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═Y ┬ULLETIN ┬OARD HAS BEEN MOVED TO A DIFFERENT COMPUTER AND RENAMED TO BE A
SUPPORT ┬┬╙ FOR THE MAGAZINE. ╔T NOW HAS ACCESS THROUGH ╞IDONET MAIL AND
THE ╬ATIONAL ├┬═ ┼CHO AS WELL AS TELEPHONE. ╘HE ┬ULLETIN ┬OARD WILL GIVE
FULL ACCESS TO MAGAZINE SUBSCRIBERS AND CONTRIBUTORS WHO REQUEST IT. ╔T WILL
GIVE GUEST ACCESS TO ALL OTHERS TO LOOK AROUND. ╠OCAL USERS WILL CONTINUE TO
HAVE A LIMITED ACCESS.
╫╚╧ ┼╠╙┼...
╫E STARTED WITH ╩UST ╙TEVEN AND ╔ AS STAFF AND HAVE ADDED ╟AELYNE AS EDITOR.
╫E ARE AT PRESENT LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE REGULAR ARTICLES
OR COLUMNS OR EDIT SPECIFIC AREAS. ╞OR EDITING SPECIFIC AREAS WE WOULD GIVE
PREFERENCE TO SOMEONE WITH ACCESS TO ╞╔─╧ NET MAIL.
╟UESS THIS NOW COMES DOWN TO ME. ╩ACK ╓ANDER ╫HITE, OR MORE PROPERLY ┴LFRED
╩OHN ╓ANDER ╫HITE ╔╔╔. ╚AVE USED ╩ACK FOR 56 YEARS SO GUESS ╔'M STUCK WITH
IT. ╫ORKED 12 YEARS FOR ╒NITED ╨RESS ╔NTERNATIONAL AS ┬UREAU ┴SSISTANT,
PHOTOGRAPHER, ┬UREAU ═ANAGER, WRITER, EDITOR, TECHNICIAN. ╫ORKED 7 YEARS FOR
╘HE ╙ACRAMENTO ┬EE AS AN EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHER. ╧WNED ╔MAGE ╫EAVERS
╨UBLISHING ├OMPANY AND ┬OOKSTORES FOR SEVERAL YEARS UNTIL ╔ SOLD OUT. ╚AVE
WORKED IN ├HARITY FIELD FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
╙TARTED IN TELECOMMUNICATION IN 1956 WHEN IT WAS BY TELETYPE AND CODE TAPE.
╔N THOSE DAYS A FAX MACHINE WAS HUGE AND A PORTABLE PICTURE TRANSMITTER
WEIGHED IN AT 120 POUNDS. ╨ORTABLE TRANSMITTERS WENT DOWN TO 40 POUNDS AND ╔
WAS OVERJOYED. ╥IDING ALONG IN A CAR ONE DAY OUR CHIEF ENGINEER TOLD ME HE
WAS WORKING ON A NEW PORTABLE THAT WOULD BE THE SIZE OF A PORTABLE TYPEWRITER
AND ╔ COULD WEAR IT IN A SHOULDER BAG. ╔ THOUGHT HE WAS NUTS. ┴FTER ALL, WE
HAD ALREADY TRANSISTORIZED THE MACHINES AND WERE USING PLUG IN BOARDS. ╔
THOUGHT WE HAD REACHED THE LIMIT. ╔'VE NEVER REPEATED THAT MISTAKE AS ╔ HAVE
WATCHED EVERYTHING SHRINK SMALLER AND SMALLER. ┬EFORE ╔ LEFT, THE TELETYPE
OPERATORS WERE GONE. ╙TORIES AND MESSAGES WERE SENT FROM DESK TOP TERMINALS.
╘HE DARKROOM PEOPLE WERE GONE. ╨ICTURE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION WERE
AUTOMATIC. ╫ITH LASERS YET.
═╧╓╔╬╟ ┴╠╧╬╟...
═OST OF WHAT'S ON THIS DISK IS FROM FILES ╔ CAPTURED HERE AND THERE. ╥EWROTE.
├OMBINED. ╨UT INTO TEXT FILES FOR ┬┬╙ USERS. ╔ CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER THE SOURCE
OF MUCH OF IT. ╚OPE ╔ DIDN'T VIOLATE ANY COPYRIGHTS.
╘HE PROGRAMS ARE FROM ALL THREE OF US AND TWO FROM ╫ILL ├ORLEY.
╘HE GRAPHIC LOGO IS FROM ╙TEVEN AS ARE THE MAJORITY OF THE PROGRAMS. ╘HE
MENU SYSTEM IS ONE HE WHIPPED TOGETHER FOR THIS DISK. ╚E PUT IN A LOT OF NEAT
FEATURES. ┴ SEQUENCE READER AND PRINTER. ╨ROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS. ╧THER LITTLE
GOODIES. ╚E'S GREAT AT PROGRAMMING, BUT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE AT TURNING ANYTHING
LOOSE AS A FINISHED PRODUCT. ╚E DOESN'T BELIEVE IN PUTTING SOMETHING OUT AND
THEN MAKING A REVISION LATER. ╘HATS WHY THE ╓ISIONPAINT PROGRAM WAS IN TEST
FOR WELL OVER TWO YEARS BEFORE HE RELEASED IT.
╧N THE OTHER HAND HE ISN'T THE GREATEST DOCUMENT WRITER IN HISTORY. ╘HAT'S
WHY ╔'M THE EDITOR AND HE'S THE PROGRAM EDITOR. ╫E SORTA COMPLEMENT EACH
OTHER. ┼VERY TIME ╔ TRY TO WRITE A PROGRAM WE WIND UP ON THE PHONE SO ╔ CAN
PICK HIS BRAIN TO DEBUG WHAT ╔ WROTE.
┴╬─ ╘╚┼ ╨╔╘├╚...
╔N A SEPARATE FILE YOU'LL FIND THE SUBSCRIPTION BLANK AND ADDRESS AND STUFF
LIKE THAT. ╔F YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE , SUBSCRIBE. ╔F YOU'RE NOT SURE, AT LEAST
MAKE A COPY AND PASS IT ON OR UPLOAD IT SOMEPLACE.
╙O ENJOY LIFE AND ╔ WILL TYPE AT YA AGAIN IN THE NEAR FUTURE. ┬E SURE TO
WRITE AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE. ┘OUR INPUT
WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
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