›               o=o=o=o=o=››   MINUTES OF OHAUG MEETING 11/28/98›› President   JACK  GEDALIUS  announced› thqt the next meeting  will  be  held› December  12, 1998 at 12:45 PM in the› library.  Questions were raised about› the  election  and a short discussion› followed.›› TREASURERS REPORT:› We are in the black.›› POTPOURRI:› JACK got an email  from  CHRIS  DAVIS› which  he read to the members raising› questions  about  using  a  SCSI  ZIP› drive with a Black Box.  A discussion› followed.›› LIBRARY:› HAROLD  PEGLER  is working on the new› library directory disk.›› DEMONSTRATIONS:› FRANK WALTERS, our member from Panama› City, FLA came to our meeting.  Frank› is a pilot and he flew his own  plane› up  to  New  York.   Frank  demoed  a› spread  sheet  from  Analog  magazine› called  BCALC.   This  is  one of the› easiest spread sheets around.   Frank› uses this spread sheet in conjunction› with his BBS.  The spread  sheet  has› 64 cells across and 64 cells down for› a total of 4096 cells.  In  order  to› make  an  entry into the spread sheet› easier Frank uses  a  keypad.   Frank› wrote  a  keypad  driver that enables› him to redefine any key on the keypad› to  whatever  he wants it to be.  The› keypad driver checks the key pad evey› 1/60 second during the vertical blank› interrupt   for  a  key  press.   For› instance he redefined 4  keys  to  be› cursor  keys  to  move  up or down or› left or right.  The nice part of  the› driver is that you can very easily do› this to your own key  pad  yourself. › You can incorporate commands that you› frequently need on the  keypad.   The› keypad  driver  resides  in page 6 of› the memory and thus does not  disturb› the  program.   Frank  said  you  can› customize  the  keypad to any program› that you wish provided  it  does  not› use  the  unused area of page 6 (very› few programs do!)  Frank  showed  how› he  uses  BCALC  and  the keypad with› football scores and how he calculates› football  standings.   He prints them› out on his BBS.  He showed us how  he› uses  BCALC  for  logging  his flying› time and how  he  calculates  various› other parameters that are needed when› flying.  It was  quite  an  elaborate› display and yet it is all done by the› spread sheet.  Finally, Frank  showed› us how this could be used with credit› cards.    He  had  several  fictional› credit accounts and he showed us  how› you  could keep track of your balance› and payments on each  account.   This› program  is  also  great for tracking› your investments of stocks and  bonds› and  the interest payments of various› accounts.›› RON FETZER demod ABBUC disk #54  from› Germany.   The introduction screen on› this disk is  an  unbelievable  great› graphic  and  sound  demo   by   JIRI› BERNARSEK.   On  this  disk the ABBUC› Club now writes most  information  in› German  and also in English.  This is› a very good idea because  many  users› do not read German.›› We  saw  a driver for the XP80 column› display.    Another  demo  was  a  ML› reader that gives you  the  beginning› and  end  addresses and other info on› ML   programs.    Very   useful  when› writing assembly language.   We  also› saw  the  BBK file copier that copies› any number of  designated  files  one› after  the  other.   This  comes from› Analog.  The  copier  does  not  copy› DUP.SYS  or DOS.SYS.  Another program› showed how to use  your  computer  to› become  a  DVM  (Digital Volt meter).› The author, it seems, had always  had› trouble  by  getting  his   Christmas› light  bulbs  stolen.   He built this› DVM and this senses when  a  bulb  is› removed  and  sounds  an  alarm.  The› diagram for this project  is  in  the› ABBUC  Magazine #54.  We also heard a› very nice music  selection  that  was› not produced with midi.›› The  Floppydoc  in ABBUC reports that› he is producing  a  new  template  to› create  a new R-TIME-8 chip that will› not have the 2YK problem.  It will be› ready  in  1999  and they estimate it› will   sell   for  about  30DM.   The› original  R-TIME-8  chip  is  out  of› production.›› We also  saw  a  shoot-up  game.   It› looked vey interesting.›› There were no door prizes.›› The next meeting is December 12, 1998› at 12:45 PM in the Library.››               o=o=o=o=o=››››