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Number 217 — August 2000	*Sacra Blue* is available in Adobe's Acrobat PDF format. Right-click on this link: sb0800.pdf (9.4MB, 33Min@56K) or this link: sba0800.pdf (1.8MB) and select "Save Link As...". The difference in file sizes are related to the resolution of the graphics (print quality vs. monitor quality). Print these pages and read them whenever, and wherever, at your leisure.

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July's Presentations
AT&T, Wireless Data, and the Internet

SPCUG's Business
A review of the business portion of July's Main Meeting.

Feature Articles

A Letter For Those Who Believe Everything They Read...
Some great funny stuff making the rounds on the Internet.

—Unknown

Computer Broadcasts in the Sacramento Market
Radio and TV broadcasts that discuss computers.

—Ken Hopkins

Computer Innovators Passing On

Computer Assisted Investing
A series discussing computerized investing resources.

—Bernard E. Scoville

Prez.Com
President's Thoughts

—Milt Hull

The Blue Pencil
More News on Free ISPs
FreeWeb and WorldSpy have been taken over by Juno.

—Tom Anderson

Ken's Kompendium
Back to the Roots
Message Expressions (Emoticons)

—Ken Hopkins

The Volunteer Page
Volunteers for the November Meeting
Here is your chance to help out at an SPCUG general meeting.

—Stan Morris

Solutions

Tech Talk
Windows 2000 Service Pack

—Milt Hull

Ken's Korner
AMD Challenges Intel Dominance

—Ken Fermoyle

Reviews

Light Blue
The SIMS
Might and Magic VIII:
Day of the Destroyer
Force Commander
Edited by Chris Seip

Hardcopy
Access 97/2000 Bibles
Excel 97/2000 Bibles
Edited by Tom Anderson

Environmental Notes
Putt-Putt Joins the Circus
by Bruce Boss

Product Review
AnyTime Deluxe 7.0
Edited by Brian Smither

Chapter and SIG Reports
Auburn Chapter
Davis Chapter
Roseville Chapter
MFC SIG

Et Cetera
Steering Committee Notes
Mentor List (Password Req'd)
Consultants' Corner

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Brian Smither