›               o=o=o=o=o=››MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 18, 1997 MEETING›› We welcome back JOSEF LEBER  whom  we› haven't seen in some time.›› TREASURY REPORT - RON FETZER›› About 35 members have paid dues and a› second notice went out to  those  who› haven't.›› NEWSLETTER REPORT - AL SHARKIS›› Newsletter  is  quite full this month› as  usual.   It  includes  some  nice› contributions from FRANK WALTERS  who› wrote a long article on how to create› a macro in TextPro. I  have  included› an  ARC'd  library update from HAROLD› PEGLER,   LIBRARIAN,   the  UNARC.COM› program necessary to decompress  it, › and  other  files  and  games.    The› calculator  that  Ron demonstrated is› very good, and will be included.›› POTPOURRI:›› JACK   GEDALIUS   received  from  the› SUBURBAN   CHICAGO   ATARI   COMPUTER› CLUB's  librarian,  JOSEPH  CHICO,  4› library  disks  and programs.  Joseph› is   one  of  the  few  active  8-bit› membersof   this   club.    His  home› address is 6914 Bentley Ave., Darien,› Ill  60561.  For the minutes the SCAT› address  is:   The  SUBURBAN  CHICAGO› ATTARIATES, C/O  JOSEPH  CHICO,  6914› BENTLEY AVE, DARIEN, ILL 60561-4061. › Their club itself is SUBURBAN CHICAGO› ATTARIATES(SCAT),  C/O  DICK  DIMASI,› President,  PO  BOX  3745, LISLE, ILL› 60532-9998.  Joseph  wants  to  trade› with us so we'll send him a  disk  of› our library directory.  HAROLD PEGLER› expects   to   have   650  before  he› completes   the   directory.     He's› working  on his fourth disk now which› is almost complete.  JACK  will  send› JOSEPH  CHICO  info  and a Newsletter› disk.›› CORRESPONDENCE:›› ALAN SHARKIS has a letter from STUART› MURRAY  which  he  read.    His   new› address  is   N.O.S.A.U.G.,   P.O.BOX› 11903, WESTHILL, AB32 6GE, SCOTLAND. › We    exchange    Newsletters    with› N.O.S.A.U.G., the club of  which  Mr.› Murray is president.›› RON FETZER has a letter of permission› from   PAUL   ALRHART    giving    us› permission to put any of his programs› in our library.›› ALAN SHARKIS made a  motion  for  the› committee  to  set  up  the awards in› ALEX's memory have a brief meeting at› the  end  of  this meeting to discuss› progress   made.    The   motion  was› tabled.›› DEMONSTRATIONS:›› JACK  demonstrated  on  of  the  SCAT› disks mentioned above.  They  include› Startrek,  a  summary  of  the club's› library holdings, and an order form. › Also  there  is  a  quiz program with› word quizes,  and  mindsweeper  games› which  we  tried  (one wasn't working› and this disk will not  be  put  into› our library.)›› ALAN  SHARKIS  demoed #10 & #9 Vol 14› from SLCC; #9  is  dated  Sept.1996. › Disk  #9  contains  a  DOS and a game› called Brikbat from side 2, which is › a  game  like Pong.  Then we ran Disk› #10 which has a menu and we  tried  a› few  games  including   Pipeline,   a› plumber's    game    (Library   #668)› December #1296.  The disk  has  basic› programs on one side and music on the› other side.›› NOSAUG of Scotland  sent  a  Disk  of› FUTURA  Issue  #20 dated 12/96 with a› new address noted in their letter  to› us as follows:  NOSAUG, PO BOX 11903,› WESTHILL, AB32  6GE,  SCOTLAND.   The› disk  has  basic  on one side and one› long   program  on  the  other  side,› (Library   #669.)   The   disk    was› dedicated  to  the  memory  of   ALEX› PIGNATO.›› We  then  demonstrated ABBUC #47 from› GERMANY (Library #670.) It included a› PD  Catalog  and an article about the› power of the post office on side  one› with  music.   Side two has fonts and› font programs and has commentaries in› English.›› Next  was  DRAPER  PASCAL  taken from› SLCC   June   '91.    The  structured› programming language  is  similar  to› Turbo    Basic   in   its   commands,› structured     programing,    modules› connected  to  each  other,  but  all› variables have to be declared at  the› beginning  of  the  program  (Library› #671.)›› RON   FETZER   demonstrated   another› program he has from ABBUC in June '91› called Ultra Tetris game #91 (Library› #672), the original  game  came  from› Russia,  it  needs  Turbo  Basic.  On› side 2 it has utilities.›› Everyone received the newsletter  for› this  month and then door prizes were› given and ALAN SHARKIS won the  first› prize,  HAROLD  PEGLER won the second› one  and  JOE  LEBER  won  the  third› prize.  The next meeting will  be  on› February 15, 1997.›› The  annual  dinner  will  be held on› February 14, 1997, Valentines Day.››               o=o=o=o=o=››››