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Besides rounding up oldand new OL' HACKERS members CARLOSpromV}ised us a "MAGIC SHOW" for theJUNE meeting.* POTPOURRI: ALEX PIGNATO asked "How many membershave registered with W}"THE REVOLUTION"?A show of hands revealed only (4)members have signed up. Members wereasked to please register, inX}f order tohelp create as large an 8 BIT base aspossible! JERRY GINSBERG has written a story,"HOWj THE VAGANTS BROY}KE MURDERINCORPARATED". The story will beserialized in our newsletters and issix chapters long. Although the stZ}Goryis not computer related, it is aninteresting and historical true storyof how MURDER INC., a brutal murderfor [}[ hire mob, was broken when WILLIAMO'DWYER was the BROOKLYN DISTRICTATTORNEY.* JOE LEBER brought in a FEBRUARY 28,1\}990 article stating that the "ATARIEXPLORER" magazine is expanding theirmagazine. A discussion revealed 8-bit ATARI]}Ǜarticles appear only now and then andare spotty at best.* Subscribermembers were requested to be on thelookout^} for any 8-bit articles, to bephotocopied and brought to ourmeeting. ALEX read a letter he had receivedfrom _}JOAN RYAN, 8 BIT SIG of ACE, ST.LOUIS, in which she discussed the ACE8-BIT LIBRARY. ALEX also read hisresponse, agr`}eeing to the trading ofP.D. library disks, thereby creatingstill another source of new programsfor the club!* In a}FEBRUARY the president, ALBEITCHMAN, was requested to write anumber of letters for the club, todate no actionb} has been known to havetaken place. One letter was to besent to "NO FRILLS SOFTWARE" for alist of ATARI USERS ac}ccording to zipcodes. Is our president deliquent on amotion that was passed by themembers? For those who purd}chased the "WQNRDOS" disk from KRIS HOLTAGAARD, he hasnow included a full set of doc's on anew upgraded DISK. IF you e}mail himyour orginal copy he will return a newupgraded one to you, at no charge. Howcan you go wrong with that deal, af}dFREE UPGRADE.* The MAY/JUNE newsletter issue washeld to (6) sheets (12 pages) toreduceh opostages cost forg} clubmailings. Alex has been corresponding with,BOB WOMACK, President of STATUS ofVIRGINIA BEACH, concerning "Ph}/S LABELSNO.7". He has a problem, with hisGEMINI 10X. It has been printing onlyevery other line of an icon on paperi}.BOB put the question to his membersand he replied that a change of thedip switch, for line feed adjustmentmay mj}ake for sucessful printing. Howsthat for cooperation between CLUBS!They are members of NORTH EAST ATARIREGIONAL USERSk} SUPPORT (NEAR*US).* ALAN SHARKIS announced that ISLANDVIDEO COMPUTERS is opening a new storein FARMINGDALE on or abol}C=ut JUNE 1st.They do a terrific job selling andservicingA FATARIJ SequipmentW andsoftware. Lets back them up.* Thm}me second announcement was"TRANSKEY" a modification that goesinto your 8-bit machine and allowsyour 8-bit mn}achine to use an IBM stylekeyboard.* The advantage of this isthe keyboard will last a very longtime, adds keys and o}functions that youdon't have with the ATARI keyboard andwill add keys to use in BASICPROGRAMMING. The article a ^}Ǜ WE WANT YOU!! The Ol'Hackers Atari Users Group, Inc., would like to ask you the following questions: q}Ǜ Are you the owner of an 8-bit Atari computer(models 400, 800, 1200xl, 65xe, 130xe or Xegs)? Would you like to ma r}ke maximum use of this truly remarkable computer and enjoy the company of others who have much to share about it? I s}cf so, please consider coming to our next meeting! We are an active, exclusively 8-bit usersg mgroup,q meeting at t} the Plainview-Old Bethpage library one Saturday of every month, from noon to 5 PM. Our newsletter come out on a u}bimonthly basis and is exchanged with Atari users all over the world. Our major goal is to proclaim loud and clear th v}at the Atari 8-bits are still viable, useful, and pleasurable to use. Members have access to the best in public do w}kmain and shareware software from the USA, Canada, West Germany and England. Guests are alwaysq ywelcome.} x} We have demonstrations! dof software and hardware, news about Atari, door prizes,i rtechnicalv help, y}q and companionship. For more information, call Alex at (516) 678-6081. Next meetings are: March 10,1990v June 2 z},1990 April 14,1990 4July 21,1990 May 12,19909 UAug 11,1990 Come on downY!Z} {} }  Articles )of Interest From/ GNewsletters We ReceivedS by ALAN SHARKISFrom Jan/Feb 1990 Cu}}rrent Notes:Steven LaFevers of Alaska presents hispicture of the 8-bits as the computerof choice.He is quick to point~}G out that he hasaccess to a large supply of newcommercial software, something wedon't necessarily have in oth}er partsof the county. Seems they have alarge stock of older programs andAtari peripherals than we've seen in a}Ǜlong time. Steven tells us that theST, for example, is playing catch-upwith the 8-bits! An interestingscenari}o, but just as notable for therange of applications with which heuses his system. Also noteworthy fromthat magazine,} NOVATARI has revampedits XL/XE library. They will acceptmail orders at $3 per disk and $1shipping per 3 disks.