يEيCfأçü       Initializing Media      e messagethat programming a computer need not be difficult.To stimulate discussion on the programming processas carried on by ADAMites and thereby achieve a comparison of      notes on the process of software development.Introduction:Ok, hands up!  How many of you have ever written a program?How many of you depend on others to provide you with software for  your computer? How many of you think that your ADAM User Group     exists for the sole purpose of providing you the members with      softwarFIRST DIR  پUھے BOOT       گDIRECTORY  طAC5PRESH  €AC5REPH   AC5PARTYH &AC5RPTH   2ACON1994H 9€ADAMNEWSH ;ARKOFICEH C€ASGH      HBABBLINGH KDECISIONH OLTR-CLEEH T€LTR-PJHH  a€LTR-REIDH g€NEWLKBBSH kREADME1STHqTAKETWOH  s€TIPS-JVH  ‡oes up.  I tell     them that I try to do a little bit of programming, and that I      find it interesting, and the reply is usually a very indignant     and huffy, "Well I DON'T".Excuse me!Speaking from my own perspective, I find that the real "happy      days" with my ADAM computer were those early ones where I wanted   it to do something for me, but I had no software.  There was       little in the stores; I didn't know who Guy Cousineau was; Cherry  Hill was a place in the States I'd never heard of,‚CےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےNotes from the Presentation by Ron Mitchell at ADAMCON 05Working Title:  ME PROGRAM? NO WAY!by Ron MitchellFor ADAMCON 5July 22 - 25, 1993Objective:  To consider some of the steps that lead up to the development of a program, and to convey the?Reminds me of an old adage; something about giving a man a fish    versus teaching him how to fish.  How does it go?Now I'm not up here to preach, but it seems to me that a whole     lot of people are missing out on the real power of a home          computer like the ADAM by taking the view that programming is for  experts.  In fact, with most of the the computer perversos I       know, I cannot get into a stimulating discussion about programming       because the moment I mention the word, a wall gTOWHOMH   ‰		DECISIONS:’

BLOCKS LEFTœBLOCKS LEFTœ and NIAD was a  million miles away.  What's more, there were a hundred things      about ADAM I wanted to find out, things like why doesn't           SmartBASIC have any commands that put graphics and text on the     same screen? How does ADAM put those little images on there so     that they dance over top of the rest of the picture without        wiping it out? There was a whole list of things.  Those were days  filled with buying books, typing in listings, and thinking up      some of my own solutions tea of a     wish list for the ADAM.  "What the ADAM World Really Needs"        (WTAWRN).  He asked us all to submit our "wish lists".  I can      remember expressing a wish once that Guy could have handled in     under 30 seconds, probably.  It went something like this.For several years I have been on the executive of a surburban      softball league where I used to live.  Each year there are         registrations to be collected, resulting in a huge pile of         cheques to be listed prior to making th going to stand up here and give you  my introductory slant on it all, and then you're going to do  the     talking.  Perhaps we can talk together during the time  that we    have about some of the hangups we have about the programming process, and some of the basic steps involved in       developing a program.  We won't have to deal with programming      languages very much.  What we're going to do is consider the  work that is needed before you utter your first word of SmartBASIC or Z-80 assembler to thfront of me and and my ADAM computer powered down, wondering to    myself how to make a list of these cheques.  There must have  been at least 400 of them ranging in amount from $20.  to $180.   What  to do.Then suddenly it dawned on me that I did in fact have the  answer  staring me in the face.  At that point I did not own  ADAMCALC, in fact I hadn't even heard of it.  So let's just say for the moment that I came up with a reasonably acceptable         solution to the problem.  It wasn't a perfect solu't write more of their own    programs is that when they start out, they have in mind a big      long involved mass of code that does everything except pay the     bills.  In fact most successful programs aren't made that way.     They are done in short, easy to understand modules each of which   does one job and one job only.  But we're getting ahead of         ourselves.Let's not start with the program; let's start with the problem.What's It ForA couple of ADAMCON's ago, Guy Cousineau started the ido my own problems.  There were           frustrations to be sure, but there was considerable achievement.I've had the feeling lately that while I now have more software    than I've ever had, I'm doing less with it.  I find that much of   my time is spent using other people's software.  And what's worse  is the realization that other ADAMITES are doing the same thing.   How much new EOS software has appeared lately?Road MapFor the next few minutes, let's talk about solving programming problems.  I'me bank deposit.  Normally   I would use a calculator or an adding machine with a tape to list  the cheques.  Any of you who have done this or had other occason   to deposit a large pile of cheques will know that your friendly    neighbourhood bank ususlly prefers it if you make a list of the    amount of each cheque and then arrive at a total at the bottom  of your listing.But I don't have a calculator with a tape, and I'm sitting there   after one of these registration days with a pile of cheques in     e ADAM keyboard.Then it will be your turn.Resistance, Objections, Mental Blocks and other MythsWhen it comes to computer programming, you often hear a number of  things being said: - programming is an activity best left to the experts. - I don't know where to start.  There's so much to remember. - It's way to complicated for me.  I just don't have   the patience. - Well.  I really only use my ADAM for wordprocessing. - The computer makes me feel stupid!I think one big reason why people dontion, and to  be honest, in the amount of time I took to produce a listing  of      those cheques, I could have probably solved the situation  far     faster with a pencil and paper.  However at the end of it  all I   did feel that I had learned something and that the experience had been worth it.  More about the solution later.Do You Know What You Want?There's an old adage that says, roughly paraphrased, that if you   know what you want to accomplish you'll soon find a way of  doing  it.  If you're th    instructions that the Z80 processor can understand.  We're         getting ahead of ourselves.In starting out the problem solving process, it seems to me that   one of the things you have to do is to decide what variables       occur in the situation that your considering.  What are the        relationships between these variables? How can they be             manipulated or processed to produce the result.  In many  courses  that there will be a known formula.  In other cases such as the one I referrpe it on the paper.Clear as mud?And so you would end up by saying something like....when I have    noted all the amounts on all of the cheques I will have a grand    total amount which I will place at the bottom of the list of       amounts I have been printing.Now....you've probably noted that this whole procedure is a        little fuzzy.  Question.  If you didn't know what the job was      before I started this explanation, would you know what it is  now? Hmmmm!!What we're talking about here is thhe results saved to a disk file.  Or better yet, perhaps the      results are to be output to a modem for use by another computer.Let's talk about processing for a moment.  What kind of            processing can you think of? - calculating - sorting - storing - retreiving What else?This is where the formal part of my presentation ends.  I have     tried to outline a few ideas about the process of computer         programming.  We have talked a little bit about what the computer  is capable doingsented.In order to help you, here's what your computer can do: - It can print characters to some sort of output device,  including characters to control the format of those  characters; - It can receive characters from an input device; - It can store data in memory; - It can manipulate data in memoryAnd all your Z80 processor can do is get an instruction, execute   it and go get another instruction (the fetch and execute cycle).   So your program eventually has to be expressed in the form of  inking of something you want your ADAM  to do, it might be a good place to start to consider what you would do to solve the problem.  For example:Ok...I'm going to look at the amount of each cheque in turn,       starting at the cheque on the top of the pile.  I will then add    the amount of the second cheque to the first and keep that  total  to which I will then add the amount of the third cheque  on the    pile and keep that total.....and so on.  Each time I  note the     amount of a cheque I will tyed to earlier, there is no processing at all except to add the cheques together as they are   input and maintain a running total.  All of this is really little  more than basic highschool problem solving.  You're give some      information and from that information you're asked to find         something that isn't given.Determining the output is simply a case of deciding how you  will  present the results that the computer has produced on  the screen.  Perhaps you want a print out, or perhaps you want te process of algorithm          development.  An algorithm is really little more than a  verbal or mathematical description of how to solve a problem.And no matter what the problem, the computer can only help you  by doing a number of basic operations. - data input - data processing - data outputSo developing an algorithm really involves arriving at a  thorough understanding of what data the computer needs in order  to solve   the problem, how that data is to be processed and what results to be pre for us and how we can use those resources to      solve a problem.  Unfortunately, the human being still has to  do  most of the work in devising a solution to solve the  problem.Frequently what we do, and where we go wrong, is to sit down at    the keyboard and simply start typing in lines of BASIC code, or    whatever code we happen to be using.  The results, as we all  know frequently don't work as intended.  What is needed is a  good      amount of thought about what we are going to do before we      impression is that     Salt Lake City is either a prairie town pretending to live in the   mountains or a mountain town that has pushed back its Rockies to    make room for itself.  Never did conclude which.  When I told       someone about this mixture of magic, I was unceremoniously          corrected; "No, that's Denver."I'm not so sure.Amongst many other things, what I will remember about Salt Lake     City are:  1) the widest longest streets I've ever seen, and 2)     dry desert footthills that al‚Dےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے The ADAMCON 05 Report A Meet in the Mountainsby Ron MitchellBrigham Young's words echo.  "This is the place!"Salt Lake City, Utah, home of ADAMCON 05.It probably wasn't exactly what he meant, but for us it was         certainly true.And theready there when Guy  Cousineau and I arrived.  We were a little late, late enough to  miss the     opening reception, but we caught up with the crowd upstairs in the hospitality suite.  It is always such a pleasure    to renew acquaintances with the first few hours of conversation,    where it's ususlly agreed that there is far too much to be done  in three days.  The unofficial schedule of events can sometimes be more ambitious   than the official version.  And the latter was busy enough.Friday the 2me making wrong turns.  Rich Clee attempted to put me straight several  times with some orientation from my hotel room balcony.  As  things       turned out it took me all week to finally realize that I  was       facing south...more or less.Or was it north? Salt Lake City, to Canadian visitor familiar with our west will     bring back simultaneous memories of Kamloops BC and Swift Current   Saskatchewan.  There might even be a little bit of Calgary thrown   in, but to my mind the mountains closer.  My     actually write a single line of code.Back to my cheque listing problem.  I'm not going to give you  the answer, but it was a program of not much more than 10  lines.  It  produced the desired result, which I took with me to  the bank.The teller re-listed the cheques on an adding machine. there in Salt Lake City.ADAMCON 05 is closed.  We now look ahead to ADAMCON 06 in  Sarasota Florida in October, 1994.  Does most convinced me that I was           somewhere in the British Columbia interior.  This year, I was       told, the hills immediately surrounding the city to the east are  a little greener than ususal.For the record, ADAMCON 05 happened this year beginning on          Thursday July 22 at the Olympus Hotel and Convention Centre, in     downtown Salt Lake City.  It was attended by many of the regulars   from all over North America and many newcomers attending their      first ADAMCON.  Most of them were alre again was my old friend Interstate 80.  This was the      highway that almost led me into New York City when I was headed     for Trenton New Jersey back in April.  During the sightseeing       after ADAMCON 05 it said that I was somewhere between Reno Nevada   and Cheyenne Wyoming.  My first attempt at road travel out of  Salt Lake City left me heading west when I should have been  heading     east and in fact for the 4 days of ADAMCON and through 3  days of   local travel afterward, I spent a lot of ti3rdThe morning began with breakfast bright and early followed by       Alan's keynote remarks and a choice of three two hour sessions.     Rich Drushel provided a knowledgeable look at the various forms  of SmartBASIC now available from the original version right up to      SmartBASIC 1.x.  Frances Clee gave us a look at SmartLOGO and       graphics, and Patricia Herrington provided an introduction to       Compuserve.As in previous years I was contronted with a dilemma; which one  to attend.  My first do      well.  He told us all that it's now time to seek out those people who      could use an ADAM and make positive attempts to contact them.  We   can keep going for the next ten years by actively recruiting  those potential users who might have a need for ADAM and making  them     aware of what ADAM can do and how cheaply it can do it.  He         followed with an extensive list of things we can all do to keep     ADAM alive.  His remarks will be published in full in the next      issue of our newslees, and not for those like me.  This year I did manage  to sneak a picture, but was then unceremoniously bounced with the      firm impression that this was not the place for tape recorders or   experts.  Someday I will succeed in convincing Frances that I am    not a LOGO expert, only an explorer.  Nonetheless, I did hear       afterwards that those present at the LOGO session felt free to      speak up with all of the questions and concerns on their minds.     That was exactly what Frances wanted; a sessicorder in Rich Drushel's room.  Guy has agreed    to provide me with his handout, so that should allow me to catch    up there.Rich Drushel spent considerable time on the basics.  Included in    his discussion was a complete overview of the hexadecimal           numbering system and a description how a computer stores            information.  He reviewed the various types of computer memory in   use and the methods employed to designate a specific address in     memory.  His supporting handout provided a rovided some cogent remarks on the state    of ADAM placing things in a perspective that made us all think.     As he put it, we all know where ADAM has gone in the past ten       years, but where will it go in the next ten? That he added will     depend our our willingness to adopt a new approach to our ADAM      activities.  We must begin to promote ADAM for what it can do and   the dollar value the it presently represents.  Rich praised  ADAM's ease use and described the many things that ADAM can still  inclination was to plant my tape recorder in  one of the sessions and split myself up between the other two.   