MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 1995 MEETING¢ ====================================¢¢ NEW MEMBER?¢ We welcomed a possible new¢ member, LOU, who has a 1200XL, Rana¢ Disk Drive, and a Panasonic Printer.¢¢ ITEM:¢¢ Again, our thanks go to JACK GEDALIUS¢ for taking pictures at the Christmas¢ Dinner on February 3rd at LAMBROW'S¢ RESTAURANT, and for bringing the¢ camera to the meeting so everyone¢ could view the video.¢¢ CORRESPONDENCE:¢¢ ALEX read a letter from one¢ of our members, and also a member of¢ NWPAC, JOHN POWELL of Phoenix Arizona.¢ JOHN listed a number of questions,¢ to which he wanted answers, and also¢ sent an article on the converting of a¢ Nintendo joystick to the Atari, and he¢ also enclosed a picture of himself.¢ Alex responded, answering as many¢ of JOHN'S questions as he could.¢ ALEX wrote a letter to JEFF WOOD¢ informing him that we will be sending¢ a copy of our newsletter to each of¢ the seven people (whose names and¢ address he sent us) in Wyoming that¢ were interested in our club.¢ BILL FUENTE from Elmhurst wrote¢ that he received a bad copy of the¢ newsletter disk. ALEX sent a new copy¢ along with greetings and best wishes.¢ JIM CUTLER from England sent a¢ few disks for the library, and¢ informed us of the demise of the BBS¢ he used, "The Land That Time Forgot".¢ ALEX thanked JIM for the disks and¢ passed his E-mail address to ALAN¢ SHARKIS.¢ ALEX wrote a letter to LARRY¢ MAGNUM of the D.A.C.E. club offering¢ an exchange of Disks of the Month and¢ Library Disks between the two clubs.¢ ALEX also sent a copy of this disk to¢ JAN BLOCKER of the A.A.A.U.A. (JAN has¢ been sending their D.O.M. prior to¢ this. The letter should not have been¢ sent.)¢¢ DEMOS:¢¢ ALEX showed us a copy of the program¢ MICRO-CHECK which did not work at last¢ month's meeting but did work this¢ time. This version eliminates the need¢ for disk swapping by loading the main¢ programs into Ramdisk D8:. Basically¢ it's an electronic checkbook that¢ allows you to enter, edit, search, and¢ save a listing of checks that you have¢ written. It maintains a balance that¢ can be carried over to a new year and¢ allows for printing listings of¢ checks. It has a fantastic Search¢ Feature, and is a must for all 8¢ BIT'ers. It is library Disk #521.¢ ALEX also showed us the FILE¢ INDEX program. This program allows you¢ to create an index of files from¢ disks. ALEX started working on¢ indexing all the files that have¢ appeared on our newsletter disks. Two¢ negatives of the program are it's slow¢ sort time and the fact that it appends¢ listings if you do not clear memory¢ first. It wasn't put it the library¢ until ALEX has more time to completely¢ check it out, and see if its worth¢ having in the library.¢ Next we saw a disk from¢ T.W.A.U.G. in England # 13 Jan/Feb¢ 1995. One of the programs, SPIRO, is a¢ plotting program that allows printing¢ of the resulting picture. CYLONS was a¢ fast-paced shoot-em-up game. MONEY¢ POUCH is a children's learning game.¢ It teaches them about making change.¢ CUSTOM BOOT allows you to display a¢ message while a disk is loading. On¢ side two we have a few Canon Bubblejet¢ printer drivers for Atariwriter Plus.¢ Library Disk #539.¢ JIM CUTLER sent us a disk with¢ BBK WORKS, and ANTIC WRITER on the¢ back. BBK WORKS has a Text Editor,¢ Spell Checker, Database, Spreadsheet,¢ and an ARC program. Library Disk¢ # 540.¢ We saw a disk of UTILITIES,¢ including a Title Program, a Menu¢ Program, a VTOC Program, and a Density¢ program. On side two, there are a set¢ of docs for the programs on side 1. it¢ is Library Disk #541.¢ Next we saw an ABBUC disk from¢ Germany. Magazine #39. Great graphics¢ and music in the introduction. The¢ disk has Action! source code, Xformer¢ files, and a bunch of Christmas¢ pictures as well as others. Enhanced¢ Density. Library Disk #542.¢ ALEX then showed us the P.A.C.E.¢ Disk of the Month for Jan. 1995.¢ Casino games are the theme of this¢ disk. There was an excellent Blackjack¢ game that analyzes your playing and¢ gives you a breakdown of your moves.¢ Or you can play without any¢ instructions on what are the proper¢ moves. BANKSHOT was an interesting¢ pool simulation that requires you to¢ bank your ball off the bumper into a¢ hole. There was also Poker, Slot¢ Machine (great graphics), Roulette,¢ and horse racing games on this disk.¢ It's Library Disk #543.¢ Another disk full of ANTIC¢ programs was shown briefly. Side 1 has¢ programs from the August 1985 issue.¢ Side 2 has programs from the September¢ 1985 issue. Library Disk #544.¢¢ OTHER NOTES: A resolution was passed¢ that a member who drops out of the¢ club and re-joins in the same year¢ must still pay for the entire year,¢ regardless of when he rejoins.¢¢ DOOR PRIZES:¢¢ RON FETZER¢ JOHN HARDIE¢ ALAN SHARKIS¢¢¢ Written by John Hardie¢ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<¢
