*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*¢¢ NEWSLETTER REVIEWS¢ by Alan Sharkis¢ OHAUG Newsletter Librarian¢¢ (Ed. For more newsletter reviews, see¢ side 2 of this OHAUG Newsletter!)¢¢ L.V.A.U.G. News for January/February¢ 1995 -- See Editor LARRY TISCHBEIN's¢ (an OL' HACKERS AUG non-local member)¢ column regarding Santa Claus on the¢ Internet. It's on Page 3. While¢ you're at it, check out the little¢ poem, "Know More Miss Steaks." Kind¢ of reminds me of ALEX's article on¢ Spell-Checkers. THOMAS S. JOHNSON's¢ on Action! covers the assignment of¢ variables and routines to specific¢ memory locations, and explains that¢ Action! shares graphics commands with¢ Atari BASIC. An ALAN SHARKIS (who¢ he?--A.S. (grin) article on the first¢ NEAR*US meeting is reprinted. There¢ is a reprint of an article by BEN¢ SMITH entitled, "Computers, Luck and¢ Other Things." It was brought to¢ L.V.A.U.G. through several other¢ sources and is quite amusing.¢¢ (FR)ANTIC for March 1995 -- BOB¢ HUDDLESTON continues his series on¢ Strategy Wargames with a description¢ and review of Knights of the Desert¢ and Decision in the Desert. Bob¢ likes the second of these programs¢ much more than the first. and¢ explains why. Editor MANUEL GARCIA¢ suggests topics for people to use¢ when they say, "I don't know what to¢ write about." JEAN BROKAW's¢ (P.A.C.E.) article on The Print Shop¢ Companion is reprinted. THELMA¢ SUNVISON writes about JOHN HARDIE's¢ visit to San Antonio and JOHN¢ POWELL's appointement to the Arizona¢ State Color Guard. A reprint of a¢ PHIL GREENHUT (JACG Newsletter, May¢ 1991) article on power strips, via¢ PACESetter (August 1993) is also¢ included.¢¢ I.M.A.G.E. for March 1995 -- Read¢ Pages 2 and 3. There is no 8-bit¢ specific article in this issue, but¢ the club still shows signs of 8-bit¢ activity on the part of President¢ STEPHEN ELEK, JR., and Vice-President¢ ED SUTTON.¢¢ M.V.A.C.E. for March 1995 -- This¢ issue reprints the (FR)Antic article¢ by RUSSELL STOWE on disk drive¢ maintenance. It also reprints a¢ tongue-in-cheek article (author¢ unknown) from The Data Bus on proper¢ floppy care.¢¢ XIO3 (G.C.A.C.E.) for March/April¢ 1995 -- You must read an anonymous¢ article (submitted by DOUGLAS¢ SKRECKY) called, "The Big Boat Race."¢ It characterizes the antics of Atari¢ management quite well. Also, check¢ out the Atari 8-bit Affairs column by¢ Rowland Grant.¢¢ *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*¢
