Page•10 RAIN Sept/Oct 1975 COMINDEX continued from page 9 Peter and Trudy Johnson-Lenz 2222 S.E. Nehalem Street Portland, Oregon 97202 (503) 232-8976 Consulting in the areas of data and information processing, computer and cyber-. netic systems design and analysis, and statistical·analysis. Current areas of work: feedback balloting, simulation/ gaming with or without computers, skill banks, computer models (dynamic, energetic, ~conometric, cellular, etc.), · design of large-scale ·systems to promote citizen involvement and participation. We have a 10/30 cps CRT termin:,i.l and use several commercial and public time-sharing services. We need to keep up with what other people are doing, and find outlets for our talents and experience. Carl C. Clark Commission for the Advancement of Public Interest Organizations 1875 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20009 (202) 462-0505 Operates "Information Resources for Public Interest," an on-line information system available on National CSS and p·eriodically printed in book form ($10). Also does "Public Intere~t Reference Library". and "Citizens' Drinking Water Coalition." Bill Smith 808 University Blvd., Apt. 2 Silver Spring, MD 20903 Offers windplant·design service. Computer program and sample output for stamped, addressed envelope; windplant design for $5 and 7 variables (such as mean wind speed, power needed, etc.) The Computer Hobbyist Box 295 Cary,_NC 27511 (919) 467-3145 evenings (919) 851-7223 evenings Monthly, $6/year. Back issues 504 each (started Dec. '74).. Excellent technical newsletter. 8008 graphics system, surplus ind subscriber parts available, tutorial articles, construction articles, cassette interface. Micro-8 Computer User Group Newsletter (Hal Singer, ed~) Cabrillo Computer Center 4350 Constellation Road Lompoc, CA 93436 (805) 733-3501 (t':45-4: 30 PST) (805) 735-1596 (evenings) Newsletter, subscriber information exchange. $6 for 6 issues._New product news, circuits and ideas from s~bscribers, survey articles, standardization of. 8008 interfaces, kit evaluations and many other things. Very good. LCG ~ngineering_ 1807 Delaware St. Berkeley, CA 94703 Lee Felsenstein and Efrim_Lipkin are working toward helping people use computers. Lee is working on the "Tom Swift Terminal," a _modular, convivial, bus-oriented CRT terminal (description, ,504). Efrim is actively developing the Community Memory public data base. LCG also publishes the Journal of Communication, dealing with community memory and public access, for $1/issue. · People's Computer Company P.O. Box 310 ; Menlo Park, CA 94025 Publishes an excellen_t newsletter covering educational computer use (including reviews of DEC and HP systems), game programs ,in BASIC, microcomputer kits and news, and general computer hobbyist topics. $5/year (5 issues). Amateur Computer Society Newsletter Stephen B. G~ay 260 Noroton Ave. Darien, CT 06820 For people building their own digital computer. Short notes on kits, surplus parts,-swaps, letters, etc. More on surplus computer conversion and building from scratch. $5 for at least 8 issues; comes·out every 2 or 3 months. 34+ back issues available. 6 pages per issue. Byte Carl Helmers, Editor Box .378 Belmont, MA 02178 Subscriptions: c/o Green Publishing Inc. Peterborough, NH 03458 This is a new magazine, edited by Carl Helmers, who previously did the ExperiThe Digital Group menter's Computer System, a newsletter P-.O. Box 6528 containing pla~s for an 8008 system . Denver, CO 80209 (may still be available). Will cover the Active amateur computer group. Month- computer hobbyist field: projects, surly newsletter, $12/year. Into hardware/ ' plus equipment, games, practical applisoftware support for 8008 and 8080 cations, tutorials, etc. $12/year. systems-; plans for cassette, CRT, calculator, Mark-8 modifications, 1K operating system, ham radio support. Some boards and kits. Cla,ssified ads. Excel- 'lent info. The Logic Press 260 Godwin Ave. Wyckoff, NJ 07481 . Publishes Logic Newsletter, Robotics, and other newsletters (sample issues $1, L.N. $9 for 10 issues). Covers logical design and applications, formal logic, microprocessor news, book reviews, etc. General in scope; not much specific microprocessor circuitry. Homebrew Computer Club Fred Moore, newsletter editor 558 Santa Cruz Ave. · Menlo Park, CA 9402 5 Bay area computer builder's club. Into community memory and computers helping people, as well as technical ideas and circuits. Test equipment and design help available. Send a dollar to get the -newsletter · Popular Computing Box 272 Calabasas, CA 91302 Monthly covering computing theory, number theory, calculators, the "art of computing," other mathematical articles. $15/year; back issues $2 each or 2 for $3: Creative Computing · Ideametrics P.O. Box 789-M Morristown, NJ 07960 1 Bi-monthly; subscriptions: institutional $15/yr; individual, $8/yr; student, $6/ yr. Into educational and recreational computing: games, computers and society, mathematics, humor, computer aided instruction,·tutorial articles, graphics, more. 48 pages, back issues $1.5·0. . CONDUIT/Pipeline P.O. Box 388 Iowa "City, IA 52240 Professional journal (free; NSF funded) covering educational uses of computers and investigating the transfer of educational materials from school to school. University oriented. Computer Lib/Dream Machines Hugo's Book Service Box 2622 Chicago, IL 60690 This 'large-format book is by Ted Nelson, listed separately. Half of it explains the basics of computers, ranging widely from how they work, what they can do, what languages and data structures are, to computer myths and games. The flip side describes many state-of1the-art systems in areas such as video synthesis, non-linear text data structures, artificial intelligence, graphic dis-, plays, and others. 128 pages., 10"x14", $7.00. Brochure, maybe free from Hugo's, 3M from Comindex. Note: The OMSI Community Resource Center and Software development group is not listed; we will be writing up a full des~ription in upcoming issue.
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