<<**>>› MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 1995 MEETING:› ====================================›› ITEM:›› THE MINUTES WILL BE ENTIRELY› WRITTEN IN CAPS, BECAUSE I, (RON) HAVE› CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME ON MY LEFT HAND› FROM KEYBOARD USE AND CANNOT USE IT TO› TYPE.›› SALE:›› YOU CAN GET ANY 5 DISKS FROM OUR› LIBRARY FOR $8.00 INCLUDING SHIPPING.› YOU MAY ALSO PURCHASE ANY OF THE BACK› ISSUE OF THE NEWSLETTER DISKS WHICH› ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS DEAL.›› VISITORS:›› OUR MEMBER FRANK KUZLOSKI AND A› MEMBER OF LIAUG AND THEIR 8 BIT› LIBRARIAN, CAME TO OUR MEETING. WE› ALSO HAD THE PLEASURE OF GREETING THE› PRESIDENT OF LIAUG, (LONG ISLAND ATARI› USERS GROUP) PATRICK MULVEY AND JIM› HARRIS, ALSO A MEMBER OF BOTH CLUBS.›› LIBRARIAN:›› KUDOS TO HAROLD PEGLER OUR› LIBRARIAN FOR PRODUCING THE LIBRARY› DISK #3. IT IS ANOTHER MONUMENTAL WORK› BY HAROLD. IT MUST HAVE TAKEN UNTOLD› HOURS TO COMPLETE IT. WE ARE VERY› GRATEFUL FOR HIS WORK ON THE THREE› LIBRARY DISKS. A BIG THANKS TO› HAROLD!›› CORRESPONDENCE:›› WE RECEIVED CHRISTMAS CARDS FROM› NETTA FILLMORE, DAVE EWENS, NORMAN› WILLIAMSON, STUART MURRAY AND JIM› CUTLER. JIM'S WAS THE FIRST. THANKS› FOR THE GREETINGS. WE ALSO SAW A› PICTURE OF NORMAN WILLIAMSON AND HIS› WIFE - A VERY HANDSOME COUPLE. THEY› COULD EASILY FIT IN WITH THE OHAUG› GANG.› A LETTER FROM OUR MEMBER NIR-› DARY. HE MADE A MENU PROGRAM FOR THE› SLCC CLUB. HE MAILED US A COPY. IT WAS› A VERY SOPHISTICATED MENU PROGRAM. IT› IS ONE OF THE BEST THAT I HAVE SEEN IN› A LONG TIME. (SEE DEMO). HE IS LOOKING› TO BUY A SPARTA-X CARTRIDGE AND A› DIAMOND CARTRIDGE. IF YOU HAVE ANY FOR› SALE CONTACT ALEX.› A LETTER TO OUR MEMBER S.J.› MURRAY IN SCOTLAND. ALEX SAID HE VERY› MUCH ENJOYED ISSUE #13 OF FUTURA. HE› THANKED STUART FOR THE NICE PLUG FOR› OHAUG IN HIS ADVERTISEMENTS.› A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT OF› JACG, JOE HICSWA ALSO ONE OF OUR› MEMBER. HE WRITES AND URGES US TO› CONTACT SCHOOLS URGING THEM TO USE THE› ATARI COMPUTERS.› A LETTER TO THE PACESETTER CLUB› AND JEAN BROKAW. ALEX THANKED JEAN FOR› THE LATEST D.O.M. (DISK OF THE MONTH).› IT WAS VERY INTERESTING, AND WELL› DONE!› A LETTER TO OUR ENGLISH MEMBER› JIM CUTLER. JIM SENT US A COPY OF A› DIFFERENT KIND OF COMPUTER BOOK. ALEX› WRITES THAT HE GOT A KICK OUT OF THE› BOOK "THE FANATICS GUIDE TO› COMPUTERS". WE ALL SAW IT AT THE CLUB› AND SOME OF THE CARTOONS IN THE BOOK› FIT US TO A "T", AND ARE VERY TRUE› ABOUT MOST OF US TOO. JIM, WE THANK› YOU FOR IT, AND THE LAUGHS IT GAVE› US.› A LETTER FROM OUR UPSTATE MEMBER› TOM ANDREWS. HE MAILED US THE NEWEST› VERSION 2.0 OF "PRINTSTAR". IT IS A› FABULOUS TEXT AND PRINT PROCESSOR› PROGRAM. (SEE DEMO). HE ALSO MAILED US› A WHOLE BATCH OF HIS FAMOUS PUMPKIN› RECIPES, which will be found on this› Disk. HE ALSO SENT US A NEW PROGRAM › CALLED "PIXEL ARTIST DELUXE". IT IS› FOR ANY KIND OF GRAPHICS PAD. A REALLY› GREAT AID IN DRAWING. IT IS ON THE› SAME DISK AS PRINTSTAR 2.0. ALEX› ANSWERED HIM AND SAID IT IS ONE OF THE› BEST PROGRAM OF ITS KIND THAT HE HAS› EVER SEEN. IT PROBABLY WILL BE AN 8-› BIT CLASSIC PROGRAM.› A LETTER FROM OUR CALIFORNIA› SENIOR MEMBER BILL SMINKEY. HE TELLS› US THAT HE WAS ABLE TO BUY A WORKING› EPSON MX-80 PRINTER AND INTERFACE FROM› BEN POEHLAND AND IT WAS MAILED TO› OCTAVIAN GRECU OUR ROMANIAN MEMBER› FREE OF CHARGE. A PRINTER IN ROMANIA› COST THE EQUIVALENT OF A CAR HERE.