MINUTES OF DEC. 16TH, 1995, MEETING¢¢ ALEX PIGNATO, gave his best¢ wishe and read a rather whimsical old¢ beloved holiday poem, 'Twas The Night¢ Before Christmas' which can be read¢ President's Message column-This little¢ piece is comical. How '90s it is to¢ be conscientious of being politically¢ correct in all aspects....¢ Several enchanting Christmas¢ cards flowed in this month along with¢ our normal correspondence. Our senior¢ member, BILL SMINCKEY, sent a¢ wonderful greeting sharing that he is¢ enjoying good health and wishes all¢ his best. ALEX truly enjoyed hearing¢ from all, especially this¢ octagenarian. An OHAUG thanks to¢ ALL!!!¢ JOHN PICKENS, GCACE, CANADA, sent¢ 3 disks, which included his upgraded¢ XL2 and XL2.XE. The Club's¢ appreciation was not only¢ communicated, but an extra hope was¢ asserted for JOHNS continuing with his¢ 8-bit involvement -- his mind is a¢ great thing! ALEX truly appreciated¢ the last issue of GCACE's X103 and¢ thanked GORDON HOPPER for an enjoyable¢ newsletter. Can't wait to see the¢ review that ALAN SHARKIS is going to¢ write -- ALEX sort of set the tone¢ with the adjective 'rave'? The¢ philosophical problem ALEX is dealing¢ with is 'how can the puddle give to¢ the ocean'? He sent JOHN an '84 French¢ disk and closed, offering anything¢ else we can give him in return.¢ NIBBLES & BYTES, Nov/Dec '95¢ newsletter from N.W.P.A.C. alerted all¢ that N.W.P.A.C. is going to be on the¢ Internet. It includes Mac, IBM and¢ other 16 bits.¢ FRANK KUZLOSKI sent a lovely¢ letter that certainly helps motivate¢ the ol' Chief Bottle Washer (CBW) to¢ keep on keepin' on! Perhaps the other¢ Club members will be stirred to¢ another rousing year of stirring ideas¢ and wonderful articles that both edify¢ and entertain! No, no there's no pay;¢ but when something good is said about¢ the OHN/L, we all can share in the¢ joy!¢ ALEX shared that RON FETZER¢ received many letters covering next¢ year's dues. It's wonderful to see¢ how many of our members mention the¢ newsletter as being one of the main¢ areas of interest to 8 BIT'ers.¢ A letter was received from¢ CHARLES COLE. First off, he remarks¢ about the scarcity of 8-bit activity¢ in 'Cyberspace'. When speaking with¢ BOB PUFF, he was advised that¢ manufacture and sales of black boxes¢ is slow. MIKE HOHMAN from Fine Tuned¢ Engineering (FTe) is hard to find --¢ he's taken his BBS offline. His¢ Voice Phone is still available at¢ (602) 668-6676. CHARLES asserted that¢ MIKE is a genious at product¢ development (always creating better is¢ not always the way to stay in¢ business) but some merchandise took¢ far took long to be shipped. CHARLES¢ must have been very down when he wrote¢ this letter. ¢ A concerned and reasonable ALAN¢ SHARKIS pointed out that CHARLES is¢ acting as a conduit for the negativity¢ he sees while not keeping a realistic¢ balance. For example: yes, BEN dumped¢ his surplus equipment, but he is still¢ up and running. ALAN also pointed out¢ that BOB PUFF is just working the ol'¢ Capitalistic supply and demand game. ¢ If the demand for an item rises, he'll¢ furnish it. Buck up CHARLES, OHAUG is¢ still here and we've proven to be a¢ feisty group!!! Things can only look¢ up from here on!!! To reach CHARLES,¢ use his E-mail address: on COMPUSERVE,¢ '73217,2321' or on GENIE, 'C.COLE1',¢ or see ALAN for his long INTERNET¢ address.¢ Along with his dues, member BILL¢ FORBES shared his enthusiasm for the¢ CD-ROM from the Netherlands. See¢ below for more on CD ROM!¢ FRANK SAGSTETTER, OHIO, is our¢ newest member. WELCOME ABOARD FRANK!¢ JEFF T. GERMAN sent his dues and¢ a question about pairing his BLACK BOX¢ with a MODEM and an inkjet printer. ¢ ALAN shared that there is no hardware¢ to run faxes yet on the 8-bit. If the¢ printer is Hewlett Packard, he¢ bellieves, JEFF needs a DESKJET 500¢ DRIVER (either NWPAC or CHARLES COLE¢ can be consulted for more info on¢ this). ¢ JOHN M. JOHNSON thinks that his¢ dues are his best investment every¢ year. He especially points out the¢ "great" newsletter. DANE STEGMAN also¢ renewed and stated how he looks¢ forward to the club's newsletter, as¢ does JOHN DOUGLAS. Thanks guys!