*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*› (Editor-This is the second NEWSLETTER› REVIEW article  on this months  OHAUG› newsletter, in an effort to  keep you› well informed as to other ATARI  club› newsletters, and doings. A.P.)››           NEWSLETTER REVIEWS›             by Alan Sharkis›       OHAUG Newsletter Librarian›› KEEPING IN TOUCH!›› This  group  of reviews is short, but› contains    some    very    important› information.  It should be viewed  as› a    guide   to   some   very   vital› information  for  all  Classic  Atari› users.  If you  are  a  corresponding› member  and  don't have access to one› or   several   of   the    summarized› articles,  write to us here.  Mention› the article and the  newsletter  from› which  it came, and I'll try to get a› copy  of  that  article  to  you.   I› won't, unfortunately, be able to send› out entire newsletters.›› From  (FR)ANTIC  for  January 1995 --›  RUSSELL  STOWE's  Presidents  Corner› column describes a game demo by AAAUA› member   RICK   DETLEFSEN   in  which› several   computers   can  be  linked› together   to   allow   for  multiple› players.    The   game   is  Maze  of› Agdagon, and it is not the first time› I've  heard of it.  I hope we can get› a copy of it here at OHAUG and try it› out!   RUSSELL  GIBSON's  column, The› Last Part, explores  several  nuances› of  programming the numeric keypad in› BASIC.  I can't seem  to  recall  the› previous  two  columns,  so  I  can't› really  follow the logic of what he's› doing.    BOB   HUDDLESTON    reviews› U.S.A.A.F.,  a  simulation of daytime› strategic bombing of Nazi  Europe  by› the  US in World War II.  It's a good› review  of  an  equally  good  game. › There is also a list if 8-bit dealers› of  hardware and software, but a much› more  comprehensive  list  is  to  be› found in the review  of  Nybbles  and› Bytes, below.›› From    Nybbles    and    Bytes   for› January/February 1995 --  Apparently,› RICK  DETELFSEN  has made contact, if› not   friendship   with    N.W.P.A.C.› President  DALE WOOSTER.  Dale writes› about  Rick  providing  programs  and› hardware for N.W.P.A.C., and Rick has› also  contributed  a  review  of that› hardware/software package to  Nybbles› and  Bytes.   Read  his review of The› Super Sketch  Graphics  Tablet.   You› can  also chuckle at an amusing story› by,   and  picture  of,  JOHN  POWELL› entitled, "Who Is This  Man  &  Where› Are  His  Pants???"  There  is also a› reprint of an  article  I  posted  on› FidoNet,  and  apparently intercepted› by   Dale  on  the  Iron  Horse  BBS,› describing the return of NEAR*US.   I› like  the  sentiments  expressed   in› Dale's  introduction.   Most  of  the› issue,  however, is devoted to a list› of 8-bit vendors and developers, both› domestic  and foreign.  Phone numbers› and other means of contact are listed› where    possible,     along     with› descriptions          of         each› vendor/developer's   services.    The› heading  states  that  most  of   the› entries  in  the   list   have   been› verified  as  of  December  of 1994. › This list is a _MUST HAVE_!   ROWLAND› GRANT's Atari 8-bit Affairs column is› reprinted from XIO3, as usual, and is› full of information.  Finally, on the› next-to-last page,  is  a  series  of› one-line  8-bit  programs that should› please everyone.   Before  typing  in› the  programs,  however,  please heed› the advice to widen the columns to 40› (necessary  pokes are provided) and a› warning   that  editing  may  not  be› possible after typing a line.›› From (FR)ANTIC for February  1995  --›  RUSSELL  STOWE's  Presidents  Corner› column  mentions  that the A.A.A.U.A.› has just  received  several  programs› for  the  1020 plotter.  Indeed, some› of those programs are printed on  the› back  page  of  this  issue.  I don't› have a 1020, so I couldn't check  out› the  programs.   I hope JACK GEDALIUS› sees this review, requests the issue,› and checks them for us!  RUSSELL also› writes   a   column   on  disk  drive› maintenance and another on support. I› mentioned  that  there  is  a   solid› connection  between  A.A.A.U.A.   and› N.W.P.A.C.,   and   this   has   been› strengthened   by   JOHN   POWELL  of› N.W.P.A.C.    becoming  a  member  of› A.A.A.U.A.   BOB  HUDDLESTON  reviews› another   wargame;  this  time  it's,› "Tigers In The Snow."  MANUEL  GARCIA› describes how (FR)ANTIC is created.›› From  MVACE News for February 1995 --›  The Atari 8-bit  Affairs  column  by› ROWLAND  GRANT is reprinted from XIO3› for January/February 1995.›› From the LIAUG LightHouse  for  March› 1995  -- THOMAS J. ANDREWS' review of› Billboard is reprinted from the OHAUG› newsletter.›› From The PACESetter for March 1995 --›  Pinellas County A.C.E. has  produced› another  good  issue.   JOHN POWELL's› picture   and  part  of  his  article› mentioned  above  in  the  review  of› Nybbles and Bytes is reprinted.  John› is  also  a member of Pinellas County› A.C.E.  Come to  think  of  it,  he's› also  a  member of OHAUG, and a guy I› see on FidoNet from  time  to  time. › Well,  John, now that everyone's seen› you in your shorts -- please  promise› us  that  you  won't  pose  that  way› unless  the  weather  gets  a  little› warmer  than  the  38   degrees   you› report.  We need you in good health! › ALAN FRAZER's review of Trail  Blazer› from  a   previous   issue   of   The› PACESetter    is   reprinted.    JOHN› SLEZAK's list of TextPro commands  is› handy  to have.  JIM PARRISH writes a› good article on printing labels.  The› Getting  To  Know You column features› JOSEPH HICSWA, of  JACG,  OHAUG,  and› P.A.C.E.  I was surprised to find, in› a   tiny   column   on   page  7,  an› announcement of an  operating  system› that  will  allow  the  Atari  800 to› handle  XL  and  XE  software.   Read› about  it!   The  P.A.C.E.  Mail  Box› column   features  a  question  about› XLENT Word Processor from JOE HICSWA.› It  is  answered  in  detail  by VITO› RAIA.    The   usual   assortment  of› puzzles, riddles and jokes, this time› centering  around a St. Patrick's Day› theme, rounds out the issue.› From the S.L.C.C. Journal  for  March› 1995  -- CLAY HALLIWELL describes his› program, Colorview Squash.›› A FINAL THOUGHT!›› Stay  informed!   Read  the  articles› mentioned in this column.   Get  hold› of  that vendor/developer list in the› February Nybbles and Bytes  and  copy› it.  Go over your three OHAUG Library› Disks,  Buy a few, and take advantage› of  the wealth  of programs  that are› still  available to you,  at what you› must admit is truly a most reasonable› cost! It  can lend a great measure of› support  to  your 8 BIT micro, making› it more valuable than ever.›› *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*›