¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢ MINUTES OF OHAUG MEETING 3/21/98¢¢ TREASURY REPORT:¢ We are in the black.¢¢ PRESIDENT JACK GEDALIUS called for¢ any reports.¢¢ ALAN SHARKIS reported he spoke with¢ TOM ANDREWS about the Newsletter and¢ will show the members some disks as¢ examples of what he's done. ALAN¢ also has correspondence from THOMAS¢ RAY who now is the proud owner of WEB¢ TV and was not going to rejoin the¢ OHAUG because he had problems with¢ Newsletter disks but RON now has his¢ check for membership dues and we are¢ happy not to lose his membership.¢ Also ALAN called SAM CORY and¢ informed him about the upcoming¢ schedule of joint meeings. SAM asked¢ if anyone has any info about what¢ happened to the guy who designed¢ VIRTUOSO. Please let SAM know if you¢ do. Sam would also like to obtain a¢ copy of VIRTUOSO. He is sending ALAN¢ a video tape of a demo done with¢ VIRTUOSO many years ago at LIAUG.¢ ALAN also corresponded with JON¢ MORDOSKY of LVAUG and BOB WOOLLEY of¢ SLCC.¢¢ JACK asked ALAN what service did they¢ give him on Internet with Delphi? ¢ ALAN says it's all in TOM ANDREWS'¢ article in the latest Newsletter. ¢ Read the Newsletter!!¢¢ JOHN HARDIE read the details about¢ the meeting in Las Vegas at the¢ Sahara Hotel this August for Atari¢ users. Then JACK offered a free¢ Bell-Atlantic floppy disk.¢¢ JACK informed the group there would¢ be a joint meeting April 4 at 12:30¢ and we should arrange a car pool for¢ members who need a ride to the¢ Suffolk meeting.¢¢ Directions to the meeting are:¢¢ LIE to Exit 58 (Old Nichols Rd) make¢ a left north to Smithtown Blvd. (2-3¢ mi.) make another left and go about¢ another mile to shopping center (on¢ the right) and the library is in this¢ shopping center along with two nice¢ restaurants.¢¢ An alternate route is:¢¢ Northern State Pkwy. to end when it¢ becomes 347/454 - go straight ahead¢ to fork where 347 is left and 454 is¢ right.Take left fork (347) about 6¢ miles past Comp USA and look for the¢ Watermill Restaurant on right then¢ turn right onto Terry Rd. until you¢ can turn left onto Smithtown Blvd. ¢ Stay on Smithtown Blvd. about a half¢ mile and then you will see the¢ shopping center on the left hand side¢ and the library is toward the left¢ end of the shopping center.¢¢ Ask for the Community Room in the¢ Library. We will take a lunch break¢ during the meeting.¢¢ There are joint meetings on April 4¢ in Suffolk (LIAUG), June 20 in¢ Nassau, August 1 in Suffolk, October¢ (to be announced) in Nassau. We'll¢ forego the regular OHAUG meeting¢ during the months that we have a¢ joint meeting at LIAUG (April and¢ August.)¢¢ ALAN informed members that ATARI was¢ sold to HASBRO Interactive for five¢ million dollars. HASBRO will also¢ pick up a fifty million dollar debt. ¢ Discussion then centered around¢ making a nice flyer for the Atarifest¢ meeting this summer in Las Vegas. ¢ 600 copies will be made. The flyer¢ will mention our newsletter, our¢ library, and our large membership and¢ its international character.¢¢ ALAN SHARKIS brought up a discussion¢ about the Newsletter program update. ¢ Asked members what about going to¢ 1050 density. We send out 60¢ Newsletters. We'd probably have to¢ have a referendum to see how many of¢ our members could not support that¢ change. ALAN then demoed the changes¢ that TOM ANDREWS suggested and the¢ members agreed on it.¢¢ DEMONSTRATIONS:¢ ALAN SHARKIS demoed a disk called¢ CSYA which is Cross Stitch Your Atari¢ which comes from ANDY FLOYD. It¢ takes a micro illustrator/painter¢ file and prints out a cross-stitch¢ picture. ALAN passed around a¢ printout.¢¢ Then he demoed a storybook disk based¢ on the Sailor Moon legend, also by¢ Andy Floyd. (library #717).¢¢ Next he demoed another Andy Floyd¢ disk called "Push It". Push It is a¢ clone of Socoban. It's a two-player¢ game. Side 1 is just a .GIF file of¢ an Alternate Reality map (library¢ #718).¢¢ Next ALAN demoed the latest disk from¢ TWAUG labeled with a couple of acorns¢ on one side and old man winter on the¢ other side. On side 1 are a number¢ of programs we've probably already¢ seen including Monopoly, Pool League,¢ etc. Issue #30. The second side is¢ also interesting program which is¢ another magazine data base. It may¢ be useful (library #719).¢¢ RON has ABBUC magazine #52 1/1/98¢ which he demoed and it included¢ Flintstone Adventures. He then¢ demoed Dinakiller, then Protractor,¢ etc.¢¢ There were no door prizes given¢ today.¢¢ The next meeting will be on April 4th¢ and will be a joint meeting held in¢ Suffolk County at LIAUG.¢¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢¢
