******¢¢ PRESIDENTS MESSAGE¢¢ A MERRY CHRISTMAS and A HAPPY NEW¢ YEAR TO ALL the OL' HACKERS and ALL¢ OUR MANY FRIENDS! ¢¢¢ HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ALL¢ OL' HACKERS, WHEREVER YOU¢ ARE!¢¢ As we go into our NINTH YEAR as¢ an all 8 BIT club, I am glad to¢ report that our membership is at a¢ RECORD HIGH! We presently have 71¢ members, and if we grow much more, we¢ will have to turn down new non-local¢ members. This is because of the¢ "grunt work" necessary to keep¢ records, package and mail out 100¢ newsletters bi-monthly, and to try to¢ respond to members letters etc. How¢ different this is from the decline of¢ membership in other clubs. I guess we¢ must be doing something right.¢¢ Our own ATARI CLASIC magazine is¢ having its first anniversary, and I¢ am told that we have over 500¢ subscribers, and over 300 Disk¢ subscribers, so it too is growing.¢ THE 8 BIT DEAD? NO WAY JOSE! We just¢ must not listen to the doomsayers. If¢ your 8 BIT does what you want it to¢ do, STAY WITH IT. Lately I have seen¢ messages on BBS's saying that they¢ wish they hadn't gotten rid of their¢ 8 BITS when they bought clones. If¢ you must have a 16 BIT for whatever¢ reason, fine, just put it next to the¢ 8 Bit and make it act as a RAMDISK fo¢ the 8 BIT via the SIO2PC cable¢ (grin).¢¢ In the current newsletter, you¢ will notice that because of the many¢ requests received, I have put more¢ programs on side 2 and therefore¢ there is less text than usual. Please¢ let me know if you like having a¢ combination of the two, or more of¢ one or the other. Your input is¢ needed to help guide me in future¢ newsletters. ¢¢ We have a new Vice President, &¢Membership Chairman, JACK GEDALIUS-and¢knowing JACK, I'm sure he will be a¢great help and an asset to the club.¢Welcome Mr. V.P., Membership chairman¢we expect great things from you.¢¢ Thats all for now, be healthy¢ and well till next time!¢¢