}ǛFrom March 1990 Between Bytes: areprint of an article by Paul Andrews(which had been reprinted in severalsources)}e entitled Ten Commandments ofPersonal Computing.From March 1990 A.C.E. St. LouisNEWSLINE:i pReviewst of Oper}ationWhirlwind and Battle of Chickamauga.From March 1990 ACORN KERNAL: SallyNagy runs down the most popular 8-bitPu}Pblic Domain and Shareware programs. Included in her list are TextPro Plus4.5,U aMACSHOW.ARC,f A850DOC.ARC,BOOTSCR.AR})C, Draper Pascal v2.1,CONVERT.ARC,6 RNOTETABL.ARC,SUPERFROG.ARC,_ FORCE4.ARC,Blueberries, AML}80.ARC, ASMED.ARC,IBLMRD14.ARC, and ILBMRD20.ARC.From March 1990 B.A.C.E. Line: DaveMorel gives us some inte}.restinggraphics techniques from BASIC.From2 March 1990 Keeping PACE:Reprinted (from Portland Atari ClubNews)} instructions for making a cableto connect the 8-bit to the Portfoliofor transfer of data.From April 1990 L.V.A.U.G}. News: AnApril Fools Extra that is nothingshort of hilarious, a description ofthe ideal programmer from Ol' Hacke}rs(who?) and serialized tutorialsin SpartaDos and Action! stand out.From April 1990 Keeping PACE: RichDeen has wri}tten an excellent articleabout shareware contributions (haveyou sent yours in, wherever theyshould go?).From A}pril 1990 ACORN KERNAL: A reviewof the Richman's Word Processer by IanHenderson, and a slew of articles andletters on the} piracy issue.From April 1990 SLCC Journal: DaveMorel tells us all how to openchannels to the printer from B}GASIC andavoid the problems associated withLPRINT statements. Bob Wooley remindsus of the utility of our 8-bits, in}Ǜspite of the plethora of "bigger andbetter" advocates that now clammer forour attention. From May 1990 SLCC Jour}nal: BobWooley describes! a sensationalhardware hack which places a modified600XL motherboard into a mini-tower A}Tcase (yes, you are reading correctly),together with peripherals, and usesthe AT power supply for all of them.Centra}l to the article is thedescription of the TRANSKEY board, adevice that allows the use of anIBM-style key}8board with our 8-bits!This is really sensational! ^ I've been told that the ser_ "$* G|1050 DISK DRIVE POWER PACK|M N|S>cBY BRAD JAWORSKIh `) to power another disk drive. Ite vwill not work.} }C 9ӠԛRadio Shack: 1 273-1515 Transformer> D$8.99R h18volt CT 1 270-1273n sFuses{ $ }.79 )Fast acting 1 270-251- CMetal Cabinet $5.99S 6x2 3/8x4 1 64-3026 wire Connectors $}1.29 E16 assorted 1 278-1636 Strain Reliefs $ .69U iSet of 6 1 270-364m xFuse Holder} }$1.29 panel mount. :(long type)X X]-^t TOTAL = $}19.04 --/? JT l(VENTS ON SIDE CABINET)u v}} |3 5|> ?|V X|_ ey |} FUSE:|| "'| + 3 || >A HL|S q (BLACK) | |BLACK |z | }  |120V$ %|1 8| PRI |< K| --TO: DISK |V X]q | AC DRIVE || |} TRANS | | | |" $)0 |5 : |F M| SEC |Q p| || (YELLOW) t | |}" | | (Y) | |5S < |  | (BLACK)W lWIRE | | 9V-AC |w CONNEC}TOR | ), R- o different programs at the same tiV The 23RD Pound' Author UNKNOWNMy appetite is my shepherd, I alwayswant. It maketh me sit down a}nd stuffmyself.It leadeth me to my refrigeratorrepeatedly. It leadeth me in path ofBurger King for a Whopper. I}tdestroyeth my shape.Yeah, though I knoweth I gaineth, Iwill not stop eating for the foodtasteth so good. The} ice cream andcookies, they comfort me, When thetable is spread before me, it excitethme. For I knoweth that soon }I shalldig in. As I filleth my platecontinuously, my clothes runnethsmaller. Surely, bulges and weight}shall follow me in all the days of mylife, and I will be fat forever.ly an old COMPUTE MAGAZINE program calledN( HOW THE VAGRANTS BROKE MURDER Inc.1 Dby JERRY GINSBERGI (The following article is aninteresting bit 8}CN of NEW YORK CITYhistory by a member of THE OL'HACKERS. Editor)S When the brand new DistrictAttorney8}EE of Kings County BROOKLYN tookover as Brooklyn's top prosecutorearly in 1940, he was faced with amost perplexin8}g problem- some twohundred bodies dumped in and aroundthe "City of Churches." D.A. WilliamO'Dwyer, had left the se8}withB EtheI LNewP YorkWorld-Telegram, coined as "MurderI8}Tnc." would years later propel himinto the mayoralty of the City of NewYork.Y His Chief Assistant Burton Turkuswi8}th author Sid Feder would write intheir popular book "Murder Inc." thatof particular interest to the lawmenwas the 8} heavy concentration ofcadavers dumped in the eastern part ofthe County called Brownsville - EastNew York. Turkus e8}stimated that in tenyears over twenty four corpses wereunceremoniously deposited in a certaintwo mile stretch of that s8} ection. It was no secret that notoriousgangs ruled not only some majorindustries but also some complete8}Ǜsections of the City especially thosewith a large number of recentlyarrived European immigrants. Most ofthese 8}Kgangs were carryovers from thedays of prohibition which sought theeasyP Wprofits\ ^inb bookmaking,prostitution, 8} narcotics and labor"negotiation" that they had oncerealized from bootlegging. Names ofmob overlords Louis 8}Lepke, Charley(Lucky) Luciano, Albert Anastasia andBenny (Buggsy) Siegel were well knownto law enforcement but the ex8}8tent oftheir combined efforts was not yetrealized.? BTheI d"Syndicate","Combination",h "Mafia" or "Cosa8}:Nostra" were not yet found in everyman's vocabulary.? Decisions of the United StatesSupreme Court that aff8}\orded thecriminal defendant greater privilegeshad not yet been decided and would notfora hanotherl sdecade.w O'Dwye8}r,therefore, could and did take measuresthat present day prosecutors can onlywonder at. Many of the tactics used bythe 8}G Brooklyn District Attorney'soffice to break "Murder Inc." have nowbeen declared in violation of anindividual's 8}constitutional rights. Itwas not as popular then as it is todayto debate the balance of the right ofsociety to secure8} a law abidingpopulace and the right of every personto live an unmolested existence in theshadow of his government. 