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Future AMUG Events:
In the coming months AMUG™ has many events planned.
AMUG Club House Open
For those members who cannot always make it to the main meetings and
wish to purchase Macintosh books at 20% off of retail, the AMUG Club
House is now open. We have Resedit, Excel, Word 5, Inside Mac, programing
books and much more available. You can also get great AMUG T-Shirts, Disks
and CD-ROM's at this location. Hours will be 10:00AM to 6:00PM each day
but call first as we have to run out at times. Call Lea Bromley or
Michael Bean at 277-5006 . The Club house is located at 806 E. Amelia,
Phoenix, AZ 85014. This temporary site is working great until we can
find a more permanent location in Tempe.
On March 19, 1992 AMUG will host Aladdin, Adobe and Symantec. This meeting
will be at 7:00PM in Tempe at the Sheraton Mission Palms, located at
60 E. 5th St. Tempe, AZ. Aladdin will be showing us there new super
compression program. Aldus will be demonstrating Pre-Press. Also expect
new goodies from Symantec. REMEMBER this is our new meeting place in TEMPE!
On April 16, 1992 AMUG will host Claris. This meeting will be at 7:00PM .
This meeting will be at 7:00PM in Tempe at the Sheraton Mission Palms,
located at 60 E. 5th St. Tempe, AZ .
AMUG QuickTime Contest!
The Arizona Macintosh Users Group will host a QuickTime presentation contest
starting March 1, 1992 and ending April 1, 1992. All participantes must have
their submission in no later than April 1, 1992. The contest will be open to
all Quick Time presentations created by the Macintosh community. A board
of officials will be selected for judging based on originality and creativity.
Video, Slide show, Music and cartoon enties are all encouraged. First place
will win $200 in AMUG Bucks which can be used for disks, books, T-Shirts
and CD-ROM's from AMUG. Call Michael Bean at 602-277-5006 to register
your entry today!
Members Auction 1992
Its that time again! On May 16, 1992 AMUG will host its annual members
Macintosh software and hardware auction GALORE. This event will be from
12-6PM on May 16, 1992 at the Tempe Sheraton Mission Palms, located
at 60 E. 5th St. in Tempe. Last time we had hundreds of items available
at a fraction of their value. DO NOT MISS this event. You will be able to
bring your items in for sale from 12-1PM and the auction will start
promptly at 1:00PM.
On May 21, 1992 AMUG will host Microseeds, Now Utilities and TimeWorks.
This meeting will be at 7:00PM in Tempe at the Sheraton Mission Palms,
located at 60 E. 5th St. Tempe, AZ .
AMUG SPECIALS
New items from Apple Computer
Apple has released version 1.1 of QuickTime and AMUG has it available along
with the new System 7.0 TuneUp disk. Expect improved memory and
printing performance from the update. QuickTime is for those folks that
have color Macintosh computers. QuickTime from AMUG is $6.00 for the
two disk set or $20 for all five disks including three disks worth of movies.
If you have not seen QuickTime you really should try it.
Custom QuickTime Movies...
MacWizards will create custom QuickTime movies for you from your
VCR favorites. For $35.00 and 4 disks you can have four clips of about
7 seconds of your favorite family or business video converted into
QuickTime movies complete with your audio tracks. This process is
done with a Quadra 900 and a Video Spigot card. The Quadra 900 Audio in
jack is used to capture audio from the tape while the Spigot card converts
video. Larger films can be recorded if you have a 45 meg removable.
Also custom movies can be created using video camera. If you are
interested in any of these high tech goodies call Michael Bean at
602-892-5454.
Panoramic CD-ROM Special...
AMUG has a limited number of beautiful picture CD-ROMs called Panoramic.
These CD-ROM's list for $119.00 but for a limited time you can purchase
one of these disks with 110 pictures in 24, 8 bit and gray scale for $59.00.
Call 277-5006 for more information.
800K External Special...
AMUG has negotiated a group buy on Fujitsu 800K disk drives
for the Macintosh computer. These drives come with a 2 year
warranty and are available for $98.96 each. For further information
on this great stocking stuffer call Lea Bromley (602) 838-4036.
CD Special...
AMUG has negotiated a SPECIAL pricing schedule for CD players and the
"BBS in a BOX" CD. This CD contains all of the AMUG "Best of" disks,
Apple Technical notes, the AMUG Show stack, newsletter, and Library stacks
plus ALL 9,000 FILES ON THE AMUG BBS! The CD contains descriptions of all the
files in On Location and text file format.
This is the SPECIAL OFFER!
1). Purchase the Apple CD drive
for $599.00 and get the "BBS in a BOX" CD for FREE.
The "BBS in a BOX" CD retails at $119.00 and is a great value. There is no
better way to collect all the software, reviews, news, etc. AMUG has to
offer than to participate in this one time offer.
To order send the amount above plus appropriate sales tax to AMUG,
CD Special offer, 718 E. Campbell Ave., Gilbert, AZ 85234.
For further information call Michael Bean at (602) 892-5454.
AMUG IS YOUR BEST MACINTOSH INVESTMENT!
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AMUG Preferred is now available!
AMUG PREFERRED ADDS NEW CENTRAL PHOENIX LINE AND AUSTRALIA CONNECTION!
Now AMUG Preferred has a 9600 BPS capability
on line #1 at (602) 926-4026 using an HST Dual Standard
and 9600 baud capability using a Hayes Ultra at 38,400
on line #2 at (602) 437-9622 (central Phoenix).
AMUG Preferred now stretches to Melborne Australia
at AMUG's MacContent BBS system at 613-848-2915.
Contact your long distance service for proper daling codes.
Paul Chow is our system operator from down under.
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To join AMUG Preferred send $25 and
your name and password to:
AMUG
718 E. Campbell Ave.
Gilbert, AZ 85234
(602) 892-5454
-Michael Bean
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AMUG upgrades members to System 7.0 or 7.01!
If you want the nine (9) disk set of System 7.0 and a great book
from the Macintosh Bible folks on System 7.0 all for $25.00 plus
$3.50 shipping then send your order to:
AMUG at 718 E. Campbell Ave., Gilbert, AZ 85234.
You should receive the package within a week.