We are grateful for the appreciation and encouragement we have received especially concerning the last issue. Some asked on how we do it? By we, I mean Bob Swoger, who with Don Lambert and Al Feng (who coined ZXir QLive) established ZXir QLive Alive! Bob is the TS-2068 prodigy man. Don is where most of the articles and members’ help come from and myself, the Editor and Treasurer. Not in the least, the backing of the Chicago area group and the president of CATUG, Nazir Pashtoon, who has many hardware developments to his name way back before Zebra Systems used his talents.
Bob — GATOR Software Development — is deep in the work force with three other newsletters to his name, an extensive TS-2068 software library and access to a copier. Don and myself are retirees with time on our hands. We seem to be of the same opinion – Right or wrong, Get the Newsletter out. I try to follow my own rule which was on the wall in my office at my past place of employment where I was derailed after 30 years:
Get The Job Done with a little more effort Do it Right or get off the pot
May not be a perfect job, as perfection is not for us mortals. Which reminds me! I was interviewing a just retired 47 years old Engineering Corps Captain for an open position. He let me know that he was not really in need of a job but he wanted something to keep him active. I drew his attention to my RULE, he read it then said; ” No Sh.. ! “, stood up and walked out.
Not unlike all Sinclair publications, we are always in need and looking for new material to publish. So, you don’t like to write articles?! Why not jot down your ideas on paper and mail it to us as is; may be we can make an article out of it.
We all enjoy working with Sinclair products that do make a lot of sense to us. So, as long as you and we are still around supporting each other, we will have a Sinclair appreciation Newsletter.
Abed