8} D.A. O'Dwyer reasoned that if hecould get these tough guys off thestreets and begin to separate them,not only 8}#WHOS WHO ? ? ? ? ? ? ?PRESIDENT3.OAl BeitchmanVICE-PRESIDENTZ.qAlex PignatoSECRETARY}.}.Allen AtkinsTREASURER+.BAllen AtkinsLIBRARIANR.lJosef LeberLEGAL-COUNSELx.Jerry} GinsbergEDITORS$.1Alex PignatoJ kCarlos HurtadoEQUIPMENT-MANaGERs.Harry Tuth}illINT'L CORRESPODENT.?Horst DewitzProgramming-ManagerD.DI(O.H.A.U.G.) is in no way associated with the ATARI }Corp.,or any of their afffiliates,other than using a great product.Atari and Atari related products are the Trademarks of the}ir respective companies and are usedonly as informational help to our members and the Atari user in general.The opinions her}Yein are not necessarily those of O.H.A.U.G. but those of the various individual authors.z O.H}C.A.U.G. is a NOT-FOR-PROFIT Organization in the State of New York.d O.H.A.U.G. will NOT toler}ate ANY referances,directly or by implication,to piracy or the use of any computer equipment for illegal activities.DEADLI}NES FOR NEWSLETTER+-JAN/FEB DEC 31 JUL/AUG JUN 30MAR/APR FEB 28 SEPT/OCT AUG 31MAY/JUN APRJ} from their natural habitatbut also from each other maybe hecould begin to get some answers.Cornering a ga8}ng member to gaininformation was generally a waste oftime because each feared instantreprisal from the mob. 8} Even if itcould be done, most of them werestreetwise with extensive criminalrecords and would not easily8} bebroken. Arresting these hardenedcriminals on transparent charges wouldnot fly; their lawyers would have themon 8}C@ the streets faster than thefingerprint ink could dry.E D.A. O'Dwyer had a tool availableto him then that Ma8}yor Koch did nothave when, almost fifty years later,he fought a losing battle in trying toremove a homeless lady f8}rom thesidewalks of the City of New York.Digging deep into the Code of CriminalProcedure, he found what he needed in8}korder to do some housekeeping in theBrownsville and East New York sections- the VAGRANCY STATUTE. --p While it was 8}true that these welldressed tough guys had sharp clothes,had wads of cash that might have madethe policemen arresting t8}hem jealous,that they appeared to be well fed andhad the companionship of women whomthey often usually supported in st8}yle,in short, all the accoutrements togive the appearance of being asuccessful hood. What they didn't havewas8}* what the STATUTE called for - aJOB!/ Section 887 of the Code definedvagrant" as "A person who not havingvisib8}le means to maintain himself,lives without employment." Of course,those who were picked up could notoffer the ex8}Hplanation that the reasonthey maintained themselves so well wasbecauseL PtheyT Zworked^ for the"Syndicate" and ear8}ned two hundreddollars a week collecting loansharkdebts, strongarming a few people whowere slow in paying prote8}ction anddriving an occasional getaway or"crash" car in a robbery or "rubout".Needless to say, few of them file8}dIncome Tax returns. A "vagrant" wasnot synonymous with the term "tramp"which was defined as person that isnot a8} resident of the county in whichhe was picked up. Regardless of thename imposed, it was certainly an egodeflator for8}I some of these highrolling thugs to be arrested on thischarge.N Clearly, the law was willing toconcede tha8}t these gangsters wereresidents of the County and O'Dwyerwas surely thinking of them when heannounced to the 8} press, "We areplanning to clean out the wholeracketeering mess out there." He wenton to explain that while th8}ings weregetting worse in Brownsville - EastNew York ,"...this is not a reflectionon the people as a whole of that o8}Corany other area. We are going to helpthe people there who have been cryingfor assistance a long time." t If, unfo8}rtunately, some of thosewho were "crying" for assistance wereinadvertantly swept up in the roundup,they would be relea8}Csed as soon theycould give a credible explanation ofthemselves.G KThisO would includedemonstrating the ability to 8}maintainhimself such as having a job; that hewas not an "habitual drunkard,abandons, neglects, or refuses to aid9}Ǜin the support of his family;" that hehas not "contracted an infectious orother disease, in the practice ofdrunken9}ness or debauchery, requiringcharitable aid to restore him tohealth..."etc. In general, that hehas not commi9}ctted any of the tenunwholesome acts that defined theoffense of "vagrancy" in the Code.h Amongst the "Score 9} of Brooklynunderworld [that had] been arrested onvagrancy charges in a drive to keepthem off the streets" that the9} NewYork Times reported in an interviewwith District Attorney O'Dwyer onFebruary 4, 1940, was the leader ofthe9}s Brownsville mob, Abe (Kid Twist)Reles; the boss of the Oceanhill gang,Harry (Happy) Maione; Julie Catalano,aw wheelm9}an, who's corroborativetestimony eventually sent Maione,Harry (Pittsburgh Phil) Strauss andFrank (Dasher) 9}Abbandando to theelectric chair and Seymour (Blue Jaw)Magoon who stole autos to use ashearses for mob victims. 