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by John Kinney
The following is a list of software and magazines presently available:
Data Based Advisor The price is $23.88 for one year of the magazine and a free “Database Report.” Pick up a subscription form from John Kinney.
This fine library of Clipper functions is available from 3P Software for $139.95, $20 off the original price of $159.95. Please order this product from John Kinney.
John say this is the best Zip Code software he has seen. It not only gives you the city and state, but will give you every city and state (yes, some zip codes expand more than one state) for that zip code. Our users group can get it for 10% off. Please contact John Kinney for details. He hopes that we have a review article on this product soon.
Too late, dudes and dudettes, the discount admission tickets to Knott’s have expired.
Please remember that shipping and handling must be included in the price of the products.
John will advise you of what the total price is when you call. You can contact him at (213)53 1-
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L.A. Fox President’s Report
by Greg
Dunn
Thanks to Fox Software for sending us Joel Kneisley this past month, and to Southern Califorma Edison for providing us with a wonderful meeting facility. Very special thanks to Pam Leslie and Barbara Turpeau of Edison for opening the administrative doors within Edison and for contributing a great deal of direct labor to make the meeting possible. We appreciate it!
Joel’s presentation was most informative, and those in attendance seemed particularly to enjoy the time spent in open question and answer. Thanks to Fox also for sending us prizes to raffle. So far at our meeting we’ve given away three copies of FoxPro, a copy of Foxbase+/ Mac, and a copy of Foxgraph. We’ve also raffled a copy of Tom Rettig’s Help System, donated by Tom Rettig Associates, and a copy of Scan-a-lyzer, donated by Tech ifi. This coming meeting will be no exception to the bonanza: Fox Software will be sending us either a copy of FoxPro or a copy of Foxgraph for our raffle.
All of us on the L.A. Fox steering committee have been part of many other users’ groups. We have all observed that members seem to enjoy time for open question and answer more than almost any other activity. Accordingly, we plan to make that our focus at the September meeting. Several group members will kick off the meeting with short presentations, then act as a panel to take questions from the group. Of course, anyone in attendance will be free to field,
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as well as ask, questions, about any aspect of working with Foxbase, FoxPro, Foxgraph, or any other issues of interest to the membership. Plan to participate!
What Has Happened to the Newsletter?
Because of new job responsibilities, I am unable to continue as editor of the LA. Fox newsletter, and will otherwise be reducing the scope of my role within the group. Fortunately, in the matter of the newsletter, we have an alternative which will, in the view of the steering committee, serve you well, and even add additional benefits. This alternative is to combine forces with another Los Angeles Group known as the Dbase Language Association of Professionals, or DLaP.
DLaP’s focus spans all dialects of the Dbase (or “xBase”) language. Since many of us who use Fox also find it necessary to be involved with some of these other dialects, joining forces with DLaP will provide a convenient way to stay abreast of developments therein. Furthermore, all LA. Fox members are now automatically members of DLaP, as all DLaP members are now members of LA. Fox Those from either group are free to attend meetings of either or both at no admission charge, and all will receive a common newsletter. The newsletter will include articles on Foxbase and FoxPro, as well as Clipper, dBase IV, DBXL, dbFast, Force, and other dialects of xBase.
DLaP already has, with the Valley Clipper Users’ Group, a similar relationship to the one we are establishing.
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The Newsletter of the Dbase Language Professional Developers Group, September 1990
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