¢ JIM CUTLER sent in his dues, and¢ he wrote "Enclosed is my dues for the¢ delights of a further year's OL¢ HACKERDOM". Which dues was returned¢ to him as he was accorded the title as¢ one of the HONORARY members for 1996¢ because of his many contributions to¢ OHAUG. Thanks to E mail and the¢ INTERNET, this Brit is as close to any¢ other member in this country! (ALAN¢ SHARKIS has become a very busy¢ correspondent.)¢ TOM SMITH authored an article on¢ the INFO-8 ATARI USERS GROUP on the¢ INTERNET. ALEX shared his deep¢ gratitude for TOM's input. He wishes¢ many more members would follow ... TOM¢ suggested that all Club members share¢ their GENIE addresses and offered his¢ INTERNET address. Along with his¢ dues, his INTERNET address:¢ "TOM.SMITH@sdcs.org" He also sent the¢ address for the INFO-8 ATARI¢ subscription request: ¢ "LISTSERV@LISTSERV.NET" Thanks TOM! ¢¢ RUSSELL STOWE sent our Library a¢ French Vocabulary disk to solve last¢ month's FRENCH Epson Drive Disk¢ problem (remember?). ALEX sent¢ RUSSELL the disks from JOHN PICKENS in¢ return, for his library, and as¢ mentioned above, sent a copy of the¢ FRENCH disk to JOHN PICKENS.¢ TOM ANDREWS wrote a 4 tome¢ communique that offered his INTERNET¢ address on GENIE as: ¢ "T.ANDREWS16@GENIE.GIS.COM" TOM, the¢ great programmer, is at work¢ developing a new version of REFORMER. ¢ Offering some praise for our¢ newsletter allowing him to feel as¢ though he was present -- quite a trek¢ from Manlius, NY! He also shared how¢ he'd love to cooperate and take the¢ minutes if he had the opportunity to¢ be a part of our meetings! TOM shared¢ how he was dissatisfied with the¢ current CN because they've been¢ neglecting the 8-bitters. RON FETZER¢ already dropped his subscription. TOM¢ told how his COMMODORE 1701 coupled¢ with 130XE is like a match made in¢ heaven! Always on top of things, he¢ made sure to send his dues, Along with¢ new modified NEWSLETTER program. ALEX¢ thinks it's a great modification to¢ the newsletter, and will install it.¢ ALAN SHARKIS wrote to AC and¢ stated that BOB WOOLEY's influence is¢ strongly felt and the bias towards the¢ advanced Hacker is far too apparent. ¢ AC disKs needs to be better documented¢ with a greater variety for new and¢ veteran 8 BIT'ers. Heres hopeing.¢ LARRY TISCHBEIN, Editor of LVAUG,¢ Quakertown, PA, shared this bit of¢ folk wisdom: "Remember, every day is¢ a GIFT -- That is why it is called¢ "THE PRESENT."¢ JIM CUTLER, sent 3 disks. The¢ ASTROLOGY one, showed that perhaps RON¢ FETZER might become a President of US,¢ but RON's birthright is Hungary ...¢ so? Anyhow, S'amazing that the top¢ job of this country was bantied about¢ the members like a hot tamale -- seems¢ NOBODY wants to get NEWTralized! ALEX¢ thanked JIM for the disks.¢ JOHN POWELL sent his new address¢ in S.C, and ordered disks from our¢ Library. He moved near a VA Hospital¢ for health reasons. We wish you heal¢ real soon. He also asked his many¢ questions as usual, which were¢ answered by HAROLD and ALEX.¢ ¢ DEMOS¢ First up was RON who showed how¢ to load the newsletter into Ramdisk¢ D8: and run it really fast IF you have¢ the OS+ upgrade. Then he showed how to¢ use "SPELL CHECKER (100000 words)"¢ with 1st XLENT (or any W.P.) word¢ processor. As usual RON (the teacher¢ in him always shows) gave out¢ explaination sheets to his students.¢ Thanks for interesting demo's, as¢ usual.¢ PAT MULVEY then took over by¢ showing us (on his LAPTOP) a tiny bit¢ of what is in the NEW CD ROM from the¢ NETHERLANDS, which PAT purchased. He¢ advised that the ROM contained the¢ equivelant of 2331 single density¢ disks or 1150 double density disks.¢ Programs and graphics galore! Price¢ was $35.00. OHAUG hopes to order it¢ soon.¢ There were a couple of disks¢ demoe'd, but were not recorded for the¢ newsletter. Sorry about that.¢¢ DOOR PRIZES¢ 1. PATRICK MULVEY¢ 2. ALAN SHARKIS¢ 3. HAROLD PEGLER¢¢ ALEX donated a CORN POPPER and¢ Ron got it. He was the only one who¢ didnt have one at home.¢ D.E.C.¢ <<**>>¢¢
