>>><<<¢ MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 1994 MEETING¢ ==================================¢¢ ROBERT K. ECKSTEIN of Merrick¢ Long Island made a second appearance¢ at our meeting. He liked what he saw¢ and became a local member who in the¢ future can be of help in the many¢ tasks necessary to keep a worldwide¢ club operating. ROBERT has a 130XE and¢ a 1050 disk drive. We welcome him and¢ we hope he volunteers for some of the¢ club activities. He was recommended to¢ us by RANDY CONSTAN member of the LONG¢ ISLAND ATARI USER GROUP. RANDY at one¢ time was a great 8 BIT programmer, and¢ now programs for te ST. Thanks Randy!¢¢ CORRESPONDENCE:¢¢ Our 83 year old member, BILL¢ SMINKEY from El Toro, CALIFORNIA,¢ after reading about the hardship of¢ our member OCTAVIAN GRECU in¢ Bucharest, Romania in the last¢ newsletter donated $10.00 for the¢ purchase of any disks that OCTAVIAN¢ wants from our library. BILL is just¢ coming out of a 7 month health problem¢ recovering from a massive heart¢ attack, and then haveing to undergo a¢ prostate operation. Quite a guy,¢ right? RON mailed a prepaid P.D.¢ Library Disk order form to OCTAVIAN.¢ This is one reason why the OL' HACKERS¢ is so great. We help each other in any¢ way we can.¢¢ A letter from the Editor of the¢ PACESETTER, JEAN BROKAW. She writes¢ that her president and her children¢ colored all 65 issues of their¢ PACESETTER NEWSLETTER. She writes that¢ we can use any article we want from¢ the newsletter. She wondered what we¢ felt about Copyright programs from¢ long gone companies. ¢¢ We had a big discussion about copy¢ rights pro and con. Many members had¢ various views on this issue. Nothing¢ was really resolved, but we agreed¢ that if a commercial program was¢ copyrighted, it was wrong to copy it,¢ and put it into the library.¢¢ We received a card from our member¢ JOE HICSWA in N.J. He writes that he¢ likes the modification that ALEX did¢ to his program "DRAW POKER". He asked¢ ALEX to write to his brother in¢ CALIFORNIA, and encourage him to try¢ the ATARI 8-BIT computer. BILL has a¢ Commodore that he never uses because¢ he feels its too complicated and he¢ has no one to help him. ALEX did write¢ to him as requested. Now lets see if¢ we have a new ATARIAN. ¢¢ ALEX wrote to JACKSON BEEBE, a¢ programmer. ALEX invited him to join¢ our club, if he is still into using¢ the 8 BIT. He would be an asset to the¢ club.¢¢ A letter from our member TOM WRAY¢ in TEXARKANA, TX. He thanked ALEX for¢ the special disk that he received.¢ ALEX wrote him a 3 page letter¢ answering all the questions TOM had.¢ In addition he mailed him a disk with¢ the new TURBO BASIC and other programs¢ on it.¢¢ ALEX wrote a letter to M.A.G.I.C.¢ in AMES, IOWA, because we have not¢ heard from them.¢¢ The CENACAL CLUB in FRANCE¢ translated an article about the 24 pin¢ printers and the 8-Bit computer into¢ French. The article was originally¢ written by our member CHARLES COLE.¢ ALEX mailed a copy of the French¢ article to CHARLES.¢¢ ALEX read a letter from our member¢ FRANK CASTALDO. He tells us that he¢ bought a new (used) LEGEND 880¢ PRINTER. He had some questions which¢ ALEX answered. We showed FRANK how to¢ use PRINT SHOP with the printer, and¢ solved some of his other problems.¢ FRANK who is our Brooklyn member, and¢ takes about an hour to get to the¢ meeting, brought new (used) LEGEND 800¢ printer, to the meeting. He was having¢ a couple of problems and needed some¢ help. ALAN SHARKIS huddled with him in¢ a corner, and in short order FRANK's¢ problems were solved. Way to go ALAN!