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  5. Ç              ü|Çü....Editorial....Çü|
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  8. ÇTheà'FASTER'äÇgroupmembersareproudtoofferyouthefirst
  9. numberofourdiskbasednewsletterabouttheAtariST.
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  11. à'FASTER'äÇisprimarelyareunionof6ofusAtariSTfanatics.
  12. Weallhavedifferentbackgroundssinceamongusyoucanfindex-
  13. Atari800,800XL,130XE,Commodore64,andSinclairQLowners.We
  14. havebeenmeetingeveryweekforabout4monthsandwecomplement
  15. eachotherwell;witnessthisfirsteditionwritteninlessthan3
  16. monthsandaveryactiveBBSafteronlytwomonthsonline.Call
  17. us,ifyouhaveachanceat:(514)489-0680inMontreal,wewill
  18. enjoyreadingyourcomments.
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  20. à'FASTER'äÇasanewsletteralsohassomethinginparticular.It
  21. representsthesingularcharacteroftheprovinceofQuébecbyits
  22. bilingualism.
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  24. OurfriendìRaymondM.DeschênesäÇ,aprofessionnalprogrammer,
  25. hascreatedthemainelementofthepresentnewsletter:its
  26. interactivemenu.Itipmyhattohimforhavingsucceededin
  27. programminginlessthan2monthsthismasterpiecethatwill
  28. affordusfromnowonadefinitelydistinctidentityfromsimilar
  29. publications.
  30.  
  31. ìAlainBirtzäÇ,amathematicsteacher,hasforhispart
  32. conceptualizedthetwodeskaccessoriesthatyouwillfindonthe
  33. presentdiskette.BicalcandTinytoolhavelitterallytravelled
  34. aroundtheworldalready...someFrenchandGermanfriendswere
  35. sendingthemtomebymailrecently!Alainhasmasteredthe'C'
  36. languageafteronly6monthsandisofferingusatutorial.
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  38. ìAlainPlouffeäÇ,acarpenterbytrade,offeredustwoimages
  39. forthemenu'sbackdrop(ColorandMonochrome)thatareincluded
  40. onthedisk.HespentnumeroushoursonthemandI'dliketothank
  41. himforit.Healsopulleddoubledutybyrevisingandtranslating
  42. thedifferenttextfilesofthisedition.
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  44. ìSergeVaillancourtäÇ,officeemployee,ownshiscomputersince
  45. DecemberonlyandalreadyhasgivenusatutorialinPascal.I
  46. mustsaythathelikesverymuchOSS'sPersonalPascalandI
  47. suspectthathedoesn'tregrethisCommodore64andhisTurbo
  48. Pascal.
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  50. ìNormandBrassardàÇ,surgeon,isourofficialSysOpandisdoing
  51. atremendousjobofit.Hesubmitsforourbenefithisopinion
  52. abouttheMichtronsoftware(Version1.8)usedbytheBBS.In
  53. spiteofhismanyoccupations,hewasalsoabletosupplyuswith
  54. alistofactiveSTBBSsinNorthAmerica.
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  56. Andfinally,myself,lawyerbytrade.Iamsupplyingalistof
  57. currentandadvertisedsoftwarefortheST,aswellasacurrent
  58. listoftheSTpublicdomainsoftwarethatwehaveavailablefor
  59. thegroup.I'mveryproudofthisfirstnumberandIthankallour
  60. contributorsfortheirfinework.
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  62. à'FASTER'äÇwillnotletyoudownafterthiseithersinceweare
  63. alreadyworkingfeverishlyonthesecondeditionwhichshouldbe
  64. available2monthsfromnow.
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  66. Seeyouagainsoon!
  67.                                              ìAndréLafrenièreäÇ
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  69.                                         àF.A.S.T.E.R.Ç
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