<**><**>› PRESIDENTS MESSAGE› by ALEX PIGNATO›› Hope you all received Issue #1› of the new ATARI CLASSIC and felt› happy that we still have an 8 BIT› A.C.. I think that the mag was› interesting reading, though I felt it› needed more meat. I ran through it too› fast to suit me, but I'm sure that› articles that I only skimmed, were› devoured by others. Now, lets all back› this new venture, or we shall lose it› too. I am sure that if it fails, there› will be no more attempts at an all 8› BIT magazine. So please put your money› where your mouth is, and send in your› subscription now!› I have received many requests for› more programs, so in this issue will› be found a variety of different type› programs, and therefore there is less› text. Try the NEW modified, modified,› modified DRAWPOK.BAS, programmed by› our own JOE HICSWA. He also wrote his› thoughts relating to the ATARI world.› Want two RAMDISKS with your upgraded› 800XL or 130XE? Run DBLRMDOS.BAS. Like› graphics? Try SLIDESHO.BAS, and see› the two pictures that are also on side› 2. For all you folks who are into› financial type programs, side 1 has› FINCAL1.OBJ, and IRA2.BAS, for those› retired or soon to retire. Also find› CHECKBAL.BAS to help you solve the› monthly question of where your money› goes. There is even more, so look for› them.› Of course you still will find› informative articles as usual, and the› meeting minutes, which I hope will› make you feel like you were present,› and also acts as a mini review of› demo'ed programs.› AN S.O.S.-..I find it harder and› harder to come up with new interesting› articles for the newsletter. PLEASE,› I need HELP! This is the time to help.› Even if you never wrote an article,› just send one, I'll pretty it up if› necessary, otherwise I may have to› miss a deadline. Lets be sure to not› let that occur, this is after all your› newsletter!!› ANOTHER S.O.S.---BILL SMINKEY who› was planning to send a gift printer to› OCTAVIAN in Roumania, found that his› wife while he was sick, with a massive› heart attack with complications, threw› away the printer. BILL has requested› that if anyone has an EPSON compatible› printer even if in need of repairs,› would send it to BILL, he will mail› it to OCTAVIAN and pay the charges for› shipping it to ROUMANIA!!! Can anyone› help??› FLASH.....BE SURE TO READ "NEAR*US› REBORN! A NOBLE ATTEMPT, ONCE AGAIN TO› BRING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION› TO ALL ATARI USERS. HERE'S HOPING IT› FLIES! DO YOUR PART-"SPREAD THE WORD".› Finally, I could not find any› CHRISTMAS stuff for the last› newsletter among the piles of disks,› though I knew I had some. Better late› than never, I found them, and two› programs are included in this disk.› Sorry about that!› HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!!› * end *›