MINUTES OF THE JUNE 1994 MEETING.¢ =================================¢¢ CORRESPONDENCE:¢¢ A letter from JOHN POWELL in¢ Phoenix AZ. He writes interesting¢ articles for NWPAC. JOHN is also a¢ member of our club and a devoted 8¢ BIT'er, and we hope JOHN will write¢ for our newsletter also. We also heard¢ from our member in Pinetta, Florida,¢ JOSEPH T, EICHELBERGER, who has paid¢ his dues to December 31, 1995. Our¢ thanks to all our members, specially¢ those that paid for 1995, like¢ JOSEPH.¢¢ NORMAN WILLIAMSON our member from¢ England called, and surprised ALEX on¢ the telephone today, just before he¢ left for this meeting! He sends his¢ regards to all the OL' HACKERS. He had¢ the call timed just right. It was 3:15¢ PM in England when he called. He¢ called ALEX 15 minutes before he went¢ to the club meeting which starts at¢ 11:30 AM on Saturday. Pretty nifty¢ timing NORMAN!. We wish his wife a¢ quick recuperation. She has been in¢ the hospital. NORMAN is an ex RAF¢ pilot. He told ALEX he will mail us¢ some interesting stuff soon.¢¢ We received a letter from our¢ member VALERIO CORAZZIN in Italy. He¢ writes us that he mailed an¢ International Money Order to us. We¢ received it at the end of May. ALEX¢ and VALERIO have agreed to write in¢ each others language. As an example,¢ when ALEX writes in Italian, he will¢ have have an English translation with¢ it so if the Italian is no good. there¢ will be a way to decode the letter.¢ VALERIO will do the reverse, write¢ in English with the translation in¢ Italian.¢¢ A letter from DALE WOOSTER, the¢ president of NWPAC in Phoenix. It is¢ in color say are they trying to lord¢ it over us? NO WAY JOSE! We have great¢ programs and new items in our¢ newsletter that nobody has. Do you¢ have a member of your club in MOSCOW?¢ We correspond with a MOSCOVITE 8-¢ Bitter. Next we are looking for an 8-¢ Bitter in Peking China. ALEX¢ complimented DALE on their very¢ colorful disk cover and the DOM disk¢ with all the games. A very nice and¢ professional job, as usual! (Its very¢ hard to outdo them!)¢¢ A letter to JEAN BROKAW, Editor¢ of the PACESETTER in Largo Fl. by¢ ALEX. He thanked her for the Lawyer's¢ Puzzle Page and the programs and¢ articles she mailed him. ¢¢ From JACS in N.J. They received a¢ damaged disk. We mailed them a new¢ copy.¢¢ A letter from JIM CUTLER our¢ member in England. He is going on¢ INTERNET and is sending us messages ¢ that way. Their BBS is "THE LAND THAT¢ TIME FORGOT". He advises that he has¢ read some of the messages ALEX left¢ for him on the International ATARI¢ NETWORK of the NEW NEST BBS (516) 234-¢ 4943.¢¢ We mailed a condensed version¢ schmatic for upgrading the 800XL to¢ our member DAVE GOODWIN in N.J. He¢ said it was very helpful and quite¢ clear. If you intend to do any upgrade¢ on the 800XL write to me (RON FETZER)¢ and I will mail you a copy.¢¢ BILL SMINKEY our most senior¢ member writes us and tells us that he¢ is slowly recuperating from his¢ operations and feeling much better. We¢ are glad to hear it, BILL! ¢¢ NIBBLE & BYTES from the NWPAUG.¢ They like our newsletter and mentioned¢ it in theirs. They called us "THE¢ WORLDS BEST DISK 8-BIT NEWSLETTER".¢ Thank you guys - we also think so!¢¢ JOHN DICKERSON from DACE mailed¢ us a bunch of his clubs DOM's. They¢ will be demoed soon.¢¢ A letter from our member STUART¢ MURRAY in Scotland. He thanked us for¢ the 4 disks we mailed him.¢¢ A letter from our member THOMAS¢ WRAY in Texarkana TX. He asked ALEX¢ for some help with a computer problem.¢ THOMAS also wrote to me (RON) about¢ ARRAYS. ALEX answered his letter and¢ so did I and I mailed him a short¢ program.¢¢ A letter from TWAUG in England.¢ They told us that they are having a¢ problem producing their newsletter¢ because their photo copier broke down,¢ but they got the newsletter out¢ anyway¢¢ ITEMS:¢ From the XIO 3 the newsletter of¢ the GARDEN CITY ACE in British¢ Colombia in Canada, May/June 1994¢ issue, complimented and thanked RON¢ FETZER (yours truly), for his program¢ "TREASURER'S REPORT". They liked the¢ program and the documentation.