¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢ Editor's Message¢¢ by Alan Sharkis¢ Editor, OHAUG NEWSLETTER¢¢ On side 1 of this issue, you will¢ find a tremendous amount of material.¢ I wish to thank not only those who¢ contributed directly, but those who¢ are mentioned in the various articles¢ and in my newsletter reviews for what¢ they've done. Pay particular¢ attention to the minutes of the March¢ meeting, since it's the first in the¢ series of joint meetings with LIAUG. ¢ Although the second such joint¢ meeting will take place before this¢ issue is mailed, it will be too late¢ to include anything about it here. A¢ full write-up will come in the¢ July/August 1997 issue.¢¢ FRANK WALTERS has contributed two¢ items to this issue. His Area Code¢ program, newly revised for 1997 and¢ easily revised by YOU, if necessary,¢ is included on this side as¢ AREACD97.BAS. You can read about it¢ with the "I" selection from the main¢ menu. Frank has also written a¢ splendid article about printing with¢ TextPro and you can read that one¢ with the "J" selection.¢¢ RON FETZER has taken a calendar¢ program from the latest ABBUC disk¢ and translated its directions into¢ English for you. This calendar¢ program does not fall victim to the¢ infamous "Year 2000" bug you've heard¢ about! You must have Turbo Basic to¢ run the program. To do so, you must¢ format a disk with DOS 2.5. Write¢ the DOS files to it. Copy your Turbo¢ Basic program to it. Rename the¢ Turbo Basic proram on the disk you¢ made to AUTORUN.SYS. Then copy the¢ files CALENDAR.TUR and CALENDAR.ARB¢ from side 1 of this newsletter disk¢ to that new disk. Read Ron's¢ instructions from the newsletter main¢ menu using the "K" selection (you may¢ (optionally) also copy the file¢ KALENDAR.TXT from this newsletter¢ disk to your new disk). If Turbo¢ Basic is not in your library, it's in¢ ours! Ask Harold Pegler about it.¢¢ We have several new members, but one¢ stands out. He's RENE DE BIE,¢ otherwise known as SYSOP*TXG. Read¢ about Rene and his extensive Atari¢ equipment list using the "L"¢ selection from the main menu of side¢ 1.¢¢ The BASIC program that runs from the¢ space bar on Side 1 is DOUBLE6.BAS, a¢ Backgammon-style game from the¢ October 1989 issue of A.N.A.L.O.G.¢ magazine that we had on our copy of¢ the Pooldisk. ¢¢ On side 2, the BASIC program that¢ runs from the space bar is¢ HANGMAN.BAS, from the GAMES03_A¢ ramdisk image in the MISC. section of¢ our copy of the Pooldisk. This is¢ one of the best HANGMAN games I've¢ ever encountered.¢¢ Additionally, look for MULTI.BAS and¢ run it from BASIC. This is a¢ multiplication drill program with an¢ interesting user interface. If you¢ wish to copy MULTI.BAS to another¢ disk, be sure that you also copy¢ MULTI.PIC to that disk. Both are¢ needed to run the program. The¢ program comes from ANTIC Magazine of¢ June 1990 and again, it was on our¢ copy of the Pooldisk.¢¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢¢¢