********¢ --------------------------¢ ()()()()()()()()¢ MINUTES MARCH 1992 MEETING¢ --------------------------¢¢ NEW MEMBER:¢¢ BOB ULSCHMID joined our club.¢ BOB has an 800XL computer. He said¢ he is going to buy an EPSON¢ COMPATIBLE printer. BOB lives in¢ GLENDALE N.Y. He is a retired¢ electronics technician. Welcome BOB,¢ to the best 8 BIT club ever!¢¢ BULLETIN:¢¢ ALLEN ATKINS has VOLUNTEERED to copy¢ all 65 copies of the newsletter¢ disks by himself! ALLEN that is JOB¢ beyond the call of duty. The club¢ THANKS YOU, but this job will have¢ to be split up as before, but it is¢ members like ALLEN that make this¢ club so great.¢¢ CORRESPONDENCE:¢¢ Mr. & Mrs. JACK GEDALIUS sent¢ the OL HACKERS a Thank You card.¢ ALEX wrote to Mrs HOLTEGAARD¢ offering any assistance she needs in¢ regards to the 8-Bit computer. He¢ informed her that KRIS had a few¢ pieces of equipment that belonged to¢ the club. We sent her the¢ MARCH/APRIL 1992 Newsletter which¢ was dedicated to KRIS HOLTEGAARD.¢ ALEX wrote to JIM CUTLER. He¢ thanked JIM for the 8:16 Magazine he¢ sent us. ALEX expressed the¢ condolences of our club on the¢ recent death of JIM'S mother. JIM¢ ordered the DISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM¢ and some other disks. HAROLD mailed¢ them to him.¢ Another letter from JIM CUTLER,¢ our prolific member from England who¢ writes that he is in touch with an¢ 8-BITter in MOSCOW. We sure do get¢ around the world, dont we? ALEX¢ answered JIM and thanked him for the¢ disks he sent us. JIM is a very¢ important member of the OL' HACKERS¢ and is much appreciated all of us¢ over here.¢ A letter from our member,¢ LARRY TISHBEIN from Quakertown PA.¢ editor of the LVAUG newsletter. He¢ asked ALEX to explain how to do¢ certain things with the 1STXLENT¢ word processor. ALEX answered all¢ his questions. RON FETZER called¢ LARRY ad gave him more tips on 1ST¢ XLENT.¢ A letter from TOM ANDREWS our¢ upstate member. He wants to put¢ something in the ACE OF SYRACUSE¢ newsletter about KRIS HOLTEGAARD. He¢ wanted some biographical data. He¢ sent us an intermediate version of¢ PRINTSTAR. The final version is¢ still being programmed. He is also¢ working on an update on our¢ newsletter.¢ ALEX answered and sent him the¢ information that TOM asked for. He¢ asked TOM to insert the code for¢ inverse printing in the newsletter¢ if possible.¢ BRUCE WILLIS, the 8-Bit¢ Librarian of MAGIC, Ames Iowa, sent¢ us their D.O.M. DISK, and also sent¢ us the missing D.O.M. MAGIC DISKS.¢ He also sent us a directory of all¢ the DOM disks. He thanked us for the¢ OL' HACKERS NEWSLETTER DISKS that we¢ sent him. ALEX wrote to him and¢ commended him for his hard work and¢ mentioned the DISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM¢ which is a 2 disk set and is¢ available for $6.00 from our club¢ librarian.¢ A letter from BOB PUFF,¢ President Of COMPUTER SOFTWARE¢ SERVICES, Rochester, NY. He thanked¢ us for selecting him as the AUTHOR¢ OF THE MONTH. He mentions the new¢ products his company has been¢ producing for the 8-Bit. CSS is a¢ great company to deal with. It¢ deserves your full support.¢ From RON RICHE, author of te¢ fabulous TEXTPO Word Processor,¢ advises that TEXTPRO 5.0 has been¢ completed and will be available very¢ soon. It will be distributed within¢ a month, he hopes. One of the BEST¢ word processor ever written.¢ Letter and 2 disks from CLUB¢ SENCAL in France. ALEX wrote to them¢ and informed them that their disks¢ did not work. We asked them to send¢ us replacements.¢¢ ATARI INTERFACE MAGAZINE¢¢ We hope that AIM will start¢ publishing an 8-Bit only magazine¢ soon. Have you sent in your name and¢ address to JEFF McWILLIAMS or BEN¢ POEHLAND. If not don't complain if¢ you dont have an 8 BIT only¢ magazine!