()()()()()›   MINUTES OF THE JANUARY MEETING:›   ===============================›› NOTICE: RENEWAL 1993 DUES are DUE!›› NEW MEMBERS:››      THOMAS  WRAY  joined  the  club.› THOMAS  lives   in   TEXARKANA,   TX.› Welcome  to  the  club.   THOMAS   is› looking    for    an   ACTION   SUPER› CARTRIDGE. If anyone knows  where  to› get  one  please  let us know, and we› will get the info to  him.  THOMAS  I› think you will enjoy  the club.›      WILLIAM  R.  PUENTE  joined  our› club. WILLIAM lives in Elmhurst. Heis› retired, but works part  time  on  te› weekends,  so  he  may  be  unable to› attend some meetings. We welcome  you› to the club WILLIAM.›› GREETINGS:››      ALEX  sent  our  HAPPY NEW YEARS› GREETINGS from all  the  OL'  HACKERS› present to all our non-local members.›› COMMITTEE REPORTS:››     THE  NOMINATING  COMMITTEE report› by  AL ATKINS. All the  old  officers› retain  their  positions  except  BOB› ULSCHMID  who   will   be   the   new› Equipment Manager, and the Membership› Chairman. Welcome BOB!›     WELCOME DISK COMMITTEE. RON FETZER  & AL  SHARKIS reported that they have› worked and revised  both sides  of it› Thanks AL & RON, your  work  will  be› reviewed at the next meeting. ›      THE   LIBRARIAN   HAROLD  PEGLER› reports that the disk sale of 5  disk› for  $8.00  including  the  disks and› mailing is doing  very  well  and  we› should continue it.›     The  TREASURER RON FETZER reports› that the club is doing  well  and  we› are in the black.›› DINNER:›      Our annual CHRISTMAS DINNER will› be held in February.  The  dinner  is› February  26,  Friday  at  6:30PM  at› MIMMOS, Sunrise Highway  in Rockville› Center.›› CORRESPONDENCE:››      DANIEL CARRODANO,  from  FRANCE,› sent us a CHRISTMAS card. DANIEL uses› TEXTPRO and DAISY DOT II to write. He› sent  us  a great disk with which you› can use TEXTPRO  and  DAISY  DOT  II,› which  gets loaded automatically into› the RAMDISK. It is a great utility to› use  when  writing  letters. ALEX has› not tried to use it yet.›      ALEX wrote back  to  DANIEL  and› invited    him    to     join     our› INTERNATIONAL CLUB.›      ALEX  some  time  ago,  reviewed› PRINT  POWER  by  HI  TECH.  HI  TECH› included quotes from ALEX'S review in› their ads.›      From JIM CUTLER our member  from› England we received the current 8-Bit› magazines  and a DEAN GARRAGHTY DISK.› We sent JIM,  PANTHEON Ver.  2.0  and› SUPERB PRINT.›      A  letter  from  DAVE  EWENS our› member from  England  to  ALEX.  DAVE› writes  us  that  he  and two friends› will be renewing their membership. He› tells  us that he had attended an ALL› MICRO SHOW in STAFFORD   England.  He› writes  us  that  the  8-Bit was well› represented there.  There  were  MORE› stands  for  ATARI then for any other› computer. Three  of  our  members  in› England  decided  to  start their own› newsletter  called  TWAUG  (TYNE  and› WEAR ATARI USER GROUP).  They  had  a› good  response  to  their newsletter,› but it looks more like a magazine  at› this  time.  It  will  have articles,› news, info,  where  to  get  repairs,› disk  drives,   hardware,   software,› hints  and  programs,  buy  and  sell› section,  etc.  They will also have a› disk to go with it. ALEX wished  them› good  luck  with  their  endeavor and› gave them permission to use  anything› from    our   newsletter.   We   also› subscribed to their newsletter.›      STUART MURRAY writes to us  from› NOSAUG  (North of Scotland Atari User› Group). He tells us that he likes our› newsletter.  He says that he wants to› join our club. He is the editor of  a› DISK BASED NEWSLETTER which is called› FUTURA and is released bi-monthly. He› promised  to send us all back issues.›      ALEX  replied that we would love› to have him as a member and we mailed› him all kinds materials, about us.›      ALEX  has been in touch with TOM› ANDREWS, our member from  UPSTATE  NY› on  GENIE. He complimented him on the› great program PRINTSTAR.  ALEX  wrote› and told him that our 8-BIT ONLY CLUB› is over 50 members. ›      A note from "DOC" from the  WEST› N.Y.  