<<**>>¢ MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 1995 MEETING:¢ ====================================¢¢ ITEM:¢¢ THE MINUTES WILL BE ENTIRELY¢ WRITTEN IN CAPS, BECAUSE I, (RON) HAVE¢ CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME ON MY LEFT HAND¢ FROM KEYBOARD USE AND CANNOT USE IT TO¢ TYPE.¢¢ SALE:¢¢ YOU CAN GET ANY 5 DISKS FROM OUR¢ LIBRARY FOR $8.00 INCLUDING SHIPPING.¢ YOU MAY ALSO PURCHASE ANY OF THE BACK¢ ISSUE OF THE NEWSLETTER DISKS WHICH¢ ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS DEAL.¢¢ VISITORS:¢¢ OUR MEMBER FRANK KUZLOSKI AND A¢ MEMBER OF LIAUG AND THEIR 8 BIT¢ LIBRARIAN, CAME TO OUR MEETING. WE¢ ALSO HAD THE PLEASURE OF GREETING THE¢ PRESIDENT OF LIAUG, (LONG ISLAND ATARI¢ USERS GROUP) PATRICK MULVEY AND JIM¢ HARRIS, ALSO A MEMBER OF BOTH CLUBS.¢¢ LIBRARIAN:¢¢ KUDOS TO HAROLD PEGLER OUR¢ LIBRARIAN FOR PRODUCING THE LIBRARY¢ DISK #3. IT IS ANOTHER MONUMENTAL WORK¢ BY HAROLD. IT MUST HAVE TAKEN UNTOLD¢ HOURS TO COMPLETE IT. WE ARE VERY¢ GRATEFUL FOR HIS WORK ON THE THREE¢ LIBRARY DISKS. A BIG THANKS TO¢ HAROLD!¢¢ CORRESPONDENCE:¢¢ WE RECEIVED CHRISTMAS CARDS FROM¢ NETTA FILLMORE, DAVE EWENS, NORMAN¢ WILLIAMSON, STUART MURRAY AND JIM¢ CUTLER. JIM'S WAS THE FIRST. THANKS¢ FOR THE GREETINGS. WE ALSO SAW A¢ PICTURE OF NORMAN WILLIAMSON AND HIS¢ WIFE - A VERY HANDSOME COUPLE. THEY¢ COULD EASILY FIT IN WITH THE OHAUG¢ GANG.¢ A LETTER FROM OUR MEMBER NIR-¢ DARY. HE MADE A MENU PROGRAM FOR THE¢ SLCC CLUB. HE MAILED US A COPY. IT WAS¢ A VERY SOPHISTICATED MENU PROGRAM. IT¢ IS ONE OF THE BEST THAT I HAVE SEEN IN¢ A LONG TIME. (SEE DEMO). HE IS LOOKING¢ TO BUY A SPARTA-X CARTRIDGE AND A¢ DIAMOND CARTRIDGE. IF YOU HAVE ANY FOR¢ SALE CONTACT ALEX.¢ A LETTER TO OUR MEMBER S.J.¢ MURRAY IN SCOTLAND. ALEX SAID HE VERY¢ MUCH ENJOYED ISSUE #13 OF FUTURA. HE¢ THANKED STUART FOR THE NICE PLUG FOR¢ OHAUG IN HIS ADVERTISEMENTS.¢ A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT OF¢ JACG, JOE HICSWA ALSO ONE OF OUR¢ MEMBER. HE WRITES AND URGES US TO¢ CONTACT SCHOOLS URGING THEM TO USE THE¢ ATARI COMPUTERS.¢ A LETTER TO THE PACESETTER CLUB¢ AND JEAN BROKAW. ALEX THANKED JEAN FOR¢ THE LATEST D.O.M. (DISK OF THE MONTH).¢ IT WAS VERY INTERESTING, AND WELL¢ DONE!