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Star Nx1000 Gemini } Sakata Sp100 tari 1025 Printer on Epson Compatibles and Daisy Wheel Printers rint Ro }om Help File ۿ Return To The Main Menu on Epson Compatibles and Daisy Wheel Printers rint Ro / The Composing Room Help File Before you can Print a file you haveto configure your $}own Printer.To Do sothere are 2 selections that will helpto make it easy as possibile for you.If you have one of the pri$}nters listedin selection then your printerwill be set up for NLQ and DOUBLEstrike. If you don't have one of$} theprinters that's in Selection youhave to use selection . This is toensure that all printers will workwit$}hout any problems with The WQNRDisk Based News Letter. Now onceyour printer has been configured youwill NOT $}have to reconfigure yourprinter as long as you are have yourNews letter running. Not only that theprinter will stay $}configured to whatever configuration you selected aslong as you have your printers powerturned on or until you $}reconfigureit. Once you have configured yourprinter all you have to do is hit theۿ to Return to the Main menu. $| The OL HACKERS Disk News Letter Help File  The OL'HACKER Disk Based News Lette(}ris very simple for you to use. Allyou have to do is make the selectionsyou'd like and read them. To readthe whole newsl(}etter, use SelectionA. To read only part of thenewsletter, select each file in anyorder by using the letter in front ofit(} on the main menu screen. If youwant to change one of yourselections, use the BACKSPACE key toremove selections until you(} reach theone to be changed, and start fromthere with your new selections. Theother screen editing function keyswill not(} work from the main menu. When you are finished selecting, pressRETURN then [R] and start reading. Asyou can see there ar(}e pauses in thetext so it's much easier to read. Making a selection from 1 thru 4 youcan Exit to Basic or Exit to Dos, or(}even go to The News Letter PressRoom. Selections B thru Z are newsArticles. 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Lets say you want to "READ" one5} particular article-Pick the letter of the article, then you use the J/S BUTTON to go to next page, or you can hit CNT5}RL [C] to CANCEL & return to Main Menu WHEN IN THE MIDDLE OFA PAGE If you want to read all text one page after the othe5}r, hit [A]. You can still use the J/S to flip pages just by pushing the BUTTON-or pulling back on th J/S, after screen5} is full. To read next file hit BUTTON at end of article, remember you can use J/S even if you hit "A" to READ ALL5 }. Some time ago I asked TOM to add a couple features to OHAUG newletter. I wanted the joystick to control the text.5!} In spite of a very heavy load TOM came through, while about 2 weeks ago while I was in contact with JOHN MCGOWAN,5"} I also asked him if he could do it. As you noticed the last newsletter had JOHNS version, while this newsletter nowha5#}s TOM's version. I want to express my heartfelt thanks to both of you for helping me out-but then this is what I have 5$}come to expect from the DIE HARD 8 BIT'ers. THANKS GUYS! Ye olde EDITOR! ** end ** 4| *+*+*+*+* Dates for the OL' HACKERS Meetings: Annual CHRISTMAS DINNER now 2/26/93 Jan 2, 1993 Membersh9&}ip dues are DUE! Jan ??, 1993 ATARI CLASSIC meeting to package, stamp and mail A.C. Disks. Feb 13, 1993 Election time!9'} Feb 26- MIMMO'S Restaurant- Rockville Centre-$12.00 per person. Mar 9, 1993 Special Extra Meeting at the home of JACK GE9(}DALIUS to work on newsletter These are the CORRECTED NEW DATES. Please NOTE the changes! *Mar 27, 1993 *Apr 24, 9)}1993 *May 28, 1993- Meet at JACK GEDALIUS House at 1:30 P.M. to package, stamp and mail the A.C. Disks. (tentative) *M9*}ay 29, 1993 *Jun 26, 1993- At ALAN SHARKIS's HOME.(see APRIL minutes for address.) PLAN for Annual Picnic/Dinner time!9+} Jot down these dates for future use. *+*+*+*+* nutes for address.) PLAN for Annual Picnic/Dinner time!8B <><><> SMALL BUSINESS SYSTEMS Made By: Black Moon Systems A Review by Dennis Kline, membe=-}r of the OL' HACKERS AUG, N.Y. THE SEARCH Over the years I have tried many well written programs to incorporate =.}an accounting system that would handle my Air-Freshner Service business. I have tried many including Visicalc=/}, Accounts Receivable, The Bookkeeper, The Color Accountant, The Home Accountant, Peach Tree Accounting and t=0}he list goes on and on. Each of the aforementioned programs either had some bugs in them or just took too long to=1} go to the listing I was addressing. Time was of the essence, and the frustration was growing on my nerves. I tried m=2}ixing programs, and modifying them for my needs, however,it just did not work. The best of them all was "Peach T=3}ree", but you had to keep on swapping several disks even though I modified the programs for (3) disk drives. T=4}hen came "Syncalc",which was good but again still frustrating. LOOSING A FRIEND I was at a point of changing to a=5}n IBM Computer which was really against the grain, for my first love is the Atari. I have been an Atari user sinc=6}e its inception