/\/\/\/\¢ MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 1994 MEETING.¢ =====================================¢¢ Our make up meeting on February¢ 19 was the result of a "FEW SPRINKLES¢ OF SNOW" (18 inches) on the previous¢ Saturday. (grin)¢¢ CORRESPONDENCE:¢¢ A letter from our SYSOP LOU¢ TRAPANI thanking us for the check for¢ the maintenance of the BBS "THE¢ MACHINE" (516) 764-5748.¢ A letter from MURRY BERKOWITZ to¢ RON. He writes us that he thinks¢ belonging to the OL' HACKERS is the¢ best investment he has ever made. Not¢ only does he get the latest news of¢ the 8-Bit world but he made many new¢ friends. He writes that he is in¢ Florida for the winter and will see¢ us next spring at our meetings.¢ A post card from OCATAVIAN GRECU¢ of Bucharest Romania. He is searching¢ for some software and a club he can¢ join. He can't get software in his¢ country so to spread the 8 BIT word¢ we mailed him the software he wanted.¢ We saw a picture of DAVE EWENS¢ our TWAUG members from EnglandG and¢ also of JOHN MATHEWSON and TOMMY¢ WOOD. A handsome bunch of chaps. DAVE¢ writes us that at the ANNUAL AMS 8-¢ BIT SHOW in England there were a lot¢ of new software titles especially¢ from Poland and Germany. There were¢ also some hardware mods such as a¢ STEREO BOARD for the 8-Bit and some¢ other goodies. Quite a few of the¢ software titles have been adopted to¢ stereo and the sound is phenomenal!¢ Next year they will have 2 8Bit shows¢ in England because of the success of¢ this last one.¢ ALEX replied that it is always¢ nice to hear from our good friends in¢ England and the success of the 8-Bit.¢ Alex also mailed some pictures of us¢ taken at our last ANNUAL DINNER.¢ From the PACESETTER NEWSLETTER.¢ They wrote us and told us that they¢ enjoy our newsletter. They especially¢ liked the article "LIFE INSURANCE FOR¢ YOUR DISK DRIVES" by yours truly¢ which was in the last newsletter.¢ ALEX wrote to JEAN that he¢ appreciates the nice comments about¢ the newsletter and he also said that¢ we are still talking about their¢ CHRISTMAS ISSUE of the newsletter¢ that was in full color, about the¢ great articles and the funny sayings¢ in that newsletter. He said we marvel¢ at how many woman they have involved¢ in their club.¢ A letter from NORMAN WILLIAMSON¢ our member from England. He thanked¢ us for the disks we mailed to him. He¢ tells us that he copied and mailed¢ ALEX'S letter to his son in Hong Kong¢ where he is an Import-Export Agent,¢ to his friend in Australia and to LES¢ ELLINGHAM the editor of THE NEW ATARI¢ USER. He uses a 800XL with the¢ original 64K memory but he is¢ thinking of upgrading it. He mailed¢ us an upgraded version of the WEATHER¢ WIZZARD and THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE¢ (Library #433). The password on the¢ disk is "OLHACKER". If you make 3¢ mistakes the program deletes itself.¢ You can recover it by typing¢ A=USR(58487) and then type in the¢ correct password. He mailed us 3¢ disks. On the games disk he mailed us¢ a hard copy of the docs but they are¢ also on the disk. We also received¢ another game on the disk called BILL-¢ BEN. All now in the LIBRARY!¢ We received a letter from JOE¢ HICSWA our member in N.J. He mailed¢ us a disk with lots of interesting¢ BASIC programs on it (See demo¢ section) and an article on the 1st¢ XLEnt Word Processor for newsletter¢ ALEX talked to GEOFF GREENE of¢ FLORAL PARK N.Y. ALEX mailed him a¢ copy of the latest newsletter and¢ some reprints about the OL' HACKERS¢ and some programs. ALEX invited him¢ to join our club.¢ A letter from JIM CUTLER our¢ member in England. He mailed us 3¢ more disks. One of them is BASIC¢ VIEW. We will demo it at our next¢ meeting.¢ A letter from DALE WOOSTER the¢ president of NWPAC. He thanked us for¢ mailing him the TREASURER'S REPORT¢ DISK. They printed the docs right on¢ the disk envelope. A neat idea. He¢ also mailed us the January 94 DOM¢ that they had just finished. He tells¢ us their library is now 360 disks and¢ they are going to use a TEXTPRO macro¢ to put it in a hard copy.¢ ALEX answered that is hard to¢ top them. ALEX also mailed them a new¢ disk in return.