With   three adjacent hotel meeting rooms in use, this seemed like  a good idea at first, until I realized that I was learning a  thing or two in the Compuserve session that I considered to be important.  Ended up spending most of my time there, and that's     were the tape recorder was as well.  So much for the plan.  Frances Clee once again made it quite clear that her session was    for novictter.  His final conclusion bears repeating      here.  The future of ADAM will not be found in any crystal ball     but rather, by looking in a mirror.The afternoon activities on day 1 were completed with sessions on   Machine Language Programming done by Rich Drushel, ADAM and         Graphics led by Bob Sebelist, and A Beginner's Look at the          Operating System provided by Guy Cousineau.  Again I was faced      with a choice, and eventually opted for the Graphics session and    leaving my tape reon free of experts     for those had questions and the courage to ask them.  So be it.I believe that Rich Drushel provided a handout on his SmartBASIC    session and will have to chase that down for the club library.  I   understand that this year's discussion was quite extensive,         dealing with most if not all versions of BASIC available for the    ADAM.  If so, the documentation will be well worth having.After lunch, Rich Clee, whose ADAM Services out of Toronto makes    him no stranger to us, pcomplete list of         computer definitions and an excellent graphic model of the Z80  CPU registers.Bob Sebelist of the Maine ADAM Library provided an absolutely       knockout demonstration of some of the things he's been doing to     provide clip-art capture capability to ADAMites.  Everyone          attending Bob's session received a free disk brim full of PD        graphics programs including SmartPrint Plus by the Maine ADAM       Library.  This program will enlarge existing Powerpaint files,      Lake City, but extended over an entire continent,involving Ron Collins, Rob Friedman, Bob   Slopesma and several other ADAMites who were all unable to make     it, but wished they could have been there.  At the end of the first day, almost into the second in fact, I      made a note to myself.  It read:"About midnight plus 30, Cousineau, Blair and Lynch knocked on my   hotel room door to ask if I was still up and running. (Later)I have just finished a late night session with Bart Lynch, Bob      Bof the proceedings, but I'm going to leave it to Guy Cousineau to          summarize the decisions that were taken by this year's meeting.     He's done a concise job of it in a message posted on FIDO           following his return to Ottawa.  That message is appended to this   report.Suffice it to say that we had good opportunity to reconsider our    role in the ADAM community, and to think about new ways of          fulfilling it.  There were several newcomers to the committee.  A   special welcome goered radically    since being first proposed to Chairman Alan Neeley several months   ago.  Couldn't even find the first outline I gave him.  My slides   weren't ready, but I did have a reasonable handout.  So away we     went.Alan had pegged the title as "Making ADAM do What You Want It  To".  In fact, the title was a bit of a misnomer.  My intent was  to     focus on an area of activity not given much attention by most       novice programmers; the development of a plan before a single  line of code is wle over a MODEM by up to four players.   Imagine,    the fun this will add!Later that evening there occurred a special Compuserve conference   live on the phone lines.  Didn't get to sign on until it was        almost over, but I finally did manage to overcome modem and  serial port problems that had been plaguing me all day and was  able to    join the group on line.  Some of those who were unable to  attend   ADAMCON were there to enjoy the camraderie as the live  chit-chat   about ADAM focussed on Salt flip a Powerpaint screen, and provide the capacity to take a        'clip' from any Powerpaint Screen for use as clip art.  To add to   all that, Bob showed us his ADAM Graphic Programming Guide which    provides in one easy reference a collection of graphics articles    and programs written by various ADAMites over the years.  At 5pm there was a meeting of the ADAM News Network and our  acting Chairperson, Bob Blair, asked me to come along.  I have a  fairly   comprehensive set of notes on this portion lair and Guy Cousineau trying to get my newly acquired hard  drive working.  We've explored a number of possibilities to  isolate the  problem.  My room is a mess...ribbon cables all over the place and there's a couple of power supplies on the floor."And that's how it was for most of the weekend.  Saturday July 24th.My turn on stage.  Didn't feel as jittery as I have in previous     years, but I still wondered how the presentation was going to go    considering that it's subject content had been altes to Clayton Gerow of Cajon California who has   joined us, and been put right to work.While we were so engaged there were product demos taking place in   various rooms.  Chris Braymen showed off his new Tank Game, a  real blast of fun for those of us who tried it.  I got my chance  later  during the ADAMCON store.  Any game where I can quickly get  the    better of a ten-year-old is ok by me, and that I managed to  do.    Bought one to demo for the club.  This game has the added  feature  of being playabritten.  We went from there to discussing in  very      general terms what a programmer actually does in the process  of    making a program work.  The handout is available if anyone  wants   it.  For me that meant missing the other two morning presentations, one on Genealogy put on by Edith Berry and the       other a continuation of Bob Sebelist's Graphics session.  In the afternoon, there was more on telecommunications put on by    Bart Lynch who logged onto the FIDO net with assistance from a      vealong    some new goody that makes me drool with envy.  This time is was a   $600.  synthesizer which when hooked to a keyboard similar to the   one I have, sounded very much unlike the one I have.  Beautiful     music, all from an interface that retails for around $75.  on a     computer system that's sold mainly in garage sales.  Mind you,  you still have to have the synth.  Working on that!There was a brand new product introduced here which unfortunately   will never be for sale.  Chris had a memory exhe     programs available.  I am indeed happy that Guy has handouts  on    all of this, because I missed it completely.  What we all  really   needed was a way of being on more than one place at the  same time.Fortunately for me, Edith Berry had agreed to repeat her session    on genealogy later in the afternoon.  This time I was there.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, as is well  known, is highly interested in genealogy.  Some time back they  produced a computer program called the Personorld for some time under the trade      name RAMLINK.  It retails there for around $200.  US which....admittedly is about the same as a disk drive.  In their    case, the big advantage is that data acquisition is so much  faster than from the 1571 disk drive.While Chris was doing his thing with MIDI, Patricia Herrington  put Powerpaint through its paces and showed users the new fonts         available with Eyezod's latest offerings, Fontasy 1A and 2A.  Later that evening....that night....next morning..es with full documentation.  The CP/M version,     which will run on the ADAM, has been released to those of us        attending ADAMCON 05.  I now have a copy of it.  We'll no doubt  be demonstrating this program at one of our upcoming meetings.   The   program is capable of producing several different types of          genealogical reports based on information input by the user.Later in the afternoon, there was a MIDI demonstration put on by    Chris Braymen (Bonafide Systems).  Each year, Chris brings ry kind and able SYSOP at the VORTEX BBS.  Bart had set this up   with Pam Lunsford in advance and she had actually cleared time  for him to call in.  In return she got her chance to say hello to  all  the participants from her home in California.  We spent the         session talking about how FIDO works and how ADAMites use this      network as a prime source of communication.While Bart was doing that, Guy was in the next room providing  more advanced TDOS enthusiasts with an in depth look at some of  tpander in that MIDI   circuit like no other I'd ever seen.  It came with its own  battery backup.  That means of course that you could store the  contents of the memory expander more or less forever, even while ADAM was powered down.  Chris told us that the cost of producing    the unit was about the same as a disk drive, and that there would   therefore be no advantage to marketing it.  To bad...the product    that never made it!  This type of thing has of course been          available in the Commodore wal Ancestral File (PAF).  And that's the program Edith demonstrated.  It is a         comprehensive genealogy database originally written for the IBM,    but adapted to the CP/M world, specifically to to a Kaypro  machine by our own Ron Collins of Barberton Ohio.  Ron and Edith  worked    closely on the production of a CP/M version of this very  complete  program which has become the standard method of keeping             genealogical records in the LDS church.  They are using the IBM     version which com..Guy Cousineau set up a 19200 baud direct null modem transfer        between Bart Lynch's ADAM and Chris Braymen's.  We all agreed  that it was too bad this procedure couldn't have been demonstrated to everyone at ADAMCON 05.  We had talked about  doing it, but somehow there just wasn't time.  Basically it  involves an  RS232 hookup between two ADAMs using a special connector called a null modem.  The physical connection is easy.    Regular modem software is used at each end (in this case QTERM),    annted some "do's" and "don'ts" in the area of product       reviews and had some suggestions about vendor support.  We were     all urged again and again to support the ADAM News Network as the   chief and perhaps only way of making sure that all of us hear       about the latest developments in the ADAM community.  Bob Blair     ended the session with a very large Thank YOU to Mr.  Barry         Wilson, Founder of the ADAM News Network and expressed the hope     that we would all continue the work that Barrng the IBM and ADAM done by Dale Wick.      Dale demonstrated some techniques for transferring ASCII (or  text) files from and ADAM to an IBM and back.  In fact, if you  have an   IBM at work, you can bring your files home and use ADAM  to work on them.  There are a number of programs currently available such as IBM/ADAM, the ADAM CONNECTION and 22-Disk which   allow you complete mobility for your text files.  If you're using   WordPerfect on the IBM you simply prepare an export version of      your file ithers.  No shortage of places to spend our money!And then before we all knew it, it was time for the banquet, the    meal, the prizes, and the Gallery of Honour.  This year, our        vendors and user groups outdid themselves in providing a good       number of high quality prizes, sufficient for everyone to get a     couple of goodies each.  The new inductees of the ADAM Gallery of Honour were announced....completely surprising some.  Here's the listKeith Marner.....travelled farther than anyone ha the           Committee, Rich Drushel, Chris Braymen and Clayton Gerow.  We  each got to speak briefly on our new areas of activity.  As Guy          mentions in his article, I'm going to be paying attention to our    Vendors to see what can be done to get word of their various        product specials and services to as many ADAMites as possible.   We won't be getting into the advertising game, but we will be          disseminating basic information about what each vendor has          available.Guy presed the transfer speed is then set to 19200 baud.  Let the two      ADAM's go at it as fast as they will.  Chris is probably still      looking at the software he got from that exchange, which amounted   to most everything on Bart's hard drive.Couldn't keep my eyes open long enough to watch.  Slept some.July 25, (Sunday).It was the last day, and we were all aware that ADAMCON 05 was      beginning to wind down.There were more demo's in the morning:  Advanced TDOS - Guy         Cousineau, and Interfaciy began just a few     years ago.The final sessions on PBBS and A-Net BBS's occured later in the     afternoon along with a session on advanced machine language         programming put on by Rich Drushel.  This was folowed by the ADAM   store around 4pm.  The vendors were given a chance to display       their wares.  Represented were Chris Braymen (Bonafide Systems),    Herman Mason and George Koczwara (GMK/HLM Systems) Patricia         Herrington (Eyezod Graphics), Alan Neeley, (ADAMLINK of Utah),  and on Wordstar mode.  You can then transfer it to an ADAM    formatted disk using one of these programs on your IBM and bring    the disk home.  Either VDE or Wordstar will pick it up quite        nicely.  These are the things that Dale showed us how to do.After lunch there was an ANN presentation involving the whole       group.  Bob Blair has taken the lead in keep us all together, and   he spoke briefly about some of the project we'll be undertaking.    He took the opportunity to introduce 3 new members ofs ever travelled   to attend an ADAMCON.  ADAMCON 04 - Cleveland, 1992.  Keith has     single handedly kept ADAM going in the UK for many years, and is    frequently in touch with the rest of us via FIDO's CP/M Tech  echo.Faye Deere.....  We all remember Faye's ADAM columns in Computer    Shopper.  She has been active in the Emerald Coast ADAM User's      Group for many years.  When dropped by Computer Shopper her         national column continued briefly in the Vulcan Computer Buyers's   Guide.  Faye is interface for ADAM,   has written the ADAM Information Manager as well as numerous very   professional PD software programs including IBM/ADAM.  Chris        continues to contribute high callibre software to the ADAM          community.David Cobley....  David is founder of the Vancouver Island Senior   ADAMPHILEs and presently serves as that group's newsletter  Editor.  His efforts on behalf of the ADAM News Network in assisting new ADAM groups in starting up have been of great  value.  He produces what r on your BBS, it will likely  be Bart, a   very special person whose love for the ADAM community  makes him    especially deserving of this award.Ben Hinkle...  Any of us who bought the Hacker's Guide to ADAM      will remember that this was the first real source if solid ADAM     technical information that we had.  Our knowledge of ADAM  wouldn't have as great without Ben's contribution).Bob Blair....  In the early years, Bob was active in the ADAM       Washington Area User Group.  Then he moved to Fzer will quickly realize the contribution that   Hank, as head of EVE has made to the ADAM Community.  He may not    be as well know as some of the other Gallery of Honour inductees,   but perhaps more than anyone else, he was responsible for           expanding ADAM's hardware capabilities beyond the original  design.  Ron Mitchell....  Let me end by saying just a few of the things that somehow  escaped me when I should have said them at the presentation there  in Salt  Lake City.  I think I said thank you  couldn't mention NIAD, the Northern Illiana ADAM Users  Group       without mentionning Jim Notini.  Jim has served long and  hard in   providing us all with one of the most complete stocks of  ADAM      hardware and software available anywhere.  He continues to  make    products available when nobody else can find them.Chris Braymen....  Chris' technical contributions to ADAM have      shown us just how versatile our orphanned computer can be.  Chris   has designed, built and marketed the MIDIMITE still looking for a national publisher for a        regular ADAM contribution.Bart Lynch....  Resident of Kent Washington, member of the Puget    Sound ADAM Newsnet and long time telecommunications enthusiast.     Bart (Zonker) Lynch has a sense of humor which he imparts to  BBS's wherever he goes....and that is just about everywhere.   Bart       distributes ANN disks, does telecommunications sessions  whenever   the need arises, and regularly calls everybody in North  America.   If you only have one usemany of us consider to be the one of the  best    newsletters in the ADAM Community.Monte Neece.....  The prime force behind ADAMCON 1 in Orlando       Florida in October 1989.  Monte's assistance in helping  subsequent ADAMCON organizers has been invaluable.  His was idea  to hold the  very first ADAMCON, thus beginning a very major tradition within the ADAM community.  It's part of our heritage     and so is Monte.Hank Szcretter...  Any of you who have an EVE serial card or an     EVE speech synthesilorida, and has      from there taken the ADAM world by storm.  He has established a     brand new ADAM user group in his area, the Southwest Florida ADAM   User's Group and it's rumored that he actually gave surplus  ADAM's away to get things going.  He's has come forward to lead  the ADAM  News Network efforts and has recently taken over from  Dean Roades  as ANN disk Editor.Jim Notini.....  You couldn't write a history of the ADAM  computer without mentionning NIAD at least once....on every page.   Andyou.  I believe I said  that I was  very much aware of the company I had just joined.  Someone said afterward that I'd forgotten to thank my father and    my mother, and Backslash Bytehacker.  Everything else somehow       disappeared from my head.  In fact, my voice on the tape sounded    like I'd just been kicked and I have absolutely no idea why.  So let me add....now:Recognition by one's peers is in my view one of the payoffs that    makes life worth living.  I cannot tell you how much I appreciaten't  start at Day One and give you, the reader, a blow by blow description of the daily events.  Not that I don't enjoy reading  that  sort of thing.  To the contrary, if you are reading this on  ANN, then  there MUST be elsewhere David Cobley's excellent, detailed report.  As far as that goes, why are you  wasting  time here, when you could be reading his? <grin> That said, let's get on with it.  As the convention was held in  Salt  Lake City, Utah this year, this was the first time I didn't  have to  he past 8 years.     And finally, the warm support and jolly laughter of the             International ADAM Community has kept me going long, long after     ADAM has finished serving me well.  And that is what I wanted to say.....there in Salt Lake City.ADAMCON 05 is closed.  We now look ahead to ADAMCON 06 in  Sarasota Florida in October, 1994.  Does Interstate 80 go there?        convention site, chatting with all! Like in cons past, I found PJ in the lobby!  Abandoning my  luggage, I rushed over to embrace her.  This alone is worth the cost of admission, i might add!  <grin> I grilled her for info as  to   who was in which rooms, while I took care of registration for  the con.  Alan Neeley's wife, Diane, took care of that.  In fact, over the days to come, Diane did quite a lot of behind the        scenes work.  A special thank you to Diane from THIS Adamite!  At  any  r‚Hےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے                          What a Party!                     My Report on AdamCon05                          by Bart Lynch First, I must give my annual disclaimer.  When I write up my  AdamCon  reports, I do NOT write it as a detailed report.  I do   the fact that it has been given to me in this very special way.     It was a surprise and an honour, but I do have some people to       thank.  I would not have heard about the ADAM User Friendly Group   had it not been for some very good friends here in the Ottawa       area.  They know who they are.  Without the constant encouragement and invaluable assistance of Tony Morehen and Guy     Cousineau we would not have had the depth of expertise and the      quality of training that we have enjoyed over t  spend 7-8 hours just to get to my destination!  Even though I had to change planes in Boise, Id, I still made the trip  in   roughly 4 hours.  ah, bliss!  I arrived in fairly good shape  for a     change.  As I entered the men's room at the SLC airport, I  ran into    Bob Bair coming out!  He agreed to hold on to the airport shuttle until i could get out there.  Once outside, I  found    Bob Blair and (sorry!  I don't know his last name!) Murray, along with assorted spouses.  Quite a nice trip into thes to Clayton Gerow of Cajon California who has   joined us, and been put right to work.While we were so engaged there were product demos taking place in   various rooms.  Chris Braymen showed off his new Tank Game, a  real blast of fun for those of us who tried it.  I got my chance  later  during the ADAMCON store.  Any game where I can quickly get  the    better of a ten-year-old is ok by me, and that I managed to  do.    Bought one to demo for the club.  This game has the added  feature  of being playabate, PJ was ready for some lunch and being a growing boy  myself, I    readily agreed.  I dashed up to the room taken by Herman Mason and George Koczwara.  This too was worth the price!  At any  con, there is always behind the scenes places to be.  And at every  one,     herman and george's place it THE place to be.  These guys had  arrived  the day before.  That happens a lot too.  Lucky folks arrive BEFORE the con.  Wish I could as well.  But then, I'm lucky      than some.  I actually made it.  Many fo all works!  Also behind the doors,  I saw Dale  Wick's new BETA version of a GIF viewer.  And it is simply terrific!!  Due to the limitations of the Adam, it can  only run certain types of GIF files.  For those who don't know, GIF files are picture files of high resolution and quality.   To  see this on the Adam just knocked my socks off!  I'm happy to  report   that Dale supplied me with a copy for testing.  I promise  I'll get a   report to him ASAP!!  Thanks much, Dale!  More behind the scenes:  for nding  all   around, I'm sure, and trying to isolate Alan to find out the  last      minute details on my sessions on telecommunications.  No matter how well prepared one is, there is ALWAYS last minute  details!  <grin> But mainly, I was waiting for the arrival of Guy Cousineau and Ron Mitchell.  They had said they would be in late  at    around 9:30 or 10:00 PM.  A crowd of us were standing around  talking   when Alan strolled by casually and said Guy and Ron were in the lobby.  PJ, Herman and I raced  quite do so well....seems MY tank was the one that got  blown up every time!  But I thank Chris very much.  He was kind enough to GIVE me a copy, just for participating!! While there was lots going on, this was a more "relaxed"  convention.  If one can use the word "relaxed" and "convention" in the same sentence!  <grin> The reason for this was that  attendance  was down this year.  We pretty much knew this going in.  Did that affect in any way the value of this years con? Not  on    your tintype!  Ining sessions  and  the meals.  Things of great import happen behind the doors of           individual rooms.  Of most personal interest to ME was the time  Guy    spent in my room, showing me tips in TDOS.  I have undertaken  in the   last 4 months the task of running a bulletin board (again!).  But this one operates under TDOS and is a bit confusing to me at times.  By latching on to Guy, I was able to  pick   up some hints for running it and all in all, I now have a  better       understanding of how itlks didn't.  More on that       later. Herman was busy but promised to meet across the way at a  restaraunt   that held a mexican buffet.  He caught up with us there along with David Cobley and his wife, Midge.  We ate and  drank   and gossiped until it was about time to get back to the hotel for the opening remarks.  From that point on, time went  sipping  past!  I cannot BELIEVE that 4 days can seem like 4 hours.  But they can and they did. Not much sticks in my mind from that first night.  Glad hasome reason, I happened to have a spare moment, which I spent trying to collect my wits.  (WHY don't I  ever    get enough SLEEP at these things??) Chris Braymen asked me  if I wanted to participate in his demo of his brand new MODEM game, Tank Wars.  But of course!  So I found myself in my  room,        calling HIS room and playing the game over the phone wires.   And it's  quite a clever game too.  You control a tank that is trying to destroy the other players (up to 4 players!) tanks.  I        didn'tto the lobby and mobbed Guy.      Poor RON!  Hope he didn't think we didn't appreciate seeing HIM  too!   <grin> But I had worked out my own private agenda for AC05,  just as I  have for every con.  This tine around, I wanted to cling to Guy for dear life and suck all the precious info out of  his   head!  And still save time for hugs from PJ and gossiping  with my best Adam buddy, Herman.  Managed to do just that, but, man was it ever tiring!  <grin> As usual, AdamCon is more than just the formal learnformation was exchanged, questions asked, answers given.  And THAT is what to me a convention is all       about.  You should have seen the more at ease postures of Guy           Cousineau and Patricia Herrington.  Although it's hard to picture  Guy  more relaxed!  But he didn't have folks draped all over him  this year.  (That might've been because of the baseball bat I was carrying!) And PJ looks MUCH better when she gets more than two  hours  sleep per night!  So there was much more time for those "ond requested that as  many of us CIS members as possible call from our rooms, so that we  would have  a LOT of folks online.  Well, we certainly had THAT!  There were so many of us calling from the hotel that we overloaded that wonderful switchboard and they shut us down after  an   hour.  Undaunted, we just called back and carried on!  <grin>  One      fellow present, dean walsh i believe, said the CO was like one  big     party.  And I agree completely!  It was my first CO but fortunately, I had PJ next do.  Another session that seemed  to   be well attended was the Wick brothers' showing of interfacing  Adam    with an IBM.  Apparently, there are quite a few folks who own  both.  I just stuck my head in, but I am confident that the people  came away    with a better understanding of how the process works! My own session went VERY well this year.  I was a bit frightened  by   the prospect of doing TOO MUCH this time around.  What it came  down to was:  a demo of the Fdionet International Adam Echo, a dTAG NL.  (thanks for the trade, Diane!) But being the greedy person I am, I was holding  out for the BIG prizes at the end.  No such luck.  But Rich Clee was lucky enough to win the grand prize, a 40 meg hard drive  system!   (The swine!) I told him, "Guess that means the end of back to the box, eh?" <grin> Next up:  The Gallery of Honour.  My apologies, dear readers.  I  do   not remember ALL who were inducted.  These are those I DO:   Ron        Mitchell, Keith Marner, David Cobley, Bob Blair, Faye Drun the PBBS BBS, I  didn't want to appear to flog that one, so I saved it for last.  Well, I certainly didn't flog it!  While I spent 45 minutes on the      other two, I was left with 10 minutes for my own!  But, as I said       there and I'll say here, it matters not WHICH system you call, as  long as you call SOMEWHERE!  We have to stay in contact and a bbs  is the    best way to do that. The night before my own sessions started, we had a MASSIVE demo  of    the Compuserve Conference!  Rob Friedman hae on one" sessions where someone can ask a question that they  might not in front of a crowd.  And I think that pays off rather  well! And those sessions went particularly well.  Alan had told me  before   the con that there was a great interest this year in TDOS.   Indeed,    there was quite a turn out for Guy's talks.  And Guy kept  the          beginners level down low and answered many questions.  He  also came    prepared with TDOS programs that DO something, just to show the folks what they too can to me to give me pointers.  I hope to  try   it out on my own, soon. It was all so much fun and so exciting!  But these things must  come   to an end sooner or later.  Why does it have to be sooner?  Much sooner that I was ready for, it was Sunday night.  Time for all those past traditions.  Handing out of door prizes and the  usual   smart aleck remarks from the crowd.  I did quite well this  year,       snagging a copy of StratoZAP, which I hadn't had before.   Also got a   years subscription to the Memo of the ADAM-NET BBS, a demo of the A-NET BBS and a demo of  PBBS.  However, I think it came off rather well.  The switchboard  at the      Olympus Hotel was up to the task.  It was VERY fast and therefore very easy to call out of the hotel with a modem or even  room to room.  Fido demo went well, after I finally realised what  I was     doing wrong!  Many questions and I hope I answered them understandably!  Then, in a seperate session, I covered the Adam  only  bulletin boards mentioned above.  As I eere, Chris      Braymen and one other fellah.  This year, the inductees were NOT        notified beforehand.  I KNOW, I was one!  Imagine my shock to hear  the name BART LYNCH announced during this cerimony!  I managed to  get up   there and speak a few sentences before I got a bit choked  up.  To      those who voted for me, my hearfelt thanks.  I now walk among giants! Lastly, the best news of all!  Someone stepped forward to receive  the banner, to carry on the tradition of AdamCon.  Yes, there will tement of the last several days has finally come  to a     climax.  Sadly enough, ADAMCON 05 has come to a close.  As with 03 and IV (I missed 1 and 2), I found the level of  excitement and enthusiasm overwhelming. Alan Neeley, the convention chairman, and all the Adam Link of Utah group are  to be    commended for putting on a great conference.  For several people, it was their first convention and I am convinced that most have caught the ADAMCON fever.For myself it was a good opportunity to see whatns past, it will be well worth the long, LONG wait!       It's my hope and the hope of all the Adamites present at this con  and  past cons that YOU will be able to join us in Florida in 1994!!!ons, one on Genealogy put on by Edith Berry and the       other a continuation of Bob Sebelist's Graphics session.  In the afternoon, there was more on telecommunications put on by    Bart Lynch who logged onto the FIDO net with assistance from a      veorld.  I was running on energy all weekend and perhaps got as much as 15 hours sleep over 4  days.As a member of the ADAM NEWS NETWORK, I am pleased to announce that we have welcomed 3 new staff members.  We have  also     made three major changes to the current state of affairs:1 The subscription to the ANN disks has been brought down to  $25 per year.  This is part of our objective to bring you  "the best of the best" (as Bob Blair put it), for the least  possible cost.2 Ron Mitchell has und‚Gےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے      To:  All                        Message #:  14    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  26 Jul 93 19:11:00   Subject:  ADAMCON 05 Report             Status:  PublicReceived:  No                             Group:  Adam (5)All the exci be an   AdamCon SIX and the fellow who strode forward to accept the  challenge  was Bob Blair.  He gave us a short speech in which he told us that it was not just his group, SWFAUG, that will be  putting   on this bash.  It is a consortium of several florida groups.  He went on to tell us that the tentative target date for       AdamCon six is the month of October and that the site is set for        Sarasota, Florida! That gives us more than a year to wait for a convention.  But, as      with conventio developments and innovations have been made in the past year.  I got a chance to talk to some of the other "techies"  to       discuss areas of common interest.  As usual, there was not enough time to meet everyone, answer all questions, and  share all the knowledge that I have accumulated over the years.  Faced with conflicting priorities and great demands  for our   time, we were often forced to make difficult choices - it is always like that at ADAMCON.  Still, I would  not have missed it for the wry kind and able SYSOP at the VORTEX BBS.  Bart had set this up   with Pam Lunsford in advance and she had actually cleared time  for him to call in.  In return she got her chance to say hello to  all  the participants from her home in California.  We spent the         session talking about how FIDO works and how ADAMites use this      network as a prime source of communication.While Bart was doing that, Guy was in the next room providing  more advanced TDOS enthusiasts with an in depth look at some of  tertaken the task of providing us with  information on various suppliers and the products or  services they offer.  You will be hearing more about this  as the action plans fall into place.3 We have formally revived the ADAM EXPERT PANEL.  Richard  Drushel, one of our EOS specialists, has graciously  accepted to answer questions concerning that operating  system and its applications programs.  As I have done in  the past, I will continue to be the focal point for  questions regarding TDOS and the rom either keyboard.  Sounds like an interesting way of getting  over some of the telecom fears...as long as it is not a toll call.Speaking of toll calls, several of us participated (in groups of varying sizes) from 4 or 5 different rooms, in a  COMPUSERVE special conference.  This LIVE action was an indication of what could go on at the weekly Sunday night  conferences on Compuserve.  Each participant has a HANDLE which is displayed with the text of the message.  It makes  for        somewhat disjoiing are the names I THINK I remember:Bart (zonker) LynchBob BlairChris BraymenDavid CobleyFaye DeereKeith MarnerRonald MitchellI have just barely come in the door and wanted to share some  of my    experiences with you.  I will be back later with perhaps a few more AC05 tidbits.Looking forward to AC06.........Guy___ * CRR QWK 1.60+ *--- Maximus 2.01wb * Origin: The Kanata BBS (1:163/411)return.After my head cleared, I came up with the following:We talked bout modem connect problems age Programming by Richard Drushel, ADAM and Graphics by Bob Sebelist, Making ADAM do what you want  it to by   Ron Mitchell, and ADAM and IBM by Dale Wick.  From what I hear, all those sessions went very well.TELECOM demos and more introductory TDOS lessons seemed to  have       increased interest in these two venues that may be explored with the ADAM.  Bart Lynch and Yours truly did their best to answer people's questions during all those  sessions.We were given an excellent presentation of the Pecess.  It is still possible that one of the many links between cities may cause problems.  Bob Blair reports  no        problems with connects on his BBS.  As a matter of fact,  most of his  clients are calling with ADAMLINK modems.  More experimentation is required.Chris Braymen demonstrated a TANK wars game he developed  for use with modems.  Two players can play with a joystick at each end of the connection, for a total of 4 players.  In           addition, nasty messages and warnings can be typed fCP/M environment.  Our  commitment to you is to answer ALL your questions.  If we  do not have the answer, we will find someone who does.As has become the tradition, we honoured ADAMITES both active and inactive who have made a significant contribution  to the   development or the survival of the ADAM.  I was so wrapped up in the emotion of the moment that i neglected to  take note of the names of this year's inductees to the ADAM GALLERY OF HONOUR.  With apologies to those I have overlooked, follownted conversations with 4 or 5 going on at once, but it is no worse than sitting in a crowded room  and trying to GRASP everything while carrying on your own conversation.  In some ways, it is better, because you will  usually   be alone and be able to concentrate on what is coming across the screen.  Patricia Herrington also made a             presentation on Compuserve, but I was busy in another room  at the     time.Other sessions I missed were LOGO and GRAPHICS by Frances  Clee,       Machine Languand tried a few experiments.  We had Bart Lynch set up his BBS in his room  and called from another room with an ADAMLINK modem and ADAMLINK 5....and the darn thing connected first time.  We  repeated   the experiment with a different 2400BPS modem and it also worked perfectly.  Now we are all confused.  It still remains that when I call Ron Mitchell locally I cannot           establish a similar connection.  We suspect that the internal switchboard lines may have been partly the reason  for our    sucrsonal Ancestry File program by Edith Berry.  This CP/M group of  utilities   was originally written for the KAYPRO but was converted for the ADAM operating system.  It has several  features     that help you make detailed genealogical research.  Although the CP/M version is no longer available, the ADAMCON attendees were given permission to copy the CP/M  software.    PAF is also available for MS-DOS machines at a very reasonable price.That gives you just a taste of what ADAMCON is all about.   So borld.  I was running on energy all weekend and perhaps got as much as 15 hours sleep over 4  days.As a member of the ADAM NEWS NETWORK, I am pleased to announce that we have welcomed 3 new staff members.  We have  also     made three major changes to the current state of affairs:1 The subscription to the ANN disks has been brought down to  $25 per year.  This is part of our objective to bring you  "the best of the best" (as Bob Blair put it), for the least  possible cost.2 Ron Mitchell has und‚Bےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے          ADAMCON 06 WILL BE HELD IN SARASOTA, FLORIDAWe are pleased to announce that a consortium of four              organizations in Florida will host the next ADAM Convention. Our  site will be beautiful Sarasota and the Convention will be  held TAPES and 720 K DISKS, has many NEW STAFF MEMBERS and will start  a NEW SERIES OF ARTICLES!  READ ON PLEASE:****************************************************************In an effort to continue to improve the quality, delivery and       increase the circulation of the monthly ADAM News Network           publication, the ANN staff, in a meeting during ACON05, decided     upon the following changes which are effective immediately:PRICES:  THE NEW ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE ANN IS $25.00 PER  YEARAM community with the finest Convention possible. Bob Blair, SFAUG  discuss areas of common interest.  As usual, there was not enough time to meet everyone, answer all questions, and  share all the knowledge that I have accumulated over the years.  Faced with conflicting priorities and great demands  for our   time, we were often forced to make difficult choices - it is always like that at ADAMCON.  Still, I would  not have missed it for the we sure to plan to attend the next one.  So as not to spoil things, I will let the CHAIRPERSON of the next convention make the official announcement.Guy Cousineau1059 Hindley StreetOTTAWA CanadaK2B 5L9    FidoNet ADAM and CPM echo    Internet   ab773@freenet.carleton.ca    Ottawa RCPM (613) 829-2530  (24 hours)    voice       (613) 829-6354 and    home BBS    (613) 829-6354 11pm-5pm M-F,11pm-8am weekends‚Dےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے      CHANGES FOR THE ADAM NEWS NETWORK MONTHLY PUBLICATION                          by Bob Blair****************************************************************    NEWS FLASH!!!  The ADAM News Network LOWERS PRICES, now offers publication on       early in October, 1994.The four partners in this endeavor are: The Emerald Coast ADAM    User's Group (ACON 06 Committe Rep: Faye Deere); The Metro        Orlando ADAM User's Group (ACON 06 Committee Rep: James Poulin;   Oscar's Computers (ACON 06 Committee Rep: Howard Pines); and The  Southwest Florida ADAM User's Group (ACON 06 Committee Rep: Bob   Blair).We will be issuing periodic information bulletins as details      become available.  We are totally committed to do our best to     provide the AD.  It    was felt that the lower price would result in the publication reaching more ADAM owners with no net  change in    our ability to cover our costs and provide funding for ADAM Community-wide projects.RENEWALS:  CURRENT SUBSCRIBERS CAN RENEW FOR THE NEXT YEAR FOR ONLY $15.00.  This one-time offer is limited only to currently paid-up subscribers who paid $35.00 over the  last year,  and who renew their ANN subscription prior to it's expiration date.  The idea is to give the $10.00 reduction tsistance!  NEW MONTHLY ARTICLES AND FEATURES:RON MITCHELL WILL COVER NEWS ON NEW HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE           PRODUCTION.  Ron's "beat" will be the producers of ADAM  hardware   and software and he will get us up-to-date info on what  is coming  our way, when, how much and how do we get it.  Let's hope he brings us only good news!Have info to share?  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We'll hear    and see more on this topic later in the year as ideas are           generated and activities get rolling. uture enterprises be as successful and as         beneficial to so many people as this one!                                               Bob Blairm or even  room to room.  Fido demo went well, after I finally realised what  I was     doing wrong!  Many questions and I hope I answered them understandably!  Then, in a seperate session, I covered the Adam  only  bulletin boards mentioned above.  As I re needed and which benefit   all ADAM owners.  Our goal is to achieve a unity of ADAM owners     and organizations on a global level, serve as an effective          stimulus for the continuation and advancement of the ADAM  computer and enhance the capabilities and enjoyment of ADAM users.Adam owners who are interested in joining and/or assisting us in    the above endeavors are encouraged to contact any of the  following ANN Staff members:David Cobley, Ron Mitchell, Bart Lynch, Guy Cousineau, Rich Cl"Field of dreams".       Margaret Atwood's best-known recent novel is "The handmaid's       tale", also filmed.  Spider Robinson has three Hugos, a Nebula     and a potful of other awards to his credit, so far.  Half the      ADAM fan community likely cut their science-fiction teeth on       Monica Hughes novels, especially the "Isis" series.  Garfield      Reeves-Stevens with his wife wrote the Star Trek novels "Memory    prime" and 'Prime directive", along with horror tales like         "Nighteyes" and "Bin the english language to thank    Barry Wilson for the innovative ANN concept and the labor, love,    tears and triumphs that he experienced as he made a success of  the ANN Program.  He has been honored as a recipient of the  Gallery of Honor Award, but his greatest honor has to be to witness the continuation and growth of his beloved ANN.  This  past year, Barry formally resigned from the ANN organization and  we     will miss him.   Barry - we will take good care of your ANN  baby   and may all your f If you have suggestions,     feel free to send them to:  Dale Wick                            P.O. Box 47, Brooklin, ONT.  L0B IC0The ADAM News Network is an organization of volunteers founded  by  Barry Wilson of the St Louis ADAM User's Group.  The purpose  of    ANN is to share information on ADAM related topics within the  ADAM community, facilitate linkages between ADAM owners and              organizations, foster standards of ethical behavior and practices   and undertake special projects which a‚CےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےFrom the 463 ADAM May 93 newsletter by Rich Clee.BOOK REVIEWARK OF ICE:  Canadian futurefiction.  Edited by Lesley Choyce.     Pottersfield Press, 287 pp., $14.95.  Quality paperback. Review by Rich Clee W.P.  Kinsella wrote the novel filmed as ee,   Bob Slopsema, Jim Poulin, Clayton Gerow, Chris Braymen, Rich        Drushel, Robert Bair, Dale Wick and Bob Blair.We want to thank Dean Roades for his exceptional contributions to   the entire ADAM Community through is exemplary service with the     ADAM NEWS NETWORK publications and programs.  He has been with the  ANN since the very early days and has labored long and hard for     all of us.  Thank you Dean.  You have our sincere gratitude and     best wishes!!   There are not enough good words loodshift". What do these writers have in common? They are all, by choice or  by chance, Canadians.  And so they are among the 22 top writers    whose works are included in this anthology, compiled by an         author/publisher who has written most of his own twenty-odd        novels on his ADAM.   It is normal procedure in a book review to discuss the contents   of the book - but how do you give the flavour of almost two dozen  very different stories in the space a newsletter affords? Rather,  let's sl cheques drawn on U.S.  bank accounts. Cheques should be made out to A.D.A.M.  Services, 21 Rondale      Blvd., Toronto, Ont.  Canada M6A 1H6.  They will be returned if    stock is exhausted and cannot be re-ordered.  This latter is a     real possibility, as literary press books have small print runs    and go out of print and unavailable distressingly quickly.  So     especially if you are a serious reader/collector, protect your     interests by sending in your order for this rare, unique, hard to  obscience-fiction fans.  Others      like Timothy Findley and Doug Featherling are famous mainstream    literary figures.  Jean-Louis Trudel is a megastar in French-      language SF, but this book contains his first story written in     English.  And on and on. Judging by the popularity of the SF areas on ADAM BBSs, and the   discussions in free time at ADAMcons, there is a high level of     interest in the ADAM community in quality SF.  Here we have a      book of the highest quality, compiled by an authoN staff someone who probably is the only person in the world  who could successfully explain the fundamentals of machine  language to Bob Blair (that's me folks and it happened in an ACON  5 session).     For TDOS and CP/M questions      For EOS and other ADAM Questions   Contact:                         Contact:       Guy Cousineau                    Richard Drushel       1059 Hindley St                  3353 Mayfield Rd       Ottawa Canada K2B 5L9            Cleveland Hgts, OH 44118    Voice Phone: 6a course in Canadian literature.   I do not accept that the science fiction fans in the ADAM         community should be denied a book many are likely to want badly    for their private collections, not just for its unique ADAM        connection but for the quality inherent in the skills of the       authors chosen and the editor.  So, through my company, A.D.A.M.   Services, I have laid in a small stock for sale.  The price is     $14.95, postpaid, in U.S.  funds, and my bank will accept          personaettle for a general description and suggest why it's even   being mentioned. In terms of science fiction, the contents are highly modern in    style.  The orientation is towards the "soft" sciences -           psychology, ecology, sociology, political science.  The literary   quality is high; the compiler is a part-time professor of English  at a much-respected university, and it shows.  The authors chosen  are first-rate; Terence Green, Andrew Weiner, Phyllis Gottlieb     will be other names familiar to tain book quickly. United States - ask any university trying to offer a course in    Canadian literature.  8amRICH DRUSHEL WILL AUTHOR A NEW TECHNICAL SERIES ON THE ADAM.   Rich will join the ANN EXPERTS PANEL to handle technical questions on EOS and other ADAM Matters.  Guy Cousineau will        continue to handle TDOS and CP/M questions and issues. Rich, as you know, is a major ADAM software author and has some hardware inventions too.  We are indeed fortunate to have on our    ANr who is a part   of our community. There is only one hitch.  For all practical purposes, you can't   get it.  Lesley Choyce published the book under the imprint of     his own small, literary press.  That means that despite quite      favourable reviews in the Canadian media, it will be hard to find  even in any but the very largest or most specialized of Canadian   bookstores.  And even the biggest Canadian publishers have scant   distribution in the United States - ask any university trying to   offer ‚CےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےFrom the 463 ADAM May 93 newsletter by Rich Clee.ADAM SURVIVAL GUIDEFor those who never heard, or don't remember, in 1990/1991 Barry   Wilson gathered together almost three dozen well-known ADAM        writers to produce a help book for the isolatedr who is a part   of our community. There is only one hitch.  For all practical purposes, you can't   get it.  Lesley Choyce published the book under the imprint of     his own small, literary press.  That means that despite quite      favourable reviews in the Canadian media, it will be hard to find  even in any but the very largest or most specialized of Canadian   bookstores.  And even the biggest Canadian publishers have scant   distribution in the United States - ask any university trying to   offer at ADAMcon 03 in July 1991.  Photocopied on letter-      sized paper and done in double-column condensed print, its 230-    plus pages carry as much information as the typical 500 page       conventional book.  With only the fewest tiny exceptions, all the  contents remain current and useful.  