¢ATARI 8-BIT NEWS¢¢Futura Issue 19 - 2nd Quarter 1996¢¢¢* ACPC¢¢ The Atari Classic Programmers Club is to close within a year. David Davies, the proprietor, is no longer taking new members and will wind down his Atari 8-bit support once the final 4-issue subscriber receives his last issue of the ACPC Newsletter. David is in the process of starting up a new mail order computer retail business. In the meantime, ACPC still have some Atari 8-bit projects in the pipeline:¢¢ MENU PRINT, the menu utility program, has been released as shareware. It has a few bugs which made a commercial release impossible. David says that by releasing it as shareware he can work on the program when he likes and provide support to registered users.¢¢ Also, ACPC are currently looking for a talented graphics artist to work on an upcoming game release. Contact: ACPC, Gamdda Wen, LLanerchymedd, Anglesey LL71 4AG.¢¢¢* UKAAUG¢¢ The UK Association of Atari User Groups will continue to operate despite the recent resignation of founder Ken Ward. Atari World columnist, Harry Sideras has taken over the running of UKAAUG and will continue to provide a directory of Atari user groups, public domain libraries, publications, bulletin boards, etc. Send a large SAE to: Harry Sideras, UKAAUG, 49 Haywood Road, Tile Cross, Birmingham B33 0LJ.¢¢¢* NEW USER GROUPS¢¢West of Scotland Atari User Group,¢Roisbheinn,¢Overton Crescent,¢Johnstone,¢Renfrewshire¢PA5 8JB.¢¢Brian Coplin,¢20 Brynymor Crescent,¢Uplands,¢Swansea¢SA1 4QH.¢¢ Both groups claim to support ALL Atari computers. Let's hope so!¢¢¢¢That's all the news for now!¢
