¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢ Editor's Message¢¢ FRANK WALTERS has given us permission¢ to include one of his early BASIC¢ games, DECODE, in our newsletter. It¢ runs from the space bar. You can¢ also copy the files DECODE.BAS,¢ DECODE.FNT, DECODE.DAT and¢ IDECODE.TXT to another disk that has¢ DOS files on it and run it¢ separately. Read the docs with the¢ "I" selection on this menu.¢¢ Frank has also created a special¢ TextPro macro, OHAUG.MAX exclusively¢ for us. Using TextPro and this¢ macro, you may take any text file on¢ this or any other OHAUG Newsletter¢ disk and automatically print it in¢ 80-column format. Read the docs with¢ the "J" selection on this menu. The¢ macro file, OHAUG.MAX and the¢ documentation file, JOHAUG.TXT can be¢ copied from this disk to a disk of¢ your choice using DOS.¢¢ TOM ANDREWS is not idle this month,¢ either. He patched an existing¢ program to create and send¢ downloadable fonts to a STAR¢ MICRONICS NX1001 PRINTER. The¢ program should also work with Epson¢ and Epson-compatible priners and¢ Gemini printers, as it did¢ originally. It's ARC'd on side 2 of¢ the disk. To use it, copy¢ STARFNT.ARC and UNARC.COM to a disk¢ that has DOS files on it. Go to the¢ DOS menu on that disk and run¢ UNARC.COM. Follow the menu prompts¢ in UNARC.COM to unarc STARFNT.ARC to¢ still another disk with DOS files on¢ it. Read about this program from the¢ side 1 menu by choosing "K."¢¢ The final installment of my series on¢ emulators appears on side 2. It¢ raises some important issues, and I'd¢ appreciate some feedback on it. I¢ guarantee that I will not hate you,¢ no matter what side of the issues you¢ happen to support. That seems like a¢ kind of extreme statement, doesn't¢ it? Well, read the installment and¢ see why I say it.¢¢ I've included two more programs on¢ this disk which come from our copy of¢ the PoolDisk. On side one, you'll¢ find EMPIRE.COM, which is a machine¢ language game that you copy to¢ another disk and run. You'll also¢ find the game CLIMBER.BAS on side 1.¢ On side 2, you'll find KOOKY.BAS,¢ which is a BASIC game that runs from¢ the space bar.¢¢ As we are getting this disk ready to¢ mail, we are joined in the room by¢ the members of LIAUG, an "all Atari¢ products" user group right here on¢ Long Island for what will be the¢ first of four joint meetings¢ scheduled this year. We may also be¢ joined by some representatives from¢ other NER*US clubs, weather and work¢ schedules permitting. Although OHAUG¢ will remain an exclusively 8-bit user¢ group, we are going to open our¢ collective eyes a bit and see what¢ other platforms, particularly Atari¢ platforms are all about. We know we¢ have the best <G!>, and we welcome¢ seeing more of the rest.¢¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢¢¢