*****¢ THOUGHTS FROM¢ A¢ MAIL ORDER¢ MEMBER¢ By LARRY TISCHBEIN,¢ Member of THE OL' HACKERS A.U.G, Inc,¢ and L.V.A.U.G.¢¢ September 10, 1992¢¢ Hi, I am Larry Tischbein of¢ 1210 W Broad St, Quakertown, PA¢ 18951-1230, Phone 215-536-5737.¢¢ This is how I became a member of the¢ OL' HACKERS Atari USERS GROUP, Inc.!¢ I have belonged to the LEHIGH VALLEY¢ ATARI USERS GROUP for a couple of¢ years and in the course of events I¢ agreed to try and become the editor¢ of their newsletter when no one else¢ wanted the job. (ED. NOTE: SOUNDS¢ FAMILIAR?) As a result of this I had¢ access to the other newsletters that¢ the LVAUG received from the other¢ clubs that we exchanged newsletters¢ with; particularly the disk with the¢ OL' HACKERS newsletter on it, and I¢ think that they are really very¢ worthwhile and interesting, and I¢ look forward to receiveing them.¢¢ I know that a lot of effort is put¢ into that disk that is sent out all¢ over the world, every two months,¢ even if I can't always operate¢ everything they put on that disk, and¢ I still enjoy it, anyway.¢¢ In August of 1991, I joined¢ the OL' HACKERS club and have been¢ very pleased and happy with the¢ results of being a non-local member¢ and in January 1992 I re-enlisted for¢ another year, (that is a joke folks¢ as I was a 4-F for World War II and I¢ can't enlist in anything at 71 years¢ of age.)¢¢ By mail and telephone I¢ became acquainted with ALEX PIGNATO¢ and RON FETZER and when I told them I¢ had trouble with my 800 XL and¢ Atariwriter in printing columns for¢ my newsletter job they quickly sent¢ me a word processor that does a¢ wonderful job of all of my printing¢ needs for all of my LVAUG newsletter¢ work, and especially since I have¢ managed to upgrade to a 130XE it¢ really has taken care of my printing¢ two columns when I TRY and publish a¢ newsletter.¢¢ Also I have received a copy¢ of the OL' HACKERS disk library (over¢ 300 double sided disks) and have¢ purchased a few disks thru OUR club. ¢ ALEX and RON have also sent me a few¢ disks on their own and out of the¢ kindness of their hearts to try and¢ help me out, since I am a slow¢ learner and it is hard for me to¢ catch on to something by myself. So,¢ when I got in a jam a few times I¢ either wrote letters to ALEX or RON¢ or called them on the phone for help¢ and I must say that they have always¢ taken the time to either call or¢ write to me to try and bail me out of¢ the hole that I have most recently¢ dug for myself.¢¢ That is why I am glad I¢ have become a MAIL ORDER member and¢ since ALEX and RON are also retired,¢ its easier for me to get hold of them¢ than it is for my buddies in LVAUG as¢ most of them are still gainfully¢ employed, also, since they are in¢ Allentown it is a long distance call¢ anyhow. So that is another advantage¢ of ME belonging to the OL' HACKERS¢ even if the club is all the way up in¢ New York state.¢¢ ALEX has been kidding me,¢ and asking that I should write an¢ article for OUR newsletter, so now I¢ have tried to do that and hope that¢ it will be helpful to any of you who¢ might be considering joining as a¢ MAIL ORDER member. I can assure you¢ that you won't be neglected and you¢ will be pleased that you have joined¢ the OL' HACKERS and you will be very¢ pleased with the gains that you will¢ have made by joining this BEST OF THE¢ 8 BIT clubs.¢¢ By the way, I am also¢ interested in receiving letters from¢ anyone that is willing to write, and¢ I promise faithfully that if you¢ write to me I will find time to¢ answer you. So how about it my¢ fellow/gal club members, write! Also¢ I would appreicate any articles that¢ you can give me to put in the LVAUG¢ Newsletter. I had better quit now¢ while I am ahead.¢¢ Larry Tischbein,¢ (a HAPPY OL' HACKER!)¢ 1210 W Broad St¢ Quakertown PA 18951-1230¢ 215-536-5737¢¢