molehunt (1992) * NameBase is published by: Public Information Research a nonprofit corporation based in San Antonio, Texas e-mail: pir@nyxfer.blythe.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - How to Order NameBase FIRST-TIME BUYERS pay $79 for the DOS or Mac version, which includes registration and a two-year subscription to the quarterly newsletter NewsLine. With your disks, you will receive contact information and instructions on how to order photocopies or faxes of original sources from PIR. UPDATES: Cumulative updates are available for $39 within two years of your original purchase. Each Update automatically renews your registration and NewsLine subscription for another two years. ON-LINE REGISTERED USERS: If you'd rather not pay $79 for your own disks, you can still use the program online and be a registered user for $30. You'll receive the printed NewsLine newsletter and a two-year registration, which entitles you to order photcopies or faxes of original sources. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Apple Macintosh computers: The minimum system is a Mac Plus with a single 800K drive, System 4.1, and Finder 5.5 or later, 1M of RAM and 128K of ROM. The program is easier to use with dual floppy drives or a hard disk. The Mac version is available on 3.5-inch, 800K floppies (5 disks) or 3.5-inch, 1.4 Megabyte floppies (3 disks) DOS-compatible computers: NameBase can be configured for a hard disk or for dual 360K or 720K floppy drives. It requires 125K of conventional program memory under DOS 2.1 or later, and works with any type of monitor. The program will also run on single-floppy laptops with no hard disk if the user first sets up a 360K virtual RAM disk. The MS-Dos Version is available in these formats: 5.25-inch, 360K (10 disks) 3.5-inch, 720K (6 disks) 5.25-inch, 1.2M (3 disks) 3.5-inch, 1.44M (3 disks) Enclose a check or money order (US dollars only) for $79 for the first set; $39 for each additional set. Add $5 for credit card orders (VISA or Mastercard) Shipping is included: US orders shipped first-class; foreign orders sent air mail, printed matter (you should receive your diskettes within 10 days). - - - - - - - - clip here and e-mail, mail, or fax - - - - - - - - - - Check all that apply: ___ MS-DOS 5.25-inch, 360K ___ Mac 3.5-inch, 800K ___ MS-DOS 5.25-inch, 1.2M high-density ___ Mac 3.5-inch, 1.4M high-density ___ MS-DOS 3.5-inch, 720K ___ MS-DOS 3.5-inch, 1.44M high-density $79 for first set, $39 for each additional set Total: $ ________ ___ Two-Year Registration Only (No Diskettes) $ 30.00 ___ My check payable to: THE LEARNING ALLIANCE is enclosed. IMPORTANT: From outside the US, please send an International Money Order in US Dollars. ___ Please charge my credit card ($5 surcharge on credit card orders) Visa ____ Mastercard ____ Card Number: ___________________________ Expir.Date:_________ ___ NameBase sounds okay, but I want to start my own database. Send information on MiniBase, a DOS database program by PIR that costs $29. Please print legibly! BILL TO: Name__________________________________________________ Address_______________________________________________ City, State, Zip______________________________________ Telephone (optional)__________________________________ e-mail address:_______________________________________ SHIP TO (if different from Billing Address): Name__________________________________________________ Address_______________________________________________ City, State, Zip______________________________________ Telephone (optional)__________________________________ e-mail address:_______________________________________ SEND THIS FORM WITH YOUR PAYMENT TO: The Learning Alliance 324 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 Tel: (212) 226-7171 Fax: (212) 274-8712 e-mail: alliance@blythe.org -- ===================================================================== Public Information Research Daniel Brandt, President Nonprofit publisher of NameBase e-mail: pir@nyxfer.blythe.org ===================================================================== ------------------------------------------------ (This file was found elsewhere on the Internet and uploaded to the Radio Free Michigan archives by the archive maintainer. 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