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Watson $250Compute's Vol IC M18 Vol IIk v25 Vol III} ,} %30Atari Basic- =Albreht, FinkelP W& Browna 330Your Atari Computer Lon,} Poole .458Electronic ComputerProjects: AComputeJ 182Family Computing Dictionary of Simpleterms M,} ade Simple /96Atari Sound &6 LMoore, LoweerGraphicsX b& Alberchth 234Mapping The Atar,}i Ian Chadwick 194-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- We also have a very large selection of Newsletters from,}E0 other Atari User Groups from around the world.},0&*'1 ANewsletter BitsK [By Alan Sharkise xMember Ol' Hackers} 0} Atari User Group, Inc.B*My first newsletter for review thismonth goes back 0}E to 1987. I didn'tknow why it was included in the stackuntil II scanned its table ofcontents. The list of ar0}ticles, both8- bit and ST was representative of abooming Atari usership. I mentionthe ST articles only for perspect0}ive.I've never gotten into that machine,but I recognize that its health has aclear impact on the health of anythingAta0}ri. So, in an effort to explorewhat was, at the time, new andintriguing (and, perhaps to wonderwhat migh0}t have been) here goes:From the December. 1987 Acorn Kernal,Jeff Summers' Basically Speakingcolumn begins wit0}h a discussion ofcursor control, but moves into thearea of total screen control. It's avery worthwhile column. 0} If you'veever wondered how to move a cursor ina BASIC program, get characters fromthe keyboard instead of from 0}thescreen, or limit user input, read this article. There is also a review, byNicholas Cup, of the original DaisyDot.0} Nick's 8-bit library column andJeff Pyle's Library Favorites columnare ample evidence of the size andscope of Aco0}rrn's 8-bit interest at thetime of the issue. A review by ChuckGrimbsy of Amodem 7.5 is complete andaccurate.v I rem0}ember using theprogram. Although it was never apersonal favorite, it still hasadherents today. An inte0}rview withRon Kovace of ZMAG fame, uploaded toAtari Apex BBS by the interviewer,Chuck Leazott of HDUC has gre0}athistorical interest. The magazinealso reprinted David G. Grace'sarticle entitled, " - The G-Man - TheCompu0}Kter Police Want You", from WACOPRINTOUT of October 1987 as a preludetoO ACORN's presentation of KenVossler's (0}GFBI) speech to ACORN'smembers on computer crime and softwarepiracy. Columns reprinted from othernewsletters abound. 0}They include AlanFriedman (Current Notes, October 1987)on ramdisks for the 320K-expanded130XE, a whimsical expa0}nsion ofMurphy's Law (LCACE Newsletter,October 1977), an anonymous letterabout piracy (PSAN, October 1977), a0}ninterview with Leo Newman, theoriginal Oasis BBS author (uploaded byChuck Leazott to Atari Apex BBS), andDavid 0}d Yearke's article, "I Don't Needto Justify Owning an 8-bit *OR* anST" (BOAST, October 1977).h Now tomore current0} articles: In theOctober, 1990 JACG Newsletter, DaveArlington writes about using C on the8-bits, and reviews 0}four C compilersfor the 8-bit. Sam Cory tells us howto subscribe to Page 6 magazine andwhat to expect from it. Josep0}h Hicswareviews a good 1986 book called,"Graphing and Animation on the AtariComputer", by Christopher Lampton.0}ǛDavid Arlington continues his Diaryof a Flight Simulator Pilot. Neil VanOost, Jr. demonstrates in print howto cre0})ate a greeting card with DaisyDot III.- ^From October, 1990 A.C.E.St. Louis Newsline:b uJoan Ryanreviewsy seve0}ral additions andenhancements to Daisy Dot III. ACESt. Louis also describes its hard copy(book) library, whic0}$h seems to bepredominately 8-bit.( From ClevatariOctober, 1990: George Neff writesabout Ol' Hackers Newsletter 0}4module.Everything George says is absolutelytrue.9 Well, well! A. C. E. St.Louis Newsline gets a new look for0}November, 1990! The new mastheadfeatures the word NEWSLINE (I guessthat's how they want it to be knowfrom no0}w on). Joan Ryan leads offwith a review of John McGowan'sprogram to convert Daisy Dot III foruse with the 0}Star NX1000 printer(John had previously done this for theStar NX10). There is a list ofsources of 8-bit softwar0}e, compiled by Joan Ryan." ?B.A.C.E. Line ofNovember,D H1990L TmentionsX NetaFillmore's success in making pe0}:n-palswith members of Atari clubs all overthe world.> Neta had names andaddresses available for her clubm0}Gembers. She also showed them thenewsletter disk she had received fromOl' Hackers. Mike Mezaros of Betazine announce0}]d, with regret, the demise ofthat newsletter because of the lossof key staff people.b Dateline:Atari for Nov0}ember. 1990 is astatement of the determination of B.A. S. I. C. to continue as a clubafter the untimely pa0}ssing of itspresident for many years, Pete Fazio. The new president, Al Petersen,himself a founding member of B. 0}A. S.I. C., put together an eighthanniversary issue that includes 8-bitarticles from our own Stan Schenfeld(A0},tari 8-bit Graphics) and AlexPignato0 8(various< subjects), anarticle on building null-modem cables,and a b0}Vrief history of the foundingof the important companies who makecomputers today.