Men Without Hats, Man...or Astroman, Downloading Consumable from AOL

NEWS: > Oglio Records will be issuing a Men Without Hats greatest hits collection in February, 1996. The 14 song collection, which will only be commercially available in the United States, includes such hits as "Pop Goes The World" and "The Safety Dance". The Men Without Hats disc Rhythm of Youth, which was limited to a European press run of less than 1,000 copies, currently changes hands at $150-250 per copy.

> The Belgian Web Site Ultra has put more new information available to all. Included are the official Man... or ASTRO-man? tour diary part 1, connections to other 'zines, and more. Their WWW site is at http://www.provinet.be/ultra/

> Some America Online readers have asked: "Why can't I read Consumable the way I did before (October)?". The answer: America Online has changed the way they take in large "mail files", such as Consumable. To read Consumable now, through AOL, you must read it "offline" - which is usually more convenient. Tell AOL that you wish to download the file, and save it as C951220.TXT (where C stands for Consumable, 95 is the year of the issue, 12 is December - the month - and the 20th refers to the date). Your computer will then "move" Consumable, from AOL, to your PC or Mac.

At this point, you have three options to "read" Consumable: if you have DOS prompts, go to a DOS prompt and type (without quotes) "TYPE C951220.TXT". If you have a word processor, open the issue within the word processor. Finally, if you have this as an icon (picture) on-screen, you may be able to click on it, and it will automatically open.

Good luck!

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