[][][] [][][]¢¢ MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 1992 MEETING:¢ =====================================¢¢ NEW MEMBERS:¢ ALWAYS A WONDERFUL WAY TO START A¢ MEETING!¢¢ This month, we welcome 5 new¢ members to the club. They are:¢ WENDELL HELFRICK of Springfiled OH.;¢ CHARLES A COLE of Sierra Vista AR.;¢ WILBUR J. ZEMLICKA of Madison WI.;¢ DAVID LANG of Defiance OH.; and¢ JOSEPH HICSWA from Passaic N.J..¢ Fellows, I think you made a wise¢ choice and we hope you will enjoy¢ yourself.¢¢ ITEMS of INTEREST:¢¢ ALEX expressed the clubs thanks¢ to RON FETZER for the 3 DISK TURBO¢ BASIC PROGRAMMING KIT, and to RON and¢ STAN SCHENFELD for their¢ collaboration in producing the 2 DISK¢ SET called DISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.¢ Because of these programs we have¢ received wide publicity and many new¢ members.¢¢ We will have 3 of our members¢ submitting article to the AC¢ magazine. TOM ANDREWS, ALAN SHARKIS¢ and RON FETZER have sent in articles¢ for the magazine.¢ ALEX read the instructions for¢ the AC DISK DISTRIBUTION MANAGER to¢ the club. We will be responsible for¢ mailing the AC disks to the¢ subscribers. ALEX is the DISK¢ DISTRIBUTION MANAGER for AC¢ magazine.¢¢ ALAN SHARKIS urged the members¢ of the club to support the NEW NEST¢ BBS. Because of the international net¢ the costs have skyrocketed.¢¢ CORRESPONDENCE:¢¢ We received a letter from SAM¢ COREY, our member from NJ. He wants¢ us to send him a subscription form¢ for the new ATARI CLASSIC magazine.¢ Sorry SAM we don't have any but the¢ first issue is free and it will have¢ a form in it. He also wants to know¢ how he can help with the new "AC"¢ magazine. SAM is the 8-Bit librarian¢ of the JACG.¢ A letter from JOHN KASUPSKI the¢ editor of the POKEY NEWSLETTER of the¢ WEST NY. ATARI USERS GROUP. (If you¢ want to buy a good disk from our¢ library get a POKEY disk. They are¢ all fantastic.) He thanked ALEX for¢ the Kudos he received for the POKEY¢ DISK NEWSLETTER. He says that the¢ newsletter is a product of several¢ members and that he cannot take sole¢ credit for it. If you want to use¢ their BBS, "THE WIZARDS ATTIC" in¢ upstate N.Y. the SYSOP is JOHN¢ KASUPSKI and the number is 716-681-¢ 1654. If you are a member of the¢ OL'HACKERS mention it to JOHN for¢ preferential treatment.¢ ALEX replied that he enjoys the¢ newsletter and the articles that JOHN¢ writes. He said that we have photo¢ copied JOHN'S "BASIC101.BAS" series¢ of articles. It is a great series to¢ learn how to program in Atari BASIC.¢ A letter from FRANK CASTALDO to¢ ALEX. FRANK is a new Atari user. He¢ requested that if possible, time be¢ set aside for new members to be shown¢ how to operate and load files, ask¢ questions etc. ALEX set aside 45¢ minutes for NEW MEMBER at this and at¢ future meetings.¢ A letter to PATY RAYL, Co-Editor¢ of A.I.M. magazine by ALEX. He sent¢ her a copy of our newsletter for her¢ examination. ALEX granted permission¢ to use any article for the A.I.M.¢ MONTHLY DISK if she wants to.¢ A letter from JIM CUTLER our¢ member from England. He writes us¢ that he likes the newsletter very¢ much. He said he has written to¢ HAROLD PEGLER, Librarian for 5 disks¢ that he wants from the library. He¢ said he liked RON'S article on DESK¢ TOP PUBLISHING with the 1st XLEnt¢ word processor. He also thanked RON¢ for the article on BOB TERM.¢ Our new member BILL FORBES from¢ Indiana PA writes us that he may¢ write an article for our newsletter¢ sometime in the nearfuture. He says¢ he is a Professor in the Biology¢ Department of the Indiana PA¢ University. He says from the editors¢ standpoint he can understand the need¢ for articles for the newsletter. He¢ wants to know the list of PA members¢ and West Virginia members of our¢ group and also any FORTH programmers¢ in our group. He is the SYSOP of the¢ ELECTRONIC ZONE BBS and the WIGGLE¢ WORM BBS both of which are IBM only.