Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!enea!erix!eua4.ericsson.se!tmpspa From: tmpspa@eua4.ericsson.se (Stefan Parmark) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Amiga User Net (in English) Message-ID: <1642@erix.UUCP> Date: 5 Jul 88 10:56:04 GMT References: <1641@erix.UUCP> Sender: news@erix.UUCP Reply-To: tmpspa@eua4.ericsson.se (Stefan Parmark) Organization: Ellemtel Utvecklings AB, Stockholm, Sweden Lines: 44 To all non-Swedish Amiga users: My name is Stefan Parmark and I am the president of MAF (Malm|hus Amiga F|rening). I and some other Amiga users have been discussing the need to receive help with Amiga problems in an organized way. What we had in mind was a country-wide net of BBS's. If you have a problem you call the BBS and write a message about it. The BBS's called each other regularly to exchange messages. If you find a problem you know something about you can send an answer. The net will be very like UseNet, but exists only for Amiga users, and it will NOT be used for games, program exchange and things connected to computer piracy. The net is intended to be connected to other computer networks, thus enabling communicating with them. Possibilities for this has not yet been investigated. I have been discussing this with SUGA's (Swedish User Group of Amiga) president Erik Lundevall and a few computer stores, and they have shown interest in this. The idea is still very new and I am very interested in knowing what you think about this and how it shall be organized. A number of BBS's, software and people will be needed to start a net like this. All companies which contribute will of course be able to use the net. In order to discuss this we (that means I) have preliminary planned a meating in Stockholm on May 16 1988, which is a Saturday. The location has not been set yet. The net is not supposed to be only for Stock- holmers, but for all Swedish Amiga users. I want you, who cannot attend at our meating in Stockholm, to contact me and create your own groups, to discuss your suggestions and then inform us. If you are interested, please send me a mail with your name and UseNet address, so I can reach you. Should you have any ideas, suggestions or questions, write them down and send it in the same mail. I will also be very grateful if sysop's and net 'conductors' contact me to discuss an eventual connection. tmpspa@eua4.ericsson.se Stefan Parmark, Ellemtel, Stockholm, Sweden MAF, Malm|, Sweden