The Issue at Hand    \|/    by Lauren Willoughby
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                            EDITOR'S NOTES
                        WELCOME TO PCM ONLINE

   A lot can happen in a few months. Take PCM Online. A short while ago, 
this electronic publication you're reading was just a gleam in a 
SysOp's eye and a vague idea by an editorial staff that its material 
might go over big in "electronic book" fashion. Thanks to Chuck Burke, 
the SysOp of Louisville's Dance of Shiva BBS (and a remarkably energetic 
catalyst), we decided to follow our digital dreams. Greetings! Welcome to 
PCM Online! We hope you like it, and that you return to our electronic 
pages again and again. We're going to be around for a LONG time.

   PCM, the magazine on which PCM Online is based, gives you the 
assurance that we're here to stay: PCM recently celebrated its 10th 
anniversary in print, and it's anxious to embrace the next decade. We've 
seen a world of change in the volatile world of personal computers, but 
our view stays fresh -- we're constantly learning new things about what 
it means to be computer users.

   PCM is the magazine for personal computer hobbyists. If you haven't 
read PCM before, you're in for a treat! It's probably the most "hands-on" 
computer magazine in existence. If you like to type in batch files, 
putter around with BASIC, tinker with your Windows environment, get the 
most out of DOS, and keep up with the latest software, PCM is for you!

   While PCM Online is a text-only version of PCM, it's also more than 
just that -- because we're not constrained by a printing budget. We're 
free to fill PCM Online's digital pages with whatever we want. But we'd 
rather fill it with whatever YOU want. If you would like to see a certain 
type of article, just let us know. Our Internet address is 
pcm@shivasys.com. If you'd like to see a specific program reviewed, send 
us a message. If you have a PC question you'd like answered, send it to 
us by e-mail -- if we can't find an answer, we'll turn it over to other 
PCM Online readers, many of whom will hold the key. Feel free to cram our 
e-mailbox full of letters and wish lists. Let's build an interactive 
magazine together.

   See you again next month -- same time, same BBS.

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