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* Wednesday, 7 p.m: Director Irwin Winkler talks about his new film, “The Net.” Keyword: Oldsmobile

* Thursday, 7 p.m: Musician Bruce Hornsby in an on-line chat. Keyword: Centerstage

* Sunday, 7 p.m: Urb LeJeune, author of “Netscape and the HTML Explorer,” in an on-line conference. Keyword: Centerstage

CompuServe

* Thursday, 6 p.m: Author Cleveland Amory leads a discussion on cats, dogs and animals of all kinds. Go TWPETS

* July 31, 5 p.m: Musical group Hootie and the Blowfish in a live conference. Go RSONLINE

Prodigy / TimesLink

* Thursday, 7:30 p.m: Comedian Dennis Miller in TimesLink on-line chat. Jump: CHAT

* Friday, 3 p.m: Actor Tom Selleck in Prodigy on-line chat. Jump: CHAT

Internet

* If you want to read the complete works of Emily Dickenson, William Shakespeare, Mark Twain and other famous authors on-line, try https://www.cloud9.net/~sharf/author.html

* The International Museum of the Horse is now on-line, with a vast repository of equestrian lore. Connect to https://www.horseworld.com/imh/

Sources: Company reports, Times reports, wire reports