Philip Bell took the chair for the Coffee and Chat meeting 9 May 95. Apologies were received from many members, though there were still 18 members turned up including a couple of new ones who just dropped in to see what gives. Kieth Sayers(not present) volunteered to organise a table for the quiz night, so if anyone is interested, leave a message to me, and I'll pass it on to Kieth. Ken Meadows had made up a batch program to fire up his computer in different confgurations, but it didn't quite work. He received a number of helpfull suggestions,and if all else fails he will post it to the Help area for a more expert opinion. Jim Hume had a letter of appreciation to Karl Auer which was agreed to be forwarded to the editor of Sixteen Bits. Greg O'Regan was back from his overseas trip, though we never did a report on that, he did state that he was looking for a Amstrad 1640. Anyone that can help, either leave a message here or call him. Alf McMicken had a program in development and would like to have some alpha testers. See 2/3 for more details. There was some discussion about modems. It would appear that line quality is critical, as two members that had had failures at home, had successes at another location. Perhaps telecom could be asked to check the line out, and apparantly there is a free call offered by Telecom that will automatically test your line. Unfotunately, I cannot find this number in the local directory, so if anyone knows it, please post. Some discussion about the ABC 12.30 talk show. It was thought that if appropriate, Gloria Robbins would be the best person to be involved. Ian Gleeson would look into the matter. Philip Bell had a discussion paper on meeting format, and this has been included as 3/3. Comments can be sent here or to me or to any other member for that matter. It was noted that the BBS was working quite well and thanks need to be passed to Michael Phillips and others who have struggled getting the bugs ironed out, as well as the personal time they devoted to the effort. That's it for the 9/5/95. Cheers Owen Fidonet 3:620/243 e-mail rcook@pcug.org.au
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