MINUTES: APRIL 20, 1996, MEETING¢¢ CORRESPONDENCE:¢ JOHN also wrote to ALEX PIGNATO giving¢ him a another newer, new address in¢ Morgantown, NC. John came up with¢ another list of quest for ALEX. As¢ was apparent by ALEX's response,¢ JOHN's continuing interest and¢ enthusiasm is appreciated while his¢ little mishaps have brought a touch of¢ endearing humor to the group. ALEX,¢ again, patiently answered these¢ several time-consuming questions and¢ asked for a little sympathy. Hobbies¢ are not supposed to demand so much! ¢ JOHN's third letter explained his¢ three crashes, shared his esteem and¢ appreciation for the time taken to¢ answer his questions and promised to¢ keep things more reasonable (JOHN,¢ reasonable is like 1 or 2 questions,¢ maximum, every 2 or months).¢ ALEX read the letter he wrote to¢ MAX and JOHN, editors of TWAUG,¢ England, commiserating on the loss of¢ DAVID EWEN. ¢ JOE HICSWA who is wonderfully¢ engaged being an 'internet' himself as¢ he keeps in contact with several¢ different clubs. ALEX believes his¢ postcard budget is about $100 a month! ¢ His creativity is a joy to read and¢ his appreciation of the Atari is¢ easily seen. This time he sent 2¢ files on disk for OHNL: ALEX response¢ acknowledged the receipt. A second¢ letter handles some further business¢ and waxes poetic about his wonderful¢ travels in Amerca's outback on his¢ trusty steed or bike.¢ ALEX shared that they're expecting¢ their 10 million dollar check from¢ some publishing house. (grin) ALAN¢ received the same, too. And, MR. &¢ MRS. PIGNATO, your daughter received¢ the same only promising 11 million¢ dollars check, (IF only...¢ PACESETTER JOAN BROKAW of Largo,¢ FL, sent us the DOM Disk asking for a¢ game that states the high scorer for a¢ club contest. Not to worry, Madam, the¢ Dynamic Duo are on the job. ALEX¢ responded sending her their answer ...¢ and then another modification.¢ LARRY TISCHBEIN sends his best, no¢ new articles, just Spring gardening¢ reminders. Always nice to hear from¢ our Quakertown, PA, correspondent.¢ ALEX wrote to HAROLD GAILEY of¢ HACE, Houston, TX, to inquire as to¢ the whereabouts of their monthly 12/95¢ SKYLINE Disk and confirm that OHAUG is¢ still on their mailing list.¢ TOM ANDREWS long letter of¢ expanation of an accompanying disk of¢ articles written by TOM, was surely¢ appreciated by ALEX.¢¢ DEMOS:¢ OH#639 - s/l: RECIPUTE - BASIC¢ program with MACHINE LANGUAGE - might¢ satisfy the request made by AL¢ MOLINELLA for inventory programs, this¢ is a recipe inventory - the dynamic¢ duo (ALEX and RON) have been hard at¢ upgrading work and after 4 upgrades it¢ was ready for OHAUG. After all their¢ hard work, it was quite evident that¢ they deeply enjoyed demoing it and¢ showing their creativity. Not to be¢ sexist, we'll note all those gourmet¢ (and not-so-gourmet) cooks will love¢ this helpful item! (Except MARIE¢ PIGNATO who makes every dish, every¢ time, by heart and it always tastes¢ delicious, even without measuring!) ¢ Each disk will accept recipes,¢ totaling 64 on DOS; and, as ALEX¢ shared, using MYDOS will allow the use¢ of a subdirectory allowing a total of¢ 120 recipes. The men were truly¢ interested in bringing this home to¢ share with their wives (it's also nice¢ that the ol' 8-bit is useful to other¢ members of the household). -- s/2: ¢ SUBATTACK (Again, modified by the¢ Dynamic Duo a couple of times) - RON¢ demoed this game. ALEX is the Champ¢ (hey, too much practicing, AL!) RON¢ steps up to be the Commander at the¢ Helm. In fact, the top is 3,925 kills¢ for ALEX. RON was doin' great at¢ 1,000 kills until ALEX sabotaged his¢ game (could this be counterinsurgency¢ to protect his title?). Other¢ programs are a catalog/directory¢ program, SOLITAIRE.BAS, RAMDISK.BAS,¢ HORSERACE, OTB.BAS, DARKSTAR, POLKA¢ SQUARE, RAMDISK.COM, STOCK MARKET,¢ MASTERMIND, etc. ALEX chose to next¢ demo the STOCK MARKET game. ALAN¢ SHARKIS was pulled over while he¢ screamed out that money seems not to¢ like him because it leaves him so¢ quickly! ('sfunny) ALEX threw ALAN¢ out of the 'chair' really fast to show¢ the others how a really smooth¢ investor (no inside investing here)¢ functions. At least on paper in the¢ 8-bit world, ALEX is a mogul, a¢ tycoon. In a matter of minutes, ALEX¢ made close to seven hundred funny¢ monies. Another good game for all you¢ real tycoons (at heart) to keep active¢ in the big "Game" of the Market. Next¢ to be demoed is HORSERACE sounded like¢ a train at first, but this was a game¢ all related to. The next demoed was¢ DARKSTAR (I think). This game had a¢ sinister sound to it.