[][][]  [][][]›› MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 1992 MEETING:› =====================================›› NEW MEMBERS:›    ALWAYS A WONDERFUL WAY TO START  A› MEETING!››      This  month,  we  welcome  5 new› members   to   the  club.  They  are:› WENDELL HELFRICK of Springfiled  OH.;› CHARLES  A  COLE of Sierra Vista AR.;› WILBUR J. ZEMLICKA  of  Madison  WI.;› DAVID  LANG  of  Defiance  OH.;   and› JOSEPH  HICSWA  from  Passaic   N.J..› Fellows,  I  think  you  made  a wise› choice and we  hope  you  will  enjoy› yourself.›› ITEMS of INTEREST:››      ALEX  expressed the clubs thanks› to RON FETZER for the  3  DISK  TURBO› BASIC PROGRAMMING KIT, and to RON and› STAN     SCHENFELD     for      their› collaboration in producing the 2 DISK› SET called  DISK  MANAGEMENT  SYSTEM.› Because  of  these  programs  we have› received wide publicity and many  new› members.››      We  will  have  3 of our members› submitting   article   to   the    AC› magazine.  TOM  ANDREWS, ALAN SHARKIS› and RON FETZER have sent in  articles› for the magazine.›      ALEX  read  the instructions for› the AC DISK DISTRIBUTION  MANAGER  to› the  club. We will be responsible for› mailing   the   AC   disks   to   the› subscribers.   ALEX   is   the   DISK› DISTRIBUTION     MANAGER    for    AC› magazine.››      ALAN SHARKIS urged  the  members› of  the  club to support the NEW NEST› BBS. Because of the international net› the costs have skyrocketed.›› CORRESPONDENCE:››      We  received  a  letter from SAM› COREY, our member from NJ.  He  wants› us  to  send  him a subscription form› for the new ATARI  CLASSIC  magazine.› Sorry  SAM  we don't have any but the› first issue is free and it will  have› a  form  in it. He also wants to know› how he can help  with  the  new  "AC"› magazine.  SAM is the 8-Bit librarian› of the JACG.›      A letter from JOHN KASUPSKI  the› editor of the POKEY NEWSLETTER of the› WEST NY. ATARI USERS GROUP.  (If  you› want  to  buy  a  good  disk from our› library get a POKEY  disk.  They  are› all  fantastic.)  He thanked ALEX for› the Kudos he received for  the  POKEY› DISK  NEWSLETTER.  He  says  that the› newsletter is a  product  of  several› members  and that he cannot take sole› credit for it. If  you  want  to  use› their  BBS,  "THE  WIZARDS  ATTIC" in› upstate   N.Y.   the  SYSOP  is  JOHN› KASUPSKI and the number  is  716-681-› 1654.  If  you  are  a  member of the› OL'HACKERS mention  it  to  JOHN  for› preferential treatment.›      ALEX  replied that he enjoys the› newsletter and the articles that JOHN› writes.  He  said  that we have photo› copied JOHN'S  "BASIC101.BAS"  series› of  articles. It is a great series to› learn how to  program in Atari BASIC.›      A letter from FRANK CASTALDO  to› ALEX.  FRANK  is a new Atari user. He› requested that if possible,  time  be› set aside for new members to be shown› how to operate and  load  files,  ask› questions  etc.  ALEX  set  aside  45› minutes for NEW MEMBER at this and at› future meetings.›      A letter to PATY RAYL, Co-Editor› of  A.I.M.  magazine by ALEX. He sent› her a copy of our newsletter for  her› examination.  ALEX granted permission› to use any  article  for  the  A.I.M.› MONTHLY DISK if she wants to.›      A  letter  from  JIM  CUTLER our› member from  England.  He  writes  us› that  he  likes  the  newsletter very› much.  He  said  he  has  written  to› HAROLD PEGLER, Librarian for 5  disks› that  he  wants  from the library. He› said he liked RON'S article  on  DESK› TOP  PUBLISHING  with  the  1st XLEnt› word processor. He also  thanked  RON› for the article on BOB TERM.›      Our  new member BILL FORBES from› Indiana PA  writes  us  that  he  may› write  an  article for our newsletter› sometime in the nearfuture.  He  says› he  is  a  Professor  in  the Biology› Department   of   the   Indiana    PA› University.  He says from the editors› standpoint he can understand the need› for  articles  for the newsletter. He› wants to know the list of PA  members› and  West  Virginia  members  of  our› group  and also any FORTH programmers› in our group. He is the SYSOP of  the› ELECTRONIC  ZONE  BBS  and the WIGGLE› WORM BBS both of which are IBM  only.› He  said,  he  at  one time had 8-Bit› stuff on his BBS but there was a lack› of  interest.  He said he has not run› into another ATARI 8  BIT  person  in› the past 5 years, we are the first to› come across his path. Thirst no  more› BILL,  you are one of THE OL' HACKERS› now.›      Alex answered him by saying  you› are no longer a lost 8-Bit soul. ALEX› welcomed him and said may  the  8-BIT› bug continue to nibble on his heels.›      ALEX  wrote  a  letter  to   BEN› POEHLAND  our  member  from  PA.   to› insert  an  ad. for the SWAP AND SHOP› section in the AC  magazine  for  our› club.  The  adds  will  be  free   to› susbscribers.›      CHARLES  COLE  our  member  from› Arizona writes us that he has already› submitted an article to  the  new  AC› magazine.  He  also  signed on as the› Hardware and Software editor of ATARI› CLASSIC   MAGAZINE.   He   also   had› articles published in  CURRENT  NOTES› on SPARTA DOS, SPARTA DOS X CARTRIDGE› modifications and some other articles› that  have  not  yet  been published.› CHARLES has  quite  a  bit  of  8-BIT› computer  equipment. He has more than› ALEX, and that is quite  a  bit!  His› library   at   the   last   directory› printing contained  4,820  files  not› all  PD but the majority are. I think› we can safely say  that  CHARLES  has› practically  everything that was ever› written for the 8-BIT.›› TREASURERS REPORT:›       Ron  Fetzer  read  the  monthly› report. We are doing well and are  in› the black. May it be ever so!›› BBS NEWS:››      Our  club  decided   to   donate› $30.00  to  the  LIAUG'S NEW NEST BBS› with whom we are affiliated (516 234-› 4943).  Because  the  BBS  is now the› host node for the International ATARI› Net  (IAN)  to  Holland, Netherlands,› and   Germany    the    costs    have› skyrocketed.   At the same time,  our› members  collected  $10.00  more. RON› donated $20.00. We feel that the  BBS› serves  an  invaluable  service to us› and  the  whole  ATARI  community  by› bringing us together. Besides all the› programs  you  can  download, the BBS› serves as a conduit and communication› link  to  other Atari users. We would› not want to be without it.›› DEMOES:››       ALEX   demonstrated   WEDGE   a› fantastic  SPARTA  DOS program, by ED› BACHMANN of LEHIGH VALLEY ATARI USERS› GROUP.  The  next  program  that  was› shown  was  DOZWIZ.NXL  (NXL=Need  XL› TRANSLATOR).  It is an old program so› you have to use a translator  program› first.  ALEX  brought  in  a  disk in› which the sector  count  was  screwed› up.  With  DOSWIZ.NXL  it was easy to› correct the count and save the  disk.› An  OLDY  BUT  A  GOODY program. ALEX› used ULTRAFIX.OBJ.  It  is  the  BEST› translator  program for the 8-Bit. It› even has a HELP section on screen.›        ALEX     also     demonstrated› MENU2BIN.BAS. A great program to make› menues   with.   It   will   write  a› description of the files on the  disk› that  appears  upon  boot up with the› menu,  so  that  you  know  what  the› program is all about, when  you  look› at it a few months later.›      AIM  disk MARCH 1992 has a great› math program for  kids  on  it.  ALEX› demonstrated  it.  It  is  for a high› school student level.›      ALEX also demoed a  German  disk› that  had  all  the  music  from  the› various commercial programs on it. It› is called MEGA DEMO  #9  in  enhanced› density.›      We saw MEGA DEMO #10. It has the› sound tracks of various  game  disks.› Also in enhanced density.›      ALEX  also  demonstrated  a disk› called JEWISH BASEBALL. A  game  disk› in  which  you  answer  questions  on› Jewish  culture,  If  right, you move› the player around the bases.› LOOK FOR THESE DEMO's  IN OUR LIBRARY››DOOR PRIZES:›› RICK NEAL› HARRY TUTHILL› ALAN SHARKIS› BOB ULSCHMID› JACK GEDALIUS› AL ATKINS››      And as the sun went down in  the› West,  the  meeting  continued in the› parking lot. We just hate to have  it› end!› TO ALL OUR  OUT  OF  TOWN MEMBERS, WE› WISH YOU WERE WITH US!› Submitted by›                         RON FETZER››           >>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<››