›               o=o=o=o=o=››          PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE›           by Jack Gedalius››           May--June, 1998›› At our March meeting we discussed the› Atari  Fest  to be held at the Sahara› Hotel in Las Vegas from August 22  to› August  23.   John  Hardie  from  our› group  will  be  attending this great› event.  He will hand out  flyers  and› membership  applications  for the Ol'› Hackers' Atari User Group.›› Al Sharkis demoed  a  program  called› "Cross-Stitch Your Atari."  A picture› or graphics is  introduced  into  the› computer  and  it  prints  out  as  a› needle-point    pattern.      Another› program  he  presented  is "KATAKANA"› which   teaches   the   reading   and› pronunciation of its character set.›› Al  also  demoed "TWAUG", disk no. 30› which is a game disk on side one.  It› consists  of  Monopoly, Pools League,› Black Jack, Creepy Caverns,  and  Dos› Wizzard.   Side  two  has  a magazine› catalogue file.›› Ron Fetzer demoed an ABBUC, disk  no.› 52  which  had Mahjonng, a Flintstone› game,     Dynakillers      (excellent› graphics),  a picture converter which› converts Print Shop , News  Room  and› Micropainter to each other.  ›› Our  April  meeting  was held jointly› with LIAUG  at  Nesconset.    We  all› discussed  the  history  of Atari and› its failures and the newtake over  of› the  company.   Al  Sharkis discussed› the disk "Ice T" which is a  terminal› emulator which allows the Atari to go› onto Internet. Patrick Mulvey  played› a  VCR  tape  showing  a  demo of the› VIRTUOSO program which produces music› and graphics with the music.›› On  April  18th  John  Hardie,  Harry› Tuthill,  myself  and  my  son, Joel,› attended   the    Trenton    Computer› Festival  at  Mercer County Community› College in Tenton,  New  Jersey.   We› always enjoy the extremely large flea› market   and  the  commercial  indoor› exhibitions. I  personally  purchased› FROGGER, the cartridge game, some old› Antic magazines, the book "Your Atari› Computer", and the following booklets› by   Michael   Boom:   "Understanding› Atari Graphics" and "How to Use Atari› Computers."   We  saw many Atari 1050› disk drives, computers --  800XL  and› 1200XL  --  for sale at the show.  We› all had a great time.››              BYE FOR NOW,››             JACK GEDALIUS››               o=o=o=o=o=›››