›               o=o=o=o=o=››            EDITOR'S MESSAGE›› Hello, and welcome to  another  issue› of the Ol' Hackers Newsletter!  We're› somewhat obvlivious  to  the  current› political  scene,  and  we're  in the› mood to  start  selecting  candidates› for  the next  presidential election.› Of course, in our country, the way in› which  this  is  done varies by party› and state.  Of course,  both  parties› have  conventions  at  the   national› level,  but  the method that attracts› the most attention at  the  statewide› level  is  the   primary   election. › Soooo,  we've started out Side 1 with› DARKHORS.BAS,  which  runs  from  the› spacebar.  You become  the  potential› candidate.   You'll  need  pencil and› paper to play this game for sure,  as› you  try  to  go  up  against  a very› popular senator in the New  Hampshire› primary.   There's  lots  of  data to› gather, and a limited amount of money› to  spend.   Your goal is not only to› beat the senator, by  getting  enough› popular  and  financial support.  The› first time you try to run this  game,› read  the  directions!   The  screens› will  guide  you.   Our  member,  JOE› HICSWA,  contributed   a   TurboBasic› program,  Draw  Poker,  which is also› found on Side 1.  To use it, format a› blank  disk and write DOS files to it› using the "H" option of the DOS menu.› Then  copy  the  locked  files (those› whose filenames have  asterisks  next› to  them)  from  Side 1 to your newly› prepared disk.  Finally,  rename  the› file  "DRAW" to "AUTORUN.SYS" and the› file "RAM" to  "RAMDISK.COM"  on  the› new  disk.  Put the new disk in drive› 1, reboot your computer,  and  follow› the  screen  directions.   Joe did an› exceptional job on this game, with  a› little  help  from  RON  FETZER.  You› should also look for  a  file  called› CHESS.COM.   This  file came from our› copy   of  Pool  Disk  Too.   It  was› included in Page 6 disk 80, but  came› from  the  SPECTRUM  OF  ERIE group. › I've decided to put some  more  BASIC› games on Side 1.  The following three› came from Pool Disk Too, the  Colonia› Disk   124,   side   A:   SKULLS.BAS,› PANZER.BAS     and      WEBSTER.BAS. › SKULLS.BAS  is  The Seven Skulls, and› involves   your  positioning  a  game› piece in one of seven  positions  and› pressing  the  fire button.  When you› do,   three   of   the  seven  skulls› pictured  above  will  rotate  ninety› degrees.  The object of the  game  is› to get them all facing correctly, but› you have a limited number of moves in› which to do it!  PANZER.BAS is a two-› player joystick  game  in  which  two› tanks  must  shoot  away the X's, and› then each other, without  coming  too› close  to  either!   WEBSTER.BAS is a› sort of Centipede  in  reverse.   The› spider  is  the  hero.  He drops on a› strand of web to  eat  up  the  small› bug, but watch out for that big one! › Eating it makes you lose a life.›› Side two puts you  into  a  different› kind  of  fight.  You have to protect› your territory and the life within it› from   vultures!    You   control   a› vulture-removal   device    with    a› joystick  plugged  into  port 0.  The› opening   screen  gives  you  further› details.  The game VULTURES.BAS  runs› from  the  spacebar.   In   addition,› please  look on side 2 for OIL.COM, a› fabulous demo produced  by  Atari  of› England  and  enhanced   with   title› screens  that were added later.  Also› on Side  2  look  for  PEGSUS.COM,  a› pinball  game.   Use your joystick to› control   the  ball,  and  your  fire› button   to  control   the  flippers.› Finally, look for FF.COM,  which  was› at  one  time  a  commercial   game. › Excerpt  from  the docs for this game› follows:›› - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -››› Arrange  the  blocks  within  the 4x4› grid  such  that  adjacent  sides  of› neighboring  blocks  have  the   same› color.   This condition holds for all› sides of each square  in  the  grid. › Example:  The   solid  green block is› placed in the top left hand square of› the   grid.  This means that the left› side of  the  block   placed  in  the› square  just  to  the  right  of this› solid green block must  also  be  the› same green color.  Also, the block to› be placed in the  square  just  below› this solid green block must have it's› top half the very same green color.›› I know this sounds a bit confusing at› first, but don't worry.  The computer› will not allow you to make an illegal› move.  So, place all 16 blocks within› the grid.  If you can!›› Move the gold cursor  with  the  joy-› stick  in  port  #1.   Position   the› cursor  over  the block that you wish› to place on the grid  and  press  the› fire  button.   A  brown  outline  is› placed  around  the  selected  block.› Now move the cursor over  the  vacant› square  in the grid where you wish to› place the block and  press  the  fire› button  again.   If  you  change your› mind  and  wish  to  select   another› block,  just  position   the   cursor› over the block with the brown outline› and  press   the fire button to clear› your   selection.   If  you  wish  to› remove a block from a square  on  the› grid,  simply  place  the cursor over› the block and  press the fire button.› This  action cannot be done while you› have a block selected  (one  with  a › brown  outline)  to  be  placed  in a› square on the grid.›› - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -›› All  three  .COM files on Side 2 came› from the "Treasure"  folder  on  Pool› Disk Too.›› I hope you enjoy this issue.››               o=o=o=o=o=›››