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F0Ξ05: [ BDEHI%}% VY8 B V  @  /DE `E:D1:DUP.SYSERROR-SAVING USER MEMORY ON DISKTYPE Y TO &}STILL RUN DOS B;DE J  (` 9 V⪍ ઍ  -'}ǔLLu ÝDEHILV 9 .l 9 .l  `` s$B BH(}rI|DE V BLV nB,DE JLV B V BLVDEIʩ BꭝLu  }&Q짠򠠠v*} Πռ$I۱ Exit To Basic ۲ Exit To Dos۳ Printer Co+}nfig ۴ News/PrinterHelpAj짠},}6 Who's Who??? DD3 Review: J Picnic NewsN SpartaDos Comand Minutes Jul 90 Edi-},tors Message Minutes Aug 90 Not Used4 T Bit Byter News Not Used[ Meeting Dates Not Used .}  Daisy Dot 3 $ Not Used+ Memo To Members Not Used Newsletter Rev Not Used Murder Par/}t 2 Not Used9L!NOT A DISK FILEN !B 1L!E# 1 !BD; #BIT BYTER "SONDERDISK # 7"- .8 9> Translation by Horst A. Dewitz International Correspondent fo1}rABBUC, Ol Hackers and LIAUG.) *4 I am a little late in presenting youwith the latest news from the BitB2}iyter Sonderdisk # 7. Job and homeendeavors prevented a more timelyresponse and I appologize for that.s The disk,3} as usual, has mostly textthat is of more local value. I giveyou a translation of INFO.TXT which isthe news. All other te4}nxt programs have not generated any interest in thepast and are more or less updates ofprevious .TXT files.x y} 5} Side A COMPY.TXT - A rather gloomy letter byPeter Bee, COMPY-SHOP, one of three 8bit suppliers in West Ger6}Gmany. He seesno future for the 8 bit machine, atleast for him as business man whoneeds a profit for survival. He willsupp7}7Hort ABBUC, but cannot guarantysupplies for lack of support byvendors.R PETERS.TXT - Letter from KLAUS PETERSELEC8}TRONIC & SOFTWARE indicating theirsupport for the 8 bit by taking overhardware and software projects andproducts from the 9}OCOMPY-SHOP underlicense contract, as well advertisingtheir own product line.Y XFORMR.TXT ROMDISK.TXT - Productre:}.viewsPDECKE.TXT - ABBUC's PD-Librarycatalog8 ]INFO.TXT - see complete translationg TWORD.TXT - German d;}ocumentation forTURBOWORD+& 2(Micromiser< KSoftware 1989)U BAUBEXL.TXTBAUBEST.TXTBAUPLAN.TXTBAU<}GINFO.TXT - Schematics, layouts,odering and other circuit boardsinfo.Q R\ sINFO.TXT translation:} =} Hello Bit Byters!' A little late, but SONDERMAGAZIN # 7is ready for you now. Late because ofmedical tr>}Jeatments, the Dortmund Fairand a brief vacation, leaving melittle time.T Hobbytronic 1990As you know by now, the?}ǛHOBBYTRONIC/COMPUTERSHOW atDortmundtook place from April 25th thru April29th. ABBUC most certainly wasrepresented again. @}As a first we hadthe biggest booth yet, 20qm(Squaremeters!). Preparation of the booth forthe expected drove of visitor tooA}kplace on Tuesday with the eager helpof volunteers. The most noticeablecharacteristic of the ABBUC booth wasthe towering,B} turning ATARI LOGO. ThisLOGO and it's mounting came to us as agift from SAG, the deceasedNetherlands Atari Users Club.UC}nderneath the Logo we displayed ourABBUC and 8 BIT signs. We demoed atmany workstations, especially the 80column card. EyeD}2 catching was thefrequency counter from Friedhelm8 Giese and Klaus Langenkaemper, moreabout this later.Wednesday's E}opening immediately causeda gathering of Atari users at ourbooth. Partially due to the fact thatthe LOGO was already visiF})ble from thehall entrance. Many ST users0 left our booth disappointed, realizingthat this was a booth for the "LITTLEG}ǛONE" only. Every Bit Byter visitingthe booth received a disk containingthe schematics for a lie detector as agift. By tH}C/he way about 200 Bit Bytersvisited our booth!6 For sale at the booth: the brand newgame KAISER II, software from KE-I}ISOFTand software and hardware from theCOMPY-SHOP and PETERS ELECTRONICS atspecial fair and club prices. I liketo inject aJ}t this point the fact thatno other 8 Bit soft- or hardware wasavailable at the fair. Contrary tolast years experience, ourK} treasurerwas quiet satisfied with the salesresults. We even made a little profit.The biggest gain was our increase inmemL}Zbers, 30 new Bit Byters, which wewelcome again. ABBUC now has 639members, a new record.c KAISER IIBit Byter CarstM}en Strotmann gave theold game KAISER an new look andpresented it as KAISER II. The gamecan be played by up to 6 players.GN}raphic's are excellent. Even so itrelates closely to the old KAISER, thepossibility to add saboteurs and spiesmake the gamO}e more enjoyable.Unfortunately the game runs only onXE's or 800XL's with RAM upgrade. Thegame is available for DM 39.95 (CP}XlubMembers DM 35.--) from Andre Kaiser Nietzschestr.50 5600 Wuppertal WestGermanya FREQUENCY COUNTERAs mentioQ}ned, the inventors of theVIDIO DIGITIZER (for the 8 Bit),Friedhelm Giese and KlausLangenkaemper built something new, afreR}quency counter for the 8 bitcomputer. The circuit board connectsto the joystick port and with TurboBasic makes it possibleU}aO) !"`3!3 RESIDENTBit Byter Roland Buehler suggests theexpansion of M}'2|Vol: 99 =heO [||Issue: 11w || ]}  " %||1 @  J M||Y h r u||} ^}    ||, :  E H||T U] _m || _} ||  ||  || `}f  ||  || Atari User Group Inc.(c)1987 ||j j} a}  |69|> ZNews Letter For The Month Of^ a||l ySept/Oct 1990} b} |13}3 The Printer Help File& &;=B When you make your selection ofthe file you would likd}e to read youwill be presented with the following:enu rint ead:.. If youchoose then and you don't he}ave aprinter on line you will come back tothese options. Then you should use the option to read the file online. Ifhof}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 mg}enu just by hitting . 1Now when a file5 cis being printed,it will not only it printg to your printer, it wh}ill also at thesame time print it to your screen.With the rint option you can onlyuse Control-1 to stop & start pi}^rintingto the screen and your printer if youare reading the file at the sametime...}^) The WQNR Disk News Letter Help File LNU The WQNR Disk Based News Letteris very k}simple for you to use. All youhave to do is make the selection you'dlike and read it. As you can see thereare pauses in l}Gthe text so its mucheasier to read. Making a selectionfrom 1 thru 4 you can Exit to Basic orExit to Dos, or even m}mgo to The NewsLetter Press Room. Selections A thru Zare news Articles. When a selectionis made the article is sent tn}lo thescreen with page breaks. At the end ofthe article you are sent back to theNewsletter Main Menu.w About o} The Printer (*/ When you make your selection ofthe file you would like to read youwill p} be presented with the following:enu rint ead:.. If youchoose then and you don't have aprinter on lq}ine you will come back tothese options. Then you should use the option to read the file online. Ifhowever you either mar}de a mistake ordon't care to read or print the fileyou selected you can go right back tothe main menu just by hitting s}. Now when a file" is beingprinted it will not only printto your printer, it will also at thesame time prt}int it to your screen.With the rint option you can onlyuse Control-1 to stop & start printingto the screen and yu}Aour printer if youare reading the file at the sametime.E dAbout Configuring Your Printerh h}v}   oThis is where I tell you aboutthe selection, and how and configuring your printer.inters.}g &H |짠LQ| |Zhrw| } x}$ ?FILEHELPMENUTITLEZFILPPMFILE1CCHR4PLMS PPPP'PA2Qvy@r}(}@  * @ 12 9: ABIJQRXbAPhj@qry(} #B7t@d'-'@15@d9?9@CEKWKA]i]A ooA(}AR@@e "(.