MEETING OF MARCH 9, 1996¢¢ OPENING NOTES:¢ President and Editor In Chief ALEX¢ PIGNATO thanked all devotees for¢ showing up in the 6 inch heavy¢ snowfall that still had not let up. ¢ (However, as this writer sits looking¢ at a blanket of white on an early¢ April day with forecasts of 1 or 2¢ more, one cannot help but think ...¢ ENOUGH ALREADY!).¢¢ CORRESPONDENCE:¢ JOE HICSWA, Pres., NJ JACG,¢ requests tickets to the upcoming OHAUG¢ gala dinner; but, one possible glitch,¢ he needs a place to hang his OHAUG¢ head because the trip on his¢ otorcycle, is rather long ... Any¢ takers?¢ CARY DANFORTH, from Maine, a new¢ inquiry. She was referred to us by¢ ZTM Software who is JOHN HARDIE's¢ contact. After experiencing word¢ processing for 3 years, she wishes to¢ broaden her Atari use. JACK GEDALIUS,¢ Membership Chair, will send the usual¢ prospective member packet.¢ DALE HUNTER, Dayton, OH, wants to¢ sell his 800XL. ALEX sent an intro¢ packet to show what an Atari can do¢ and, boy, did this change DALE's mind. ¢ He took the Atari out of "mothballs"¢ and sent his $20 membership dues. We¢ now can add a second member from¢ Dayton to our rolls. Club Librarian,¢ HAROLD PEGLER, has the hardware DALE¢ needs. If not, ALEX "advertised" for¢ DALE on NEWNEST which is part of IAN,¢ the International Atari Network. ¢ ALEX immediately turns these new¢ members over to Membership Chair, JACK¢ GEDALIUS, and/or Secy/Treas, RON¢ FETZER.¢ JOHN POWELL, currently of Orem,¢ Utah, seems to be doing much better,¢ healthwise. ALEX shared JOHN's¢ progress which can be seen from the¢ the early 3-page letters of unending¢ questions on the most fundamental¢ level to his present level. What¢ growth! We're proud of another¢ OHAUGer's triumphs.¢ STU MURRAY, President of Scotlands,¢ NOSAUG, sent the newest FUTURA, Issue¢ 18, while acknowledging his hardy¢ enjoyment of OHNL. ALEX tossed many¢ an accolade across the waves¢ complimenting OHAUG/NOSAUG cross¢ member, ROBERT De LETTER, Belgium,¢ programming contributions. In fact,¢ ALAN SHARKIS is currently converting a¢ CD ROM from Holland forth club.¢ ROBERT DeLETTER, Zelzate, Belgium,¢ writes, himself, to start his¢ subscription with OHAUG. Secy/Treas¢ RON FETZER offered ROBERT the ease of¢ communicating in German (It's¢ wonderful that our Club can offer¢ German, Italian, Hebrew??? Any more? ¢ Who knows.) ALEX received ROBERT's¢ second letter which included a¢ MEMORANDUM program and 2 DATABASES¢ (all written in TURBO BASIC). ¢ ROBERT's third letter included the 2¢ DATABASES for the 3.5 Drive for HAROLD¢ PEGLER. Of all his various hardware,¢ he shares that his choice is "his ol'¢ buddy at home," his Atari. Seems RON¢ FETZER, our US Ambassador has quite an¢ active correspondence with his Belgium¢ buddy. ¢ ALEX congratulated OHNL's staff¢ for meeting the deadlines¢ consistently. The delinquency of¢ ATARI CLASSICS, in contrast, causing¢ subscribers to become rather¢ frustrated. ¢ DANE STEGMAN, member from Akron,¢ NY, shares that his frustration that¢ life pulls him away from his Atari¢ enjoyment. His 8-bit love stems from¢ the fact that it's very easy to work¢ with. After giving the BBS #, ALEX¢ suggested that he correspond with ALAN¢ SHARKIS to get JIM CUTLER's MODEM¢ address in England. We'd like to see¢ more members correspond directly. ¢ Well, A second letter shared that¢ DANE loved the politically correct¢ santa humor in the last OHNL and that¢ he had met our ALAN on the BBS. ¢ CAUGHT!!! AL MOLINELLA was the¢ only club member (poor soul) who¢ inadvertently showed up for the¢ cancelled February meeting. (A good¢ lesson: read your OHNL faithfully and¢ thoroughly!)