MINUTES OCTOBER 1992¢ ====================¢ NEW MEMBERS¢¢ A.R. WRIGHT joined our club. He¢ lives in Hernando, MS. Welcome to the¢ club. I think you will find it most¢ worthwhile. You join us along with¢ many other non-local members.¢¢ CORRESPONDENCE:¢¢ CURRENT NOTES mentioned our¢ newsletter favorably in the last¢ issue.¢¢ ALEX read his welcomeing ¢ message to RON which ALEX had left on¢ GENIE (G.E. modem BBS). We now have¢ the following members on GENIE, who¢ can be reached using the following¢ names and numbers where indicated,¢ A.SHARKIS1, A.PIGNATO, B.POEHLAND,¢ C.COLE1, J.ANDREWS24 and R.FETZER.¢ These are our GENIE mail addresses.¢ If you want to send us a message¢ please use these names.¢¢ BEN POEHLAND our member from PA.¢ sent ALEX a message via GENIE. In it¢ he tells us the latest news of ATARI¢ CLASSIC magazine. He hopes to have¢ the first issue ready for the WAACE¢ ATARI FEST in VA. BEN said that it is¢ a miracle that AC was completed from¢ the time it was started AUGUST 5,¢ 1992 to the deadline of SEPTEMBER 19,¢ 1992. BEN did an amazing feat by¢ doing this in such a short time. He¢ got a staff together, reviewed¢ articles, composed the pages,¢ answered a million questions,¢ solicited ads. and did a thousand¢ other things in 6 weeks. This in¢ itself is an unbelievable¢ accomplishment. DR. ROLLY HERMAN of¢ the WESTCHESTER ATARI CLUB is the¢ Advertising Manager. Without trying¢ very hard the first issue will have¢ 30% of it pages devoted to ads. This¢ showes you there is a support base¢ for the 8-Bit computer. DR. ROLLY¢ HERMAN will try to contact every 8-¢¢ Bit developer and retailer.¢¢ ALAN SHARKIS is on the staff of¢ AC as a reviewer. ALEX is on the¢ staff as the DISK MANAGER. ALAN¢ SHARKIS wrote an article for AC which¢ will appear in the premiere issue.¢ The publisher left out the next to¢ the last sentence which is the punch¢ line. BEN most likely will put an¢ editors note in the next issue.¢¢ (FLASH ITEM ADDED BY EDITOR)¢¢ ALEX got another message from¢ BEN stating that about 310 ATARI¢ CLASSIC magazines were distributed at¢ the WAACE fest. There are still some¢ 1st issue magazines available if you¢ send in your name.¢¢ ITEMS:¢¢ HAROLD PEGLER gave us a hint on¢ the use of DISKCOM3.COM (DCM). This¢ is a BOB PUFF program that takes a¢ disk and makes one file out of it.¢ You should first take your source¢ disk and copy each file to a clean¢ disk. In this way you avoid the¢ diskcom'ing of erased programs. A¢ great hint HAROLD.¢¢ The SAN LEANDRO COMPUTER CLUB¢ took the RECTANGLE program from our¢ newsletter and used it in their¢ newsletter.¢¢ The W.A.N.D newsletter of the¢ Westchester Atari Club reprinted the¢ article on COMPUTER VIRUS.¢¢ ALEX brought up the point that¢ he is overworked with writing the¢ newsletter, making all labels,¢ preparing demoes and answering all¢ the mail. He asked for a volunteer to¢ take over the mail. The discussion¢ was tabled until the next meeting.¢ We need a corresponding secretary to¢ handle the mail. Any volunteers, step¢ forward.¢¢ CORRESPONDENCE:¢¢ BEN writes us that RON FETZER¢ submitted an article which will¢ appear in a later issue.¢¢ A letter was sent to TOM ANDREWS¢ our member from upstate NY. ALEX sent¢ him a replacemnt newsletter disk.¢ ALEX explained that at last he¢ learned how to send a message on¢ GENIE.¢¢ A letter from WAACE informing us¢ about the upcomming Atari Fest. (Will¢ be over by the time you read this.)¢¢ JIM CUTLER our member from¢ England sent us a CHRISTMAS CARD.¢ Thanks JIM!¢¢ A letter from CHARLES COLE our¢ member from Arizona. He sent us a¢ list of his personal library and a¢ super data base program called¢ DISKBASE.COM by Todd Bake. He tells¢ us that he sent a review to CURRENT¢ NOTES magazine, plus he has 3 more¢ articles in the pipe line at CN that¢ have not been published as yet. He¢ tells us that he will send us any PD¢ program from his library that we¢ want. That is a very generous offer¢ CHARLES, and the OL' HACKERS thank¢ you.¢¢ ALEX answered that he had¢ recognized CHARLES name from articles¢ printed in CN. ALEX said we are¢ thrilled at having him as a member.