¢ OH#640 - SLCC #1403, 3/96 -- s/1: ¢ DISKDROP.BAS, an action adventure¢ game, DATA.TXT, explains how to use¢ and transfer this database program on¢ another disk,-- s/2 MOVIE DEMO (no¢ Basic) was chosen to be demoed. All¢ members (even ALEX) checked this out¢ for the first time. The tune was¢ upbeat. ALEX explained that the¢ graphics shown was a spacecraft taking¢ off ¢ OH#641 - SLCC #1404, 4/96 - s/1: ¢ BANNER.BAS, prints out a banner,¢ DOMINOS, games, KOOKY, NAME & AGE, a¢ riddle, RELAX, a program that is self-¢ descriptive -- s/2: Has a lot of¢ science programs: MERCURY, MOONQUIZ,¢ SATURN, SPACELAB, MARS, etc. ¢ OH#642 Library Disk from SLCC¢ OH#643 Library Disk from TWAUG¢ OH#644 T.W.A.U.G. D.o.m. for 4/96¢ OH#645 - XL2 by JOHN PICKENS of¢ Canada which makes one computer act as¢ two computers. (Recent Upgrade¢ OH#646 - CRZYSCOT, car racing game,¢ ROULETTE, CALENDAR, OHSCRNMAKER¢ (BASIC). The Club members seemed to¢ enjoy this for quite some time (ALEX¢ had to be reminded of his sacred duty,¢ doling out the DOOR PRIZES; and he¢ didn't even react when ALAN reminded¢ him of the late hour.¢ ALEX tried to help JACK? with¢ his difficulty with a program. So he¢ booted the program and read (with all¢ members' support) to further¢ understand and help JACK. When ALEX¢ gave up, JACK said he thought he had¢ brought it to an expert (?)... it is¢ generally agreed y all that there are¢ no 'experts' here.¢¢ OTHER BUSINESS:¢ The LIAUG Meeting Minutes (by ALAN¢ SHARKIS, Secy) from Saturday, March¢ 1st, were read. An overflow crowd¢ with all LIAUG members, LIACE, MACE,¢ BASIC and OHAUG bussed in. In fact,¢ it was a Atari 8-bit rally of sorts¢ with almost every Northeast member¢ present. Several local SYSOPS who are¢ not affiliated with Atari Users Groups¢ came; among them were JOHN QUINN known¢ to all as 'ZEUS' of THE GODS' PLAYLAND¢ BBS, LOU TRAPANI, 'THE MACHINE' and¢ JIM EVANS from the 'STARLING' BBS. ¢ Not only where they all delightedly¢ caught off guard, the librarian (who¢ fervently worked to catch this large¢ group on film in order that they might¢ justify additional monies come budget-¢ time) and the local pizzeria who¢ valiantly struggled to keep that¢ speecy-spicy stuff coming to satisfy¢ these 8-bitters. LIAUG President, PAT¢ MULVEY, bit back his tears realizing¢ what grand support there is for ATARI¢ and his Club. The demonstrations¢ covered the entire 8-bit, ST and game¢ system gamet and had to be attached as¢ a separate pamphlet accompanying the¢ minutes. Guest speakers included BILL¢ GATES of MICROSOFT who publicly stated¢ that his war of words was over and¢ that a new line for all Atari users¢ would soon be available and jokingly¢ held up a FALCON O30 and asked when¢ we'd be getting a 'real computer',¢ NOLAN BUSHNELL admitted that his¢ blunder of suggesting that the¢ concentration be on game machines will¢ be regretted for a long time. THE¢ SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL KICKLINE, whose¢ leader responded to all questions,¢ etc., with "Cool!" As ALAN SHARKIS'¢ notes brought us to the meeting's end,¢ he jokingly disclosed his 'April¢ Fool's' prank. There wasn't even a¢ meeting in a blizzard-soaked February¢ (but this rally of support would be so¢ nice). I'm sure we'd all agree to¢ give ALAN an 'A' for creativity; but¢ credibility would have to accord with¢ one's gullibility (is this even a¢ word?) factor.¢¢ DOOR PRIZES:¢ FIRST: HAROLD PEGLER¢ SECOND: AL MOLINELLA¢ THIRD: RON FETZER¢ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<¢¢¢