¢ LARRY TISCHBEIN, OHAUG member, and¢ Editor of LVIUG, Quakertown,¢ Pennsylvania, reaffirms his loyalty to¢ his Atari 8-bit and 1st XLENT word¢ processing software and joy in using¢ it! Snow? Snow? At least LARRY¢ shared a very humorous (only after the¢ fact, though) about his family's¢ experience with "Wicked White." ¢ (Yes, ALAN snickered.) LARRY had to¢ unhinge 2 of his 3 entrance doors to¢ his home and, get this...... shovel¢ the STUFF O-U-T from WITHIN the house¢ ... it was SO bad that they couldn't¢ get outside through the drift-blocked¢ doors!!! He reminds us of Mark¢ Twain's witty rhetorical complaint: ¢ "Everybody talks about the weather,¢ but nobody ever does anything about¢ it!" (How true) 'Confushus' (that's¢ Artie Confushus) say, (No, seriously,¢ folks, listen to this bit of wisdom:) ¢ "To be upset over what you don't have¢ is to waste what you do have." And,¢ always the sage, he leaves us with¢ "The worst prison is a closed heart,¢ and mind!" ¢ A. B. TURNBULL member from¢ Northumberland, England, reminds JOHN¢ HARDIE about his KOALA PAD request and¢ adds POWER PAD and DIAMOND GOS SYSTEM¢ to his shopping list. ALEX had to¢ return the foreign currency¢ accompanying his request because the¢ bank's conversion rates are¢ prohibitive so that the Club could¢ only accept either US $24 or an¢ international money order in Treasurer¢ RON FETZER's name. OHAUG dues are the¢ same for all members, even though¢ shipping costs are much higher for our¢ members overseas.¢ TOM ANDREWS member from Manlius,¢ NY, sent us a letter on TEXTPRO and¢ speaks of its pros & cons. He¢ included a disk of new additions to¢ grace the pages of future editions of¢ the N/L. Quite prolific! Quite¢ appreciated by OHNL staff and all¢ members (we hope)!!¢ ¢ MOTIONSL:¢ JOE LIEBER motioned for OHAUG to¢ send $20 DONATION to NEWNEST BBS to¢ help OHAUG broaden its horizons and¢ glean more info ... don't forget the¢ INTERNATIONAL ATARI NETWORK which is¢ part of this BBS!!! With AL ATKINS¢ seconding, a unanimous vote said¢ YES!!!¢¢ DEMOS:¢ OH#631 - s/1: OHSCREEN.MKR: a slow¢ load, great for making menus; CRAZY¢ SCOOTER, (this disk was to be used as¢ one of today's Door Prizes) and PRINT¢ PARTNER, a fantastic graphics program¢ which can make almost anything you¢ wish and while members had a chance to¢ scan the instructions, ALEX demoed its¢ cropping ability (offering different¢ sizes) and the ease to individualize¢ every choice (RON and ALEX enjoyed¢ this 'User Friendly' program) (ALEX¢ used SUPERDUMP which allows only 62¢ sector pictures - S/2: SCRATCH2¢ wordprocessing program, all members¢ had a helpful point of view; FRENCH¢ PICTURE SHOW, the Club members sure¢ weren't blue when they enjoyed this¢ rather risque romp. No, its not what¢ you are thinking, it was just regular¢ graphics.¢ OH#632 - S.A.M. MENU (Need HAPPY¢ to copy) - S/1: S.A.M. popped in¢ (Speaker Automated Menu) to speak for¢ one of our members who we cannot give¢ credit to because the name and address¢ have been lost; we all enjoyed this¢ creative communique (great program,¢ great gift!!!) so very much and the¢ OHNL staff want to give this sender¢ their 15 minutes (or bytes) in the¢ spotlight of OHAUG history; so take¢ our thanks and, please, but don't¢ leave all our readers in the dark,¢ SEND US YOUR NAME!¢ OH#634 - s/1: MEMORANDUM - s/2:¢ this disk also offered both DeLETTER¢ games previously previewed in OH#633¢ and offers a cross-reference to¢ facilitate its use. Rave review,¢ Sir; Encore, Encore, Encore ...¢ OH#635 - NOSAUG FUTURA 17/4th Qtr¢ '95 - s/1 LINE UP - s/2: MEGADEMO, a¢ bitter reality program edited by the¢ late DAVID EWEN: a) CLIMBER; b) SOUND¢ EFFECTOR, ALAN SHARKIS demo'ed this¢ program and handled all questions; c)¢ UNICOM; d) WHIPPING TOP; e) JOYTYPER¢ (another DeLETTER program) While RON¢ FETZER began the demo, JOHN HARDIE¢ triumphantly performed for the Club;¢ f) EXPEDITION; g) SOUND DEMO; h) LT¢ CYCLE; i) DLI MAKER.¢ OH#633 - NOSAUG FUTURA 18/1st Qtr¢ '96 -(NOTE the OHAUG#.... should have¢ been demoed after OH#635) Beautiful¢ graphics introduce this disk; ALEX¢ read off the programs/articles¢ offered: s/1: INTRO; CONTENTS;¢ EDITORIAL; ATARI 8 BIT NEWS; HARDWARE¢ WAREHOUSE; ATARI 8 BIT BOOKSHELF;¢ NETWORK TO THE WORLD; DTB; ATARI 8;¢ TURBOBASIC FLYER (a creation of our¢ RON FETZER); FRIENDLY VIEWS ON THE ST. ¢ A SHORT HISTORY OF COMPUTERS; CALLING¢ ALL NOSTALGIA ENTHUSIASTS; FUTURA¢ SUBSCRIPTION INFO; SEE YOU;¢ LISTER.BAS; QUICKDOS.BAS; DRAW800.BAS;¢ PREVIOUS MENU. ALEX demoed¢ DRAW800.BAS that he thought the¢ graphic quality was magnificent and¢ compared favorably to IBM. RON shared¢ that this creation was "born" (before¢ OHAUG). s/2: offered programs written¢ by our new member from Belgium, ROBERT¢ De LETTER; his games CAVES OF KATUR¢ and KATUR's REVENGE are a tour de¢ force and were greatly enjoyed by all¢ (Ron called it fiendishly creative -¢ Bravo Meistro De Letter!)¢ OH#636 - TWAUG DOM 19, JAN/FEB '96¢ - s/1: Catchy tune opened on¢ offerings such as NADRIL, CUDDLEMAN¢ and SPEED2.COM.¢ OH#637 - SLCC 1401, JAN '96 - s/1¢ AVALANCHE.BAS, a game like Qbert;¢ DIRHEAD2.BAS, writes directory¢ headers; DOCPRINT.BAS, text file¢ printout; FLOWER.BAS, makes flower-¢ shaped graphics; MANEUVER.BAS, 2¢ player strategy game using keypad (no¢ turbo); MASTER.BAS, disk directory and¢ cataloging; 2COLUMN.BAS, enhancement¢ of DOC print; TYM.BAS, test your¢ memory; UNIVERT, universal converting¢ utility -¢ DOCPRINT.BAS, program written by the¢ famous RON FETZER and, of course,¢ modified by ALEX (long before they met¢ in person) which had been printed up¢ in ANTIC magazine (4/85). It was soon¢ realized that this side was very much¢ like one of our past OHNLs. - s/2:¢ TEXT ADVENTURE TRILOGY from BELLCOM;¢ OH#638 - SLCC 1402, FEB '96 - s/1:¢ BLAST.BAS, a short and simple shoot'em¢ up; ENTRE.DOC. (ENTRE.BAS,is on s-2)¢ super complex stock market game¢ wherein the Club started to sound like¢ a 'big' stock brokerage firm;¢ OMEN.COM, sound graphics demo in¢ German; STREAMER.BAS, a utility demo¢ which creates vertically rolling text;¢ TROLL2, a joystick strategy game¢ between wizards and trolls (what¢ else?); -s2 Boot without basic;¢ SYSOFC.COM and more. As the last demo¢ of the day, JOHN HARDIE chose TROLL2. ¢ As he walked away disgusted, ALEX¢ asked him to choose another program,¢ and he chose BLAST; and it was and¢ they did. A rousing way to segway in¢ to "the HARRY thing" or a/k/a the¢ Tuthill Door Prize Awards:¢¢ FIRST: HAROLD PEGLER¢ SECOND: ALAN ATKINS*¢ THIRD: ALAN SHARKIS¢ FOURTH: JOHN HARDIE¢ FIFTH??: HARRY TUTHILL (who¢ else)¢¢ *NOTE: ALEX reminded everyone about¢ the upcoming "Gala" affair. ALAN,¢ just a reminder ... since ALEX keeps¢ telling us how he's rather forgetful,¢ he has to remind himself of upcoming¢ OHAUG activities.¢¢ D.E.N.¢¢