going from the early"Atari 800" model to my "XL800", modified to 256K, with (2)Happy 1050 d=7}rives,and (2) plain 1050's. Then one day I was reading the OL''HACKpRS (N.Y.) newsletter an 8BIT club to which I hav=8}e been and still am a member even though I now live in Florida. There was a write up about a new business program wri=9}tten about "Black Moon Systems", by one of our members and which seemed in reality to be just what I was looking fo=:}r. The price was right,and I had nothing to lose so I ordered the program. To my surprise when I loaded the progr=;}am for the first time I could not believe the Menu. My first thought was this an IBM program loading on my At=<}ari computer. To my delight I started playing with the program and found all my frustrations gone forever. The program==} was user friendly in that it would run my entire business without having to make any modifications. It had j=>}ust about everything I wanted except it was missing "Accounts Receivable Reports". I found I could live with thi=?}s problem, however I wrote to Ben, the writer of this program, only to find that he was working on an up grade whi=@}ch would include the Accounts Receivable Reports. Ben said he would let me know when it was completed. It too=A}k about a year for the new revision of SBSV1.4 to come out. THE GAMBLE I quickly sent a small payment for th=B}e up-grade which was worth waiting for. Again, when loading the new revision I could not believe what his program co=C}uld do. The central office for which I bought my distributorship uses (3) IBM Main Frame computers that =D} were recently up-graded at the cost of $12,000.00, when I showed them what my out dated Atari XL800 computer could do a=E}t its low cost price, they could not believe it, they said I must have an IBM. Therefore, I had to actually =F}bring them to my house and run "SBS" before they would say 'I don't believe what I am seeing'. THE WINNER =G}The capabilities of the "SBS" had features that their expensive program did not have. My Invoices was exactly like =H}theirs except I could add things that they could not. A few examples #- Thank you for your order.: - Me=I}rry Christmas & Happy New Year.,or anything else that I wanted to add. FEATURES TO MAKE LIFE EASIER The SBS progr=J}am has so many new features that I have had no free time to check them all out. This SBS program was like finding w=K}ater in the hot dessert, it has everything. To give you an idea, for those who have not tried this great program, let=L} me give you a run down. First of all this is an inexpensive program which comes with very easy to follow doc=M}umentation in a loose leaf binder. If you have several different business's you set-up different data disks. Som=N}e examples would be if you were managing a building, you could record rental income and expenses. Also, it could be u=O}sed for your own personal income and expenses, note that this a tax deductible expense if you use it to help keep r=P}ecords for Income Tax time. Everything you run comes off the Main Menu which allows you to choose from: -ORDERS -=Q}REPORTS -INCOME ENTRY -EXPENSE ENTRY -INVENTORY -UTILITIES -CHANGE DEFAULTS Note, if you should want to get back to =R}any part of the menu just Hit the Escape Key. A LOVE AFFAIR What I like the most about the SBS is its abi=S}lity to produce INVOICES, PURCHASE ORDERS, and QUOTATIONS with autonumbering. Having the latter, especially =T} with my Service type business helps me keep tract of monthly payments. Also, under Reports, I can print out m=U}y Accounts Receivables so I always know at an instant who owes me and for what period of time. To give you an examp=V}le of A/R Report, this will show Invoices still due. All you have to do is specify a name or partial name as a search s=W}tring. Then before your eyes you get a total amount and a breakdown with tax and shipping. The only snare here is=X} if you want an accurate balance report you must edit out balances as they are paid. This can be done using ASCII co=Y}mpatible word processor and then make sure you make changes to your data disk. MORE FEATURES Also, the other Repor=Z}ts that can be generated are as follows: R@RSBS REPORTS MENU -EXPENSE REPORTS -REVENUE REPORTS -PROFIT/L=[}OSS REPORTS -SALES and TAX REPORT -CHART OF ACCOUNTS -CHANGE DATA PATH -EXIT to MAIN MENU WHAT, EVEN MO=\}RE? The best of all is the Label Master and Multi-Column Lister. With this program which comes on a se=]}parate disk I can print out customers labels up to (6) lines by (34) character area. Therefore, I can send out =^} a mailing list to my customers without having to keep a separate program. With the Multi- Column Lister, it =_}allows you to print out your Label Master data files on labels from one to six across, and can work with any printer.