USERS  GROUP  in Rochester. DOC› writes about disk based  newsletters.› He states that disk based newsletters› are more fun to read  and  easier  to› produce.  He  said  our newsletter is› THE   STANDARD  by  which  all  other› newsletters are judged. Thank you for› the compliment, DOC! ›      ALEX  mailed the latest issue of› our newsletter  to PATTY RAYL of AIM.›      A letter from  DALE  WOOSTER  of› the  PHOENIX ATARI CLUB. He mailed us› a full color CHRISTMAS CARD   printed› with  the  ATARI  STAR  RAINBOW 1001.› ALEX   replied   that   we  are  very› impressed by his work. He sent us the› latest version of the PANTHEON VIEWER› program.›      KRIS CARSON  a  distributor  for› POLISH  SOFTWARE  and games mailed us› three games from POLAND. ALEX thanked› him  for  the  disk and he mailed him› our   newsletter   and   some   other› materials.›› DEMOS:››      ALEX showed the program PANTHEON› a graphics viewer  that  can  display› any  kind  of  graphics on the screen› one     after     the    other    all› automatically. A great  program.  The› other  program  is SUPERB PRINTER. It› is on the same disk. SUPERB is really› a  great  printing  program.  You can› manipulate   the  gray  scale  before› printing and you can adjust the  size› of the picture you want. This disk is› fully   documented  and  is  a  great› value. It was recently updated by the› author and is completely new.›      ALEX  showed  the game GOLF from› an AIM DISK.  We  have  all  the  AIM› DISKS   in   the   library.   Without› exception they are  fantastic  disks.› You  cannot  go wrong ordering one of› them. ALEX modified GOLF so that  the› greens  are  green instead of yellow.› You can see the ball better if it  is› green.  A  very  nice  game requiring› lots of skill. ALEX played very  well› and never went into the water.›      ALEX then demoed a French recipe› program. You can create,  read,  save› or print the recipe of your choice. A› very nice program.›      ALEX demoed a disk from  PAGE  6› DEMO DISK by ANTHONY RAMOS. It is the› most fantastic graphic and demo  disk› that  I have ever seen. It is in 1050› Enhanced density. It is a  must  have› disk  for your library. The whole one› side of the disk is self playing. You› just load it and sit back and watch a› fantastic   display  of  ATARI  8-BIT› MIGHT!›      Side 2 has some more of the most› fantastic graphics and music you have› ever  seen.  A  great  buy  from  our› library.›       ALEX   showed  a  font  program› called FONT16. It will allow  you  to› create and edit 16 X 16 screen fonts.› It will also load and expand 8 X 8 (9› sector)  fonts.  The program is fully› documented. Another great  disk  with› many  great  utility  programs on it.› The disk is called SCREENS,  sent  to› us by JIM CUTLER.›      We  saw  a  great  game   called› CRIBBAGE  a very addictive card game.› Be aware! Load it without BASIC. This› is  one  of  the  card games that got› ALEX through World War II, on his SUB› CHASER, the other was HEARTS.›      We  saw  some Polish games. They› are shareware.  RODRICK  and  ZOMGOLA› are  two  games on the disk. We could› not get the  game  started  until  we› used the fire button on the joystick.› The   game  is  like  ARKKANOIDS  and› PACMAN    combined.    It    requires› considerable skill to  play.  It  has› many  levels.  This  was the RODERICK› game.›      We saw a demonstration of  POKER› SAM. SAM makes wisecracks as he talks› to you while he is playing poker with› you.  A  very interesting game. It is› not P.D.›      ALEX showed a version of  BATTLE› SHIP. One was in complied TURBO BASIC› and the other version  was  in  ATARI› BASIC.  The  compiled   version   was› definitely   more   interesting   and› playable.    Proving    again    that› compiling   some   programs  improves› them.›      › DOOR PRIZES:›› HARRY TUTHILL› HAROLD PEGLER› AL SHARKIS› JACK GEDALIUS››      We hope to have a computer  GOLF› TOURNAMENT  in  a  few  months.   The› winner will get PRIZES! PRIZES!›› Submitted by›                      Ron Fetzer›› >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<›