*=+*=+*¢ MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 1994 MEETING.¢ ====================================¢ NEW MEMBERS:¢¢ NORMAN WILLIAMSON of Surrey,¢ England joined us. NORMAN is a super¢ programmer. He has several programs¢ in the 8 bit public domain. He has¢ been an Atari enthusiast since 1983.¢ OCATVIAN GRECU of Bucharest, Romania¢ also joined us. Ocatvian was in the¢ USA in 1988 and at that time he¢ bought a 130XE and a 1050 disk drive.¢ Welcome all. I think you will make¢ many new friends and have a good time¢ in the club.¢¢ DONATIONS¢¢ The OL' HACKERS mailed $25.00 to¢ the RED CROSS for the relief of the¢ earthquake victims in California¢¢ BBS SUPPORT¢¢ The OL' HACKERS mailed a check¢ for $15.00 to THE MACHINE BBS, Sysop¢ LOU, (516) 765-5748 and also to the¢ NEW NEST BBS, SySop JIM, (516) 234-¢ 4943 00 as a token of appreciation¢ for their continued support of the 8-¢ Bit computer. Our thanks to both¢ SySops. Both are OHAUG members. Call¢ them there is a wealth of 8 BIT stuff¢ waiting for you.¢¢ CORRESPONDENCE:¢¢ We received a package from our¢ Scotish member STUART MURRAY. He¢ wrote to us two days before¢ Christmas. He tells us that he enjoys¢ the newsletter. He mailed us FUTURA¢ ISSUE #10. Thanks for the invitation¢ to next years 2 AMS Shows in England¢ for the 8 BIT. Any takers? He wants¢ an ALF UNCRUNCH PROGRAM. (SUPER UNARC¢ by Bob Puff will UN-ALF a program)-He¢ mailed us two surprise packages. One¢ was a Scotish Calendar and the other¢ one was some of the local spirit¢ water for ALEX, RON and HAROLD. He¢ said we should have a dram (shot) on¢ him for the New Year. We did and the¢ local spirit water is VERY FINE¢ INDEED! (GLEN FIDICH SCOTCH). He¢ extended his best wishes to all of¢ the members of the OL' HACKERS.¢ ALEX replied that his gifts are¢ sure very novel. The calendar and the¢ spirit water came as a real surprise.¢ We have to now think of what kind of¢ American novelty we can mail to him.¢ ALEX also wrote that we do not have¢ any 8 Bit only shows in the USA.¢ HAROLD our librarian is going to mail¢ Bob Puff's SUPER ARC/UNARC program to¢ STUART.¢ A letter from JOHN JOHNSON our¢ member in Oregon. He writes us that¢ he likes the newsletter. He has a¢ suggestion for the newsletter. He¢ asks that we should always include in¢ the minutes, the library number of¢ the disks we demo. It makes it easier¢ to order. We will TRY to do this¢ JOHN! Yours was the second request¢ for the correction, see Jan/Feb¢ newsletter.¢ A letter from our newest member,¢ NORMAN C. WILLIAMSON from Sutton,¢ Surrey, England. He writes us that he¢ lives only a few miles from¢ Buckingham Palace. He tells us he is¢ happy to join our club. NORMAN got¢ our address from ED HALL in Canada.¢ He mailed us two disk with his¢ programs on it. (See demo section).¢ ALEX replied that he was very¢ pleased to hear from such a prolific¢ programmer. He said we were very¢ pleased that he joined our other very¢ capable programmers such as RON¢ FETZER, TOM ANDREWS, CHARLES COLE,¢ BEN POEHLAND and on and on. ALEX¢ wrote that the two disk we received¢ from him were extremely well done and¢ ALEX liked the many novel ways of¢ writing his programs.¢ ALEX wrote to DANIEL CARRODANO¢ our member in France. He thanked him¢ for making a TEXTPRO and DD3 disk,¢ per ALEX's request. He also thanked¢ him for the detailed explanation on¢ how to use it. He congratulated¢ DANIEL on his knowledge of the 8 Bit¢ computer.