›               o=o=o=o=o=›› MINUTES   OF   7/12/97   ATARI   CLUB› MEETING›› July  5th  was supposed to be a joint› meeting  with  members  of  LIAUG  in› Suffolk   but  many  of  our  members› couldn't attend.›› Upcoming meeting dates were discussed› and  are  as follows:  8/9, 9/6(joint› meeting  with  LIAUG  in  Nesconset),› 10/18, 11/15, 12/20, and 1/17.›› TREASURER'S REPORT:›› Still in the black.›› POTPOURRI:›› There are a few new members:   ARTHUR› KATZ  (JACK  read  his  letter to the› members),   FRANK   WALTERS,    JERRY› GINSBURG (Honorary member).›› BARBARA    KELLER    brought   up   a› discussion   on   the  annual  summer› picnic. Club members  voted  and  the› final decision was to go to a Chinese› restaurant instead.›› DEMONSTRATIONS:›› ALAN SHARKIS offered a few demoes  as› follows:›› 1.  T.W.A.U.G.  (the  British  group)› Issue  #27 Disk side 2 is curiosity -›  side 1  has  various  games,  guitar› tutor,   and  it  alphabetizes a disk› directory. We tried the guitar  tutor› part  of  the  disk  with the F sharp› minor chord - shows the bar and frets› and  makes the sound, you can do each› string   individually   (great    for› learning    and   practicing   guitar› chords).    We   also    tried    the› alphabetizing  of  a  disk  directory› (it's  very  slow).   We also tried a› couple of games.   There  is  also  a› game called, "Bounce." You draw lines› on a black screen with the  joystick,› place  several  "balls," and set them› bouncing.  The screen turns red, each› ball's   path   covers   the   screen› eventually   turning  it  black,  but› along the way  you  can  create  many› different  interesting  designs.   We› also  played  a Wumpus game where you› battle   an   invisible   Wumpus  who› becomes more visible the  closer  you› get  until  he  devours you (you know› you're getting closer when the  music› gets  louder)  he  looks like a mouth› when he suddenly appears.  Side 2  of› the  T.W.A.U.G.   disk   includes   a› debugging program.  (Library #690)›› 2.   ALAN   then   demoed   a   Macro› Assembler  Editor disk writtenby John› Harris   from   Univ.   of   Michigan› archives.   The  directory   includes› many programs (64 or 80 columns) such› as "Create a File" using Control 1 to› start    and     Control     3     to› finish.(Library  #691) ALAN posed the› question,   "What    about    writing› routines  in  Basic  that use machine› language to speed up routines?"  ALAN› also  posed  the  question, "Was this› from the original Atari  Assembler?" › Pat  Mulvey,  our  resident expert in› Assembler   Language,   answered  the› questions.›› Discussion   then   centered  around › lightning and  how  to  protect  your› computer with many good but expensive› suggestions made.   Pat  Mulvey,  our› resident    expert    in    lightning› protection, led the discussion.›› 3.     Next   ALAN   demoed   another› Mindsweeper   #2   game   not  to  be› included in the library.›› 4.  ALAN then demoed 09  Sept  &  010› Nov) disks from San Leandro, CA, SLCC› 1409/1410   DOS.    A   game   called› "Brikbat"(a  game like "Pong") on one› side.  The other side has "Foot  Race› Dance"  on  disk  #09(Library #666). › Disk #10  (Library  #667)has  a  card› game  on  side  one  and  a  pipeline› (plumbers) game on side two.›› 5.   Disk  1296  (Library   #668)from› NOSAUG was ALAN's next demo which has› lots   of   fonts  on  it  for  Basic› programs.   The  other  side  is  all› Christmas music.›› 6.  Next  ALAN  demoed  a  disk  from› NOSAUG  (Library #669), an air hockey› game.›› Next meeting date is August 9th.››               o=o=o=o=o=››››