Fox Valley Computer User Group P.O. Box 28 North Aurora, IL 60542-0028 PAPUG 2508 North Rockwood Drive Peoria, IL 61614 Sandwich Computer User Group P.O. Box 23 Sandwich, IL 60548-0023 S.I.C.K. 818 East Main Street Olney, IL 62450 | S.W.R.A.P. 64|128 User Group, Inc. | P.O. BOX 528232 | Chicago, IL 60652-8232 + Randall Harris (President) + r.harris1@genie.com (Internet Contact) Indiana, USA CPU 5168 East 65th Street Indianapolis, IN LUCKY LINE Magazine (LUCKY member Dale Sidebottom's own newsletter) c/o Dale Sidebottom P.O. Box 972 New Albany, IN 47151-0972 Midwest Computer User's Group P.O. Box 9311 Highland, IN 46322 Midwest Computer Users Group P.O. Box 9311 Highland, IN 46322 Iowa, USA Commodore User's Group, Ames Region P.O. Box 2302 Ames, IA 50010-2302 Commo-Hawk Commodore User's Group P.O. Box 2724 Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-2724 Kansas, USA TCCUG P.O. Box 8439 Topeka, KS 66608 Commodore Users of Wichita c/o Dale Lutes. 1201 East 61st Street North Park City, KS 67219-1947 (316) 744-2580 Produces the Zero Page newsletter. Kentucky, USA C.O.O.K.Y 3807 Krysta Lane Oboro, KY 43202 Gold City Computer users Group P.O. Box 257 Fort Knox, KY 40121 Louisville Users of Commodore of Kentucky/The LUCKY Report P.O. Box 9551 Louisville, KY 40209-0551 BBS Number: (502) 933-5397 Louisiana, USA Acadiana Commodore Computer Club 416 Dale Street Lafayette, LA 70501 New Orleans Commodore Klub-64/128 P.O. Box 1997 Metaire, LA 70004-1997 Maryland, USA ABCUG P.O. Box 179 Glen Burnie, MD 21060-0179 A.C.U.G. P.O. Box 3358 Annapolis, MD 21403 GCUG 11340 Rambling Road Gaithersburg, MD 20879 PBUG 417 West Phirne Road Glen Burnie, MD 21061 Massachusetts, USA BCS Commodore User's Group c/o The Boston Computer Society 101-A First Avenue, Suite 2 Waltham, MA 02154 Edward Piecewicz, Secretary (Contact) edward@cs.umb.edu (Information) A one year Associate membership for those outside Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, ans New Hampshire, is $35.00 US. If inside, the cost is $39.00 US. The membership includes the monthly magazine "BCS Magazine", which includes the Commodore newsletter. Commodore Computer Club of the Berkshires | 104 Howard St, Apt 2 | Pittsfield, MA 01201-6444 + mpython@vgernet.net (Internet Contact) + ftp://ftp.vgernet.net/pub/mpython/ (FTP) Pioneer Valley Commodore Club 6 Laurel Terrace Westfield, MA 01085 Michigan, USA Computer Users of Lexington P.O. Box 482 Lexington, MI 48450-0482 Down River Commodore Group P.O. Box 1277 Southgate, MI 48195 Lansing Area Commodore Club LACC membership P.O. Box 1065 East Lansing, MI 48826 Membership dues are $15.00 US per year per family. membership entitles= you to receive the monthly newsletter and get PD software. Michigan Commodore User's Group 800 Lloyd Madison Heights, MI 48071-1915 Muskegon Area Commodore User's Group P.O. Box 4496 Muskegon Heights, MI 49444 Saginaw Area Commodore User's Group (SACUG) P.O. Box 2393 Saginaw, MI 48605-2393 Minnesota, USA MCUGA 5027 Vera Cruz Avenue North Crystal, MN 55429 RACUG 920 Mayowood Road Southwest Rochester, MN 55902 Mississippi, USA Arrowscape 301 West Ray Drive Hattiesburg, MS 39402-1046 Missouri, USA CUGOS P.O. Box 607 Springfield, MO 65801 CUGSL P.O. Box 837 Bridgeton, MO 63044 MDC/RCC ComSIG P.O. Box 34088 St. Louis, MO 63134 + Caloke + Department JK + Box 18477 + Kansas City, MO 64133 Commodore User's Group of Kansas City P.O. Box 36034 Kansas City, MO 64111 Computers North User's Group P.O. Box 34534 North Kansas City, MO 64116 Nebraska, USA Greater Omaha Commodore User Group P.O. Box 241155 Omaha, NE 68124-1155 New Jersey, USA | Commodore East Brunswick User's Group (C.E.B.U.G.) P.O. Box 314 East Brunswick, NJ 08816 + CEBUG@genie.com (Email Contact) + (908) 287-0834 (Bulletin Board System) + http://www.castle.net/~mystic/pages/cebug.html (WWW) Info 64 User's Group c/o 186 Delmar Avenue Glen Rock, NJ 07452 Rancocas Valley Users Group 806 Windsor Drive Cinnaminson, NJ 08077-3717 New Mexico, USA NMCUG: New Mexico Commodore