@ 24:D##@HL@PRXhK:GG;@ls,;@w,;@(} ,;@,;@",;@&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<? 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D1:Z*.TXT/ A`X (}-Z^@ bX(% What's Your Pleasure (}3For Selection >:+,%A(,eB7t@d7='@AE@dIO9-@SW@[X(enu rint ead: e)(}@8"@w%((.(+ 4Main Menu8.M8 A"@QUA3YdP"@ht((.(z Rea(}d File .B-@AEF P Au A"@A KR*@V]5@ahR@lp@tv|(}d@ @"@&(.<E:@@D@8HV'AR@Zh9A @lxKA}(}]A@h((} ;짠@00(( àoB7t(}@d'@@d";-@&*E.5H)@9mP(>:,eF:Ad,"AFo A!@ "F:@qv,"@#z" (}A"   \c'@&@*2(G("6 eViewing Complete Press Any KeyQ A!c@im@@qp@(}A>@ .@$(@,.4@K:;)@DQ>$>+("U V<`h (More) r>5 A!(}C(;(}>$4F:A,"A6*@,0@@4O4 A!@A @St*F:A,"Ap0(}B-@x@(}/f(Not In This Months News Letterz-@37A;W~  A (( (((b Print File ... ''** PRI(}1NT ROUTINE BY RON FETZER ** K(>:A%,"-@59@=qG(40 or 80 column printing(40/80)K #"@@u AG(}# A3` #"@! A`%:# A3` ((@@>D)@H)P:,A3" N( ($(Printing Complete!.../(}@ :@D AF9N A4 iA @=x*F:A,"Ap-(U("Not In This Months News Letter|.(}_ AF Ci AH F:A,"A8A4 \ Y (}-@GK@Oy?(Your Printer is Not On Line...I AF}(}O(}Y A`~A %B+6.D1:PRESSPRT.MNU6@FMA@QX^@\`@dflu~@y@(} "E:KAR@&2'A8F9A@hJVKA \p( A@`@t(( (}A@@A @-WB7t@d17'@;?@dCI9-@MQ@ UmJ( Selection: W)@q55@(}c *@i*@x*@#6A@"@i:U(E AB@,"@xYt(N AB @5"@x((},P+6.D1:PRESSPRT.HLP5 AAJ"@c0RAT; AD(}@V];@ae@ikqh) AE(} @() AB(|~ AD,3@7>8@BF@JLRcP:>(}P-@gk@ot(Your Prin(}+ter is Now Configured.~ AB0%-@/3A7A % A@EN ADRY@]d8@hl@prxP:(}(@ >:@' ,@>:@'$/,G>:@'3>,E>:@BI,>:@'MX,x>:@\v, ABPS (}-@z@(}/?(Your Printer is Now Configured.I AF39S A@=l0 F:A,"A8AD DY (}-@pt@x?((}%Your Printer is Not On Line...I AF)5O(}Y A@9h F:A,"ApADY (}-@lp@t?(Prin*}'WHOS WHO ? ? ? ? ? ? ?PRESIDENT3.CVICE-PRESIDENTJ.aAlex PignatoSECRETARYm.Allen AtkinsTR,}EASURER.*Allen AtkinsLIBRARIAN6.PJosef LeberLEGAL-COUNSELX.oJerry GinsbergEDITORS}.,}C Alex Pignato" CCarlos HurtadoEQUIPMENT-MANAGERG.Harry TuthillINT'L CORRESPODENT...Horst DewitzProg,}ramming-Manager..(O.H.A.U.G.) is in no way associatedwith the ATARI Corp.,or any of theirafffiliates,other than,} using a greatproduct.Atari" %and) Atari relatedproducts are the Trademarks of theirrespective companies and a,}re usedonlyas informational help to our membersand the Atari user in general.The opinions herein are not necessarilyth,}Bose of O.H.A.U.G. but those of thevarious individual authors.b mO.H.A.U.G.q sisw xa| N,}5OT-FOR-PROFITOrganization in the State of New York.U O.H.A.U.G. will NOT tolerate ANY,}referances,directly or& Ybyimplication,to piracy or the use of anycomputer] fequipmentj mforq illegalacti,}$vities.DEADLINES FOR NEWSLETTER<-JAN/FEB DEC 31 JUL/AUG JUN 30MAR/APR FEB 28 SEPT/OCT AU,}(G 31MAY/JUN APR 30 NOV/DEC OCT 31O Submitted articles are preferred asdisk ,}text files, but will be gratefullyaccepted as a hard copy. Send yourarticles to Ol' Hackers Newsletter C/OC. Hurtad,}ko, 117-05 149 Ave., So. OzonePark, N.Y. 11420. Please refer to theschedule above for future deadlines.} ,} },ichael's Pascherramboard. Roland plans the following:RS 232 DriverHardcopy routine for screen printClock driverRoland as}ks for cooperation from thosewho worked on these items already.Please contact him at Roland Buehler Kirchstrasse 5 7290Fr}Peudenstadt-Wittelsweiler WestGermanyCooperation could mean a free ramboard.X FAIR LEFTOVERSSoftware leftovers f}Qrom the fair areavailable, for those who were not ableto attend. Available areW b1) VISICALCm.DM20.--(about $}&12.--, shipping notknown, H A Dewitz, 62) SYNCALCB.\DM20.--(same as above!)b 3) MY FIRST ALHPABET..DM 5}.-- 6(English program for learningthe alphabet)< mOrder these programs from theclub headquarters.w SOFTS}CYNTH A 16 page documentation for this PDprogram (available in ABBUC's library)is now at hand. The documentation }Qisclear and precise, and covers alloptions of the program. Order from BitByterV gWinfried Piegsdaq Johann Schil} l Str. 3 )D-7806 March-Buchheim3 @West GermanyJ (He request's 4 DM 1.--stamps, I perceive this as } shipping .costs - about $ 2.50, HAD)8 9C PNEW SOFTWAREZ KE-SOFT has the following titles f}Northe Atari XL/XE available:ANTQUEST - 1000 questions & ants for 4players.T WDMa 15.90DRAG - A frog hunting }diamonds! With50 levels. "DM, J15.90DEDRIS - Puzzle for two.X Yg jDMt 15.90OBL}IITROID - The Superhero! Action on140 screens with continue function. W ZDMd 19.80SOGON - The famous }Aboxes moving game,with 50 screens and back-up-one-movefunction.E HDMR 14.90TECNO NINJA - Action adventure with}many weapons and dangers.& '5 8DMB q24.80TOBOT/BROS - Two super games on onedisk.y DM } >19.80ZADOR - Chinese wisdom, habit forming!Update!D GDMQ 15.90ZONG - The only German Atari 8 Bitmag}Eazine. Featuring News, Soft- andHardware tests. Info, game andprograming tips, as well as newprograms on disk accompanying} themagazine. Monthly issue.+ ,: =DMH M8.00W cOrder from:g oKE-SOFT} } Frankenstr. 24 0D-6457 Maintal 4? LWest Germany[ tTel.: 011 4906181/87539} }. AMC-Publishing has the followingavailable:8 A HACKER'S NIGHT - A game; object: toenter a main- frame computer. }  DM$ `29.00OBJECT 0 DEGREES NORTH - Text/Graphicadventure. DMj p29.00z Or} der from: AMC-VERLAG/ >Bluecherstr.17Q bD-6200 Wiesbadenu West Ger}manyVACATION TIME The club headquarters is closed fromJune 14th thru July 17th and thePD-library is closed fro}m July 9ththru August 6th. The club mailbox(BBS)will be in operation thru out thattime, but will be checked once a weekon}ly.  @!A 0  0 @EEPX\a@jpt|@@he bottomof the title screen sets the scene forthe game, ie. A foreign nation gothold of a Nuclear Missile andthreatens t}o fire it with New Yorkbeing the target, unless a ransom ispaid. The USA being honest refusesand dispatches three agents}immediately to destroy the missile.They encounter differentlevels/rooms.Some are locked and need a code whichyou will pi}ck up on the way. Alsothere are objects to be investigated.A joystick controls the agents. Infront of an object pull joyst}icktowards you to revel the meaning orcode. Codes are needed for theterminals displayed, again in front ofa terminal pull}? joystick towards youto get action. Have fun with FACTOR-X.I pHave nice vacations and a hot summer,z } Wolfgang.8 9}9ǛDates for the next Ol' Hackers Meeting:Sept 15, 1990Oct 13, 1990 Bring kids to meetingNov 10, 1990Dec 15, 1990 Holid0}Gay meetingJan 12, 1991 Membership dues!Feb 09, 1991 Election Time!Mar 09, 1991Apr 13, 1991May 11, 1991Jun 01, 1990}*1Please post these dates for future use.}0* Daisy Dot III! 8Review By JOHN McGOWAN= Reprint from ACE ST. LOUIS A short review with some hints.4}-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=THIS DOC IS FORMATTED IN 38 COLS FORVIEWING ON THE ATARI EDITOR. COPY TOE: TO VIEW.4}ǛDaisy Dot III is the new incarnationof Roy Goldman's Daisy Dot programme,a NLQ print processor for the Atari 8bit comput4}jers with at least 48K.This latest incarnation is written inC with ML routines to speed upprocessing.w w}-4}-Daisy Dot III is available in twoflavours, the plain vanilla,available as a shareware programme onyour favourite BBS4}, and thechocolate-fudge version.The plain vanilla version is notfully compatible with the SpartaDOScartridge, nor does 4}it allow multiplefonts in a document. Other than that,the two versions appear to beidentical.The chocolate-fudge version4} isavailable only from Roy Goldman for$25 and includes a nicely printed(reduced to 5x8) booklet on using DD3as well as qu4}ite a few fonts (whichare, however, PD, and may be uploadedto your local BBS, so keep an eye outfor them). The booklet has4} 21 pageson using DD3 along with informationon using the font editor and fontutility programme. Unless you desireto chang4}e fonts in a document (whichis a VERY important option) the plainvanilla version will suit you as wellas the chocolate-fud4}ge version.