=`} The SBS is written in Atari Basic so that it can be customized anyway you want. The program also can be ru=a}n with the ICD RTIME8, although, I have not had the chance to use it. I hope to use it as I am a user of Spartdos. Aft=b}er compiling all my data I can print my information using (5) different form choices. An example would be plain paper 8 1=c}/2 X 11, or tractor feed, with or without a company letterhead. ***IN SUMMARY*** The SBS is a very easy pr=d}ogram for people just starting out with this program because of the ease of just pressing a key and following the p=e}rompts. For those who are more advanced with the computer it has advanced features. <<>> The progra=f}m has "SPEEDKEYS" used in Reports and Expense Entry. A=Advertising B=Bank Charges C=Contributions and t=g}he list goes on and on. ---RAMDISKS--- Which is available for Reports programs where you can save wear and tear =q} b%DOS SYSb*)DUP SYSbSRAMDISK COMb[AUTORUN SYSb\AUTORUN COMb]MAINMENUHLPb;eNEWSLTR BASbWELCOME SCRbPRESSPRTMNUbPRESSPRTHLPbHELP DOCCATARI800BASbSATARI800BASb BFEATURETXTb%FMEETDATTXTbL,HSBSKLINTXTbIDEMO TXTbJSPARTURTXTbKWHO TXTb\VGMODULR2TXTb LANTCAT TXTbCPRESMESTXTbODMAYMIN TXTb6{EJUNMIN TXTbEXAMSECTBASon your disk drive. ===CHANGE DEFAULTS=== This menu choice will ask you to enter in the default pathnames the ot=r}her programs will use to find your datafiles. +++PROGRAM PATCHES+++ A patch is a listed group of line numbers that=s} when entered into a Business Program will overwrite the existing line and change the program. In my=t} recent conversation with "Black Moon Systems", I found that a further revision is the works with new surprises (I c=u}annot wait). Therefore, any questions, comments, suggestions, orders, etc. should be directed in writing to the ad=v}dress below: BLACK MOON SYSTEMS P.O. Box 152 Wind Gap, PA 18091 As for myself when ever I had q=w}uestions about the program the company was quick to respond. Please note that if you need the following: =x}Forms,Labels and Stationery for the SBS Programs you can obtain them from the following: NEBS 500 Main S=y}treet Groton,MA 01471 1-800-225-9550 NEBS, has the Moonsoft Software programs listed in their Directory =z}of Software (DOS) Business Forms Reference. In ordering use Mail Code #95818 so that the 8Bit Atari gets the ={}credit and hopefully it will help keep Moonsoft products in their catalog. At the present time the only d=|}ealer in the USA handling the "SMALL BUSINESS SYSTEMS SOFTWARE" is: B&C Computer Visions 2730 Scott Blvd. =}}Santa Clara, CA 95050 (408) 986-9960 FAX:(408)986-9968 To sum up, Small Business Systems is a =~}uniquelly versatile program applicable to a wide variety of uses and users. If I had to grade SBS from A to F, I would =}give it an "A"., and it is highly recommended as an excellent investment. REVIEWED by: Dennis =}Kline <><><> s highly recommended as an excellent investment. REVIEWED by: Dennis < ()()() A FEW HINTS FOR GIVING A DEMO (and enjoying doing it!) by JEAN BROKAW and rA}eprinted by THE OL' HACKERS NY from the 2/93 P.A.C.E. N/L-(With Editors comments) (Editors note: Doing a DEMO A}is a great way to learn more about any program, 'cause the chances are good that someone in the group knows soA}mething about the program that you did not know!) Choose a program that you are familiar with, and one you A}enjoy using. After you explain how it works, then tell the group how YOU use it, and also any little tricks yA}ou have learned. (Ed. This opens the door to others to add their little tricks.) Make certain you are prepared.A} Go over your demo a time or two at home, before the meeting. Make notes. Get your disks together and try them out toA} make certain everything works as it should. If special equipment is needed (light pen, printer, etc.), make certain A} that it will be available at the meeting, by bringing it yourself if possible! Get your ideas in proper order A}and put them on paper so that you dont forget any important points. Plan to have your demo run about 15 to 20 mA}inutes. Then there will be time for questions from the club members. If you find that you cannot get all the iA}nfo across in 20 minutes, you could supplement your demo with an article in the next newsletter, or prepare phoA}tstats with the extra info, to be handed out to the members. (Editor: OHAUG members do this often.) If while A}you are giving the demo, things don't work out as you had hoped, don't worry. (Ed. It happens more times than A}we like. "BUT IT WORKED AT HOME, RIGHT?) ) It probably has happened to every person who has ever done demo's. ItA} can always be rescheduled at a later date. (Ed. Don't leave it up to the "other person". Get in and do your sA}tuff, you are as good as any other person who can do a demo, and it gets easier as you do more of them. PREPERATION iA}s the key to a SUCCESSFULL DEMO!) <><><> demo, and it gets easier as you do more of them. PREPERATION i@: =-=-=-= Turbo Basic 3.2q (C) 1992 CTH Enterprises by Tom Hunt All rights rE}eserved Reprinted by OL' HACKERS ATARI USERS GROUP, Inc., with Thanks! *PROGRAM IS ONLY FOR SPARTA DOS !!!!