While the fundamental idea    was to bring help to those who did not have nearby contacts to     ask for help with their ADAM problems, it's also immensely useful  even to well-connected users, both as a handy addressle, the food was good and the site was beautiful.  All  went well.  Alan Neeley and the members of the ADAM-Link of Utah  worked hard and produced one of the best conventions ever.  More  detailed reports are in this Newsletter, but I want to include my            observations about the convention here:As Bart Lynch reported, the convention was like a three-day  PARTY.  The common denominator of the ADAM computer magically  makes any   fellow conventioneer your friend and the people from the last convent 1H6.  So if you missed your chance when the first       printing sold out, or have worn out your original, or need         another copy for a fellow user, you can obtain it now.  Personal   cheques or U.S.  money orders are OK and should be made payable    to Richard Clee.  Or if you choose, notify Rich Clee not later     than June 15th and he will arrange to have a copy on hand for you  to buy at ADAMcon 05 in Salt Lake City in July. ADAM user.  It     was divided into three levels, to provide some basics for casual   users, clues to getting started in the more popular extended       applications like telecommunications and graphics, and some        basics for those interested in moving to the power operating       systems of CP/M and TDOS.  In addition it featured a full list of  support sources - clubs, newsletters, dealers, suppliers, BBSs     and more.   The book, under the name of the ADAM SURVIVAL GUIDE, was          published ‚DےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےThe Babbling Brook by Bob Blair             August, 1993The Fifth Annual ADAM Convention was held at the end of July in     Salt Lake City and was a huge success.  The people were  wonderful, the conference sessions were very enlightening and enjoyab guide and    as a launching pad as they venture into further use of their       ADAMs. It therefore isn't surprising that the first printing sold out    quite quickly.  However, it has since been reprinted in Canada,    where a very low-cost facility was found that allows the plastic-  bound, protective-covered book to be sold for $16.95 U.S.          postpaid. Sales of the book are being handled by ADAM News Network          Regional Editor Richard Clee, 21 Rondale Blvd., Toronto, Ont.      Canada M6Aion like family.  Oh yes, we learned a lot more     about our computer technology and we acquired more software and     hardware and had our enthusiasm for our hobby re-inspired.  But     the people were the big benefit. For me the most memorable parts of the Convention include being  on the receiving end of the "Rite of Passage of the ADAMCON  Banner"   (about 6 feet long) signifying that the next Convention  would be   held here in Florida, and being inducted into the ADAM  Gallery of  Honor earlier durl cheques drawn on U.S.  bank accounts. Cheques should be made out to A.D.A.M.  Services, 21 Rondale      Blvd., Toronto, Ont.  Canada M6A 1H6.  They will be returned if    stock is exhausted and cannot be re-ordered.  This latter is a     real possibility, as literary press books have small print runs    and go out of print and unavailable distressingly quickly.  So     especially if you are a serious reader/collector, protect your     interests by sending in your order for this rare, unique, hard to  oblly co-authored, a winning combination);  Bob Sebelist on Graphics (A magical circus of color and art woven  into a dazzling show by a pitchman Barnum himself could have  taken      lessons from);  Bart Lynch on telecommunications (it seemed  like   every open door I passed, day or night, there was Bart  (Zonker)    Lynch showing a group of people how to operate a modem);   Chris    Braymen on the Midi interface with a music keyboard (you  sit with  your mouth agape and all your hearing senses focused on  d. I was recently fooling around with PowerPAINT while I was           completing the FONTASY!  Owner's Manuals.  I was working on a       cover design, and I decided to see what it would look like if I     printed the screen out in various ways.  I haven't really done      much experimenting in that area for a long time.  I guess I had     pretty much forgotten all the different kinds of effects you can    get by just changing the width and length options. Every once in awhile, somebody sends me a cardnce.  How did they make those  things?  I casually asked the person sitting next to me what "font" the banner letters were made with.  Someone across the       table said, Oh that's one we made called "ADAM font."   Humm I      thought, how do you make a font anyway - especially one like  that!  Those were foot-high letters and in color too, with a  picture of  a Utah landscape!  Yiipes!!!  And we only have a year! ing the last night banquet.I could not get to all the concurrent convention sessions, but      those I attended were all outstanding presentations, like:          Frances Clee on Logo (wow, I could not believe you could create     those pictures with those darn turtles and the pictures had         mobility too);  Rich Drushel on Machine Language (yes he can        successful explain to you it's fundamentals in one session!);   Guy Cousineau on TDOS (a star-quality presenter explains the  system he origina‚DےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےFrom the 463 ADAM May 93 newsletter by Pat Herrington.DECISIONSSometimes I am amazed at the extent to which I take for granted     the tools I use practically every day.  I know all those neat       functions are available to me, but it slips my minthe        beautiful concert he creates on a Casio keyboard, digitally  stored and replayed by the ADAM!).  And many other scheduled and           impromptu events continuously available during the convention.And now there is next year:  As I sat in the banquet and looked  at my color name card (made with an ADAM) and the canvas and  vinyl    banners from each convention hanging on the walls, and the  meal    tickets with graphics (ADAM made), I started to realize that  we    are in for a learning experie or sign he has  made using some of these "nonstandard" settings.  I ALWAYS enjoy         getting such things in the mail; I especially like to see how       other people use my graphics in their own designs.  It's kind of    an inspiration to me.  I always marvel at what they've come up      with, but I seldom use the nonstandard options myself.  I really    don't know WHY, unless it's because I seldom print out just one     screen at a time. As a matter of fact, you don't even SEE all those length and  goodbye...  because that will cause the background   to print instead of the foreground, and most pictures have a lot    more background than foreground.  That's a lot of ink, and a lot    of wear and tear on your ribbon.  If you want to print part of a    picture in reverse, you'd do better to do that from within the      PowerPAINT GLOBAL COLOR menu, and then MOVE/COPY just the part  you want to print to another cell.  But more about that another  time. Of course, when you go playing around with size op    margin.) So by choosing any width other than 4, you can make your   picture print as narrow as 1/4 its size or as wide as twice its     size.  You can make it longer, too, by choosing double, triple,  or even quadruple length.  (You can't make it shorter, though;  there  is no option for quarter or half length.) By combining  different   widths and lengths, you can get quite a variety of really different looks. When you choose any width other than 8, you can also choose where   on the page you want traphic to go with this article is 'DECISIONS:'.  If you do     not have PowerPaint, contact Dean Roades or Pat Herrington for a    copy of the printouts that were included in the newsletter. r ADAM Questions   Contact:                         Contact:       Guy Cousineau                    Richard Drushel       1059 Hindley St                  3353 Mayfield Rd       Ottawa Canada K2B 5L9            Cleveland Hgts, OH 44118    Voice Phone: 6f course, that  is not true.  If you are going to double the width of a cell, you  are going to go across the whole page.  Obviously, you don't have  an   option of where to start and where to end if you are using up  the  whole page width!  But any OTHER width would afford you  choices.   You can get even more different effects by choosing MIRROR IMAGE.   But DON'T choose REVERSE FOREGROUND unless you have very little     background showing!  Otherwise, you might as well kiss your         printer ribbon width options unless you choose to PRINT SCREEN.  If you are  printing    either a workspace or a two-cell "header", the only menu  choices   are for darkness of hardcopy and reverse or normal foreground.  (Oh, yeah...  and "mirror image"!) If you print a single cell, other options appear.  You can choose   any width (in inches) from 1 to 8.  Normal width for one cell is  4 inches, which is just about half as wide as a page.  (As far as     PowerPAINT is concerned, it IS half a page; the other 1/2" is   tions, your       printed graphics will be distorted in various ways.  But that can   be fun...  especially with graphic fonts, which will usually be     more or less recognizable no matter how stretched, crunched, or     squeezed they become. Well, as the fiction editors like to say, "SHOW ME, DON'T TELL      ME." I've printed out a number of examples for you, each of them    using the same PowerPAINT screen but with different settings.   See for yourself.  Amazin', ain't it?--- PJH April 1993The ghe picture to start (again, in inches.) 0  is the very left hand margin, and so on.  The number of choices  you   have for a starting point varies, depending on the width you  have  chosen.  The narrower the width, the more places you can  choose to start. A couple of months ago, in this space, I flubbed that up.  I was    discussing double high/double wide printout (which actually         QUADRUPLES the final size of your graphic printout) and I said      that you'd be asked where you wanted to start.  O‚DےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےFrom the 463 ADAM May newsletter.LETTERS TO THE  EDITORRichard Clee, one of our erudite Canadian members, comments on  the above letter to 463 ADAM from Brian Reid.Dean:- Even though you did a more than reasonable job of replying to      Brian t on with Syd Carter.  He's now running a        computer consulting business dealing with higher-end MS-DOS         machines.  He learned on the ADAM and gave to the ADAM, till his    skills advanced beyond the level ADAM could support. It's a process.  One of our earliest losses was Wade Welsh.  The   most recent report I had on Wade was that he was off cruising the   Caribbean courtesy of his employer, in recognition of his           contributions to the company's software maintanace and upgrading.   Kentions it didn't take him long    to tap into the support network in Toronto.  Dave is a guy with a   lot of initiative and drive, so he soon became a force, sharing     his knowledge as generously as he increased it. The trouble is, his boss found out.  So more and more he was       taken off the "joe jobs" at work and asked to figure out and run    their new computer equipment as it was introduced, because he       "knew about computers".  Next thing he knew he was being sent to    head office to learnoves that the ADAM is still a valid   computer choice.  It shows that the power and facility is there     for anyone with a serious interest in computing to do his or her    preliminary skill development in a way that makes the new           knowledge eminently transportable. Let's explore this further.  ADAM has power - real power.  There   still is virtually no home or hobby, or even small business         application, for which an 8-bit, 64K computer such as the ADAM is   not perfectly adequate.  For the bottom line is that  the ADAM is a really terrific learning tool for those who take it       seriously.  But the other edge of this sword is that when people    learn, it pays off for them big.  And for all the ADAM's utility    and extraordinary powers, it isn't the computer used to run major   international corporations.  So when a Dave Hill comes along, he    benefits our community and in turn benefits from it - eventually    someone else outbids ADAM for his now developed skills. The same thing wenReid's letter (April issue), I'd welcome the opportunity to   toss in my own two cents worth on the topic.  I think it can  stand a bit more discussion. First, yes we are losing some very high quality ADAM people.  In   fact, I was over at Dave Hill's home last weekend and we talked     about it.  Why did Dave leave? It adds up to this.  Dave was  given his ADAM as a gift just before Coleco pulled the plug.   Stuck with an orphan, he felt he had to do his learning on his own - though of course as Brian men Tilley played with graphics, learning on the ADAM to apply  the job skills of his printing trade, till his employer closed  down.   But by then Ken was in a position to open his own small  print      shop, though that's been relegated to part-time since he  got       tabbed by the provincial government to come in and help keep  their graphics costs under control.  We will be losing others  soon as    well. But, is this a cause for regret?  I would argue otherwise.         Rather, I suggest that this pr about new equipment so he could clue in his    fellow workers.  Then he was re-assigned to help full-time in the   company computer training program.  Now with his immediate boss     eyeing a golden handshake as the company downsizes, he has a        secure job and a good shot at a promotion.  Where would he be if    it weren't for his ADAM?  "Probably on the cargo dock, waiting to   get laid off". OK, given Dave's drive, skill and intelligence, I think that       estimate is a little pessimistic.  But those of us who need no more, it's a   great place to start and stay.  But for those who get in deep,      ADAM is built around the Zilog Z80A central processing unit.        Sure, it's five generations out of date now.  But it was            originally an enhancement of the main business Intel CPU of the     time, with the same instruction set.  If you learned to use the     Zilog, you learned to use the Intel.  And because Intel felt they   had to keep their users training and customers software usable,   t have an      ADAM group in his immediate area - has he tried to orgainize one?   Or is the fact that distant groups reached out to him - (for        instance, did he find MTAG or did MTAG find him?) enough            reassurance.  He does have our club, the ADAM News Network with     its monthly discs and ADAM Survival Guide, a low-cost supplier a    cheap phone call or two hour drive away, and if he has the urge  to meet the sort of names he names, he's been invited to a number  of  ADAMcons where he couwhy a surprisingly large number of the  users I talk to bought it.  ADAM is unlike all other computers  before or since.  It cooperates.  Plug it in, plug in a cartridge, pull a switch and that's it, you're having fun playing   a game.  Pull reset, press one button, and you're into a full-      fledged word processing program.  Except - this one is easy.        You've got dedicated keys for the main functions.  You've got       variable-value keys, that change automatically down logical         "trees" for system can provide.  Meanwhile he can watch his  storage   medium crash and pay a kilobuck or so to recover all his  data - if it can be done at all.  Sure, some people have to put  up with      these routine and accepted facts of computer life - but  is there   any point in doing it if you have a choice? Still, Brian has articulated a real and valid concern.  We do      have people leaving the ADAM community for the wrong reasons.       Recently we've had major disruptions in at least two well-known    are there to let you do it.   You can sit back and enjoy, and let ADAM do all the work, or you    can dive in and push your learning up the curve as fast as you      have the skill and drive to do it. So Brian has three ADAMs and wonders whether he should keep  them.  The only way to answer that question is with another - do  they do the job? If so, consider the options.  He can stay with  what he    has and enjoy the closest, friendliest, lowest cost support of any computer user around.  