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Opini$}onsherein are not necessarily those ofO.H.A.U.G. but those of the variousindividual authors.O.H.A.U.G. is a$} NOT-FOR-PROFITOrganization in the State of New York.O.H.A.U.G. will NOT tolerate ANYreferances, directly or b$}y implicationto piracy or the use of any computerequipment for illegal activities.DEADLINES FOR NEWSLETTERJAN/$}FEB DEC 31 JUL/AUG JUN 30MAR/APR FEB 28 SEPT/OCT AUG 31MAY/JUN APR 30 NOV/DEC OCT 31 $} Submitted articles are preferred asdisk text files, preferably made on the1ST XLENT Word Processor, in 38 $}columnsbut it will be gratefully accepted ashard copy. Send your articles, commentsto:OL' HACKERS Newsletterc/o A. Pig$}nato,3376 Ocean Harbor DriveOceanside, N. Y. 11572.Please refer to the above schedule forOL' HACKERS NEWSLETTER deadl$}ines. ****end*****Oceanside, N. Y. 11572.Please refer to the above schedule forOL' HACKERS NEWSLETTER deadl$ =-=-= USING THE JOYSTICK TO READ TEXT! MOD by JOHN McGOWAN How to use use the JOYSTICK(} to read the text on the screen. After reading all the text on the screen, you go to the next page by hitting the R(}ED BUTTON. To read the NEXT article just pull the JOYSTICK toward you while text is scrolling down the screen, or a(}fter you have read the article. =-=-=YSTICK toward you while text is scrolling down the screen, or a(8O) !"`3!3<**> PRESIDENTS MESSAGE by ALEX PIGNATO Be sure to read GUEST 8} ****** MINUTES OF THE MAY 1994 MEETING =============================== NEW MEMBERS JOSEP=} MINUTES OF THE JUNE 1994 MEETING. ================================= CORRESPONDENCE: A letter from JOHN PB8}COMMENTS by my friend DALE WOOSTER, President of NWPAC, an 8 BIT club that is surely one of the BEST around. OHAUG is a8}lso one of the BEST, (well, perhaps we are a little better, but please don't tell DALE, I wouldn't want to hurt his 8}feelings.) (grin). To quote DALE, "We constantly kid each other about which club IS the BEST, but WE BOTH KNOW which8} one IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD, but we ain't telling! Join one or BOTH, and make your own tough decision."8} Thats right DALE, I couldn't have said it better myself. (See why I asked you not to tell DALE?) (grin) 8} He gives you some thoughts on keeping an 8 BIT magazine viable for all of us. The NWPAC MAY/JUNE newsl8}etter also is full of usefull info on TextPro, including info on the new 5.1 version, and on SpartaDOS 3.2f Ask ALAN S8}HARKIS to let you borrow it. Since DALE became the President (again), I see a gargantuan improvement in 8}the clubs growth and activities. Here's a quote from their newsletter, "NWPAC's DOMS have become very popular and the8} normal high quality of NWPAC's library disks must be maintained. For an example of the DOM's popularity, all you need8} to do is to read the WORLDS BEST Disk newsletter that is put out by the OL' HACKERS CLUB in New York." (Ed. Cap8}ital letters put in by them, not me, honest, this is a direct quote! A.P.) My hats off to the NWPAC club and its8} officers, specially on their KEEN ABILITY to appreciate A TOP quality newsletter. (grin!) Both clubs are MAINSTAYS of th8}e 8 BIT COMMUNITY, and are ONLY 8 BIT, along with AAAUA (ALAMO AREA ATARI USER ASSOCIATION, in TEXAS), and PACE (P8}INELLAS ATARI COMPUTER ENTHUSIASTS) from LARGO, FL. another two very good all 8 BIT clubs. Become a member of one or mor8}e of the clubs. In this newsletter will be found a most interesting birds eye view of what its like in ROMAN9} <=+=+=+> The following article is from one of our very newest members RUDY DiGIOSAFFATTE. ThaD}nks RUDY, you already show that you will be an important member of OL' HACKERS! HIGH FLYING IDEAS. In D}a moment of wild optimism, I purchased a 1020 printer, hoping that my son would use it for algebra. He hasn't used itD} yet, but it has given me many hours of enjoyment. I am a math teacher, and it was great to create line desigD}ns on the 1020 on snow days, after the show was shoveled and work on students' papers was done. WHERE THERE IS AD} WILL THERES A WAY. My programing skills are not great to begin with and are, or were, very rusty, but the brD}ute force method worked pretty well. That is, use GOTO to skip parts of the design that are correct and play aroundD} with one section at a time until it is right. One of the designs, a seemingly simple 4-point pinwheel, took me D} about twenty-five tries to get right, but it was fun and some of the mistakes look pretty good. EVEN MINIMAL KNOWLEDGED}+SKILL=BEAUTY. Using the computer to do line designs was much more fun for me than using a compass, protraD}ctor, and straight-edge would have been. Some knowledge of trigonometry is necessary and some skill in geometry. IfD}, on top of that, you have some programing skills, you can have a lot of pleasure creating beautiful mathematicalD} designs. If you have good programing skills, I envy you. WANT TO BE UNIQUE? If you come up with a design you D}really like, you can take it to your local photo shop and have it blown up and printed on a t-shirt that will be uniquD}e. AN ASSIGNMENT FROM THE TEACHER Here is a challenge: write a universal spiral program that requires the useD}r to input the number of sides and will take it from there. Now I really sound like a teacher. If anyone knows of anD}y good programs that would enable the user to plot equations, please share them. HERES AN INEXPENSIVE WAY TO HAVE FUND}. 1020 printers are available for about $20.00 plus shipping and handling. Be sure to get extra pens aD}nd extra rolls of paper, in case you get hooked. (Editor, Thanks RUDY you hit upon the OL' HACKERS theme. This is what E}we are all about, SHARING what we know!) <*><*>anks RUDY you hit upon the OL' HACKERS theme. This is what DA <*><*> A GUIDE TO COMPUTER VIRUSES from DACE Mar/Apr newsletter and reprinted by OL' HACKEI}RS A.U.G. ADAM AND EVE VIRUS: Takes a couple of bytes out of your APPLE. AIRLINE VIRUS: Your in New York, but I}your DATA is in Singapore. FREUDIAN VIRUS: Your computer becomes obsessed with marrying its own motherboard. AI}RNOLD SCHWARTZENEGGER VIRUS: Stays resident but Terminates itself, and it'll be back. AT&T VIRUS: Every three minI}itutes it tells you what great service you are getting. CHICAGO CUBS VIRUS: Your PC makes frequent mistakes and I}comes in last in the reviews, but you still love it. CLEVLAND INDIAN VIRUS: Makes your 486/50 machine perform like aI} 286/AT. CONGRESSIONAL VIRUS: The computer locks up. screen splits erratically with a message appearing on each hI}alf, blaming the other side for the problem. CONGRESSIONAL VIRUS # 2: Runs every program on the HarI }d Drive simultaneously, but doesn't allow the user to accomplish anything. DAN QUAYLE VIRUS: Prevents your system frI }om spawning a child process without joining into a binary network. DAN QUAYLE VIRUS # 2: Their is sumthing rongI } wit yor komputer, it jsut cant figyour out watt! ELVIS VIRUS: Your computer gets fat, slow and lazy, then self dI }estructs; only to resurface at shopping malls across rural AMERICA. FEDERAL BUREAUCRAT VIRUS: Divides your Hard DiskI } into hundreds of little units, each of which does practically nothing, but all of which claim to be the most imI}portant part of your computer. GALLUP VIRUS: Sixty percent of the PC's infected will lose 38 percent of their DAI}TA 14 percent of the time (plus or minus a 3.5 percent margin of error.) GEORGE B@SH VIRUS: It starts by boldly staI}ting, "READ MY DOCS...NO NEW FILES!" on the screen. It then proceeds to fill up all the free space on your I}HARD DRIVE with new useless files, and then blames it on the CONGRESSIONAL VIRUS. GOVERNMENT ECONOMIST VIRUS: I} Nothing works, but all your DIAGNOSTIC SOFTWARE says everything is fine. HEALTH CARE VIRUS: Tests your systemI} for a day, finds nothing wrong, and sends you a bill for $4,500. IMELDA MARCOS VIRUS: Sings you a song (slightly ofI}f key) on boot up, then subtracts money from your BUDGET account and spends it all on expensive shoes it purchasesI} through PRODIGY. JIMMY HOFFA VIRUS: Your programs can never be found again. KEVORKIAN VIRUS: Helps your computer sI}hut down as an act of mercy. MARIO CUOMO VIRUS: It would be a great virus, but it refuses to run! MCI VIRUS: Every thI}ree minutes it reminds you that you're paying to much for the AT&T virus! NEW WORLD ORDER VIRUS: Probably harmlI}ess, but it makes a lot of people really mad just thinking about it. NIKE VIRUS: Just does it! OLLIE NORTH VIRUS: I}Causes your printer to become a paper shredder. OPRAH WINFREY VIRUS: Your 200MB Hard Drive suddenly shrinks to 80MI}B, and then slowly expands back to 200MB, and starts to shrink yet once again. PAUL REVERE VIRUS: This revolutionary viI}rus does not horse around. It warns you of impending Hard Disk attack-once if by LAN, twice if by C:>. PBS VIRUS: Your I}program stops every few minutes to ask for money. POLITICALLY CORRECT VIRUS: Never calls itself a "VIRUS", but insteadI} refers to itself as an "ELECTRONIC MICROORGANISM". RIGHT TO LIFE VIRUS: Won't allow you to delete a filI}e, regardless how old it is. If you attempt to erase a file, it requires you to first see a programmers counselorI} about possible alternatives. ROSS PEROT VIRUS: Activates every component in your system, just before the whole dI }amn thing quits. STAR TREK VIRUS: Invades your system in places where no virus has gone before. TED TURNER VIRI!}US: Colorizes your monochrome monitor. TRAMIEL VIRUS: Promises to add instantaneous multi-programs to yourI"} system, but is never seen or heard from again. TEXAS VIRUS: Makes sure that its bigger than any other fileI#} in your system. <*><*>rom again. TEXAS VIRUS: Makes sure that its bigger than any other fileH* **=** Commentary by DALE WOOSTER, President of N.W.P.A.C., from their MAY/JUNE 1994 newsletter, repM%}rinted by OL' HACKERS because it tells it like it is, and may help the SLCC crew if they do come out with an 8 BIT mM&}agazine! ATARI CLASSIC.MAGAZINE By NWPAC Prez, Dale Wooster POOF, AND ITS GONE! Yeah, it's trM'}ue folks, Its Gone! A lot of really hard work by some truly dedicated Atari 8-bit lovers is now being cast aside.M(} My thanks go out to each and every one of you for a SUPREME effort. I know that this effort cost Ben and a fM)}ew of you others some bucks but then again I also know that you were not in it for the money in the first place. I M*} know this because that is also how I feel. I don't think I have ever made a profit with anything related to ourM+} Ol'Classic 8-bit. (Well maybe on an isolated occasion?) COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT I am also sure that we will beM,} hearing from some folks that will be glad to tell us why it failed BUT if they are not listed as subscribers fromM-} the very beginning I am not even interested in their opinions. As an original subscriber however I do have some thouM.