›             ×èáôó Õð¡›                By›          Kris Holtegaard›          ---------------››     I know that I've only been to one›OL'  HACKER's  club meeting this year,›as  a  matter of fact I really haven't›been  around  since  July of 1989. But›that  doesn't mean that I have dropped›out  of  the  club or have given up on›computing.  Since  July  of  '89, I've›been  doing other things, like running›the  BBS  until  November  of the same›year.  Well anyway, since the BBS went›down  at  that time, I dove right into›programming.  While  running a BBS for›the  past  three  years I haven't been›able   to   learn   that   much  about›programming with most of my time taken›up   by  running  the  BBS  and  other›personal  problems  that  occured from›the  months  of November 1989 to April›of  1990.  In that time I have written›and  completed developing programs and›disks  for the Atari 8-bit, which some›of you  have by now.››     One  thing  you  all should know,›and that is, I haven't lost touch with›the  Atari  8-bit  world. I've so been›busy  with new idea's and putting them›to good use for the Atari 8-bit that I›myself  really  didn't know until  the›release of WQNRDos how many programs I›have  written. I took a look and found›that   I   have  over  five  different›Sub-Directories  on my hard drive that›are  full with original programs. Some›of  which  have  already been released›and  donated  to  our  club,  THE  OL'›HACKERS!››     If   this  all  sounds  like  I'm›troting  my own horn or that I'm on an›EGO trip mabye your right, but I don't›think  so. I'm trying, like some other›programmers  out  there  to  keep  the›Atari  8-bit ALIVE! Why? The answer is›simple.  Its  one of the most flexible›and powerfull 8-Bit computer that I've›ever  come  across,  and I do have the›right to say that because I have owned›a  TI  and  some  other  off  the wall›computers that I wouldn't even care to›mention         (like  COLECO,  what a›joke...).››     A   most   prized   project   was›WQNRDos.  Which  most of you know is a›great   basic  program  that  is  very›powerful   and give's you options that›never  before came in a BASIC Dos type›program.  I  would  like  to  publicly›extend my thanks to ALAN SHARKIS, (who›has  also  been  raving about it), for›being one of the main BETA testers for›WQNRDos  and  I  know  that  he really›enjoyed  that  and enjoys the program.›Also  my  thanks  to  ALEX PIGNATO for›much  of  his  help  and  added idea's›while  in  the  final  stages  of  the›program.  WQNRDos alone took over NINE›months  to  put  together and turn out›(to  version  3.0)  which became a TWO›sided   disk   that   is   over   150k›alone-(WOW  a  lot  of  typing!),  and›that's  just  one  disk of many that I›have done.››       Like  I  said  I  may not  have›been  at  many  meetings  but I always›show  my  support for the OL' HACKER's›in  many  other  ways. I would like to›hear  your  opinions.  This  may sound›like  an  editorial  but  you  know it›isn't.  We all get involved in one way›or  another. As far as the BBS, I will›have it back up On-Line as soon as its›possibile.››   Thank You All for your FRIENDSHIP!››                                      ›