¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢ MINUTES OF THE MARCH 1997 MEETING¢¢ GENERAL MEETING:¢ PAT MULVEY opened this, the first¢ joint meeting of OHAUG and LIAUG with¢ a brief statement of purpose and¢ agenda, and a rough schedule of¢ future joint meetings. After the¢ LIAUG general meeting, we welcomed¢ members of LIAUG who joined with us¢ today as follows: DIANE MULVEY, GUS¢ ROTALO, HAROLD JAGENDORF, and MARK¢ GLICKSMAN who is also president of¢ NEAR*US. We also had visitors as¢ follows: KEITA IIDA, GEORGE GABLE,¢ and BARBARA J. KELLER who is the¢ recording secretary for OHAUG. We¢ have dedicated this meeting to the¢ memory of ALEX PIGNATO and we had a¢ dinner February 14 at Lambrau's which¢ was well attended and everyone¢ enjoyed themselves with winning¢ tickets for gifts given at the end of¢ the dinner. First prize was a¢ Valentine box of chocolates won by¢ Dorothy Keller (the Club secretary's¢ daughter)who was there with her¢ fiance. ¢ CORRESPONDENCE:¢¢ JACK GEDALIUS read a nice card from¢ MARIE PIGNATO thanking the Club¢ Members for such a nice evening at¢ the Club Dinner.¢¢ RON FETZER has correspondence from a¢ member who wants advice on two¢ interconnect systems.¢¢ JACK got a note from JOHN POWELL¢ who's looking for all issues of Antic¢ and Analog Magazines which we can¢ ship COD; he also wants the BLACK BOX¢ and wants to get in touch which the¢ man who made SPARTADOS. He also¢ wants a STAR NX1020 printer. He¢ recently married a girl named Maryann¢ and now lives in Dallas, TX.¢¢ AL SHARKIS received a note from BEN¢ POEHLAND saying he's cleaning out the¢ rest of his equipment.¢¢ PAT MULVEY sees JIM HARRIS weekly and¢ says he likes Massachusetts. ¢ ¢ POT POURRI:¢¢ On April 19 we will have our next¢ meeting at JACK GEDALIUS home at 1 PM ¢ instead of at the Library. ¢¢ On April 26 & 27 the Trenton Show¢ will be held in Jersey. It's the¢ biggest computer show on the east¢ coast at the campus of MERCER¢ COMMUNITY COLLEGE with a flea market¢ and classes, one ticket covers both¢ days; they take over the whole¢ college.¢¢ RON FETZER had a call from MAL¢ JARDENE offering to sell an 800 and¢ an 810 disk drive if anyone is¢ interested.¢¢ AL SHARKIS informed the members that¢ when you play EMPIRE from the next¢ Newsletter you must first copy it¢ onto another disk. It's a great¢ game.¢¢ A brief note, MARK GLICKSMAN spoke¢ with PAT about a site they found on¢ the web that will give us a WEB page,¢ there's an offering for a free WEB¢ page (WWW.GEOCITIES.COM) He also¢ wants to bring NEAR*US onto the WEB.¢¢ JACK announced there are magazines¢ and products for sale at this meeting¢ if anyone's interested.¢¢ TREASURER'S REPORT:¢¢ At this date we are in the black.¢¢ DEMONSTRATIONS:¢¢ RON FETZER showed the first demo,the¢ AEP 8 bit Trace Logic Analyzer (for¢ Pat because it has demos that blow¢ you out of your mind) by PAUL ALHART. ¢ He gives you an interface for your¢ computer. He gives you all the parts¢ and you can print it out on your¢ computer.On the other side is called¢ Star Stuffer and Default Rider which¢ sets defaults. The Star Stuffer¢ loads fonts in your printer. It has¢ special fonts. ¢¢ The next demo was similar to PacMan. ¢ Then we demod speeches by SAM such¢ as, Shakespeare, The Gettysburg¢ Address, The Pledge of Allegiance;¢ SAM can translate also. It also¢ plays the song Daisy, Daisy and sings¢ it at different speeds. We all¢ enjoyed singing along a bit. SAM¢ also lists BASIC (Library #677).¢¢ DOORPRIZES:¢¢ RON FETZER won the first doorprize,¢ FRANK KUZLOSKI won the next one, then¢ guest GEORGE GABLE, and AL MANNELLA,¢ JACK GEDALIUS, and finally ALAN¢ SHARKIS.¢¢ The meeting was then concluded on¢ this rainy day.¢¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢¢