¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢ MINUTES OF OHAUG MEETING 11/15/97¢¢ JACK GEDALIUS opened meeting by¢ introducing a guest MEL LEVINE who¢ heard of us from a schedule of events¢ posted at the library. Mel has an¢ ATARI 1200XL which he hasn't been¢ using. We invited him to stay for¢ the meeting and he stayed for part of¢ it, promising to return next month¢ and possibly join the user group. ¢ Then AL SHARKIS led a short,¢ satirical discussion about Windows¢ 95.¢¢ TREASURER'S REPORT:¢ We're in the black. JACK reminded us¢ the dues are payable by January 1998¢ and are $24 for the year. He also¢ told us there are usually one or two¢ dinners a year, for Mel's¢ information,and that we meet once a¢ month.¢¢ CORRESPONDENCE:¢ AL SHARKIS has a letter from Stuart¢ Murray, president of NOSAUG with¢ Issue #21 which is the final issue of¢ their newsletter, Futura, that he¢ will do. We will send him a nice¢ response. AL will run the disk later¢ in the meeting.¢¢ RON FETZER had a letter from David¢ Oldfield of Connecticut who would¢ have liked to come to this meeting if¢ the weather was nicer.¢¢ DEMONSTRATIONS:¢ AL SHARKIS demoed OHAUG Issue #29¢ Side #1 has seven games the first¢ being Bridge Builder, a joystick¢ challenging game. Then a game called¢ Convoy about ships, and other games.¢¢ AL then demoed a disk from SLCC,¢ featuring a Bitbyter program written¢ in April 1997, a label dumper that¢ prints self-designed labels, and¢ prints up to 1000 of one kind on any¢ size label. AL printed some out.¢ AL then demoed a NOSAUG disk (the¢ last one, Issue #21 October¢ 1997)(Library #701).¢¢ The next demo is the Old Hacker's¢ Newsletter A BASIC program on the¢ disk played Mr. Sandman for "Mary of¢ Las Vegas," along with some simple¢ screen animation. Then we read a¢ side 2 article by GORDON HOOPER of¢ GCACE, telling what would happen if¢ Microsoft made TV dinners. We then¢ tried a program called Spy Plane.¢¢ We then demoed a program from Genesee¢ that does labels and fonts.¢¢ Then we demoed a disk called Light 2¢ written by Dave Oblat in 1984 BBS¢ #714 by Action downloaded. It¢ creates a population of critters who¢ spell out messages.¢¢ POTPOURRI:¢ A short discussion ensued about Pool¢ Disk II¢¢ DOOR PRIZES:¢ George Gable (guest) won 1st prize.¢ Allen Atkins won 2nd prize.¢ Mel Levine won 3rd prize but had¢ left.¢ Jack Gedalius won 4th prize.¢ ALAN SHARKIS won 5th prize.¢¢ Other members present were: Roland¢ Fetzer, Harold Pegler, Al Mannella,¢ Harry Tuthill, and Pat Mulvey.¢¢ Next meeting date is December 20th¢¢ End of minutes.¢¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢¢¢
