Archiving leads to look back at earlier computing [09-17-09]

I’m going to beg a boon of those Good Booters who at one time or another were members of the SWFPCUG or one of its affiliated chapters.

And the boon is. Please e-mail me if you were or know how I can contact an officer or director of the SWFPCUG or its predecessor the SWF IBM-PC UG between 1983 and 1996 or an officer of a SWFPCUG affiliated Chapter between 1996 and 2004.

My search for User Group and chapter officers and directors began shortly after Lida sarcastically asked me how long I planned on keeping my library of yellowing newsletters and soon to be yellowing Computing Journals.

I of course responded with a " funny you should ask dear, but I was just about to begin archiving them to my computer".

When I did begin the archiving activity, I took time between scans to read the 1980's one page newsletters. The more I read the more I realized they along with the more sophisticated Computing Journals of the 1990's and early 2000's were a historical narrative of the extraordinary interest and curiosity so many layman had in just about all personal computing activities.

An interest and curiosity that has been replaced by a more shall we say sophisticated attitude toward computing. Using the computer for specific activities of personal interest rather than a source of general discovery.

Be as it may, I’m editing a leave behind historical CD presentation of all the User Group Newsletters and Journals as well as slide shows of events and of those who assisted so many in SWF to become computer literate.

I’d truly appreciate your assistance in my hunt for photos.

So as this Good Boot is more than just a beg a boon, I’ll end it with tip that may be helpful to those who might like to make a quick list of all the files in a particular Vista or XP Windows

Explorer folder without the hassle of having to type them into an application.
1. Open the folder and select all the files in the folder by either pressing CTRL-A or clicking Edit > Select All.
2. Right click on any highlighted file.
3. Click Send To and select Mail Recipient.
4. Your default email client will open with a list of all the files in the folder.
5. Highlight the list and copy and paste it into your word processor or for that matter any application.
　
Here's wishing you a Good Boot.