*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*›           NEWSLETTER REVIEWS›             by Alan Sharkis›       OHAUG Newsletter Librarian›› The  "guard"  has  changed,  or  will› change shortly at two of the stalwart› 8-bit user groups around the country.› TODD SUNRUNNER  has  taken  over  the› presidency  of the AAAUA from RUSSELL› STOWE.  We congratulate Todd and wish› him continued success, and we offer a› message of  appreciation  to  Russell› for  all that he has done.  At NWPAC,› DALE WOOSTER  is  moving,  and  MERLE› BARNES,    as   vice-president   will› assemble the members and officers  to› choose  a  new leader.  DALE deserves› much   praise   for  his  outstanding› leadership of the the  NWPAC  and  we› wish  him  the  best   in   his   new› location. (Ed. DALE has  been  a good› friend of OHAUG, and we wish he stays› in touch from TEXAS! A.P.)›› (FR)ANTIC  (AAAUA) for September 1995› -- This issue reprints JON SANDGREN's› October 1992 Current Notes article on› using batch files to your advantage. › This  article  shows  how simple, yet› useful batch  files  can  be  created› with  both  disk- and cartridge-based› SpartaDos.  I can  testify  that  the› technique  is  a  time-saver.   JAMES› MARITN  gives  a  review  of  the new› Atari   Classics   Magazine.   THELMA› SUNVISON advises the club of the next› slate  of  officers, and tells of how› the AAAUA has  been  able  to  donate› hardware  and   software   to   needy› children  and   teens   through   the› efforts  of  TODD  SUNRUNNER.    JOHN› POWELL  contributes  an article about› age, and promises more.›› The SLCC Journal for November 1995 --›  This  newsletter  continues  to   be› slim,  but  BOB SCHOLAR's description› of the 8-bit DOM deserves a look.›› (FR)ANTIC for November 1995  --  TODD› SUNRUNNER  writes his first column as› president.  Todd  says  that  he  has› some  excellent  ideas for the future› of the club.  As one  who  reads  his› messages  on the IAN and those of his› fellow club members on FidoNet, I can› testify  that  such  is  the   case. › MANUEL  GARCIA,  the  editor  of  the› newsletter,  tells  the  members that› the new  board,  while  full  of  new› ideas  and  energy,  will  still need› more  of  the  same  from  the  other› members.  It's a lesson that all user› groups  need  to  hear.   There is an› article   entitled,  "From  The  BBS"› which   carries  a  most  informative› message about  the  makeup  of  Print› Shop  disks.   The  message went from› FRANK WALTERS to MICHAEL BENNETT, two› stalwarts  of   the   FidoNet   Atari› National  Echo,  and credit was given› to MIKE  MAZZOLA,  sysop  of  Quantum› Leap  BBS for carrying the echo.  (We› have the echo available to us here in› the New York City area.  It's carried› on a couple of BBSs, and I  can  give› the  information to any of you if you› need it.  One is a  local  call.   --›  A.S.)   MIKE  HOHMAN  of Fine Tooned› Engineering contributes an update  of› his company's activities.›› Nybbles   and   Bytes   (NWPAC)   for› November/December 1995  --  President› DALE   WOOSTER   writes   what   will› probably   be   his  last  column  as› president.  He describes the  reasons› for  his  move back to Texas and what› the NWPAC has meant to him  over  the› years.   BARRY  W.  CANTIN (Copyright› 1995  by  Central  Atari  Information› Network Newsleter and reprinted  with› permission)  contributes  a   review,› complete with beta tester's notes, of› Rainbow.  Rainbow  is  an  Atari  800› emulator  designed  to   run   on   a› Macintosh.   Features  abound on this› emulator,  which  has  also  received› good press on the Internet.   If  you› have  access to a Macintosh, and wish› to emulate your Atari on it, YOU MUST› READ  THIS  ARTICLE!   There   is   a› comprehensive article on console keys› and how  to  program  them  by  KEITH› BINGAMAN.   There's  a  reprint  of a› BRENT   FISHER   (AIM,   April  1989)› article  on  8-bit  uses  for  an  ST› mouse.    There's   also   a    blurb› advertising  the  NWPAC's new page on› the World Wide Web.   I've  seen  the› page,  and  it looks GREAT!  Finally,› from our own OL' HACKERS   newsletter› (January/February  1990)  there's   a› reprint  of  a humorous article about› spell checkers.›› XIO3  (GCACE)  for  November/December› 1995   --   ROWLAND   GRANT  has  put› considerable  time  and  effort  into› reporting   Atari   Corp.'s  business› affairs and decisions  for  the  last› few  months  in  his  Atari  News and› Rumours  column,  almost  all  of  it› devoted to the Jaguar, the Jaguar CD,› and  how  these  play off against the› competition.  Although I was never  a› game-player,  I  rely  on   Rowland's› articles  about the activities of the› parent company.  True, they're out of› the  computer  business,  but one can› always   hope...    Rowland's   8-bit› Affairs    column   mentions   STEVEN› TUCKER's  A.P.E., The CD-ROM Pooldisk› from    ERNEST    SCHREURS   of   The› Netherlands, and several others.  and› a host of other hardware and software› developments.  JOHN PICKEN  writes  a› small  obituary  for DAVID EWENS, the› tireless newsletter editor  of  TWAUG› in  England.  John also contributes a› long,  rather  technical  article  on› RAM/ROM  control on a XL/XE computer.›› MVACE News for November 1995 --  This› newsletter came attached to something› called  the  NASAC-Hak  for  December› 1995.   There  is  nothing  of  Atari› interest in the  NASAC-Hac  section. › The  MVACE  section  reprints ROWLAND› GRANT's (September/October 1995) XIO3› article on expanding the 8-bit.› Most  of  this  issue is devoted to a› Tips, Tricks and Cheats article  that› covers  most  of  the  popular  8-bit› games.   No  source is listed for the› article.  There are also many smaller› articles  with authors listed.  There› is also a reprint (from (FR)ANTIC, no› date)  of  a  TOM  ANDREWS article on› using the 8-bit  for  the  holidays. › And    our   snow-laden   envy   will› certainly come to the  fore  when  we› read the Florida Christmas poem.›› *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*›