¢¢ ITEM¢¢ We sold 5 sets of the DISK¢ MANAGEMENT SYSTEM at the LIUG¢ meeting of March 7, 1992, and we¢ donated a set to their LIBRARY. I¢ was told that it was a very¢ interesting meeting. I missed it¢ because we got our signals crossed¢ and I waited at the wrong place.¢¢ ITEM¢¢ DISKO PARTY! ALLAN ATKINS made¢ the suggestion that we have a DISKO¢ PARTY at each meeting where we can¢ copy disks from the library. You¢ notify HAROLD what disk you want. He¢ will bring them to the meeting. You ¢ MUST HAVE 5 FORMATTED disks with¢ you. There will be a setup where you¢ can copy the disks. The price is¢ $5.00 for 5 disks. A BARGAIN ANYWAY¢ YOU LOOK AT IT!. ALEX will bring an¢ 810 drive. AL ATKINS will bring one¢ of the club drives,BOB ULSCHMID will¢ bring the other club drive and a TV.¢ RON will bring a switch box and 2¢ copy programs. Jack will bring the¢ club 800XL computer and we are ready¢ for the DISKO PARTY! The minimum¢ amount you can copy from the library¢ is 5 disks for 5 dinaros!(bucks).¢ And remember they are double sided.¢ For our out of Town Members, (we did¢ not forget you) read below for your¢ special.¢ BOB ULSCHMID made the motion for¢ the DISKO PARTY it received a¢ second from HARRY (D.P.) TUTHILL-and¢ the motion was passed!¢ FLASH: A SPECIAL for our NON LOCAL¢ members. Five (5) LIBRARY DISKS for¢ $8.00 which includes all postage and¢ handling. MUST PUCHASE at least five¢ at one time. A special for MEMBERS¢ ONLY. ITS ANOTHER MEMBERSHIP BENEFIT¢ (YOU do NOT have to send in 5 BLANKS¢ either!) GOOD DEAL, NO?¢¢ ITEM¢¢ STARFLEET SOFTWARE Company sent¢ us their catalog disk. I ordered¢ approximately $70.00 worth of¢ programs. I sent them our flyer on¢ the DISK MANAGAMENT SYSTEM because¢ he has a P.D. section. He wrote back¢ that he is working to help to bring¢ out the NEW 8BIT computer. More news¢ later on this, as received. STAY¢ TUNED!¢¢ JIM HARRIS' presentation of how¢ to Log onto a BBS demo at L.I.A.U.G.¢ was extremely well done. We all¢ agreed that it was very detailed,¢ very clear and a very interesting¢ presentation. It must have taken JIM¢ a great deal of time to prepare the¢ presentation and the OL' HACKERS¢ appreciate it. The club gave him a¢ standing ovation.Five of our members¢ attended the Long Island Atari Users¢ Group meeting, and enjoyed it!¢¢ MORE BBS NEWS:¢¢ JIM HARRIS, a member and NEW¢ NEST SYSOP, spoke about the new¢ things that are happening with the¢ BBS. The BBS is NOW residing in 53¢ Megs of space with over 1,000¢ program titles to down load. JIM¢ reviewed all of them. This was an¢ increase from about 250 titles when¢ the BBS started. JIM did a truly¢ herculean task with the BBS. The BBS¢ now has 22 public file sigs. JIM had¢ to completely reorganize the whole¢ BBS. He estimated it took him 300¢ hours to reorganize the BBS.¢ The NEW NEST BBS (516 234-4943)¢ now has an international network in¢ place. It goes to HOLLAND and¢ GERMANY. BERNARD COCK from Amsterdam¢ Holland is the SYSOP of the HOLLAND¢ connection of the network. The¢ network now consists of the BCOE BBS¢ in Holland, the ABBUC BBS in¢ Germany, WOLFGANG BURGER, SYSOP, and¢ the NEW NEST BBS, JIM HARRIS, SYSOP¢ in Central Islip. We are also¢ networking the INTERNATIONAL NETWORK¢ with JOHN MURDOWSKI in PA. This is a¢ separate network. We are also¢ networking with the NEAR*US base.¢ The international network with¢ HOLLAND and GERMANY is a closed¢ loop. NEW NEST networks with¢ Holland. Holland networks with¢ Germany. Germany networks with us.¢ Thus the loop is complete. The NEW¢ NEST BBS is the HOST NODE for¢ contacting the USA for the¢ Europeans. The PRO SUPPORT BOARD in¢ UTAH is going to join this network.¢ In Canada the BLUE'S BROTHERS BBS¢ wants to join. If this keeps up,¢ this will soon be one of the biggest¢ national and international BBS' in¢ the country.