(If you only use the plain vanillaversion, and have never supportedGoldman in his programming, you canalways 4}:just send him $5, $10 orwhatever to show your support!)G GQ-S] Comparison to DD2Daisy Dot two4} supported 8 point fonts(as compared to most printers'9 point NLQ fonts) in a double passformat.Some printers can print 4}every 72nd ofan inch (draft) as well as every144th (NLQ and high density graphics)by doing a second pass after movingthe 4}print head down 1/2 pin (one pinsize being one 72nd of an inch). Byhaving a second pass, one gets extraresolution and bett4}Ger fonts...this isgenerally how a printer does NLQprinting, however, most printers usea 9 pin head using either the top 84}or bottom 8 (for descenders) pins,giving an overall size (from top ofthe tallest capital to bottom of thelowest descender)4} of 9 points. DaisyDot II only uses 8 pins and soproduces but an 8 point font.Daisy Dot II printed (using agraphics dump4}) a first pass, thenadvanced the print head minimally,and prints the second pass. Undergraphics dumps, some printers (as i4}ntheir NLQ mode) a minimal advancementmay be 1/2 point (144th of an inch)and so everything works out fine.Some printers a4}ctually used a 216thof an inch as a minimal spacing inGRAPHICS mode. Thus they have theCAPABILITY of using three pass data4}Ǜand printing LQ rather than NLQ(though their NLQ mode only advances144th of an inch) (advancing 216th ofan inch means tha4}t in graphics modethey can EMULATE a 24 pin printer!).Both Daisy Dot II and DD3 only dodouble pass printing (NLQ) rathert4}han triple pass printing (as may beavailable on some printers) (LQ).Thus they emulate a 24 pin printer,using but 16 of the4} 24 possiblepins.Due to the improper line advance(1/216 inch instead of 1/144 inch)under a magnifying glass (BUT ONLYUND4}ER A MAGNIFYING GLASS) Daisy DotII print may show up as just a bitmore jagged than the built in NLQfont in the printer, bu4}t for allintents and purposes, it provides NLQprint on the 8 bit.(NOTE: I KNOW OF NO PROGRAMME THATATTEMPTS ANY TRIPLE PA4}SS PRINTING OFWHICH YOUR PRINTER MAY BE CAPABLE).Some printers (the StarNX10, but notmost epson compatibles) allow RAMba5}sed NLQ (double pass fonts) and so,provided a Daisy Dot II font is nottoo wide for the format, it can beconverted over to 5}a NLQ fontaccessible from any application. Thenew programme uses fonts which ingeneral are taller than 9 points andso are5} not capable of beingtransformed to RAM fonts for theprinter, and can only be used fromDD3 (unless you write your ownrout5}ines to use them).! !+-Daisy Dot II supported severaloptions NOT supported by DD3. InDaisy Dot II, on5}e could set manydefault options from the main menu...this was very nice for printing witha font which required zero spacin5}Gg(say a hand writing font) andswitching to another font (withdifferent spacing) and reprinting thedocument. Several of th5}ese optionsare no longer available foradjustment from the main menu(spacing for one).Daisy Dot II supported a very crude5}Ǜmethod of including graphics(VERBATIM) files. However the work toinclude a graphic, and may the godshelp you if you wish 5}to edit a filewith a graphic!, was prohibitive (onehad to put a form feed at the top ofa page before the first line, which5 }Ǜshould have required printing thefile to disk loading in and adjustingand then resaving). However, theavailability of Tex5 }tPro version 4.54allowed one to automate thiscompletely.(for those using Daisy Dot II, hereis the method. In the followi5 }ng, [x]means the x-key in INVERSE. Firstredefine [left-arrow] to be ASC(155)as a printer equate...actually, thisis the de5 }fault, and you only have todo this if you entered your ownconfiguration file which changesthis...make sure that EVERY page5 }Ǜafter the first has as header: \N[left-arrow]your header textand set your page length to 65. Thusyour page is one line 5}short, butEVERY PAGE gets a form feed so one nolonger has to find places to insertit.Next to put in a verbatim file that5}takes up 17 lines with a title whichtakes 2 lines, use: [n]19[+]17 My title first line. My title second line.\Vfilespec5}\where the file spec is that of theverbatim file.The [n], conditional page break,ensures that your graphic will NOTcross5} a page boundary and theallocation command [+] reserves 17lines for it.As long as you know the length ofyour verbatim fil5}e, this makesinserting it user transparent.)DD3 supports NO graphic inclusionunless you redefine a font to printout your5} graphic and switch to thefont with the graphic... I amthinking of writing a small basicprogramme to allow the conversion 5}ofseveral PS icons to characters in aDD3 font so that, if you have thechocolate-fudge version of DD3, youcan include PSic5}ons.Daisy Dot II allowed Bold face, whileDD3 has no such command. The only wayto emphasize print in DD3 is tocreate a bo5}lder font and switchfonts.* *4-Such are the small advantages of DDIIover DD3. Now let us look at the5}Gadvantages of DD3.DD3 allows much nicer, larger, morecomplex fonts giving a much betteroutput.DD3 allows you to choose 5}the verticalas well as the horizontal spacing.In DDII one had to print the documentto disk, forcing one to know how many5}characters per line were beingused... but if one changed spacing orfonts, or even if one did not, sincethe fonts are propo5}rtional, it wasimpossible to guarantee that the fontwould print out at all nicely. DD3does its own formatting, and onesim5}ply saves one's document to diskwith no line breaks letting DD3 usethe proper line breaks for eachline.In DDII, one alwa5}ys had to turn offjustification on the last line of aparagraph so that it came out neatly.In DD3, the last line of a parag5}raphautomatically has its justificationturned off, and the next paragraphremains justified if justification isturned on.5}ǛDD3 supports centred and right tabsas well as standard (left) tabs.DD3 allows careful positioning withabsolute and relat5}ive shift commands,as well as careful positioning ofheaders and footers.DD3 dox indicate that current formatsare applied5 } when a header is printed(for example if currently rightpositioning is in effect, the headerwill print to the right) but o5!}ne canchange these in a header, and DD3will re-enforce the defaults beforeprinting the rest of the document(thus a header5"} of \r\# will print thepage number on the right, but therest of the page will NOT be rightjustified, but have the justific5#}Oationin force before the header is seen).Somehow I do NOT truly trust this!\ \f-All in all, the fact 5$}that DD3 formatsits own text makes it much morereliable than DDII. The fonts arewonderful and the lack of graphics isabou5%}tt all that I can see that makesit not an excellent product. Thus Ican not rate it A+, but give it arating of A.} 5&} - .-06 PSome hints on using DD3.X The hard hyphen (\-).I have never wa5'}Fnted to break a wordlike well-done at the hyphen betweenlines (liked well-done)and cannot st5(}and soft hyphens feelingthat hard hyphens should be thedefault (a hard hyphen is one whichdoes NOT allow a line break, but5)}G istreated as a character). The DD3hyphen is (in default) soft, so ifyou want a word NOT to break at ahyphen, use \-. 5*}* -# Line spacing.The standard NLQ font on mostprinters is 9 point with 3 pointsspacing fro5+}m the bottom of one lineto the top of the next. That is, 1/3the number of points. DD3 doesspacing in 72nds of an inch (poi5,}nts)but does NOT list the font heights inpoints!A font which prints out from the fonteditor as 31 for a height means that5-}Ǜit uses double pass data, starting atrow 0 and ending at row 31. Thusthere are 32 rows, and as this isdouble pass data, t5.}he height is32/2=16 points.Thus such a font should have spacingof about (1/3)16 or about 5/72 inch(use 5 in the vertical 5/}spacingcommand).In general, if the font editor givesa height of "n" the proper spacing(vertical) for the font is about: 50} (n+1)/6for single spacing.(thus for n=31 in the above example,we get 32/6=16/3 about 5).The unexpanded DD3 51}fonts are from 15to 31 in height and one uses aspacing of from (15+1)/6=2+2/3 to(31+1)/6=5+1/3that is from 3 to 5 points 52}(72nds)spacing. The built in default is 4which seems fine for single linespacing, unless you are using amagnified font. (53}NOTE: Thedenominator of 6 in the above formulacomes from the 1/3 listed above and afactor of 1/2 for the double pass).Fo54}r "k" line spacing (rather than 1line spacing) for a font which listsas height "n" the formula for thevertical spacing sho55}uld be (this isthe value used in the verticalspacing command and is in 72nds of aninch, the command is \XVnn where "nn"is56}0 a two-digit (use 04 for 4) spacingin points); (n+1)*(4*k-3)/6(NOTE: DD3 cannot be set to do doublespacing...t57}he only thing you can dois set the single spacing far apart!the equivalent of double spacing)Thus for a font height of 1558} (DDIIfont height) and single spacing, weget: (15+1)(4-3)/6=16/6 or about 3.For double spacing with a DDII font(n=15)59} we get: ((15+1)(8-3)/6=80/6=40/34 or about 13.For triple spacing with a font whichis listed as height 205:} , we get: '(20+1)(12-3)/6=63/24 or about 31NOTE: THE SPACING USED CAN RANGE ONLYFROM 00 TO 33 SO THAT 5;}COTRIPLE SPACINGWITH A 21 POINT FONT IS ABOUT THELARGEST SPACING YOU CAN GET.\ \f-hs Changing f5<}<ontsNOTE that if you have thechocolate-fudge version and changefonts, that the bottom of thecharacters does NOT line up.5=}.. theTOP of the characters lines up!Thus, unless you want such an effect,it is best NOT to change fonts in themiddle of 5>}a line unless the UL(position of character bottom...underline position) value is the samefor the several fonts on the same5?}Ǜline.Print your fonts out from the fonteditor to check this (and I suggestmaking up a table of the verticalspacing to be5@}/ used for single, doubleand triple spacing).< .CmoreK [stuff more stuff`.ai smore stuffx.)Th5T}at is, the left margin will be setfor the following lines.One can also use the absolute form(\XHnnn) to specify a new lef5U}t marginat "nnn" 40ths of an inch forfollowing lines.To stop the hanging indent you MUSTreset the left margin (the \XLnn5V} ncommand). $-Hopefully this brief discussion ofsome of the features of DD3 will helpany DDII user 5W}ito use the programmeand at least whet the appetite ofthose who have tried no incarnationof Daisy Dot.}4iǛTo: All OHAUG membersFrom: Alan SharkisThe date of the Educational meetinghas been set for Oct 13,1990, at thePl9Y}ainview-Old Bethpage library. I wantto tell you about a special program Iplan to have at that meeting. I ambringing 9Z}in many commercial, publicdomain and shareware educationalprograms for our 8-bits.It will be my pleasure to le9[}Wt youngpeople, at our invitation, come tothis meeting and try out the programs.I] will be helping them with such9\} programs. Please look *aroundfor. 8youngsters< ?whoC GwillK bewell-behaved and interested in havinga good t9]}ime!It also would add to the success ofthe program if you could give me theages of the youngsters you intend tobr9^}Ling one or two meetings before theOctober meeting, so that I can plan aT range of subjects and levels.My collec9_}CGtion goes from pre-school tohigh school, and there is somethingforM everyone.It is my belief that, had Atar9`}`ibrought the 8-bits into the schoolswith the vigor that Apple had, we'dsee our 8-bit computers in a dominantrole i9a}n education today. 5Thank you very much.[ ^ }8\%HOW THE VAGRANTS BROKE MURDER Inc.. ?by JERRY GINSBERGC(CONTINUATION of "HOW THE VAGRANTSBROKE MURDER INC.=c}) by JERRY GINSBERG,member OL'HACKERS). The old Inferior Criminal CourtsAct provided for the commitment ofanyone=d} found guilty of VAGRANCY to oneof the several workhouses or countyjails "for a definite term not toexceed six m=e}Conths." As a rule, thesentences meted out for vagrancy wereforG KmuchO SlessW time. Happy'sbrother,"Duke" Maione=f}, drew a ninetyday sentence while Meyer "Mikey"Sycoff, who fingered "targets" for"hits" received a sixty-day=g} term inthe workhouse. oOf course, it was hoped thatthese vagrancy charges would bereplaceds wwith{ mo=q}cdB%DOS ySYSBJ0EBITB TXTBSAUTORUN COMBTAUTORUN SYSB)MAINMENUHLPB\WELCOME SCRBcPRESS HLPB jHELP} DOC9BwPRESSPRTMNUB{PRESSPRTHLPB>NEWSLTR BASBAWHO= TXTBFDATE TXTBuGDD3RE TXTB XHEDUC TXTB>bJGINS2 TXTC B&INEW )TXTB6PDAUGMI TXTB1KDD3- YTXTBLSPART TXTB8CJUMIN TXTBBPIC] TXTB COLRTESTBASBMEDIT TXTqGre substantialaccusations by the time the terms hadbeen served. As time passed, however,the prospects of something =r}rdramatichappening appeared bleak; but when thesentences were just about to expire,Assistant District Attorney Burton=s}fTurkus reported that the D.A. receivedthe following letter from the Riker'sIsland City Workhouse:k v"Dear Sir,| I=t} am doing a bit here. I wouldlike to talk to the District Attorney.I know something about a murder inEast New York.=u} Harry Rudolph"% Rudolph had a reputation on thestreet as being "off his rocker" but,out of frus=v}tration, O'Dwyer waswilling to grant an audience to anyonewho could even remotely assist theinvestigation. Rudolp=w}h hated theBrownsville boys, not only becausethey murdered a friend, which heclaimed to have witnessed, b=x}ut alsobecause they tried to kill him byshooting him in the stomach atpoint-blank range. To support this=y}story and also to add to his image asa "fruitcake," Rudolph raised hisshirt and exhibited to A.D.A. Turkusthe dis=z}figuring scars on his abdomenwhere he claimed to have "plucked thebullet out with his bare hands." Itwas around this ={}man, and with probablya very strong prayer, that theflimsiest of homocide cases was builtagainst Murder Incorpo=|}Rrated's chiefexecutive officers, Abe Reles andMartin "Buggsy" Goldstein.W At a hastily called pressconf=}}erence, D.A. O'Dwyer announced theindictment of Reles, Goldstein andAnthony (the Duke) Maffetore, anaccomplice i=~}n the 1933 shooting in theback of Alec (Red) Alpert. "Red" was"rubbed out" for asking