Hello fellow Amigans! Back in Sept. 1986 I published an Amiga computer
3.5 inch 880 kbyte diskette called "Freedom Computing Publications"
FCP-HotDisk 1. I sent 49 copies to California addresses of the 200
which I sent out. In particular, I sent copies to :
1) Commodore/Amiga @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
University Ave, Los Gatos CA 95030
2) Commodore Business Machines @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wilson Drive Westchester PA 19380
3) Amiga Atlanta @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
7724 Atlanta GA 30357
and to the following User's groups :
1) Los Angeles Amiga Users Group @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Altivo Way Los Angeles CA 90026
2) 1st Amiga Users Group @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Old Colony Road San Carlos CA 94070
3) Amiga Users Group @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Box 3761 Cherry Hill NJ 08034
4) New York Amiga Users Group @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1st Avenue Suite 182 New York NY
10003
5) Economy Amiga Users Group @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pinewood Road Hartsdale NY 10530
6) Amiga Mouse Users Group BBS @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Box 148 Central Islip NY 11722
7) Computer Users Group of Rochester @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Box 23463 Rochester NY 14692
8) National Capital Area User Group @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Box 18088 Wa****ngton DC
20036-8088
9) Baltimore Area Computer Club @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Box 479 Reisterstown MD 21136-9998
10) Baltimore Amiga Users/Developers @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
West 31st Street Baltimore
MD 21121
11) The Computer Club @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
South 28th st. Arlington VA 22206
12) The Amigans @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Box 411 Hatteras NC 27943
13) Carolina Amiga Users @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Air****t Rd. West Columbia SC 29169
14) Amiga Info Exchange BBS @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
S. Clair Drive Panama City FL 32401
15) Central Florida Amiga Club @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Neely Street Oviedo FL 32765
16) Space Coast Amiga Users Group @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Box 2096 Merritt Island FL 32952
17) Tampa Bay Amiga Group @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
South Rome Avenue Tampa FL 33606
18) Commodore Hardware Users Group @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fairview Drive Greenfield IN
46140
19) Fort Wayne Amiga Users Group @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oak Park Drive Roanoke IN 46783
20) Indiana Amiga Advisors @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
South Brown Avenue Terre Haute IN
47803
21) Amiga Users Group PontiacMI @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Orchard Lake Rd. Pontiac MI
48053-2435
22) Gateway Amiga Club Inc. @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phelps Bridgetown MO 63044
23) Greater Omaha Commodore Users Group @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Box 241155 Omaha NE 68124
24) Nebraska Amiga Users Group @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Box 2414 Lincoln NE 68502
25) Amiga Computer Enthusiasts @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
N. St. Charles number 16 Oklahoma
City OK 73127
26) Amiga Users Club of Houston @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
S. Gessner number 3100 Houston
TX 77036
27) North American Digital BBS @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
East Grant Road Tucson AZ 85716
28) New Mexico Commodore Users Group @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Box 37127 Albuquerque NM
87176
29) *** National Public Domain @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Avohill Dr. Vista CA 92083 ***
30) *** Valley Computer Club @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ryan Avenue Modesto CA 95350 ***
31) The Northwest Amiga Group @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Box 1140 Oregon City OR 97045
32) Olympia Amiga Users Group @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Amber Ct. SE Olympia WA 98501
The remaining copies were sent to Amiga hardware and software vendors.
The disk was readable by the Scribble! word processor. It was a full
disk which when printed out was 160 pages of text. One of the
outstanding features was a list of highly recommended science fiction
novels, so sf fans may have been more interested than the usual run of
the mill. The remainder was a kitchen sink of blather. Basically it
was whatever came to my mind at the keyboard as a way to fill up the
disk. I was attempting to start up a monthly computer diskette
magazine, which made MUCH more sense in the days before the internet
than in the 90s up to now. The scheme was a dismal flop, with only
seven responses returned. So after publi****ng HotDisk 2 as promised
and sending it out to the respondents, I gave up on the idea.
What I would like to know is whether anyone still has a working Amiga
and Scribble! with the contents of the disk archived. If so then would
you please post a response on this thread, or alternatively privately
send me an email to claylc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
? What I want is to publish
the contents of the disk on my Google group "Lonnie Courtney Clay" for
historical purposes. So I need to have plain text or HTML versions of
the files converted from Scribble! format. Of course I still have the
original disks, but they spent several years in the attic. So 99%
probability is that they are unreadable, hence my desperate plea. Also
I have not had a working Amiga since 1997.
Somewhat off topic, if you want to see a picture of me then check out
my orkut.com user "Lonnie Clay" in Arlington TN page. If you love rock
and roll, then check out my YouTube channel ClayLC2, with over 700
playlists and growing. For other things which I am doing, check out
Google group "Lonnie Courtney Clay". For example thread "Merry
Christmas!" posted July 23 provides specifications for easily
implemented data compression and encryption applications. Thread "I
make a pre-emptive total war nuclear strike against hackers" last
modified on July 1 is my revenge for being repeatedly hacked on
Windows XP and Vista machines. Thread "I discuss music and the English
Language" gives lists of movies which I liked from 1967 to present. I
am about to make a new thread in the next couple of days on that
topic, so if you are interested in old movies you might want to wait
for it rather than reading the current thread. In case you were
wondering, due to my radical political views and bad reputation (see
Google group rec.arts.sf.written thread "I claim the title of world's
greatest con artist!!!") nobody is interested in employing me
regardless of my talents. Someday the situation may evolve into a
hospitable environment, but I am not holding my breath waiting for
it.....
Thank you very much for taking the time to read this thread! Long live
Amiga! For so long as there are Amigans the dream will NEVER die,
regardless of how unsuccessful the official company may be! Time after
time Amiga has been pronounced dead on the operating table, but has
arisen from the grave to try yet again! Someday we will get it right
and BURY Microsoft with a stake through its heart like the blood
sucking EULA issuing and hacker loving vampire it is! In the meantime
do as I have and patronize Apple cor****ation, avoiding any contact
with the beast and its friends. I have an Apple Mac mini which has
been hacker free for over a month now. Considering that my Vista
machine was hacked and re-installed from manufacturer's configuration
several times in the four days which I used it, the Apple computer's
record is amazing.
Hasta La Vista Baby, and to Microsoft loving enemies reading this I
say - GO AHEAD, MAKE MY DAY!
anagram TARZAN Chic Logo Guy =
Laughing Crazy Coot/
Lonnie Courtney Clay
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