Cursor (later called BASIC Express) is an excellent newsletter, on par with the Arcadian, that was created in 1980 as a for profit newsletter to focus more on hardware than the Arcadian was currently doing. The Cursor's publisher went through various methods of "copy-protecting" the print (blue ink, and awful colors that made it difficult to read). I have been unable to contact Fred Cornett (the publisher) or anyone that was part of the Cursor Group. Anyone know where to find any of these people?
Special thanks go to Rob Mitchell for photocopying and sending me all these issues issues of Cursor.
| Issue Unknown | Cursor, 1980 - Issue Unknown |
| Vol. 1, Issue 1 - Alt. | Cursor, Volume 1, Issue 1 - Alt. |
| Vol. 1, Issue 1 | Cursor, Volume 1, Issue 1 (January 1980) |
| Vol. 1, Issue 2 | Cursor, Volume 1, Issue 2 (February 1980) |
| Vol. 1, Issue 3 | Cursor, Volume 1, Issue 3 (March 1980) |
| Vol. 1, Issue 3-S | Cursor, Volume 1, Issue 3 - Special |
| Vol. 1, Issue 4 | Cursor, Volume 1, Issue 4 (April/May 1980) |
| Vol. 1, Issue 5 | Cursor, Volume 1, Issue 5 (June 1980) |
| Vol. 1, Issue 6 | Cursor, Volume 1, Issue 6 (July 1980) |
| Vol. 2, Issue 1 | Cursor, Volume 2, Issue 1 (August 1980) |
| Vol. 2, Issue 2 | Cursor, Volume 2, Issue 2 (September 1980) |
| Vol. 2, Issue 3 | Cursor, Volume 2, Issue 3 (October 1980) |
| Vol. 2, Issue 4 | Cursor, Volume 2, Issue 4 (November/December 1980) |
| Vol. 2, Issue 5 | Cursor, Volume 2, Issue 5 (January/February 1981) |
| Vol. 2, Issue 6 | Cursor, Volume 2, Issue 6 (March 1981) |
| Vol. 3, Issue 1 | The BASIC Express, Volume 3, Issue 1 (April 1981) This is first issue known as The BASIC Express instead of Cursor. |
| Vol. 3, Issue 2 | The BASIC Express, Volume 3, Issue 2 (May/June 1981) |
| Vol. 3, Issue 3 | The BASIC Express, Volume 3, Issue 3 (July/August 1981) This is the last issue of the Cursor/BASIC Express newsletter. |
Newsletter Related
| Cursor Business Card | Cursor Business Card - A scan of a business card used by Cursor. |
| Cursor Group Advertisement | Cursor Group Advertisement - Date Unknown |
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Cursor Solicitation Letter Reply from Michigan Bally Users Group |
Cursor Solicitation Letter Michigan Bally Users Group letter regarding Cursor solicitation Circa 1982 In 1982 The Cursor Group mailed out a letter to solicitate more members. The Michigan Bally Users Group got wind of this and replied in quite a negative manner by sending out a letter of their own to members of their group. This makes for very interesting reading, because the end of the Cursor/BASIC Express newsletter ended very badly, and this document from that period shows how it all was beginning to crumble apart for the editor of Cursor. You can read a text version of the Cursor Solicitation Letter, here. You can read a text version of the reply to the Cursor Solicitation Letter from the Michigan Bally Users Group, here. |
