rconn@BRL@sri-unix (12/16/82)
From: Rick Conn <rconn@BRL> SIG/M is an interest group of the Amateur Computer Group of NJ, which meets at either Union County College or Rutgers here in NJ each month. They have several user's groups involved with the IBM-PC, VIC-20, North Star, and other computers, as well as interest groups in Pascal and CP/M (SIG/M). The ACG-NJ is probably the largest computer club in the US now. It numbers well over 1000 members, supports the SIG/M distribution system, and runs two remote bulletin board systems. To contact the RBBS's of ACG-NJ, the phone numbers are 201-272-1874 in Cranford and 201-932-3879 in Piscataway. To contact the ACG-NJ itself for membership applications and other information, the address is: Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey PO Box 319 South Bound Brook, NJ 08880 To contact SIG/M for obtaining disks and info, the ad- dress is: SIG/M Box 97 Iselin, NJ 08830 Other messages follow: Date: 23 Nov 82 7:39:31-EST (Tue) From: Rick Conn <rconn@BRL> To: info-cpm at BRL, info-micro at BRL Subject: [Sol Libes: SYSLIB, Copying Files, the ACG-NJ, and SIG/M] Sol has some good info to add to my message re SIG/M and the ACG-NJ. Thought you would like to see it. Rick ----- Forwarded message # 1: Date: 22 November 1982 22:47-EST From: Sol Libes <SLIBES at MIT-MC> Subject: SYSLIB, Copying Files, the ACG-NJ, and SIG/M To: rconn at BRL cc: SLIBES at MIT-MC, Bomberger at OFFICE-2 Dear Rick: Thanks for the plug for SIG/M and ACG-NJ. I wish to just correct you on one thing. One does not have to be a member of ACG-NJ to order or copy SIG/M disks. This service is offered to both members and non-members at no extra charge. Also, SIG/M has now released 85 volumes. A copy of our printed catalog is $1 or $1.50 via mail. It can be ordered from: SIG/M, Box 97, Iselin NJ 08830. ----- End of forwarded messages Date: 15 Dec 82 16:17:58-EST (Wed) From: Rick Conn <rconn@BRL> To: blue at Nbs-Sdc cc: info-cpm at BRL, info-micro at BRL Subject: Re: SIG/M Via: Brl; 15 Dec 82 15:26-EST Via: Brl-Bmd; 15 Dec 82 21:39-EST Via: Mit-Mc; 16 Dec 82 3:18-EST Yes, SIG/M is quite different from CPM/UG. It is a whole different set (close to 100 by now) of disks, all public domain software. They have a catalog to facilitate scanning and selec- tion of software, and a number of their better programs are on MIT-MC now. Lifeboat's (or whoever's) CPM/UG occasionally lifts SIG/M software for inclusion in their own disks. Among other things, SIG/M contains ZCPR1, 1.4, and 1.6, as well as SYSLIB and, soon, the new ZCPR2. SIG/M can be contacted at: SIG/M Box 97 Iselin, NJ 08830 Rick