Hal Segal was founder and president of the Association of
Time-Sharing Users, and the Association of Small Computer Users,
and several other groups dedicated to early computer systems. The
Association of Time-Sharing Users was formed in 1974: it published
a newsletter, which Hal wrote, as well as directories of terminals,
applications, database management systems, and so on. Group members
held meetings in various cities around the United States.
Hal is also author of the books How to Select Your Small
Computer Without Frustration and How to Manage Your Small Computer
Without Frustration, which were published in 1982 and 1983 by
Prentice-Hall.