too much forthe stolen jewelry=}A he tried to fenceto the boys in Brownsville. With morebravadoE than substance, O'Dwyerannounced to the press, =}"This is aclean-cut charge. I have an air-tightcase against these punks and I wantthem to know it right now." As was t=}shestyle in the 30s and 40s, the New YorkTimes commented on the dress of thedefendants at their arraignments.x "Rele=}s wore a Hgraydouble-breasted overcoat and a darksuitM PandT ^Goldstein,b cag tandouble-breasted =}Govercoat and darksuit. In contrast, Maffatore wore aleather windbreaker over a sweater anddark trousers. (N.Y.Time=}s, Feb. 3,1940) Both Reles and Goldstein hadattorneys to represent them, butMaffatore was unrepresented as he =}pled"not guilty." He, Maffatore, requestedthe court assign a counselor to him ashe was indigent and unable to affordone=}. It wasn't difficult to figure outwhere the District Attorney wouldconcentrate his greatest efforts inshoring up=} the many holes in his weakcase. So Maffatore got te DA's fullattention. The next move was one ofgreat strategy. I=}!t was to split thedefendants.% KINGS COUNTY Judge Edwin L. Garvinwas put asked by D.A. O'Dwyyer to signan order tra=}nsferring "Kid Twist" tothe Tombs in Manhattan. "Buggsy"Goldstein was sent to the Sheriff'sjail in Staten Isla=}End while "Dukey"Maffatore was committed to the BronxCounty jail.J The "breaking" of Anthony "theDuke" Maffatore =} could provide a lawschool class with an excellent studyin the evils of police interrogationprior to the United S=}tates SupremeCourt's decision in MIRANDA v.ARIZONA. While the coercion was not asphysically abusive as that alle=}gedlypracticed upon Joseph (Joe the Baker)Lemirto, it was nonetheless effective."Joe the Baker" with "Dukey", helpedco=}Ynvict "Happy", "Pittsburgh Phil" andthe "Dasher" of the icepick stabbing,strangulation] cmurderg of George(Whitey) =}Rudnick, a potential witnessagainst mob boss, Louie Lepke. Beforetestifying for the prosecution, "Joethe Baker" spent s=}eventeen days in theQueens County jail denying hisinvolvement in the Rudnick murder. Hewas then ushered into =}a hotel roomacross town and supposedly beaten soseverely by a detective with the quiteappropriate name of "Joe the B=}ull"that he required hospitalization.After that, "Joe the Baker" becamemore cooperative and supplied somenec=}4essary missing details to theRudnick murder.9 "Dukey" Maffatore at age twentyfour, according to all accounts,=} wasjust a step above being a moron whojust loved to read comic books inbetween the jobs his murderous bosseswou=}Gld send him out on. He had littleeducation and left school as soon ashe was able to obtain his workingpapers at =}r age fifteen. It appears,though, that he worked very littlesince then except as an auto thief,enforcerv and h=}ijacker for theBrownsville# 'mob.+ When he waseventually called to the witnessstand, Maffatore admitte=}d that hehadn't done an honest days work innine years and that one of his claimsto fame was that he had once gone =}outon a job as a driver with WillieSutton, the famed bank robber. Thatadventure ended with his running awayat t=}Ehe first sight of a policeman.$ tThe interrogation of "Dukey"began almost immediately without thebenefitx of =}an attorney which,considering his request for one to beappointed, would today be in violationof his sixth amendm=}ent right tocounsel. Not that it would have made adifference to the likes of "Dukey" butit would be sixteen years befo=}re hiskeepers would be required to advisehim of his MIRANDA rights as aprerequisite to their interrogatingh=}im. Although A.D.A. Turkus' outlineof the "breaking" of Maffatorerepresents the only record thatexists, i=}!t makes no effort to cover upthe% obvious unfairness of theprocedure even in that day. He writes,"Dukey received =}M this 'cold-storage'treatment-and the loneliness thataccompanies itQ. and no one,absolutely no one, cam=}e to relievethem." No one, that is, untilLieutenant Jack Osnato stepped into"Dukey's" isolation cell and =}2spokesoothingly to him in Italian, andthen,6 along with Deputy ChiefInspector Mike McDermott played inin=}tricate game of "good cop/bad cop."Maffatore was asked repeatedly why hewas sticking with his friends whilethey were >} Newsletters Review. 1by= PAlan SharkisThisT dmont  `@l0 mincludes some oldies, butgoodies. It also includes referencesto an article published in BetaZine,anq online newA}sletter which isavailable on some national Atari echosand sorely lacking in 8-bit articles.I might try to correct thA}at situationthis summer. BetaZine does acceptuser-group fees and we might considerpaying one if enough 8-bit mateA}rialdoes get published in thefuture. Also, please note that Aprilissues may be April Fools issues, andthaA}Nt some of these extracts are not tobe taken seriously. Please ask for,andR Wread,[ ^thei originalarticles toA} be sure.From (date unknown) B. A. C. E. Line:a review of Tetrix taken from theMarch (1990?) issue of MVACE News.A}GFrom October 1987 Current Notes: MarkA. Brown points out several tricks forgraphics programming on the 8-bit; W.Evan A} Brooks reviews some 8-bitprograms from SSI after telling usthat the 8-bit's time for simulationgames has, uA}nfortunately, passed (somuch for such statements, three yearslater!); Len Pogialli reviews theFirst Xlent Word PA}rocessor (Alex'sfavorite); Alan Friedman reviews tworamdisk programs for expanded (320K)130XEs; Len Pogialli talkA}>s aboutdirections he'd like to see Atarifollow for theF 8-bits; and AlanFriedman reviews some 8-bit p/dA}:software.From December 1987 Current Notes:Quotes? FAtari'sK OJohnT Skruch(remember him?) as he speaks of A}thennew 8-bit products, including theXEP-80 and the XEGS; Len Pogiallireviews several 8-bit educational andgamA}e programs; and, Mark A.Brown gives us some disk utilities.From April (uh-oh!) 1990 JACS BetweenBytes: An A} article by Robert S. Elyabout Atari's announcement of two new8-bit computers, based on the MC65C816CPU chip. They areA} the 250es and the250es Companion. Both machines willbe expandable to 16 MEG of RAM andwork in both 8-bit and 816 mA}7odes. Theywill be compatible with all previous8-bit> software, they will have acartridge port and a 40-pin 8A}16expansion port. There will be twoadditonal graphics modes, a 16-bitstereo sound chip, and a new built-inBASICA} (in 816 mode) inaddition to Revision C BASIC. The250es Companion will be Portfoliosize, start wA}pith 128K of RAM, and havethe same display and battery pack asthe Portfolio. The 250es will havebuilt-int RS-232C A}M and Centronicsparallel ports.Its base version will have 256K ofRAM.Q Atari also will offer anadaptor, the A}F250esgs, which will alloweither of the above machines to play2600,J O5200,S s7800 or Nintendocartridges.w The A}(adaptor will beself-powered, and will1 featureNintendo-style controllers connectedthrough Atari-style ports.A} Releaseis scheduled for the Fall, with bothcomputers selling for $229.95 and theadaptor for $129.95 with additionaA}Glcontrollers at $15.From April 1990 A. C. E. St. LouisNewsline: Joan Ryan describes twohardware mods she glA}eaned from themagazines. One is a way to adapt theSega light gun to work on the XEGS, and the other is a way to hoA}ok up aTTL monitor to the XEP80; and in areprint from Michigan Atari MagazineD. R. Haulsee writes about replacementA}of defective head-park switches in1050 disk drives.From April 1990 The L. C. A. C. E.News Journal: John M. SchA}ultz writesabout the importance of user groups inkeeping the 8-bits viable; Les Larkinsings the praises of MYDOS 4.5.FA}rom May 1990 Acorn KERNAL: BruceNelson describes the presentationgiven by Bob Brodie in Rochester. Init, he A} talks about the lastproduction run of 500 130XEs for useas spare parts and replacements. Bobsays that the 8-A}bit line is no longer"power-without-the-price," since thecost of the computer, disk drive, andinterface comes close A}to that of a 520STFM. It is not cost-effectivefor manufacturers to continue toproduce 8-bit technology.From A}L March 1990 BetaZine: MikeMezaros, the editor, warns again oftheP Zimportance^ of backing upeverything A}Ryou do. The magazinesuffered a hard-disk crash and almostlost an issue!