¢ MINUTES OF OHAUG MEETING 11/13/99¢¢ Before the meeting officially started¢ all attending members prepared the¢ Newsletter for mailing. This was the¢ final Newsletter ALAN SHARKIS¢ prepared as Editor.¢¢ The meeting opened with JACK asking¢ for the Treasury Report.¢¢ TREASURY:¢¢ RON FETZER reported that the Treasury¢ is in the black.¢¢ ALAN SHARKIS read an email he¢ received this morning from SAM CORY¢ who reported that he is sad to say¢ that JACG is having its last meeting¢ and he is giving away his equipment. ¢ He feels the last meeting should be¢ taped. We will ask him if he wants¢ to stay on the list.¢¢ HAROLD PEGLER reported that he is¢ working on the Library.¢¢ A short discussion followed about the¢ problems members are having using the¢ Nassau Library internet system.¢¢ After a short break the members all¢ participated in a general discussion.¢ A general date was made to visit ALAN¢ SHARKIS before the end of November as¢ a group for a demonstration before he¢ dismantles his Atari equipment.¢¢¢ The next Newsletter will be prepared¢ by RON FETZER and will include the¢ next three months meetings and will¢ be mailed in February. The next¢ meeting of the OHAUG Club will be on¢ December 18, 1999 and the first¢ meeting of the new year will be on¢ January 8, 2000.¢ There were no door prizes awarded at¢ this meeting but ALAN SHARKIS brought¢ in two tables full of items for¢ members to take freely. The meeting¢ came to a close at 3PM.¢¢ OHAUG MEETING OF DEC. 8, 1999¢¢ We met at Alan Sharkis' house. Ann¢ Sharkis provided us with a fabulous¢ lunch of bagels and all kinds of¢ fixings and coffee and cake.¢¢ We heard that our librarian Harold¢ Pegler was in the hospital for two¢ weeks. He is now at home and feeling¢ better.¢¢ Alan showed us how to make a disk¢ image of an atari disk using the¢ SIO2PC cable with his PC and 130XE.¢ His PC can show Atari disk and¢ programs on the PC. He can also¢ download disk images to the 130 XE.¢¢ Alan is going into adatptive computer¢ instruction. He is a volunteer where¢ people with various disabilities are¢ learning how to operate a computer.¢ Alan is assembling various computer¢ hardware and software items to fit¢ the abilities of the people he is¢ working with.¢¢ Alan closed his 8-Bit equipment and¢ gave it to the club and various¢ members of the club. He is now¢ exclusively working with the PC¢ platfrom. He will still remain a¢ member of the club.¢¢ We also saw CD of various 8-bit¢ materials and a compliation of all¢ the OL' Hackers disk newsletters. In¢ addition we booted up the CD POOL¢ DISK TOO from Holland were we saw an¢ astounding array of materials all for¢ the 8-Bit. Unfortunately for CD's you¢ need a PC to load them into the¢ computer and then the SIO2PC to¢ transfer them the the Atari¢ computer.¢¢ $20.00 in dues for the next year were¢ collected.¢¢ MINUTES OF OHAUG MEETING 1/8/00¢¢ RON FETZER opened the discussion¢ planning with members the Annual¢ Valentine Dinner at Lambrow's. They¢ wanted to reserve Friday, February 11¢ but after JACK GEDALIUS called to¢ make the reservations he was told¢ they will be closed at that time but¢ could reserve a date earlier in¢ February. JACK called members during¢ the week after this meeting and a¢ reservation was made for Friday,¢ February 4 for the annual Valentine¢ Dinner. ¢¢ TREASURY REPORT:¢¢ Treasury is in the black.¢¢ A discussion followed about the dues. ¢ Approximately half the membership¢ have paid dues to date. Club members¢ are considering becoming a social¢ club and meeting in each others homes¢ next year and making the meetings¢ less formal.¢¢ CORRESPONDENCE:¢¢ RON received Newsletter #11 from¢ PACE about 4 pages long, Pace is¢ in Clearwater, FL. He also received a¢ 1-page Newsletter from the Chicago¢ Atarians. San Leandro Computer Club¢ sent a 1-page Newsletter. Also,¢ IMAGE sent a 1-page Newsletter. ¢ French Club Senecal informed they are¢ closing and this is their last¢ Newsletter. We also received a long¢ letter from a man from India who is¢ not a member requesting information¢ and the answer to many questions he¢ had. We will do what we can for him. ¢ A discussion then followed about¢ LIAUG. They are starting a program in¢ February on how to run a PC. Also, a¢ member informed us there will be a¢ training session at the Freeport¢ Library on January 29 from 10 AM to¢ 12 noon for anyone interested in¢ learning about internet and the PC.¢¢ DEMONSTRATIONS:¢¢ RON FETZER demoed an ABBUC yearly¢ disk #99 with music from Poland. On¢ side one was a game called "Sea¢ Fighter". There is also a program to¢ build yourself a stereo computer with¢ 2 pokey chips. Then there was a¢ program called Build a Picture Viewer¢ which needs poky chip to run. The¢ disk includes an English explanation¢ which is very long and syntax codes¢ so that the IBM & the ATARI can¢ understand each other. It then¢ showed a pretty Xmas picture which¢ said Merry Xmas 1999 to from all¢ Bitbiter Members but there was no¢ music with it.¢¢¢ RON then demoed Sonder (Special)¢ Magazine #26 which had a program¢ simulating Windows 130XE including¢ docufiles, a menu, symbols which you¢ can add to or remove and sort. Works¢ like Windows 2000.(Ha! HA!). It has a¢ disk drive with sectors and fonts and¢ icons. Its all in German and would¢ have to be translated. It probably¢ has very little memory programming¢ memory left. There were similar¢ programs like this one called Diamond¢ O.S. The members will bring it in to¢ demonstrate at a future meeting. On¢ side 2 was Wave Player which plays PC¢ sounds which comes from Tom Hunt, an¢ American programer which was¢ translated into German but it needs¢ Spartados to work. It has audio on¢ the disk that says "This is Captain¢ John Picard of the USS Enterprise."¢¢ DOOR PRIZES:¢ There were no door prizes given at¢ this meeting.¢¢ The next meeting of the OHAUG Atari¢ Club will be on February 12, at the¢ library.¢¢ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<¢ ¢