* LOOK FOR THE}IS PROG IN FUTURE NEWS/LET This Text may be freely distributed as long as no moneys are exchanged, except E} for the nominal cost of media. (Editor: This program NOT on this DISK, but TURBOBA1.BAS for the 400/800 is on S-2 E}of disk.) This program TB32q is based upon Turbo Basic for the old ATARI 400's and 800's, by Frank Ostrowski. TE}hat particular version had it's own mini- dos embedded in it, which was compatible only with Atari DOS 2.0E}/2.5 . This version, 3.2q, was specifically made to run only under Sparta Dos 3.2. It works fine underE} both a floppy based system, and a hard drive based system. It is an interpreter, not a compiler or a runtimeE} for compiled programs. It is by far the fastest Basic interpreter. You load it by simply typing E}"TB32Q" at Sparta's D1: prompt. Once loaded, you may return to dos and back without destroying your Basic program,E} as long as you do not use any destructive commands while in dos. A destructive command would be the COPY commandE}, for instance. To return to Turbo Basic 3.2q after going to DOS, you simply type RUN at Sparta's D1: prompt. As E}long as you haven't loaded or executed any other machine language program, you will return to Turbo Basic 3.2q, withE} your Basic program intact. TECHNICAL STUFF FOR PROGRAMMERS This version of Turbo Basic occupies from $1C20 E}to $63E5. Once loaded, Turbo Basic 3.2q should give you 22313 bytes of FRE(0) memory. There are two functions thatE} are not supported in this version of Turbo Basic, which are in the other versions. The BLOAD and BRUNE} functions will return an ERROR 255 if executed. These functions are easily implemented through XIO statements, so it'E}s no big loss. Also included in this ARC is a special P:R: Connection R: handler, and a Basic loader to loadE} it in. They are named PRTB.COM and LOAD_PR.BAS, respectivly. (Editors note: These programs may not be on this E}disk) Change line 280 in the basic program so that the loader can find PRTB.COM. This should allow some enterprising TE}urbo Basic programmer, who owns a P:R:Connection, to create a modem program using Turbo Basic 3.2q. --------------E}----------------------- Send Shareware donations to: TOM HUNT 1704 TWP. Rd. 65 Jeromesville, OH 44840 I may E}be contacted at the following BBS: Tom Hunt (Sysop) Closer To Home BBS 419-368-4413 24 Hours/7 Days 300/1200/2400E} * end *following BBS: Tom Hunt (Sysop) Closer To Home BBS 419-368-4413 24 Hours/7 Days 300/1200/2400D***********************************OL' HACKERS WHOS WHO ? ? ? ? ? ? ?PRESIDENT..............Alex PignatoVICE-PRESIDENT.I}......Stan SchenfeldSECRETARY................Ron FetzerTREASURER................Ron FetzerBLANK DISK SALES.........Ron I}FetzerLIBRARIAN.............Harold PeglerDISK NEWSLETTER EDITOR.Alex PignatoLEGAL-COUNSEL........Jerry Ginsberg* EQUII}PMENT-MANAGER....Bob Ulschmid* MEMBERSHIP...........Bob UlschmidINT'L CORRESPONDANT....Horst DewitzNEWSLETTER LIBRARIANI}...Alan SharkisLIB. 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Send your articles to:OL' HACKERS Newsletter c/o A. Pignato,3376 Ocean Harbor DriveOceanside, NI}. Y. 11572.Please refer to the above schedule forOL' HACKERS NEWSLETTER deadlines. ****end*****Oceanside, NHo writing programs is modular programming. Once you try it you will love it. Be sure to have the listing of ENVM}ELOPE.ATR (which will be found on the MAY/JUNE OL' HACKER NEWSLETTER, and in the ATARI CLASSIC disk) handy so you caM}n follow the discussion in this 2nd part of the series on programming. Also see "SKELETON.ENV" on side 2 as part oM}f this tutorial. In the first part of this series I showed you how to write out your ideas for a program in EngM}lish. How to construct a block diagram and how to create a skeleton program. You created a blue print for your finaM}l program. In this section I will show you how to flesh out the skeleton program and how to polish it up. To M}begin with every program should have a line 0,1 and 5. On line 0 it should say '0 GOTO 10'. Thus when you write M}RUN the program will go to line 10 and execute. Line one should say '1 SAVE "D:FILENAME.EXT":CLR' in M} my program it is '1 SAVE "D:ENVELOPE.ATR":CLR'. This is a very useful line when you are developing a program. Every M}time you want to save part or the whole program you type 'GOTO 1'. The program will now be saved with the saM}me filename all the time. You will not have multiple versions of the program but just one version all the time. TheM} CLR just removes any previous DIM so that the program will run without any trouble. Line 5 is the title line M}of the program. It should have the following information. 1. The author of the program. 2. The name of the program.M} 3. The version number of the program. 4. What language the program requires. 