We started our meeting with the Windows SIG at 6:30 PM. Shared high-speed Internet access is still a hot topic. William LaMartin has an outstanding article on our web site covering just this issue. It was in our April 2001 newsletter and can be found at http://www.tpcug.org/newsletter/nl_2001/april2001/netgear_router.htm. Wireless networking is becoming more visible but the cost is still too high in most people’s opinion.

Mary Sheridan began the general meeting at 7:00 PM by announcing a change in venue for our monthly meeting. We will be going to the Jan Platt Library building at 3901 S Manhattan starting in June. She then announced our presenter, Mr. Sebastian Frey of 4D.

4D makes a web enabled data base program that includes a web server application and internal data encryption. 4D is intended as a tool for the small to middle size business but is scaleable to larger server configurations. System requirements are a modest Pentium 233 class CPU with a minimum of 32 MB of memory (48 recommended) and Windows 98 SE. The built in web server software is intended for "light work" and Mr. Frey suggested that a large web sever farm would want to use something like Apache or IIS. The web development tool has a built in debugger to assist in fixing web site code that may be improperly written. The encryption system works within the database itself, so if security is compromised from the outside, the information in the database cannot be downloaded or viewed.

For purchasing information go to http://www.4D.com.

• Mike Hodges won a copy of 4D as a door prize.
• Lisa Fagan won a T-shirt.
• Brian Lance won spell checker software.
• Mike Brazas won two T-shirts and a "Missing Manual" computer help book.

The meeting ended at 8:40 PM.u