IBM infoMarket NewsTicker 2.0 README				7/19/96
The NewsTicker is an internet client application that displays news headlines
in real-time on your desktop from a (continuously growing) list of sources.

Current sources include:
  - Reuters (Business, Entertainment, International, Sports, Politics)
  - ESPN SportsTicker (MLB Scores, MLS Scores, News, Etc.)
  - Olympic Games - (ESPN SportsTicker and ACOG Official News)
  - C|Net Central News
  and, pending some paperwork...
  - Computer/Technology News from an excellent online news source
    (sorry, can't say who yet...)
New sources should continue to be added over the summer.

Requirements:
  - One of the following UNIX variants:
    + AIX 4.1
    + Solaris 2.4 for Sparc
    + HP-UX 9.0
    + SGI IRIX 5.3
  - 256-color display
  - About 1Mb of free disk space
  - Motif runtime libraries
  - Full-time internet connection (will support both SOCKS and HTTP proxies)
  - Netscape Navigator or NCSA Mosiac to view full text of news articles

Note:
  - Not a network hog... low network throughput and you set the update
    interval.
  - Not a disk space hog... does not cache any documents on your local disk.
  - Not a screen hog... only 44 pixels high

FTP Location:
  ftp://ftp.infomkt.ibm.com/pub/ticker/

Customer Support:
  Phone: 1-800-23108219
  Email: webmaster@www.infomkt.ibm.com