5. The date it was written. For anM} example see line 5 of the listing. You can also include your address if you want to so a user can contact you. M} We will now flesh out the skeleton program. The skeleton program is also part of this series. Start eM}ach module with a REM and the module name plus asterisks to fill a total of two screen lines. This makes a very visible dM}ivider. The first module that we have is the CONTROL MODULE. When I clear the screen I always use ? CHR$(125)M} because every printer can list it. Special characters cannot always be listed. The CONTROL MODULE is already finishM}ed as it appeared in the skeleton program 10 REM CONTROL MODULE ************* 20 ? CHR$(125):GOSUB 500:REM M}DIM SECTION 30 GOSUB 1000:REM SCREEN COLORS 40 GOSUB 1500:REM RETURN ADDRESS 50 GOSUB 2000:REM MENU 60 GOTO 50 M} I go to the DIM Section, then the SCREEN COLOR MODULE then the RETURN ADDRESS MODULE and then the MENU MODULE.M} Notice line 60. After each menu selection is completed the program returns to line 60. Line 60 directs it again to M}line 50. Thus you always return to the menu. This kind of program is called a Case Structured type of program. M}It is the most common type of programming structure used. As you can see fleshing out the skeleton program iM}s very easy to do. Our next module is the DIM SECTION. The first thing you do is to remove the PRINT statement from tM}he skeleton program. It is not needed anymore. There is nothing strange in this module. Just put in the DIM variabM}les the way they are needed. If a DIM variable here appears in the front then you know it is in the beginning of M} the program etc. Do not forget that the RETURN statement now has a new line number. In each module the 1stM} line after the REM line is the housekeeping line for the module. Such things as initializing M}variables, PEEKS, POKES, string lengths, special codes etc will be put in this line. I do this the same way forM} every module. Consistency is the hallmark of a good program. Notice line 1010 R$ is set to equal 13 empty spaceM}s. Rather than using the POSITION command for my menu selection I put R$ in front of the options. If I want tM}o center the options I just have to change the length of R$. I want the user to have a choice of the 4 popular sM}creen colors while he is using the program. Error trapping should be extensive and it should always be done the same wM}ay in every module. When a choice of color has been implemented then the program exits to the end of the module. M} This module and all the modules follow the law of straight sequence. You enter at the top of the module and you exM}it at the bottom of the module. It makes it easy to read and understand your program. All modules must follow this M}rule. The next is the RETURN ADDRESS MODULE. Remove the PRINT statement from the skeleton program. The first M}line after the REM is the housekeeping line. I only need a ? CHR$(125) in this module. Then I ask for INPUM}TS for name, street, town, state, Zip Code and country(optional). I write many letters overseaM}s so the country is important to me. This is straight forward programming. The module ends with a RETURN in line 15M}90. The next module is the MENU MODULE. In the housekeeping line(2010) I have an 'LPRINT CHM}R$(27);"8"'. This is the control code to TURN OFF PAPER SENSOR for an Epson printer. I want this sensor off because IM} will constantly be feeding envelopes into my printer. If you do not know the code for your printer this is what you cM}an do. Remove the paper from the printer. The sensor will now sound. Take a strip of paper and slip it in to theM} paper feed until the sensor goes off. Then temporarily scotch tape it to the top of your case so it will not be M}fed through the rollers. Now you can feed envelopes without any trouble and without the noise. Be sure to have andM} END option in the menu selection so the user can exit. Error trapping again is the same as in the other modules. TM}he module exits with a RETURN in line 2100. In the module on FORWARDING ADDRESS I initialize all variables M}to an empty string in the housekeeping line in 2510. This module will be accessed repeatedly. I want to make sureM} that the strings are empty. In all other respects it is the same as the RETURN ADDRESS MODULE. The CHRISTMAS CM}ARD MODULE, the BUSINESS ENVELOPE MODULE and the LARGE ENVELOPE MODULE are very similar. In the housekeeping M}line I initialize the variables and set B$ equal to the required spaces. I call for sub module FORWARDING ADDRESSM} (GOSUB 2500) and sub module PRINT RETURN ADDRESS (GOSUB 5000). Then I print then name, street, town, state, Zip CodM}e and country on the envelope. I exit with a RETURN that goes to line 2100 and then to the control module line 6M}0, which in turn puts you back into the menu module. The last module is the END MODULE. On the housekeeping M} line I use POKE 752,1 to turn off the cursor. Then I print "END OF PROGRAM" in the middle of the screen. I changeM} the screen color back to default with a GRAPHICS 0 command and turn the cursor back on again. You can now seeM} how easy it was to complete each module and the whole program. Even if you are a beginner you can read and understaM}nd this program. It is consistent and it follows the law of straight sequence. You enter at the top and exit at theM} bottom of the modules. You now can easily modify this program by adding other modules for different envelope sizes M} if you want to. There was no frustration in writing these modules. It was fun and very satisfying. You do not have toM} be a super programmer to complete a program like this. If you use modular programming the fun of computing will comeM} back again and