›               o=o=o=o=o=››   MEETING OF OHAUG JANUARY 17, 1998›› JACK   GEDALIUS   opened  by  wishing› everyone a happy New Year.›› TREASURER'S REPORT:› The treasury is  in  the  black.   We› have 17 members who were members last› year who haven't paid  yet  who  will› get  a second notice in the middle of› February.    Altogether  we  have  48› members.›› Discussion then went  to  the  annual› dinner  on  Friday,  February 13th at› Lambrou's.    JACK   invited   a  few› guests.›› ALAN SHARKIS then spoke about that he› almost feels like Alex at this point.› He has a few  letters  wishing  Happy› New  Year  including  a  letter  from› STUART  MURRAY.   Stuart  is going to› stop editing Futura because he's  too› busy.   Also,  about  ROBERT DeLETTER› who sent us a database program  which› ALAN will demo.  ALAN read the letter› to   members.    Then  ALAN  informed› members he was at East Meadow library› and  asked  about the Internet.  They› said to check  back  with  them  next› month.   HARRY TUTHILL says he signed› up   preliminarily   with    Freeport› Library.   ALAN  says  they  have  16› modems  for  a  couple   of   million› people.   A  member  stated  he knows› they won't go above 28 Modems.  FRANK› KUZLOWSKI  has  had  experience  with› Suffolk   County's   system.    Frank› states that there are odd hours, such› as  at  night  and  early mornings on› weekdays when it's a good time to use› the  Internet  through  that service,› and   he   thinks    that    Nassau's› experience  will  be  similar.    The› libraries will give you software good› for IBMs.›› RON FETZER will have a new membership› list in February.›› HAROLD  PEGLER  is  starting  a   new› library disk.  He now has 705 regular› disks.›› DEMONSTRATIONS:› ALAN demo'd a Stuart Murray disk from› Scotland,  SANBRO  June  30, 1991, in› Polish, called Sound Tracker  Player,› a digital music disk.  On Side Two is› a Serpent game, written in BASIC.›› ALAN's next demo was a  disk  with  a› program called SID, written by ROBERT› DeLETTER, with which you  can  create› catalogs  of  all  your disks.  It is› the same on both sides.›› ALAN   then   demo'd   this   month's› Newsletter disk. He pointed out a few› of the situations he has to work with› to  put this Newsletter together.  He› tries very hard to include everything› he can if he gets things in time.  He› then ran some  of  The  Oregon  Trail› program,  a  text  adventure.   After› that  he  ran part of the GTIA Sketch› Pad program on side one.   Then  side› two, Smokey, another text adventure. › He then ran a program called  "Repair› Card???"  with  music.   Then  a more› practical   program   with  a  repair› station and he gave a sample  of  how› it works.›› RON  then  demoed  an  ABBUC #51 disk› wishing all a merry Xmas  with  music› 1997  but the disk was no good.  Also› there was a Lotto program  and  Cross› Words(in  English) a nice program but› pretty   old.   Then  a  game  called› Yatsee, a game called Polka.›› Then RON demoed a Czekoslovakian disk› with  music, a Xmas demo from JUDY, a› BBC self-demo with music or text  and› you  can change the language by going› to the windows.  ALAN says this is  a› very famous demo (Library #708).  ›› Then  RON  demoed  a  disk from OMEGA› with a Cargo Ship game on one  side. › On  side  two  there  is a Search Two› System by  PAUL  ERHART  we  tried  a› search.› DOOR PRIZES:› 1st prize went to HARRY TUTHILL.› 2nd prize to MEL LEVINE› 3rd prize to JOE LEBER› 4TH PRIZE TO AL ATKINS› 5th prize to AL SHARKIS›› DINNER  IS  FEB  13,  1998  AND  NEXT› MEETING IS FEB 21, 1998.››               o=o=o=o=o=››››