St. Louis Users Group Newsletter, February 1988  ~  The computer can assist you in doing a particular job by removing the repetitive, detailed tasks that prevent you from seeing the larger picture. It can be fun and entertaining, as well as productive. No other invention has had such an impact on our society, other than [...]

 St. Louis User Group: December 4, 1989  ~  “One ringy-dingy (snort, snort). Two ringy-dingies. (Snort, snort.) Is this the party to whom I am speaking? (Snort, snort.)” Just a few short years ago that was telephone communication at its best. A third party operator (hopefully not Lily Tomlin), manually connected two phone lines, allowing the [...]

St. Louis Users Group: July 1989  ~  Yes, there’s even a computer book of the month club! I’ve belonged to one for about four months now and received such best sellers as The Handbook of Microcomputer Interface and Troubleshooting and Repairing the New PC.  Although very handy, these thick reference books have boring pictures and [...]

 St. Louis Users Group, November 1988 ~  A sinister thunderstorm engulfed the entire valley. Dr. Frankenstein, working in his mountaintop castle, cranked open the windowed ceiling of his laboratory, to catch any bolt of lightning he could attract. The creature laid on a makeshift gurney, waiting for a potent surge of uninterrupted power. His head [...]

St. Louis Users Group: October 1988  ~  Did you prepare a resume on the computer, and the boss found it? Did you answer a Riverfront Times personal ad, and your coworker found it? Did you write a letter to your girlfriend about what a great time you had at the prom, and your mom found [...]

 St. Louis User Group: September 1988  ~  “Hey Nick. I’ll trade ya a McGwire for an Ozzie?” “No way, Greg, get a life!” “Okay, so how ‘bout a Mattingly for Rickey Henderson?” “84 Topps? For sure!”  The deal is sealed between two cousins whose 5,000+ baseball card collection is scattered all over the family room [...]