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- To Bruce Ratoff, Tom Churbuck, Keith Petersen
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- Proposal For A Collaborate National CP/M User's Group
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- June 26, 1980
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- I would like to propose a merging of the "SIG/M" CP/M User's
- Group now in it's formative stages with "CP/M-NET (tm)", for
- the purpose of public access (via modem) dissemination of CP/M
- compatble public domain software. Benefits to be derived to the
- "programming public at large" are:
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- 1.0 Free access to "professional quality" software for the
- price of a telephone call.
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- 2.0 A "try before you buy" access of "commercial software"
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- 3.0 Software "critique's" of "commercial software"
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- 4.0 "language access" availability as a tutorial aid to a
- better understanding of various languages (BASIC, FORTRAN,
- COBOL, PASCAL/UCSD, PASCAL/M, PASCAL/MT, PASCAL/Z, "C",
- etc.).
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- 5.0 A program "forwarding" network for "mass dissemination" of
- software.
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- 6.0 An "on going" dialogue of "here's how to do it"
- documentation, for implementation of software (e.g., how
- to get MP/M running on your system...,etc.). Believe me,
- alot of people out there are "baffled" at how to write a
- BIOS, or how to change I/O for various systems, etc.!
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- These are just a view of my thoughts that have come to mind on
- this issue, and I am sure that you could add quite a bit to
- this...
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- The time and ability is certainly "at hand", by evidence of
- Keith Petersen's system, Tom Churbuck's System, the Valley
- Computer Club system, my system, and other's...If we could
- standardize access methods, utility formats, etc., as
- "affiliate systems", we could offer quite a bit to the public
- "education" of the utilization of computers.
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- I would be more than willing to be the "West Coast" affiliate
- system, and help in all details of this proposed project.
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- Additionally, we might publish a quarterly "news letter",
- requiring possibly a $12 per year membership fee to cover
- expenses of system operation and maintenance. Of primary
- interest to me, is to make public domain software PUBLIC! Not
- under the control of profit making organization such as èLifeboat (read Tony Gold here...) that (in general) have little
- professional software to offer in their control of the
- CPMUG/Lifelines "racket", much less some of the really "crap"
- commercial software like "BSTAM"! (WOW, did I say that?!?).
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- Also, I suspect that if "SIG/M" really gets "rolling", you
- will have your hands full with the logistics of distributing
- "physical diskettes" to the public...my proposal would
- certainly take care of any problems in that area.
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- To conclude, give this some thought as what we "collectively"
- might do...leave any correspondence on this matter on my system
- or Tom Churbuck's system as an "open forum".
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- Best Regards,
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- Kelly Smith, CP/M-NET (tm)
- 3055 Waco Avenue
- Simi Valley, California, 93065
- (805) 527-9321 (300 Baud Modem)
- (805) 527-0518 (Verbal)
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