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    16-Jul-92  01:17:54
Sb: OS9 Underground
Fm: Jim Sutemeier 70673,1754
To: Wayne Day 76703,376 (X)

Wayne:

Nice to hear from you....been a long time since we had anything to say to each
other.  Re: me and the OS9 Underground

Actually, what I am doing is helping a friend out, more than any other
consideration.

Alan and I go back to about 1985 sometime, when he became a user on my  BBS.  He eventually became a SysOp of an StG System, which I liked well
enough to eventually change my BBS from PBBS to StG.

Well, Alan helped me out many times.  When I set up my own Sirius Software &
Hardware, Alan helped me by designing my logo, and also my ads, for practically
nothing.

He set up, a few months ago, the Underground.  I was >100%< for this magazine,
having thought some 5 years ago that such a magazine would be GREAT for the OS9
community.

Well, the opportunity finally came for me to pay back many of the kindnesses
that Alan had afforded me over the past few years.

It was my idea to set up my Sirius Software & Hardware phone line as an answer
machine line that could take 'freebie' calls for a free issue of the
Underground, while still advertising my own company.

Alan agreed with me, especially since his phone is often quite tied up with
calls to/from writers, etc., for the Underground.

I am helping him out as far as I possibly can.  For one reason, because he has
been quite helpful to me both as an StG SysOp and also as a Company owner.

But more importantly, I believe in what this magazine is, and what it stands
for.  The OS9 community has desparately needed a magazine to help unite us all
for years now (and, obviously, Rainbow just doesn't cut the mustard, with it's
primarily 'token' addition of OS9 materials).

This OS9 Underground COULD keep us united for the next few years, even adding
more to our numbers.

It is this idea of something to keep us united that propels me more than any
other factor.  This community NEEDS ANY and all help it can get in unification.

jim