¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢ PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE¢ by JACK GEDALIUS¢¢ Mar.--Apr., 1997¢¢ Our club received library disks from¢ the Suburban Chicago Atarians Group. ¢ They appear to have some great¢ programs.¢¢ RON FETZER demonstrated his disk¢ hole-puncher. He took an ordinary¢ disk hole-puncher and mounted it on¢ top of a coffee can in order to¢ collect the debris. In order to make¢ it easier, he added with linkage¢ about a one foot long piece of wood¢ to give it greater leverage. This is¢ a super hole-puncher which Tim from¢ "Home Improvement" could use. ¢ Everyone was fascinated with Ron's¢ invention.¢¢ Ron also demonstrated an Abbuc disk¢ #47 which showed how to correct the¢ Sparta cartridge and also MyDos. He¢ also demonstrated Draper Pascal which¢ is a structured programming language.¢ Another one of Ron's demos was Ultra¢ Tetris.¢¢ AL SHARKIS showed us a program which¢ was a double pong game. Another one¢ was Brik-Bat which was very¢ enjoyable. These programs came from¢ the Atari club at San Leandro,¢ California. He also demoed a game¢ called Pipe Line which is a great¢ program for plumbers (Ha, Ha!)¢¢ You all know our great door prize¢ winner, HARRY TUTHILL, who always is¢ successful. Well it happened again! ¢ Harry and yours truly attended a¢ meeting at the Marriott in Melville¢ recently conducted by Adriane Berg. ¢ Harry submitted our tickets for the¢ drawing. Guess what? Harry's name¢ was the first one called and he won a¢ book written by Mrs. Berg. I won a¢ year's subscription to her¢ newsletter. What a great knack our¢ beloved member has!¢¢ We are having our annual Ol'Hacker's¢ dinner at Lambrou's on February 14th,¢ Valentine's Day.¢¢¢ Bye for now,¢¢ JACK GEDALIUS¢¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢¢¢
