<**><**>¢ 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 *¢
