PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE›           by Jack Gedalius›››         January--March, 2000›››› Since the last newsletter we have two› deaths to report. ›› We  lost   our   indispensible   disk› librarian,  Harold Pegler, on Monday,› February 28th.  The funeral  was  the› next  day.   He was a commanmander of› the Jewish War Veterans.   Twenty-two› war  vetererans  attended the funeral› and, according to tradition,  saluted› his  flag-draped  coffin.  One of his› daughters is a doctor and the other a› dentist  whom  we all met.  He was an› engineer for Bell  Labs  after  World› War II.›› Harold  was  a member of our club for› ten years.  We always enjoyed his and› his  wife's,  Edith,  company  at our› social gatherings.   Harold  reviewed› and catalogued over 700 disks for our› library.   He,   even,   set  up  the› refreshments   for   each   meeting. › Harold  increased  the  memory of the› Atari computers for the  members  who› needed   assistance   to   accomplish› this.›  › Our sympathies are  extended  to  the› Pegler family.›› Our  member,  Alan  Sharkis, lost his› father-in-law,   on  February  29th. › Funeral services were held  graveside› in Westwood, New Jersey on March 2nd. › Our condolences are extended  to  his› wife,  Ann  and  the  entire  Sharkis› family.  ›› We  are also sorry to report that one› of   our   founding  members,  Jerome› Ginsberg, is also very ill.   He  has› been a member since the end of 1985. › We pray for his speedy  and  complete› recovery.  ›› At  the  January  meeting  Ron Fetzer› demoed  the  ABBUC  yearly  disk  '99› which   consisted   of  a  game,  Sea› Fighter, instructions how to  convert› your  Atari  into  a stereo player by› using two Pokey chips,  and  textfile› explaining  how  to convert different› Ascii codes between Atari and PCs  so› that  the files would work together. ››› Ron demoed another ABBUC  disk  no.26› which works in a similar manner to PC› Windows.  It consists  of  icons  and› drop-down  menues.   The  cursor is a› pointer.    The   disk   also  had  a› shooting game, Mad Butcher.  ›› We discussed the upcoming Valentine's› Day  at  Lambrou's  on February 4th. › The dinner was enjoyable  and  joyous› for  all.   Members  and  their wives› attended the sumptuous dinner.  ›› At the February meeting there  was  a› general  discusion of PCs and Atari's› and new advancements in the field  of› communication.  ›› At the March meeting I showed a video› tape of last summer's barbecue and of› of the last Valentine's Day dinner at› Lambrou's restaurant. › › I, then, showed a disk of some of the› upcoming  programs   that   will   be› incorporated in this present disk.› The  first  program  is ROMAN NUMBERS› which converts  Arabic  Numbers  into› Roman Numbers and vice versa.  › The  next  program is DAYS OLD.  This› will  calculate  your  age  in  days,› years,   and   will   indicate   your› horoscope  sign.  It,also, calculates› the number of days between two dates.› I  find  that  it  can  calculate the› number of days between when a  CD  or› bond is issued and when it matures.› In  the  program  CALENDAR one enters› the month and the  year.   The  whole› calendar month appears on the screen.› This can be done from  the  sixteenth› century to infinity.  › The  last  program  that  I demoed is› INTEREST.    One  can  calculate  the› amount of interest earned when  a  CD› is  due.  I find the program accurate› and helpful.  › › BYE FOR NOW › › › JACK GEDALIUS› ›