9}Later on inthe investigation no less than Charlie(The Bug) Workman, the assassin ofDutch Schultz and Allie Tannenba9 }jum,Lepke's trusted lieutenant, would bepicked up on vagrancy charges.(continued in next NEWSLETTER)} 9 } theLEHIGH VALLEY WEDGE modification.Plenty of power there, and ALAN wentthrough many of the opt8 WQNR SOFTWARE& 3P.O. Box 533> eSelden, N.Y. 11784Item Descriptionu Price--E }-- - %-:Disk 1 WQNRDos ShellG $10.00Disk 2 WQNRDos Utility Modules $ 7.00Disk E }A3 WQNR VCR Utility Modules $ 9.00Disk 4 WQNR User Group News-H Vletter Modulesb $12.00Disk 5 WQNR SpartDoE}C s Data Base Explained- $ 7.00All prices inclue shipping & handling. Send NO CASH, check or money ordE}er made out to Kris Holtegaard. Your order will be sent within 5 business days.ple to use. As long as the wordprocessorDP !ATARI The GAME MACHINE?* By Carlos HurtadoI work for a major brokerage firm onWall Street. In the Q}Systems Dept.where I work, we get together duringlunch or during any breaks and myco-workers and myself are Q}alwaystalking about any new software thathas just come out and how great it is.Or we talk about computer hardware,eQ}tc. Then the question always comesup, "What did you get?",or, "What typeof computer do you have?" When I say,"I have Q}an Atari!" They then say,"TheGame Machine?" At this point, I letthem have it right between the eyes! Iproceed to tellQ} them that I can doeverything they can, perhaps a miteslower, but then I didn't spend$2000.00 or $3000.00 for Q}my ATARI likethey did! Nor do my programs cost$125.00 or $150.00 each. As forDatabase Programs, there are Q}a fewgreat P.D. and commercial programsavailable to me. Speadsheets, againsome very good ones are out there.BuQ}siness programs for small BusinessSystems, there is a great selection.This goes from invoicing to sales andtax repoQ}rts to customer accountsreports. Utility programs? Well it sohappens that one of our very own clubmembers has progQ}rammed a new DOS,called, "WQNRDos", that can do almosteverything ATARI 2.5 or SPARTADOS cando and MORE! My list can gQ}o on and on,but you get the point don't you?I brought my whole system to work oneday, and made a small presentation andQ}people were just stunned at itsversatility, to think that this issupposed to be only a GAME MACHINE! Idon't kQ}now about you but I will nevergive up my "GAME MACHINE". As long asthere is a will, there is way to givefull use to our Q}'=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-1 CThe WQNR SoftwareS [Updatesg xSelden, NY 11784} !} ADUPF ^SYS 042 AUTORUN SYS 001c xAUTORUN COM 001 INIT| P!(}RG 041 WQNR +DOS 119 RAMDISK COM 0090 CSCREEN MOD 003 TDI PMOD 009U uTDSET MOD 004 UTILINE MOD 003z NUM!)}SLINEMOD 003 UTILITY BAS 038" &NUMS. C025372 FREE SECTORSQ `On Side TwoDOSe lSYS 037q tDUPy SYS !*}042WQNRDOS DOC 425 )203 FREE SECTORS. There now is more than meets thewith this updated version of WQNRDosyou a!+})re really getting you money'sworth.4 CModule LoaderH WQNRDos can now run modularprograms in a win!,}dow of about 8k. Ifyou have a small program you can loadit in and run while you still haveWQNRDos loaded and still ha!-}ve FULL Dossupport functions as well. You justhave to make some modifications toyour modular program to interface w!.}2ithit. You can even write your ownmodular7 ?programsC FTheJ WQNRDosdocumentation explains how to do itall.!/} There are FIVE Modules includedon side one of the WQNRDos disk withthe extender MOD. The documentationwill tell !0}0you more about them andthat's on side two.; KRTIME8 SupportP No matter what type of DOS youuse WQNRD!1}os fully supports ICD'sRTIME8 cartridge. All you have to dois own the RTIME8 cart and use thefile RTIM8.COM an!2}Gd your all set. Butif your a SpartaDos user you all readyhave that support built into WQNRDos.Other Atari Dos users have!3}3 to use TheRTIME8.COM file.* 9More Commands> There are more commands than anyDos and Wedge 2.1 combined. !4}With over65 commands you yourself add more atanytime you wish just by writing aline module and loading it in an!5}Ydsaving it back out with the latestcommand(s) you installed. It's thatsimple.c tThe Copy Buffery WQNR!6}Dos has the LARGEST copybuffer of any program or Dos for yourATARI 8-Bit computer. WQNRDos' is avariable buffer.!7} It will adjust itssize to what ever utilities you loadin upon boot up after Dos. The moreutilities the smaller the!8}w copy buffer.Example while Beta testing WQNRDos wehad at one time the following filesloaded in other then DOS.| W!9}(e had and still do load inRD.COM,. 9TDLINE.COM,> CONF.COM,WEDGE.COM,BATDOER.COM, BMENU.WDA andstill have a!:} copy buffer of 16,412Bytes. Now without any utilitiesloaded in you have a copy buffer of17,436 bytes. So !;}mwith all thoseutilities loaded it in there is only1,024 bytes taken away form WQNRDos'copy buffer.r Now when yo!