established - Desktop Video Group

Question-and-Answer sessions for
problems, and cover various other
topics. We also have theme meetings
on communications, music, word
processors, databases, application
and utility programs, and other subjects;
as well as speakers from major
software development groups and
magazines. We have a large publicdomain
library of over 100 disks, and
a bulletin board system that's operational
24 hours a day, seven days a
week. (John Faber)
Business
Started by Allen Sneider several
years ago, the Business Group went
through a period of great activity followed
by a period of slow decline. It
is currently being revived under the
directorship of Les Squires and
promises big things for the future. We
expect that in no time it will be one
of our largest groups.
Commodore
This group has been around for
several years and continues to provide
a number of fine services for its
members. Its monthly meetings fea-
ture lively speakers, and it sporadically
publishes a newsletter. It has been
very successful at cosponsoring fairs
with other New England-based Commodore
user groups.
C & E
The third largest BCS group, the
Consultants & Entrepreneurs Group is
for people interested in business
management, particularly in the
management of high-tech companies
in the microcomputer field, whether
hardware, software, or related
products. It's also for people who
want to learn how to manage their
own consulting practices. The group
publishes a newsletter 11 times a
year, ranging in size from 16 to 32
pages. It offers meetings where people
learn about various business
topics from the leaders of microcomputer
companies, and from bankers,
venture capitalists, accountants, and
attorneys. It also offers meetings
where people get together to help
each other by exchanging information,
ideas, leads, and contacts. It also
cosponsors courses on various business
topics. (John Sturm)
CP/M
In 1976, a California company
called Kentucky Fried Computers introduced
its first product, a floatingpoint
math board for S-100 bus-based
PCs. It renamed itself North Star in
time for its next product announcements,
the North Star MDS and the
Horizon. Through word of mouth and
bulletin board ads, a growing community
of North Star users gathered in
1980 for their first meetings, which
were held under the auspices of Computer
Mart in Waltham, Mass. The fo-
cus of the group gradually broadened
to accommodate all CP/M users and
machines. In 1981, the group became
in affiliate of the BCS.
As the CP/M operating system
inters its second decade along with
the BCS, the CP/M User Group continues
to provide support and encouragement
for users of CP/M
software and its supporting hardware,
with special emphasis on S-100 and
X-80/8080-based systems. The group
maintains an extensive and up-to-date
CP/M public-domain software library
and provides copies in a variety of
machine-dependent formats at nominal
costs. Monthly meetings are held
in Boston and begin with a novice
clinic. Visitors are always welcome!
(Brad Thompson)
Database
In existence for some years now,
the Database Group offers monthly
meetings on a variety of subjects such
as RBASE, DBASE, and Paradox. It
publishes a quarterly newsletter for
members.
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