TXG/MNX Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 Hi, Are there still some active clubs for the Atari 8-bit and (disk-)magazines? The only one I know is ABBUC http://www.abbuc.de I am a member but I like to hear about other clubs/magz.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 I've been in contact with two: 1) SPACE -- Minneapolis / St. Paul; 2) SCAT -- suburban Chicago. SPACE does have a newsletter, which is published periodically; SCAT plans to reissue theirs. I believe that a membership to SPACE costs approximately $20 USD; a membership to SCAT is $10. Both groups accept international members. In addition, I believe that there is an active Atari group in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; the Toronto Atari Federation is, well, on life-support. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXG/MNX Posted December 31, 2002 Author Share Posted December 31, 2002 I've been in contact with two: 1) SPACE -- Minneapolis / St. Paul; 2) SCAT -- suburban Chicago. SPACE does have a newsletter, which is published periodically; SCAT plans to reissue theirs. I believe that a membership to SPACE costs approximately $20 USD; a membership to SCAT is $10. Both groups accept international members. In addition, I believe that there is an active Atari group in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; the Toronto Atari Federation is, well, on life-support. David Hmm interesting are there some more outthere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Jefferson Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 In addition, I believe that there is an active Atari group in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; the Toronto Atari Federation is, well, on life-support. I don't believe that the club in Victoria is still active. I live there/here and I haven't been able to track them down. The information on the freenet website is very old. The BBS is down and the library were it is said they meet doesn't even remember who they are/were. If anyone knows if they exist anymore, let me know! I used to be a member about 10-12 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted July 27, 2003 Share Posted July 27, 2003 Reviving this thread with recent news of more existing users' groups: 1. ACEC (Atari Computer Enthusiasts of Columbus) is alive and well -- and members meet twice a month! contact colonel71@excite.com for further details. 2. There's a users' group in Northern Indiana that's still active. Does anyone have any more information about this? 3. And, since I neglected to mention this last time, let's not forget about Dan Iacovelli's Atari Video Club, which recently hosted the Video Game Summit in Lombard, Illinois. It's interesting to note that almost all of the existing North American groups are located in or around the Great Lakes. Hmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted July 27, 2003 Share Posted July 27, 2003 Reviving this thread with recent news of more existing users' groups: 1. ACEC (Atari Computer Enthusiasts of Columbus) is alive and well -- and members meet twice a month! contact colonel71@excite.com for further details. 2. There's a users' group in Northern Indiana that's still active. Does anyone have any more information about this?... You mean IMAGE(Indiana Michigan Atari Group Exchange) they are still Active contact Stephen Elek Jr.(Selekjr@alumni.nd.edu) they do have meetinmg every month 3. And, since I neglected to mention this last time, let's not forget about Dan Iacovelli's Atari Video Club, which recently hosted the Video Game Summit in Lombard, Illinois.... Technically we are not computer user group but computer owners are welcome to join(The above mentioned group (IMAGE) is also a member of the group via newsletter exchange) (local meetings are not being set up yet but I expect that it will be started some time next year) It's interesting to note that almost all of the existing North American groups are located in or around the Great Lakes. Hmm... thats true Dan Iacovelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted July 27, 2003 Share Posted July 27, 2003 Thanks! It might be useful to put this info in a "sticky". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Jefferson Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 As an aside, I was at the last Atari meeting in Victoria. The club still exists as there are a few hardcore Atari fans who are keeping it alive. They tend to talk about all sorts of things, and their PCs alot, but I made them talk a little about Atari last time. I've going to bring my 1200XL in to the next meeting since one of the guys there said he has never seen one. They mentioned they had the whole Bellcom PD library which I wouldn't mind getting a hold of, as well as whatever else they might have squirelled away. Anyway, Atari lives on in a few places! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 I think you should show them Loopz -- it'll definitely impress them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lais Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 Hi, Are there still some active clubs for the Atari 8-bit and (disk-)magazines? The only one I know is ABBUC http://www.abbuc.de I am a member but I like to hear about other clubs/magz.. How about... MyAtari?! As for clubs, there is the excellent Cheshunt Computer Club. I went last week, watch out for the report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 Now I am interested how much members the mentioned clubs are still having. ABBUC has around 400 Members. It is an ATARI 8-Bit Club ! and I am proud to be a member of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 I would think that ABBUC has, far and away, the most members of any extant club. I believe that SPACE has about 17-20 members, and this is probably the largest Atari users' group in North America. ACEC, in Columbus, has about a dozen members, but they do meet twice a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Speaking as an ex-SPACE member, don't expect much Atari-related info. Meetings often consisted of club bylaws discussion & talking about who was bringing what to the next potluck. AFAIK they still offer monthy DOMs, & they have an online newsletter that gets updated occasionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 I know well (from my experience with TAF in the late '80s and early '90s) that users' groups can be fractious and cliquish, but they really do need (all of them, with the possible exception of ABBUC) all the help they can get right now. I understand that Michael Current will be stepping down as head of SPACE in September, and they're looking to elect a new President -- who will be able to bring in new ideas and shape the club as he/she wants. I'd volunteer, but there's that little problem of that 3000 mi round-trip commute... How 'bout running for President, RJ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2600 Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 (look left) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiliteZoner Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Too bad we can't meet online once a month in a video conference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 With this topic in mind, I am in the process of re-activating MilAtari. I've managed to track down what was left of the original group and am securing 20 some odd year stock of newsletters, software, and computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2600 Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Too bad we can't meet online once a month in a video conference Well we need video conference machines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 With this topic in mind, I am in the process of re-activating MilAtari. I've managed to track down what was left of the original group and am securing 20 some odd year stock of newsletters, software, and computers. Marty, AVC used to exchange newsletters with MILAtari back in the late 80's if you do restart it let me know I'll be gald to exchange newsletters with Milatari agian. Dan Iacovelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2600 Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Is there an active listing of all the Atari user groups?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 @davidcalgary: I said "EX-member"! Actually, meetings were on Fri nights which cut into my social life, so I quit. Michael was a good president & is a good guy, but he's the one who concentrated on bylaws & we barely discussed Atari at all! My guess is the new prez will be Greg Leitner- a longtime member in good standing who has taken on nearly every officer position thus far & my original contact for joining up in the first place! Again, it was fun, but they lack much when it comes to talking Atari... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiliteZoner Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 When I was President of STAR - ST Atlanta Roundtable, we did several newsletter exchanges with other groups. Most of the newsletters had 8-Bit stuff as well as ST. I will work on scanning and converting the newsletters to PDF format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raster/c.p.u. Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Hi,Are there still some active clubs for the Atari 8-bit and (disk-)magazines? The only one I know is ABBUC http://www.abbuc.de I am a member but I like to hear about other clubs/magz.. Oh yes, please, you can visit the Czech FLOP magazine site: http://flop.atari.org All the issues are for download there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 I've discussed restarting the Austin Atari Computer Enthusiasts group several times with a couple of the (former) members. What's odd is that AACE never really officially ended, as the two other members (Rick D. and Dave M.) still meet up on a monthly basis. I know of at least a couple of other people here in Austin who would be up for it reforming, so I say let's do it! I'm going to start looking into finding a good meeting space for "official" meetings. While I was in AACE, meetings were never very formal at all, so there was very little discussion of bylaws and such and plenty of discussion on all things Atari. It would be great to really get it going again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 Roger Sinasohn advises that ABACUS (Atari Bay Area Computer Users Society), that venerable computer users' group, is still alive and well -- although most members "have moved on to other platforms". Meetings are held monthly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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