<<**>>› MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 1994 MEETING› ===================================›› DAVID OLDFIELD talked to our› member JOHN HARDIE and decided he› would like to belong to the club, and› so he joined us. JOHN told him what a› great club we have. He, like so many› others, thought there were no more 8› BIT clubs around, and felt lonesome› for other 8 BIT'ters. Welcome to the› club, DAVE!›› CORRESPONDENCE:›› ALEX read a letter from BEN› POEHLAND to Unicorn Publications. BEN› was very upset over the failure of› Unicorn to have enough money in the› ATARI CLASSICS checking account to› cover the refund checks, after BEN had› gone over the account balances to be› sure that all subscribers would be› reimbursed. (Editor: See Presidents› Message for more on this topic!)› A letter from RUSSEL STOWE,› President of AAAUA, to RON. He thanked› us for the TREASURER'S REPORT program› that he mailed to him at the ALAMO› AREA ATARI USERS ASSOC. RUSSEL mailed› us one of his programs that will tell› you what keys were pressed in a› machine language program. It is very› interesting and will be demod at our› next meeting.› RON received a Print Shop card› and Calendar made by our member LARRY› TISCHBEIN in PA. LARRY had some› problems with the P/S COMPANION and we› helped him out. He is now enjoying his› 8 BIT even more. Again, the value of› belonging to a users group is shown.› A letter from our member DANE› STEGMAN. He said he bought a bunch of› items from JOHN HARDIE, at a big› bargain. He was very happy with the› games in the newsletter, specially› CRAZY 8.› A letter from our member TOM› SMITH in CA. He writes us that he is› pleased that we are going to publish› his program FOOTBALL PREDICTIONS in› the coming newsletter. He is also an› early bird and paid his dues for 1995.› This is the best indication of how TOM› feels about OHAUG! Thanks Tom.› ALEX distributed a two page› excerpt from T.W.A.U.G., ENGLAND. DOS› TIPS & TRICKS and BELTING YOUR 1050.› Both good reference articles. ALEX› hopes to put some of the info in› future newsletters when, and if, he› gets the urge to type them in (grin).› ALEX wrote to BOB BUMAN who is› the author of a great new disk› cataloger program called SAGE CAT. It› will be demod by RON later in the› meeting.› A letter from our member JIM› CUTLER in England. He mailed us two› disks packed with good programs. As› usual JIM comes through with great› disks. He is truly a STERLING member.› Thanks JIM.› A letter from our member TOM WRAY› in Texarkana to ALEX. He asked for› some help with many questions he had› with DOS and some other problems. ALEX› answered all his questions and cleared› up the confusion, hopefully. ALEX also› sent him a disk with usefull› utilities. TOM has come a long way› this past year.› Our member NORMAN WILLIAMSON in› England mailed us a card. We wish his› wife a speedy recovery from her› illness. He is on vacation, basking in› the sun, helping her convalesce on a› sunny Mediterranian isle.›› DEMOS:›› RON(me - grin) demoed the program SAGE*CAT a disk cataloger program. It› was written by BOB BUMAM. It is› shareware and we mailed BOB a› contribution for his program. The› program among other options AUTOLOADs› and reads the directory by itself. You› have a choice of not cataloging› unwanted files such as DOS, or those› ending with .SYS, etc. You can sort by› file name, extender, sector or disk› name. The sort is extremely fast. You› can print in 4 different formats from› listing to disk envelopes, disk labels› and inserts. You can mark files that› are to be pulled out or put on another› disk. You can automatically catagorize› your disk. On our copy the MARK› function did not work. It could not› locate the files asked for. We have› version 1.1. We will write to the› author and see if there is a corrected› version. We also had problems with the› 3 and 4 column print out. It is a› great disk cataloger if these two› problems are resolved, but it is still› good for certain tasks, even with the› problems mentioned. It's our library› #516› ALEX wanted to show MICRO CHECK› 130XE. This program works ONLY on the› 130XE. It automatically reads all the› files into the Ramdisk D8 so they are› retrieved immediately by the program,› as needed. Unfortunately ALEX' copy› did not work. We did not put it into› the library, till he can check out why› it didn't work. The programs ability› to use RAMDISK makes it very valuable.› Now we have to see if it can be› workable. Tune in next meeting for the› answer.› We saw HOME & BUSINESS #1 AND 2.› It is two sides on one disk. It has an› excellant calendar program on it. A› LoanPlus program (also very good). A› USR address program. It also has a› data base. It is very nice except it› can hold only 64 records(the number of› disk file names on a disk) because› each record becomes a separate file on› the disk. It can print mailing labels› and up to 6 lines of data for each› record can be entered. If you have a› number of small data files, this is› the one to get, because you can use a› different disk for different groups of› records. It has many other useful› programs on the disk. An awfull lot of› hard hours of progaramming skills went› into the making of this terrific disk.› A must disk to get. Library #517.› Next we saw a disk from› T.W.A.U.G. in England # 11 Sept/Oct› 1994. It has MEDIEVAL COMBAT, MENU› PLANER (weekly menu planner), MAX› HEADROOM, FIRE SCANNER (Virus killer)› and SUPER PACKER. MAX HEADROOM was a› great graphics demo. On side two we› have CODESMITHS NEWSLETTER READER.› Usefull for those that want to put out› a newsletter. (Great!). Our library› #518.› Next we saw an ABBUC disk from› Germany. Magazine #38. A great intro.› screen as usual. We saw some great› pictures, some were ported over from› the Commodore 64. It had a cassette to› disk copy program. It had some games› on it. The TETRUS GAME was very fast.› We played it and lost. R-TIME 8› Handlers and clock setting programs› and source code.Side two requires the› use of TURBO BASIC. Library #519.› Next we saw SLCC DISK Sep. 1994› DOM. On it was ATOMIT a game, DLMASTER› (A picture manipulator), MINIGOLF.BAS› and a CONSTRUCTION SET for those that› want to make their own golf course. We› saw GUITAR CHORD TUTOR, to help you› learn chords by showing where to put› your fingers, and by playing the sound› you have edited. Library #520. On Side› 2, we have SAGE*CAT DISK CATALOGER› (See discussion in demo section› above). We all played MINIGOLF.› Everyone was terrible except me, I was› the PRO! (grin) and won the game.› › DOOR PRIZES:›› FRANK CASTALDO› HAROLD PEGLER› JOE LEBER› JACK GEDALIUS› BOB ECKSTEIN›› Written by Ron Fetzer›› >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<›››