¢¢ From ABBUC in Germany we received¢ their newsletter MAGAZIN #37 and Disk.¢ They liked the program also and they¢ translated it into German. In German¢ it is call "SCHATZMEISTERS BERICHT".¢ Everything is in German including the¢ docs. If you want the German version¢ of the program please order a copy¢ from HAROLD PEGLER our librarian. See¢ Library disk for his address. See¢ demo's for more info. Library disk #¢ 487.¢¢ DEMOS:¢¢ ALEX showed the "MICRO CHECK",¢ (original and many modifications from¢ ANALOG) program for the 130XE with two¢ disk drives. The menu is self¢ explanatory and easy to follow. To go¢ to another selection press the select¢ button. Alex showed us how to enter a¢ check. It is very easy to follow. It¢ prints out a nice balance. You can¢ search, and print various parameters,¢ i.e memo's, amounts, payee, etc. The¢ program is very nice and a great¢ utility. The program was not working¢ correctly and ALEX modified it and¢ corrected the mistake. It is a must¢ have program. Great for having it when¢ you make out your Income Tax. It is¢ library #482.¢¢ SPARTA DOS 3.2F and the SPARTA¢ DOS TOOLKIT, from FINE TOONED¢ engineering, are in our library. They¢ are, library number #483.¢¢ ALEX showed XLTWO.XE. This is a¢ program that takes your XE and XL 256K¢ computer and makes two independant¢ computers out of it. You can load a¢ program into computer #1 and a¢ different program into computer number¢ #2. You can perform all the functions¢ you normally can do. Your computer is¢ now 2 computers. This GREAT PROGRAM¢ was written by JOHN PICKEN of the¢ GARDEN CITY ACE in BC Canada. This¢ program will undoubtedly become one of¢ the classics for the 8-Bit computer.¢ It is very versatile and usefull. For¢ instance you can load the docs into¢ computer #1 and the program into¢ computer #2 and then RUN it and go¢ back and forth between the 2¢ computers. There are many other great¢ features that are in this program. The¢ two computers can also share a RAM¢ DISKS. It is similar to SNAPSHOT(for¢ Sparta DOS) but this program is much¢ easier to use and it is not in SPARTA¢ DOS. Library #484. On side two is¢ MEMOREASE +. That is a memory¢ improving program.(If I recall¢ correctly - grin)¢¢ Next we saw TWAUG disk #9 May/Jun¢ 1994. It had some great games on it.¢ We saw ASYLUM.BAS, a very nice game.¢ You have to get keys without getting¢ caught. It also has FLOYD THE DROID,¢ BATCAVES, THINK (all 3 are games),¢ RAINBOW1.BAS., MEGABUG, (for MAC65),¢ VISIPLOT, DISASSEMBLER 65, QT, DEMO.¢ Library # 485.¢¢ ABBUC disk #36 from Germany. It¢ has a lot of German text programs on¢ it. It also has CONCERT II, FLOP DOC¢ (not the bordello kind - grin). It is¢ library #486.¢¢ ABBUC DISK #37. On this disk they¢ translated yours truly's program¢ "TREASURER'S REPORT" into German and¢ it is now called "SCHATZMEISTER¢ BERICHT". They did a fantastic job of¢ translation. Library # 487. It also¢ has some other fascinating programs on¢ it - if we only understood German.¢ (Was ist los - Dumkopf?).¢¢ SLCC DOM #1205 May 1994. Library¢ # 488. On it is the MAZE OF ABDAGON by¢ Bob Wooley. It is a multi player game¢ up to 8 players. It consists of 5¢ files on the disk. Also POKER¢ SOLITAIRE, PS INDEXER.BAS, BGM.COM¢ (Backgammon Game), SPY HOTEL (shoot-¢ em-up), BOXEM.BAS.¢¢ FUTURA #12 MAR/APR 1994. Side one¢ has a lot of docs and a program called¢ VIEW DOCS.BAS ( A great doc viewer¢ program). A diagram to install a write¢ protect switch. Library #489. ¢¢ The next disk was the MEGA DEMO¢ FROM EUROPE and side two is the¢ complete docs for SPARTA DOS by the¢ late KRIS HOLTEGAARD - This is the¢ easy way of reading the docs and have¢ an example for each command. GET IT,¢ ITS LOADEDand pretty complete! Library¢ #490.¢¢ DJINNI FOR GENIE BBS USERS from¢ DACE. On side two is THE CREATOR that¢ will create a menu for you, withyour¢ own banner heading. It is probably the¢ program used to make the BELLCOM MENU.¢ Library #491.¢¢ Written by RON FETZER and edited by¢ ALEX PIGNATO¢¢ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<¢¢
