RCSi or The Rochester Computer Society, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization, 501(c)(3), which exists to promote a forum for communicating ideas, resolving problems, and increasing the effectiveness of computers and their related software and peripherals.

     The current emphasis of RCSi is on increasing skills in using the telecommunications potential of computers-- interpersonal, using the BBS and accessing the Internet.  We are also in the process of increasing the number of SIGs (Special Interest Groups) we have so that we can better meet the specific needs of our members. 

     RCSi also promotes within the limits of licensing agreements the creation, modification, maintenance, duplication and distribution of Public Domain and SHAREWARE software to members of the organization, and provides a forum for informational interchange among the members. For example, to users of older machines, the Society is making available a collection of shareware links to make productive even the oldest of the existing Win 3.x machines.  RCSi provides a forum for informational interchange among the members.

     Adam Osborne turned out to be a lot better at marketing than at counting, and with the advent of IBM's late entry into the microcomputer field, the Osborne company in the US went Chapter 11, then belly-up-- after a final try with the CP/M Vixen.

     FROG survived; and most of us by this time have turned to DOS-- once the 386's became as productive as the old CP/Mers. The original acronym was retained in the name: FROG Computer Society. Society members supported OS/2 Warp and Windows 95, while others are still able to talk CP/M.