<}u load in a Module thesmallest copy buffer will still beover 8k. But when you clear the moduleout of memory you not !=}.have your fullsize copy buffer back.r back.} &&Q짠򠠠v%?} Πռ$I۱ Exit To Basic ۲ Exit To Dos۳ Printer Co%@}nfig ۴ News/PrinterHelpAj짠}%A} Who's Who??? Order Inform. Pres. Message The Game Machine Minutes May 90 Memo%B} To Members Minutes June 90 Newsletter Rev. We Want You! Programming Tip Newsletter Rev. A Phone Call%C}X!! 1050 Power Pack Null Modem Info 23 Pound Poem Whats Up! WQNR News^ Not Used Murder Part 1 &{}C The Printer Help File& &;=B When you make your selection ofthe file you would lik)E}Ee to read youwill be presented with the following:enu rint ead:.. If youchoose then and you don't h)F}ave aprinter on line you will come back tothese options. Then you should use the option to read the file online. Ifho)G}w ever you either made a mistake or don't care to read or print the fileyou selected you can go right back tothe main m)H}enu just by hitting . 1Now when a file5 cis being printed,it will not only it printg to your printer, it w)I}ill also at thesame time print it to your screen.With the rint option you can onlyuse Control-1 to stop & start p)J}^rintingto the screen and your printer if youare reading the file at the sametime...}(^ "The Composing Room Help File' 'CBefore you can Print a file you haveto configure your -L}own Printer.To Do sothere are 2 selections that will helpto make it easy as possibile for you.If you have one of the pri-M}nters listedin selection then your printerwill be set up for NLQ and DOUBLEstrike. If you don't have one of-N} theprinters that's in Selection youhave to use selection . This is toensure that all printers will workwit-O}hout any problems with The WQNRDisk Based News Letter. Now onceyour printer has been configured youwill NOT -P}have to reconfigure yourprinter as long as you are have yourNews letter running. Not only that theprinter will stay -Q}configured to whatever configuration you selected aslong as you have your printers powerturned on or until you -R}reconfigureit. Once you have configured yourprinter all you have to do is hit theۿ to Return to the Main menu.,| &H |짠LQ| |Zhrw| }1T}$ ZNews Letter For The Month Of^ a||k JULY/AUGUST 1990 5]} |13}43ppeared inthe SLCC JOURNAL, (SAN LEANDROCOMPUTER CLUB.) ALAN will review thearticle for our next newsletter.* _}The third announcement was very sad,when he relayed the news that PETEFAZIO. President of B.A.S.I.C., inBROOKLYN, `} passed away. PETE was theeditor of the newsletter "DATELINEATARI", for B.A.S.I.C., the BROOKLYNATARI SOCIETY. A a}s ALAN said "Ask himfor help and his face lit up and hegave it to you". ALEX stated that wein the ATARI world lost a b}good friend.A few members are also members ofBASIC and knew him well. ALAN at thistime made a motion that we sta c}nd amoment in silence for PETE FAZIO. Themotion was quickly seconded and themembers then honored PETE. ALEX gave h d}is disk drive to BRADJAWORSKI to have it repaired at ISLANDVIDEO. Since his disk drive is usedalmost exclusively for e};OL' HACKER CLUBwork he requested that the club payhalf? the repair expense. STANSCHENFELD made a motion the c f}lub payhalf the cost and HARRY TUTHILLseconded the motion. DOOR PRIZES: Some might call it "SPRING MADNESS",o g}r "SUMMER SUPER GIVEAWAY", as ALEXtried to get everyone a door prize.HARRY TUTHILL considered it animmediate q}C bdiB%DOS SYSB*)DUP ISYSBCSCMIMAY TXTB pEWEWAN TXTB|FREVM iTXTB)G1050 TXTB AWHOm TXTBH23POU TXTiB IWQNR TXTB>MAINMENUHLPBDPRESS HLPBKPRESSPRTHLPBSPRESSPRTMNUBWWELCOME SCRB<JJERm TXTB>NEWSLTR BAS B HELP TXTB KORDE TXTBKAUTORUN COMBLAUTORUN SYSBLATARI TXTBBPRES TXTBPPHONE TXTB MMEMO TXTCPB&NREV2 TXTB-%DJUNMI TXTB&UOBASIC TXTB!|QNULL TXTBRWHATS TXTq sucess when he won thismonths top door prize. The winners forMAY were:ANTIC MAGAZINE/DISK- H. TUTHILLFEB/MAR '90* r} -J. LEBER$ O-M. BRYANTWQNR UTILITY/ANTICPRINTER DISK*V -W. MURDYSOURCE FLOW MEDIA/ULTRA COPY s}* --H. PEGLERWQNR UTILITY/FILE IT 2*7 E-S. SCHENFELDY -A. ATKINSOnce again a NEW MEMBER t} (BILL MURDY)won a door prize in his firstattendence! DEMONSTRATIONS: CARLOS demoed the new issue of KRISHO u}LTAGAARD's "NEWSLETTER". This copycontains more help screens and anupdated main menu screen. CARLOS andALEX are e v}"specially enthusiastic aboutusing& this program for futurenewsletter issues. For them it meansno zeroxing, a bi w}gger and larger "NL"(NEWSLETTER), but on the negativeside, (there always is a negativeside) there will be a c x}ost increaseincluding a disk, plus mailing, andthe effort of making and mailingcopies. By the way, the menu al y}lows(4) options they are: 1. Exit to BASIC 2. Exit to DOS 3. Printer Config 4. NL Print Help** The menu contains z}G the letters "Athru Z" which correspond to thenewsletter titles for articles. "TEXTPRO" will allow the use {}{of ASCiigraphics to be included. You have theoption to READ, (on screen) PRINT, orreturn to main MENU. When PRINTing |}ahardcopy, the text is also displayedon the screen. KRIS deserves a lot ofcredit for this program and theupgrad }}es.