}ghts that I would like to express. AT THE BEGINNING..... When all this first started with the early mail-ouM/}ts by Ben I was disappointed that in all of the early printings the User Groups were totally ignored and I felt that M0}this was a big mistake. I even wrote to him and said so. After all, without the User Group there is no support to M1}speak of. WAIT AND SEE ATTITUDE! This was made even more evident when the NWPAC membership decided to "wait and see"M2} when I asked for a vote about subscribing to AC. Could this be one of the reasons for the failure? Who Knows? I doM3} know that in the first survey at least 15 of our members said they would subscribe but the final tally was TWO! CoM4}uld this be another reason for failure? Well, H&%$ YES! A SECOND CHANCE AT A NEW MAG? Well MAYBE, all you fence sM5}itters will get another chance but if you do, "DO IT NOW" According to the info on page 29 of the Feb94 AC we still maM6}y have a chance to keep an ATARI CLASSIC Magazine alive and kicking. BOB WOOLEY and JIM HOOD of SLCC in CaM7}lifornia are thinking about keeping some sort of magazine going. The LAST issue of AC may even have a sample of their M8}efforts and could very well be in your hands by the time our newsletter goes out. A WARNING NOTE FOR FUTURE EDIM9}TORS! Once again I repeat, " Do Not Ignore The User Groups, they Are The 8-Bit World" A WELL THOUGHT OUT WISM:}H LIST Here is what I would like to see in the NEWEST version of The Atari Classic "User Group" magazine M;}1- A 20 to 40 page newsletter done with a combination of TextPro, Daisy Dot III and NewsStation thereby making itM<} a TRUE 8-bit publication. Maybe a little cut & paste extras wouldn't hurt on occasion? Fancy color covers arM=}e not needed. 2- Request that EVERY user group send BOTH, a DISK and a Hardcopy of every newsletter to the ACUGM M>}clearing center which hopefully will be Bob, Jim and at least 3 other members. BOTH formats are a must! We doM?}n't want the committee spending all their time typing in hardcopys or printing out disks. This committee will select M@}the best of these articles for use in the next issue of "AC". 3- Each user group would also send in a disk of gaMA}mes or a DOM or other programs. The committee could build a library of DISKs to be sold just like Antic did. EMB}ven make up a catalog. 4- How about a "QUARTERLY" issue ( 4 per year) AND Do not use a professional publishMC}er! This can get the yearly subscription fee down to the $15 to $20 range and make it more attractive to MORE MD}users. For example, Office Max will copy BOTH sides of the 11 X 16 sheets for $0.24 per sheet. Same size as AC waME}s. A 32 page mag would cost $1.92 to print. Or 400 copies for $768.00. Then the committee could spend a FUN MF}DAY putting these all together for mailing. Isn't that a neat way to have a fun day? AN OFFSET AND CONCMG}LUSION And don't forget, the cost of labels, postage and misc will be offset a bit by the advertisiMH}ng income. I don't know what those fees were for AC. Now if all of the above was done more or less as I have it oMI}utlined, do you know what you would have? A true Atari 8-Bit magazine done by true Atarians all in ONE LOCATIMJ}ON but fed by material from all over the world. And btw, after several months the disk library should be making aMK} NICE PROFIT. Please let BOB and JIM know just what you think BUT DO IT NOW! (Ed. DALE is sounding a warning to allML} you folks who want the 8 BIT to continue to thrive. PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR (complaining) MOUTH IS! A wordMM} to the wise...etc. etc...) **=**=** thrive. PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR (complaining) MOUTH IS! A wordL6 **<>** Taken from the NWPAC, MAY/JUN newsletter. Dale Wooster, president, re: the NEW SpartaDOQO}S 3.2f. "The following is taken from an ARC file I downloaded from The Repair Shop BBS: 3/18/94; It is QP} with great pleasure that FTe has decided to release SpartaDOS 3.2f (FTeSD32f.DCM) and the SpartaDOS QQ} Toolkit (FTe SDTKa.DCM) as SHAREWARE. We realize that a lot of people may have purchased these products, but in orQR}der for any more enhancements to happen, new registration is a necessity. A one-time fee of $19.95 is requQS}ested, and this will get you all 3 manuals (including shipping). If the response to these SHAREWARE products is sQT}ufficient, we will be able to continue support. If not, Well, it's not because you weren't informed of the sitQU}uation. We do have new products scheduled for release, but it's been very expensive to aquire the ICD/OSS rights and QV}set up our new facility. Your feedback and support are very critical right now, as we need to be able to estimate QW}the quantity of these products to be manufactured. (as well as being able to afford it!) The following is a list a prQX}oducts now shipping; Basic XL w/Toolkit & Runtime $49.95 Basic XE w/XL Toolkit $49.95 MAC/65 w/Toolkit QY} $49.95 Action! W/Toolkit & Runtime $49.95 P:R: Connection $34.95 R-Time 8 Cartridge $49.95QZ} U.S. Doubler $24.95 SDX 4.21 Upgrade ROM $12.95 MIO 130XE Extender $19.95 FlashBackQ[} $12.95 Printer Cable $ 8.95 Modem Cable $ 8.95 SpartaDOS SHAREWARE Q\}reg. $19.95 We hope to hear from you soon! Fine Tooned Engineering P.O. BOX 66109 Scotts Valley, CA 95067 (408)GetQ]}-REAL (Info/Support) (408)438-6775 (Fax/BBS Line) (800)For-6502 *(COD/VISA/MC)" (Ed. SUPPORT IT OR LOOSE IT! Show FTe tQ^}hat the 8 BIT'ers will support an honest effort by any company, willing to put its money and expertise behind the 8 Q_}BIT.) <<***>>rt an honest effort by any company, willing to put its money and expertise behind the 8 P [^^^^^^] 4/28/94 PRESS RELEASE Fine Tooned Engineering ]a} unveils MARS 8 Project. (Ed. This press release is important to all 8 BIT'ers, and proves that the venerable 8 BIT]b} is not only alive and well, but thriving. Just think what power your 800XL will have! OL'HACKERS is happy to spread t]c}he word for FTe!) ***** FTe will be introducing a "new" product for the Atari 6502-based 800]d}XL's that is simply "OUT OF THIS WORLD". The MARS 8 has been described as an all-in-one "wonder- board", ]e} that has had well over two years of R&D invested in it's making. Once installed, you won't ever need to peek]f} "under the hood" of your 800XL again. This enhancement will allow your Atari 8-Bit to have more memory than a Mega]g}4! The memory has an option for