>>>***<<<› MINUTES  OF THE NOVEMBER 1993 MEETING› =====================================›› NEW MEMBERS:››      LUISE DI MICELI joined our club.› LUISE received  her  8-Bit  equipment› from  her  brothr-in-law who lives in› te midwest, and she was told to  join› OHAUG.  When  she came to our meeting› we helped her with programs  and  got› her  acqauinted with whats available.› LES ELLINGHAM the editor  of  PAGE  6› and  publishers of THE NEW ATARI USER› in  England  also  joined  our  club.› Welcome to to the club, both of  you.› I think you will have a good time and› make many new friends.›      › THE TREASURER REPORTS.›      RON FETZER the treasurer reports› that  we  are  in  the black. He also› reminded all  members  that  dues  of› $24.00  are  due  for 1994. Make your› check out to RON FETZER.›› ITEM:››       BOB   ULSCHMID  volunteered  to› bring the printer  to  the  meetings.› BOB  also  ran  the  DISCO-DESK (disk› duplicating set up) for  the members.›      JOE  LEBER  lost  his mother who› was 89 and his aunt who was  91.  JOE› also  went   through   some   serious› surgery,  at the  same time. The club› extends our deepest  condolences  and› hopes he feels better. ›› CORRESPONDENCE:››      We  received our first Christmas› Card  from our member JIM CUTLER from› England. He extends Seasons Greetings› to all  the  OL'  HACKERS,  near  and› far!›› PAGE 6 EDITOR JOINS›      LESS  ELLINGHAM  the  Editor  of› PAGE 6 from England writes us that he› is joining our club and  he  wants to› re-establish past links to PAGE 6. We› used to exchange newsletters when our› newsletter  was printed as hard copy,› and not on disk.›› THE AMS SHOW IN ENGLAND›      A letter from the TYNE AND  WEAR› ATARI  GROUP  in England. DAVID EWENS› one of our  members  writes  that  he› receives  our newsletters and that he› likes them.  He especially  liked the› bonus programs on our disk. He writes› they are going to the AMS7 SHOW. This› is  a  great  8-Bit show in STAFFORD,› ENGLAND. There will be 14 8-Bit Atari› Tables at the show. He writes us that› TWAUG is going to release  their  1st› commercial program ULTIFONT. It is an› excellent font editor  with  joystick› control.  A  member  of TWAUG is also› writing  a  book  on  more  than  the› memory map of our computer.  It  will› be  similar  to MAPPING THE ATARI and› will  correct  some  of  the  errors.› DAVID also asks permission, which was› granted,  for  the  following   OHAUG› programs  to  be   put   into   their› library:    back    issues   of   the› NEWSLETTER; the  CALENDAR  DISK;  the› DISK  MANAGEMENT   SYSTEM   and   the› PROGRAMMING   KIT   DISKS.       ALEX› answered that a goal of  the  minutes› in  the  NEWSLETTER,   is   to   make› the reader feel  he/she  is  at   our› meeting.  He  said  he  will  pass on› DAVE'S HINT or  request for  some new› material for  their  newsletter, from› our members.›› A LETTER FROM SCOTLAND.›     A letter from our Scottish member› STUART MURRAY. He  mailed  us  FUTURA› DISK #8. (See demo section). He tells› us that he included an  article  from› ALEX in the FUTURA DISKS. He tells us› that he will help spread the word  of› the OL' HACKERS throughout the United› Kingdom.›› FROM CALIFORNIA.›     A letter from our member  WILLIAM› SMINKEY.  He  wants  to  know  how to› print   the  international  character› set.  WILLIAM,   check  your  printer› manual.  Most  printers  have  a  DIP› SWITCH    setting    for    different› countries character set.›› AND FROM PENNSYLVANIA.›     LARRY TISCHBEIN our  member  from› PA.  writes  us  that  he  had   some› trouble  with the Postal Service they› losthis onlycopy of their newsletter.› He  also writes that he went into the› hospital and  had  some  gall  stones› removed  by  a  NEW  procedure called› Laproscopy. They make  only  a  small› incision  and  insert  a   fiberoptic› instrument  and   remove   the   gall› stones.  Hope  you  recover real fast› Larry.›› DEMOS:›› LOVE THAT LOGO!›      ALAN SHARKIS gave a  fascinating› demonstration  of  the LOGO language.› He showed how  to  program  the  LOGO› TURTLE.  ALAN explained the structure› of  LOGO.  He  discussed  PRIMITIVES,› PROCEDURES, OPERATIONS,  INPUTS  etc.› ALAN  drew  a  spider  web  with  the› TURTLE.  You need a LOGO CARTRIDGE to› run LOGO. ALAN showed us the  command› structure  for  LOGO.  LOGO is a very› structured language  with  procedures› and  sub  procedures.  You  can  pass› values  from  procedure to procedure.› Youngster who use LOGO will  learn  a› heck of a lot of geometry and it will› lay   a   foundation   for    logical› thinking.  We also saw a game written› in LOGO as well as heard some  music.› Excellant demo, AL!›› THE NEWSLETTER EDITOR SPEAKS. ›      ALEX showed us how he edits text› program that he receives  to  prepare› them for the newsletter. ALEX  showed› how, when he gets text materials they› usually are not  in 40 column format.› Therefore he has to use either COL40,› FIXUP.COM, or REFORMAT to change them› to 40 column. Then he has to take out› the  RETURNS because he  has to right› justify the text. He showed us how he› preserves the paragraphs  by  putting› in "**". It is then saved to PRINT in› RAMDISK 8. › When the document is reconstituted he› now  knows  where the paragraphs are.