\ In the JACGNewsletter for N0}ovember, 1990, DavidArlington has a review of Kyan Pascalfor the 8-bits. I have used thiscompiler and enjoyed it. 0}David pointsout that this is a standard ISOPascal compiler, and comes with itsown editor and special opera0}tingsystem (KIX, similar to UNIX),although you are free to use yourown. David likes the editor in hisAct0}ion! cartridge and found himselfwith a cumbersome task when he hadwritten source code with this editorand then 1} wanted to compile it withKyan Pascal. His Sparta X cartridgesolved that problem for him! Davidfeels that the m1}anual is as good asany textbook in helping you learn thelanguage. Unlike implementations of Cfor the 8-bit, Kyan Pascal1} comes withfloating-point math routines that makeuse of the routines in the 8-bit's osrom, thereby making it very accura1}te! The compiler is a two-pass compiler,which means that it converts sourcecode to assembly code, and thencomp1}iles the assembly code intomachine language. While this slowsthe process a bit, it has theadvantage of1} allowing you to get intothe assembly-language version forfurther enhancement of your programs. Alternately, you 1}can use your ownassembler. The compiler will reporterrors, like most. Most compilerswill stop dead at the first1}G error andyou have to begin the process allover again after each error. Unlikemost, and happily at that, Kyan1}'scompiler will not stop at the firsterror, but will generate a report ofall errors it encounters so that youcan 1 }correct them all and recompile inone operation. The finished machinecode runs very fast; faster thanTurboBasic, 1 }but not quite as fast assomething done in Assembly or Action! Atari-specific features are scant,but Kyan does sell1 } tool kits to getaround this problem. In anothercolumn, David continues (you guessedit!) his Diary of a Flight 1 }QSimulatorPilot. Neil Van Oost, Jr., gives usanother demonstration-in-print.w x}0x(=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-4 DNewsletter BitsU XBye rAlan Sharkis} 5} Member Ol' Hackers Atari Users Group, Inc.=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-= This time it's pictures in Daisy5}߻d߱ߚߋߋߏdߜߙ߻߭׳ߖdݫ߻߻߶ߪ،߸dtures must be in Micro-Illustratoror Micro-Painter format, and can beconverted to these formats fromothers usi5}!ng ANTIC's Graphics Shop.David% 1Richardson's5 manual alsocontains additional fonts, a game, agrid font for d5}esigning your ownfonts, procedures for using Print Shop icons in DDIII, and lots more. Themanual is available to J5}ACG membersat meetings or via their BBS. TheNovember, 1990 issue of ACORN Kernalcontains another Basically Speak5}ingcolumn by Jeff Summers. This timeJeff writes about the advantages ofusing abbreviated keywords in AtariBASI5}C and lists those abbreviationsfor us. There is an article aboutbuilding a replacement power pack forthe 1050 di5}sk drive. The article waswritten by one Brad Jawarski with adiagram by someone named MatthewBennett. Does any5}one at Ol' Hackersknow who they are? (Just kidding,guys.) Nicholas J. Cup has started acolumn summarizing the la5}st meetingof ACORN's SIG "8". It seems thatmore and more clubs with membershipsof both 8-bitters and ST users a5}Gregetting big enough to maintainseparate sigs with separate meetings,as well as general meetings. And theysay A5}tari is dead... +(FR)ANTIC forNovember,0 419909 }>. End of comment. The November/December, 1990 Nybbles& Bytes (published by the North WestPheonix Atari Club -- N.W5?}.P.A.C) isthe first issue I have seen of thispaper. I wonder if it is new. It isalso the first that I have seen th5@}atused Alan Reeve's News Station toproduce the paper. The text, printedon a Star NX1000, is clear and black. The 5A} club is an 8-bit club, likeours. They rely heavily on articlesprinted elsewhere, but seem to selectgood ones. 5B} This article containsDavid Plotkin's ANTIC lesson 3 onvariables, IF/THEN statements, andFOR/NEXT loops in 5C}'Atari BASIC. Italso contains the+ first ChuckSteinman article on the Turbo 816 fromAIM, and a review of the Ult5D}raspeed +OS from Computer Software Services byJeff Kyle, also from AIM. I read thearticle with great curiosity. Th5E}eproduct seems to solve problems thatmany of us have been having withtranslators or with accessing highspeed 5F} from our disk drives. Fromthe December, 1990 JACG Newsletter:David Arlington is now the 8-bit vicepresident and5G} has written a columnthat reflects his great enthusiasmfor the machines. I'm certain thatthe 8-bitters in his5H} great club willcontinue to% +remain1 activecontributors after reading David'sfirst column in that capaci5I}ty. SamCory, 8-bit librarian, has placed ourNovember/December newsletter disk (orportions of it) in their library and5J}Ǜtouts it as containing good stuff. A company called Edwards, in SouthCarolina, placed an ad in thenewslet5K}(ter for three pieces ofsoftware- 1that5 8are= availablemail-order and at low cost. Anothercompany, 8-bit5L} Nationals (Indiana)did a similar thing. Ask Al Atkinsfor this newsletter, read the ads,and see if you are i5M}nterested! Thefifth installment of David Arlington's(all together, now) Diary of a FlightSimulator Pilot also appears 5N}in thisissue. A reprint from Z-Net coversthe resignation of Elie Kenan and thehiring of Greg Pratt as General5O}CManager of Atari USA.