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Though electronics engineers have been working more than a decade to refine the bonds between modems and PCs, you still have only about a 5O/50 chance of successfully transferring a file between two PCs on the first try without a lot of rehearsal or experience. The goal of this book is to tip the odds in your favor. In this book we provide you with practical advice and technical information that will help you master modems and communications software, whether you want to link two PCs, dial into anon-line service, or run a program on a main-frame computer from your PC. We also tell you all you need to know about modems and everything having to do with modems: the telephone network, PC communication software, and on-line services. Your authors are uniquely qualified to write such a book. Frank Derfler has been the communications and networking editor of PC Magazine since the fifth issue. Even before PC Magazine existed, Frank covered the communications arena for early computer industry publications like Kilobaud and Info World. Frank also spent 20 years designing and supervising complicated voice and data communication systems for the United States Air Force. Les Freed is the founder and former president of Crosstalk Communications (now a division of DCA), the creators of the popular Crosstalk data communications programs. Les's connections to computers, data communications, and journlism also cover a lot of ground. Before founding Crosstalk, Les spent 7 years at "CBS News," planning and implementing coverage of major news events. Together, we've seen, operated, and worked with virtually every type of electronic communications equipment in existence.