›              o=o=o=o=o=››          PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE›           by Jack Gedalius››           May--August, 1999›› At our May meeting, AL SHARKIS demoed› how  our  newsletter is produced.  It› was a  very  interesting  educational› demo.   We  also   looked   at   some› programs from the previous newsletter› disk.    At   this  meeting  and  the› following meeting, Al  discussed  the› Linux-6 version for the IBM system.›› I  was  unable  to  attend  the  July› meeting  because  I was picking up my› 14-year   old  daughter  from  Vassar› College, where she was taking  summer› courses.›› On  July  17,  we  had   a   terrific› barbecue,  at  my  home,  which   was› attended by all of the local members.› The weather  was  beautiful  and  the› food    was   plentiful.    Everybody› enjoyed themselves.›› On August 8, Al Sharkis's son TED got› married  to a  lovely lady named AMY.› We wish them a happy marriage  filled› with many joyous events.›› At  our  August  meeting,  I showed a› video tape of the barbecue party that› was held at my house.›› Al  Sharkis  demoed  a  disk that had› fifteen different  versions  of  DOS,› taken  from  the  website  of  ERHARD› PUETZ,  also   known   as   "Atreju."› Erhard  is  a  most prolific Atarian,› having   produced    many    hardware› projects,   programs,   and   general› expertise  via  ABBUC,  the  Atari8-L› Mailing   List   (Polish)   and   the› comp.sys.atari.8bit   newsgroup.   On› this   disk,   Atari   DOS  2.5   was› represented in both an English  and a› German version.   It was  interesting› to  see  how  DOS  could be converted› into so many forms.›› Alan also demoed Atari Artworx  which› came  from  Holland.   This   program› helps  you  design and route printed-› circuit  boards.   Included  programs› are   an   editor,   a  utility  that› transfers the finished  designs  from› an  Atari  running  Artworx  to  a PC› running Artworks (a similar  program)› and  vice-versa.   A  third   program› prints  the  completed circuit board,› but the author, RUDOLPH  CORNELISSEN,› states  that  this  utility  is   not› finished.  The package can be used to› design up  to  a  four-layer  circuit› board.   The  two-disk  set  has  the› three programs and a short read-me on› side one  of  the  first  disk,  full› documentation  on  side  two  of  the› first disk, and a second full disk of› assembly source code.›› I    demoed    the    famous    Atari› Planetarium, showing the  eclipse  of› August  11  over  London.   You   can› really  see the moon covering the sun› as time  moves on  in  this  program.› Then  I  showed  a  printout  of  the› eclipse.   This  Atari   program   is› phenomenal.›› We  tested  the  library's  telephone› line  by connecting to the Nassau Net› using Ice-T.   We  went  on  to  CURT› VENDEL's  site.   The   meeting   was› great.››             BYE FOR NOW,›             JACK GEDALIUS››              o=o=o=o=o=›››