¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢ MINUTES OF OHAUG MEETING 5/22/99¢¢ JACK GEDALIUS opened the meeting with¢ a review of the computer show some¢ members went to in Edison, New Jersey¢ on May 1. A brief dicussion followed¢ by members about experiences they¢ have had repairing their pc's and¢ printers. There was also a short¢ discussion on rebates offered and how¢ if you buy from a computer show there¢ is no guarantee to fall back on.¢¢ JACK welcomed MEL LEVINE back since¢ he hasn't been here in a while. Mel¢ was in Florida.¢¢ TREASURY REPORT:¢¢ RON FETZER, Treasurer, reports the¢ treasury is in the black.¢¢ ALAN SHARKIS then reported that he¢ received an email from ROBERT BUMAN,¢ Editor of the Spectrum Erie Group¢ (Sage Scroll) requesting copies of¢ all our newsletters which he wants to¢ put on a CD-Rom that he is putting¢ together to be completed by July 1,¢ 1999. He wants to preserve the¢ history of the user groups. He would¢ like us to send him as many of our¢ newsletters, from 1991 to the¢ present, as we can. JACK has all the¢ disks and a summary of each disk in¢ order at home. The members agreed¢ that they can do this. ALAN doesn't¢ know how ROBERT BUMAN intends to¢ distribute this CD-ROM after it's¢ completed.¢¢ Discussion the centered around the¢ future of the newsletter since our¢ Editor, ALAN SHARKIS is retiring from¢ his position. RON FETZER suggested¢ doing it four times a year instead of¢ six times a year. Four men agreed to¢ each do it once a year as follows:¢¢ RON FETZER¢ JACK GEDALIUS¢ HAROLD PEGLER¢ HARRY TUTHILL¢¢ RON FETZER and HARRY TUTHILL feel¢ they don't need a PC to help find¢ program files for the newsletter but¢ can just use the ATARI and our p/d¢ library.¢¢ DEMONSTRATIONS:¢¢ ALAN SHARKIS demoed how to assemble¢ the Newsletter by loading DOS and¢ using the latest edition of the¢ Newsletter. He brought up a DOS¢ directory, then showed how to use the¢ letters from the menu,(Ex:A=ALL), as¢ beginning letters for the filenames¢ of text articles. Each article is¢ edited, then printed to disk. The¢ header you place in the article¢ contains the codes that will format¢ this printing, and the letter of the¢ alphabet that is the first letter of¢ its filename will correspond with the¢ menu choice for that article. (The¢ computer only reads the first few¢ letters of each filename and the¢ ".TXT" extender when you press the¢ letter for the article you wish to¢ read from the menu.)¢¢ Then he brought up WELCOME.SCR and¢ showed how to change the months,¢ etc., which have to be revised every¢ issue. Alan suggested using TextPro¢ for this part of the job since it's¢ easy to get inverse characters with¢ it. The MAINMENU.HLP file also has¢ to be revised, but you don't ever¢ have to touch WELCOME.BAS,¢ AUTORUN.SYS, PRESSPRT.MNU,¢ PRESSPRT.HLP, or HELP.DOC. ¢ NEWSLTR.BAS must be revised each¢ issue by changing line 2100 to run¢ the proper BASIC program when the¢ spacebar is pressed from the menu¢ screen. DMEETDAT.TXT has to be¢ revised when meeting dates are¢ changed or new dates are added, the¢ KEMAIL.TXT file has to be revised¢ when member e-mail addresses are¢ added or changed, and the CWHO.TXT¢ has to be revised when there is a¢ change of officers.¢¢ ALAN prefers to use First XLEnt when¢ working with text files, rather than¢ Atariwriter. The procedure is the¢ same, but the commands may differ¢ somewhat. Actually, any 8-bit word-¢ processor that allows you to print to¢ disk will work. In First XLEnt, you¢ can change the screen color if you¢ prefer another color scheme. He¢ generally loads in a HEADER file (Ex:¢ PAGE.FMT is RON's). OPTION-C is¢ handy here, since it centers a line. ¢ Load it as an insert (#3) if you¢ already have the text on your screen,¢ and then cut the bottom separator¢ line and paste it to the end of your¢ text. The header should contain the¢ formatting codes to allow no page¢ numbering, full justification, no¢ page length, left margin at 1 and¢ right margin at 38, the top separator¢ line, two carriage returns and the ¢ bottom separator line. When your¢ text has been edited and saved, print¢ it to disk, giving that file the¢ final filename. Skip Mail merge, etc¢ & go to Print Entire File To disk,¢ D2:. After its loaded you can check¢ to be sure it has proper space on¢ left/right, and make any necessary¢ changes. Then reSAVE it under same¢ file name-Replace?-Yes. It is then¢ ready to go on a Newsletter disk.¢¢ There were no door prizes today.¢¢ The next meeting date is June 12,¢ 1999.¢¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢¢
