****›            PRESIDENTS MESSAGE›             by ALEX PIGNATO››    For  the  FIRST time in 11 years, a› monthly   OL'   HACKERS   meeting  was› cancelled due to a conflict with a BIG› party given by our V.P. JACK GEDALIUS,› which   was   attended   by  many  OL'› HACKERS.  Best wishes to JOEL GEDALIUS› and the GEDALIUS family.   We  felt it› didn't pay to have a meeting with very› few attendees.  A good time was had by› all who went to the party. ››   The weather all  over  the  USA  has› been terrible. One storm after another› causing   untold   millions  in  money› damages and more  importantly,  untold› misery,  and many deaths. Lets hope we› never see the  likes  of  1995  again.› Snow,  rain  causing floods, tornadoes› etc. an  amazing  display  of  NATURES› power!››    I  know  there  are  many  non-game› players  out  there,  but  I also know› there are many game players, so having› found  what  I  think  are   excellent› games,  they  are in this months disk,› along with a number  of  utility  type› programs.  This  should  satisfy  all.› While  I'm  at  it,  I should mention,› that I look for all kinds of programs,› some  very  old,  some  brand new, and› taken from various sources,  including› old magazines like COMPUTE, ANTIC, and› ANALOG. I love to receive new programs› conceived  and   programmed   by   our› members,    so    send     in     your› masterpieces.››    In this issue of OHAUGS newsletter,› please   check   out   "POKER.OBJ",  a› fantasticly well done game with  great› graphics,  and  it keeps track of your› money (gain?), (loss)  from  the  last› time    you   played.Then   there   is› "SMOKEY.BAS", (The  challenge,  is  to› get  across  America  in  less than 55› hours, and its not easy,  I  can  tell› you,  having  tried a couple of times,› without success)  another  great  game› you  call  by hitting the SPACE BAR on› side 2.››    I came across GDEVICE. If  you  are› an  old  timeer,   you   will   surely› remember it from ANALOG. I suggest you› get the copy (date will be found  when› you  list  the  program)  and read the› three  pages  of  documentation.  But,› even without those docs, I have put in› enough  info  to  allow you to use the› program,  by  the  two  other  GDEVICE› programs on this disk. It does wonders› for  your  printing efforts. In one of› the   future   issues    of    OHAUG's› newsletter,  I  hope  to  add a couple› more GDEVICE programs for  you,  if  I› can find them.››    OL'  HACKERS,  always  one of the 8› BIT clubs in the forefront  of  new  8› BIT  stuff,  is  now the owner of a CD› ROM disk with LOADS of 8 BIT stuff  in› it. AL SHARKIS has kindly agreed to do› the necessary conversion from  the  CD› ROM  to  8  BIT floppies which will be› put into our disk library. I  am  told› that  the  CD  ROM  disk   holds   the› equivelant  of about 1150 double sided› floppies. I think we will have  enough› demo'es  for  a short while (grin). AL› will use his font of knowledge of  his› MSDOS,  and  8 BIT micros, in order to› do the conversion. Thanks AL, we  know› that  this  will take a lot of work on› your part, and we look forward to  the› results.››    Some  nice member sent RON FETZER a› personalized  S.A.M.  talking  program› which complimented OHAUG for  the  Bi-› monthly  newsletter, but RON misplaced› (another  word  for lost)  the senders› name.  We thank  you,  but, would  the› sender please let me know who you are?››    Thats it for now, CULTR...BYE.›                 end›