›               o=o=o=o=o=›› MINUTES OF OHAUG MEETING JULY 18,1998›› JACK GEDALIUS opened the  meeting  by› calling on ALAN SHARKIS for a report.› Alan described  an  Internet  mailing› list. It works like this: you have an› e-mail address on  the  internet  and› you subscribe to a mailing list.  You› then get everything everyone sends in› to  that mailing list.  If you send a› message everyone who's on  this  list› also  gets  it.   It's  almost like a› private    newsgroup,    with    less› advertising and spam.   There  is  an› existing list ALAN subscribes to that› deals with Atari 8-bits and  provides› very  useful  information.   ALAN has› instructions on  how to subscribe (or› unsubscribe if you don't want so many› messages) and passed  out  copies  of› them to the members.›› Also,  in  Canada,  is LES WAGAR, who› was a  member  of  NOSAUG  before  it› folded.  At one time, Les had written› a bunch of disk utilities which  were› published  on  an  A.I.M.  disk.  Les› stated to Alan that he needs a  place› like  Ol'Hackers  for  this  disk  to› reside,  so  he  sent  it to Alan who› suggested he might want to  join  our› club  and  sent  him a flyer from the› ones we gave JOHN HARDIE.  Alan  will› submit  this  disk to our Library.  A› discussion   then  followed  on  this› matter followed  by  questions  about› subscribing to the e-mail list.›› TREASURY REPORT:›› RON FETZER reported that we're in the› black.›› Discussion then followed about future› meeting  dates  at the library.  Most› members of our group will not be able› to  attend  the  Suffolk  meeting  on› August  1, 1998 but will plan to have› our  meeting  August  15th.  A  brief› discussion then  followed  about  the› World of Atari Show in August.›› DEMONSTRATIONS:›› RON  FETZER demoed a German disk from› ABBUC magazine #53 2nd  quarter  1998› on  how  to  use  the XEP80 with a TV› (XED80),   and  how  to  use  regular› density instead of enhanced  density,› and  how  to  play  Ultimate Reality,› also how to make an  Atari  interface› for  the  IBM keyboard (the old Atari› keyboard stays on it  too.)  (Library› #726).›› ALAN  SHARKIS  demoed  a  disk called› Tom's Pack (Library #727).  The  next› disk  is called Cassette to Disk wich› ALAN demoed (Library #728)  and  then› the  XF2  Utilities   disk   (Library› #729).   ALAN  then  demoed  an  HTML› decoder  for the Atari 8-bit (Library› #730).  Also demoed a  Dynademo  disk› (Library  #731).   And finally a disk› from Les Wagar, a  former  member  of› NOSAUG    which    he   calls   "Disk› Utilities" (Library #732).›› ALAN then led a discussion on what is› the  function  of  a  user group on a› national   basis  in  response  to  a› message that he read on FidoNet.›› The door prizes  were  won  by  Harry› Tuhill, Ron Fetzer, and Pat Mulvey.›› The  next  meeting  will be on August› 15, 1998 at the Library as usual.››               o=o=o=o=o=›››