your programs will be a joy to read and run. The final step is to polish the program. Make sureM} that tiles are centered on the screen, variables initialized or set to 0, Error Trapping is in place. AM}s the last step I renumber the program. I load it into TURBO BASIC which has a renumber command and write RENM}UM 10,10,10. This will renumber my program from line 10 on with a 10 line interval. Now your program is finiM}shed. You have seen all the things a good program should have. Here are some of the things that you should M}avoid. Do not create a fancy graphic or logo screen as the first module. Remember the user has to use yourN} program repeatedly. A fancy opening screen says only one thing "Look how clever a programer I am". Conceit like thN}is is hard to bear repeatedly. It is O.K. to have a fancy opening screen on your documentation file because it willN} be accessed only once or twice and thus can be tolerated. Writing good documentation is as important as writing a N}good program. Documentation should be complete and as brief as possible. Reading a documentation is inherently boN}ring, so make it brief. Do not include in your 'doc' file all the clever programming tricks you used. Do not bN}ecome verbose. It is O.K. to include printer control codes that might have to be changed but other than that it should hN}ave no programming code in it. Also include in the 'docs' your address so a user can contact you. Do not compiN}le a program if it is not necessary. There are only two good reasons to compile. One you need a faster speed and two youN} want to hide your code. A program that depends for its speed on a peripheral device should never be compileN }d. There would be no point in compiling this program because its speed is determined by the printer. Do not uN }se obscure PEEKS and POKES if a regular structure is available. Overused PEEKS and POKES are only justified N } if your free memory is running out. Obscure and overused PEEKS and POKES say just one thing "I am so clever. YouN } can't follow me." It is another form of program conceit. As a last remark I am aware of Dave Small's conteN }mpt for structured programming but even he would admit that a clear organized program is better than spaghetti code.N} I am a long time member of the: OL' HACKERS ATARI CLUB USERS GROUP, Inc. in in Oceanside NY Your comments and reaN}ctions to these articles will be appreciated. Please write to me: RON FETZER 22 MONACO AVE. ELMONT N.Y. 11003, USA.N} * * * *s will be appreciated. Please write to me: RON FETZER 22 MONACO AVE. ELMONT N.Y. 11003, USA.L =============================== MINUTES OF THE MAY 1993 MEETING NEW MEMBERS: WILLIAM MATIJAKOVICH frZ}om Lodi N.J.;DAVID J. HARRIS of Seoul Korea; GEORGE W. O'BRIEN of Hull MA.; ALLEN R. KIRK of Keizer OR.; SEAN L. SMITHZ} of Hemel, England; and CHRIS McCOY of Medina OH. all joined the OL' HACKERS. Welcome to the international OL' HAZ}CKERS 8 BIT club. I think you will enjoy being a member, and make many new friends. ITEMS: ALEX PIGNATZ+} <> = <> PRESIDENTS MESSAGE by ALEX PIGNATO FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO WISH ALL FV#} <+> <+> *ANTIC* THE CATALOG* or Gone,but not forgotten! by JIM CUTLER, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND Member of OL'R} HACKERS A. U.G., Inc. -------------------------- THE START I bought my 800XL in the early 1980's, being adR}vanced in years, the spate of Atari games left me totally unmoved. Those productivity programs which were available R}were few and exorbitantly priced, due to the jolly idea, still practiced by importers, of taking the dollar price,R} and calling it pounds sterling (saves printing new price lists). It was at that time that I discovered ANTIC,and mR}ore importantly, THE ANTIC CATALOG. AH, NEW IDEAS Here there were programs, remarkably different, R} with comprehensive documentation and at a reasonable price. Games such as Colossus Chess v3.00, XTAL(a R} Starship game), KARATEKA -karate game, were also included. Graphics were catered to by ENVISION. RAMBRANDT, GrR}aphic Shop, Lister+, Picture +, Graphic Master, etc. EDUCATION programs included EARTHVIEWS, STARBASE, R} STARWARE, MAPWARE, SPEEDREADING and MEMOREASE. PRODUCTIVITY was represented by HOMECARD ,CREATIVE PROCESS, BASICVIR }EW (watch your prog. execute line by line), INTERLISP/65, CALCMAGIC, SHERLOCK 1050, DATAMANAGER XL, DEEP BLUER!} C, and many others. RECOMMENDATION I very strongly suggest that if you see any of these grab them, you may not seeR"} their likes again. Submitted by Jim Cutler-19th May 1993 >=< END >=}e game is just wonderful. It is a PD game. On side two we have some great graphics from Europe. This disk is # 270Z?