¢ A letter to BOB ULSCHMID from¢ JIM CUTLER from England. He writes¢ that it was very nice to hear from¢ BOB. He tells BOB he had a quiet¢ Christmas. That is just the way he¢ likes it. They had 5 cm (2 in.) of¢ snow around Christmas and also a lot¢ of flooding in other parts of¢ England. Mother nature strikes again!¢ A letter from FRANK KUZLOSKI our¢ member and librarian of LIAUG 8-BIT¢ section. He tells us that he uses¢ TEXTPRO to index the library. He made¢ a MACRO for TEXTPRO which does the¢ heavy work of cataloging of the¢ files. He sent us a copy of the¢ library file and said if we want¢ anything to swap he will be glad to¢ do it. He tells us that the OL'¢ HACKERS NEWSLETTER is the best!¢ Thanks FRANK. We think so too.¢ ALEX answered him by¢ congratulating him on becoming the 8-¢ BIT librarian. ALEX stated that¢ HAROLD will look over the list and¢ order anything we want. ¢ A letter from our member DAVID¢ LANG in Defiance Ohio. DAVID ordered¢ the CALENDAR DISK. He writes us that¢ he awaits our newsletter with great¢ expectation and excitement every¢ other month to see what is new in the¢ 8-BIT world.¢ A letter from "I CAME BACK" DALE¢ WOOSTER, President of N.W.P.A.C. DALE¢ again assumed the helm of the NWPAC¢ group for another year. He and some¢ other members are going to run the¢ club with new rules and procedures,¢ making it an even better club than¢ it already is!! He mailed us their¢ CHRISTMAS DISK. We saw it last month.¢ A great disk, and very well done!¢¢ DOOR PRIZES¢¢ JACK GEDALIUS¢ BOB ULSCHMID¢ HAROLD PEGLER¢ ALLEN ATKINS¢ JOE LEBER¢¢ SPECIAL DRAWING¢¢ AL ATKINS drew some special¢ lottery tickets for a gift to the¢ club, donated by JOHN HARDIE. ALEX¢ had given AL ATKINS his tickets for¢ AL to hold. The drawing was won by¢ guess who??? That's right...our own¢ ALEX PIGNATO and it was a 7800 ATARI¢ GAME SYSTEM with some game¢ cartridges. (I think this was fixed¢ somehow!! (grin) THANKS JOHN FOR YOUR¢ GENEROSITY.¢¢ DEMOS¢¢ RON FETZER showed his new¢ program called "TREASURER'S REPORT".¢ This is a great new program that¢ saves you a TON of time if you are a¢ clubs treasurer. No more calculators,¢ spreadsheets, data bases etc. It does¢ it all! You just enter your income¢ and expenses and then you can see¢ your report on the screen or print¢ it. You can also save and load your¢ report. You have a provision to erase¢ a wrong entry. It is written in TURBO¢ BASIC. It can handle up to 200 income¢ and expense items. See the article on¢ the "TREASURER'S REPORT" program¢ elsewhere in this newsletter. The¢ program itself is on this disk as¢ "TREASRPT.ARB". The extender .ARB¢ makes it a self booting program if¢ you use the newer version of TURBO¢ BASIC. If you order the disk you get¢ the self booting program, the new¢ TURBO BASIC and the complete docs. It¢ is library disk # 444¢ RON FETZER also showed how to¢ use the R-TIME-8 clock from ICD with¢ DOS 2.5. He created a disk that puts¢ the Z Handler automatically on the¢ disk as the disk is formatted and¢ also puts RAMDISK.COM, DOS.SYS and¢ DUP.SYS on the disk at the same time.¢ RON also showed a program to set the¢ clock in BASIC that he wrote. The¢ program is called "CLOCKSET". The¢ disk is library # 443.¢ ALEX showed the WEATHER WIZARD¢ program by NORMAN WILLIAMSON our¢ newest member from England. It is¢ library #433. ALEX printed out the¢ docs and passed them around. They¢ were very complete. We were very¢ impressed by the way NORMAN created¢ the title screens for his program.