battery backup and may be used with 256K, 1MB, or 4MB SIMMS. We even threw in S]q}B%DOS SYSB*)DUP SYSBSAUTORUN SYSBURAMDISK COMBXHELP DOCBkMAINMENUHLPB;sNEWSLTR BASBPRESSPRTMNUBWELCOME SCRBCWHO TXTBBJOYSTCKTXTBAUTORUN COMBPRESSPRTHLPBDMEETDATTXTBEPRESMESTXTBaFMAYMIN TXTBGGJUNEMINTXTBHRDY1020TXTB#IVIRUS TXTB*$JCOMMENTTXTBNKFINETOOTXTBMUNBUG TXTB%INCOMINGOBJB'`LMARS8 TXTB;~NBITBYTETXTBTHUNLITEBASBKEYMUSICBASpartaDOS X, The R-Time 8, MAC/65, Action!, Basic XL, and Basic XE, just so you can show your friends the "raw powe]r}r" that these machines are capable of! The price structure and availability is as follows. The MARS 8 ]s}Project (for 800XL's only) Level Options Avail "Galaxy The MARS8 board May 94 ]t}Plus" w/ SpartaDOS X, R-Time 8 $139.95 Basic XL w/TK&RT & 256K (exp to 4mb) "Cosmic]u} MAC/65 w/TK Jun 94 OSS" Action! w/TK&RT Basic XE & Toon-a-Matic (c) ]v} Option add $69.95 "Stellar X-press! Jul 94 Sysop" D-Ram Battery Bkup & Toon-]w}a-Matic (c) Option add $79.95 "Twilight All of the above! Zone" Complete with Aug 94]x} easter eggs... $249.95 (everything) Order a "Galaxy Plus" before 5/31/94 & recieve a "Cosmi]y}c OSS" upgrade voucher towards the "Twilight Zone" model. (which will be released 8/94) The $139.9]z}5 for the Galaxy Plus is an introductory offer. We have "working" prototypes, and these little beasties ]{}are "costly" to manufacture. Due to the unique nature of the MARS 8 Project we have decided to release it ea]|}rly, without any idea of how many of them to produce. We are commited to this price until 6/1/94. This is ]}} a very "cool" product, and we hope that the Atari Community feels the same. We will offer a 30 day money-b]~}ack guarantee on this first run of boards, knowing that once you plug it in, you won't want to take it back ]}out! It would have been nice to have this product "reviewed" by a magazine such as Current Notes, but we wi]}ll be shipping the first boards at the end of May. (which means July issue) **** All prices and features are subje]}ct to change, as we have REALLY gone out on a limb to let everyone know what's happening... As far as ]}the SpartaDOS 3.2f SHAREWARE is concerned, people have been at two extremes. One side which is complaining about "n]}o code" being modified and/or SpartaDOS ownership conflicts. While the other side has balanced out all the "bad v]}IA from on of our newest members OCTAVIAN GRECU. Read it, its sure to open your eyes, and make you appreciate what y9}ou have! Also another well done article on the 1020 Printer Plotter by another of our very newest members R9}UDY DiGIOSAFFATTE, and an article by our prolific TOM ANDREWS. Thanks to new fresh articles by members like these, 9}the OHAUG newsletter is sought after all around the world. Our thanks to them. In response to requests received9}, this issue will have two games for all you gamers. Try CRAZY8.BAS its a great card game, with full instructions. Lu9}ck and strategy needed to beat the computer. Then there is, INCOMING.OBJ, for some fast moving shoot em'up fun. To add 9}to last months many PRINT SHOP programs please see PSINDXER.BAS. A new PS program called PSINDXER.BAS will help you ma9}ke up file records of your PS ICON disks. Read the DOCS of PRNTOOL.BAS a multi-purpose printer utility for Epson or 9}Gemini printers, that will let you print out any ATASCII text file with its CTRL graphics characters and all9} the other special ATARI characters just as they appear on screen. No more garbage when printing inverse characters. 9} Next issue will contain more info for all 8 BIT'ers, be they newcomers or more advanced users. 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It's refreshing to see that there are still people out]} there who care as much about these machines as we do. The money recieved from these programs will be ]}used for new upgrades and products for the Atari 8-Bit Computers. Thanks, ]} Mike Fine Tooned Engineering PO Box 66109 Scotts Valley,]} CA 95067 Telephones: (408)Get-REAL (438-7325) or (800)For-6502 (367-6502) (for orders only) ]} [||||||] Telephones: (408)Get-REAL (438-7325) or (800)For-6502 (367-6502) (for orders only) \ *+*+*+* UNBUGGING BASIC! UNDOING THE BASIC GARBAGE QUIRK A mini-tutorial by Les Wagar ReprinU}ted from NORTH SCOTLAND ATARI USER GROUP "FUTURA" newsletter, by OL' HACKERS, N.Y. (Ed. This article, I believe, refU}ers to the famous ATARI BASIC BUG "B", not the later "C" version, but it's still good advice for all!) BASIC GROWS ON YU}OU Have you ever noticed that your Basic programs seem to get bigger all by themselves, taking up one or U}several sectors more disk space than they used to? Take VIEWDOCS.BAS on Futura issue 11, for instance. It takesU} up 24 sectors--but without changing one byte of the program as written, it should take up 22 sectors.U} ITS NOT THE PROGRAM The quirk is not in the program. The quirk is a bug in the SAVE procedure. If you hU}ave been working on a program--adding, deleting, whatever--or been working in Immediate Mode with the program instU}alled, and then proceed to SAVE the program, you have likely added garbage data to your program. The variable list,U} for instance, will still include any variables which you have deleted from the program or have otherwise playeU}d around with. The simple solution to the problem is: don't SAVE, LIST. THE REMEDY! To SAVE a clean vU}ersion of VIEWDOCS.BAS, enter commands in Immediate Mode as follows: 1. LIST "D?:VIEWDOCS.LST 2. NEWU} 3. ENTER "D?:VIEWDOCS.LST 4. SAVE "D?:VIEWDOCS.BAS Your BAS version now takes up 22 sectors. You U} have removed the garbage. BUT Note in passing that your LST version takes up only 18 sectors, and you mU}ay well ask why your BAS version is still taking up 4 more sectors than it possibly could. WHY? There's an