¢ ALEX wrote to JOHN PICKEN of the¢ GARDEN CITY ACE in B.C. in Canada in¢ response to an article in their great¢ newsletter the "XIO". He asked if it¢ is possible to get a copy of JOHN'S¢ "DOUBLE XL AND RAMDISK PROGRAM". JOHN¢ has chased down the bugs in the¢ program. He is not yet ready to put¢ it in the P.D. but interested members¢ can get a copy.¢¢ VIDEO PRESENTATION¢¢ JACK GEDALIUS our chronicler¢ brought in the tape of all of our¢ past ANNUAL DINNERS and showed them¢ to us. Gosh,were we young in 1985! We¢ saw some of the members that have¢ left us. We had to listen to ALEX'S¢ speeches again! At the LAST dinner¢ meeting, ALEX made NO speeches! It¢ was a nice retrospective look at the¢ OL' HACKERS, and to see the founding¢ fathers in the flesh. (So to speak)¢¢ JAGUAR DEMO:¢¢ JOHN HARDIE brought the JAGUAR,¢ 4 game cartridges and a COLOR TV to¢ the meeting. JOHN tells us he has it¢ hooked up in his house to a 27 In. TV¢ with stereo sound and "S VIDEO". He¢ said it looks and sounds great. At¢ the meeting we had to hook it up¢ through the RF antenna leads so it¢ lost some of the resolution. The¢ JAGUAR sells for $250.00 and it blows¢ every other game machine out of the¢ water.¢ The sound and the graphics were¢ absolutely astounding. The machine¢ itself was very futurisitic looking¢ as well as the keypad controller.¢ The first game we saw was¢ "CYBERMORPH" a game with shooting and¢ fast action. You have to collect¢ pods. The versatility of the keypad¢ and the program is truly outstanding.¢ The program talks to you in very¢ realistic voice and gives you hints¢ on playing. Each game cartridge has a¢ 50 MEG RAM space. So you can imagine¢ what can be programmed into these¢ games.¢ The next game we saw was¢ "TRIPPER MC FUR". It comes with a¢ keypad overlay to help you play the¢ game. You select the planets you want¢ to play on. Each planet has a¢ different situation. It is basically¢ a shoot-em-up game.¢ The next game was the "RAIDEN"¢ cartridge and it is identical to the¢ arcade version. It is a great game.¢ The graphic effects are great and the¢ sound is outstanding too.¢ The last game was a game similar¢ to LEMMINGS. It is called¢ "EVOLUTION". It was the best of the¢ games. You have to move various men¢ from one level to the other levels¢ and you have to pick up things. The¢ 3-D effect is great. The people learn¢ as you play the game. It has 80¢ levels of play. The music was the¢ best of all the games we saw.¢¢ MORE DEMOS:¢¢ Library disk #445. It has a¢ digitized picture of BOB VILLA with¢ sound, TRICKY TRACKS, TEXT VIEW,¢ HEARTS (GAME), DEMO and PUZZLE¢ PLEASURE. It is TWAUG #7 JAN./FEB 94¢ disk. A great disk to get. We saw the¢ DEMO program - OUTSTANDING! On side¢ two we have CES text, DOCS etc.¢ The next disk is NWPAC DOM JAN.¢ 94. It is library number #446. It has¢ "CROSSWORD MAGIC" on it. and on Side¢ two was "CROSSWORD" by Mike Steffens.¢ It is another fantastic program. It¢ comes with the docs on the disk.¢ A disk from SLCC FEB. 94. All¢ games in BASIC. About 10 or 12 games¢ on this disk. On the back we have the¢ JACG PSLABELS.BAS with PS UTILITIES.¢ It makes fancy labels with PS ICONS.¢ It is library number #447. This is a¢ great label program where you can use¢ PS ICONS with your labels. This also¢ prints DOUBLE HEIGHT text on your¢ labels (type the letter then CNTL &¢ the letter again to get the double¢ height letters.)¢ Next we saw a game disk from our¢ member NORMAN WILLIAMSON in England.¢ This is library #448. It is¢ completely documented. The password¢ is "OLHACKER". We forgot the joystick¢ so we could not demo the games.¢ NORMAN assures us that they are great¢ games. Our librarian HAROLD PEGLER¢ informs us that he has examined¢ previous programs from NORMAN and¢ they are all great programs. HAROLD¢ tells us that on disk #434-A by¢ NORMAN there are some great tutorials¢ on how to program sound effects in¢ BASIC. He tells you how you can¢ insert these sounds into your BASIC¢ programs.¢ We had JOEL GEDALIUS, the son of¢ JACK play a math game. He selected¢ multiplication (level - hard). JOEL¢ did exceedingly well on this game.¢ The problems were multiplication of 2¢ digit numbers by 2 digit numbers.¢ Well done JOEL!¢¢ DOOR PRIZES:¢¢ STAN SCHENFELD¢ AL SHARKIS¢ JOEL GEDALIUS¢ HARRY TUTHILL¢ JACK GEDALIUS¢ RON FETZER¢ HAROLD PEGLER¢ JOHN HARDIE¢¢ This was written by RON FETZER¢¢ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<¢