Commodore 64 User Manual page 77

CHAPTER 6
YOUR COMPUTER'S NETWORK
Besides the commercial software and hardware
you can buy from your local Commodore
dealer or store, where else can you get help to
use your new VIC or 64 computer? You have
four extremely good places to turn:
• Local users' groups
• Magazines
• Networks
• Bulletin boards
LOCAL USERS' GROUPS AND CLUBS
Local groups and clubs of Commodore owners,
called PET or Commodore users' groups, are
especially helpful in getting the public domain
software mentioned earlier, as well as for
teaching, exchanging new ideas, solving prob
lems, and demonstrating new software or
hardware. As the groups have grown in the
past year, many have subdivided into specialty
areas, such as ham radio users, educators, VIC
20 users. Commodore 64 users, handicapped
users, and modem users.
Is There a Group Near You?
Here is a list of contacts for several of the
best-known Commodore users' groups in the
United States. A more complete list, including
individuals hoping to form a group, can be
found in each issue of Commodore: The Micro
computer Magazine. Each issue of the Midnite/
PAPER also includes news about users' groups.
If there is no group in your immediate area,
contact the nearest one anyway. Someone in
it may know of other nearby groups and
users. Include a self-addressed, stamped
envelope to ensure a reply. If that fails, ask
your dealer or a computer instructor at a
nearby school or college. Perhaps they will
know of a group or will want to help you
form one.
ALABAMA
Hal Carey
ARKANSAS
Geneva Bowlin
ARIZONA
Roy Schahrer
CALIFORNIA
9002 Berclair Rd.
Middle School, Davis St.
842 W. Calle del Norte
Huntsville, AL
Con way, AR
Chandler, AZ
35802
72032
85224
DES
Tom Lynch
Jane Campbell
J. Johnson
SPHINX
M. Van Der Kooi
COLORADO
Louis Roehrs
Jack Moss
John Adams
8315 Firestone Blvd.
21208 Nashville
P.O. Box 7776
886 South K
P.O. Box 151
22355 Rancho Ventura Rd.
4 Waring Lane
6350 W. Mississippi
1435 Gillespie Dr.
Downey, CA
Chatsworth, CA
San Diego, CA
Livermore, CA
Berkeley, CA
Cupertino, CA
Littleton, CO
Lakewood, CO
Boulder, CO
90241
91311
92107
94550
94701
95014
80121
80226
80303
CONNECTICUT
Walter Doolittle
FLORIDA
Doolittle Rd. Preston, CT 06360
JAPS
Dave Young
Joe Spatafora
ILLINOIS
401 Monument Rd. #177
7170 S.W. 11th
6219 13th Ave. South
Jacksonville, FL 32211
W. Hollywood, FL 33023
Gulfport, FL 33707
Jim Oldfield
Art DeKneef
Rockford PUG
INDIANA
635 Maple
833 Willow
1608 Benton St.
Mt. Zion, IL
Lake In The Hills, IL
Rockford, IL
62549
60102
61 107
Ted Powell 12104 Meadow Lane
Oaklandon, IN 46236
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