aU}nswer to that question, too, but now you've got to look hard at the program itself. How many times do you repeat nuU}mbers that could be replaced by a variable? If a number is repeated more than twice, replace it with a letter. LeU}t A=1, B=2, C=0, D=3, etcetera, replace the numbers accordingly, and (lo and behold!) your SAVE after a LIST is noU}w getting close to 18 sectors--if not bang on! CAVEAT But be careful, of course. When you start revising a U}program, ALWAYS be sure a working version is tucked away somewhere out of reach. Have fun! *+*+*+U}*gram, ALWAYS be sure a working version is tucked away somewhere out of reach. Have fun! *+*+*+TH BELIN, who resides in Manhatten, joined our club. JOSEPH could not attend the meeting so his wife ANN subst=}itued for him. The BELIN'S are new to the Atari 8-bit. ALEX showed ANN how to operate the computer. He showed=} her how to load DOS, load a file, save a file, file management procedures etc. ALEX gave an extensive lesson on com=}puter usage to ANN. I think ANN and JOSEPH will now have a good foundation of the capability of the Atari compute=}r. VALERIO CORAZZIN from Varese, Italy joined the club. VALERIO saw one of our newsletters and wrote to us and j=}oined. I think you will have a good time in the club. CORRESPONDENCE: A letter from our Scottish member STUART =}MURRAY To RON. He thanked RON for the "TREASURER'S REPORT" program. A letter to RON from ROWLAND GRANT in B.C=}. in Canada thanking him for the "TREASURER'S REPORT" program. He said they are using ATARI BOOK KEEPER program to p=}rint their reports. He said he gave my program to their treasurer for evaluation. He tells us that their ace programm=}er JOHN PICKEN has now debugged his XL-2 program and will release it as shareware. JOHN wants to create an INTERNAT=}IONAL ON LINE 8-BIT MAGAZINE if ATARI CLASSICS folds. JIM HOOD and BOB WOOLEY of SLCC club plan to continue to p=}ublish ATARI CLASSIC as a club activity. They want to keep the 8-Bit magazine alive. It will be continued as a publicat=}ion in California at a cost that allows it to be published at less than a 500 subscriber base. They feel the quali=}ty should be as good or better and the production cycle should be shorter. They plan to mail the copies in an e=}nvelope to protect them better. Stay tuned! We received a postcard from STEVE HOFFEE. STEVE and family were the hard=} workers who copied the 300 A.C. disks every othr month. He ha been ill. He tells us that he is recuperating and fee=}ling better. Good news from BILL SMINKEY from California. He advises his operation was a success, and he is recup=}erating slowly. BILL has the honor ofbeing the oldest member of the club. A letter from our member BEN POEHLAND=}. He tells us about the closing of A.C. and the distribution of the remaining subscriptions. The club voted =}to support SLCC with the disk mailing if they ask us to do so, under the same terms we had with A.C. A letter fro=}m our member DANE STEGMAN of N.Y. He tells us that his PAGE 6 disk will be fixed. He is sad to hear that A.C. =} is stopping publication. He tells us he bought a JAGUAR. He is very happy with it. DAN is a game player and he liked=} the last issue of the N.L. because of the games we had on it. ALEX said on the JUL/AUG N.L. there will be two games. =}What they will be? It is a surprise, and ALEX won't release th names! A letter from JIM CUTLER our member in=} England. JIM was told he can pay his dues in POUNDS, hereafter. European members can now pay in their own currency f=}or any item they order form us. JIM sent us 10 disk with 8 sides of SPARTA DOS UTILITIES. He warned us against t=}he danger of the SCOTTISH SPIRIT WATER. He just indulged in the IRISH version a bit himself on his vacation.=} JIM CUTLER our member from England also writes us that a new BBS is going up called "THE LAND THAT TIME FOR=}GOT". He is a member of it. He is also connected to internet. He is still reading the book on internet. A lett=}er from our member RUDY DiGIOSAFFATTE of N.J. He tells us that he is very happy being a member of the OL' HACKERS. H=}e also is in contact with our member SAM CORY of N.J. He mailed us a disk of LINE DESIGNS for the 1020 PRINTER =} PLOTTER and an article for two of the programs. The disks will be put into our library. He has a modem problem. He us=}es a SX212 modem and his telephone company said he needs DEC VT100 or higher, 8 BITS, NO PARITY, and 1 STOP BIT. He =}has 850 EXPRESS and BOB TERM. I suggested he use the P.R. connection with a modem cable. He wants to direct connect t=}he modem. Anyone have any other suggestions? He is looking for a terminal program that has these p=}arameters. Write to RUDY at 44 Forest Dr., SUCCASUNNA, N.J. 07876. ALEX wrote to our member VALERIO CORAZZIN in Ital=}y. He welcomed him to our club. ALEX wrote one paragraph in Italian and then translated it into English just in cas=}e the Italian was not understandable. ALEX has not used Italian since he was a school boy (and that was a long, long time=} ago. -grin) A letter from DALE WOOSTER from Phoenix, AZ. He suggested because our two clubs seem to be the most =} active in the USA he said he has some 8-Bit material that is very important and we might consider putting it on o=}ur newsletter disks. He feels the A.C. and TEXTPRO, and SPARTA DOS 3.2f are the hottest topics and he encouraged u>}s to use his articles. ALEX said he will use some of his article in the next issue of our newsletter, in order to "sp>}read the word!"