} in the library. ALEX showed CARDSTAX.BAS program. We only saw the demo of the program. You can use P.SZ@}. Icons, Micro Painter pictures with text, and use a pointer on the menu. ALEX wrote to the author. We hope to get ZA}a version w/DOCS soon. You can print out the text and pictures in various formats. We also have TURBO-BASIC 1.4 for ZB}the 800 computers. It is in our library. It is on Side 2. It is disk #272 in our library. ALEX showed the HALLE ZC}PROJECT disk from Europe. Great music and graphics. The graphics are just fantastic. The library number will beZD} #271. Next we saw the MEGA BLAST game. This disk was made in the Netherlands. This is a shoot 'em up ZE}game - VERY HARD to play. This is for the advanced game player. Great action and graphics. Can become very addictivZF}e. We all tried it and did not do too well. Disk # 273 ALEX showed a disk on Music. Side 2 showed a tZG}utorial on ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE. A must have disk if you are studying Assembly Language. Disk # 274. JACK ZH}GEDALIUS demonstrated a 1020 PRINTER PLOTTER. He showed us how to do graphs, pictures and text. He showed us thZI}e extreme fine scrolling that this plotter can do. He then demoed how to make a random design in various colors. JZJ}ACK showed how the plotter could draw a castle. He showed us how it can make a PIE CHART. The little machine is realZK}ly fantastic. It computes the percentages and does the whole chart automatically. Really very neat. This was ZL} another great demonstration by JACK. Very well prepared and very interesting, as usual. ALEX showed a progrZM}am called DESK TOP.#274 in the library. On side two it has MAC.DOS It is a graphics interface for our 8-Bit. Very niceZN} - if that is your interest. The 8-bit equivalent to the I.B.M. Windows environment. MAC*.DOS Ver. 1.0 suppZO}orts sub-directories and volume names and some other great goodies. This is for you DOS junkies! ALEX showed MAGIZP}C DOM Nov/Dec. 1992. It will be # 275 in our library. It has MAJONG.ARC, CASSETTE(AUDIO) LABEL ZQ}PRINTING PROGRAM, KEY OBJECT (PROGRAM YOUR KEYS), MINER 25 (GAME), AMS SONGS, THANKSGIVING PICTURE, BUDGET MAKERZR} and RUBICS CUBE. These programs are on side one. We looked at the BUDGET PROGRAM. The program is very neat and figureZS}s out a budget for you. It breaks down the budget into %. On side #2 we have NUT CRACKER (SONG AMS), AG DZT}EMO (VIDEO GAME),FD DISEASE, TITLE CARD (Upgraded and CORRECTED version. CREATE YOUR OWN TITLES), ROGER RABBIT ZU}(PICTURE FILE), BETTY BOOP PICTURE, PEWEE and a digitized sound track, NORAD. ==>For OHAUG members 5 disks forZV} $8.00 including shipping or $3.00 each<== We saw another MAGIC DOM Jan/Feb 1993. Library # 276. MOVE IN AND UZW}P (SONG AMS), SHEAN (GRAPHICS DEMO), K- BURT (GAME)and CITYBOMB, BACKGAMON. We saw the game BACKGAMON. You can play ZX} against the computer or 2 can play. A very nice game - great graphics (Improved version). This is for you gameZY} junkies! Side #2 has a game called CIRCUS it is a PINBALL game. Very nice and very colorful. ALEX played and won. ZZ} I wonder what ALEX did in his youth? We tried to boot a disk in double density - ADVENTURERS COMPAZ[}NION and side two has a GAME on it. We saw SILENT PARTNER a spread sheet program, BUSY PLOT, SIDEWAYS PRINTER,Z\} SPEED CALC, B-CALC, CALC- MAGIC and PROFESSIONAL DEMO. Docs are on both sides. It is compatible with many printers. Z]} It is library disk # 277. This is a disk from England. (Disk has a mistake on it. We will try to get a new copy).Z^} We saw DISK MASTER with docs. On side 2 we saw DISK WIZZARD. This is #278 in our library. If you have a disk pZ_}roblem or a messed up file, this is the disk for you. The DISK EDIT section was VERY impressive! We saw ColoZ`}rSquash. Library #279. This program takes RGB pictures and converts them to our format (Composite). We saw sZa}ome great pictures on the disk. It is fully documented. We saw a new computer language called QUICK. It is gZb}oing all over Europe. The demo played only music. We also saw a shoot 'em up game made w/QUICK. Can't evaluate the laZc}nguage. I did not see the docs. Library disk # 280. CORRESPONDENCE: The CONNECTICUT ATARI FEST is on June 12 & 1Zd}3. A couple members plan on going. A message from JOHN AALTO of LIAUG. JOHN message was on THE NEW NEST BBZe}S. He mentions that the BBS has a lot of 8-Bit material on it. He said "I and many other members have a close affinity aZf}nd respect for the OL'HACKERS. ALEX PIGNATO and the OL' HACKERS are constantly coming up in other Atari NewsletterZg}s. They make the phrase 'THE 8-BIT IS DEAD' laughable..." We thank JOHN for his kind words. A message frZh}om DUTCH LEONARD. Topic: MY VIEWS. "Yes the OL'HACKERS seem to be one of the last strong 8- Bit clubs left in the natZi}ion. That may be an excellent idea. One magazine, one club and pool our efforts." I know there are othZj}er great 8 BIT clubs around, no thanks to ATARI! We got a letter from our member LARRY TISHBEIN in PA.Zk} He thanked us for the help ALEX gave him with a word processor problem. He said we have a great system of hZl}elping out any member with a problem. A letter from our member DANE STEGMAN in Akron N.Y. He has aZm} problem with AWARD WARE. He has a problem using 2 drives, one being an XF551, with this program. HAROLD PEGLER Zn}will answer him and straighten out the problem. A letter from JIM CUTLER our member from England. He says thaZo}t DAVE EWENS and his merry men who put out TWAUG, are doing