* ALEX then showed off his disk titled"BASIC UTILITY PACKAGE". The diskcontains (13) new commands. Theorg ~}inal program is an .OBJ program andALEX has added program instructions tothe disk. In reviewing some of theprograms }he started with "Debut"demoed at the APRIL meeting, then wentinto "DEVICE.BAS", and a host of otheruseful utilities! T }he programs will bepart of our LIBRARY!* Next ALEX demoed our "WELCOMEDISK".* Some members were unaware thatthe }graphics are not the same on bothsides, although the text is the same.*To prove his point he displayed bothon the moni }tor. We all enjoyed theshow!* AL ATKINS, was next up, and using"MICROCHECK", he showed the membersthat by using }a two letter code in thememo line, the user can then selectfor printing any catagory desired. ALuses codes such as, }U for UTILITY, Bfor BANKING, I for INSURANCE, etc..Then expanding the U to UT forTELEPHONE, UO for OIL, UW f }or WATERthe user now can group by catagory forviewing or printing. At each years endthe user now has a complete printout }Ǜof all checks and then an additionalprintout for the many catagories tostore as records for future use. ALalso }uses "MICROCHECK" to keep apermanent record for VISA charges.Using the date, serial number, payee,amount, memo ( }with coding letters anda description of item) on the check,again you have a yearly record of allpurchases. FUTURE ME }ETING DATES: Future meeting dates for the OL'HACKERS ATARI USER GROUP are: JULY 21st, 1990 AUGUST 11th, 1990 }.All dates are a SATURDAY and arescheduled2 hfor the PLAINVIEW/OLDBETHPAGE LIBRARY. Rememberp.pt the nex }Tt OL'HACKERS ATARI USER GROUP meeting isscheduled for JUNE 2nd, at 11:30am.k wSincerely,} }C JAL ATKINS * =Denotes an interruption of themeetingN PbyT ZANDREW^ jBUONGIORNO.}j8 Bit systems.This proves that you don't have tospend a lot of money on a large 'IN'computer in order to get yoQ}ur workdone.Software information:WQNRDos and Utility Software:WQNR SoftwareP.O. Box 533Selden, N.Y. 11784Small BusQ}iness Software(Invoice/tax)Black Moon SystemsP.O. Box 152Wind Gap, Pa. 18091Mail Order Store in N.J.Gemini EnterprisQ}qes171 Ridgdale Ave.Morristown, N.J. 07960Tel (201-267-0988)Tell them Carlos, from the OL' HACKERSsent ya! } Q} }P PRESIDENTS MESSAGE. 1by= ALEX PIGNATONo, I am not the president of the OL'HACKERS, buU}r>?FILEHELPMENUTITLEZFILPPMFILE1CCHR4PLMS&PPPP'PA2Qvy@r}=}@  * @ 14 @9: ABIJQRXdA&P@hj@qry=} #B7t@d'-'@15@d9?9@CEKWKA]i]A ooA=}AR@@e "(.@ 24:D##@HL@PRXhK:GG;@ls,;@w,;@=}E ,;@,;@",;@&F,$k6.D1:WELCOME.SCR#@JQ.@U\K@`d@hjpyk@}=}@ &E:8oAR@*6'A<H9A N\KA@h`n]B7t@drxo@|=}@dL( A @+(( A/6`z-<@@!Dq>($Programmed For The Ol' Hackers AtariP-w@"=}Jz(% User Group Inc. By:Kris Holtegaardt A`7A @NV)-@ZA2P- 7 Al6.D1:=}MAINMENU.HLP$@/@")L@-1@57=Fl@JN@RTZpE:KAR@t'A=} 9A )KA@h-A( A @EQ(( AUf(iB7t@djp'@tx@d|=} 9A @K-@"#;\( Selection: i)@?V<? A"`? @IZ`)!@Rdj* @ent)!@xA =}PH"@I"(1(}--(,@0VE(Exiting To Basic...HdG"@PZj(2(}--pt@xD(=}Exiting To Dos. 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As you can see thereare pauses in A}the text so its mucheasier to read. Making a selectionfrom 1 thru 4 you can Exit to Basic orExit to Dos, or even A}go to The NewsLetter Press Room. Selections A thru Zare news Articals. When a selectionis made the artical is sent tA}lo thescreen with page breaks. At the end ofthe artical you are sent back to theNews Leter Main Menu.w About A} The Printer (*/ When you make your selection ofthe file you would like to read youwill A} be presented with the following:enu rint ead:.. If youchoose then and you don't have aprinter on lA}ine you will come back tothese options. Then you should use the option to read the file online. Ifhow ever you either A}made a mistake ordon't care to read or print the fileyou selected you can go right back tothe main menu just by hittingA} . Now when a file is is beingprinter it will not only will it printto your printer it will also at thesameA}G time print it to your screen.With the rint option you can onlyuse Control-1 to stop & start printingto the screA}Ken and your printer if youare reading the file at the sametime...O nAbout Configuring Your Printerr r}A} oThis is were I tell them aboutthe selection how and configuring thereprinters.}@ot as Vice President, I feelit is my duty to take up the reinsuntil a new president is elected, beit at the JulU}y 21 meeting, orthereafter.AL BEITCHMAN, has gone the way of the16 BIT. Seems as how he got his handson a 16 BIT U}Clone, which he is usingto help him in his office work with anIBM in the use of a certain style ofSPREAD SHEET. I undersU}tand that he gotit as a gift from his nephew. Nicegift, no? At least AL made the changeto make his job easier somehowU}#. This Irespect and understand(.We aresorry to lose him but as the sayinggoes...LIFE GOES ON, and so does theU}ǛOL' HACKERS!At this point, I should mention thatwe are holding our own, cause it seemsas though if we loose a membU}(er, weseem to get 1 or 2 new ones!Now, .to2 4go8 :on> BwithF othermatters..Please be sure to read myarticle aU}bout my very pleasant callfrom none other than BOB BRODIE, theATARI USERS GROUP