› The next thing ALEX does-he reads the› document  and  writes   a   Paragraph› headline. This makes the article more› interesting and it breaks it  up  for› easier  reading.  ALL of this is done› on the 1st XLEnt Word Processor. ALEX› extensively  uses  the  RAMDISK 8 and› the two  TEXT  WINDOWS  of  the  word› processor.  It   is   a   real   time› consumer,  but  thats whats needed to› get the results you see.›› AUDIO UPGRADES ›      RON FETZER talked about  how  he› did  the  AUDIO  UPGARDE on the 800XL› and the 130XE. He used the article by› BEN  POEHLAND  called  "AUDIO  BYPASS› UPGRADE  FOR  THE  XL/XE" in the  Oct› 1993 issue of AC. The upgrade  really› improves  the  audio  quality  of the› computer greatly and is very easy  to› do.  You  just  have  to   bridge   a› resistor    with    a   .1mfd   mylar› capacitor. (EDITOR,  Yeah,  easy  for› you,  you real HACKER, but what about› us non-techies?)›› KEYBOARD UPGRADES ›      Next RON  talked  about  how  he› improved  the  keyboard of the 130XE.› As you know the keyboard on the 130XE› is  soft  and mushy. BEST ELECTRONICS› sells a "TT TOUCH"  keyboard  upgrade› kit  for  the 130XE for $29.95. There› are two  types  of  130XE  keyboards.› Pull up one key. If you have a spring› underneath   your   keys   then  this› upgrade will not work. Most keyboards› do  not  have  springs.  To  do   the› upgrade  you remove the 6 screws from› the bottom of  the  computer.  Remove› the  case.  Pull  out  the   keyboard› ribbon cable from its connector. Turn› the  keyboard  over  and  with  a  #0› phillips screw driver remove  the  16› phillips  screws.  Take  out  the old› rubber contact cups and replace  them› with  the  new  cups.  Reassemble the› computer. Your keyboard is  now  nice› and  firm  it has a good tactile feel› and you have a great  keyboard.  This› is a much cheaper route to go then if› you order a "TRANSKEY  KIT"  for  use› as an IBM type keyboard.›› ENGLISH GAMES›      TWAUG  disk  #5 from England. It› is a game disk. Some of the games  on› this  disk  are:  MAGIC SQUARE, SPACE› WOLF, FOLDER  LABEL (OHAUG  PROGRAM),› BOMBER and ROAD VENTURES.  Very  well› done as usual.›› ATARI 8-BIT CLUB NEWS›      From  the  SAN  LEANDRO COMPUTER› CLUB - NOVEMBER 1993 newsletter disk.› It  has  in  it,  FROG, KILLER XE, (a› CHESS VARIATION), REAR DOOR, OMNIVENT› BASIC,  DRAGVENT,  ROBOVENT, CIRC.BAS› (a SHOOT-EM-UP), UTILITIES AND DEMOS.› RTLSTMOD.LIS.  (a  PRINTSTAR  program› patch  MOD  for  the  400/800) by our› member THOMAS  ANDREWS.  This  is  an› upgrade   to   CUSTOM.BAS.   We   saw› STYX.DMO. A great graphics  demo.  On› side  two  is  the updated version of› FILEEM. This is a data  base  program› that  lists  all  the articles in the› various ATARI 8-BIT magazines of  the› past. A great program to get.›› MUSIC FROM GERMANY››      We  heard  a great demo of music› from ABBUC (BIT BYTER.) Also on  this› disk    was    LASER.BAS,   WORD.OBJ,› INFO.TXT, DEMO.COM. There  were  many› more  great  programs  on it which we› had no chance to demo.›› MORE DEMOS›      A  POKEY  SPARTA  DOS  disk  was› shown  with  an  absolutely  gorgeous› introduction  screen. The POKEY disks› are produced by  the  West  New  York› Atari  Users Group in Rochester, N.Y.› On  it  was  716  AREA  CODE,  BARRY,› CHIPS,  PICTURE,  GOOSE,  JAWS.  This› disk has many games  and  some  great› graphics   on   it.   It   is   their› newsletter  disk  and  everything  is› documented. This was just  the  front› of  the  disk.  On  the back there is› some more great stuff.›      We saw another POKEY  disk  from› October  1993. It had one of the BEST› BLACK JACK programs  on  it  that  we› have  ever  seen. VERY LARGE colorful› GRAPHICS. Both are now inthe library.››      Next we saw some  programs  from› the  late  great   programmer,   KRIS› HOLTEGAARD.   One   was   COPIER.COM,› QINIT.COM,      DISKLBLR.BAS      and› TWOCOLMK.RIS.   These   programs  are› really great and  they  are  released› into P.D..The COPIER.COM is a program› to dump text to the printer.  It  has› many  features  such as small, medium› or large print, etc. also the  number› of  copies  wanted.   We   also   saw› DISKLBLR.BAS.    It    prints    disk› directories   alphabetized   and   in› columns. You can print  a  title  for› the  directory.  We  also   saw   the› program   TWOCOLMK.RIS.   All   these› programs are on one disk and and  are› in the library. KRIS was an OHAUG'er.› ›     We  next  saw  FUTURA DISK #8. It› has    articles,    news,    reviews,› utilities,   games,  BASIC  programs,› TURBO BASIC and demos. EDITOR, STUART› MURRAY  spent over 60 hours producing› this disk. It shows. It is  a  great,› great  disk!  Side two has games like› DUNGEONS &  DRAGONS  type  of  games,› COUNT DOWN, SYNTRON, TWO26.OBJ, TRON,› WILDECK.DMO,   TURBO,  WORDWISE,  and› OHAUG.DOC›› DOOR PRIZES:›› ALAN SHARKIS› HARRY TUTHILL› HAROLD PEGLER› RON FETZER››              Submitted by RON FETZER› >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<››