¢ A LETTER TO OUR ENGLISH MEMBER¢ JIM CUTLER. JIM SENT US A COPY OF A¢ DIFFERENT KIND OF COMPUTER BOOK. ALEX¢ WRITES THAT HE GOT A KICK OUT OF THE¢ BOOK "THE FANATICS GUIDE TO¢ COMPUTERS". WE ALL SAW IT AT THE CLUB¢ AND SOME OF THE CARTOONS IN THE BOOK¢ FIT US TO A "T", AND ARE VERY TRUE¢ ABOUT MOST OF US TOO. JIM, WE THANK¢ YOU FOR IT, AND THE LAUGHS IT GAVE¢ US.¢ A LETTER FROM OUR UPSTATE MEMBER¢ TOM ANDREWS. HE MAILED US THE NEWEST¢ VERSION 2.0 OF "PRINTSTAR". IT IS A¢ FABULOUS TEXT AND PRINT PROCESSOR¢ PROGRAM. (SEE DEMO). HE ALSO MAILED US¢ A WHOLE BATCH OF HIS FAMOUS PUMPKIN¢ RECIPES, which will be found on this¢ Disk. HE ALSO SENT US A NEW PROGRAM ¢ CALLED "PIXEL ARTIST DELUXE". IT IS¢ FOR ANY KIND OF GRAPHICS PAD. A REALLY¢ GREAT AID IN DRAWING. IT IS ON THE¢ SAME DISK AS PRINTSTAR 2.0. ALEX¢ ANSWERED HIM AND SAID IT IS ONE OF THE¢ BEST PROGRAM OF ITS KIND THAT HE HAS¢ EVER SEEN. IT PROBABLY WILL BE AN 8-¢ BIT CLASSIC PROGRAM.¢ A LETTER FROM OUR CALIFORNIA¢ SENIOR MEMBER BILL SMINKEY. HE TELLS¢ US THAT HE WAS ABLE TO BUY A WORKING¢ EPSON MX-80 PRINTER AND INTERFACE FROM¢ BEN POEHLAND AND IT WAS MAILED TO¢ OCTAVIAN GRECU OUR ROMANIAN MEMBER¢ FREE OF CHARGE. A PRINTER IN ROMANIA¢ COST THE EQUIVALENT OF A CAR HERE.¢ OCTAVIAN IS AN ENGINEERING STUDENT IN¢ BUCHAREST. HE WAS IN THE USA FOR 2¢ YEARS WHEN HIS FATHER WAS AT THE U.N.¢ HE WENT TO GRADE 5 AND 6 IN MANHATTAN.¢ HIS ENGLISH IS PERFECT AND HE IS A¢ DEDICATED 8-BITTER. BILL TELLS US THAT¢ BEN POEHLAND WAS ABLE TO MAIL IT TO¢ OCTAVIAN AND WAS EVEN ABLE TO INSURE¢ IT. IT IS GENEROUS MEMBERS LIKE THIS¢ THAT MAKE UP THE OL' HACKERS. THANK¢ YOU BILL. WE ARE PROUD OF YOU. YOU ARE¢ A TRUE OL' HACKER.¢ OCTAVIAN WROTE TO ME (RON), AND¢ SAID HIS 1050 U.S. DOUBLER DISK DRIVE¢ IS ACTING UP. I MAILED HIM A NEW¢ FLOPPY DISK CONTROLLER CHIP FDC 2793,¢ A ZERO SENSOR MODULE AND THE FIELD¢ SERVICE MANUAL FOR THE 1050. THAT¢ SHOULD MAKE THINGS RIGHT!¢¢ DEMOS:¢¢ WE SAW TOM ANDREWS NEW VERSION¢ 2.0 (DEC. 1994) "PRINTSTAR 2.0". IT¢ HAS A NEW MENU SCREEN THAT LETS YOU¢ SET UP THE PRINTER AND THE OUTPUT¢ ANYWAY YOU WANT TO. YOU CAN PRINT ON¢ BOTH SIDES OF THE PAPER (ODD/EVEN¢ PAGES), FOOTERS, HEADERS, DIFFERENT¢ PRINT STYLES ETC. IT IS THE MOST¢ FANTASTIC AND BEST TEXT/PRINT¢ PROCESSOR THAT YOU WILL EVER OWNE. ALL¢ OF US USED THE PRIOR VERSION ALL THE¢ TIME. NOW WE WILL USE THIS NEW ONE!