›              o=o=o=o=o=››       MINUTES OF OHAUG MEETING›            AUGUST 14,1999›› The   meeting   opened    with    our› President,  JACK   GEDALIUS   showing› members  a  video of our annual OHAUG› picnic   at  JACK  GEDALIUS  home  on› Saturday,  July  17th  and  was  well› attended.    Jack's   wife   did  the› barbequing and a good time was had by› all.   Thank  you   JACK   AND   MARY› GEDALIUS,   our   gracious   host   &› hostess.›› JACK announced the  upcoming  meeting› dates  as  follows:    9/18,   10/30,› 11/13,  12/18, 1/8, 2/12, 3/18, 4/15,› 5/13, 6/17.  The meetings  officially› begin  at 1PM and may end  as late as› 5PM.  They will be held, as usual, at› the Plainview-Old Bethpage Library in› Nassau County, Long Island.›› TREASURER's REPORT:›› RON  FETZER  announced that we are in› the black.›› ALAN     SHARKIS     reported      on› correspondence  from JOE HICSWA.  The› first letter JOE wrote was about  the› Newsletter  going from 6 isues a year› to 4 issues a year as he read in  the› last Newsletter.  He wants to know if› there   will   be   an   accompanying› reduction  in  dues.  The annual dues› will be $20 starting in the year 2000› instead  of  $24  as  it  was  in the› previous years.›› JOE HICSWA's second  letter  informed› that  he  was frustrated by the game,› Atomit on the back of the  Newsletter› disk.   He  found  a  way to make the› game  easier  to  play.JOE  sent  two› files to ALAN which are the result of› his research.›› ALAN  mentioned  some  email  he  has› received  from  a  member regarding a› problem   with  the  mailing  of  the› Newsletters.  The problem was  solved› by Ron Fetzer.›› A  discussion  followed on the future› of the Atari club and its members.›› DEMONSTRATIONS:›› ALAN SHARKIS  demoed  a  menu-driven,› multi-DOS  disk.   DOSs and utilities› on the disk were as follows: ››      Side 1›           A. Atari DOS 2.0S›           B. Atari DOS 931 (makes 931›              sectors; based on 2.0 S)›           C. Atari DOS 2.5 in German›           D. Atari DOS 2.5 in English›           E. Antic DOS›           F. OSA DOS 1.2›           G. OSA DOS 2.0›           H. OSA DOS 2.3 (these are›              all by OSS)›           I. ART DOS Rainbow›           J. Atari DOS 3.0›           K. Double Set (a utility to›              set density)›           L. File copy (a utility›              that can copy multiple›              files)›           M. Initialize Disk›           N. Tape copy›           O. Happy Computer 2+D›› ALAN brought some of them  up.   Then› he  showed  Side  2,  which contained› several commercial and freeware  DOSs› that  are  based  on  AtariDOS.   The› SpartaDos family was not represented.› This   DOS  disk  came  from  EHRHARD› PUETZ, or "Atreju,"  who  wrote  this› DOS  disk  and  has been in the field› for   many    long    years    making› significant  hardware  and   software› contributions  along the way.(Library› #743).›› Next   ALAN  SHARKIS  demoed  Artworx› which consists of 2  disks.   It's  a› companion  program  to Artworks, a PC› program.   This  package  allows  the› user to lay out, print, and  transfer› printed-circuit  designs  to  the  PC› version.   The author states that the› printer    program,    however,    is› incomplete.  The editor, printer  and› transfer  programs and the Readme are› on side 1 of the first disk, and  all› documentation  is  on  side  2 of the› first   disk.   The  second  disk  is› devoted to the assembly  source  code› for all three programs which was also› released as freeware.  The cards  can› be  up  to  four layers.  The package› comes     from     Holland,      with› documentation  written   in   English› (Library # 744 and 745).›› JACK    GEDALIUS     demoed     Atari› Planetarium  which  is  one  of   the› better programs that Atari made. JACK› read some interesting information the› program  brought  up  about the Earth› and the moon.   Then  he  showed  the› eclipse  and  how  it  happens.  Then› there followed a  discussion  of  how› our galaxy is, the infinite nature of› the uiverse and the big bang  theory.› He showed the constellations and read› some  interesting  information  about› them.  RON FETZER commented that  the› members  were  watching  JACK perform› miracles.›› Then the members went on the internet› with  Ice-T and brought up www.atari-› history.com.  This was done to  check› the  phone  line, which we discovered› wasn't working at the  last  meeting,› and which is certainly working now!›› There  were no doorprizes for today's› meeting.    The   date  of  the  next› meeting is September 18, 1999.››              o=o=o=o=o=›››