PRESIDENTS MESSAGE¢ by ALEX PIGNATO¢¢ When you are a member of a USERS¢ CLUB, and you have a problem, you¢ attend a meeting and ask around and¢ almost every time, someone has the¢ answer that solves the problem. Thats¢ fine for local members, but what¢ about the poor soul living so far¢ from the meeting place that it is¢ impossible to attend? What does that¢ person do? ¢¢ We, in THE OL' HACKERS have made¢ it a point to respond to the problems¢ of our far flung members. I can't¢ tell you how many times a request has¢ been received and promptly responded¢ to by another member. I recall that¢ recently a member from TEXAS, TOM¢ WRAY, wrote asking where he might¢ find a piece of hardware, An ACTION¢ CARTRIDGE that he wanted. Within one¢ month a member in OHIO, DAVID LANG,¢ responded with information on where¢ TOM could probably get what he¢ wanted.¢¢ At the present time, our member¢ from FRANCE, DANIEL CARRODANO, had¢ his master disk go bad. (Sounds¢ familiar?) He wrote to us, and at¢ present we are on the track of¢ someone in upstate NY who has the¢ disk and will be sending it to me to¢ be forwarded to DANIEL. ¢¢ Then there was LARRY TISCHBEIN who¢ wanted a calendar that would display¢ the whole year, like the IBM calendar¢ a friend proudly showed him. JACK¢ GEDALIUS remembered just such a¢ program and sent it to LARRY...once¢ again problem solved.¢¢ Want more, how about this...A few¢ months back the OL' HACKERS disk¢ newsletter contained a really great¢ program.....WHEN IT WORKED. I refer¢ to TITLCARD.BAS. TOM ANDREWS, our¢ member from SYSRACUSE, reworked the¢ program so that it now works¢ perfectly EVERY TIME. This upgrade¢ will be in a future newsletter, so be¢ sure to look for it.¢¢ These then, are just some samples¢ of the type of benefits one gets from¢ belonging to a USERS GROUP. Its about¢ the only sure way to continue to make¢ your micro more than a "doorstop". I¢ can assure you that the 8 BIT is far¢ from dead, as so many doomsayers¢ claim. On the contrary, I am seeing¢ so much new stuff that I can't get it¢ into our P.D. library fast enough.¢ Don't be discouraged if you don't¢ live near a USERS gROUP, join one by¢ mail, and I can guarentee that you¢ will agree that your dues dollars¢ were never better spent. If you want¢ to join us, get our address from the¢ title screens and write today, and¢ start a great new way of getting the¢ most out of your 8 BIT. We will be¢ waiting for your letters.¢ << end >>¢
