TO THE READERSHIP OF SINCUS NEWS:
Well, the May, June, July, August issue of SINCUS NEWS is finally “put to bed”. I have violated one of my cardinal rules “the newsletter shall be mailed promptly”. To the membership of SINCUS I apologize-I just got swamped in my new job.
The positive side is that more people are getting involved in the production of the newsletter, so that makes getting it out an easier task. For those of you who have wondered if SINCUS had disappeared, be assured we have not. We have held meetings in May, June, and July. We have returned to the popular meeting site the Vestal Public Library for the remainder of 1985 and I do hope thereafter.
The problem has been quite simple – SINCUS NEWS takes about 20-25 hours per month to produce. Quite happily I handled this alone (in my prior employment). Since I changed jobs April 10, it has simply been impossible to devote more than an hour or two a week to SINCUS. Paul Hill, Scott Eddy, John Colonna, Carl Morris, and Charley Koeth have all stepped forward to help get this issue out. Dave Schoenwetter and John Sims will be helping get future issues out. A side benefit of this is that we may be able to transfer “Tasword Files” via Smart Term II to other word processors thus facilitating “editing” assistance.
My personal observation, after four months in the computer retail business is that the TIMEX-Sinclair 2068 has some great features and software. Sinclair computing is very much alive and there are many things you can do with these machines. In the months ahead we, in SINCUS meetings, will be stressing the useful and profitable things you can do with your Sinclair computer. I hope you will take the two hours a month it takes to come to our meetings. We will schedule other activities, like hardware and programming classes as we find people willing to attend them.
Finally, I apologize for not being able to get the newsletter out. With your support, it will not happen again!!
Sincerely,
Gary
GARY ENNIS
Editor
PS – Really Good Stuff inside!