-SEE OTHER PARTS OF THIS DISK. Alex also mailed him a special disk! A letter from our member >} in England NORMAN WILLIAMSON. He thanked ALEX for the stamps. He saves stamps and his son in Hong Kong saves them >}also. So we have mailed some of our used postage stamps to NORMAN. He thanked us for the disks that we maile>}d him. He printed out the complete list of our library. It is now 68 pages long and he has one more side of th>}e disk to go. HAROLD PEGLER our librarian not only lists the files on the disk but he ALSO give a description of>} each file. A Super Duper job by HAROLD and the only 8-Bit librarian who does this. NORMAN also told us that he had >}a disk drive that did not work and was very noisy. What he did he SPRAYED IT WITH WD-40. Wonder of wonders the dri>}ve works fine now and is so quiet that he cannot hear it. One caveat. Cover the read/write head with some pape> }r so it does not get oily. Fine Tooned Engineering distributed on the BBS the 8-Bit Atari products now a> }vailable from them. SEE elsewhere in this newsletter the list and the prices. The 8-Bit is still alive! The phone nu> }mber is 408-GET- REAL. We received a picture card from our member DANIEL CARRODANO of France. He draw an arro> }w to show the house where he lives. We needed a microscope to locate it(Grin). JEAN BROKAW of the PACE SE> }TTERS, Atari users group in Largo, Florida wrote to ALEX and asked him if we had a program for making masks. ALEX ma>}iled them them the MASK MAKER PROGRAM post haste. ALEX complimented them on their great newsletter. Our member S>}TUART MURRAY from Scotland, writes us that one of these days he will show up at our club meeting. We dare you >}STU! (grin) He also asked for copies of some disks, which were sent to him for his library. DEMOS: JACK>} GEDALIUS demoed the ANITC SAMPLING PROCESSOR (ANTIC FEB/MAR 1990 page 11). You can digitize your voice or music and i>}t sounds really great. The project is easy to build and all the parts are available in RADIO SHACK. The software>} that comes with it is also really great and very flexible. You now can add your voice or music to your program>}s and no other device is needed to play it back. The program samples several thousands times the voice and digit>}izes it. Because of the high sampling rate an awful lot of the disk sectors are used up. JACK digitized ALEX'S v>}oice and it was amazing how clear and true to life the voice replayed through the computer. If you want more informa>}tion write to JACK GEDALIUS. ALEX came up with a real WINNER. He showed us one of the GREAT-GREAT utilities for >}Atari Basic. The program is called CUSTOM.BAS. It is in the form of a DOS and it is called EXTENDED ATARI BASI>}C Ver 1.1. It is relocatable also so it can be used with TURBO BASIC etc. The menu shows: A. LIST VARIABLES, B. VA>}RIABLE VALUES, C. CHANGE NAME, D. CROSS REFERENCES, E. DELETE LINES, F. RENUMBER, G. CHECK PROGRAM, H. NEW OUTPUT FILE, >}I. RETURN TO BASIC, J. GO TO DOS. This disk is # 475 in our library. If you do ANY programming then you need this d>}isk! We saw the RENUMBER FUNCTION - it almost instantly renumbered a long program. On the CROSS REFERENCE>} function it not ONLY shows you the variables but also on what line they appear. A great time saver when you prog>}ram!. On CHECK PROGRAM it looks to see if there is a GOTO number for each GOTO and a RETURN for each GOSUB. On the VARI>}ABLE VALUES it showes the value of the variables after you run the program. On DELETE LINES is deletes a whol> }e set of lines at once, POOF! RON showed a GREAT new program he wrote. It is a QUICK GUIDE TEMPLATE for the 1st>!} XLEnt Word Processor. The template fits over the keyboard of your 130XE and it has ALL the docs on it. Now everythin>"}g is right in front of you. No more looking it up in the manual. The program prints out the template. You glue it >#}on a stiff piece of cardboard. You need a size 9 X 14 inch, or 23 X 35.5 cm. piece. A corrugated piece of cardb>$}oard from a box is OK. I used a red styrofoam board from a stationary supply house. You glue the template onto the >%} STIFF backing with rubber cement and cut out the spaces for the keyboard and console keys as well as the powe>&}r light. Use a utility knife or a razor blade. All the cut outs are clearly indicated. I made my board 1/2 in. la>'}rger than indicated so I now have a red boarder all the way around. I also covered it with some SELF-ADHESIVE PLASTIC>(} PROTECTOR SHEETS. The board fits perfectly on the 130XE. All the mounting instructions are on the printout. Th>)}e template can also be used with the 800XL. You just cut out the keyboard space and trim it a little on the >*}right side for the console keys of the 800XL. Not only do you have all the wordprocessor commands in front of y>+}ou all the time but you also get a better hand rest because of the template and the computer looks much better>,}. I leave the template on all the time since it does not interfere with the operation of the computer. If you use t>-}he 1st XLEnt W.P. this is the program you need. This program will be printed in our newsletter. If you want th>.}e complete disk it is #476 in our library. For the 1020 plotter. The programs by our member >/} RUDY DiGIOSAFFATTE were put into the library #477. A DOM from the San Leandro Club- (SLCC), April 1994. Ou>0}r library #478. This disk has 55 files on it. 5 games, one utility, one demo, one graphic. Games such as ANTIC BUFF, C>1}RAZY EIGHT, CURRENT BASE, DANDY, MEET THE COWS, PIC FLICK. Next we saw the DOM'S (DISK OF THE MONTH) from D>2}.A.C.E. DACE DOM 3/93. Our library #479. We had a bad copy. We did not see it. Next we saw a disk with games by>3} JOE CHIKO. There were card games and other games. If you have an 800XL you need 256K RAM. It is library #480. Nex>4}t we saw a great disk from our English member NORMAN WILLIAMSON. It was his MENU'S disk. It has GREAT sound and g>5}reat graphics and you can put it on any disk. We loved it! It is library #481. DOOR PRIZES: JOE LEBER ANN BELIN JACK >6}GEDALIUS HARRY TUTHILL Written by RON FETZER and edited by ALEX PIGNATO. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<->END<-<- 1994 June 11, 1994 July 23, 1994 August 20, 1994 4OWELL in Phoenix AZ. He writes interesting articles for NWPAC. JOHN is also a member of our club and a devoteB9}d 8 BIT'er, and we hope JOHN will write for our newsletter also. We also heard from our member in Pinetta, Florida,B:} JOSEPH T, EICHELBERGER, who has paid his dues to December 31, 1995. Our thanks to all our members, specially thosB;}e that paid for 1995, like JOSEPH. NORMAN WILLIAMSON our member from England called, and surprised ALEX onB<} the telephone today, just before he left for this meeting! He sends his regards to all the OL' HACKERS. He had the B=}call timed just right. It was 3:15 PM in England when he called. He called ALEX 15 minutes before he went to the clB>}ub meeting which starts at 11:30 AM on Saturday. Pretty nifty timing NORMAN!. We wish his wife a quick recuperB?}ation. She has been in the hospital. NORMAN is an ex RAF pilot. He told ALEX he will mail us some interesting stB@}uff soon. We received a letter from our member VALERIO CORAZZIN in Italy. He writes us that he mailed BA} an International Money Order to us. We received it at the end of May. ALEX and VALERIO have agreed to write inBB} each others language. As an example, when ALEX writes in Italian, he will have have an English translation with it BC}so if the Italian is no good. there will be a way to decode the letter. VALERIO will do the reverse, write in EngliBD}sh with the translation in Italian. A letter from DALE WOOSTER, the president of NWPAC in Phoenix. It is inBE} color say are they trying to lord it over us? NO WAY JOSE! We have great programs and new items in our newsletBF}ter that nobody has. Do you have a member of your club in MOSCOW? We correspond with a MOSCOVITE 8- Bitter. NexBG}t we are looking for an 8- Bitter in Peking China. ALEX complimented DALE on their very colorful disk cBH}over and the DOM disk with all the games. A very nice and professional job, as usual! (Its very hard to outdo them!)BI} A letter to JEAN BROKAW, Editor of the PACESETTER in Largo Fl. by ALEX. He thanked her for the Lawyer's PuzzBJ}le Page and the programs and articles she mailed him. From JACS in N.J. They received a damaged disk. We maiBK}led them a new copy. A letter from JIM CUTLER our member in England. He is going on INTERNET and is seBL}nding us messages that way. Their BBS is "THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT". He advises that he has read some of the mesBM}sages ALEX left for him on the International ATARI NETWORK of the NEW NEST BBS (516) 234- 4943. We mailed a BN}condensed version schmatic for upgrading the 800XL to our member DAVE GOODWIN in N.J. He said it was very helpBO}ful and quite clear. If you intend to do any upgrade on the 800XL write to me (RON FETZER) and I will mail you a copy.BP} BILL SMINKEY our most senior member writes us and tells us that he is slowly recuperating from his operBQ}ations and feeling much better. We are glad to hear it, BILL! NIBBLE & BYTES from the NWPAUG. They like our neBR}wsletter and mentioned it in theirs. They called us "THE WORLDS BEST DISK 8-BIT NEWSLETTER". Thank you guys - we aBS}lso think so! JOHN DICKERSON from DACE mailed us a bunch of his clubs DOM's. They will be demoed soon. ABT} letter from our member STUART MURRAY in Scotland. He thanked us for the 4 disks we mailed him. A letter from ourBU} member THOMAS WRAY in Texarkana TX. He asked ALEX for some help with a computer problem. THOMAS also wrote to me BV}(RON) about ARRAYS. ALEX answered his letter and so did I and I mailed him a short program. A letter from TWBW}AUG in England. They told us that they are having a problem producing their newsletter because their photo copierBX} broke down, but they got the newsletter out anyway ITEMS: From the XIO 3 the newsletter of the GARDEN BY} CITY ACE in British Colombia in Canada, May/June 1994 issue, complimented and thanked RON FETZER (yours trulBZ}y), for his program "TREASURER'S REPORT". They liked the program and the documentation. From ABBUC in Germany we rB[}eceived their newsletter MAGAZIN #37 and Disk. They liked the program also and they translated it into German. In GermB\}an it is call "SCHATZMEISTERS BERICHT". Everything is in German including the docs. If you want the German version oB]}f the program please order a copy from HAROLD PEGLER our librarian. See Library disk for his address. See demo'sB^} for more info. Library disk # 487. DEMOS: ALEX showed the "MICRO CHECK", (original and many modifications fB_}rom ANALOG) program for the 130XE with two disk drives. The menu is self explanatory and easy to follow. To go B`}to another selection press the select button. Alex showed us how to enter a check. It is very easy to follow. It printBa}s out a nice balance. You can search, and print various parameters, i.e memo's, amounts, payee, etc. The program iBb}s very nice and a great utility. The program was not working correctly and ALEX modified it and corrected the Bc} mistake. It is a must have program. Great for having it when you make out your Income Tax. It is library #482. Bd} SPARTA DOS 3.2F and the SPARTA DOS TOOLKIT, from FINE TOONED engineering, are in our library. They are, librBe}ary number #483. ALEX showed XLTWO.XE. This is a program that takes your XE and XL 256K computer and makes two Bf} independant computers out of it. You can load a program into computer #1 and a different program into computerBg} number #2. You can perform all the functions you normally can do. Your computer is now 2 computers. This GREAT PROGRBh}AM was written by JOHN PICKEN of the GARDEN CITY ACE in BC Canada. This program will undoubtedly become one of tBi}he classics for the 8-Bit computer. It is very versatile and usefull. For instance you can load the docs into computBj}er #1 and the program into computer #2 and then RUN it and go back and forth between the 2 computers. Bk}There are many other great features that are in this program. The two computers can also share a RAM DISKS. It is sBl}imilar to SNAPSHOT(for Sparta DOS) but this program is much easier to use and it is not in SPARTA DOS. Library #484. Bm}On side two is MEMOREASE +. That is a memory improving program.