*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*¢ 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.¢¢ *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*¢