Maybe he doesn'  subsequent generations of CPUs have been huge advances, but the     basics haven't changed. Similarly, it is no trick to see the CP/M heritage in MS-DOS.      Learn CP/M (or TDOS) on your ADAM and you have the fundamentals  to take on the more powerful machines should the need ever arise.      Yes, there will be all sorts of new details to pick up - but if     you've mastered the ADAM the bigger stuff comes easy. There's a very special ADAM qualification to all this.  It's  easy and friendly.  That's ld meet them face to face. The option? Go buy another computer for ten times the ADAM's       price, buy buggy software for it and pay and pay and pay for the    regular upgrades, get super-duper hardware with the performance  of a Formula One car but not quite the reliability and longevity,      battle an interface that makes no real concession to the user,  and then find after six months everything he paid a fortune for  is     obsolete and all the "really good newest" software demands  more    than his the other functions.  You don't have to memorize a      hundred different "slash commands", there's no big demanding        boot-up and loading sequence, no need to spend three weeks with a   manual before you press a key, just set up and go - instant         gratification.  And most ADAM programs, whether Coleco originals    or third-party, take advantage of this to the maximum possible      extent. ADAM doesn't intimidate.  ADAM doesn't demand.  ADAM produces.     Yet if you want to push it, the tools  clubs, and the reasons were not cause for optimism.  In both  cases individuals who had been powerful creative forces and  contributors felt they had no option but to seek more congenial associates.  There are destroyers loose in the ADAM community,  the type that got Barry Wilson.  For the knowledgable, they are  easy   to spot.  They came late to ADAM, not because they understood its values, but because it was cheap.  They found  their ideal milieu in the clubs - free software in the PD collections, f and worth the effort that goes into its   preservation.  When possible, do attend club meetings.  Read the    newsletter and respond to the contents.  Stand for election to      club positions, do the job, and do it well.  Volunteer to help  out with club special events, from manning a booth at Mini-Con to       helping organize an ADAMcon.  Understand what the workers are       doing, and when the destroyers mouth off, tell them off.  Lend a    helping hand when your fellow members call. If you're up toidually  pressed.  No one has to make a contribution, beyond the annual  membership   fee.   The destroyers love this.  They can come in and take, take, take   and never give.  Of course some other members may notice this.      But there's an easy defence.  Criticize the ones who are giving     their all to the club.  Can't you tell they're all on a power       trip? They're just setting up to loot the treasury.  They're  using the club as a vehicle for their own profiteering.  (Just  look at   the hoardefull the ADAM   world really is of such fine people. ADAM is what we make it.  For its graduates, successful people     like Dave Hill and Syd Carter and others we've mentioned, it has    been the road to greater heights.  For users like myself and, I     assume, Brian it's a fabulously satisfactory tool and a  worthwhile hobby.  Let us celebrate the former and enjoy the latter.  So long as we do so, we can defend our turf against  those who would despoil it, and continue to enjoy the satisfactions our y got Barry        Wilson.  They got David White.  They almost got Tony Morehen.       They're working on a good many others.  Give them a little more     time and a little more support and they'll get the whole ADAM       community.  Brian may have picked some inappropriate examples,  but his point is correct.  We are unnnecessarily losing people we       don't want to lose for reasons we don't want to lose them. What can the individual club member do about this? Decide his      ADAM is worth preserving,ree advice and instruction (and maybe, here and       there, one member or another who would pass on a copy of a          copyright program because well, it's hard to get, and costs a  lot, and he needs it, and just one copy won't hurt), a place to  brag    about all their cheese-paring triumphs and sharp deals, a           welcoming and trusting group always happy to help out a fellow      member.  And of course all the work is done by volunteers; the      members may be collectively asked but aren't indiv it, support the larger ADAM community.  Get on a   BBS.  If they have FIDOnet, get into the discussions there.         (You'll even find Dave Hill and Syd Carter are, in fact, still in   touch).  When a software or hardware developer comes up with a  new product it really would be really neat to have, buy it from a       dealer - don't deny yourself and don't pirate.  Stand up for your   club and the people whose efforts make it worthwhile.  And          especially, attend an ADAMcon and find out just how s of software and hardware producers and dealers crowding in to the business).  They're just politicians     making life cushy for their friends.  They're glory hogs taking     credit for other people's work.  They're dictators doing            everything their own way - (not that anyone else is about to        volunteer). And on and on.  They are very clever; in a matter of weeks they    alone can destroy a structure it took dozens of others years to     build.  Doesn't that show how smart they are? TheADAMs provide so long as we choose to do so. -Rich Clee all  really   needed was a way of being on more than one place at the  same time.Fortunately for me, Edith Berry had agreed to repeat her session    on genealogy later in the afternoon.  This time I was there.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, as is well  known, is highly interested in genealogy.  Some time back they  produced a computer program called the Personof difficult, I know, to find a way to reach out to distant    members. This is a common dilemma within the ADAM community.  Not everyone   has an ADAM Users' Group in his own neighborhood.  I certainly      think that every ADAM owner should belong to at least one AUG, no   matter where he lives; and there are a great number of people who   have multiple memberships.  This is particularly true of            "isolated" ADAMites, but there are advantages in multiple           membership even for those folk‚DےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےFrom the 463 ADAM May newsletter.  An open letter from Pat          Herrington to 463 ADAM.Dear Fellow 463 ADAM club members:   I really want to tell you that you folks have been terrific about   making me feel welcome!  I belong to several ADAM Used to take over the ADAM NEWS NETWORK         editorship when founder Barry Wilson was in desperate need of       help...  while at the same time, he continued to oversee the 463    ADAM group AND edit the newsletter, AND host the third annual       ADAMCON (!) ...all without losing sight of either the big picture   or his original purpose...  to support each individual club         member.  That makes Dean something of a hero, don't you think? Obviously, Dean could not accomplish all this without help.  by phone, modem, and mail.  I feel welcome, and well-       informed.  I really DO wish I could go to meetings though;  nothing like hands-on help when you need it! But it's really special to "attend" meetings of 463 when you call   me up on the speaker phone!  I cracked up the first time you did    that, and I very much enjoyed talking to you folks during the       meeting.  I know you can't do that every month, but I wanted to     let you know that it meant something special to me.  It's always    kind al Ancestral File (PAF).  And that's the program Edith demonstrated.  It is a         comprehensive genealogy database originally written for the IBM,    but adapted to the CP/M world, specifically to to a Kaypro  machine by our own Ron Collins of Barberton Ohio.  Ron and Edith  worked    closely on the production of a CP/M version of this very  complete  program which has become the standard method of keeping             genealogical records in the LDS church.  They are using the IBM     version which coms who are lucky enough to live  close to a local group. You folks who live right there in the area may not even realize     how much you are envied by the person who lives in Leaping          Lizards, Oklahoma, who must get all of his information by phone     and letter.   Fortunately, since the early days, there have been GREAT strides    made in communications...  much of it due to the president of 463   ADAM. Dean was certainly not alone in taking up the challenge, but it     WAS Dean who volunteerrs' Groups,     and I try to be an active participant to the extent I am able...    even though this is difficult when you are a "long distance"        member.   Another AUG I belong to is Southwest Florida ADAM Users' Group.     Since I live in Orlando, you might think that SFAUG is in my  area.  But Florida is a big state, and it's 3 hours away from me.   I     have only been able to attend ONE meeting so far...  and that  was  before I was actually a member.  They keep in touch with me,        though, The    rest of the ADAM community is aware that the success of ADAMCON  03 was the result of a lot of hard work by other 463 ADAM  members...  and you may not realize how much your efforts are appreciated, but trust me on this...  there could have been no      convention without you, and we ARE grateful! Jerry Vrancks recently sent me a videotape containing portions of   ADAMCON 03 events.  It took me totally by surprise.  I was          surprised again when I watched the tape and found out just how     ironic part is this:  that segment of Good Morning  America never DID air in Indiana because it was preempted by news  of a     serious fire in Chicago.  So if Jerry had not called, I  wouldn't   have taped it, and wouldn't have it to send YOU.  Funny  how things work out, ain't it? <GRIN> --- Patricia Herrington 4/20/93ossible      extent. ADAM doesn't intimidate.  ADAM doesn't demand.  ADAM produces.     Yet if you want to push it, the tools hat I said!   Actually, I  thought I'd talked a good bit longer.) I also relived meeting so many of you for the first time.   Despite the fact that I live many states away, I'm luckier than  most       nonlocal folk.  I actually know many of my fellow club  members on  a personal basis.  And I wish every isolated ADAMite could have that kind of experience.  (That's one of the reasons I   am always harping on ADAMCON!) Anyway, thanks again for everything!  ******************************************** Dean: Well, I have read my issue of the newsletter and was disturbed  to hear what Barry Wilson had to say.  (Concerning the demise of  the  Trouble Shooting Guide.) I have had my ADAM a little over two       years and I have seen, in print, many popular names leaving the     ADAM community.  The sad part is no one can replace the people      that are leaving, we can only try to keep ADAM going.  Their  ideas and imagination cannot be duplicated.  Hopefully we, the  ADAMites  still hoping ADAM will continth information and advice.  Rob even lived close enough to the bring a computer to     the studio.   Unfortunately, as it turned out, freak weather prevented the show   from actually acquiring the ADAM for that segment, so all they  did was show a rare early TV ad.  But that's still interesting,  and I  managed to catch it on videotape.  I intend to send that  tape to   you local members, and at Guy Cousineau's suggestion,  will         probably bring it to ADAMCON FIVE in Salt Lake City, too. Now the  moved I was by it.  I actually found myself reliving the whole      experience...  I could even smell the chlorine in the pool where    we held most of the mealtime meetings.  (And the pool wasn't even   shown in the tape, but the memories came flooding back in.) I watched again as Barry Wilson gave his hilarious CP/M speech; I   saw the Gallery of Honour inductees making their acceptance         speeches; and I even finally found out what I said when I  accepted for Sol Swift.  (I never did quite know w‚DےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےFrom the 463 ADAM April newsletter.LETTERS TO THE EDITOREDITOR'S NOTE:  Here is a letter from Brian Reid of London,         Ontario.  He has been a member for several years.  My comments  are in ( ).  Dean Roades - Editor.  463 ADAM March 8/93Hi Jerry also called me (as well as a number of other folks) to  alert me to the fact that Good Morning America was planning a  segment    featuring an ADAM.  I called several other people and let  them     know, too.  Jerry got the original information from the  CompuServe club forum, where one of the producers of Good Morning  America     exchanged messages with Ron Collins, Rob Friedman, and  many other  ADAMites.  He had been trying to find an ADAM for the  show, and    the forum members all jumped in wiue, can try to come up with  good      ideas for the future. It seems the people who spend a lot of time and effort to keep     ADAM going get fed up, and get tired of spending so much time on    ADAM and it is understandable.  When I first started, ADAM people   were saying farwell to Syd Carter.  Then Dave Hill quit the  editor job at MTAG.  Now we are losing Barry Wilson.  (Not to  mention     many who left before Brian came to ADAM.) I was going to  expand my ADAM and was even considering starting a B moved I was by it.  I actually found myself reliving the whole      experience...  I could even smell the chlorine in the pool where    we held most of the mealtime meetings.  (And the pool wasn't even   shown in the tape, but the memories came flooding back in.) I watched again as Barry Wilson gave his hilarious CP/M speech; I   saw the Gallery of Honour inductees making their acceptance         speeches; and I even finally found out what I said when I  accepted for Sol Swift.  (I never did quite know w very little when they  are  content.  But everyone is thanking someone everytime they use       their ADAM or a program, or a piece of hardware and everytime a     new product is sold to an ADAMite.  Barry, don't let anyone drive   you from something you want to do.  If you want to stay with  ADAM, there are lots of people who would like you to stick around. By the way, I have not met any ADAMites 'face-to-face', but I      have been in touch with a lot of them and I have been given a lot   of help from library and public message area.  I    especially liked the new public message area format.  Following    is a condensed copy of what I capatured during my logon.  Take a   look.  What do you think? You may want to logon to an A-NET board  and take a first hand look for yourself.===================================CONNECT TIME:  SUN MAR 28, 1993 5:54 AM NEW DATA LIBRARY(March 9th 1993 9:00 AM)Its been a long known fact that one of A-NET's weakest areas was its Data Library.  Hopefully, I've madereak.  There just needs to be MORE ADAMites to step  up to the front.  No special talent is necessary.  Barry and I  are    prime examples.  Yes, we have both had some good ideas, but  the    thing we offered most was the willingness to put in the TIME.   If  you are too busy to give ADAM a few hours a month, don't be         shocked if it all falls apart.) 03 events.  It took me totally by surprise.  I was          surprised again when I watched the tape and found out just how     BS, but I can't help but wonder if ADAM will be around for a while, or if  it is starting to fade away.  I now have three complete ADAMs and  all the expansion modules and I hesitate to put more money into  it.  I hope ADAM will be around for a long time, but all of the  important people seem to be leaving or thinking they are doing all the work and are not being appreciated.  To those of you who    do so much for ADAM and all the users, you ARE appreciated.  It  is just human for people to say nothing or‚CےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےFrom the 463 ADAM May 93 newsletter by Jerry Vrancks.A NEW LOOK FOR A-NET When I logged onto an A-NET BBS the other day I was pleasantly    suprised.  The A-NET boards are testing a new format and what I    seen I liked. I checked out the new data all.  I would like to take this time to say  'Thanks', you know who you are. Brian Reid(Just a few points I would like to make.  'ALL' the important       ADAMites are not leaving.  There are some stepping in to pick up    the slack when others leave.  