¢ PROBLEMS SOLVED!¢ TREASURERS REPORT:¢¢ RON FETZER, the treasurer¢ reported that we are in the black and¢ doing O.K.¢¢ DEMOS:¢¢ We saw a T.W.A.U.G. disk from¢ England TW 314 called HELP KEY. Our¢ library #503. This program will show¢ you how you can program HELP SCREENS¢ using the HELP KEY in your own BASIC¢ program.¢¢ Next we saw S.L.C.C. disk #1206¢ June 1994. On it is:ADVENTURE.BAS,¢ ASCCUR.BAS, DISKIO.BAS, HOT.BAS¢ (DEMO), FRACTAL DISPLAY GENERATOR,¢ MINOTAUR.BAS. UNTOKEN.BAS, PRAYER.TXT,¢ 2 TIME TRAVEL TXT ADVENTURE GAMES. (BY¢ DAVID CASTELL), WIREBALL.BAS. It is¢ our library #504.¢¢ Next we saw S.L.C.C. disk #1208¢ Aug. 1994. On it is: ALPHABET.BAS(SORT¢ THE DIRECTORY ON THE DISK AND RE-¢ WRITES IT. SLOW!), CRIBBAGE.BAS, (new¢ version) ELECTRA.BAS (GAME),¢ GRAPHIC3D.BAS (DRAW IN 3-D FORM),¢ HANDLERS.TXT, TRAIN CRAZY (GAME),¢ MEGABLAST (GAME). Our library #505.¢¢ Next we saw T.W.A.U.G. BEAR¢ ESSENTAILS UTILITIES. Our library¢ #506. ARTIST UTILITIES. Manipulate¢ Graphic 62 Sector pictures.¢¢ We saw a word processor called¢ CHICK SCRATCH. ALAN SHARKIS is going¢ to review it. None of us had ever seen¢ it. It seems to be a fully implemented¢ word processor. Maybe some day, it may¢ appear in a newsletter. On side #1¢ FONTS for EPSON and GEMENI printers¢ and also FONT MAKER. Our library¢ #507.¢¢ HAROLD PEGLER demoed a DATA BASE¢ program by JERRY WHITE called FILE IT¢ II SYSTEM. It has a FINANCIAL¢ ACCOUNTING SYSTEM, a DATA BASE and a¢ LABEL SYSTEM. It is a commercial¢ program. You can run a financial¢ report printout monthly, or by a¢ specific code. The label program is a¢ 3 line label. In the DATA BASE SYSTEM¢ you have a string of 79 characters. A¢ scale is on the top of the screen. You¢ do not get any FIELD LABELS. You must¢ remember where each field begins. You¢ can program the TAB key to start each¢ new field. You can search on any field¢ you want. It is written in BASIC so¢ you can modify it to suit your needs.¢ It sorts, deletes etc. It has all the¢ features of a DATA BASE program. Max.¢ number of records is 340. It has a¢ very nice documentation manual.¢ Another great demo by HAROLD.¢¢ JACK GEDALIUS brought in his VCR¢ and showed us the tape of our last¢ PICNIC-IN-THE-RESTAURANT party in June¢ 1994. It seems we all talk too much.¢ The speech by ALEX was short this¢ year, and this after not having made¢ ANY speech last year. (grin) Everyone¢ had a great time. We numbered 24¢ people this year.¢¢ We saw an EPSON PRINTER DRIVER in¢ French from CLUB CENACAL in France.¢ ALEX translated some of it already but¢ we do not have any French speaking¢ members to complete the job. It also¢ had a label program on it. It is¢ library #508¢¢ We saw a MONOPOLY GAME that has a¢ terrific graphics realistic board. A¢ VERY NICE program. It is library #509.¢ It is D.A.C.E. DOM for April 1994.¢ Side two has a game called SYMBOLISM¢¢ Another disk from the same club.¢ It has a game called DANDY and a cute¢ graphics program showing moving cows,¢ and a funny commentary. It is called¢ COWS. DANDY is fully documented. A¢ Dungeon and Dragon kind of game.¢ Library #510.¢¢ We saw the game ULTRA TETRUS. ALEX¢ tried it. On side two is OCTAGON¢ another great game from D.A.C.E. DOM.¢ Our library #511. Very hard to play.¢¢ DOOR PRIZES:¢¢ BOB ECKSTEIN¢ ALAN SHARKIS¢ JACK GEDALIUS¢ HAROLD PEGLER¢¢ Submitted by RON FETZER¢¢ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<¢¢