(If I recall correctly - grin) NBn}ext we saw TWAUG disk #9 May/Jun 1994. It had some great games on it. We saw ASYLUM.BAS, a very nice game. You have Bo}to get keys without getting caught. It also has FLOYD THE DROID, BATCAVES, THINK (all 3 are games), RAINBOW1.BAS., MBp}EGABUG, (for MAC65), VISIPLOT, DISASSEMBLER 65, QT, DEMO. Library # 485. ABBUC disk #36 from Germany. It has Bq} a lot of German text programs on it. It also has CONCERT II, FLOP DOC (not the bordello kind - grin). It is library #Br}486. ABBUC DISK #37. On this disk they translated yours truly's program "TREASURER'S REPORT" into German andBs} it is now called "SCHATZMEISTER BERICHT". They did a fantastic job of translation. Library # 487. It also hasBt} some other fascinating programs on it - if we only understood German. (Was ist los - Dumkopf?). SLCC DOM #1205Bu} May 1994. Library # 488. On it is the MAZE OF ABDAGON by Bob Wooley. It is a multi player game up to 8 players. It coBv}nsists of 5 files on the disk. Also POKER SOLITAIRE, PS INDEXER.BAS, BGM.COM (Backgammon Game), SPY HOTELBw} (shoot- em-up), BOXEM.BAS. FUTURA #12 MAR/APR 1994. Side one has a lot of docs and a program called VIEW DOCS.BAS Bx}( A great doc viewer program). A diagram to install a write protect switch. Library #489. The next disk was theBy} MEGA DEMO FROM EUROPE and side two is the complete docs for SPARTA DOS by the late KRIS HOLTEGAARD - This Bz}is the easy way of reading the docs and have an example for each command. GET IT, ITS LOADEDand pretty complete! LibraB{}ry #490. DJINNI FOR GENIE BBS USERS from DACE. On side two is THE CREATOR that will create a menu for you, witB|}hyour own banner heading. It is probably the program used to make the BELLCOM MENU. Library #491. Written by RON FETZB}}ER and edited by ALEX PIGNATO >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<><> BITS 'n BYTES by John D. Kasupski (Ed. This is the first of what I hope wib}ll be many future articles by one of our newest members, whose many newsy, and informative articles I've enjoyed when heb} was editor of the POKEY from the WNYAUG club!) Well, fellow OL' Hackers, greetings from down Buffalo wayb}! Some of you may recognize my byline as belonging to me from the POKEY Newsletter Disk that I used to producb}e for the Western NY Atari Users' Group (WNYAUG). For others, I'll be a complete stranger (until you've fib}nished reading this article). At any rate, I've just joined OHAUG and am going to be writing a regular colb}umn for the OHAUG Newsletter Disk, so I thought I'd use my first column to introduce myself to those of you I hb}aven't been in touch with before, and also let you all know what happened to WNYAUG's POKEY Newsletter Disk. b} Guess I'd best start at the beginning. I've been using Atari 8-bit computer equipment since 1986. I was a WNYAUG mb}ember from 1987 until last summer, and served the group in various capacities, the last being the dual duties b}of Vice President and Newsletter Editor. I'm also sysop of The Starfleet Sickbay BBS in Tonawanda, NY (more onb} that later), and I'm typing this article on my BBS system which consists of a 320K 130XE with three difb}ferent OS chips installed (switchable), 140Mb of hard drives, XF-551, Happy 1050, and XF-35 floppy drives, b}256K MIO, and a US Robotics Sportster 14.4K BPS modem. Oh, and a Brother M-1009 printer, and Magnavox RGB80 monitorb}. I also have a 1-meg 1040ST upstairs but since we (OHAUG) are an exclusively 8-bit group, I won't talk ab}bout that. So, since obviously with all that hardware on my 8-bit system, you just KNOW that I'm a diehard 8-b}bitter (despite the presence of the ST in the house - my wife uses it about 300 times as often as I do), why did I enb}d up leaving WNYAUG? In a word: apathy. I got tired of paying a babysitter to attend meetings with six people in atb}tendance. I got tired of trying to create two-sided newsletter disks with only one other person regularly writingb} articles. I got tired of running a BBS supporting a users' group where only one or two members called the board very b} often. In short, I got tired of trying to be a one-man users' group, so I packed it in. Despite that, I'm too hooked b}on these machines to stay away from the Atari 8-bit community completely. One of the wonders of telecommunications ib}s that even if I'm the only Atari lover around for miles, I can always have my modem dial up a BBS somewhere else tb}hat's chock full of people who share my interest AND enthusiasm. So, here I am. I dialed up The New Nest BBS onb}ce too often, I guess, and let our esteemed President talk me into joining Ol' Hackers. I'm sure I won't regret it, andb} in fact I hope to find it refreshing to belong to a group that has members who PARTICIPATE. Thereb} is a lesson here for all of you. WNYAUG was once one of the premier Atari users' groups in America. The Tub}rbo BASIC XL we are all so fond of was first brought to this country from Holland by WNYAUG. The German docs were trab}nslated to English by WNYAUG's Dave and Laura Yearke. The Great lakes Atari Expo hosted in Buffalo by WNYAUG severab}l years ago was legendary. POKEY was one of the best Atari newsletters anywhere. