MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 1993 MEETING.› ====================================›› NEW CORRECTED MEETING DATE:›› Saturday  December  18,  instead   of› December 11.   WHERE? At the Library.›› ITEM:››      STAN  SCHENFELD   tendered   his› resignation  as VICE PRESIDENT of the› OL' HACKERS. He informed us  that  he› has  become  deeply   involved   with› AMATEUR  RADIO  and  PHOTOGRAPHY  and› therefore  has  not  enough  time for› everything. STAN we thank you for the› many  years of devoted service to our› club.  It  is  with  regret  that  we› accept the resignation. STAN says  he› will remain an active member.››      We have a new VICE PRESIDENT and› MEMBERSHIP  CHAIRMAN  -  he  is  JACK› GEDALIUS. JACK has been a devoted OL'› HACKER who has  agreed  to  add  more› duties  to  his already busy personal› schedule. We wish you  well,  and  we› know you will do a bang up job.›› ITEM:››      A group of dedicated OL' HACKERS› (4) packed addressed and  mailed  the› 300 plus ATARI CLASSICS disks. It was› a small group this time because  many› of  us were either sick or recovering› or not available. Regardless what the› cause the OL' HACKERS will always try› to honor its commitments!›› THOUGHTS TO PONDER››      In 1983 ATARI CORP. had  a  USER› GROUPS  of  50,000 members. Now there› are less  than  5,000  members.  What› happened???›› CORRESPONDENCE:››      ALEX read a letter mailed to our› member   DENNIS   KLINE   in  Florida› written   by    RON    FETZER.    RON› congratulated  DENNIS  on  the superb› article he wrote in the last issue of› CURRENT  NOTES called "SMALL BUSINESS› SYSTEMS", which had been published in› a prior issue of our newsletter.›      A  message  on  the  MACHINE BBS› (516)  764-5748  from  our  member in› MA, GLEN SOUNDERS. He said he refuses› to serve only IBM callers on his BBS.› He will serve  non-specific  platform› information.  His  BBS is "STARS". He› saidTHE MACHINE BBS SYSOP LOU TRAPANI› has the OL' HACKERS connection and is› therefore a very valuable BBS  for  8› BIT'ers. LOU is an OHAUG member.›      A  letter  from  our member DANE› STEGMAN in upstate N.Y. He  tells  us› that  he  can run PRINT POWER on this› XMM801 printer but  AWARD  WARE  does› not  work  even though it is from the› same company.  We  tried  it  on  our› XMM801  and  you  are right, DANE, it› DOES NOT RUN on the XMM801. Sorry  to› give you this news, but at  least you› know its not your equipment.›       A   letter   from   our  member› THEODORE TOPPING in  MA  who  renewed› his  membership  for 1994. He asks if› there is a way to connect an IDE HARD› DRIVE  to  the  800XL.  He  is   also› programming  the PIA CHIP to act as a› joystick input on port #1 and a drive› output  on port #2. He wants to drive› a 7406 chip jig  to  drive  LEDS.  He› also  likes  the  newsletter. He also› ordered   15   library   disks.  ALEX› responded and gave him  BOB  WOOLEY's› (super HACKER) address.›› DEMOS:››      ALEX  showed  the  latest  TWAUG› disk (Sep/Oct 93) from our members in› England. On it is MAGIC SQUARE, SPACE› WOLF,  FOLDER  LABEL,  BOMBER,   ROBO› ADVENTURE.  On  side  two  there  was› EMPIRE,  ZEROX.ARC.  We saw EMPIRE. A› great   game.  A  2  player  strategy› game.›      A  disk  from  the  SAN  LEANDRO› COMPUTER  CLUB  NEWSLETTER OCT 93. It› has HEARTS, SKULL ISLAND, PRNSTAR.131› (UPDATE  and LATEST VERSION), FILEEM,› (with data) and BOINK.›      The next  disk  we  saw  is  the› first   SAMPLE   FUTURA   disk   from› Scotland   from   our  member  STUART› MURRAY. This  was  the  1st  disk  he› made. We have ALL FUTURA DISKS in the› library. They are great!. This was  a› sample  disk.  It  has  a  very  nice› VIEWDOCS  program.  It  has  a lot of› programs on the disks. Side two has a› lot  of  .OBJ  programs  on it. MULTI› FILE COPIER II. ETC.›      Disk TWAUG #4.  JUL/AUG  93.  We› saw ABBUC'S BRAINWAVE PICTURE LOADER.› They had a lot of  GARFIELD  pictures› on  it.  A  continuous  picture show.› Also on side two  are  pictures.  The› graphics are excellent. Each one is a› 62 sector picture.›      Next we saw ARTIST UNLEASHED. It› is  a  art program to create pictures› and   paintings.  It  has  a  lot  of› features. It is in the library.  Side› one  has the master program, side two› has the data disk.›      Next we saw a NCAUG disk JUL/AUG› 87. (Brand new - Grin). It had a very› nice introduction to the disk.It had › DEBUT,  QUICK  REFERENCE.OBJ,   NOTE-› POINT    BASIC,    VOLCANO    ISLAND,› ADVENTURE  40.BAS,  DEVILS'S DOORWAY,› ZERO   FREE.OBJ,   ARACHNID.BAS,   13› BUSINESS  PROGRAMS  on  side  two.  A› loaded  disk  to get. Also now in the› library.›      ALEX  showed  MENU2BIN.BAS.  You› can  write a description of the files› on the disk and the  Menu  will  boot› automatically    with    the     file› description.  You  can  also print it› out as a hard copy.  It  loads  BASIC› and BINARY files. Only works with DOS› 2 and 2.5. It has many features.›      We also saw VTCOR FIX. It has  a› lot  of  features  to  manipulate the› VTOC   TABLE.  It  also  has  a  disk› mapper.›      We also saw CUSTOM PRINT.MOD  by› MAT  RAT  and modified by TOM ANDREWS› for the GEMINI 10X printer. A program› that  list  all  the  special   Atari› characters  as well as prints inverse› characters. A great program  to  get.› Many features.›       We  saw LABEL MASTER for making› mailing   labels.   Disk    Directory› labels,  Envelope  labels and address› envelopes. Aother very  nice  program› to get.›      We  also  saw NUMERALOGY.BAS. We› ran the numeralogy profile for  HARRY› TUTHILL.  It  was pretty accurate. We› also ran a  profile  for  ALEX.  What› B.S.!!›› DOOR PRIZES:›› JACK GEDALIUS› HARRY TUTHILL› ALAN SHARKIS› JOE LEBER›› Submitted by›                      Ron Fetzer›› >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<›››