› MINUTES OF THE JUNE 1993 MEETING› ===============================›› NEW MEMBERS:››      ALLEN R. KIRK of Keizer OR, SEAN› L.  SMITH  of  HEMEL  England,  CHRIS› McCOY of Medina OH, JEROME S. KOHN of› Plainview N.Y. and ALICE CHRISTIE  of› Lester  PA  joined our club. OOPS! We› forgot   to   mention   in  the  last› newsletter DAVE GOODWIN of Middletown› N.J. a member of JACG also joined us,› (sorry DAVE). I think  you  all  will› have  a  good  time with your 8 Bits,› and make many new friends.›› ITEM:››      We  held  our  meeting  at  ALAN› SHARKIS' house. ALAN & ANNE were very› gracious host and  they provided many› goodies for our consumption. It added› to a very good meeting.  The  library› is  being renovated for the next 2 or› so months,  so we  can't  meet there ›       HARRY   TUTHILL   our  Freeport› member, this month became one of  the› newsletter    duplicators.    Welcome› Harry,  we  sure  need  your help. We› send   out  100  newsletter  on  each› mailing and  therefore  need  several› members  to  help  in duplicating the› newsletter, after ALEX, as the Editor› finds  articles  and puts it together› by himself.››› NEXT MEETING:››      The  July  10 meeting will be at› RON FETZER'S house at 22 Monaco  Ave,› Elmont,  N.Y.  (516) 352-1569. If you› need directions please call me on the› phone.›› CORRESPONDENCE:››      A  letter  from DANIEL CARRODANO› our member in France. He writes  that› he picked up an XF551 Disk Drive from› someone in Rumania.›       A  letter  from  TOM  WRAY  our› member from  TEXAS.  He  wanted  some› information  on  how  to  do  certain› things  with  the 1ST Xlent W.P. ALEX› answered him and provided the  needed› information.›      ALEX  wrote  a  letter  to   the› editor  of  the  TWAUG  Newsletter in› ENGLAND, complimenting them on  their› great  job  with their Newsletter and› disk. DAVE EWENS  and  crew  are  the› editors  of  this  English newsletter› and they also are members of the  OL'› HACKERS.›      ALEX  wrote  to JEAN BROKAW. She› is a newsletter editor who puts out a› great newsletter. ›      A letter form PHILIP GREENHUT of› JACG of N.J. He  writes  us  that  he› buys our newsletter from his club. He› informs us that he  intends  to  join› us. ›      A  letter  from  our  member JIM› CUTLER in England. He  sent  us  some› disk  including the corrected version› of PAGE EDITOR. This program will now› run on an EPSON or compatibles. It is› now in our library. JOHN McGOWAN  was› the  one who wrote the patch for this› D.T.P. program.›      BEN POEHLAND our  member  in  PA› and    the   A.C.   Managing   Editor› complimented us on the prompt job our› club  does  in  mailing  out the A.C.› disks.›      A letter from our  member  ALICE› CHRISTIE  in  PA. She writes that she› read the  CURRENT  NOTES,  May  issue› article  by  ALEX  on the OL' HACKERS› and decided to  join  us.  She  is  a› member  of  P.A.C.S. a multi platform› club,   and   is   on  the  board  of› directors  of  P.A.C.S  in  PA.  ALEX› complemented   her   on   the   great› newsletter she put out. ALEX welcomed› ALICE to the club.›› CONNECTICUT ATARI FEST REPORT:››      ALAN SHARKIS  reported  that  he› was  at  the  fest  on  Saturday. The› attendance at the fest was very  poor› the  first  day.  He  reported it was› better the 2nd day. He said it was  a› dissapointing  showing. He said there› were many vendors in attendance.  LOU› TRAPANI the SYSOP  of  our BBS  and a› member was also  in attendance.  Both› LIAUG and  OHAUG shared a  table, but› the  main  attraction was the new and› long awaited FALCON030.›› DEMOS:››      ALAN SHARKIS showed us his MIDI.› He showed us how to connect the CASIO› keyboard to the 8 BIT  computer.  You› can  read  more  about  the theory of› MIDI in the May minutes of  the  club› meeting.›      ALAN  showed us how to program a› song - FRERE JACQUES. First he  wrote› it  in one voice. Then he added a 2nd› voice to it and finally he added a 3,› 4 and 5 voice to it. He showed us how› to correct a mistake, how to  copy  a› measure  of  a song and modify it. He› showed   us   how   to   program  for› different instruments. He then  added› a  drum  machine  rythem  to  it.  It› really  sounded  great. It is amazing› what our 8-bit computer  can  do.  It› can  be  turned  into  a professional› musical instrument. It  was  a  great› demonstration by ALAN.›      ALAN  then showed us his SIO-2PC› where a 286  PC  is  connected  as  a› slave to the 8-bit. He can create RAM› DISKS on the PC for the 8-Bit, and he› can  print  through  his  PC. You can› also save 8-bit material on the PC as› 8-Bit images.›      Next  he connected the modem and› called  up  the  NEW  NEST,  and  THE› MACHINE BBS's. We had a demo  of  how› to use the modem while on a BBS. ALAN› then  called  and  got  connected  to› GENIE Info Service, and showed us how› to  navigate  through that system. He› showed us how to connect to INTERNET.› It was a very enjoyable demonstration› where many of the  fine  points  were› discussed.›      ALEX  demod  the last newsletter› disk from TWAUG. Great  graphics  and› great games and programs, as usual.›      ALEX  showed  the  program FADER› that lets you load  graphics  picture› and  it  dissolves  them when it goes› from one picture  to  the  other.  It› plays  the  program  automatically or› manually.  Another  program  on  this› disk is SUPER PRINT.  A  great  print› utility.›      Another  disk  was  shown   with› PASCAL  C  with  docs.  The   library› number is #285.›      We  saw   another   version   of› TETRIX. If you are into games this is› for you.›      We saw a music disk from Germany› that had some familiar music from the› last Olympiad. The music was great.›      We tried to fix  some  files  of› ATARIWRITER + that showed that it was› out of memory when in fact there  was› 500+  Bytes   left.   We   were   not› successful.›      We saw ColorSquash Ver. 2.6 This› program will take  RGB  pictures  and› translate    them    into   COMPOSITE› pictures  for  our  computer.  It  is› library disk #  287.  Side  1  is  in› ATARI  BASIC  side  #2  is  in SPARTA› DOS.›      We saw PICTURE BREAKER.  Library› #288.  This  program  lets you copy a› picture form any commercial disk into› a  62 sector format. The result was a› parade of TITLE SCREENS. It is  fully› documented.  It is part of 2 seperate› disks, the other with  more pictures.›› DOOR PRIZES:›› HAROLD PEGLER› HARRY TUTHILL› JACK GEDALIUS›› Darn it, before you  knew it,  it was› 5:00 P.M.  and  the meeting was over.›› Submitted by ›                      Ron Fetzer› >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<››