›   MINUTES OF OHAUG MEETING 11/13/99›› Before the meeting officially started› all  attending  members  prepared the› Newsletter for mailing.  This was the› final    Newsletter    ALAN   SHARKIS› prepared as Editor.›› The meeting opened with  JACK  asking› for the Treasury Report.››           TREASURY:›› RON FETZER reported that the Treasury› is in the black.›› ALAN   SHARKIS   read   an  email  he› received this morning from  SAM  CORY› who  reported  that  he is sad to say› that JACG is having its last  meeting› and he is giving away his equipment. › He feels the last meeting  should  be› taped.   We  will ask him if he wants› to stay on the list.›› HAROLD PEGLER  reported  that  he  is› working on the Library.›› A short discussion followed about the› problems members are having using the› Nassau Library internet system.›› After  a  short break the members all› participated in a general discussion.› A general date was made to visit ALAN› SHARKIS before the end of November as› a group for a demonstration before he› dismantles his Atari equipment.››› The next Newsletter will be  prepared› by  RON  FETZER  and will include the› next three months meetings  and  will› be  mailed  in  February.  The   next› meeting  of the OHAUG Club will be on› December   18,  1999  and  the  first› meeting of the new year  will  be  on› January 8, 2000.› There  were no door prizes awarded at› this meeting but ALAN SHARKIS brought› in  two  tables  full  of  items  for› members  to  take freely. The meeting› came to a close at 3PM.››     OHAUG MEETING OF DEC. 8, 1999›› We met at Alan  Sharkis'  house.  Ann› Sharkis  provided  us with a fabulous› lunch of  bagels  and  all  kinds  of› fixings and coffee and cake.›› We  heard  that  our librarian Harold› Pegler was in the  hospital  for  two› weeks.  He is now at home and feeling› better.›› Alan showed us how  to  make  a  disk› image  of  an  atari  disk  using the› SIO2PC cable with his PC  and  130XE.› His  PC  can  show  Atari  disk   and› programs  on  the  PC.  He  can  also› download disk images to the 130 XE.›› Alan is going into adatptive computer› instruction. He is a volunteer  where› people  with various disabilities are› learning how to operate  a  computer.› Alan  is  assembling various computer› hardware and software  items  to  fit› the  abilities  of  the  people he is› working with.›› Alan closed his 8-Bit  equipment  and› gave  it  to  the  club  and  various› members  of  the  club.  He  is   now› exclusively  working  with   the   PC› platfrom.  He  will  still  remain  a› member of the club.›› We  also  saw  CD  of  various  8-bit› materials  and  a  compliation of all› the OL' Hackers disk newsletters.  In› addition  we  booted  up  the CD POOL› DISK TOO from Holland were we saw  an› astounding array of materials all for› the 8-Bit. Unfortunately for CD's you› need  a  PC  to  load  them  into the› computer   and  then  the  SIO2PC  to› transfer   them   the    the    Atari› computer.›› $20.00 in dues for the next year were› collected.››    MINUTES OF OHAUG MEETING 1/8/00›› RON  FETZER  opened  the   discussion› planning  with  members  the   Annual› Valentine  Dinner at Lambrow's.  They› wanted to reserve Friday, February 11› but  after  JACK  GEDALIUS  called to› make the  reservations  he  was  told› they  will be closed at that time but› could   reserve  a  date  earlier  in› February.  JACK called members during› the  week  after  this  meeting and a› reservation   was  made  for  Friday,› February 4 for the  annual  Valentine› Dinner.  ››         TREASURY REPORT:›› Treasury is in the black.›› A discussion followed about the dues. › Approximately   half  the  membership› have paid dues to date.  Club members› are  considering  becoming  a  social› club and meeting in each others homes› next year  and  making  the  meetings› less formal.››           CORRESPONDENCE:›› RON  received  Newsletter  #11   from› PACE  about  4  pages  long, Pace  is› in Clearwater, FL. He also received a› 1-page Newsletter  from  the  Chicago› Atarians.   San Leandro Computer Club› sent   a  1-page  Newsletter.   Also,› IMAGE   sent  a  1-page  Newsletter. › French Club Senecal informed they are› closing  and  this  is   their   last› Newsletter.   We also received a long› letter from a man from India  who  is› not  a  member requesting information› and the answer to many  questions  he› had. We will do what we can for him. › A   discussion  then  followed  about› LIAUG. They are starting a program in› February  on how to run a PC. Also, a› member informed us there  will  be  a› training  session  at  the   Freeport› Library  on  January 29 from 10 AM to› 12  noon  for  anyone  interested  in› learning about internet and the PC.››          DEMONSTRATIONS:›› RON FETZER  demoed  an  ABBUC  yearly› disk  #99 with music from Poland.  On› side  one  was  a  game  called  "Sea› Fighter".  There is also a program to› build yourself a stereo computer with› 2 pokey  chips.   Then  there  was  a› program called Build a Picture Viewer› which needs poky chip  to  run.   The› disk  includes an English explanation› which is very long and  syntax  codes› so  that  the  IBM  &  the  ATARI can› understand   each   other.   It  then› showed a pretty  Xmas  picture  which› said  Merry  Xmas  1999  to  from all› Bitbiter Members  but  there  was  no› music with it.››› RON then demoed Sonder (Special)› Magazine  #26  which  had  a  program› simulating  Windows  130XE  including› docufiles,  a menu, symbols which you› can add to or remove and sort.  Works› like Windows 2000.(Ha! HA!). It has a› disk drive with sectors and fonts and› icons.   Its  all in German and would› have to be  translated.  It  probably› has  very  little  memory programming› memory   left.   There  were  similar› programs like this one called Diamond› O.S.  The members will bring it in to› demonstrate at a future meeting.   On› side 2 was Wave Player which plays PC› sounds which comes from Tom Hunt,  an› American    programer    which    was› translated  into  German but it needs› Spartados to work.  It has  audio  on› the  disk  that says "This is Captain› John Picard of the USS Enterprise."››          DOOR PRIZES:› There were no door  prizes  given  at› this meeting.›› The  next  meeting of the OHAUG Atari› Club will be on February 12,  at  the› library.›› >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<›                                      ›