*<>*<>*¢ MINUTES OF THE JUNE 10, 1995 MEETING¢¢ This newsletter is dedicated to¢ those victims and their families of¢ the recent tragedy in Oklahoma City. ¢ JACK GEDALIUS motioned that the Club¢ send a donation to the Salvation Army¢ in Oklahoma City. All in attendance¢ accepted and the Treasurer was¢ instructed to follow through.¢¢ President, ALEX PIGNATO, turned¢ the gavel over the Treasurer, RON¢ FETZER, because Vice President, JACK¢ GEDALIUS was not present when the¢ meeting began; and, as a regular Club¢ member, made a motion to send a letter¢ to HARRY TUTTLE warning of possible¢ expulsion due to refusal of assisting¢ with mandatory club tasks such as¢ writing up the minutes. Said task was¢ agreed to be shared by all Club¢ members as normal procedure. His¢ refusal is seen as intolerable and¢ dangerous to club morale and function. ¢ Motion made to warn HARRY of possible¢ removal from the club membership was¢ seconded and unanimously accepted.¢¢ ITEMS:¢ ¢ ALEX PIGNATO suggested the club¢ upgrade to 256K its standard 850XL and¢ return ALEX's 256K computer. HAROLD¢ PEGLER agreed to get the dram chips¢ for the upgrade. Thanks HAROLD. AL¢ SHARKIS spoke of WES NEWELL's sale of¢ equipment. Comments were shared about¢ his patience in answering questions,¢ and knowledge, and the loss to the 8¢ BIT community, if he leaves us.¢¢ ALEX shared the funny tidbit¢ about the time when RON tried to¢ solder and his hand was shaking. ALEX¢ also shakes at times. The funny thing¢ was that the only one available to¢ help was ol' shaky himself, ALEX! So,¢ ALEX put his hand on RON's, and the¢ two of them shakingly soldered the¢ thing successfully, much to their¢ mutual surprise. ¢ ¢ CORRESPONDENCE:¢¢ There was light mail this month.¢¢ Letter received from BILL SMINKEY¢ which states that he's getting better.¢ Best to you BILL!¢¢ Three Postcards received from JOE¢ HICSWA reporting his progress on his¢ cross-country motorcycle tour -- Go¢ JOE!¢¢ DEMOS:¢¢ RON FETZER offered first demo of¢ SUPER SKETCH PAD. There was some¢ difficulty in booting up successfully. ¢ A cheer was heard when they got the¢ first screen. It seems they needed a¢ standard computer, not an upgraded O/S¢ to get a menu and one member, AL¢ MOLINELLA, allowed the Club to use his¢ system which runs without O/S. ¢ Finally, the members got to the Menu¢ of SUPER SKETCH PAD and RON, ALEX and¢ the boys adventurously explored "the¢ next step that no one ever was able to¢ forge." As a cooperative effort.¢ Finally one member read the¢ instruction booklet and all shared¢ their suggestions. Of course, RON¢ spearheaded the way. The fellas joked¢ about the need for a steady hand --¢ this certainly left ALEX and RON out! ¢ A few were amazed, some were amused¢ and all enjoyed trying their hands out¢ on this program. RON reminded all¢ that this package will only work with¢ unmodified systems (no O/S etc.). This¢ was NOT A DISK, its a hardware¢ connecting package.¢¢ NEXT DEMO was offered by ALEX:¢ Two samples of Icons on one Print Shop¢ Disk entitled, "Icons of famous people¢ and others" and "Page 6, Print Shop¢ HELP." Six to seven icons on page,¢ save to disk, keep on adding Icons to¢ the screen, and then save to make a 62¢ sector program. Individualized layout¢ choices available. There are many¢ other P/S programs available on disk -¢ - some without DOS (i.e., use of¢ Joystick, Koalapad, Mouse, Viewer,¢ PSPic I, PS II, PacThree TL, etc. ¢ ALEX chose "E" on the menu, "Viewer" -¢ - step by step, he demoed the program;¢ he had difficulty in calling up, but¢ all offered their opinions. Finally,¢ FRANK CASTALDO helped get past the¢ gliche and ALEX continued the demo. ¢ Slowly, various president's ICON pics¢ came up on screen. This disk is #573¢ in O.H.A.U.G. Library.¢¢ Demo of GAMES & PICTURE SHOW,¢ Enhanced Density: TurboBasic helps¢ many BASIC programs run 5 to 10 times¢ faster (doesn't load faster, though). ¢ PICTURE SHOW PLUS: Club enjoyed¢ "discovering" the ins and outs of this¢ program together. As ALEX steered the¢ Club into the program with much¢ agility, the Club members chuckled at¢ the antics and comical music. From¢ this writer's vantage point, this¢ listener would have to say this¢ program had a mind of its own and¢ spoke it rather loudly. Finally,¢ ALEXO found RAINBOW for the pictures,¢ and a hush fell on the crowd as they¢ enjoyed the beautiful effects. Great¢ for kids of all ages!, DRAW POKER was¢ next. FRANK liked this one! The Club¢ wins on a $90 bluff. The pot¢ increases to $2,090! Do we wish! ¢ This Club loves their computer games! ¢ This programs continues its bleeps,¢ blops and bloops along the way making¢ it more enjoyable. Now, we continued¢ on this disk, in DOS, and ALEX¢ explained to AL MOLINELLA, (our newest¢ member) that extenders of .COM,.EXE,¢ or .OBJ must go through "L. Binary¢ DOS." Booting ATARIDEM.COM we hear a¢ sexy musical program and this really¢ got the guys attention! Of course,¢ some are never satisfied and wished¢ for the 'X-rated' version (grin). A¢ discussion ensued as to where to use¢ this music. It was suggested that the¢ Welcome Disk might possibly be¢ enhanced by it. AL SHARKIS suggested¢ to connect his MIDI up for STEVE¢ COHEN'S (WIZZITRONICS) upcoming visit¢ at the NEAR*US meeting. This Disk is¢ #574 in O.H.A.U.G.'s Library under the¢ label of s/1: GAMES AND ATARIDEM &¢ OTHERS (Enhanced Density) and s/2: ¢ has AUTORUN SHUFFLE & DECKLOAD (Single¢ Density). ALEX went on to demo s/2: ¢ DECKLOAD.BAS. It's amazing the way the¢ pictures moved around in the screen. ¢¢ T.W.A.U.G. #15 MAY/JUNE '95 -- 2¢ Disk Set, Nos. 575 & 576 in O.H.A.U.G.¢ Library. These disks have games,¢ Utilities demo was preempted because¢ FRANK had to leave. He jokingly, said¢ he had to pull a "Harry Tuttle" and¢ asked if there were any prizes. ALEX¢ acquiesced and ran the door prizes¢ program, out of order for FRANKUTTLE¢ (grin). (See below for winners!)¢¢ DEMO of our Library #577: A¢ German Disk -- S/l PRINT SHOP FONTS¢ and S/2 BRUNIS KLEIN - A GERMAN DEMO¢ IN BASIC: Programming note: use of¢ FADER program allowed a smooth¢ transition between pictures. ¢ Investigators needed German¢ Interpreter, but, thanks to RON, they¢ got through it. "Zum Haupen Menu".¢¢ S/1 has more P/S fonts and SIDE 2: ¢ MUSIC MAKER II: (from HOLLAND)¢ Sounding like a calliope, the Club¢ tested a few variations. This writer¢ gleened the militaristic sense in the¢ music of the 'BASEBALL' selection,¢ while 'FOOTBALL' sounds like a circus¢ march and 'AIR STRIKE' brought to mind¢ the days of the Red Baron ... but, vat¢ else, it's simply vunderbar!! As the¢ melodies poured forth, RON shared that¢ to his memory no German music program¢ ever carried the Beer Barrel Polka¢ (ahem, RON, isn't that a Polish folk¢ dance?). Finally, the Club found a¢ game which was introduced by very¢ Wagneresque music. ALEX was shooting¢ -- it started to sound like Space¢ Invaders to this writer. A little¢ kibbitzing with the boys started with¢ the remark at how this disk took a¢ long time to load; hence, long load¢ became wrong road which led to¢ comments about D'Amato's wisecracking¢ prejudicial remarks about Judge Ito. ¢ RON retorted that D'Amato became known¢ as "clown of the Senate." Yes, fact¢ is sometimes stranger than fiction.)¢ Library disk # 578.¢¢ NEXT DEMO: Disk is called LITTLE¢ COMPUTER PEOPLE, from NORWAY-¢ (Enhanced Density) S/1 -- O.H.A.U.G.¢ Library #579. This seems like a take-¢ off of other disks. All members kept¢ guessing and joked at the pleasant¢ sounds of the organ/piano. The Little¢ Computer Man did lots of things. The¢ audience really enjoy his antics (he¢ even performed gymnastics!) as they¢ yelled out different comments. ¢ Somehow it seemed as though they were¢ watching a little gerbil or mouse run¢ through an obstacle course. On S/2,¢ this disk offers STARWARE which is an¢ astronomY, or star-gazing, program¢ showing views of different celestial¢ arrangements on the screen, From¢ different spots on the earth. ¢¢ DEMO of GRAPHIC SHOP, S/2 is docs¢ by Charles Jackson, from ANTIC¢ MAGAZINE. This program converts all¢ or part of your favorite Micro-¢ Illustrator, computerized or Micro-¢ Painter pictures into graphic files¢ for Broderbund Print Shop program. ¢ This is O.H.A.U.G. Library Disk #580.¢¢ Now, ALEX demoed RON's prize.¢ S.L.C.C. DOM. This disk has: Barnaby¢ Basic - Escape from Deserted Island¢ Text Adventure (demo doc.); Brainwash; ¢ Cave Lord - a tough arcade game from¢ Germany; Kaleidoscope Instruction Kit¢ from ANTIC; Take Time Basic Utility -¢ shows time left on VCR tape; Utility:¢ Word Find.Bas; Barfort (or Wheel of¢ Fortune) from PAGE 6 MAGAZINE. Library¢ No. 581¢¢ OTHER BUSINESS:¢¢ AL SHARKIS, shared that he was¢ interested in attending next month's¢ L.I. Atari User meeting because they¢ will be focusing on assembly and¢ stated that anyone interested should¢ speak with him. ¢¢ NEXT SWAP-SHOP NEAR*US meeting¢ June 17.¢¢ DOOR PRIZES:¢¢ PRIZE #1: RON FETZER¢ PRIZE #2: FRANK CASTALDO¢ PRIZE #3: AL MOLINELLA¢ PRIZE #4: JACK GEDALIUS (FYI¢ ALEX's name was pulled and he chose to¢ pass up the prize.)¢ PRIZE #5: ALAN SHARKIS¢¢ *<>*<>*¢¢ REMINDER: O.H.A.U.G.'s "picnic"¢ dinner at LAMBROU's 4073 Austin Blvd,¢ Island Park, at 7 PM on July 14th. A¢ complete dinner, soup to nuts, (ok,¢ (no nuts) to desert!) for each diner¢ will be $12.00 -- no tax, no tip,¢ COMPLETE!¢¢ *<>*<>*¢
