<**><**>¢ PRESIDENTS MESSAGE¢ by ALEX PIGNATO¢¢ Be sure to read GUEST COMMENTS¢ by my friend DALE WOOSTER, President¢ of NWPAC, an 8 BIT club that is surely¢ one of the BEST around. OHAUG is also¢ one of the BEST, (well, perhaps we are¢ a little better, but please don't tell¢ DALE, I wouldn't want to hurt his¢ feelings.) (grin). To quote DALE, "We¢ constantly kid each other about which¢ club IS the BEST, but WE BOTH KNOW¢ which one IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD,¢ but we ain't telling! Join one or¢ BOTH, and make your own tough¢ decision." Thats right DALE, I¢ couldn't have said it better myself.¢ (See why I asked you not to tell¢ DALE?) (grin)¢ He gives you some thoughts on¢ keeping an 8 BIT magazine viable for¢ all of us. The NWPAC MAY/JUNE¢ newsletter also is full of usefull¢ info on TextPro, including info on the¢ new 5.1 version, and on SpartaDOS 3.2f¢ Ask ALAN SHARKIS to let you borrow it.¢ Since DALE became the President¢ (again), I see a gargantuan¢ improvement in the clubs growth and¢ activities. Here's a quote from their¢ newsletter,¢ "NWPAC's DOMS have become very popular¢ and the normal high quality of NWPAC's¢ library disks must be maintained. For¢ an example of the DOM's popularity,¢ all you need to do is to read the¢ WORLDS BEST Disk newsletter that is¢ put out by the OL' HACKERS CLUB in New¢ York."¢ (Ed. Capital letters put in by them,¢ not me, honest, this is a direct¢ quote! A.P.) My hats off to the NWPAC¢ club and its officers, specially on¢ their KEEN ABILITY to appreciate A TOP¢ quality newsletter. (grin!) Both clubs¢ are MAINSTAYS of the 8 BIT COMMUNITY,¢ and are ONLY 8 BIT, along with AAAUA¢ (ALAMO AREA ATARI USER ASSOCIATION, in¢ TEXAS), and PACE (PINELLAS ATARI¢ COMPUTER ENTHUSIASTS) from LARGO, FL.¢ another two very good all 8 BIT clubs.¢ Become a member of one or more of the¢ clubs.¢¢ In this newsletter will be found¢ a most interesting birds eye view of¢ what its like in ROMANIA from on of¢ our newest members OCTAVIAN GRECU.¢ Read it, its sure to open your eyes,¢ and make you appreciate what you have!¢ Also another well done article on the¢ 1020 Printer Plotter by another of our¢ very newest members RUDY¢ DiGIOSAFFATTE, and an article by our¢ prolific TOM ANDREWS. Thanks to new¢ fresh articles by members like these,¢ the OHAUG newsletter is sought after¢ all around the world. Our thanks to¢ them.¢¢ In response to requests received,¢ this issue will have two games for all¢ you gamers. Try CRAZY8.BAS its a great¢ card game, with full instructions.¢ Luck and strategy needed to beat the¢ computer. Then there is, INCOMING.OBJ,¢ for some fast moving shoot em'up fun.¢ To add to last months many PRINT SHOP¢ programs please see PSINDXER.BAS.¢ A new PS program called PSINDXER.BAS¢ will help you make up file records of¢ your PS ICON disks. Read the DOCS of¢ PRNTOOL.BAS a multi-purpose printer¢ utility for Epson or Gemini printers,¢ that will let you print out any¢ ATASCII text file with its CTRL¢ graphics characters and all the other¢ special ATARI characters just as they¢ appear on screen. No more garbage when¢ printing inverse characters.¢¢ Next issue will contain more info¢ for all 8 BIT'ers, be they newcomers¢ or more advanced users. The USERS¢ CLUBS ARE THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF¢ KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION, so be sure¢ you become a member of at least one¢ club.¢¢ Thats about it for now, see you¢ next newsletter, ok?¢ <*><*>¢¢