# TheDecember, 1990 Update Atari (HoustonAtari Users Journal) contains anarticle 5P}PS on building a hard drive forST & 8-bit. It is thorough andwell-written.X wThe December, 1990L.V.A.U.G.| N5Q}ews has 'anotherinstallment of+ Action! and BBSExpress! PRO Tutorial by Thomas M.Johnson. This one conce5R}rns PROCs. Heexplains that# a PROC is anindependent block of code that can becalled from the program. It 5S}shouldcontain only local variables. Heexplains the syntax, the uses of PROCsand their similarity to GOSUBs inB5T}+ASIC, and stats that PROCs can callother/ 5PROCs.9 There is anotherarticle called, File Name Extendersv1.02 whi5U}Pch is the most extensive listof filename extenders and theirdefinitionsT Xthat\ I have everencountered. In 5V}fact, I can think ofonly one that was left out: .PIL forAtari PILOT files. (Does anyone everuse that language any mor5W}e?) TransKeyis reviewed by Jonathan Mordosky.Jonathan does more than just describethis modification and what it5X}W willdo. (It allows the use of MS-DOSstyle keyboards with the 8- bit Atariand[ adds some useful keyboardfu5Y}nctions.) He takes us through theinstallation process, gives us thebenefit of some months of experiencewith the m5Z}odification, and informs usthat there is an upgrade (1.2) whichadds even more functions than theoriginal. This is5[} a very well-written piece.! The December, 1990 SLCCJournal wouldn't be complete withoutBob Wooley's column, and5\}7 this one iscertainly complete. Bob continueshis< CwritingG IonM PtheT SIO2PCmodification, giving us a descrip5]}tionof the extensive testing he did withit. The system passed every testwith flying colors. Bob Scholarcon5^}etributes a section to Bob Wooley'scolumn, in which he describes more ofthe SLCC 8-bit library.j At thispoint, th5_}ue 8-bit community hassurvived almost a year in spite ofAtari's decision to stop manufacturingthe line.y I c5`}an understand thedecision. STEs can sell for about the same price as a 130XE with a diskdrive, monitor, etc. 5a}G I cannotunderstand what I am hearing from someformer users, however. They willtell you that the 6502 is an obsol5b}betechip that is not relevant for today'susers. They will tell you that theywere embarrassed to have owned amach5c}ine that everyone put down. Sucharguments are emotional, at best.Atari's decision was an economic onefor them. 5d} But what about economicarguments that apply to users? Whatmachines do those former 8-bit usershave in their hom5e}es right now? Howmuch did they have to fork over for alittle more memory, or a little morespeed, or a little more 5f}acceptancefrom the compusnobs out there? Ifyou have an 8-bit, you can certainlypush it past its current level 5g}ofproductivity with little expense. 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I'm glad you asked, "GOODBYECHARL=}IE" a stage play sponsored by theOTHER VIC THEATRE COMPANY had reservedthe PLAINVIEW/OLD BETHPAGE LIBRARY forFRIDAY and S=}ATURDAY evenings. Word ofthis change in dates had not gotten tothe OL' HACKERS. As usual the librarywas very accommodatin=}g, by rearranginga minimum of the seating and using thestage we got back to normal and thenwe held our familiar monthly =}`meeting. ALEX PIGNATO taking a page from theB.A.C.E. club, (BAKERFIELD ATARICOMPUTERd qENTHUSIASTS),u and th=}GeH.A.C.E. club, (HOUSTON ATARI COMPUTERENTHUSIASTS), initiated a new programby passing out information sheets for"HELP =} KEY". Perhaps our bi-monthynewsletter will contain a "HELP KEY"column (just like many of the programsyou use). The=} information quiz sheetspassed out were to find out whatwidely used programs club members wereproficient in. They =} would then belisted as program contacts to assistmembers who need help in using theprogram. In addition the memb=}ers wererequested to #list( monthlydemonstrations they would like to see(sounds like a great idea). Then C=}oARLOS HURTADO, NL CO-EDITOR,brought the members up to date as tohow he and ALEX are constructing theOL's HACKERS =} newsletter. Sinceconverting$ 'the+ newsletter fromhardcopy last summer to disk everyonehas been more than ple=}ased with theresults. CARLOS and ALEX seem to begetting a better response from themembers with articles too. TRE=}ASURY REPORT: AL ATKINS gave the members the up todate treasury report. Annual dues arestill being submitted by some m=}embersso as expected, the total has beengrowing. AWARD: The NEW JERSEY based J.A.C.G.,JERSEY ATARI COMPU=}TER GROUP is to becommended for their new program. Theyselected KRIS HOLTAGAARD as the"SHAREWARE PROGRAMMER OF =}THE MONTH"and sent him two checks as donations.Each month they will pick a newdesignated "SHAREWARE PROGRAMMER" a=}ndreward him. As ALEX stated, "REMEMBERSHAREWARE is all we have left". KRIS requested that he be allowed todemo "TEXT=}PRO", version 4.54 at theAPRIL meeting (the members were allfor him doing so and are alreadylooking forward to =}this demo). KRIS recently purchased a "SCANNER"with text word software and now canmake type-in programs available=} forour newsletter and the club library.He asked that members send him orginalor CLEAN copies of type-in programsfor=} such use. In a matter of minutesKRIS can now convert these files intoASCII for the newsletter. Because of the close=} association ofthe club and "BLACK MOON" productionsour future newsletters will carrytheir advertisement. ALAN =}C]SHARKISmade a motion to carry this company'sadvertisement and KRIS seconded themotion,a fwhichj mwasq immediately=}carried. CORRESPONDANCE: At ALEX'S suggestion, TOM ANDREWS,SYRACUSE, has written KRIS concerningtheir collaborat=}ing on some newprograms.