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Subject: Check This Out
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 96 15:46:31 -0500
From: "Peter O'Keefe" <biology@dreamscape.com>
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I understand that most of you have heard alot about NetBATCH lately.  =
NetBatch 1.08 was supposed to be released into beta 2, but it was =
heald back.  There are sooo many new features in 1.08, that it was =
almost overflowing.  Therefore, the guts of the Netbatch which talk =
to a Netscape Navigator/compatable application have to be rewritten.  

This has become quite a task.  So, Netbatch 1.08 will be released in =
stages, each one will(or should) be faster and easier to use.  The =
first new release will be 1.05, which is designed to not take up much =
processor time, and try to work only when the machine is semi-idle.  =
1.05 will not support a timeout feature.  

1.04 is the current version, and is completely stable(as far as =
everyone knows).  If you havent tried it, as the cheif programmer, I =
suggest you do.  

NetBATCH downloads files in batches, automatically.   To add a file, =
simply copy and paste the url into the list, and hit "ADD +."  When =
you are ready to download, just push "GO   !"

Reasons to use NetBATCH:

=80  It's free.  The development of NetBATCH is completely funded by =
other means.  If this means that you will see lots of banners and =
stuff at the site, it is worth it.  

=80=A0 On an average modem it's a 2 minute download to speed up your =
life.  What do you usually do when you need to download more than one =
file?  Do you keep checking to see when it is done, and then click on =
the next file? Or do you try to download everything at once, in =
sepreate windows.  This slows everything down, and takes more time.  

NetBATCH takes care of all of this for you!  It starts the next =
download as soon as the other one is finished.  

http://www.dreamscape.com/biology/

=80  Have you ever used a Net install when there is more than one =
file to download?  Did you know it is faster to download in segments? =
 <actual benchmarks comming soon!>

With NetBATCH, you can download in segments very easily.  

http://www.dreamscape.com/biology/

=80 Have you ever had to send an URL across the internet with a =
password?  Do you ever wonder about anyone getting into it?  

NetBATCH is great for passworded URLS, because you cant see the =
password on the screen, unless you use some wierd form of editor to =
extract them.  Each file can have a password included, and all you =
can see onscreen is the final entery in the url (i.e.: =
http//mysite.com/mydir/myfile.hqx would only show myfile.hqx)

http://www.dreamscape.com/biology/

=80  Get tons of software with premade autofiles!  Netbatch users can =
go to an autofiles site and use these files in NetBATCH.  Autofiles =
is the name of the format that NetBATCH saves in.  There are tons of =
them at the NetBATCH support site.  

http://www.dreamscape.com/biology/


------/\/etbatch--------------------------------
Get NetBATCH, a batch download utility for the Macintosh at:
http://www.dreamscape.com/biology/
On the average modem, it is a 2 minute download to speed up your =
life.