George and Herman have made the       offer in the past to produce Syd Carter's products if there was     enough interest.  Bob Blair took over the ANN editing when I        stepped down.  Bob Slopsema agreed to mail ANN disks when Barry     needed the b some enhancements that will change that.  I'm testing out a new Data Library program that offers many new features including XMODEM downloading.  For more information, you can go to the ADAM RAMBLINGS section in the NEW PUBLIC MESSAGE AREA.  Look for the subject titled NEW A-NET DL.  You can access the new Data Library by entering P2 from the MAIN prompt to access the new BBS areas and then select option #7 to go to the Data Library.  Remember, it's in the testing stages but I think you'll[REPLY]TO :ALAN (AN1) [SYSOP]FROM :ALAN (AN1) [SYSOP]ORIGIN:AN/MBASE #1 (LOCAL)Number:3DATE :Sun Feb 07 1993 01:44 PMSUBJ.  :TEST [REPLY]TO :ALAN (AN1) [SYSOP]FROM :ALAN (AN1) [SYSOP]ORIGIN:AN/MBASE #1 (LOCAL)Number:13DATE :Fri Mar 19 1993 07:28 PMSUBJ.  :GOOD MORNING ADAM!TO :ALLFROM :ALAN (AN1) [SYSOP]ORIGIN:AN/MBASE #1 (LOCAL)Number:14DATE :Sat Mar 20 1993 09:54 PMSUBJ.  :GOOD MORNING ADAM!  [REPLY]TO :ALAN (AN1) [SYSOP]FROM :ROB FRIEDMAN (AN158)ORIGIN:AN/MBASE #1 (LOCAL)Numbsvr.BAS/AN#1/Feb 2 19884.  AC05.RLE/AN#1/Feb 6 19935.  WOLF.RLE/AN#1/Mar 19 19886.  COSBY.RLE/AN#46/Mar 21 19897.  MONA.RLE/AN#1/Feb 13 19898.  BOGART.RLE/AN#97/May 7 19909.  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TRADING POST BBS  !  HAVE A REAL GOOD DAY!  Time On:  8 Minutes / 37 SecondsBye TINKERNO CARRIERearly TV ad.  But that's still interesting,  and I  managed to catch it on videotape.  I intend to send that  tape to   you local members, and at Guy Cousineau's suggestion,  will         probably bring it to ADAMCON FIVE in Salt Lake City, too. Now the ton on Writing Letters3.  AC5RPT.TXT     By Guy Cousineau on ACON 054.  BABBLING.TXT   By Bob Blair on ACON 055.  TAKETWO.TXT    By Rich Clee - text of his Keynote Address6.  AC5PRES.TXT    By Ron Mitchell on His ACON 05 PresentationAND HOW ABOUT THE NEXT CONVENTION?7.  ACON1994.TXT   Brief Announcement on ACON 06IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT YOUR ADAM NEWS NETWORK SUBSCRIPTION8.  ADAMNEWS.TXT   CHANGES FOR ANN By Bob BlairFrom Dean Roades of the 463 ADAM User's Group in Indiana comes:9.‚BS A HUGE SUCCESS AND THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES WILL GIVE YOU A DARN GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT TOOK PLACE:1.  AC05REP.TXT    By Ron Mitchell on ACON 052.  AC5PARTY.TXT   B   DISK #1 of the ADAM NEWS NETWORK, August, 1993 PublicationTHE ADAM CONVENTION WAS A HUGE SUCCESS AND THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES WILL GIVE YOU A DARN GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT TOOK PLACE:1.  AC05REP.TXT    By Ron Mitchell on ACON 052.  AC5PARTY.TXT riven across half a continent with  it -   pulling a trailer. But I am aware it's getting unusual  enough   to attract notice. I did finally retire my Beta VCR,  and I've   noticed the CB radio isn't as useful as it used to  be. Times do change, and products do change with them.     If there is one product that has undergone incredibly       speedy technological change in the last few years, it's          computers. Yet here we are gathered from all over this           continent and beyond, to discuss the  ARKOFICE.TXT   By Rich Clee, a book review10. ASG.TXT        By Rich Clee on the ANN ADAM Survival Guide    11. DECISION.TXT   By Pat Herrington on graphics is the new EOS   SYSOP for COMPUSERVE!).12. LTR-PJH.TXT    By Pat Herrington on printing PWR PAINT PICS   13. LTR-REID.TXT   By Brian Reid on future of ADAM14. LTR-CLEE.TXT   By Rich Clee in response to Brian's letter15. NEWLKBBS.TXT   By Jerry Vranks on the ANET BBS16. TIPS-JV.TXT    By Jerry Vranks on ADAM tips17. TOWHOM.TXT     By Pat Herringironic part is this:  that segment of Good Morning  America never DID air in Indiana because it was preempted by news  of a     serious fire in Chicago.  So if Jerry had not called, I  wouldn't   have taped it, and wouldn't have it to send YOU.  Funny  how things work out, ain't it? <GRIN> --- Patricia Herrington 4/20/93ossible      extent. ADAM doesn't intimidate.  ADAM doesn't demand.  ADAM produces.     Yet if you want to push it, the tools ‚AےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےRICH CLEE delivered the following Keynote Address on the first   Morning of the ACON 05 Convention:     Some of us, I suppose, can be a little cranky. I do  have a more than twenty year old car sitting in the parking  lot        outside, having just d  By Bart Lynch on ACON 053.  AC5RPT.TXT     By Guy Cousineau on ACON 054.  BABBLING.TXT   By Bob Blair on ACON 055.  TAKETWO.TXT    By Rich Clee - text of his Keynote Address6.  AC5PRES.TXT    By Ron Mitchell on His ACON 05 PresentationAND HOW ABOUT THE NEXT CONVENTION?7.  ACON1994.TXT   Brief Announcement on ACON 06IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT YOUR ADAM NEWS NETWORK SUBSCRIPTION8.  ADAMNEWS.TXT   CHANGES FOR ANN By Bob BlairFrom Dean Roades of the 463 ADAM User's Group in Indiana comes:9. future of a computer  that  was introduced a full ten years ago, was so full of  bugs it     went through 80 revisions to get it working right,  then as far  as the manufacturer was concerned went down in flames with a thundering crash within a year of its              introduction.     Yet here we are, in the fifth annual convention             celebrating this little orphan, and we didn't even start         organizing them until production had been stopped for five       years. I'm supposed to talk ab     But - that does not mean the 8-bit, 64K machine is not      useful. It just means that in a hotly competitive, current       manufacture retail market, it has lost its cost advantage  over  the more complex machinery. Change that condition and  it's      still a viable machine.     So where does that leave the ADAM? As it happens, very      favourably placed indeed. You cannot pick up a 386SX  computer   for the price an ADAM offers in the local garage sale. Of course the ADAM delivers less. What wpple II, and ADAM. Of the latter three, the Commodore 64  and   Apple II stayed in production until very recently,  stopping     only late last year.     Let's ask an interesting question - not why did the C64     and Apple last so long, but rather, why did they stop? That      they did last so long in the marketplace, and will, in all       probability persist in use for many years to come, suggests      that the 8-bit, 64K computer has a continuing utility even  in   the face of the enormous advances insenger automobile on the current market. It puts     its power out through the rear wheels. It has a separate  frame, stronger against the twisting forces of towing, and  making the  body easier to repair in the event of damage. It's simple enough for the owner to do minor repairs and any     corner garage to do others with standard mechanical and          electric - not electronic - tools. In short, in the context  in  which it is used, it is actually better than any contemporary option available.      the C64 or Apple II there is a certain minimum price for which it must be  retailed. Meanwhile Commodore and Apple have a big line of newer, more powerful computers on which they can make a  bigger  profit selling at, relatively speaking, only a somewhat higher price. There comes a point where say a C64  with colour monitor, printer, modem and a couple of disc  drives,     plus maybe a hard disc, shows no meaningful difference in price from an MS-DOS clone 386SX of much  greater  power and capability.out the next ten years. Is  this   realistic? What on earth is going on?     To guess at the future it is necessary to examine the       past. What is the past of ADAM, and of computers in general?     When ADAM was introduced, it was as a general purpose, home      level computer. There were very expensive, dedicated  business   use computers like the Osborne, Kaypro, IBM PC and  a host of    others, and more moderately priced computers aimed  at home and  small business use, such as the Commodore 64, Ae sometimes        overlook is that the ADAM also delivers more in certain  areas.  How that understanding is dealt with will determine  what        happens with ADAM in the next ten years.     Like my car in the parking lot, the ADAM offers certain     unique advantages. My car doesn't have fuel injection or         traction control or ABS braking or a number of other  purported  current advantages. It does have an engine bigger,  and more     capable of hauling a trailer up a mountainside, than any pas computer technology  in     that time. So why quit?     Maybe it's just because building and selling any  computer  costs a certain amount of money. There's materials  and labour.  Computers are bulky and shipping them from factory to distributor to dealer costs a ton. They have to  be   supported with software and information services and             accessories and upgrades. These things all cost piles of  money. And people who do work want to make a profit on it.  This means  that for a computer likeMy ten year old computer is similar. I can go out and  buy, for an astonishingly low amount of money, a computer  with the   power to run a major international business, manage  a database  on the entire population of my country, or design a landmark suspension bridge. In fact, in terms of sheer         utility delivered per dollar invested, I wonder whether  there   has ever been as good a buy offered to consumers in  history as  the current MS-DOS computer.     But I'm content to leave the building of ion of my train of thought, from any other  computer.   They just don't do it that way.     I'm not as young as I used to be, and my eyesight is        telling me so. ADAM's standard 32 column text display can be  a  pain where line count is concerned, but there are times  when    that bigger print can be very welcome indeed. I know,  too,      there are others out there with eyes far poorer than  mine. I    still use a 14 inch monitor - but ADAM allows that  big print on any size screen. I suspect Smartw with the  minimum of   complication between my thoughts and the appearance of the words in usable form on paper. I have yet  to  find any tool as adept as the ADAM at performing this  job.     No, not even the free flow of pen and ink. My  handwriting  looks like the trail of a psychotic snake on a bender, and I'm getting to the years when writers cramp is       increasingly easy to come by. By contrast, the ADAM has the      most comfortable keyboard of any letter-producing machine  I've  ever encountwriter Elite add to the storage and printing capabilities. If more advanced word processing      capabilities are need, there is Speedywrite within EOS, or       Wordstar or VDE in CP/M-TDOS, to provide them. And they're       cheap enough to easily allow one who needs to to collect the     lot - something that would be an all but prohibitive expense     with a more recent computer.     The key lies in simplicity and minimal demands on the       user. An illustrative example is spreadsheet use. I can  al simple,       straightforward way. It is important and very valuable to me     that I have a small, comfortable keyboard. The half-dozen        dedicated function keys handle all of the special requirements normal to my writing, and cue me to the  necessary  actions, and tell me what's going on every step of  the way. The variable function keys take up any slack that is left, with the same convenience of use. I can't get that      facility, of putting my words in permanent form without          interruptthe Golden  Gate's successor to Bethlehem Steel. I don't intend to build  A.D.A.M.  Services into a competitor for Tandy. And I don't need to access all the phone numbers of all the residents of     Teslin, Yukon. My computer needs are different. And my ADAM      serves them very well - in fact, better than any other  option I can find.     I've been a writer, mostly as a hobby, off and on for  many years as a paid professional, for most of my life. My  interest  is in getting the words I want onto paperriter on one of the 45 inch displays could be usable even to some of the      legally blind. And the sound and colour cues, and the  ability   to change the screen colour to whatever works best,  are         additional aids not to be underestimated.     Of course there's the other side to ADAM's word-processing abilities. One can do things the easy way.  But, if the more advanced capabilities are needed, they're            available. Showoff adds to the formatting options.  Smartwriters Helper and Smartered. I suppose I could get worried about  carpal    tunnel syndrome, but even after challenging Barry Wilson's output levels I've escaped it so far.     Smartwriter is a very limited word processing program.  Big deal. My word processing needs are limited, too. There  are a    lot of things I don't need. Among them are pages of  slash       commands to memorize, manuals 250 pages thick full of  functions I will never use, tricks and shortcuts that take more time to execute than doing the same thing theways  tell when (my wife) Frances is using ADAMcalc; she  sits there   happily producing whatever concerns her at the moment with absolute ease. It's when the brimstone language      starts floating from the office that I know she's switched  to   Supercalc with its MS-DOS-like interface and action. I  suspect  that is why for years the largest installed base of  ADAM        computers in Canada was in H&R Block offices. In a  context of   seasonal rushes with high turnover, little-skilled help having to bnse of the term. The question has now become, what  is the     ADAM good for - and who needs it?     I have tried to provide some leads towards the answer  to   that question above. ADAM still has unique strengths  that, to   many people, should make it still the machine of choice for many computing jobs. On the large scale - if the      business is small, staff turnover is high, and costs must be     controlled and training time minimized, then the ADAM with  its  low initial cost, high reliability, easmachines can't handle. ADAM has lost perhaps more than its share of talented users because its abilities  are so large, and its position in the mainstream that has  since     evolved into MS-DOS and 80xx6 chips so clear, that  once having  mastered the powers of ADAM the steps upward were so easy.     There are ADAM's special abilities too. For some with       children or grandchildren, just the ability to play  cartridge   video games is a major plus - especially since they're so cost-effective comparinstream MS-DOS (or MacIntosh or such, for  that       matter) computer, but for whom an ADAM would be a usable, affordable, learnable answer to real current  personal   needs.     In an ideal world, these people would find their way to     the ADAM community. We all know there are far too many  rejected ADAMs out there, and have probably even taken a few  into our    own protective custody. But does your typical garage sale buyer know what an ADAM is? If the seller knew       where support could be fouf the        Osborne, Kaypro, TI99/4A, Timex and others, we always  mentally  compared our ADAMs with "other computers", balancing off the relative strengths and weaknesses -  always,   of course, including costs. There is no point in comparing the ADAM to current mainstream computers. There's  no  comparison.     But this is the whole point; the difference in degree  has  become so great it is now a difference in kind. ADAM is  simply  not relevant to someone who needs "a computer" in the  current   see trained and made productive  to a tight deadline, the product with the easiest, most             straightforward, least demanding interface providing the         necessary power is the best choice. It is a description that     fits ADAM and ADAMcalc Better than any other machine no  matter  how new and powerful.     Not everyone considers ADAM's strongest point the ease  of  use. Tom Keene, for instance, sings the praises of the  machine  for its ability to cope with engineering languages  competitive  y repairability,  minimal software and support cost and minimal requirement for training and supervision may actually be the most  rational  choice for the job. Around the home, who needs a computer than takes more time to learn, and more time to set  up and run for each repetitive chore, than doing the whole  job     entirely by hand? There are hosts of people out there  who do    not need and cannot afford the initial cost, the maintenance cost, or the learning time demanded by the  typical  current maed against, say, Nintendo.  