IT HARDLY SEEMS POSSIBLE to us here, but this is our seventh issue. The time has flown by and the excitement has just kept increasing. As you and your friends and family do at this time of year, we at Timex Sinclair User also have been reflecting on the past year. When we began to get the first issue ready last January, we knew there was a need for Timex Sinclair User but what we didn’t anticipate was your terrific response and support.
We admit we’ve made a few mistakes (we wouldn’t be a member in good standing of the Timex family if we didn’t make mistakes) and some we can almost laugh about now.
Over the past six issues we have enjoyed your letters more than anything else (well, to be honest, there was one that — but we’ll forget that one!). Your letters are our lifeline, our connection to the real world, our report card, our handshake with you. Please, as Dean Martin used to say, keep them cards and letters comin’.
As well as for nostalgia and pleasure over past accomplishments, this time of year is also a time for renewing spirits, renewing commitment and re-establishing goals. At Timex Sinclair User we are more enthusiastic than ever over the ideas, articles, offers and special events we have planned for the new year — one example of which is well illustrated by the special program Bob Fraser wrote for you (see page 11 ).
Taking a moment to talk about this issue, I’ll just mention Timex Sinclair User’s Christmas Shoppers’ Guide. It is a separate magazine inside a magazine that can be used to help you with your Christmas shopping. Just about anything you’ll need or want for happy and enjoyable computing is listed.
It’s interesting that using a computer, which is supposed to be a solitary activity, brings so many people together. Let the so-called experts have their say, but it is abundantly clear to us that computing, rather than isolating us from each other, rather than separating people from other people, does just the opposite. You people are the living proof!
From all of us at Timex Sinclair User a very merry Christmas and a great new year!
Happy programming!
