›              o=o=o=o=o=››   MINUTES OF OHAUG MEETING 2/20/99›› PRESIDENT JACK  GEDALIUS  opened  the› meeting.   He informed fellow members› of  what  a  nice  annual  dinner  we› attended   on   Valentine    weekend,› Friday,    February   12,   1999   at› Lambrou's   Restaurant   again   this› year.›› The  meeting  was  interrupted  by  a› former    member,   ANN    RAWLINSON,› bringing Atari merchandise she  wants› to  sell and leaving it with the club› to advertise and store. The Club will› prepare  an  inventory  list  of  the› items  available  and include it in a› future Newsletter.›› TREASURY REPORT:› We are in the black.›› HAROLD PEGLER is still working on the› Library catalog.›› ALAN  SHARKIS  read  a  letter   from› George  Gable  who  decided to resign› from membership.  ALAN then  informed› members  of a letter he received from› his Internet Service  Provider  which› anyone  who  is running a PC might be› interested in.  It informs us about a› couple of potential problems.  One is› a Worm called  "The  Happy  99  Worm"› which  doesn't  cause any problems in› your computer,  but  winds  up  being› attached  to  any piece of e-mail you› send out  from  that  time  on.   But› there  is  another  one  called "Back› Orifice" which allows someone else to› back  in  and  take  control  of your› computer.  They can hack into another› computer  with  your computer and you› take the blame. They can also do  all› kinds  of mischief  to your computer.› The letter is available  for  members› to read.›› DEMONSTRATIONS:›› ALAN  SHARKIS  showed  the Secretary,› Barbara Keller how to get on line and› also  how  to  contact  ALAN's PC and› upload the Minutes  directly  to  his› PC.  He will also demo how to use the› Atari for Internet on line.  He  went› through  the whole process of hooking› it up  inserting  an  ICE-T  software› program  DOS  disk.   ALAN  then went› through   the  process  with  the  SX› Express Communi- cations Program  and› how to use it to upload data directly› into   his   computer.     We    then› successfully  uploaded  a sample from› the Newsletter to Alan's computer  at› home  from  the  library.   We   went› through the procedures 3 times in all› for practice, and each  time  checked› that the file was really there.›› The  next  demo  ALAN   SHARKIS   did› showing  the  members  how to use the› ICE-T Disk to  send  a  sample  email› message  to  RON  FETZER  (looking up› RON's email address on ALAN's address› list)  and  read  e-mail messages and› view news  groups in  ALAN's  e-mail.› We  also  were able to get in Hotmail› web site on the Nassau Library System› and  bring up BARBARA's email address› and check her inbox.›› After we  finished  the  demo's  JACK› GEDALIUS  showed  us  his  video's of› last year's annual  dinner  and  this› year,  February  12,   1999,   annual› dinner  at   Lambrou's   Restaurant. › Everyone enjoyed watching the video.›› There  were  no  door  prizes at this› meeting, but when the meeting started› there were many items for sale on the› table. They  came  from  our  upstate› member,  TOM  ANDREWS  and  from  his› friend  and  former  ACE  of Syracuse› member, VERNON SMITH.›› The next meeting will be on March  6,› 1999 at the library.››              o=o=o=o=o=›››