›               o=o=o=o=o=›› MINUTES OF OHAUG MEETING 6/20/98››› Before the official  opening  of  the› meeting, while waiting for Jack, ALAN› SHARKIS read an e-mail  from  PATRICK› MULVEY.   Pat was summoned to Houston› for the weekend by his  employer  and› regretted  not  being  able to attend› and to meet FRANK WALTERS.›› JACK GEDALIUS opened the  meeting  by› welcoming  everyone including members› of the Suffolk Atari  Club  (LIAUG). › He introduced FRANK WALTERS of Panama› City,   FL,  a  member  who  is  here› visiting   his  sister  in  Rockville› Centre.  JACK  took  a  list  of  the› other members and guests attending.›› TREASURER REPORT:› RON FETZER says we're in the black.›› DEMONSTRATIONS:› REBECCA  GEDALIUS,  Jack's  daughter,› brought her notebook PC and showed us› its general characteristics.›› JACK then discussed a program on  CD-› ROM, Monarch  Notes, which he brought› with him to run on Rebecca's machine.›› ALAN SHARKIS did an impromptu demo of› XFormer  '98, which ran  on Rebecca's› notebook.    He    had   XLENT   Word› Processor  and then  DOS 2.5  on  the› screen.›› Alan then gave a talk on the  various› parts  of  the  Internet   that   are› accessable   through   NassauNet   --›  starting with  Internet  e-mail  for› mailing  lists  and  private mail to › individuals and groups.  He then went› on to explain how Nassau Net's e-mail› system (PINE) saves space because  it› saves  lists  of e-mail addresses for› you  and  you  offers  a  full-screen› editor for your e-mail.›› Alan also  spent  some  time  talking› about  Usenet,  which  is  made up of› public discussion groups (newsgroups)› on a varety of topics.  There are now› more     than     60,000    available› newsgroups.  The  one  that  is  most› important to us is:››        comp.sys.atari.8bit.›› Usenet  newsgroups are also available› on NassauNet in PINE.›› Alan then discussed  World  Wide  Web› browsing will be organized by sites &› pages with links to  other  pages  to› help  you   research   further.    He› explained  how  NassauNet  offers  us› LYNX,  a  text-based WWW browser that› can also handle Gopher  and  Telnet. › Each  site  is accessed by giving its› URL  (universal  resource  locater). › For example, LIAUG's  page  (when  it› comes  back  up)  can  be accessed by› typing:››         http://www.liaug.com.›› Alan then brought up a way to  access› bulletin  boards  (Telnet)  which  he› will show us.›› Next  RON  FETZER  and  Alan  Sharkis› demoed  how  to  use  the Atari 8-bit› with the internet via Nassau Net with› the  Ice-T  program.  We looked at e-› mail  and  comp.sys.atari.8-bit  with› PINE and  at  www.emulators.com  with› LYNX.   Since  the  trend  among  WWW› sites is now heavily graphical, it is› important to maintain  heavily  text-› oriented sites for 8-bitters.›› Next  FRANK  WALTERS  demoed  version› 5.20 of TextPro.  He showed us how it› can access four banks  of  memory  in› addition    to    the    main   bank,› demonstrated     how    macros    are› constructed, showed us a few  of  his› own,  and  went on to demonstrate his› CX-85   Numeric  Keypad  handler  for› TextPro.  Frank made copies  of  some› of  his  work  available  to both the› LIAUG  and  OHAUG  disk  librarians. › They were already taking  orders  for› copies  by the time  Frank  sat down!› ALAN  SHARKIS  then  sent  an  e-mail› message  to  some  of the members who› were   not   present   (Pat  and  TOM› ANDREWS)   using   the   carbon  copy› feature, and demonstrated how to  use› Telnet  through  LYNX  to  get  to  a› FidoNet      BBS.       By    typing:››     telnet://docsplace.dyn.ml.org,›› he was able   to locate,   read , and› respond  to messages  in the  FidoNet› Atari National Echo.  He also  posted› a message there from all who attended› today's meeting.›› ALAN SHARKIS then spoke about sending› our    flyers     with     membership› applications  to  JOHN HARDIE for the› Las Vegas show.›› There was a  short  demonstration  of› the  latest  disk  from Tyne and Wear› Atari User  Group  in  England.   The› disk  went  into  our library (number› unknown.)›› Then everyone submitted their updated› e-mail addresses for inclusion in our› newsletter.›› THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON SATURDAY,›            JULY 18, 1998.››              o=o=o=o=o=›››