& +(Both2 respondedenthusiastically) JOAN RYAN wrote in A.C.E., ST.LOUIS, =}E newsletter an glowing articledescribing the OL' HACKERS bi-monthlynewsletter. JOAN was very generouswith her pra=}ise of the club andnewsletter. We hope JOAN enjoys theMARCH/APRIL issue with two or threecolumn selection and =} six or eightlines to an inch printing ability.(another new innovation) ALEX reviewed letters received fromTOM =}ANDREWS and KEN WICKERT and hisreplies to each. CARLOS received a letter from DICKSUMMER complimenting us on the qua=}lityand content of our disk newsletter.They are working on a disk newsletterfor "POKEY", W.N.Y.A.U.G., WESTERN NEWYOR=}K ATARI USER GROUP. Until midwaythrough 1989 the eight bit club had anexcellent hardcopy newsletter. Thecost of pub=}lishing and printing becametoo high to continue at that time. Inan effort to maintain communicationwith the 8 BIT =}world they hope torevive "POKEY" as a disk basednewsletter. CARLOS intends to publishDICK SUMMER'S letter in t=}he MAY/JUNEnewsletter issue. The OL' HACKERS hopethat this type of effort spreadsthrough out the 8 BIT community. =} DOOR PRIZES: ALEX promised to check his copy ofthe "DOOR PRIZE" disk he uses at thesemeetings for an error. You guess=}Zed it,HARRY TUTHILL'S name popped upimmediately, this in spite of the factHARRY^ was handed a pen withd=}isappearing ink when he signed in.Other winners for MARCH were AL ATKINSand ALAN SHARKIS. DEMONSTRATIONS: First u=}p this month was KRIS with apreview of his unfinished new program"LOCHNKEY" from WQRN SOFTWARE. KRIS isdeveloping a pro=}gram with a SYSTEMPASSWORD PROTECTION. "LOCKNKEY" willkeep a running log of who enters theprogram, creates a passwo=}rd, logs thedrive number, keeps track of the timeon the computer and verifies thepassword (allows three attempts=} forthe password). JACK GEDALIUS came in with an ANTICMAGAZINE program "EARTH VIEWS". Theprogram is joystick contro=}lled to movethe cursor, and will zoom in on aselected location, then highlights thecity or country giving longitude=}G andlatitude. By selecting STATES, RIVERS,MOUNTAINS, DEEPEST TRENCHES of theWORLD, LAKES, etc. the cursor willseq=}duentially move from one location toanother. A great program for teachinggeographic areas. ALEXh exhibited "GENEOLOG=}Y", atakeoff on ANTIC'S "FAMILY TREE", as ashareware program. Documentation forthe program is supplied and personal=}Ucharts can be called up, infomationadded and printed. Sounds real neat.SamplesY [of_ csomeg charts weredistribu=}ted. In quick order ALEX ran through thefollowing: "STOCKVALUE" "HOME FILING MANAGER" (an assistfrom JACK GEDA=}LIUS) "CUSTOMER LIST MANAGER" (TOM ANDREWSand published in ANTIC MAGAZINE,AUGUST 1989), and somewhat modified byAL=}EX of course. "FILE VERIFIER", by TOM ANDREWS. "IRON MAIDEN" a graphic program "ABBUC HI-LO" a speaking numbersga=}me, modified with ENGLISH words byALEX (what, again?). "P/S LABLE 7 (saves address/iconslabels) "COL40.CTB", by =}TOM ANDREWS- (runsfrom "RUNTIME.COM") He finished with "MOVIE MAKER" whichcontains three little plays. All theseprogram=}s were turned over to the OL'HACKERS library and will be availableat the APRIL meeting. The demo program was cut s=}hort inorder to restore the stage and seatingarrangement to their orginal conditionand placement. FUTURE MEETING DATES:=}Ǜ Future meeting dates for the OL'HACKERS ATARI USER GROUP are: APRIL 13th, 1991 JUNE 1st, 1991 MAY 11th, 1991=}2 All dates are SATURDAY and arescheduled6 mfor the PLAINVIEW/OLDBETHPAGE LIBRARY. Rememberu.the next=}Q OL' HACKERSATARI USER GROUP meeting is scheduledfor APRIL 13th, at 11:30am.e qSecretary,} =} AL ATKINS 7***THATS***ALL***FOR***NOW!***] ^}<^ 9*:` (The following article wasA}9 sent tous by KEN WICKERST, V. P. of A.C.E. ofSYRACUSE.= ?WeC reprint it withpermission, Thanks KEN)Dear Sir,InA} reply to your request to send acheck, I wish to inform you that thepresent condition of my bank accountmakes itA}G almost impossible. Myshattered financial condition is dueto Federal Laws, State Laws, CountyLaws, CorporationA} Laws, Liquor Laws,Mother in Laws, Brother in Laws,Sister in Laws, and Outlaws.Through these laws I am compelledA} topay a business tax, amusement tax,head tax, school tax, gas tax, lighttax, furniture tax, and excise tax.I amA}P required to get a businesslicense, car license, operator'slicense,T truck license, huntinglicense, fishA}ing license, and not tomention a marriage license and a doglicense.I am required to contribute to everysociety andA} originization which thegenius of man is capable of bringingto life; to the womans relief, theunemployed relief,A} and the golddiggers relief. Also to every hospitaland charitable institutation, theSalvation Army, Community A}Chest, RedCross, Purple Cross, Double Cross, BoyScouts, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts,Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. as well as wA}xaystations for Wayward girls and ofcourse Boys Ranch and Boys Town.For my own safety I am required tocarry} A}health insurance, Nlifeinsurance, fire insurance, propertyinsurance,S \liability` sinsurance,burglaryy insuA}rance, accidentinsurance,$ ,business1 Finsurance,earthquakeL Vinsurance,[ tornadoinsurance, flood insurA}ance, autoinsurance and old age insurance.My business is so governed that it isno easy matter to find out who ownsA}it. 1I am inspected, expected,suspected,5 Xfined, commanded andcompelled,\ eexamined,i reexamined,informedA}, and required until I providean inexaustable supply of money forevery known need, disire or hope ofthe human race.A}ǛSimply because I refuse to donate tosomething or other, I am boycotted,talked about, lied about, held up,held dA}own and robbed, until I amalmost ruined.I can tell you this honestly thatexcept for a miracle that happenedA}Ǜthis morning I could not have enclosedthis check.The Wolf that comes to my doornowadays just had pups in my kitA}(chen.I sold them, here is your money.; OVery Truly Yours,b ANY OL' HACKER! -=-=-=-=A}C-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-}@)<><><><><><><><><>><><>><><><><><><><>/ BMORE BITS OF BASICH By M. Olin (WAUGI,MACE)Reprinted from the MichigE}an AtariMagazine'PROTECTING' YOUR SOFTWAREYou say you've written a program, andyou spent a lot of hours making iE}t"just right?" You've written somepretty nice routines that you're quiteproud of, but you don't want justanybodE}y to have access to it? Here'sa couple of hints that might help youkeep some prying eyes from viewingyour work.DIE}TSABLE THE BREAK KEYThe very first line of your programshould look like this:Y 10 POKE 16,64:POKE 53774,64EffectiE}vely, we have told the computerto ignore the fact that the user ispressing the BREAK key. Therefore,the user cannE}ot "break out" of theprogram and look at your code. But,that's only the beginning. AnyAtarian who has had hE}is/her computerfor more than 2 weeks should know thatall you'd have to do is press RESET,and we'd be back to Square 1.E}COLD STARTINGAdd the following command to line 10,making sure to separate it from theprevious commands with a colon(:E}). POKE 580,1 Now, whenever the user presses theRESET key alone, the computer will actalmost as if you had turE}ned the poweroff and back on again. In otherwords, it will "reboot", and theprogram that was running wilE}l beerased from memory.So far so good! Now you need aroutine that permits the approvedusers to have accesE}s to your program,but those persons you want to keep outwill have to be "filtered" somehow. A"password" seems in order heE}re. 19 DIM PASS$(20) 20 INPUT PASS$:IF PASS$<>"YourPassword" THEN NEW:ENDAll persons who are using the progE}rammust know the password, which can beup to 20 characters long. Notice thatit is upper/lower "case sensitive."If tE}hey enter it wrong, the program iserased from memory. Zip. Kaput.Gone. And, just to make sure that"the enemyE}#" can't discover yourpassword' by staring over yourshoulder, we're going to make surethat the characterE}C*s you type neverappear on the screen./ 15 X=PEEK(559):POKE 559,0This command will turn off the chip,called ANTE}IC, that drives yourmonitor. The screen will turn blackwith no visible text, and will remainin this state untiE}l you turn it backon again, which you will not do unlessthe proper password is entered in line20. if the correct passwordE}2 is given,then this line will complete the job:7 _25 PRINT "":POKE559,Xd 30 REM Your program startE}s here.Let's check our progress: The programwon't run if they don't know thepassword. They can't RESET, and theyE}Ǜcan't press BREAK and LIST the programto look at your password. What'sleft?We have to find a way to prevent theE}uninvited user from LOADing theprogram and LISTing the lines thatcontain your password, since none ofthe aboE}ve commands will take effectuntil after the program startsrunning. This part gets a littletricky, so you wE}Bill want to type it inEXACTLY as it is written here. AfteryourF program is completed and"debugged" to your satE}tisfaction, youneed to add these lines. Note thatyour program must not ever GOTO orGOSUB to these lines.y 3276E} 1BOTTOM=PEEK(131)*256+PEEK(130% C):TOP=PEEK(133)*256+PEEK(132)H o32762 FOR X=BOTTOM TO TOP:POKEX,15t 5:NEXT XE} )32763FINISH=PEEK(139)*256+PEEK(138. 4):POKE@ ]FINISH+2,0:SAVE"D:filename.b ext":NEWA WORD OF CAUTIONE}E: Make sure you SAVEa copy of your program before youcontinueJ NwithS VtheZ followinginstructions. Store thE}is copy in asafe place as it is the only copy thatcan EVER be LISTed again. Not eventhe approved password user canE} LISTyour program once these routines havebeen performed, so take good care ofthis "source" disk!Ready? Make sure E}h the disk on whichyou want the "protected" version ofyour program is in Drive 1, thentype:m GOTO 32761and E} press . Here's whathappens: The FOR/NEXT loop in line32762 will cause all the variablenames whicE}h are used in yourprogram(and stored in the VariableName Table) to be replaced withCHR$(155), the ATAE}GSCII value in thePOKE statement in line 32762). Whenthis happens, the program can nolonger be LISTed, nor cE}an it beLOADed! In fact, the only way to LOADand RUN this program ever again is byissuing the RUN "D:filename.exE}t"command from BASIC.And, there you have it! A reasonablygood, but not absolutely perfect, wayto "protect" your softwE}-are.() )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )(}D-(=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=2 EPresidents MessageQ bby Alex Pignator 3/16/91 I} Before I retired, my alreadyretired friends would constantly tellme how busy they are, and theywondered I} how they had time to go towork. Let you in on a secret folks, itseems to be true. I retired on MARCH1, 1991, and sI}o far I have beenrunning all over the place, and moreimportantly, I have been swamped withletters, and forms ofI} all kinds,Insurance, Social Security, Pension,Estate planning etc. etc., but whybore you folks to tears. Suffice I}it tosay that the OL' HACKERS has in factreceived about one third more timefrom me than before I retired, butwhI}en am I going to relax on the sofawith a cold beer with nothing to do?One tip to you younger folks, startfinancial I} planning as early aspossible. You will never have too muchmoney with inflation always eatingaway at your capitI}al. At the last meeting, after beingall packed and ready to leave thelibrary, we spoke of an informalmeeJ}ting sometime between March 9th(meeting date) and April 14th (nextmeeting date). Seems as how we allfelt we wJ}ould need an ATARI groupmeeting fix before the next meeting.JACK GEDALIUS promptly offered hishouse, and a groupJ} of us met on MARCH14th in the evening. Tips and ways ofusing the 8 BIT were passed around,programs were demoed, anJ}d all had agood time. Mrs. GEDALIUS graciouslyserved coffee and cake, but I had torush off and missed that part of J}Nthenight cause I had something else todo. I told you I was a busy guy! S I want to take just a moment tojump onJ}G my soap box again, and tellthose of you who sit back and do notget involved in your club. Yourmissing out on J}a lot, people! You cantake my word for it. I receive so manynice letters from all my scatteredATARI friends, and I J} can't wait toopen a letter from any of them, to seewhat surprises they have in store forme. Also, lets not forget how muJ}ch funit is to demo a program, even if yournot perfect at it. While I amdemo'ing, I enjoy hearing someone intJ }he audience pipe up and tell me abouta new feature of the program that Inever knew existed. In fact, I gotinvolved J } with SPARTA DOS because ofthe fact that it was demoed by KEVINBLAES years ago, and afterward by goodold KRIS HOLTEGJ }AARD. I learned aboutthe MIO board, hard drives etc. etc.at meetings. I certainly would neverhave gone as far as I haJ }ve (little asit is), if it weren't for THE OL'HACKERS ATARI USERS GROUP. Thanks OL'HACKERS, I owe you a lot.TAKE J }A TIP FROM ME--READ MY LIPS--ANDGET INVOLVED!--YOU'LL LIKE IT!=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Special AcknowledgJ} IQUADRUPLE(1M player=32 GR.7pixels). The wider the playR:}er, thelower the resolution,and yet of coursethe larger it is in WIDTH.PMCLR # clears the player/missilespace of R;}Gplayernumber #. Doing 4-7for # which usually selects themissile compliment for players 0-3 inthiscommand clears R<}<them all.HITCLR checks for collisions. It hasno parameters and you can use it rightbefore you wish to check fR=}%orcollisions via the BUMP command:/ SBUMP(panum,aexp) is used assuch:] IF BUMP(4,1) THEN GOTO...Bump R>}Parameters:Players 0-3: 0-3Missiles 0-3: 4-7Playfield 0-3: 8-11Now, the only VALID bumps are:Player to player: BUMPR?}(0-3,0-3) (Iffirst parm=second, 0 is alwaysreturned; a player can't hit itself!)Missile to Player: BUMP(4-7,0-3)R@}Player to Colors: BUMP(0-3,8-11)Missile to Colors: BUMP(4-7,8-11)Now to define or move a MISSILE youuse:MISSILE RA}#,X,Y (where X,Y do notcorrespond to GR.7 or whatever mode'sX,Y).To move a PLAYER:PMMOVE panum [,absleft] [absverRB}t]Panum is player #0-3, absleft is theplayer's left bit's LEFT POSITION [Y]. It can range from 0-255 but theloweRC}st and highest are off the edges.Absvert is the vertical DISPLACEMENTfrom its LAST position. (For example,X=X+1, SET RD} 7,1 - lets players thatmight$ &go* -off1 the top/bottomwrap-around to the other side. SET7,0 [default] just lRE}oses them.PMADR(#) gives the ADDRESS of aplayer's top. That's where you POKE,BGET, MOVE, or otherwise store RF}theplayer's data.Draw your object. Then, redraw it ongraph paper in no more than eightboxes wide and 30 high(RG}bmore is toobig). Then, put the following numberson top of each column from LEFT toright:l 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 RH}128Now, add up the "on" or colored-incolumn values and place them to theside of the line they're added up for. WhRI}en you've done that, place thosevalues into a DATA line. Now, do theGRAPHICS mode you want, and anydrawings yoRJ}u want to do and any colorsyou wish to set.Set the Player/Missile Colors viadirect POKEs or PMCOLOR commands. SetyRK}our PMGRAPHICS mode and then yourPMWIDTH. "1" is best for starters.You set it for EACH player/missile youwant to RL} use. Do a PMCLR for players0-3 and then one for missiles, #4 tomake it simple. Do a RESTORE to yourDATA line for yRM}C&our PLAYER 0. Now dothe following:0 UFOR A=1 TO (# of lines inPlayer)_ xREAD B:POKE PMADR(0)+A,B} RN}N NEXT ARepeat the RESTORE through NEXT Asequence for each player ONLY. Setthe missiles with this routine: RO} FOR A=1 TO .# 'READ9 B:POKEPMADR(0)+A,PEEK(PMADR(0)+A)!(2^player+):NEXT APMMOVE eachRP} player where you want it.MISSILE each missile where you wantit. And, HITCLR the screen.Jump out of your set-upRQ} routine[PROCEDURE??) and into the main onewhich can do the following:PMMOVE a playerMISSILE a missile (getting tRR}ired ofthat...)HITCLR:BUMP !.(always a HITCLR rightafter a BUMP) to check for collisionOh, the Missile and Player vRS}Berticalmovement (OFFSETs) are perfect for theVSTICK command!! K#KS%S[#[c%cg#h}Ph       + 8  ?O   S `  gp t  VU}   3      :[       bk o   VV}   .  56; E  L V ]^c f j m t y} VW}     )  016 @ F R  X Xa g n v zVX}   # % 03 7 ; @ FK S X [ ` bi os  VY}    %  , .2 6 = M T V[ ^f t } VZ}    ( ) . 18 Q     V Y` x    } V[}  "  ( T 3376 Ocean Harbor Dr Oceanside NY 11572{ T{'*P Minutes Of The April 1991 Meeting W-_ -- --- d-e i-j q-sx PresiZ]}ident ALEX PIGNATO openedthis months OL' HACKERS meeting earlydue to the amount of items on hand.n ALEX Welcomed aZ^}ll members and newmembers to the meeting. To start off,he made an announcement that LIAUG'sNEST BBS has moved to aZ_}G NEW phonenumber (516)-234-4943, and is calledNEW NEST. The SYSOP is JIM HARRIS.When calling, make sure to advise hZ`}EE`Rimthat you are a member of the OL'HACKER for quick access.Announcements^-`e Item: Next, A.C.E. of Za}SYRACUSE,unexpectedly recived a complete freeBBS system from ATARI Corp. Looks likejust maybe the giant is waking up tZb}othe value of USERS CLUBS???$ Item: RE:SAM CORY -(KRIS says heis his Step Dad). ALEX requested amotion to make Zc}SAM an HONORARY MEMBER(our second such honor, and welldeserved too). KRIS HOLTEGAARD made amotion to make SAM COZd}RY an HONORARYMEMBER of the OL' HACKERS, the motionwas seconded by HARRY TUTHILL. Themotion was then voted on and Ze}passedunanimously. ]Item: The OL' HACKERS/WQNR BBStemporary hours are as follows:b Monday: 9:00am to 12:00pmZf} 3:00pm to 6:00pm. A9:00pm to 6:00amE aTuesday: 9:00am to 12:00pmn 12:00am to 6:0Zg}%0am Wednesday: 9:00am to 12:00pm3 E3:00pm to 6:00pmS 9:00pm to 6:00am Thursday: 9:00am toZh} 12:00pm *12:00pm to 6:00am/ JFriday: 9:00am to 12:00pmW 12:00am to 6:00am Saturday: 9:00Zi}am to 12:00pm .3:00pm to 6:00pm< O9:00pm to 6:00amT oSunday: 9:00am to 12:00pm| 1Zj}+2:00am to 6:00amTreasury/Minutes ReportB-DI AL ATKINS read the latestTREASURY report. Zk}After the report wasread, ALEX reminded all, that ALATKINS has been the Secretary of theOL' HACKERS for the pastZl} 5 years andhas also doubled up by taking care ofthe Treasury as well. A BIG THANK YOU,and a round of applause was giveZm}6n toAL in recognition of his efforts.WQNR SoftwareC-EJ ALEX brought up the fact thatKRIS brought usZn} copies of his WQNRSoftware Newsletter for all members ofthe OL' HACKERS and for people whohave bought WQNR SoftwareZo}.Correspondence-$ First up ALEX read a letter givento him by KRIS that came from JIMCUTLER, LANCASHZp}IRE, ENGLAND. Mentionwas made of the fact that ALEX hassent JIM the latest OL' HACKERSnewsletter and invited hZq}Gim to join theclub. (note: KRIS spoke to JIM byphone prior to the meeting and wastold that JIM has sent a moneyZr}r= orderfor his membership dues, to join TheOL' HACKERS).B Re: NEIL VAN OOST, Jr. ALEXstated that he received Zs}fsome disks intrade from NEIL, who is a GRAPHICSfreak, and an important member ofJ.A.C.G.k Re: NETTA FILLMORZt}E, (B.A.C.E. inCALIFORNIA) ALEX received 2 exchangedisks from NETTA, along with a cuteATARI sticker, from somewhZu}ere inEUROPE. Re: PAUL L. PLANTS. ALEX receiveda letter from PAUL that speaks of hissolo effort to bring togetheZv}br all the8 BIT ATARI user groups. ALEX wrote,telling him we join with him in hisefforts.g Re: ALAN SHARKIS. ALZw}AN's letterto JAMES CAPPARELL of ANTIC,requesting that users clubs be giventhe permission to type up, and keepZx} intheir club libraries, copies of thefew (VERY FEW) 8 BIT programs in STARTmagazine. The answer, if any, ought tobe iZy} nteresting. Re: NIEK VANDERLEE (our Canadianmember). We received a post card fromhim, and it was read to the membZz}ers.Also received, was a package from NIEK a day after Alex had received thepost card. NIEK had advised about someproZ{}blems he was having with certainprograms. ALEX wrote with many tips rehis problems, as well as some tips onhow to usZ|}e TEXTPRO word processor.Because NIEK wanted to have a goodprogram for record keeping, HARRYTUTHILL suggestionZ}} was to have NIEKuse the program MICRO CHECK which isin our library. RON FETZER, was seentaking NIEKS address, andZ~}* I'm sure afriendship is in the offing./ Re: HORST DEWITZ. He sent us atranslation of the WEST GERMAN BITBYTERZ}, Disk to be put into the clublibrary.1 Re: FIRST BYTE Co. ALEX found anold program called ENHANCEMENT TOBASZ}IC, and