For  those who have video cameras or like to title their  tapes, or   such different applications as Bob Jones' operation of a video information channel in the motel he         operates, the fact that ADAM's output signal is compatible  with TVs, VCRs, cable and such is a critically important  plus. And   in terms of output available against cost, ADAM's capabilities in sound, music and graphics can be an enormous     asset.     There is a point to be made here. In the days ond, would they be selling anyway?      This, then, is the challenge the ADAM community faces.     Sure, there are lots of used Apples and Ataris and C64s     and TI99s and XT clones out there too, selling at about the      same secondhand prices as the ADAM. (OK, buyers demand more  to  haul the XTs away; they're heavier). But the ADAM will do        things these others won't. In fact, ADAM for many can be a       workable and satisfying answer for many for whom any other       computer would be a catastr that will do the chores we  recognize as computer functions. These people need ADAMs as badly as ADAM needs dedicated users.     So talk to your family and your neighbours and your         friends. Make a real, serious effort to find these people  who   do need ADAMs. Then sell them one of those cleaned-up,  working  extra machines at a cheap price. Throw in the names  of your     favourite dealers, offer the phone contact numbers  for any      clubs you're aware of, and give them the assurance  that evst  solution   to those problems.     This means the passive approach is dead. It is now up  to   every ADAM activist to take on a positive, deliberate  role.     This isn't going to be easy.     It starts with each individual. Go get yourself a  backup   ADAM. If you've been using it happily this long, surely you can't want to contemplate the chance of its  breaking and leaving you without a replacement. Then mooch around the local garage sales, Goodwill outlets, Bargain  Hunter papers and things, annstrations - many test tapes have the original Coleco  demo  on them as well; it's public domain. Remember you're  looking    for people who need a bit less computer at a great  deal less    cost than all those fancy MS-DOS machines in the adjoining booths. Let those people know there's a computer       around for them too. Some will take it. It's no longer  enough   to just locate long-term casual users who already have an ADAM. It's time now to latch on to those ADAMs that  are being discarded, and put    them. Maybe they're just, as suggested previously,  folks with   videotape collections and camcorders who need titling abilities. Maybe they're just folks who could never      learn to use Wordperfect 6.0, but have to provide clear,  clean  minutes to the club. Maybe they're people who have  physically   lost the ability to speak, but would benefit enormously from a no learning required way to put messages  on   the home TV screen. There is a huge need out there for a  really cheap, really easy machineophe.     If ADAM is to continue to be usable through his second      decade, then these new users must be found and recruited. So     far the ADAM community has been satisfied to locate existing     users, and do what it can to help them. This is no longer        satisfactory. It is time to seek out and identify those who      need an ADAM, but do not recognize their need for a ADAM. We     need to show understanding of their needs and problems, and      show why the virtues unique to ADAM present the been if the company posts you to Peoria permanently, effective tomorrow morning, there will still be all the  support they need. Then coach them a little to get them started. You may even add to your circle of friends.     If you're a club member you can do rather more. Find  out   where the local computer fairs and flea markets are.  Many are   delighted to give a club a free booth. Take it. Write up some literature about what the ADAM is good for  now.   Put up some signs. Bring a machine and run demod when you see someone giving  away an ADAM for ten bucks or so, buy it. Build a little stock. Get the public domian testing programs, too, so  you'll   know what, if anything, is wrong with your purchases.  Learn how to clean it up, maybe even rectify the most common  faults. Then go out and try to sell you extras.     No, you're not a salesperson, and you don't want to go      into the computer business. But you do know, and your  friends   know of, people who need ADAMs but don't know they  can have  them in hands that need them  again.     Remember you have resources behind you in your efforts.     Computers get discarded when people can't get what they need  to use them. So support your dealers, and through them your         hardware and software and supply producers. Make sure every      user you encounter, or develop, knows who they are and how  to   reach them. The first ten years were marked by a steady  flow of new products for the ADAM. More are contemplated yet. But if you do not buy them, turvive and       thrive. Or you can let a diminishing corps of loyalists  slowly  fade away. The face you see in your mirror today will  decide    what the next ten years will bring.     For myself, I will work with faith and optimism, and  look  forward to addressing you at ADAMCON 0E on the topic of  ADAM in the new millenium.not pick up a 386SX  computer   for the price an ADAM offers in the local garage sale. Of course the ADAM delivers less. What wellow members to help in mutual         problem solving. And support such club activities as you  can.     There's only one way to really keep up with what is         happening in the ADAM world, and that is through participation in the ADAM News Network. Buy the publications     you can use - the monthly discs, the ADAM Survival Guide,  the   Glossary, the EOS Programming Manual. Make sure your  club       newsletter sends in its copy, and complain loud and  long if     they don't run enough material pi understand that     the same problem was posted on Fidonet.  I knew I had read about    this problem and how it could be fixed but at the time I couldn't   find it. A couple of weeks later I was going through some old newsletters   when I came across the article on how to fix the printer problem.   I also found many other hardware and software tips and fixes I  had forgotten about.  I then thought to myself, "Boy it sure  would be  nice if all these tips were in one place, or at least  know where   to fiide if your objective is to be  reached.     What will the next ten years bring for the ADAM? The        answer does not lie in my cloudy crystal ball. Rather, you  must consult another piece of glass. A mirror. Yours.     Because when all is said and done, this truth remains.  The ADAM is a good and useful tool. There are more people  who need  ADAMs than there are ADAMs left to supply them. If  you, through your efforts, can bring those people together with the ADAM answer to their needs, ADAM will she dealers will not stock      them and the producers will not produce them. Heretical as  the  idea may seem, do consider actually buying that new game  or     memory expander or public domain tape you've been coveting since you got your ADAM ten years ago. You'll be        helping to assure ADAM's future.     Do support your local club. If you can't get to  meetings - so be it. But do keep your dues up, read the newsletter, even react to it. Share your questions and your      answers. Cultivate some f‚DےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےFrom the 463 ADAM May newsletter by Jerry Vrancks.FINDING THE TIPSRecently on CIS I saw where someone wanted to know how to repair    his ADAM printer.  The printing mechanism moved to the left and     the daisy wheel just continued to spin.  I alsocked up off the exchange. Contribute your expertise to a chapter in the          forthcoming Volume 2 of the ASG.     And keep communicating. Keep in touch with your local  ADAM users. If there's a BBS serving the group, that's a  significant plus. If there is a FIDONET node accessible to you, get them to carry the ADAM echo if you can - and            participate. You are here because your ADAM is good for you.     You want to keep it that way. Your active participation in  the  ADAM community will decnd them when I needed them." What I've done is to  make a      SmartWritter file that I use to enter the newsletter, ANN  disk or  other sorce of the fixes or repair tips I come across.   This way   maybe, just maybe I'll be able to find the information  when I need it. Talking about tips here's one you may want to keep in mind.  A     while back I booted PowerPaint and it locked up just before the     little tune was done.  I rebooted it several times, tried a         different drive, but the results were friends and relatives.  It might even save you MONEY, if   it helps you resist the temptation to say "the heck with it" and    make long-distance calls instead of facing that long list of        letters you really ought to write. If you're like most of us, you have too many people who are         clamoring to hear from you, and not enough time to write detailed   letters to all of them telling them what you've been up to  lately. Even if you DO have lots of time (ha!) you still don't want to      spen‚DےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےTO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN by Pat Herrington 3/22/93============================================================Dear (YOUR NAME HERE):  You have ALREADY WON one of these  valuable prizes!  That's right, (YOUR NAME HERE); your winning  ticket is    enclos and then personalize it for each of  the      people on your list!   Note that I am NOT suggesting you send a letter that says: "Dear Friend and/or Relative:  It has been a busy month here at     the Jones household.  Little Jenny had her tonsils out, and our     youngest, Jojo, struck oil in the back yard while trying to  tunnel to China.  Mother and Dad are buying a new car, etc...   etc....    We think of you and/or your family often and wonder how  you are    doing.  Very personally yours, The Joneick of such blatant attempts    to make form letters less objectionable by sticking your name in    the body of the letter.   And that's too bad, because it likely means that you equate "mail   merge" with tackiness, and do not bother to take advantage of its   benefits.  Which, in turn, means you are not using your word        processor to its fullest capacity. The truth of the matter is that such techniques can save you many   valuable hours, AND keep you in close contact with those long-      distance the same.  I spent about a    half hour trying different things, still couldn't get it to load.   I finaly shut the computer off.  I then unpluged and repluged the   expansion board a few times.  I then booted PowerPaint again and    it loaded just fine.  I must have had a bad connection on the       expansion board slot.  Something to keep in mind if a piece of      software requiring an expansion board doesn't load. Jerry Vd it writing essentially the same thing over and over.  By  the third letter, you never want to discuss your vacation plans  again, much less the rotten weather that's keeping you indoors in  the     first place.  The fourth person on your list gets a brief  "all's   well, will write more later"...  IF you even get around to  writing anything at ALL. How much more convenient it would be to write just one nice,        chatty letter describing your current activities in as much  detail as you can manage... ed.  You are GUARANTEED one of the following:  (1) A quarter million dollars annually for life; (2) matching his   and hers Lear jets; (3) your own private island in the South        Pacific; or (4) a gold-tone wristwatch, lavishly encrusted with     jewel-like substances. ************************************************************ How often do you receive computer-generated letters like this,      "personalized" with your name and address? Too often, I'll bet.     In fact, you are probably heartily ss Family and Jughead the Cat." There IS a place for this kind of thing, of course.  Many  families print a family newsletter, which I find utterly charming...  and a lot of fun, too.  But it's a different form,  in that it doesn't PRETEND to be personal...  in fact, quite the       opposite...  and nobody suggests that it's a substitute for a       regular letter.  A family newsletter usually includes at least a    short hand-written note in the same envelope, ESPECIALLY if the     person to whom it's bthe     end; sometimes I insert comments such as "This song always  reminds me of you because of the time we were driving around and  it came   on the radio", or whatever. Sometimes I insert entire paragraphs that will be meaningful to     one person but not the others. My correspondents know I do this.  My sister, in fact, does the     same thing, and sometimes inserts the comment, "PORTIONS OF THIS    LETTER HAVE BEEN PRERECORDED." Nobody seems to mind, though; they   all know that there is no way the  writing the same thing over and over, nor would they prefer you     didn't write at all.  And you CAN combine the personal touches      with the main body of your letter in a way that lets the  recipient know you are, indeed, thinking of him as an individual. As a matter of personal choice, I write about 85 per cent of my     letters in longhand...  often when my computer is tied up with      another task, or when I am in some other room (even a waiting  room somewhere.) I find that, for me, my thought one of my children, I use SEARCH to search for   Bob, and REPLACE it with "Daddy".  If it were going to a nephew,  I could REPLACE with "Uncle Bob"; if to a friend who does not  know   him, I could replace with "my husband".  This is simple, but        changes the tone of the entire letter (especially since I mention   Bob a whole LOT.) Sometimes it's handy to insert a phrase such as "as I told you on   the phone", or "as you will remember from your last visit", or  any other acknowledgment that the persoten want to tell each of them about         certain events which I also want to share with my sisters and       sometimes old friends.  So every few weeks, I write a "generic"     letter describing recent events.  But I don't MAIL it...  not  yet, anyway!  Instead, I SAVE the letter and bring it back up for  each  individual I am writing.  Then I add the lines that make  each      letter unique, tailored to the recipient.  Sometimes it's as        simple as putting in the greeting and adding a few lines at eing sent was the last to write.  While the    recipient will surely appreciate getting a copy of the  newsletter, he is likely to feel cheated if it's the ONLY correspondence he receives in return for his own personal letter.   Courtesy requires at least a few additional lines written  directly to him.   On the other hand, there is absolutely no reason to forego the      convenience of writing the repetetive parts of your letter JUST     ONCE.  No reasonable correspondent would expect you to keep       y would receive those occasional   long letters otherwise. There's no reason you HAVE to tell people this, though.  If you     think your personal correspondents are more easily miffed than      mine, just keep it your own little secret.  If you have taken the   trouble to tailor the letter to the individual, it will NOT be      obvious in the least. It's easy, too.  One of the techniques I use is to write the main   body of the letter mentioning my husband, Bob, by name.  When the   letter is going to processes are           different when I have a pen in my hand from when I am at the        keyboard.  I also try to make use of prestamped post cards (a  real bargain!) when I have a brief message to convey.  This is,          however, a strictly individual approach.  To each his own...  and   I don't think it really matters to your correspondents whether  you write or type your letters, so long as they get mail. Yet, now that my children are grown and living in different         states, I find that I ofn you're writing to is not  just a face in the crowd. Of course, it IS possible to get carried away with this sort of     thing.  You COULD spend so much time on customizing your letters    that by the time you're done, you haven't really saved yourself     much time.  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