\ nAlso, KurtArnoldr discusses A} several MS-DOSkeyboards (for those of you who mightbe considering the Transkey mod); and,Jerry Morton describes the pA}!roceduresused for safe cleaning( >of Ataricomputers.d e}@eǛ MINUTES OF THE JULY 1990 MEETING GENERAL MEETING: It's not the same! How can you havea smooth running meeting Q}when ALEXPIGNATO is not at the helm (Answer,You can't). ALEX and his wife. were ona one week vacation at WESLEY COLLEGEQ},in DOVER DELEWARE, with an ELDERHOSTELGroup, actually living and attendingclasses on campus! If we were out onthe sQ}ea you might say it was choppybut thanks to KRIS HOLTAGAARD and hisdemonstrations all turned out well,and the ship mQ}ade it to safe harbor. We had three interested visitorsattend this meeting: 1. ANTHONY FALCONE came from theQ}GBRONX to our meeting after contactingALEX. ANTHONY had written to AnticMagazine asking how he could modifyhis AtQ}Pari 800 Computer to run"Newsroom", Atari Writer Plus", "P/SCompanion"T Xetc.\ Antic Magazinesuggested he gQ}et in touch with theOL'HACKERS ATARI USER GROUP and senthim ALEX'S telephone number andaddress. Altho the progQ}rams won't runon his "800", KRIS HOLTAGAARD was ableto make a few suggestions, that madehis trip worthwhile! 2. JIM Q} EVANS, a former youngOL'HACKER paid us a visit (It was goodto see JIM'S smiling face again, hopeto see more of him)Q}. 3. DAVE MICHAELS from Oceanside.DAVE went from person to person askingthe members what their BBS handle was.As itQ} turned out DAVE did know a lotof members from his hobby on BBS'ing. LETTERS AND INFORMATION: Thanks to JOHN AALTO. Q}from the LongIsland ATARI USER GROUP,we werefurnished with notes and a fill in onthe happenings at the last meetiQ}ng ofNEAR*US, which we missed. As luck willhave it the next NEAR*US meeting fallson SEPTEMBER 15th and that's the samedaQ}y as our monthly meeting. NOW WHAT?JOHN will soon be putting out a "Bestof NEAR*US" newsletter in the nearfuture, tQ}o keep all abreast of thelatest. JOAN RYAN from ST.LOUIS, ACE, sentALEX a couple of winning disks for ourlibrary. Q}s One being "MASKMAKER" issuedby their USER GROUP last "HOLLOWEEN",and it comes just in time for ourOCTOBERw 13th Q}EDUCATIONAL meeting,with AL SHARKIS putting together theprogram. This program and disk shouldgo over great with Q} the memberschildren and grand children, who areinvited to that meeting. The seconddisk was P/S Icons, Fonts, BorderQ}s andTiles. More great icons to add to ourlibrary collection. How many members knew the meaning of"KIITOS"? None, knewQ} it meant "Thanks"in FINLAND'S language. NITA FILLMORE,from B.A.C.E., Bakersfield CA., wroteALEX to say hello and sentQ} a FINNISHATARI POSTER and a pen with KIITOScarved out of the barrel. ALEX wrote to ICK CULP, 8 BIT SIGfor ACORQ}N KERNEL ATARI USER GROUP inROCHESTER. N.Y. requesting a two diskset of "Basically Speaking" highlighedin their newsleQ}Gtter over the pastyear. These disks, if received wouldbe of great help to newcomers. Then came some good news anQ}d somebad news. First the bad, HORST DEWITZ,and OL'HACKER and the ABBUC contactwrote ALEX saying he will miss a fewmQ}eetings. A very large job effort atwork has forced Saturday work, but hehopes to be back as soon as possible.Now the Q} good news, the OL'HACKERSannual picnic is to be held atBethpage State Park picnic area at 12noon, Sunday AQ}ugust 5th.(which ispast, by the time you read this). JIMEVANS has reserved an area for ourgroup. Now all we need iQ}s a beautifulday in the park. ALAN SHARKIS requested club membersto turn in a listing of the number andages of controlQ}able children who willbe attending the October 13thEDUCATION meeting. Our former president, AL BEITCHMAN,is Q}presently home recovering fromsurgery. All the OL'HACKERS wish AL aspeedy recovery. DOOR PRIZES: The biggest Q} suprise was HARRYTUTHILL drew another blank (only 2 sofar). Looks like HARRY is going tohave to find a new numbeQ}Er on the signin sheet. This months winners were:Graphic Editor/N H. PEGLERP/S UTILITIES w/DOCSANTIC MARCH '86Q}/ 7A. FALCONEGAMES TURBO BASICANTIC MARCH '86/? bJ. LEBERGAMES w/DOCSSUPRISE DISKn A. SHARKIS DQ}EMONSTRATIONS: Two new library disks that weredemoed, went over fabulously as theykept all members interested. ThQ}e firstbeing "Maskmaker" , thanks to theprogramming efforts of JOAN RYAN, andmembers of ACE ST. LOUIS, and theQ}second "The ABC of CPR" by ATARI CORP.These disks should get plenty of playin many homes. KRIS HOLTAGAARD then demoed Q}some ofthe new features he is including inversion 4.0 of WQNR DOS. You will beable to copy using one disk drive withQ}disk swap. Entering list will countthe files and show them with threecolumns. two columns if you use Dirs. ThenQ}& came "Character Generator"which* allows you to add VideoProduction Titles to your home videos.Using the larQ}ge text the screen turnsblack, in order to get somethingplaced on top of another video, youneed this black screQ}Gen. It will makeyour titles in color, 255 to be exact.Credits can be placed anywhere on thescreen, any size, any number oQ}f lines.KRIS prefers a flash credit instead ofthe scroll. His next disk to come outwill be all video tapeing. KRIS hasQ}Ǜattempted to do with software what alot of companies will sell you inhardware/software, you can save moneyusing Q}Mthis method. This program is a"Character Generator" with much morememoryQ UthanY a very expensivecommercial onesQ}. The program will giveyou 255 pages. KRIS' broadcastingexperience has come in handy whiledesigning his new Q} video titlerprogram. When questioned about hisdesign of "OZONE BBS" used by CARLOSHURTADO, Kris explained, he useQ}d "TextPro" and "PRINT TOOL" (also in thelibrary) and then selected the largeprint. Which reminded KRIS of his Q}"LabelerProgram". Menu driven and having fourcategories of label types 1. Auto to Auto 2. Auto to Manual 3. Manual Q}uto Auto 4. Manual to Manual Due to the late hour, JACK GEDALIUSdeferred his demo of the "Atari 1020Plotter"y (remQ}ember this littleprinter?) until our August 11thmeeting. FUTURE MEETING DATES: The library has furnished Q}[us the newmeeting dates that will run throughJUNE 1991. They are:SEPTEMBER 15 1990_ vFEBRUARY 9 1991OCTOBERz 13 Q} 1990 MARCH ,9 1991NOVEMBER 10 19900 SAPRIL 13 1991DECEMBER 15 1990W ZMAY_ n11 1991JANUARYr 12 1991 Q} JUNE C1 1991 All dates are a SATURDAY and arescheduledG for the PLAINVIEW/OLDBETHPAGE LIBRARY. RemembeR}r .athe next OL' HACKERSATARI USERS GROUP meeting is scheduledfor AUGUST 11, at 11:30am.z SinR} cerely," ,AL ATKINSR ith aging 810 and 1050 drives.ThomPS $SpartaDOS Command of the Month) ;by Kris Holtegaard@@K UXINIT.COM` `i-This is an exampleN}Z of what is presented to you when you use XINIT.COM:SpartaDOS II Formatter Version 2.0}-N}1st. )You will be asked if you want- DOS on the disk Select SpartaDOS Version: 1) X32D N) -No DOS-Choice N}C? 1,-32nd.7 WYou will be asked what drive to[ xformatDrive to format ? 