›               o=o=o=o=o=››  MINUTES OF THE 4/19/97 OHAUG MEETING›› GENERAL MEETING:›› Meeting was held at the home  of  our› president,  Jack Gedalius because the› library was closed.›› The meeting  began  with  AL  SHARKIS› testing a BOB TERM disk for a mistake› that was on it.›› TREASURER'S REPORT:›› We are in the black and doing okay.›› POTPOURRI:›› Newsletter should be out May 10th.›› AL SHARKIS  passed around  a printout› of a WEB page which provides listings› of user groups and BBSs. We're on it!›› AL SHARKIS has a second  letter  from› THOMAS  WRAY;   he  also has a letter› from BEN POEHLAND, the letter says he› gave up ATARI for IBM and isn't happy› with it; he  also  has  mail  from  a› number    of   other   people.    The› discussion went on to a  new  member,› SYSOP  TXG,  whose  rather  extensive› equipment  list  will  appear  in the› next   newsletter.    We   are  still› exchanging  mail  with  a  number  of› clubs and AL has  a  disk  containing› columns  and news articles written by› SAM  COREY  of  JACG  over  the  last› several years.  Sam had a  stroke  in› January  1997  and   sent   all   his› articles  to  us to use as much as we› want. If JACG is still putting out  a› newsletter, we're not receiving it.›› DEMONSTRATIONS:›› AL  SHARKIS  showed the latest Tyne &› Wear disk around because of the  nice› label; it was thier disk #26 and went› into our library as #678.   The  disk› was  accompanied  by  a newsletter in› booklet form and the programs on  the› disk  included  some of everything --› machine      language     programming› examples included.›› The San Leandro Computer club sent us› two  disks  (March  and  April) and a› very short print  newsletter  without› much info. SLCC disk #1503, March '97› (Library #679) had a  Karate  program› on side one, and text adventure games› on side 2.  Next we saw  their  April› '97  effort,  (their number 1504, our› library number #680)  which  includes› games    such   as   "Fresh   Start",› "Jeopardy", "A Maze Chase", "Launch",› "Meet the Alien Invaders" and others.› It includes a program with which  you› can  set  up  a HELP key for your own› programs.  Side  two  includes  sound› programs,  and we demonstrated, "Woof› Woof."›› Then AL demod  two  disks  from  CLUB› CENACLE  in  France.   Club Cenacle's› print newsletters are all  in  French› (translated  by  MARY  GEDALIUS  with› apologies).   Their   December   1996› newsletter   was   short,   but   the› February     1997     issue,    which› accompanied   the   disks,   was   an› extensive  booklet.  Side One  of the› first disk contains the UNARC program› and a large number  of files in ARC'd› form.  They are  very useful  utility› programs.  The  archves are  password› protected  (if you order these disks,› you will have to  remember to set the› program for  "encripted" and  use the› password "HS22021997" when asked.  On› side two of disk one we demoed "Space› Ball"  game and  a few  others.   The› second disk  has  the Bitter  Reality› Demo  on  side  one and  a very  fine› assembly language  tutorial on side 2› (Library  #681, #682.)›› RON  FETZER  demonstrated  the  ABBUC› Magazin    Number    48   disk.    He› translated some of the German in  the› text portions of the disk, which will› go into our library  as  #683.   Then› Ron  showed  a  program  that  he had› taken from  their  disk.   It  was  a› calendar  program  that does NOT have› the infamous  "Year  2000"  problem! › That  led  to  a  discussion  of  the› probem  and  its implications for all› of us.  What Ron did with the program› was  to  package  it  with an English› translation of its documentation, the› Turbo  Basic program that it needs to› run, and other  essentials  onto  one› disk that will go into our library as› # 684.› DOOR PRIZES:›› AL ATKINS, PAT MULVEY, JACK  GEDALIUS› and  HAROLD  PEGLER  each  won a door› prize.›› Next month  the  meeting  will  be  a› joint  meeting in Suffolk County, May› 3.›› May 10th is the  regular  meeting  at› the Plainview Library at 12 noon.››               o=o=o=o=o=››››