|*|*|*|¢ PRESIDENTS MESSAGE¢¢ Today, as I write this, the snow¢ is falling and the 12th snow storm of¢ the season is piling another 12 to 18¢ inches on top of the prior hardened¢ snow on the ground. Everything has¢ come to a halt. However, we, who have¢ computers can escape the weather and¢ travel through our files, be they¢ Utilities, applications, games etc.¢ This is the time to catch up on¢ writing that program that has been¢ buzzing around in your head, or¢ writing the outline of the great¢ American novel. Mother nature has¢ once again shown that she controls¢ things after all. Tomorrows meeting¢ must be called off. Over one foot of¢ snow within 12 hours is a bit much!¢ (We hope to have our meeting next¢ Saturday.)¢ Speaking now as Editor of this¢ newsletter, let me give you a birds¢ eye view of whats on tap. For those¢ of you who are programmers, read the¢ DOCS, and run "DLREAD", or "BASIC¢ COPY, and read "ERRORS", and¢ "RETURNS". Check out the¢ "ATASCIIC.ODE" program. Do you write¢ letters, and hate to address¢ envelopes? Try "MAILABEL.BAS" for¢ easy printing, and for different¢ labels too. For the gamers, try the¢ upgraded "BLACKJAC.BAS". For the 'how¢ to' people, there is another view on¢ taking care of your drives. Then¢ there is an article on the 24 versus¢ 9 PIN printers. Like to use the¢ modem? Try the "SPACE LINK" article,¢ for a new connection. Now for all you¢ club treasurers, OHAUG brings you a¢ new, user friendly and very useful¢ program "TREASURER REPORT", with¢ DOCS, by our RON FETZER, in TURBO¢ BASIC. How about the 'newsletter¢ reviews? They bring you all kinds of¢ info about the 8 BIT world. I think¢ you will find a true cross section of¢ things for all 8 BIT'ers.¢¢ Which brings me once again to¢ the value of belonging to a¢ club/group. It is about the only way¢ to really learn whats what in the 8¢ BIT community. Renewal time for OHAUG¢ is basically in January of each year.¢ We make it a point to try to answer¢ ALL letters from any of our members,¢ which gives us a warm feeling of¢ closeness. Our far away friends see¢ to it that we receive disks full of¢ new programs, which I'm sure we would¢ not see otherwise. To them I say,¢ THANKS Your input does make OHAUG a¢ unique repository for 8 BIT info and¢ programs.¢¢ We had our Annual JULY PICNIC¢ and CHRISTMAS dinner, attended by 22¢ people, and all seem to have enjoyed¢ both the excellent (and very¢ reasonably priced) full course meal¢ and the friendly atmosphere which we¢ created. As usual, our official CAM-¢ CORDER photographer, JACK GEDALIUS,¢ took pictures of the group. We¢ enjoyed it all, so much so,that as we¢ were leaving JUDITH PEGLER suggested¢ we go back to having our JULY BAR-B-¢ QUE in this same restaurant next¢ JULY. (grin) A quick vote was taken¢ and it was approved unanimously. I'm¢ looking forward to the next friendly¢ get together.¢¢ Thats about it for now, and for¢ those of you into MODEMING,...¢ BYE...(NO CARRIER)!¢ |*|*|*|¢