1}-N}"-)3rd.- OYou will be asked how many tracksS wnow here is where you have to think{ thN}"e ATARI 1050 and 551 Drive's have& I40 Tracks these are the respectiveM ichoices you should choose:m For the 1050 DriN} ve Choice #1 /For the 551 Drive Choice #53 UBe careful and make sure that youY xmake the right choice for your| DN }!rive or it will not be formatted% to the fullest extentSelect number of tracks: 1) 40 trks/SS 5) 40 trks/DS 2) 77 N }ctrks/SS 6) 77 trks/DS 3) 80 trks/SS 7) 80 trks/DS 4) 35 trks/SS 8) 35 trks/DSChoice ? 1}-N } -4th. ;You will be asked what density you? bwant to format the disk in. If youf have a drive with US DoN } ublers in it 5or any Double density drive you can9 \make any one of the 3 choices that` are here. But if you have a "N }STOCK" )drive or one that hasn't been- Nmodified for double density thenR pthe only choices you have aret numbers 1N}e and 3.Select density: 1) Single density 2) Double density 3) 1050 double densityChoice ? 2}-N}-5th. }can also make a decorative rowsimilar to "Tile" option in PrintShop. I will write more on this nextmonth afterJ?} my commercial versionarrives. This icon perk is best usedby people who re-use particular iconsto identify parts oJ@}f a newsletter orflyer. It's not for you "6000 iconsfor any occasion" fans.I cannot overstate the value of DDIII. YouJA} can compose flyers with thelarger fonts and write newsletterswith the smaller ones. Currently I amearning muJB}cho brownie points bywriting my Mom with this "easy toread" font. Wait till she gets a lookat the icon-multifJC}pont version! Doexperiment with the shareware version. I'm willing to bet you'll end upbuying DDIII.} JD} Joan Ryan= >}H>uld be "N" and not "Y" >but if you do have the US DoublersB dinstalled in your 1050 Disk Driveh then you would answerNF}# "Y".UltraSpeed Sector Skew ? YJ-P7th.T tNow you are ready to insert thex disk NG},to be formatedInsert Diskette to Format,S-Y8th.] Once the disk is inserted you noNH}w Press Return to start the$ 9formatting procedureH fPress When Ready...}-NI}-9th 6Now you will see the Prompt; ]Formatting.. This will take aboutb y30 seconds.Formatting}.NJ})-010th.5 QNow it's writing the DOS toV the formatted diskWriting SpartaDOS..NK}.*-111th.6 XYou are now DONE, and the disk is] now formatted and has DOS writteNL}n 'to it the process can go on for, Ias long as you have disks toN pformat. If you have finished withu your disNM}Cks, then to get out of the >program all you have to do isC dpress the "Esc" Key and you havei returned youself to NN}N DOS and you fare now back at the D1: Prompt.Diskette Initialized...Press to Continue}-NO}-\That's the whole process of Formattinga Disk in SpartaDOS3 choices that` are here. But if you have a "LMMINUTES AUG. 1990 MEETING0 GENERAL MEETING:4 The OL' HACKERS AUGUST 11th meetingwas really back to normal again FQ}withALEX PIGNATO running the show. Hequickly deemed the August meetingwould consist of Demo's, Demo's,DemFR}o's and Demo's or you might say itwas a "How To" meeting. After having postponed his demo onemonth JACK GEDALIUS was FS}biting at thebit to get started, so he jumped rightinto the swim. Using "PRINT AND DRAW"program and an old friend the FT}ATARI1020 PLOTTER, he produced a BANNER,PIE CHART, CASTLE, BI-PLANE andCHRISTMAS TREE. In addition he typed ameFU}ssage changing the colors, fonts andin another message, real small print(try reading that). Then JOEL GEDALIUS, JACFV};K'S sevenyear old son, took over with achildrens@ GprogramL R"ATARIV INWONDERLAND". Food problems such FW}as"PIZZA PIE" and HAMBURGER" producedmath quiz's, to be solved. ALEX up next, lead the group throughone of his FX} all time favorites,"FINGERS BAS", an autoload commandprogram, to get to "SCREEN PRINT".This then led to "COLORFY} TEST.BAS" forchecking and adjusting the colors onyour monitor. Then "LABELPRT.BAS" to make labelsfor your disk jackFZ}et and it has a neatdirectory" from GERMANY. Anotherexcellent modification is that you cancheck the directory beforeF[} printing. POTPOURRI: ALEX first reviewed the activitiesat the annual picnic held last Sunday.Great Weather, GreF\}at Friends, GoodFood and Good Drink, about says itall. A throw back to the old days,spending an afternoon in theF]} park. Moving indoors ALEX then announcedthat the annual CHRISTMAS DINNER wouldbe the first Tuesday in December, thatF^}E^is the Fourth of December, 1990, to beexact. Mark your calender now so youwont forget! Tiffany's Restaurant inBellmoreF_} at this time is again thefirst choice. HORST DEWITZ again willmake our arrangements. Our disk newsletter isn't F`}due outuntil next month so ALEX read the Julyminutes to the members. They wereaccepted as read. There has beenFa} an increase ofmembers (borrowing, 1other5 clubnewsletters to read (could it be ALANSHARKIS' writing a review hiFb}ghlightingsubjects that wet their appetite?). ALAN reminded the members to have alist of children and ages that will beFc}coming to the October 13th EDUCATIONALand FUN meeting. DOOR PRIZES: Again, like so many times in thepast, visitorFd}xs to the OL' HACKERSmeetings came up as winners. GAMES w/TURBO includes GINA BRYANT TETRIX & OTHELLO GAMES| wFe}/TURBO includes LJACKGEDALIUS TETRIX & OTHELLO GERMAN DISK,N.WESTR AL ATKINS PHOENIX plus SOUND GERMAN DIFf} SK,N.WEST CH. TUTHILL PHOENIX plus SOUND ELECTRONIC GAMINGJ lMIKE BRYANT MAGAZINE #11 GAMEp wPLAYERS{ MAFg}GAZINE JOELGEDALIUS DEMONSTRATIONS: Back to the demos, this time ALEXpulled out "CLOCK.BAS", (clock &dFh}igital) source ANALOG #63 August,1988. Besides the time of day, you canset up to eleven seperate alarms, andthey chiFi}me the proper number of timestoo! MIKE BRYANT was asked to run "FunnyDOS" and having never used it, theresults werFj}e very surprising to him.Run Cartridge, it ran across thescreen, Write DOS, the screen isfilled with write dFk}os, Define Device,the webster dictionary explanationappears on the screen, etc., etc.. Did you ever see "TETRIX" rFl}un with"TURBO BAS"? We did when ALEX added"TURBO BAS" to the Russian game"TETRIX". Some difference, quick movesFm}by the blocks keeps you on your toes.That TURBO program really enhances andspeeds BASIC programs. Next came"TOFORMAFn}T.BAS" it formats disks andnumbers the quantity done. By usingthe odd or even number of disks done,ALEX can keep a Fo}CDcount of the number ofdisks completed. The program will dosingleI LandQ Yenhanced] densityformatting. ALEX verbaFp}pFlly reviewed some articlesin newsletters from around the countrythatJ have reprinted OL'HACKER'Sarticles and others Fq}of interest to themembers. OL' HACKER'S articles thathave made their way into recentnewsletters were "ME ANDFr} MY HARDDRIVE" by ALEX, "OKIMATE PRINTER" byALAN SHARKIS and "SWITCHER" reviewedby JOSEF LEBER. Our newsletter libraFs}ryhas been growing lately and containssome crackerjack P.D] programs. Forthe second month "MASKMAKER", by JOANRYAN,Ft} was again reviewed for those notpresent at the July meeting. All kindsof possibilities exist for fun andgames using tFu}his program. Then "P/S UTILITIES" from ST LOUIS,ACE, which included new icons forviewing and customizing. On theFv} flipside, PRINT SHOP ICONS, from NAPCO. Next "MATH QUIZ" written by ALEX forchildren all ages. Changing thediffiFw}culty of the math examples is asimple program change, to two lines.JOEL GEDALIUS who had been answeringthe math prFx}oblems was soon joined byLAURA BRYANT, TAURA BRYANT and KAURABRYANT (MIKES 3 girls, all of themdolls, & smart!), worFy}king, all answerscame up right. ALAN SHARKIS wrapped up the demoswith a SPARTA DOS program "BETAMENU" aloaded memoFz}ry resident SPARTA DOSprogram. 