******** ¢ ¢ NEWS FLASH: 4/92-passing info to you¢ as soon as possible.¢ ¢ JUST RECEIVED: From our hard working¢ Pennsylvania member BEN POEHLAND. He¢ has just finished mailing & printing¢ (12,000 xeroxes-5000 labels) a total¢ of 1510 Kits at a personal cost to¢ him of $1300.00 to try to get enough¢ 8 BITers to signify their interest¢ in purchasing an ALL 8 BIT magazine.¢ Kits were even sent Internationally¢ to CANADA, U.K. FRANCE, NEW ZEALAND¢ GERMANY, AND AUSTRALIA.......¢ If that isn't devotion way above and¢ beyond, I don't know what is! All of¢ the OL' HACKERS take their hats off¢ to you BEN, and to JEFF. WELL DONE!¢ ********¢ ITEM # 2:¢¢ CONNECTICUT ATARI FEST:¢¢ Save the dates of AUGUST 15 & 16,¢ 1992 for the BIG CONNECTICUT ATARI¢ FEST-to be held at the big SHERATON¢ HOTEL, at the BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL¢ AIRPORT,-WINDSOR LOCKS> Connecticut¢ near HARTFORD. DOUG FINCH is the¢ publicity chairman-&-can be reached¢ by phone at (203) 637-1034, or on¢ GEnie [D.FINCH7], or CompuServe by¢ [76337,1067], or write to him at 46¢ Park Avenue, Old Greenwich CT 06870¢ He has asked for our input, so if¢ you have any ideas or suggestions¢ please contact him.¢ ¢ SPONSOR is- AFFILIATED CONNECTICUT¢ (CT) Groups-which includes F.A.C.E.¢ Fairfield County, New Haven S.T.A.¢ R.R., and Danbury (D-BUG).¢¢ Inquiries can also be addressed to¢ a BRIAN GOCKLEY, of 18 Elmwood Ave.¢ Bridgeport, CT 06605. ¢¢ Wonder of wonders for us folks out¢ East, so far even ATARI Corp. has¢ tentatively agreed to attend, and¢ also 12 or 13 others including such¢ as ATARI EXPLORER MAGAZINE, I.C.D.¢ TOAD Computers, Soft-Logic, G.F.A.¢ Basic etc.¢¢ Might be fun-so mark your Calendar.¢¢ -=-=-=-=
