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This Month In This month in Features PCUG News & Services 10Genealogy and Family History 7 Membership Notes Michael Pahlow gives us the promised references Mike Burke with information for new members 12MSICE 8 Misson Statement Terry Bibo tells URLs are nice on ice! What we do for you 14Goose Bumps 19TIP News Luke Elliott takes on a new game Allan Mikkelsen keeps us up to date 15 Caption Competition 36 Internet Project Application What can you say? Get connected with TIP 16 Mechatronics 37Member Services Ockham’s Razor transcript Details of services available to members only 20 Book Review 38Special Interest Groups Glenn Pure reviews the latest Where the real action i3 22 Committee Profiles 39 Training News A glimpse into the future Low cost training for members 26 Bits and Bytes 40 Vendor Discounts Have a laugh with Andrew Clayton Membership has its privileges 27 Puzzle Corner 42 Exercise the old grey cells with Vic Bushell Members’ Ads Check here first for bargains 28 Software Library News Phil Trudinger reviews a selection of software 42PCUG Membership The official membership form 34What’s News? Malcolm Morrison keeps up with the latest 43Help Directory Stuck? Call the experts 44Calendar What’s on next month Profile 2Editorial Information How to contribute to Sixteen Bits Advertiser & Product Information 3Contact Information How to contact us 6 L& S Associates 4Editorial 13 Dynamite Internet Anne Greiner 19 Context 4President’s Letter Anne Greiner fills in 21 Bettowynd 5Letters 40 Vendor Discount Scheme From our readers... SIXTEEN BITS September 1998 1 SIXTEEN BITS (ISSN 0817-0991) Managing Editor is published monthly by the Anne Greiner PC Users Group (ACT) Inc [email protected] PO Box 42 [email protected] Belconnen ACT 2616 Deadlines For Australia Online Editor October 1998 Issue Tamsin Sowden We welcome submissions of articles from members of the Group. 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The phone numbers listed above are home numbers unless otherwise specified. Please restrict calls to between 7.30pm and 9.00pm. New Members Information Night 7.30pm first Monday of the month PC Users Group Centre, Northpoint Plaza Belconnen. SIXTEEN BITS September 1998 3 EditorsEditors DeskDesk TopTop Anne Greiner, Managing Editor his month I would like to welcome us a column this month, but will be back next In the letters to the Editor this month there Brian Thomason to the Editorial team. month. He has been missed, as the editorial is one from Neville Anderson which was first TBrian joins us as Advertising Manager, email shows. Robert Dakin will also join us published in the newsgroups, but I have a position that has been vacant for quite some again soon, with the continuation of his series included it here so that people not connected time. He has made great strides in the short of articles labeled ‘Soft Options’. He has a list to the Internet will also have access to it. Neville time he has been with us, both to pick up new of reasons he couldn’t manage this month, has made some very good points here, worthy clients, and to re-establish some old ones.
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