¢ The screens were unique and also had¢ sound with it. The program prints out¢ various cloud types that appear in¢ the sky. It also prints out YOUR¢ actual weather forecast. It has now¢ been modified from 1 to 5 integrated¢ programs on weather. It is a whole¢ disk devoted to weather and weather¢ forecasting. On side two of this disk¢ are MISCELLANEOUS programs by NORMAN.¢ On it he has a program to help with¢ typing the ATASCII codes (CHR$ etc.)¢ and inverse characters. A great aid¢ in programming.¢ We saw a 2nd disk by NORMAN¢ called MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAMS II.¢ Library # 434. We saw a program which¢ made different flags on the screen¢ and it played the national anthem of¢ each flag selected. A great gaphics¢ program! There were many other great¢ utilities on the disk. A great disk¢ to get.¢ We saw a disk called MAX¢ HEADROOM. It is library disk #435.¢ Side 1 has 2 games. It also has demos¢ on this side. On Side two is GHOSTLY¢ GOBLINS.¢ Next we saw FUTURA DISK #10 from¢ Scotland NOSAG - NOV/DEC 1993. It is¢ our library disk #436. On side one is¢ a lot of text and docs. We saw a game¢ called MERRY MIX. It is a game¢ similar to CONCENTRATION - a very¢ nice game. The graphics and sound on¢ the game were great. On this disk was¢ also an article on the AMS 7- 8-BIT¢ fair in England. Also DISKCOM 3,¢ PICLOADER.BAS, TRIVIA.DOC, MINE¢ HUNTER. Another LOADED disk from¢ Scotland with unusual programs and¢ great games. He also reviewed the¢ TURBO-BASIC FLYER which was published¢ by yours truly some years ago and¢ some of the programs from that¢ newsletter.¢ We saw a game called THINK AND¢ WORK from Germany translated by the¢ busy bees at N.W.P.A.C. Side one is¢ the English version. Side two is the¢ German version. A game with many¢ levels, and great graphics. Library¢ disk #437.¢ A disk from S.L.C.C. - Jan.¢ 1994. It has BILLBOARD.BAS.(Modified¢ for XMM801 and Gemini 10X printers,¢ by our TOM ANDREWS). DISKLAB.LE5,¢ DOUBLE.DD3(MOD). There are many more¢ utilities on this disk. It is our¢ library disk #438. It also has games¢ such as DOUBLE6.BAS, BACKGAMMON FOR¢ TWO, MIND.BAS, ROBOTS.BAS, STINGRAY¢ and some others. A good disk¢ We saw the PRINTLAB disk. This¢ disk lets you create various size¢ labels and book labels with all kinds¢ of print sizes and pictures (62¢ sectors). This is library disk #439.¢ Again a great disk to have.¢ Next we saw a disk that was¢ mailed to us by our member JOSEPH¢ HICSWA from N.J. - JACG. On it is¢ EARTN.BAS, ERASE.VAR, HAPPYB.BAS,¢ MUSKIE.BAS, MECDOC.TXT, MECDOS,¢ UTILI.BAS, ALPHABET.BAS, ANIMAL.BAS,¢ CHR$.BAS, DISOLVE.BAS, COUNT.BAS,¢ PUMPKIN, SHERLOCK, STRTRECK.BAS. It¢ is a two sided disk with nothing but¢ BASIC programs on it. It is library¢ number #440.¢ We saw a N.W.P.A.C. GAME DISK¢ with PIPELINE, PLOP and HYAMS.ADV and¢ other games. It is in our library¢ disk #441.¢ We saw a program called ARTIST¢ UNLEASHED. It is on one disk and it¢ is a drawing program. It is library¢ disk #442.¢¢ GERMAN DOS SPEAK- (a conversation¢ actually overheard at this meeting??)¢¢ Vas ist das?¢ Das ist MYDOS!¢ Das ist YOUR DOS?¢ Nein dis ist MYDOS!¢ Das DOS ist nicht SPARTA DOS?¢ Nein, Dis DOS ist MYDOS, DUMBKOPF!¢ Vas ist das nexte DOS?¢ Nexte DOS ist SUPER DOS?¢ Vat DOS is da bestest DOS?¢ Das bestest DOS ist das beste DOS¢ for mein HERR, JA?¢ Any valid contribution to GERMAN¢ DOS SPEAK will be published in this¢ newsletter. Mail you contribution to¢ Das HERR RON FETZER or Das HERR ALEX¢ PIGNATO - Das ist alles fuer das¢ DOS! Think up some good ones!!!¢¢ Submitted by Ron Fetzer¢¢ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<¢