User's Group P.O. Box 37127 Albuquerque, NM DIMensions newsletter. New Dimensions P.O. Box 37127 Albuquerque, NM 87176 New York, USA TCCUG c/o Vestal Library Vestal, NY 13850 Bronx User's Group P.O. Box 523 Bronx, NY 10475 (718) 671-7050 (Bulletin Board System) Brentwood Commodore Computer Club c/o Brentwood Public Library 2nd Avenue and 4th Street Brentwood, NY 11711 COMBUG 48A Old Lyme Avenue Williamsville, NY 14221 Hudson Valley Commodore Club c/o G.T. Gallagher 620 Plainfield Street Kingston, NY 12401 Northern NY Commodore Home Users Group c/o 6 Garden Street Pottsdam, NY 13662 Queens Commodore User's Group P.O. Box 129 Queens, NY 11417 Southtown User's Group West Seneca Road West Seneca, NY Tri-City Commodore User's Group P.O. Box 12742 Albany, NY 12212 Twin Tier Commodore Club 512 Jefferson Street Elmira, NY 14904 North Carolina ACUG P.O. Box 3095 Burlington, NC 27215 GOCUG 13 East Bayshore Blvd. Jacksonville, NC 28540 Ohio, USA Ashtabula County Commodore User's Group c/o 1034 Michigan Avenue Ashtabula, OH 44004 Basic Bits Commodore Group P.O. Box 81886 Cleveland, OH 44181-0886 Jerry Swartz (Contact) Jerry_Swartz@clbbs.com (Internet Contact) Michael Kelley (Contect) Michael_Kelly@clbbs.com (Internet Contact) In operation since 1984, still very active in the Commodore arena. A great users group with a great newsletter. $10.00 per year associate membership. $20.00 per year family membership. Includes access to a large public domain library. Central Ohio Commodore User's Group P.O. Box 28229 Columbus, OH 43228-0229 Cincinnati Commodore Computer Club (CCCC) 5575 Pleasant Hill Road Milford, OH 45150 Commodore Club of Central Ohio P.O. Box 292392 Columbus, OH 43229 Commodore Computer Club of Toledo P.O. Box 13011 Toledo, OH 43613 Corning Glass Works User Group 3708 Street Route 271 West Greenville, OH 45331 | Computer Erie Bay User's Group (CEBUG) P.O. Box 1461 Sandusky, OH 44870 + Irene Kraus (Contact) + irene.kraus@asacomp.com (Email Contact) + (419) 433-5217 (Coastalnet Bulletin Board System) + In operation sisnce 1982, membership is $15/yr for individual or family. + Membership entitles user to newsletter, a library disk, and the ability= to + participate in special activities and discounts. Members are also allo= wed + access to the club section on a local BBS. Meetings are 3rd Mondy of e= ach + month during the school year at Frost Conference Center in Osborn Park.= + meeting rooms are open by 6:30p.m., and the meetings start at 7:30 p.m. Shelby Commodore User's Group P.O. Box 512 Shelby, OH 44875 South Toledo Commodore Computer Club (STCCC) P.O. Box 3167 Toledo, OH 43607 Oklahoma, USA Commodore Users of Bartlesville 1920 Sante Fe Bartlesville, OK 74003 Commodore Users Group of Lawton P.O. Box 3392 Lawton, OK 73502 The Register P.O. Box 52473 Tulsa, OK 74152-0473 Tulsa Area Commodore User's Group P.O. Box 52473 Tulsa, OK 74152-0473 Oregon, USA + Commodore East Country + 1714 South East 25th Avenue + Portland, OR 97214-5039 Commodore User's Association (CUA) P.O. Box 84 Medford, OR 97524 Coos Computer Club 2175 Everett North Bend, OR 97459 Crash 64 P.O. Box 241 Salem, OR 97308 Lane County Commodore User's Group P.O. Box 11316 Eugene, OR 97440 Pennsylvania, USA LVCUG P.O. Box 2 New Tripoli, PA 18066-0002 Harrisburg Area Computer Club 721 South 29th Street Harrisburg, PA 17111 Lehigh Valley Commodore User's Group 931 Lawrence Drive Emmaus, PA 18049 Main Line Commodore User's Group 1046 General Allen Lane West Chester, PA 19382 Philadelphia Area Computer Society c/o LaSalle University Philadelphia, PA 19141 Pittsburgh Commodore Group P.O. Box 16126 Pittsburgh, PA 15242 (412) 396-5483 (Bulletin Board System) | WWW URL: http://monami.psc.edu/ Scranton Commodore user's Group P.O. Box 244 Scranton, PA 18501 South Carolina, USA CCC of Columbia 2800 Cliffside Drive Columbia, SC 29053 River Rats User Group P.O. Box 1036 Bath, SC 29816-6610 South Dakota, USA Sioux Empire Commodore Club 1932 South Menlo Avenue Sioux Falls, SD 57105-2717 Tennessee, USA