quite a good job with the disk magazine they publish, we agZp}ree!. A letter from TOM ANDREWS our member from Upstate N.Y. He complimented ALEX on the fantastic jZq}ob on the article in CURRENT NOTES on the OL' HACKERS. He said ALEX makes the OL' HACKERS sound like an oasis in Zr}the desert. A letter from DAVE EWENS our member from England. He thanked ALEX for the nice comments on thZs}eir newsletter disk which they printed. They have about 80 subscribers. They are receiving many articles and revZt}iews. They also sent 2 new disks. DOOR PRIZES: HAROLD PEGLER HARRY TISHBEIN MURRY BERKOWITZ JACK GEDALIUS SubmittedZu} by Ron Fetzer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<*<>* 8 Ty crew are the editors of this English newsletter and they also are members of the OL' HACKERS. ALEX wrote to^} JEAN BROKAW. She is a newsletter editor who puts out a great newsletter. A letter form PHILIP GREENHUT of JACG of ^}N.J. He writes us that he buys our newsletter from his club. He informs us that he intends to join us. A le^}tter from our member JIM CUTLER in England. He sent us some disk including the corrected version of PAGE EDITOR. Th^}is program will now run on an EPSON or compatibles. It is now in our library. JOHN McGOWAN was the one who wrote the pat^}ch for this D.T.P. program. BEN POEHLAND our member in PA and the A.C. Managing Editor complimented us o^}n the prompt job our club does in mailing out the A.C. disks. A letter from our member ALICE CHRISTIE in PA.^} She writes that she read the CURRENT NOTES, May issue article by ALEX on the OL' HACKERS and decided to join us.^} She is a member of P.A.C.S. a multi platform club, and is on the board of directors of P.A.C.S in PA. ^}ALEX complemented her on the great newsletter she put out. ALEX welcomed ALICE to the club. CONNECTICUT ATARI FE^}ST REPORT: ALAN SHARKIS reported that he was at the fest on Saturday. The attendance at the fest was very p^}oor the first day. He reported it was better the 2nd day. He said it was a dissapointing showing. He said there wer^}e many vendors in attendance. LOU TRAPANI the SYSOP of our BBS and a member was also in attendance. Both LIAUG and ^}OHAUG shared a table, but the main attraction was the new and long awaited FALCON030. DEMOS: ALAN SHARKIS showe^}d us his MIDI. He showed us how to connect the CASIO keyboard to the 8 BIT computer. You can read more about the the^}ory of MIDI in the May minutes of the club meeting. ALAN showed us how to program a song - FRERE JACQUES. First h^}e wrote it in one voice. Then he added a 2nd voice to it and finally he added a 3, 4 and 5 voice to it. He showed us how^} to correct a mistake, how to copy a measure of a song and modify it. He showed us how to program for differ^}ent instruments. He then added a drum machine rythem to it. It really sounded great. It is amazing what our 8-bit^} computer can do. It can be turned into a professional musical instrument. It was a great demonstration by ALAN.^} ALAN then showed us his SIO-2PC where a 286 PC is connected as a slave to the 8-bit. He can create RAM DISKS ^}on the PC for the 8-Bit, and he can print through his PC. You can also save 8-bit material on the PC as 8-Bit images.^} Next he connected the modem and called up the NEW NEST, and THE MACHINE BBS's. We had a demo of how to use ^}the modem while on a BBS. ALAN then called and got connected to GENIE Info Service, and showed us how to navigate t^}hrough that system. He showed us how to connect to INTERNET. It was a very enjoyable demonstration where many of the fine^} points were discussed. ALEX demod the last newsletter disk from TWAUG. Great graphics and great games and pro^}grams, as usual. ALEX showed the program FADER that lets you load graphics picture and it dissolves them when^} it goes from one picture to the other. It plays the program automatically or manually. Another program on this^} disk is SUPER PRINT. A great print utility. Another disk was shown with PASCAL C with docs. The libra^}ry number is #285. We saw another version of TETRIX. If you are into games this is for you. We saw a mu^}sic disk from Germany that had some familiar music from the last Olympiad. The music was great. We tried to fix some^} files of ATARIWRITER + that showed that it was out of memory when in fact there was 500+ Bytes left. We were ^}not successful. We saw ColorSquash Ver. 2.6 This program will take RGB pictures and translate them into C^}OMPOSITE pictures for our computer. It is library disk # 287. Side 1 is in ATARI BASIC side #2 is in SPARTA^} DOS. We saw PICTURE BREAKER. Library #288. This program lets you copy a picture form any commercial disk into ^}a 62 sector format. The result was a parade of TITLE SCREENS. It is fully documented. It is part of 2 seperate disks, t^}he other with more pictures. DOOR PRIZES: HAROLD PEGLER HARRY TUTHILL JACK GEDALIUS Darn it, before you knew it, i^}t was 5:00 P.M. and the meeting was over. Submitted by Ron Fetzer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<^}<<<<<<<00 P.M. and the meeting was over. 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