coordinator, whojust got back fU}rom visiting ATARIshows and USERS GROUPS. BOB admitsthat while ATARI is not in a positionto support us 8 BITTERU}S, he has agreat deal of respect/admiration forus diehard 8 BITTERS! He promised todo all that he personally can dU}o tohelp us. He also said that there wereonly a handfull of 8 BIT (only) clubsin the U.S.A., so we in OL' HACKERScanU} be justly proud of our uniqueposition.This is our first NEWSLETTER, usingthe program made for us by our memberU}ǛKRIS HOLTEGAARD. Kris is a diehard 8BITTER and though he knows how to usea 16 BIT PC, and might even get onesome dU}ay, I doubt that he will everloose his love affair with the 8 BIT.THANKS KRIS!We, my Co-Editor CARLOS, and myself,wU}ould love to receieve your comments,be thay favorable or unfavorable, soplease send those letters in..Yourcomments U}G will be given consideration.Now that Summer is here, I expect thatcomputing will slow down, but thanksto our LIBRARU}LY hosts, and airconditioning our summer meetings arestll great fun.PPT T\*c THATS q*quu{ **U} * ALL * % %5*> FOLKS E*Gm 01The ProgrTn JUST A PHONE CALL!- 0by; ALEX PIGNATOSometimes something will happen thatwill "MAKE Y}YOUR DAY (or NIGHT)". Twonights back, I received a phone callthat really made me feel good. Thecall was from noneY} other than BOBBRODIE, ATARI'S traveling medicineman. Yup, BOB had just come back fromone of his many trips "HAWY}KING" theATARI products, and doing great jobof spreading gobs of good will for hisemployers! He had been to ROCHESTERY},N.Y., and to PITTSBURGH, PA. and GODnows where else, and was now home andcatching his breath before flying outagain.Y}WBOB is without a doubt, the best USERSGROUP coordinator that ATARI has orprobably[ _willc ever have! HisexperieY}nce as a user, club member, andclub president, all combine to makehim the best friend that the usersclubs could evY}er hope for, because hehas been there.As we chatted, he honored all the 8BITTERS, by saying how much he admiredus foY}r our clearcut devotion to our 8BIT ATARI's in spite of the lack ofcommercial support! He said that therewere only Y}about 10 8 BIT clubsthroughout the good ol U.S. of A.. Tothe other 9 CLUBS, if you are readingthis column, take Y} heart, don'tdespair, for you are not alone, and aslong as there are individuals who lovethe 8 BIT, there will be proY}grammerscoming up with software.One of a new batch of user made soft-ware is a program called "WQNRDOS",made by noY}ne other than our own KRISHOLTEGAARD, and what a DOS it is. Itcan do all that DOS 2.5 can do and atthe same time can Y}use some SPARTADOScommands as well. You have to see itto believe it. KRIS also made a coupleother programs that he hopesY} will alsosell, such as his "WQNR VCR LABELER",and his "WQNR UTILITIES" program. Thenthere is ROY GOLDMAN, who came oY}Gutwith his new "DAISY DOT III", which heis selling. You can write to KRISHOLTEGAARD for a listing of hisprogrY}ams and their prices:# 3KRIS HOLTEGAARD? LP.O. Box 533X Selden, N.Y. 11784Getting back to BY}OB BRODIE, suffice itto say that he gave me and through me,my 8 BIT club a real moral booster!BOB, I thank you for thiY}nking of us 8BIT peons. I was beginning to thinkthat we were out of the ATARI Companymainstream, and thoughts, but hisY}2 callchanged that. If you read this, THANKSBOB.A NBYE for now!t u}-XuǛTo: All OHAUG membersFrom: Alan SharkisAlthough the date of the Octobermeeting has not been sent to us by the]}Plainview-Old Bethpage library, I wantto tell you about a special program Iplan to have at that meeting. I ambringing]} in many commercial, publicdomain and shareware educationalprograms for our 8-bits.It will be my pleasure to ]}Ylet youngpeople, at our invitation, come tothis meeting and try out the programs.I_ will be helping them with suc]} hprograms. Please look" ,aroundfor0 :youngsters> AwhoE IwillM bewell-behaved and interested in havinga good]} time!It also would add to the success ofthe program if you could give me theages of the youngsters you intend to]}Nbring one or two meetings before theOctober meeting, so that I can plan aV range of subjects and levels.My coll]}Iection goes from pre-school tohigh school, and there is somethingforO everyone.It is my belief that, had At]}aribrought the 8-bits into the schoolswith the vigor that Apple had, we'dsee our 8-bit computers in a dominantrole]} in education today. 7Thank you very much.] e [H]u x[U]} \^ Newsletters Review. 1by= IAlan SharkisNRThisV month's user-group articleround-upb}o includes some oldies, butgoodies. It also includes referencesto an article published in BetaZine,ans online nb}ewsletter which isavailable on some national Atari echosand sorely lacking in 8-bit articles.I might try to correct b}Gthat situationthis summer. BetaZine does acceptuser-group fees and we might considerpaying one if enough 8-bit mab}terialdoes get published in thefuture. Also, please note that Aprilissues may be April Fools issues, andtb}Phat some of these extracts are not tobe taken seriously. Please ask for,andT Yread,] `thek originalarticles b}to be sure.From (date unknown) B. A. C. E. Line:a review of Tetrix taken from theMarch (1990?) issue of MVACE Newsb}.From October 1987 Current Notes: MarkA. Brown points out several tricks forgraphics programming on the 8-bit; W.Evanb} Brooks reviews some 8-bitprograms from SSI after telling usthat the 8-bit's time for simulationgames has, b} unfortunately, passed (somuch for such statements, three yearslater!); Len Pogialli reviews theFirst Xlent Word b } Processor (Alex'sfavorite); Alan Friedman reviews tworamdisk programs for expanded (320K)130XEs; Len Pogialli tab }@lks aboutdirections he'd like to see Atarifollow for theH 8-bits; and AlanFriedman reviews some 8-bit pb }}ming two of his favorites."TOBASIC.OBJ" will take you to basicwithout a cold start, If you hadoriginally f?