› OCTAVIAN IS AN ENGINEERING STUDENT IN› BUCHAREST. HE WAS IN THE USA FOR 2› YEARS WHEN HIS FATHER WAS AT THE U.N.› HE WENT TO GRADE 5 AND 6 IN MANHATTAN.› HIS ENGLISH IS PERFECT AND HE IS A› DEDICATED 8-BITTER. BILL TELLS US THAT› BEN POEHLAND WAS ABLE TO MAIL IT TO› OCTAVIAN AND WAS EVEN ABLE TO INSURE› IT. IT IS GENEROUS MEMBERS LIKE THIS› THAT MAKE UP THE OL' HACKERS. THANK› YOU BILL. WE ARE PROUD OF YOU. YOU ARE› A TRUE OL' HACKER.› OCTAVIAN WROTE TO ME (RON), AND› SAID HIS 1050 U.S. DOUBLER DISK DRIVE› IS ACTING UP. I MAILED HIM A NEW› FLOPPY DISK CONTROLLER CHIP FDC 2793,› A ZERO SENSOR MODULE AND THE FIELD› SERVICE MANUAL FOR THE 1050. THAT› SHOULD MAKE THINGS RIGHT!›› DEMOS:›› WE SAW TOM ANDREWS NEW VERSION› 2.0 (DEC. 1994) "PRINTSTAR 2.0". IT› HAS A NEW MENU SCREEN THAT LETS YOU› SET UP THE PRINTER AND THE OUTPUT› ANYWAY YOU WANT TO. YOU CAN PRINT ON› BOTH SIDES OF THE PAPER (ODD/EVEN› PAGES), FOOTERS, HEADERS, DIFFERENT› PRINT STYLES ETC. IT IS THE MOST› FANTASTIC AND BEST TEXT/PRINT› PROCESSOR THAT YOU WILL EVER OWNE. ALL› OF US USED THE PRIOR VERSION ALL THE› TIME. NOW WE WILL USE THIS NEW ONE!› TOM HAS CREATED THE ULTIMATE TEXT› PROCESSOR. IT IS FULLY DOCUMENTED. YOU› SHOULD HAVE A COPY IN YOUR LIBRARY IT› IS THAT GOOD. ON SIDE TWO IS "PIXEL› ARTIST DELUXE" VER 1.3 AND FULL› DOCUMENTATION. IT IS OUR LIBRARY› #535.› SLCC D.O.M. MENU THAT OUR MEMBER› NIR-DAR WROTE WAS SHOWN AT THE› MEETING. IT IS A GREAT MENU PROGRAM› AND WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BECOME A FAVORITE› OF MANY USERS. IT CAN LOAD BASIC AND› BINARY PROGRAMS. IT HAS ALL THE DOS› FUNCTIONS ON IT. IT IS A MUST HAVE› MENU. ON SIDE TWO IS TETRIS 3-D. THE› KEYS TO USE WITH TETRIS ARE "Q,W,E"› FOR FLIPPING, ARROWS FOR MOVING AND› SPACEBAR TO DROP. IT IS GUARANTEED TO› DRIVE YOU CRAZY! IT IS #536 IN OUR› LIBRARY.› ALEX RELEASED ANOTHER OF OUR› DECEASED MEMBER'S, KRIS HOLTEGAARDS,› PROGRAM DISKS. IN IT ARE GREAT› UTILITIES. INCLUDED IS THE FAMOUS VCR› LABELING PROGRAM, AS WELL AS WQNRDOS,› AND OTHER OF HIS UTILITIES. ANOTHER› FANTASTIC DISK. ON SIDE TWO WE HAVE› THE SLCC JAN. 95 D.O.M. ON IT ARE 4› GAMES AND A GRAPHIC DEMO. IT IS OUR› LIBRARY # 538.›› GUEST APPEARANCES:›› PATRICK MULVEY THE PRESIDENT OF› LIAUG AND JIM HARRIS, FRANK KUZLOSKI, › OUR MEMBERS AND ALSO, MEMBERS OF LIAUG› CAME TO THE MEETING. JIM DEMO'D A VERY› INTERESTING 8-BIT PROTOTYPE DISPLAY› DRIVER FOR A SHOWCASE DISPLAY THAT› THEY HAD PRODUCED AND ARE› MANUFACTURING FOR LEVITON INC. PATRICK› AND JIM HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ITEM› FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE IT HAS A LAMP› DRIVER, A CPU, AND A MEMORY. IT IS› PRETTY COMPLICATED AND UNIQUE. WE WISH› THEM THE BEST OF LUCK IN THEIR› ENTERPRISE.› FRANK KUZLOSKI, USING HIS OWN› MODIFIED XF551 WITH A 3.5 1.2 MEG› DRIVE ON TOP SHOWED US SOME VERY FANCY› TRICKS WITH TEXTPRO. HE SHOWED US HOW› TO CREATE MACROS AND HOW TO CALL THEM› UP. HE SHOWED US ALSO HOW TO CREATE› BOILER PLATE PHRASES THAT YOU CAN LOAD› INTO YOUR LETTER WITH JUST ONE› KEYSTROKE.›› DOOR PRIZES:›› HAROLD PEGLER› JIM HARRIS› RON FETZER› ALAN SHARKIS›› WRITTEN BY RON FETZER› >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<››