In September of 1979, when AppleCore of Memphis was formed, "user group" was still a pretty new concept.
__What the members of this fledgling group were using were the early products of two guys from California named Steve. What emerged from a now-legendary Silicon Valley garage was the Apple I, followed not long after by the Apple II. It was this computer, the Apple II, that brought together a dozen or so pioneers in Memphis, Tennessee. (You are invited to enjoy the un-edited history of this illustrious group on the next page!)
__Today, the group has grown to nearly 200 members, including those participating in the club's BBS-Bulletin Board System with electronic mail and messaging, uploading and downloading of public domain, shareware and freeware. Many of the present members have entered as Macintosh users or have switched to the Mac while reserving a warm spot for their favorite among the variety of Apple II models that started so many in computing.
__AppleCore's relatively small size when compared to some other metropolitan user groups allows for the same kind of intimacy and learning enjoyed by the AppleCore trailblazers. From the days when $2,800 could buy you an Apple II system with 16K of memory, a cassette tape drive and a nine inch monitor, to today when roughly the same money can buy you a Titanium Macintosh PowerBook G4.
__User groups have maintained a lasting spot on the computing landscape. Why not find out for yourself what all the excitement has been about for the last fourteen years? Come to AppleCore of Memphis and be a player in the next chapter of the bold and rewarding work of the computer user group.
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