¢ TOM HAS CREATED THE ULTIMATE TEXT¢ PROCESSOR. IT IS FULLY DOCUMENTED. YOU¢ SHOULD HAVE A COPY IN YOUR LIBRARY IT¢ IS THAT GOOD. ON SIDE TWO IS "PIXEL¢ ARTIST DELUXE" VER 1.3 AND FULL¢ DOCUMENTATION. IT IS OUR LIBRARY¢ #535.¢ SLCC D.O.M. MENU THAT OUR MEMBER¢ NIR-DAR WROTE WAS SHOWN AT THE¢ MEETING. IT IS A GREAT MENU PROGRAM¢ AND WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BECOME A FAVORITE¢ OF MANY USERS. IT CAN LOAD BASIC AND¢ BINARY PROGRAMS. IT HAS ALL THE DOS¢ FUNCTIONS ON IT. IT IS A MUST HAVE¢ MENU. ON SIDE TWO IS TETRIS 3-D. THE¢ KEYS TO USE WITH TETRIS ARE "Q,W,E"¢ FOR FLIPPING, ARROWS FOR MOVING AND¢ SPACEBAR TO DROP. IT IS GUARANTEED TO¢ DRIVE YOU CRAZY! IT IS #536 IN OUR¢ LIBRARY.¢ ALEX RELEASED ANOTHER OF OUR¢ DECEASED MEMBER'S, KRIS HOLTEGAARDS,¢ PROGRAM DISKS. IN IT ARE GREAT¢ UTILITIES. INCLUDED IS THE FAMOUS VCR¢ LABELING PROGRAM, AS WELL AS WQNRDOS,¢ AND OTHER OF HIS UTILITIES. ANOTHER¢ FANTASTIC DISK. ON SIDE TWO WE HAVE¢ THE SLCC JAN. 95 D.O.M. ON IT ARE 4¢ GAMES AND A GRAPHIC DEMO. IT IS OUR¢ LIBRARY # 538.¢¢ GUEST APPEARANCES:¢¢ PATRICK MULVEY THE PRESIDENT OF¢ LIAUG AND JIM HARRIS, FRANK KUZLOSKI, ¢ OUR MEMBERS AND ALSO, MEMBERS OF LIAUG¢ CAME TO THE MEETING. JIM DEMO'D A VERY¢ INTERESTING 8-BIT PROTOTYPE DISPLAY¢ DRIVER FOR A SHOWCASE DISPLAY THAT¢ THEY HAD PRODUCED AND ARE¢ MANUFACTURING FOR LEVITON INC. PATRICK¢ AND JIM HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ITEM¢ FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE IT HAS A LAMP¢ DRIVER, A CPU, AND A MEMORY. IT IS¢ PRETTY COMPLICATED AND UNIQUE. WE WISH¢ THEM THE BEST OF LUCK IN THEIR¢ ENTERPRISE.¢ FRANK KUZLOSKI, USING HIS OWN¢ MODIFIED XF551 WITH A 3.5 1.2 MEG¢ DRIVE ON TOP SHOWED US SOME VERY FANCY¢ TRICKS WITH TEXTPRO. HE SHOWED US HOW¢ TO CREATE MACROS AND HOW TO CALL THEM¢ UP. HE SHOWED US ALSO HOW TO CREATE¢ BOILER PLATE PHRASES THAT YOU CAN LOAD¢ INTO YOUR LETTER WITH JUST ONE¢ KEYSTROKE.¢¢ DOOR PRIZES:¢¢ HAROLD PEGLER¢ JIM HARRIS¢ RON FETZER¢ ALAN SHARKIS¢¢ WRITTEN BY RON FETZER¢ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<¢¢
