<><><><><>¢ PRESIDENTS MESSAGE¢ By ALEX PIGNATO¢¢ PLEASE CHECK CORRECTED MEETING DATES¢¢ By the time you read this, the¢ second issue of the ATARI CLASSIC¢ magazine will have been put into the¢ mails. The bad news is that it had to¢ be sent third class mail. The good¢ news is that BEN POEHLAND, Managing¢ Editor, tells me that he has a bundle¢ of manuscripts for future issues.¢ Look for TOM ANDREWS very informative¢ article in this newsletter all about¢ the PREMIER issue.¢¢ We have been receiving a bunch¢ of new and interesting disks from¢ EUROPE, and we even have a game disk¢ from POLAND, where I understand the 8¢ BIT is very popular. It is truly¢ amazing what the people on the other¢ side of the big lake have been able¢ to do with the graphics and sound¢ with our lil ol 8 BITS. You have to¢ see it to believe it. We have many of¢ these disks in our PD library which¢ are available to all our members. I¢ believe that we receive all these new¢ programs because it seems that our¢ humble newsletter has gone around the¢ world and has even reached MOSCOW.¢ We now have a members in SCOTLAND and¢ in FRANCE, ITALY-and ENGLAND as well.¢¢ I just received and responded to¢ letters from all of these countries¢ requesting information on how to join¢ the OL' HACKERS. I can only hope that¢ we can continue to please our members¢ with interesting, newsy newsletters,¢ and of course, responding to any¢ problems they may have.¢¢ We recently received a request¢ for a program that could print out a¢ full years calendar from member LARRY¢ TISCHBEIN, from PA. The program was¢ promptly sent out by JACK GEDALIUS¢ who rememberd that he had just that¢ program. This is a small sample of a¢ way we help each other in a users¢ group. In many ways a users group is¢ like a family who always should be¢ trying to help each other in any way¢ possible.¢¢ In the event that you should¢ want to reach us/me, I can be reached¢ if you leave a message on GEnie¢ addressed to A.PIGNATO, and I will¢ try to respond as fast as possible.¢ We can also be reached through NEW¢ NEST BBS at (516) 234-4943, Suffolk¢ County, L.I, NY, or through THE¢ MACHINE BBS at (516) 764-5748, NASSAU¢ COUNTY, L.I., NY. Both SYSOPS, JIM¢ HARRIS, and LOU TRAPANI are members¢ of our users group. Both BBS are part¢ of networks. NEW NEST is part of¢ INTERNATIONAL ATARI NETWORK I.A.N.,¢ which includes GERMANY, HOLLAND and¢ parts of the USA, and THE MACHINE is¢ part of a USA network. You can leave¢ messages for me/us on either BBS and¢ I/we will receive them.¢¢ Things are looking up for the 8¢ BIT, lets hope 1993 is the year of¢ the 8 BIT renewal. (Or am I just day¢ dreaming?) Its up to EVERY ONE OF US,¢ to do whatever we can, to build a¢ strong user base. IF YOU DONT BELONG¢ TO ANY USERS GROUP, JOIN US, WE WOULD¢ LOVE TO HAVE YOU AS A MEMBER! The¢ benefits include a Bi-Monthly¢ newsletter like this one, access to a¢ PD library of over 300 disks, at a¢ cost of $8.00 for 5 double sided¢ disks, help with any problems, access¢ to the two BBS's, etc..Check our¢ address in our 1st WELCOME SCREEN¢ when you load this disk.¢ Till next time...... ** END **¢