Memphis Commodore User's Group P.O. Box 34095 Memphis, TN 38134 Texas, USA CWSAT P.O. Box 380732 San Antonio, TX 78280 Abilene Cursor Control P.O. Box 6261 Abilene, TX 79608 Commodore Houston User's Group (CHUG) P.O. Box 441252 Houston, TX 77244-1252 ?SYNTAX newsletter Commodore Users of San Antonio Texas P.O. Box 380732 San Antonio, TX 78280 Harlingen Commodore User Group 1900 Grace Harlingen, TX 78550 + Metro C-64/128 Users (SIG of Metroplex Commodore Computer Group) 6004 Cowden Fort Worth, TX 76135 Mike Msessums (Contact) msessums@fastlane.net (Internet Contact) + WWW URL: http://www.fastlane.net/homepages/msessums/msessums.html#METRO See Metroplex Commodore Computer Club (MCCC) entry for membership info. | Metroplex Commodore Computer Club P.O. Box 813 Bedford, TX 76095 + WWW URL: http://www.fastlane.net/homepages/msessums/msessums.html + Meeting are open to all. Family memberships as $24 per year or $15 for + 6 months, and entitle member to monthly copies of MCCC News, PD Library + access, and DFW area merchant's discounts. An additional $12 annual fe= e + provides access to the MCCC BBS. + North Dallas Commodore Users Group (NDCUG) c/o 1522 Bitter Creek Garland, TX 75040 NEUS@timsg.csc.ti.com (Internet Contact) + (214) 276-6721 (Bulletin Board System) + The North Dallas Commodore User Group (NDCUG) is a club devoted to all + "Classic" Commodore computers including PET, Commodore 64/128, and othe= r + 8-bit machines. There are no dues. + Society of Commodore Users and PET Enthusiasts (SCOPE) + c/o 1522 Bitter Creek + Garland, TX 75040 + Mike Neus (Contact) + NEUS@timsg.csc.ti.com (Internet Contact) + (214) 276-6721 (Bulletin Board System) + The Society of Commodore Users and PET Enthusiasts (SCOPE) is a club + devoted to all Commodore computers, including PET, C64/128, Amiga, as + well as some of the rarer machines. SCOPE meets at the Infomart as par= t + of the "Super Saturday" event. Utah, USA Mountain Computer Society 3898 Cheryl Street Salt Lake City, UT 84119-4682 Vermont, USA Champlain Valley Commodore User's Group 6 Mayfair Street South Burlington, VT 05403 Virginia, USA C64 Compendium P.O. Box 70 Ringgold, VA 24586-0070 MPCUG P.O. Box 391 Gloucester, VA 23061 + Joi Ball (Contact) + mpcug@inna.net (Internet Contact) + http://www.inna.net/mpcug/mpcug.html (WWW) PCUG P.O. Box 11293 Newport News, VA 23601-9293 PCUG P.O. Box 6561 Portsmouth, VA, 23703 Commodore Users of Lynchburg 238 Twin Oak Drive Lynchburg, VA 24502 Fredricksburg Commodore Club 6803 Teal Court Spotsylvania, VA 22553 | Northern Virginia Commodore 9206 Annhurst Street Fairfax, VA 22031-1902 + tom.adams@neteast.com (Internet Contact) Peninsula Commodore User's Group c/o W.L. Philips P.O. Box 11293 Newport News, VA 23601-9293 Washington Area Commodore User's Group 7728 Viceroy Street Springfield, VA 22151 Vermont, USA Warren Kazakiewich P.O. Box 77 West Wardsboro, VT 05368 Washington, USA OPUG 1415 South Cherry Street Port Angeles, WA 98362 VCUG 2807 Northeast 99th Street Vancouver, WA 98665 Commodore Users of Puget Sound P.O. Box 1806 Silverdale, WA 98383-1806 Tri-City Commodore Computer Club (TC-Cubed) P.O. Box 224 Richland, WA 99352-0224 University of Washington Commodore User's Group P.O. Box 25878 Seattle, WA 98125 Wyoming, USA Cheyenne Association of Computer Enthusiasts P.O. Box 1733 Cheyenne, WY 82003 + Cheyenne Area Orphaned Systems (Ch.A.O.S) + c/o Jeffrey Wood + 813 Covered Wagon Drive + Cheyenne, WY 82007-1671 Canada Calgary Commodore User Group c/o 427 5th Avenue, SE High River, AB Canada T1V 1H9 Commodore Users of Edmonton 9550-83 Street Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6C-3A1 + Commodore Users Group of Nova Scotia + c/o Tony Cianfaglione + 6249 Willow Street + Halifax, Nova Scotia + Canada B3L 1P1 + (902) 425-1944 + ab616@ccn.cs.dal.ca (Contact) Hamilton Commodore Users Group P.O. Box 20202, Upper James P.O. Hamilton, Ontario L9C7M5 Ottawa Home Computer Club 1743 Caminiti Cresent Orleans, Ontario Canada K4A-1M2 Saskatoon User's Group 2614 