¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢ Spectrum ERIE CD-ROM:¢ OHAUG's Place In Atari History?¢¢ By Alan Sharkis¢¢ Last month I received an e-mail¢ request from ROBERT BUMAN. Bob was a¢ frequent contributor and, I believe,¢ editor of the S.A.G.E. Scroll, a¢ newsletter produced by the Spectrum¢ group of Erie, PA. Bob wanted all of¢ the OHAUG disk newsletters to put on¢ a CD-ROM that he was producing¢ because he believed that our¢ newsletter was a good example of¢ Atari 8-bit newsletters of the era.¢ He had many of our issues, starting¢ in 1991 and going up to 1996 or 1997,¢ and wanted the rest. I discussed the¢ request at the May meeting. The¢ members present at that meeting¢ agreed to send Bob a full set of our¢ newsletters for his CD-ROM project.¢ Between HAROLD PEGLER, JACK GEDALIUS¢ and myself, we were able to duplicate¢ all of the disks and get them to Bob¢ before his deadline.¢¢ During the discussion, I raised the¢ question of whether there were ever¢ single-sided OHAUG newsletter disks,¢ since I remembered that there might¢ have been such disks. Many of the¢ members felt that my memory was¢ faulty. As it turns out, there were¢ three such issues, all produced in¢ 1990. Before 1990, however, OHAUG¢ produced its newsletters in print.¢ ALEX PIGNATO and CARLOS HURTADO were¢ responsible for putting those print¢ newsletters together. I know that I¢ have some of them. ALLEN ATKINS says¢ that he has all of them. Now that I¢ know that a CD-ROM will be produced¢ with all of our newsletter disks¢ preserved on it, and I also know that¢ copies of all of our print issues¢ have survived, I'm very happy.¢¢ Oh, yes! Bob Buman wrote to me again¢ and told me that the disks we sent¢ him would be returned (they were) and¢ promised that OHAUG would receive a¢ copy of his CD-ROM when it's¢ finished.¢¢ I can't wait to see that CD-ROM. If¢ it reflects the history of Atari user¢ groups, I know that we will all see¢ familiar names, products, stories,¢ and controversies of the day. It¢ will be quite a nostalgia trip for¢ all of us!¢¢ Bob also asked me, as he said he¢ asked many in our community, to give¢ my thoughts on leaving the Atari¢ community. It will be interesting to¢ see what those others, perhaps¢ including luminaries of the 8-bit¢ world, have to say. I feel very¢ proud that I, and OHAUG, have been¢ included in this little piece of¢ Atari history.¢¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢¢
