¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢ OL' HACKERS ATARI USER GROUP MEETING¢ October 19, 1996¢¢ JACK GEDALIUS introduced the new¢ Recording Secretary, Barbara J.¢ Keller, to the attending members.¢¢ CORRESPONDENCE:¢¢ RON FETZER read a fax from Robert De¢ Letter of Belgium, who was surprised¢ when he heard about Alex's death. We¢ also got a note from Gail, Alex's¢ daughter and his wife Marie, who¢ thanked us for the plaque and tape,¢ and they wish us well.¢¢ Our ex-member, Norman Williamson from¢ England, wrote to let us know his¢ wife died of cancer. Needless to¢ say, he had a difficult year, and¢ that's why he didn't renew his¢ membership last year. We sent a note¢ of condolence.¢¢ ALN SHARKIS showed us a letter he¢ sent to Mr.Stuart Murray of NOSAUG in¢ response to his letter about Alex. ¢ Alan also received a Newsletter from¢ a user group in the Chicago area¢ which does have some 8-bit members in¢ their group although there is nothing¢ 8-bit-specific in this newsletter. ¢ He also received a very long message,¢ really an article from Donald A.¢ Thomas, Jr. It was a very long and¢ involved history of Atari, Corp. ¢ Then Alan showed a very nice letter¢ from JIM CUTLER saying he would send¢ us some surplus programs which Alan¢ has. Alan read the letter to the¢ club members. Jim suggests we might¢ use these as door prizes. RON FETZER¢ will send our thanks to Jim.¢¢ Alan announced that the Toad October¢ Atarifest will be held on October 26,¢ Saturday in their Severna Park, MD¢ store.¢¢ Alan then showed a beautiful picture¢ post card from JOE HICSWA who said¢ that it was difficult to remove the¢ Scotch Tape from the newsletter disks¢ when they are received. Alan¢ suggested we use a nonstickey¢ reusable tape for our disk mailings. ¢ Also a letter from JOE HICSWA stating¢ that he was interviewed by a local¢ newspaper regarding his Atari hobby¢ was read.¢¢ Alan passed around a clipping from¢ BOB ULSCHMID's wife. When she was in¢ Florida, she noticed that a local¢ paper in Largo ran an article about¢ Alan Frazer and his Atari 8-bit¢ computers. The article went on to¢ interview two other members of PACE¢ and to put Atari computers in a very¢ positive light.¢¢ HAROLD PEGLER is still working on¢ Library Index disk #4; the library is¢ getting very large.¢¢ HARRY TUTHILL has door prizes for us¢ this month, but they will be¢ supplanted by the programs that JIM¢ CUTLER sent. Harry's prizes will be¢ awarded next month.¢¢ JACK GEDALIUS mentioned the computer¢ show at Nassau Coliseum but it will¢ most probably have a only IBM¢ products.¢¢ JACK asked for a vote for an¢ Equipment Manager and RON FETZER was¢ voted in.¢ ¢ AL SHARKIS spoke about emulators and¢ how various people are improving them¢ and how many people who no longer¢ have Ataris, and wish they did, can¢ have emulation as a not-too-close¢ second. JIM HARRIS is moving to¢ Massachusetts next month. He will be¢ promoted to a software engineering¢ position and he is going to miss us a¢ lot. We'll miss Jim, too. As a¢ result, the New Nest BBS is going¢ back to PAT MULVEY in a couple of¢ weeks, and it will revert to its old¢ name -- The Nest.¢¢ DEMONSTRATIONS:¢¢ AL SHARKIS demonstrated a program¢ that displays Atascii cartoons. One¢ such cartoon, named Hackula, is about¢ a bat who changes into a Dracula at¢ will, goes in and out windows to¢ access anything he wants, gives¢ himself unlimited access on his¢ machine, and downloads enough to¢ destroy his own system. The moral¢ is, "Don't check your counts before¢ they're hacked." Side 2 works also,¢ Animate is the name of the program¢ (Library #659).¢¢ JACK GEDALIUS demonstrated a program¢ called Towers of Hanoi, a game where¢ you must end up with all the pieces¢ on one pole with the smallest on top.¢ You can use a few pieces for an easy¢ game, or many to make it more¢ difficult. There are several copies¢ like this in the library already.¢¢ Then the door prizes were drawn, and¢ everyone present received one.¢ ¢ A guest, George Gable, attended this¢ meeting. He would like to join the¢ club next month.¢¢ The next meeting will be on November¢ 9, 1996 at 11:30 in the library¢ meeting room.¢¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢¢
