›               o=o=o=o=o=››            Editor's Message›            by Alan Sharkis›        Editor, OHAUG Newsletter›› It's gratifiying indeed to put out  a› call  for articles on using the 8-bit› on the Internet through  a  newsgroup› and getting responses.  I've included› the  gist  of  a  message  I  got  in› response to that call.   I  was  also› referred to an article at UMICH and I› synopsized that one  for  you,  too. › Find both in an article I included on› Side 1 called, "Internet News."›› I also jumped the gun on the promised› article  from TOM ANDREWS about using› the 8-bit  with  Usenet  Newsgroups. › There  was  no  indication  that  the› expected  issue  of  Atari  Classics,› which  was to carry that article, was› going  to  be  released  soon,  so  I› figured we weren't doing any good  by› withholding  it  from  our membership› and it appears  on  Side  2  of  this› issue.›› The  program  that runs from spacebar› on side 1 is FORTUNE.BAS, which comes› from  our  copy of the Pool Disk.  It› was originally from the December 1986› disk  from  A.N.A.L.O.G.   magazine. › Also    on    side    1,   look   for› CHALENGE.BAS.  This game requires two› joysticks  and   two   players.    It› involves finding letters and guessing› a word.  It IS challenging, indeed!›› The   program   that  runs  from  the› spacebar on side 2 is IRA.BAS,  which› also  comes  from  our  copy  of Pool› Disk.  It's a program that calculates› what  a  conventional IRA will do for› you when you  retire.   It  would  be› interesting  to  see somebody convert› this program so that it will also  do› ROSS IRAs.  I'm not familiar with the› details of this new IRA, so you're on› your  own  here.   If you do succeed,› please send a copy of your program to› us.   You  will  also find VIEW3D.COM› and HOUSE.V3D on side 2.   VIEW3D.COM› is  a  program for drawing orthagonal› and perspective views of objects, and› HOUSE.V3D is a sample drawing for the› program.   You  may  copy  these  two› programs out onto  a  formatted  disk› with  DOS  files  on  it  and  rename› VIEW3d.COM  to  AUTORUN.SYS,  if  you› like.›› I  hope you enjoy this issue.  Please› send me your comments, questions,  e-› mail  addresses, etc., and I will try› to include them in the next issue.››