*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*››          NEWSLETTER REVIEWS››            by Alan Sharkis›      OHAUG Newsletter Librarian›› I'm writing this on the first day  of› summer.  The weather is cool, the sky› is overcast, and the rain  is  coming› down.   Things  HAVE to get better in› the months ahead!  Actually,  I  know› they  will  improve  over  the   next› several  days.  But the rain gives me› an opportunity to write.›› IMAGE for May 1999 --  I  guess  this› announcement  will  be  repeated   in› many,   if   not   all   user   group› newsletters.  It will certainly get a› lot  of  play around OHAUG, since our› own   JOHN   HARDIE  is  one  of  the› organizers, but  the  CLASSIC  GAMING› EXPO  for 1999 was first mentioned in› IMAGE.  The show will take  place  at› the  Plaza  Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas› on August 14-15.   This  is  a  major› event,  and  IMAGE  editor  ED   BAIZ› suggests that you look at:››         http://www.egexpo.com›› for details.›› SLCC Journal for May 1999 -- There is› a description of BOB WOOLLEY's highly› modified  120XL  and  how   well   it› worked.›› XIO3  for  May-June  1999  -- ROWLAND› GRANT relates  this  rather  positive› development.  After stating that they› would  not  do  anything  with  their› Atari properties than use the  rights› to  the  games  that  were  developed› under  the  Atari  name,  HASBRO  has› agreed  to open up Jaguar development› by releasing the encription  code  to› game developers.  The developers will› no longer  have  to  sign  a  license› agreement with Hasbro.  This and many› other ST-related developments  occupy› the  News  and  Rumours  column  this› month.   In his 8-bit Affairs column,› Rowland does a very good  description› of  the  Atari   Historical   Society› Website,  run  by ex-Ol' Hacker, Curt› Vendel.    He   also   mentions   the› collaboration    between   TOM   HUNT› (Closer To Home) and Lance  Rindquist› (Video  61)  on the newest version of› BBS Express PRO and  how  it's  being› tested  in  emulation  on a PC, along› with Tom's Proxy Server so  that  the› 8-bit  can  browse  the  Web  and the› Telnet-able version of Closer To Home› BBS.  TORSTEN KARWOTH's 130XE+ Makro-› Assembler for the 8-bit is described,› along  with  a mention of our own RON› FETZER's   role  in  translating  the› documentation  for  this  programming› tool from German to English.   STEFAN› BIRMANNS  of  Germany  has reportedly› designed an IDE interface for our  8-› bits  that  will not only allow us to› use IDE hard disk drives, but  CD-ROM› devices, too.›› IMAGE for June 1999 -- Editor ED BAIZ› echoes what was stated  about  Hasbro› and  the Jaguar platform in the above› review, but also tells  us  that  the› source of his information was our own› JOHN HARDIE.  John, in turn,  credits› our  community  with asking Hasbro to› do so in numbers large enough  to  be› heard.   Hasbro,  in turn, feels that› it   doesn't   want   to   leave  our› community out, and thus complied.›› The PACESetter for June 1999  --  The› club  has  reprinted  an article that› was originally done in February  1996› and    describes   several   8-bit-PC› connections and utilities.  Of course› the  information  is old and has been› surpassed on many fronts, but it's  a› start  for  members  who  need it.  A› review  of  GHOSTBUSTERS  occupies  a› page in the issue.  A review of KOALA› PAD/ATARI  ARTIST  PICTURE PRINTER by› TED  BURGER  is  reprinted  from  the› May/June   1996   OHAUG  Newsletter. › Windows   98-  and  general  interest› website-information   complete    the› issue.›› JACG  Newsletter  for  June  1999  --› President  JOE  HICSWA  reports  that› the   JACG  has  finally  received  a› refund  from  the  New  Jersey  State› Government of a fee  that  they  paid› and didn't really need to pay.  Their› persistence was rewarded.  He reviews› The  PACEsetter  for  April.  He also› reviews our May/June issue  in  which› he  refers  his  members  to  me as a› source  of  information  on  lots  of› issues.  (Really,  Joe,  they  should› read  the OHAUG Newsletter to get the› primary sources; I'd just refer  them› to those primary sources -- Ed.)  Joe› also   reviews  the  April  issue  of› Orphaned Computers  &  Game  Systems.› Seems  like Joe is really the primary› author   in   this  issue.   He  also› describes a process by which he fixed› some  disks  he  obtained  at various› places, answers some questions for  a› JACS member (now, THERE's a switch! -› - Ed.), and, according to the minutes› of the JACG May meeting, gave a  very› positive report of the JACG's  Senior› Citizen    Project.  The    JACG   is› supplying    8-bit    equipment   and› training  to   senior   organizations› (something  OHAUG might  also want to› consider -- Ed.)  One thing that came› out of the JACG minutes was a  report› that  I'm giving up the editorship of› this   newsletter  to  pursue  a  job› opportunity in Canada.››               HUH????!›› The JACG May minutes are really chock› full  of  important developments, and› should be read.›› *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*›››