^_^_^_^ ¢ Minutes, November 12th OHAUG Meeting¢ -------- ----¢¢ The first item of the meeting was¢ a discussion about the forthcoming¢ NEAR*US (North Eastern ATARI Regional¢ * User Group) meeting to be held on¢ 12/3/94 at Long Island ATARI User¢ Group, Smithtown L.I. We agreed that¢ we would have representatives present,¢ ALEX, RON and ALAN. ¢ The new AMERICAN TECHNAVISION¢ CATALOG was then passed around. Prices¢ seemed fairly reasonable. In answer to¢ ALEX's request, BOLT ELECTRONICS sent¢ 25 catalogs. Members of users clubs¢ will get a 10% discount. Address¢ is, BOLT ELECTRONICS REPAIR SERVICE,¢ 920 Thornwood St., Simi Valley, CA¢ 93065-5646 - Tel. # 805 579 9954.¢¢ ITEM¢¢ Taken from THE MACHINE BBS "I can¢ recommend OHAUG to ALL 8BITers regard-¢ less of whether they attend meetings¢ or not. Their disk based newsletter is¢ a valuable source of info and is well¢ worth the dues etc etc" sent by Sysop¢ LOU TRAPANI.¢¢ Note: Because RON FETZER has developed¢ pains in his wrist, he will not be¢ able to continue writing the monthly¢ minutes. Hereafter, we will have¢ different members write the minutes.¢ Alphabetically, each member, starting¢ with the December meeting, will write¢ the monthly meeting minutes.¢¢ S P E C I A L D E M O!!¢¢ We heard the Audio MIDI tape sent¢ to us by DAVID EWENS of T.W.A.U.G. and¢ it blew our minds. It was made with an¢ 8 BIT 130XE. The number of instruments¢ involved, and the quality of the sound¢ had to be heard, no words can describe¢ it!! DEREK FERN of ENGLAND made the¢ tape and will show it at the ENGLISH¢ ATARI show 12/12/94 (today).¢¢ CORRESPONDENCE¢¢ Letter to RON from BILL SMINKEY,¢ stating he had received E-MAIL from¢ OCTAVIAN CRECU, ROUMANIA. BILL hopes¢ to send a printer to OCTAVIAN as a¢ gift. BILL is quite a guy!¢ RON also received a request from¢ RUSSELL STOWE, President of L.V.A.U.G.¢ for a replacement of his damaged copy¢ of the newsletter, which he says he¢ looks forward to receiving. RON sent¢ him a new copy.¢ ALEX received a letter from¢ member BEN POEHLAND, who wants to¢ donate a complete "ST" system to a¢ worthy charity. He asked for our¢ input. He was happy about receiving¢ issue # 1 of the new A.C. magazine.¢ JACK GEDALIUS received a letter¢ from new member, DAVID OLDFIELD¢ complimenting OHAUG on the great¢ LIBRARY DISKS, and the NEWSLETTERs. He¢ advises that ATARI Corp. now has a¢ CONSUMERS SERVICE-- Tel. # 1-800-GO¢ ATARI, and for game hints, 900-737¢ ATARI.¢ Letters from ALEX to N.O.A.H, and¢ M.A.G.I.C., asking if they were still¢ in existence. NO RESPONSE to date.¢ ALEX received a LETTER from TOM¢ SMITH thanking ALEX for the disk he¢ sent. Thanks to TOM for writing an¢ article for the newsletter. TOM also¢ advised about his many favorable¢ dealings with SOFTWARE SUPPORT,- 2700¢ ANDRESEN Rd.- Suite 8-10, Vancouver,¢ WA 98661, Tel. # 206-695-1393. ¢ FRANK CASTALDO wrote to ALEX with¢ questions on how to use FINGERS.BAS.¢ ALEX gave him the answers. FRANK then¢ thanked ALEX at this meeting, and said¢ he now enjoys using the program. When¢ FRANK goes to FLORIDA for the winter¢ he will take his ATARI system with¢ him. Doesn't want to suffer withdrawal¢ pangs! (grin)¢ Member DAVID EWENS from¢ T.W.A.U.G. in ENGLAND sent ALEX a MIDI¢ AUDIO tape made with an 8 BIT 130XE,¢ just like the big boys. The sound as¢ described in the above paragraph of¢ the minutes was FANTASTIC. It was made¢ by DEREK FERN and will be demoed at¢ the ALL MICRO SHOW on 12/12/94¢ (today!). We will bring you more info¢ as received.¢ ALEX responded and thanked DAVE,¢ and told him it would be played at¢ this meeting, (and it was).¢ BILL SMINKEY wrote ALEX that his¢ check from UNNICORN also bounced. He¢ said his Hard Drive is the best thing¢ that he ever got for his ATARI hobby.¢ Our N.J. member JOE HICSWA re-¢ sent ALEX the many times modified¢ "DRAWPOKR.BAS" which will be found on¢ this disk. While JOE wrote the main¢ program, ALEX and JOE made many¢ modifications. JOE also has an article¢ in the newsletter.¢¢ DEMO's¢¢ RON opened a 1050 drive, and in¢ conjunction with his article,¢ described the various electrical¢ components of the drive, and their¢ functions. He showed how to measure AC¢ input with a meter, and what parts¢ need to be replaced depending on the¢ problem. It was a great demo, but I¢ must confess to my ignorance of the¢ innards of the drive or micro, so I¢ still can't fix either one, so don't¢ ask me those hard questions, ask RON,¢ ALAN SHARKIS or HAROLD PEGLER! RON'S¢ demo coincided with his great 1050¢ article.¢ ALEX then demo'ed the upgraded¢ one drive version of MICRO CHECK,¢ which automatically on Boot up copies¢ a number of programs into RAMDISK 8.¢ This saves wear and tear on your disk¢ drive, and works 10 times faster.¢ There is also a new feature called¢ BUDGET in with the program. This is¢ Disk # 521 in the Library.¢ Then ALEX demoed a repeat of¢ DBLRMDSK,BAS, because it creates two¢ 707 sector RAMDISKS of your choice on¢ a 130XE or upgraded 800XL. Using¢ option "J" in DOS to copy a disk into¢ RAMDISK does not work, but option "C"¢ (copy) does work. These are some of¢ the programs on this disk, CALENDAR,¢ CHECKING ACCOUNT, 3 COLUMN PRINTER,¢ DATA X. Side 2 has TEXTPRO 5.20 with¢ full documentation. Disk is # 522 in¢ our Library.¢ We then saw AAAUAG's D.O.M.¢ October 1994, which included the¢ original utilities under the name of¢ PAGE 6 GRAB BAG. Side 2 is a full disk¢ with an adventure game and an¢ adventure game construction program.¢ it is Disk # 523 in the Library¢ Next came the SLCC D.O.M. #1210¢ October 1994. S-1 is loaded with¢ games, some with DOCS. S-2 has a¢ complete TEXTPRO 5.20 with all the¢ DOCS. It's Library disk # 524.¢¢ GAMETIME¢¢ We ran a game, and 8 members¢ competed in the game called MINI-GOLF.¢ Each had 2 holes to make the lowest¢ score. The winner was JOHN HARDIE,¢ runner up ALEX (me), and in third¢ place ALLEN ATKINS, (the REAL golfer¢ among us.) It was great fun for all,¢ with many laughs. Maybe we can do it¢ again some time.¢¢ Respectfully submitted,¢ ALEX PIGNATO¢ ** END **¢