¢ ALEX told him that he can be reached¢ on GENIE too, but he is not yet too¢ familiar with th ins and outs of¢ GENIE.¢¢ A letter from BILL MIMS. He is in¢ the Air Force in Dekota where he runs¢ a BBS. We sent him the PROGRAMMING¢ KIT and the JUL/AUG newsletter.¢¢ A letter from JIM CUTLER our¢ member from England. He said he is¢ now using BOB TERM and he downloaded¢ the newsrelease about the AC magazine¢ to the CITY BBS in ENGLAND. He also¢ tells us that he got a new kitchen¢ with new appliances. He said the¢ newsletter was superb, as usual.¢ Thanks JIM, glad that you like our¢ efforts.¢¢ A letter from TOM ANDREWS our¢ member from upstate NY. He writes his¢ disk newsletter got mangled by the¢ post office. We sent him a new copy.¢ He writes us that our sample¢ newsletter on GENIE is doing quite¢ well, and is being downloaded by¢ about 20 8 BIT'ers..¢¢ A letter to DANE STEGMAN our¢ member from Akron N.Y. He is the¢ secretary of an ST Club in BRAD, the ¢ BUFFALO REGION ATARI CLUB, however,¢ he is however a devoted 8-Bitter.¢¢ JOE HICSWA our member from¢ Passaic NJ writes us and sent us¢ membership dues. JOE is also the 8-¢ Bit V.P. of JACG. He writes that he¢ has enjoyed our newsletter, and looks¢ forward to, receiving them.¢ ¢ DEMOES:¢¢ JACK GEDALIUS demoed HOME FILE¢ MANAGER. JACK records all his stocks,¢ bonds, air conditioning business¢ records etc. with this program. He¢ also has all his collection of ANTIC¢ magazines on it. His son keeps¢ records of dinosaurs on his copy. The¢ program simulates a file of index¢ cards. You can keep several files on¢ the disk.¢ It has a great search function.¢ It automatically sorts your file. It¢ is all menu driven and very user¢ friendly and intuative to work. You¢ can tag a card. It puts a paper clip¢ on the card. You can un-erase an¢ entry. The program is great and very¢ easy to work. It is especially suited¢ for students because it is so easy to¢ use. A great demo! ¢¢ We saw a demo program of MARK¢ BENSLEY commercial programs. Very¢ well done.¢¢ ALEX showed a program that¢ creates two RAMDISKS with a modified¢ 256K 800XL or 130XE 256K computer. It¢ is a modified 2.5 DOS. You can¢ configure the DOS to any of the two¢ RAMDISK drives that you want such as¢ D3; D4; D8 etc. D3 must be formatted¢ and has no DOS or DUP. D8 is the¢ usual setup. With a 256K upgrade the¢ D8 RAMDISK will be 90K and the 2nd¢ RAMDISK will be 90K and can be¢ assigned any number from D2 - D7. It¢ will survive a RESET and the data is¢ not lost. Thus you can copy 2 full¢ disks into the RAMDISKS because each¢ disk is only 88K. JOE DANKO of SPACE¢ wrote this program. The program will¢ go into the library.¢¢ A hint form our SYSOP JIM HARRIS.¢ In DOS 2.5 if you have a machine¢ language program that you want to¢ self boot you can call it¢ AUTORUN.SYS. If you have a 2nd¢ machine language program to self¢ boot call it RAMDISK.COM . DOS 2.5¢ looks for RAMDISK.COM first and then¢ it looks for AUTORUN.SYS.¢¢ A most addictive game was shown¢ by ALEX called MYJONG. If you get it¢ you will do nothing else except play¢ this game. So DON'T GET IT unless you¢ are prepared for the consequences!¢ ADDICTION!¢ ¢ We saw a PSF CONVERTER that lets¢ you manipulate PS Icons. On the other¢ side of this disk is G- PRINT and¢ CPALATTE both of these programs are¢ terrific and you should have them. G-¢ PRINT is a printing program that lets¢ you print with various fonts and in¢ columns, and will print inverse¢ characters.¢¢ ALEX demonstrated SAM the voice¢ simulator on a program. SAM can read¢ anything. It is an old program but a¢ good one. Even IBM does not have a¢ SAM yet. We heard the soliloquy from¢ Hamlet and the Gettysberg Address. It¢ is still a unique program that has¢ not been ported to any other computer¢ system, as far as we know!¢¢ DOOR PRIZES:¢ JACK GEDALIUS¢ BOB ULSCHMID¢ CASTALDO FRANK¢ HARRY TUTHILL¢ HAROLD PEGLER¢¢ And another meeting is history. Hope¢ you all voted, and AMERICAN DUTY AND¢ PRIVLIDGE.¢¢ Submitted by¢ Ron Fetzer¢¢ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<¢¢
