¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢ PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE¢ by Jack Gedalius¢¢ May--June, 1997¢¢¢ The club had a very successful¢ Valentine's Day dinner at Lambrou's¢ in Island Park, New York. We were¢ happy to see Mrs. Alex Pignato with¢ her daughters and sons-in-law.¢¢ At the February meeting Al Sharkis¢ demonstrated a program that dumps¢ font to a printer buffer. He also¢ showed us the Frank Walters Decode¢ program and a space story-an¢ adventure game. He demonstrated a¢ disk from TWAUG which had a ping pong¢ game with obstructions. This was an¢ excellent game. The disk had other¢ games on it.¢¢ At the March meeting we welcomed the¢ members from LIAUG. At the luncheon¢ they brought equipment for¢ demonstration and sale. Ron Fetzer¢ showed a program called ANALYZER¢ which checks electrical voltage and¢ wave form. He also demonstrated a¢ program called STAR STUFFER. It¢ designs fonts to a printer. We all¢ had a good time. ¢¢ We regret to inform you of the loss¢ of the mother-in-law of Al Sharkis.¢¢ The April meeting was conducted at my¢ home. Stan Schenfeld donated all his¢ Atari equipment consisting of¢ computers, disk drives, a printer,¢ and many programs. The members of¢ the club went WILD over the¢ equipment. Everyone bought¢ something.¢¢ Al Sharkis demoed a disk from TYNE &¢ WEAR consisting of a lottery program,¢ Pixel Artist Deluxe, and other¢ programs. He also showed an SLCC¢ disk which on one side had a karate¢ master and on the other a text¢ adventure game. Al previewed for us¢ another disk from the LEANDRO¢ COMPUTER CLUB which consisted of many¢ games and utilities. He also showed¢ us an excellent disk from Club¢ Cenacle of France that included a¢ "machine-code tutor".¢¢ Ron Fetzer demoed a disk from ABBUC.¢¢ The meeting ended with everyone happy¢ with his purchases.¢¢¢ Bye for now,¢¢¢ JACK GEDALIUS¢¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢¢¢