wrote to them to see if theprogram was updated and if its stillavailable. No sooner had ALEX sent theletter, buZ}t that a response came backin the mail with an updated version ofthe program Version 5.0. Also in thereply it was staZ}Sted that FIRST BYTECo. no longer exsits but that it isstill available throughX HATHAWAY ELECTRONICS, Box 168,RicZ}C3es Landing, PA 15357, telephone(412)592-5981.8 ALEX then showed the program tothe members to show how extensiveZ} itis. He suggested that if ten or moremembers ordered the program, there wasa lower price, and that the club kickin Z}$2.00 for each copy ordered. Amotion was called for that if 10members ordered the disk that the clubwould in fZ}act kick in $2.00 per diskordered. The motion was made by KRISHOLTEGAARD, and seconded by JOSEFLEBER and was carriZ}ed unanimously. Toeveryones surprise 10 members wantedit, and STAN SCHENFELD was delegatedto handle the matter. STAN Z}Kgraciouslyoffered to lay out the money formembers who were short.P ALEX moved on to read the minutesfor the MZ}4arch meeting. The minuteswere accepted as read.9 Moving on, ALEX then showed themembers a program called TITLE Z}CARDthat makes screens for your program inATASCII graphics. He had TITLE CARDappended to a program called BORROW.ThiZ}s program which no one had everseen, alone, made it worthwhile to bea member of the club, as it will beavailable iZ} n our library.Demonstrations:/-17 First up was KRIS HOLTEGAARDwith his demo of TEXTPRO, Version 4.5Z}4which fits the needs of any Atari8-Bit user either new or advanced.This was KRIS's second demo ofTEXTPRZ}O. His first demo with Version3.32r was back in 1988. It was time todemo the newest version since then tobring everyonZ}e up to date with thelatest wrinkles, and NEW features thatTEXTPRO now gives you. Some of the newfeatures that were demZ}oed were:1- How to continue printing files toyour printer if you have multiplefiles by using the command -InverZ}selower case "g" the followed by thedrive and filename.2- Also, how you can check as to howmuch of the TEXTPRO BuZ}ffer is used byhitting -Control 'U', and it showsyou on the top command line how largeyour current file is, how muchZ} of thebuffer is left and where your cursoris at the moment.3- A question was asked as to how toget a directory lZ}oaded into TEXTPROand saving it out to a file by hitting-Control L, then typing in *.*,D. Thiswill load your directory inZ}Gto TEXTPROand then you can save it out as a textfile. Next he showed how to get aSPARTA DOS directory from the filZ}esmenu by hitting -Control M, thenmoving the cursor menu bar to the *.*then hitting 'D'.4- KRIS then called onZ} MARK to showthe club how to use the TEXTPRO'sMacro and create Macro's which turnedout to be very simple.5- KRIS Z}then showed us how to use theprinter codes of your printer that youcan inbed into your text and alsoshowed how to uZ}se different types ofjustification in different parts ofyour text just by using the inversekey followed by the spZ}acing of yourdocument.6- He then showed how to call up theTEXTPRO on-line help files. It is doneby hitting the HELPZ} key (on the old400 and 800 you use the OPTION '?',both pressed at the same time.) keyfor the overall help file. ToZ} get theindividual help file main menu you hitthe OPTION key all plus the keycorresponding to the selection youZ}want. cNext up was STAN SCHENFELD whoDemoed Mo-Label from P.A.C.E. club,Pennsylvania.g This is truly aZ}fantastic labeler program, whichallows the user to make any sizelabels from small ones to as large as8x8 (mayZ}be even larger) Next Up was ALEX with some Oldiebut Goodies. First was a 'LABEL'printing disk. and many UtilZ}ities onside 2. Then his second disk, was 'MAILPROGRAMS', and on side 2 wasAUTODIALER and more utilities.Z} Then came a disk with manyfinancial programs such as BOOKEEPER,and the Teachers Work Shop, all withextensZ}Dive documentation on disk. Side2 has all educational type games.I ALEX showed the club a few diskrepair program, Z}sof which there weretwo outstanding ones to take note of.One was MISTER DISK and the other,DISK DETECTIVE.x All Z}u4 disks were then put intothe hot hands of our club librarianHAROLD PEGLER, to be added to ourLIBRARY!z TheZ}n the oldie talking 'SAM', wasdemoe'd by ALEX. Some members hadnever seen it, and all enjoyed it,especially whenZ}% the PITCH and SPEEDwas changed.* Next demo was SOLOFLITE By MICROPROS. A flight simulator, which allowsyou to fZ}Gully control your plane, totake off and land in differentairports, and then it will show youyour flight path. Z}UAn excellant programthough not as complicated as FLIGHTSIMULATOR.Door Prizes`-yThe Grand Prize went to}.Z} JOE LEBER =SILENT BUTLEROther winners were:RON FETZERE aSTAN SCHENFELDHARRY TUTHILLf AL ATKINSFuture MeetZ} ing Dates--May 11, 19912 MJune 1, 1991July 20, 1991R August 17, 1991All dates are on SATURZ}DAY and arescheduled for the PLAINVIEW/OLDBETHPAGE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Remember thenext OL' HACKERS ATARI USER GZ}:ROUPmeeting is scheduled for MAY 11, 1991at 11:30 AM.G VThank You All,c KRIS HOLTEGAARD -=-=-=-=Z}C-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-}XEE