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This is the AWAUG article as it appears in the September issue of MOAUG under the title "A Closer Look At AWAUG." There are two PowerPAINT pics that go with this article:  "AWAUG.pic" and "AWAUG.pic2." 
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This month's column is a salute to the ADAM, Washington Area Users' Group (AWAUG for short.) AWAUG has been a pivotal force in the recent drive to develop a stronger and more unified information network among ADAM owners and users' groups.  The group even offers a free 1200 baud modem to any group wishing to start an electronic bulletin board system! 

 
The ADAM, Washington Area User's Group, based in Northern Virginia, was established in March of 1984 with membership from the Washington D.C.  metropolitan area including adjacent portions of Maryland and Virginia.  The organization grew to include membership throughout the U.S. by providing services and communications via mail and modem.
 
The club conducts monthly meetings, mailing all members a full agenda in advance which describes the planned demonstrations, presentations, hands- on experimentation, training, and often an auction of ADAM hardware and software.  A very well-done news- letter is published bimonthly.  It includes articles from AWAUG members as well as articles chosen from other newsletters with reciprocal publish- ing agreements. 
 
The club also operates a 24-hour CP/M-based Bulletin Board Service at 300/1200/2400 baud rates with 20 megabytes of storage space (using an ADAM with a Hard Disk Drive) and over 800 programs on-line for downloading.

A hardware repair service, the pro- duction of formatted tapes, and a library of public domain programs on tapes and disks provides members with services and supplies at members-only prices.  Any surplus from the member- ship fees ($15.00 per year) and club club services is placed in the club treasury.  These funds are used for AWAUG operating costs, and also provide funding for an ever-changing variety of Group hardware and software projects.  
 
Current Group projects include the production of serial interfaces and cables for the Government surplus 80-column terminals and 1200 baud modems that the club provides for members.  Jim Howard (a Railroad worker) provides the energy and the leadership for the special group projects.
 
AWAUG members have been particularly adept in ADAM hardware and software innovations, including:
 
 
e                   of Word Star 2.0 to members for the incred- ible price of $20!  President Bob Blair doesn't like to make too much of that, though, because he feels that the group's version of the public domain CP/M editor, VDE, is superior to WordStar.
 
We are expecting to meet AWAUG mem- bers at ADAMCON.  At the very least, Bob Blair will be dropping by for one day of the convention.  (AWAUG has donated a serial interface made by the group as a door prize.) One thing is certain: we are going to be hearing a lot more from AWAUG in the months to come!  
 
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