} loaded without basic."SWITCH. BAS" will switch you back andforth between DOS and BASIC in amatter of a seconf@}d. These are smallprograms but are very useful whenneeded. Each can be included whenusing other programs. "P/fA}S UTILITIES" came next withfeatures such as a COMPANION save,SCREEN MAGIC SHOW and a help screen. The games fB}disk had "ZYBEX" a shoot'em up type of game that would win theapproval of many small children. Alsogames like "CHICKEfC}N", "FAILSAFE","FIVE STUD" POKER", "FOOTBALL","CASINO" and more. ANDREW BUONGIORNO stepped up forSHOWTIME fD} and announced he wasintroducing "PIGGY SOFTWARES, thefirst time anywhere. Needing a coupleof programs in afE} hurry and not beingable to find them he told us he wrotehis own. The first one was "INCOME VSOUTGOING PAYMENTfF}", where you enterweekly, monthly, quarterly, yearlyincome and payouts. These figures areadjusted by the program ffG}or your use. The next was "RETURN ADDRESS MAKER"which can be edited, printed, startover, etc. Useful when you run lofH}Hw onyour supply of labels. The third program was "ATASCii TOASCiiL CONVERSION". Normally theconversion is ASCiifI} to ATASCiiso that ATARI users can convert anduse IBM programs. This program allowsthe ATARI user entry into the fM}C 30 NOV/DEC OCT 31c c}cKbO) !"`3!3 for the PLAINVIEW/OLDBETHPAGE LIBRARY. NEW DATES TO BfR}BEPOSTED AS SOON AS ALEX GETS THEM FROMTHE LIBRARY! RememberJ.JN the next OL'HACKERS ATARI USER GROUP mefS} Soldering Iron and Solder> Approximately 12" of #24 strandedr wire> Cn}Cover shell--Shack # 276-1520> Two DB-25 solder-type connectorsI fFemale--Radio Shack 276-1548l Male--Radio Shackn} 276-1547 2(determine which ones you need)= Full Handshake Null Modem (best): Connecton}r: A B 3 4D E1J LtoQ ]1 Connectc d2i ktop r3w these n} 3 to 2 pins:$ %4* ,to1 35C D5I KtoP R4b j6,8 ton q20} n} 7 to 7" $20) to 6,8The pins on the connector are numbered, but remember that pins on the Malen} connector, looking at the solder side, narrow-edge down, are numbered right-to-left, top row first. The female connector isn} numbered left-to-right!If this one does not work, and you have CHECKED the WIRING, then try using the "No-Handshake" null-n}modem adapter:7 pConnect the following pins OF EACH connector together:u Connect n}Cpins 4 + 5 together. qConnect 6, 8, + 20 together.Connect these pins BETWEEN the two connectors together:v Connectn}or: A B# $1) +to0 21B C2H JtoO Q3a b3g iton p2} n} 7 to 79disks for the Atari 8-bit, which someof you have by now.C One thing you all should know,and that is, I haven't lr}ost touch withthe Atari 8-bit world. I've so beenbusy with new idea's and putting themto good use for the Atari 8-bit r}that Imyself really didn't know until therelease of WQNRDos how many programs Ihave written. I took a look and foundtr}hat I have over five differentSub-Directories on my hard drive thatare full with original programs. Someof whichr}O have already been releasedand donated to our club, THE OL'HACKERS!T If this all sounds like I'mtrotingr} my own horn or that I'm on anEGO trip mabye your right, but I don'tthink so. I'm trying, like some otherprogrammers our}t there to keep theAtari 8-bit ALIVE! Why? The answer issimple. Its one of the most flexibleand powerfull 8-Bit comr}puter that I'veever come across, and I do have theright to say that because I have owneda TI and some other off tr}6he wallcomputers that I wouldn't even care tomention? a(like COLECO, what ajoke...).f A most prized pror}ject wasWQNRDos. Which most of you know is agreat basic program that is verypowerful and give's you options thr}atnever before came in a BASIC Dos typeprogram. I would like to publiclyextend my thanks to ALAN SHARKIS, (whohas r}also been raving about it), forbeing one of the main BETA testers forWQNRDos and I know that he reallyenjoyed thatr} and enjoys the program.Also my thanks to ALEX PIGNATO formuch of his help and added idea'swhile in the finalr} stages of theprogram. WQNRDos alone took over NINEmonths to put together and turn out(to version 3.0) which becr}ame a TWOsided disk that is over 150kalone-(WOW a lot of typing!), andthat's just one disk of many that r}Ihave done. Like I said I may not havebeen at many meetings but I alwaysshow my support for the OL' HACr}KER'sin many other ways. I would like tohear your opinions. This may soundlike an editorial but you know itisr}Gn't. We all get involved in one wayor another. 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