Ahaultain Avenue Saskatoon, SK S7J1R6 Canada Toronto PET User's Group (TPUG) | 3605 Lakeshore Blvd. West | Box 48565 | Etobicoke, Obtario, M8W 4Y6 Canada + True North 64 Diehards + c/o Eric Roy + 2712 Tetrault Street + Terrace, BC V8G 2W8 + Canada England Independent Commodore Products User Group ICHPUG Membership secretary 17 Colne Drive Didcot, Oxon OX11 7JZ Great Britain It supports all Commodore computers and has a software library for each of them. It also produces 6 Journals a year of approx 100 pages each. They have an Amateur Radio section in their c64 software library. GeoClub 55 High Bank Road Droyslden, Manchester M35 6FS England PLUS4/C16 Users Group c/o Tony Ellis 36 Western Highway Blaxland NSW 2774 (047) 39 1528 (Voice) Specializes in the Plus/4 and Commodore 16. Germany GEOS User's Club Xantener Street 40 D-46286 Dorsten, Germany Vereinigte GEOS Anwender Koeln (United Geos Users Cologne) VGA Koeln c/o Thomas Bruehl Eichenweg 38 D-50859 Koeln (Cologne) GERMANY thomas.bruehl@vga.infox.com / FIDO 2:2450/140.5 (Contact) First of all, we love our GEOS for C64/128. But beside this (if there i= s a new card, drive etc.) we have to maintain the C64/128 basics. So we mee= t every 3rd saturday at cologne, do some talking, perform workshops and publish our own news-letter, the GEOS-Kurier. New Zealand Kapiti Commodore Users' Group 23 Weggery Drive Waikanae, New Zealand Miscellaneous Meeting 64/128 Users Through the Mail Route 7, Box 7614 Palestine, TX 75801 Francis Redmond, President jpnan@prairienet.org (Contact) A very good users group. Has been around for 7 years. $15 per year includes monthly newsletter. #! rnews 27579 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!newsfeed.concentri= c.net!news-master!mariner.cris.com!Gaelyne From: Gaelyne@cris.com (Gaelyne Moranec) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: COMP.SYS.CBM: General FAQ, v3.1 Part 1/9 repost Supersedes: Followup-To: comp.sys.cbm Date: 5 Jul 1996 06:48:22 GMT Organization: Brain Innovations, Inc. Lines: 653 Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Message-ID: <4ridrm$b9t@liberator.concentric.net> Reply-To: brain@mail.msen.com NNTP-Posting-Host: mariner.cris.com Summary: This posting contains answers to questions that commonly surface= in comp.sys.cbm. This posting will tell you enough to get your computer connected to a network, fixed, and/or enhanced. This f= ile should be read by new users of comp.sys.cbm before posting to th= e group. It should also be proofread by users who are currently active in comp.sys.cbm. Keywords: CBM FAQ Help List C64 C128 VIC Modem Archive-name: cbm-main-faq.3.1.p1 Comp-answers-archive-name: commodore/main-faq/part1 News-answers-archive-name: commodore/main-faq/part1 Comp-sys-cbm-archive-name: main-faq/part1 Version: 3.1 Last-modified: 1996/05/15 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Disclaimer: | This file is maintained by Jim Brain (brain@mail.msen.com, j.brain@ieee= .org, | brain@acm.org). It is composed of information gleaned from articles in= the | USENET newsgroup comp.sys.cbm, the FidoNET echoes CBM and CBM-128, | electronic mail messages, World Wide Web pages, and other mediums. All= | the authors have either directly or indirectly given their consent to u= se | their work in this FAQ. All of the information in this file has been | gathered and checked if possible for errors, but I cannot guarantee the= | correctness of any statement in this file. If in doubt, please bring u= p | the subject in one of the Commodore forums. | If you have suggestions, comments, or criticisms, please let Jim Brain | know by sending electronic mail to brain@mail.msen.com. If, you find t= hat | address no longer available, please try the forwarding accounts | j.brain@ieee.org or brain@acm.org. Keep in mind that new questions app= ear | on a daily basis, so there is a finite time between a new question | appearing in comp.sys.cbm, and its inclusion in this file. 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