<=><=>› MINUTES, MEETING OF JAN. 6, 1996›› President, Alex Pignato opened our› meeting announcing the conflicts of› the next meeting, scheduled for Feb.› 10, 1996, with the Bar Mitzvah of› member, JACK GEDALIUS' SON, wherein› many members would be attending. ALEX› suggested that the February meeting be› cancelled--motioned by RON FETZER,› seconded by HARRY TUTHILL and accepted› unanimously! A big congratulations to› JOEL GEDALIUS, on this auspicious› occaision. The OHNL will continue› without the usual second meeting's› minutes (more room for games and› stuff). The new March/ April› newsletter will then be distributed› and then mailed after the March› meeting.›› ORRESPONDENCE:›› VALERIO CORAZZIN of Italy renewing› his membership with lots of› appreciation to the club.› LARRY TISCHBEIN renewed and shared› that he had a second knee replaced.› (ouch).› JACK GEDALIUS, who has had similar› problems, appreciated that he was not› alone with these medical problems.› JOYCE and NORMAN WILLIAMSON sent› their greetings but no› "greenings"...Secy RON is puzzled why› they haven't sent in their dues yet.› NOSAUG is going quarterly because› of STUART MURRAY'S busy schedule --› he'll just double up discs per› mailing. FUTURA #17 is their biggest› and best magazine yet. He shared his› appreciation of SIMON WELLS wonderful› trip across the big pond. It seems› that no one has heard from him yet. › We hope his transatlantic voyage met› with no resistence. Perhaps he could› not leave the lure of the states. › STUART wished all 8-bitters his best› wishes for the future. ALEX and he› shared much about the goings on in the› 8-bit world.› ROBERT DE LETTER, Belgium, wrote a› request to pay for his membership with› his charge card. ALEX responded› wholeheartedly sending him a history› of the OHAUG as well as his greetings› and salutations, and requested that› dues be paid in American dollars. (Ed.› Since this meeting, ROBERT did send in› his American dollar dues. A.P.)› JIM CUTLER, lovingly known as "the› ancient Brit", wrote to thank the club› for making him an honorary member for› 1996. As usual, JIM applauded the› consistent quality of OHNL -- one› could almost hear the smile in our› editor in chief's voice. Further in› his letter, JIM spoke of his› experience with wordprocessors. Of› all, he suggests SUPERSCRIPT (it has a› choice of American and British SPELL› CHECKERS -- 'cause Brits speak a› little differently, you know).› JOE LIEBER inquired as to the date› SUPERSCRIPT was released and amusingly› realized that it had been out for a› quite a few years already.›› DEMOS: The following disks are› offered according to number:›› #626 - NWPAC CHRISTMAS DISK: Happy› music opened up the DALE WOOSTER› OFFICERS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS DISK and the› visuals were truly enjoyed. ALEX› charted their adventure in this› wonderfully interesting disk. RON› shared that the programs on this disk,› CALENDAR.BAS, had already been› modified by OHAUG. ALEX demoed GRASS-› CALCULATOR, a working calculator› written in BASIC which he felt was so› good that he wanted to include it in› the newsletter if all of it worked› properly (which it didn't!). Other› programs offered on S/1 are CALC.BAS,› CAL.BAS, RECALL.BAS. S/2 has today's› demo: GRASS CALC, CATERPIGGLE, MUNCHIE› MADNESS (Bolderdash clone), BLIP (a› tongue-type, 2 player game with an› attitude), LIVEWIRE 2 (from Analog)- a› colorful and fast joystick or paddle› game), 2 player PAC MAN (3 skill› levels - CRAZY SCOOTER - race around› the PAC MAN maze and avoid collision,› ANDROTON - another PAC MAN-type game,› and finally, FIREBUG, another a-maze-› ing game with a twist. Hope all› enjoy! ›› ALEX and RON (that daring duo)› demoed GRASCALC.BAS. While ALEX› displayed regular math, RON lead the› club in trying to figure out how to› convert (HEX) for machine language. › As always, the club rose to the› challenge. And as ALEX shared, "Not› being able to figure it out by› themselves, they resorted to that› cowardly act: reading the docs!" ALEX› then announced that they were going to› run WHY,WHY.EXT and proceeded to read› off some of the funny offerings of› this delightful program.›› #627 - ABBUC Magazine #43 (Dec.› '95): this program starts with Santa› wishing all well with movie quality› graphics.›› #628 -NWPAC DOM (Oct. '95) Printer› Tricks: printer programs PIGLATIN,› TALL.TXT, PRINT.TXT, LOADIT.BAS and› PRNTHEAD.TXT--they demoed VERTICAL.BAS› and to their delight found that the› original program had been authored by› OHAUG's very own RON FETZER and› modified by ALEX PIGNATO (small world,› isn't it?). Well now, RON and ALEX› have a new claim to 8-bit fame as› "programmers." S/2: original› PRNTSTAR.BAS and PSINDXER.BAS with› docs and VIEWDOCS.BAS.›› #629 - NWPAC DOM (NOV. '95): S/1› MENUMAKER Library Disk; S/2 PRINT SHOP› ENVELOPE MAKER.›› #630 - NWPAC DOM (DEC. '95): S/1› Christmas Joy; S/2 PS (PRINT SHOP)› Holiday Icons--as ALEX demoed S/1, the› club enjoyed a chorus of Jingle Bells› as Snoopy Santa and other holiday› graphics bid farewell to another OHAUG› meeting.›› DOOR PRIZES:› The club allowed ALAN SHARKIS a› proxy vote because ALAN was enroute› from the LIAUG meeting in Smithtown;› and, guess what, his number came up as› the 1st winner!› #2 = ALEX number came up next, but› he passed to the next draw which was› RON FETZER's number.› #3 = HARRY TUTHILL (of course!)› #4 = HAROLD PEGLER › › With lots of trading of "goodies",› RON took ABBUC because he can read› German, while HARRY was delighted with› San Leandro's (SLCC) disk, and so the› meeting ended.›› <=><=>››