¢ The policies of the BBS are in¢ place to provide some structure and¢ consistancy said JIM. Every user is¢ voice validated. No new handles on¢ the board. The download ratio is 5¢ to 1. JIM said that the BBS in large¢ measure has been funded by LIUG. He¢ thanked us for our past support of¢ the BBS.¢ ALEX recommended that we discuss and¢ at a future meeting, the OL' HACKERS¢ take a vote at a meeting on how much¢ we can support the BBS.¢¢ DEMOES:¢¢ RON distributed copies of a¢ COMMAND SUMMARY for the ATARI LIGHT¢ PEN. The light pen does not work if¢ there is static electricity on the¢ screen. HINT!!!. A PERMANENT FIX!¢ Strip off the insulation on some¢ stranded copper wire. Untwist the¢ wire and spread it out. Scotch tap¢ it to the bottom of the screen. On¢ the other end of the wire attach it¢ to some GROUND (Outlet box screw¢ etc). This is the permanent¢ solution. Temporary solution. Clean¢ the screen with WINDEX.¢ RON distributed a COMMAND¢ SUMMARY for DAISY DOT III to the¢ members. DAISY DOT III comes in two¢ versions. The COMMERCIAL¢ VERSION($25.00) and the shareware¢ version. The essential difference is¢ that with the commercial version you¢ can use an unlimited number of fonts¢ in your document and you get a¢ printed manual and two DAISY DOT III¢ font disks. In the shareware version¢ you can only use ONE font in your¢ document. (Library #94). The great¢ thing about DAISY DOT III is that¢ you DO NOT have to print your¢ document to disk as before with¢ version II. Version III reads your¢ wordprocessing files directly. In¢ your wordprocessing files you use¢ ONLY DDIII commands. You DO NOT use¢ any of the regular word processing¢ commands. It works with all word¢ processors. BUY IT, ITS GREAT!¢ ADVANCED DESKTOP PUBLISHING¢ was demoed by RON. You need two¢ programs. The 1st XLEnt Word¢ Processor and DAISY DOT III. RON¢ distributed a two page DESKTOP¢ SAMPLE done with 1ST XLEnt word¢ processor and DAISY DOT III. The¢ text wraps around the pictures. You¢ can have a large letter starting¢ each paragraph etc. You can produce¢ a document as good looking as with¢ ANY computer regardless of price.¢ You just have to do it once or twice¢ to get experience.¢ ALEX demoed a program from¢ ENGLAND called OIL DRILLING. It is a¢ fantastic program with remarkable¢ graphics that shows the details of¢ an oil drilling process and the¢ refining process.¢ ALEX demoed another modified ¢ GUESS THE NUMBER GAME. Very nice. A¢ whole disk of games for the LIBRARY.¢ It will be disk #186 in the library.¢ This is for you game freaks.¢¢ DOOR PRIZES:¢¢ HAROLD PEGLER¢ RON FETZER¢ BOB ULSCHMID¢ AL ATKINS¢ HARRY TUTHILL¢ ANN RAWLINSON¢ ¢ HARDWARE:¢ ¢ HAROLD PEGLER showed us his¢ modified XF551 DISK DRIVE with a 3.5¢ drive on top. It was modified by BOB¢ PUFF CSS COMPANY. They do the¢ modification FREE for you if you buy¢ their product. The 3.5 is a double¢ sided double density disk with 720K¢ capacity. It automatically becomes¢ the next drive in your system,¢ either D2 or D3 etc. The XF551 still¢ works normally. You can copy between¢ those 2 drives if you want to. The¢ XF551 is a standard IBM drive¢ mechanism on the inside and you can¢ replace with any 360K drive¢ mechanism from IBM. With this¢ upgrade you can use SPARTA DOS,¢ MYDOS and SMARTDOS. This¢ modification costs $135.00. You also¢ get MYDOS 4.50 with this upgrade.¢ You also get a program to read IBM¢ or ST DATA DISKS. NOT programs but¢ DATA such as TEXT FILES etc. It only¢ READS - it cannot write to IBM¢ format.¢ ANN RAWLINSON demoed a fortune¢ teller program that tells your¢ future and also tells your past. Was¢ any of it true ANN? I must say it¢ was a pleasure seeing and hearing¢ from ANN rather the others!¢ ¢ Submitted by¢ RON FETZER, Secretary¢ ¢ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<¢
