¢¢ JUST A PHONE CALL!¢ by¢ ALEX PIGNATO¢¢Sometimes something will happen that¢will "MAKE YOUR DAY (or NIGHT)". Two¢nights back, I received a phone call¢that really made me feel good. The¢call was from none other than BOB¢BRODIE, ATARI'S traveling medicine¢man. Yup, BOB had just come back from¢one of his many trips "HAWKING" the¢ATARI products, and doing great job¢of spreading gobs of good will for his¢employers! He had been to ROCHESTER,¢N.Y., and to PITTSBURGH, PA. and GOD¢nows where else, and was now home and¢catching his breath before flying out¢again.¢¢BOB is without a doubt, the best USERS¢GROUP coordinator that ATARI has or¢probably will ever have! His¢experience as a user, club member, and¢club president, all combine to make¢him the best friend that the users¢clubs could ever hope for, because he¢has been there.¢¢As we chatted, he honored all the 8¢BITTERS, by saying how much he admired¢us for our clearcut devotion to our 8¢BIT ATARI's in spite of the lack of¢commercial support! He said that there¢were only about 10 8 BIT clubs¢throughout the good ol U.S. of A.. To¢the other 9 CLUBS, if you are reading¢this column, take heart, don't¢despair, for you are not alone, and as¢long as there are individuals who love¢the 8 BIT, there will be programmers¢coming up with software.¢¢One of a new batch of user made soft-¢ware is a program called "WQNRDOS",¢made by none other than our own KRIS¢HOLTEGAARD, and what a DOS it is. It¢can do all that DOS 2.5 can do and at¢the same time can use some SPARTADOS¢commands as well. You have to see it¢to believe it. KRIS also made a couple¢other programs that he hopes will also¢sell, such as his "WQNR VCR LABELER",¢and his "WQNR UTILITIES" program. Then¢there is ROY GOLDMAN, who came out¢with his new "DAISY DOT III", which he¢is selling. You can write to KRIS¢HOLTEGAARD for a listing of his¢programs and their prices:¢¢ KRIS HOLTEGAARD¢ P.O. Box 533¢ Selden, N.Y. 11784¢¢Getting back to BOB BRODIE, suffice it¢to say that he gave me and through me,¢my 8 BIT club a real moral booster!¢BOB, I thank you for thinking of us 8¢BIT peons. I was beginning to think¢that we were out of the ATARI Company¢mainstream, and thoughts, but his call¢changed that. If you read this, THANKS¢BOB.¢ BYE for now!¢ ¢
