›              o=o=o=o=o=››          PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE›           by Jack Gedalius››           January--February›› At the  January  meeting  AL  SHARKIS› demoed the new Atari CD-ROM disk that› he   received   from   The   SCHREURS› BROTHERS  in Holland.  It is the Pool› Disk II which had many of the Bellcom› programs,    many    of   the   Atari› schematics and advertisements.›› This week in Poland there is an Atari› fest.  I wonder how many of our loyal› members will attend!  The country  is› the    farthest    ahead   in   Atari› advancement.  It boasts of over  4700› members.›› We  had  our  annual  Valentine's Day› dinner  at  Lambrou's  restaurant  in› Island Park,  New  York.   It  was  a› joyous  occasion  for  all.   Members› and their  wives  attended,  totaling› eighteen.  The dinner was  delicious.› Door   prizes   were  awarded.   STAN› SCHENFELD and his wife, JUDY, won two› free meals.  MRS. MARIA PIGNATO, wife› of our late  president,  ALEX,  again› won  a box of Valentine's Day candy. › We were honored by  the  presence  of› their  two  daughters,   DIANNE   and› GAYLE.›› At  the February meeting we went into› the   procedure   of   teaching   our› secretary,  BARBARA  KELLER,  how  to› upload  from  the  Atari  to  the  PC› located  at  the home of  Al Sharkis.› This is so  that  she  can  send  the› transcription  of the minutes of each› meeting to him so that he may be able› to  put  it  on  our  newsletter  bi-› monthly  disk  that  much faster.  To› accomplish this  we  used  the  SX212› modem  which is a 1200 baud unit.  We› used the program SX Express for  this› upload.   Later,  we tried contacting› NassauNet  (a  free,  though  limited› internet service  for  Nassau  County› residents)  using  ICE-T  which   all› proved to be successful.›› TOM  ANDREWS  sent  us  some  surplus› equipment  and software from his home› and from that of VERNON  SMITH.   Tom› and  Vernon  were both active members› of ACE of Syracuse before  it folded.› ANN RAWLINSON, our former member from› Cold Spring Harbor, brought in a  big› setup of Atari equipment for the club› to sell. We had  a  very  informative› meeting. ›››              BY FOR NOW,›             JACK GEDALIUS››              o=o=o=o=o=›››