1. Typing a drive number willproduce a directory. 2. All arrow keys are actiF{}vated forchoices you make. 3. If not enough room to list allthe files on your disk. 4. Hit "P" for next page. 5. F|}Hit return on something that islisted and it will run. 6. A sort can be made alphabeticallyon the screen. 7. Program wF}}ill work with Sparta DOS2.+ or 3.+ but will not work with X-CARTRIDGE or the older SPARTA DOS'. FUTURE MEETING DATES:F~}Ǜ Future meeting dates for the OL'HACKERS ATARI USER GROUP are: OCTOBER 13, 1990 MARCH 9, 1991 NOVEMBER 10, 199F}0 APRIL 13, 1991 DECEMBER 15, 1990 MAY 11, 1991 JANUARY 12, 1991 JUNE 1, 1991 FEBRUARY 9, 1991 All dates F}" are SATURDAY and arescheduled& ]for the PLAINVIEW/OLDBETHPAGE LIBRARY. Remembere.the next OL' HACKERSATAF}CERI USER GROUP meeting is scheduledfor SEPTEMBER 15th, at 11:30pm.^ jSincerely,} F} AL ATKINS SCOOP AND LATE BYTE: None of the members had received thelatest copy of ANTIC MAGAZINE dueAUGUSTF} 1st. ALEX called ANTIC and wasgiven this information; ANTIC MAGAZINE will be delayed oneissue, the AUGUST/SEPTEMBER iF} ssue willbe cavailable OCTOBER 1st. Allsubscriptions are to be extended byone issue.} F} "Maskmaker" , thanks to theprogramming efforts of JOAN RYAN, andmembers of ACE ST. LOUIS, and theD   4ADDAAD"$*,34;<DbSAVE "D:COLRTEST.BASN +hAA01Z} A @E-@@#5N}4(,}<jTEST THE COLORS ON YOUR COMPUTER!7(:(_(| bZ}y s-@A"3w }(}1 +9YAA01A @]f }4(,}mTEST THE COLOZ}RS ON YOUR COMPUTER!7(:(_(0 Gby s-@KO@Sow }(}  F;@@s,;@Z} ,F6.$}4 Πա= +:HA@LR1-@VZ@^u=(PURPLE!-@yAZ} (: +#A@d'-1-@15@9M:(RED!2-@QUAYd <A +jxA@H|Z}1-@ @,A( RED ORANGE!F-@04A8C P> +IWA@2[a1-@ei@m>(HOT RED!ZZ}-@ A dC +%3A@!7=1-@AE@IfC( YELLOW GREEN!n-@jnAr xO +Z}A@&$1A *0C-@48@<SO(YELLOW!-@W[A_j S +pAAZ} 1A C-@!%@)DS( LIGHT BLUE!-@HLAP[ R +aAA01A Z}@C-@@4R( DARK BLUE!-@8<A@K N +QqAA1A @uC-@Z}@ N(GREEN!-@$(A,  ( 4Y)4YES A0 A % D:NEWSLTR.BASZ} D:COLRTEST.BAS!-@$(A,  ( 4Y)4YES A0 A % D:NEWSLTR.BASXC&Editors Message for Sept/Oct 1990/ By Carlos Hurtado Just a short note to thank allwhom helped put ^} this newlettertogether. You know who you are. (Nonames please!) I want to get somefeedback on how you ^}like theNewsletter, keep those letters comingin. As a bonus we have inclued asmall program on this disk. Check ^}itout, Uif you like it let me knowand I will inclue a small program ineach[ of our Newsletter disks.Again ^}$thank you all and have agreat) 7holiday..Labor; >DayB RandHalloween!!x y} ^}" #I aUGUST 11, at 11:30am.z Sin\J!ter Help File Not Found...I AF%1O(}Y A@5] F:A,"A6AEB+("a Viewing Complete Press Any K*} "OUR ANNUAL PICNIC DAY!- by ALEX PIGNATO-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=- The summer doldrums aV}re on us and itis hard to sit at the computer whenthere are so many activities thattake your time and energy, (inV}cludingyour work). 3One activity thatjust7 passed was the THIRD ANNUALOL' HACKERS PICNIC. I wish all ofV}Vyou reading this were there. Theweatherman had promised VERY HIGHHUMIDITYZ wand in the 90's, instead,it| wV}"as cool and comfortable,and& *none. 0of4 Pus missed ourcomputers,V Xwe] ajustf talkedcomputerese alV}Yl day, while, ourwives, as usual, put up with it. Mywife and I had planned] to saveourselves the effort V}: of grillingfood, so she made delicious steak and> pepper sandwiches on softFRENCH BREAD, (makes my mouthV}: watereven now), which we could eat assoon as we> Zgot to BETHPAGE STATEPARK.^ Ah, but the gremlins hadoV}.the ideas, because one of themloosened2 5the9 >coverB DofI thecontainer with water in it, and itmade partV}( of the sandwiches SOGGY. Did you, Iever eat SOGGY bread?UGH!M sFortunately STAN SCHENFELDbroughtx his V} brickets Uforbarbecuing his franks (they smelledreal good STAN). So,Y wusing hisfire, I rebaked{ thV}C8e sandwicheswhich were covered with silverfoil,and< you know what, they tastedgreat! JACK GEDALIUS, broughtV} histhree lovely 3children, and we allenjoyd7 playng FRISBEE, which was only one of the many activitiesthV}at they had 1brought. HORSTDEWITZ came5 dressed fit to kill,not a hair out of place, but he had eatenV}$ at home, so all he lugged around( 6was a small: Sstyrofoamcontainer forW Zhis_ beer. Somepicnic'r he is! V} Would you believeit, CARLOS HURTADO showed up inspite of the fact that he hadtold me he had three V}@ commitmentsfor that day. He came with threefriends whoD dremained in his carwhile heh spent a little time V}withus, ?and then they all continuedon to his secondC appointment. Agood time with good friends, goodfooV}d and good weather, and aboutone hour before we left, suddenly both my two daughters showed up ontheir bikeV} s. They had parked theircars$ &in+ 5MASAPEQUA,9 and hadpedaled all the way to the park, about seven milesV}=. After a whilewe started to pack to go home when aA few (you could count them)drops fell. This had mV}De worriedbecause my daughters had to pedalback to theirI cars. We thenremoved the two front wheels anV} d Itried to squeeze two bikes in mytrunk. NO WAY JOSE! At this point,ol reliable AL ATKINS said he wassureV} the bikes ,would fit in hiscar and0 Osure enough they did,frontS wheels and all. Then to topit off hV}8e offered to drive mydaughters back to their< cars.What a guy, quiet and reserved, andalways there wheV}n you need him.THANKS AL, and my girls also wish to publicly thank you too. Oh, bythe way, as far as we knowV}, it neverdid rain! P.S. Today on the phone when I thanked him he said hebet that in spite of going firV}st to MASSAPEQUA, Uhe probably gothome before I did, and he was righttoo!Y So, now the THIRD ANNUALPICNIV}C is but a memory.8 andI'm already looking< wforward toNEXT YEAR, hope to see you there. THATS {*V}C ALL * FOR * !NOW %!&L M}TMmaking a "sap" out of him byhis taking the rap. "Why don't youthink of your wife and kid? They'll beevicted soon whe>}n they can't pay therent. Reles' family isn't going to bethrown out, you can bet that," chidedMcDermott. When their a>}pproach metwith some resistance, the pairresorted to base threats, "You got itpretty soft in this can...If you >}keepon like you are, I'll see you go toRaymond Street [Jail in Brooklyn]where there's dirt and bedbugs andcoc>},kroaches." 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