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COMMODORE MAILINK
Lord Ronin from Q-Link
<m.k.a. Sensei David O.E. Mohr>
[Dave's Forward]: Lord Ronin is one of
the C= Illuminati, and our recent
correspondance resulted in a series of
excellent articles for LOADSTAR.
Thanks, Sensei, for adding to the
illumination of LOADSTARites!
This is sort of blowing my own
horn, so to speak, as I have the
honour of being the Managing Editor
of the Commodore Maillink publication.
But I didn't create the Commodore
MaiLink. That happened back in the
late 1980s.
And we grew a lot since then! One
of the back issue copies is just five
single sided pages. We are a bit
bigger now with 20 pages.
Some readers know me and the
"CML", as it is the newsletter of the
international users group called.
"Meeting C=64/128 Users Through The
Mail", often shortened to MUTTM or
MTTM.
My story with the MTTM and the
CML, started here on LOADSTAR. Several
years back, Fender mentioned the
group, of which he was a member. I
wrote to Fender, and he kindly
answered, giving me contact
information for the current President.
There were some snail mail
problems in the application packet
arriving. However, once it did arrive
I saw this was a group I wanted to
join.
Shortly after joining, the CML
published my article on the Omni BBS.
Within 18 months, I became the
Managing Editor.
OK -- I'm finished with the
personal trip down memory lane. Time
now to explain what the CML is and how
it works.
First off, it is the newsletter
for members of the MTTM. On average,
it has 20 pages of information. We
have the President's Message, new
member listings, and sadly from time
to time, obituaries.
We also include a spiel from the
Month's Editor and announce who is to
be the editor next month. I'll return
to this part a bit later in this
article.
At this time we also have the
Commodore Q&A section, by Rolf Miller.
Permission was granted to reprint the
GeoPublish tutorials from Bruce
Thomas. We also include a series
running on using Busy Bee's [The]
[Write Stuff (TWS)].
And, of course, we have letters to
the Editor, Archiviest report/ad, CML
on Disk ad, Classified section and
some information and programs in
BASIC. That still doesn't fill the 20
pages -- not even with the table of
contents. What else is in an issue?
Can't tell you. Not because the
CML is only for members of an ultra
secret fraternity, group, sect or
anything like that. The group is none
of the above and is always open to all
C= enthusiasts to join.
No -- the reason I can't tell you
is simply because the articles for
each issue are from the members. Until
they show up, the guest editor and I
have no idea what will be in the
issue. Some things have been on the
current state and use of a Commodore
BBS or on Role Playing Games. Yeah I
wrote those articles. <BG> We have had
articles on disk care, drive cleaning
and checking, and how to use [fill in]
[blank on the program of your choice].
In short anything that relates to the
C=64/128. Our articles do not come
from a professional writers, but from
our members -- sharing information
on/about the Commodore.
So you can see that we have a wide
variety of information since we have a
wide avenue of interest in the C= and
that is reflected in the membership.
I won't try to tell you that every
article in every issue will be of
utmost interest to every reader.
Back to the part about the issues
editor's spiel -- as well as the next
editor. Though my job is called
Managing Editor, I do not do every
issue. We encourage the members to try
a hand at doing an issue. My task is
to do at least one issue per year and
fill in when some one isn't able to do
the issue. Mainly though I lend a hand
with questions on putting the issue
together.
Generally the month's editor's
speil is on how the issue was put
together, followed by who will be
doing the next issue. We also include
what format submissions may be sent
for the issue -- such as attached
e-mail, e-mail itself, hard copy,
1541, 1571, 1581, or FD-2000 disks.
OK, from that last line you see a
bias to the Commodore system for an
issue. That is true. The base rule for
doing an issue is that it must be
created on/through a Commodore system.
However, please don't gain the
impression that an issue is done only
with a Commodore Desk Top Publisher
system. This is not the case. Any
system is fine, as long as it is C=!
Some of us, myself included, are
power Geos users. I use Geos/Wheels/
Post Print 3 in 128 mode. I have
installed a different font from Dale's
disk for text. In the past I have used
GeoPaint images, Clip art from
assorted sources, Computer Eyes images
and even some JPGs. All were printed
out with GeoPublish on the Optra-40.
One member once did a full colour
issue, at his own expense!
Many members are fans of TWS, and
create their issues using that
program. I must add that though I have
been gifted with TWS, as of this
writing -- Ah, well -- I haven't
played with it yet. Good that we have
that series on its use in the issues.
In fact one member told me that he
made a SEQ writer and did his issue
with his own program. I haven't found
one that was done in Newsroom as yet,
though any member that wants to use
that programme for an issue is more
than welcome to do so.
As you can see, this is a
newsletter of and for the members, and
changes each issue reflecting the
interests of the members. Should I
also add that all editors and officers
are volunteers. We have a saying that
the CML runs on "Blood Sweat and
Volunteers."
To some, CML seems chaotic with no
firm policy for the creation tools. My
personal feelings is that this fact
only makes it a publication of and for
the actual, interested users of the
Commodore system.
Though I could go on for disks
worth of information, I would do best
to stop myself at this point -- though
I do want to add just one more item of
importance: The membership of the
MTTM, all of whom receive a copy of
the CML, happen to be from Australia
through East Europe, North and South
America. We are an International Users
Group.
[Editors Note]: IUG -- the opposite of
GUI!
For those wishing more information
on the CML or the MTTM feel free to
contact...
Linda Tanner <President>
tannerlj@yahoo.com
snail mail
Linda J. Tanner
RR1 Box 120T
Black MO 63625
<Sensei> David Mohr
[Managing Editor]
lordronin@videocam.net.au
lordronin@sceneworld64.de
lordronin@pol-c64.de
snail mail
A.C.U.G. #447
623 29th St.
Astoria Oregon 97103
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