¢ He said, he at one time had 8-Bit¢ stuff on his BBS but there was a lack¢ of interest. He said he has not run¢ into another ATARI 8 BIT person in¢ the past 5 years, we are the first to¢ come across his path. Thirst no more¢ BILL, you are one of THE OL' HACKERS¢ now.¢ Alex answered him by saying you¢ are no longer a lost 8-Bit soul. ALEX¢ welcomed him and said may the 8-BIT¢ bug continue to nibble on his heels.¢ ALEX wrote a letter to BEN¢ POEHLAND our member from PA. to¢ insert an ad. for the SWAP AND SHOP¢ section in the AC magazine for our¢ club. The adds will be free to¢ susbscribers.¢ CHARLES COLE our member from¢ Arizona writes us that he has already¢ submitted an article to the new AC¢ magazine. He also signed on as the¢ Hardware and Software editor of ATARI¢ CLASSIC MAGAZINE. He also had¢ articles published in CURRENT NOTES¢ on SPARTA DOS, SPARTA DOS X CARTRIDGE¢ modifications and some other articles¢ that have not yet been published.¢ CHARLES has quite a bit of 8-BIT¢ computer equipment. He has more than¢ ALEX, and that is quite a bit! His¢ library at the last directory¢ printing contained 4,820 files not¢ all PD but the majority are. I think¢ we can safely say that CHARLES has¢ practically everything that was ever¢ written for the 8-BIT.¢¢ TREASURERS REPORT:¢ Ron Fetzer read the monthly¢ report. We are doing well and are in¢ the black. May it be ever so!¢¢ BBS NEWS:¢¢ Our club decided to donate¢ $30.00 to the LIAUG'S NEW NEST BBS¢ with whom we are affiliated (516 234-¢ 4943). Because the BBS is now the¢ host node for the International ATARI¢ Net (IAN) to Holland, Netherlands,¢ and Germany the costs have¢ skyrocketed. At the same time, our¢ members collected $10.00 more. RON¢ donated $20.00. We feel that the BBS¢ serves an invaluable service to us¢ and the whole ATARI community by¢ bringing us together. Besides all the¢ programs you can download, the BBS¢ serves as a conduit and communication¢ link to other Atari users. We would¢ not want to be without it.¢¢ DEMOES:¢¢ ALEX demonstrated WEDGE a¢ fantastic SPARTA DOS program, by ED¢ BACHMANN of LEHIGH VALLEY ATARI USERS¢ GROUP. The next program that was¢ shown was DOZWIZ.NXL (NXL=Need XL¢ TRANSLATOR). It is an old program so¢ you have to use a translator program¢ first. ALEX brought in a disk in¢ which the sector count was screwed¢ up. With DOSWIZ.NXL it was easy to¢ correct the count and save the disk.¢ An OLDY BUT A GOODY program. ALEX¢ used ULTRAFIX.OBJ. It is the BEST¢ translator program for the 8-Bit. It¢ even has a HELP section on screen.¢ ALEX also demonstrated¢ MENU2BIN.BAS. A great program to make¢ menues with. It will write a¢ description of the files on the disk¢ that appears upon boot up with the¢ menu, so that you know what the¢ program is all about, when you look¢ at it a few months later.¢ AIM disk MARCH 1992 has a great¢ math program for kids on it. ALEX¢ demonstrated it. It is for a high¢ school student level.¢ ALEX also demoed a German disk¢ that had all the music from the¢ various commercial programs on it. It¢ is called MEGA DEMO #9 in enhanced¢ density.¢ We saw MEGA DEMO #10. It has the¢ sound tracks of various game disks.¢ Also in enhanced density.¢ ALEX also demonstrated a disk¢ called JEWISH BASEBALL. A game disk¢ in which you answer questions on¢ Jewish culture, If right, you move¢ the player around the bases.¢ LOOK FOR THESE DEMO's IN OUR LIBRARY¢¢DOOR PRIZES:¢¢ RICK NEAL¢ HARRY TUTHILL¢ ALAN SHARKIS¢ BOB ULSCHMID¢ JACK GEDALIUS¢ AL ATKINS¢¢ And as the sun went down in the¢ West, the meeting continued in the¢ parking lot. We just hate to have it¢ end!¢ TO ALL OUR OUT OF TOWN MEMBERS, WE¢ WISH YOU WERE WITH US!¢ Submitted by¢ RON FETZER¢¢ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<¢¢