›              o=o=o=o=o=››          PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE›            by Jack GedaliuS››       September--October, 1999››› At our September meeting  Ron  Fetzer› demoed  the ABBUC special disk no. 25› which had a game called Hereth II.›› Al Sharkis demoed our last newsletter› which  had  the game Hot Lips.  It is› similar  to   Pac  Man.   It's  cute!› There were no side entrances  as  are› found  in  Pac  Man.   He also demoed› Space Ace which is similar  to  Space› Invaders.   On the opposite side is a› business   program   consisting    of› calculation of amortization and other› types of conversion factors.›› Do   you   know   that  this  is  the› twentieth   year   of    the    Atari› platform?›› At  our  October  meeting  the   club› demoed   a   tutoring   program   for› beginners   of   Atari   basic  which› consisted of graphics and sound parts› in  basic.  These  were on cassettes.› Therefore,  voice  was  available  in› aiding the learner in the program.›› Ron Fetzer demoed ABBUC disk  no.  58› which  has  many  programs.   I  will› mention a few of them:››      Illusion # 3,  which is a  sound›      demo, showed three  musicians on›      screen, 0ne with a keyboard, one›      with a  guitar, and  one with  a›      drum.    The    graphics    were›      excellent.››      Dangerous   Street  is   a  game›      having  dogs, cats, and cars  on›      the  street.   One   must  cross›      the street while  avoiding these›      obstacles.  You  may even  shoot›      at the cars!››      Another  program  is SIO Routing›      and Patches for an IDE interface›      produced in Germany.›› This disk has tests to check out your› joystick.  It  also  had  a  modified› file  handler,  micropainter  for 62-› sector format  pictures,  Sparta  Dos› text  files  showing  how to make 80-› column screens.   You  can  see  that› this disk has many good utilities.›› The  members  discussed the emulation› between the Atari and the PC.››              BYE FOR NOW,›             JACK GEDALIUS››              o=o=o=o=o=››››