"There was a vibrant
computer user group scene in Salt Lake City who would get together and discuss software.
The
Computer User Group of the Coventry Older People's Forum will meet on Wednesday, April 9, between 1.30pm and 4pm at the Central Library, in Smithford Way, city centre.
The last question in the 1999 Technology Survey asked members if they would like to be part of an NSA
computer user group. Nearly one-half (45%) indicated they were interested in this idea.
The Web site of the Association of Personal
Computer User Groups can help you find these groups.
E-mail flew back and forth among various
computer user groups explaining how to kill the Paper-clip.
Most of these products are "shareware" (try-before-you-buy) items available from commercial on-line services, the Internet (see page 83), computer bulletin-board systems (BBSs),
computer user groups, and mail-order companies (which advertise in computer magazines).
When you're getting started, you should definitely use a good primer on the Internet.(9) Even more important, you should attend presentations by
computer user groups and others on what the Internet is and how to use it.
Local
computer user groups may also offer beginners' workshops.
Many packages in the public domain are available free of charge through
computer user groups and other organizations.
Computerized bulletin boards, services that let you dial in with a modem and log on to a wide variety of files, and
computer user groups also disseminate shareware.