The early days of computer clubs in Panama.
These were held for Military and PCC families but local Panamanians attended as well.
Some of these groups were:
Panama Canal Atari Computer User's Group (PCACUG)
Commodore 64 Club of Panama (not sure of the name on this one)
Amiga De Panama Computer Users Group
Big Apple Computer Group
IBM-PC Users Group
Some of the locations these clubs where held at:
Panama Canal Training Center
Panama Canal College Auditorium
Balboa YMCA
Valent Recreation Center
Farfan Cellar Club
Curundu Bowling Alley building
St. Mary's & La Salle Schools
Panama Canal Training Center
Valent Recreation Center
Panama Canal College Auditorium
Balboa YMCA & St. Mary's School
Bulletin Board Systems in Panama
There where some Bulletin Board Systems you could dial into with your computer like:
PCACUG BBS
Tel. #60-0530 / Baud 300/1200/2400 / Computer Atari 130XE/320K / Software OASIS
SORCERS BBS
Tel. #52-2429 / Baud 300/1200/2400 / Computer IBM PC/60MEG / Software WWIV
PASTE BBS
Tel. #252-2875 / Baud 300/1200/2400 / Computer Atari 1040ST / Software Michtron
SONITEL BBS
Tel. #63-5257 / Baud 300/1200/2400 / Computer IBM PS/2 / Software WWIV
INTEC BBS
Tel. #63-9724 / Baud 300/1200/2400 / Computer IBM / Software RBBS
UNREAL BBS
Tel. #252-6487 / Baud 300 / Computer Commodore 64 / Software Syntech BBS
Here are some ads of the computer clubs posted on the Tropic Times Newspaper.
Seems like most of the ads from the club meetings where from the earlier SCN Newspaper years pre-1988, which I don't have and are not online.
If anybody has those older SCN Newspapers and the computer meetings are listed, if you can contact us and we can plan on scanning them so we can post them up on here.
Here we have a vintage ad from Audio Foto Internacional which was one the leading electronic stores in Panama selling Atari computers.
Here is the Audio Foto Internacional store located in Avenida Central shopping district.
You can see the Atari logo on the bottom of all the brands they used to sell.
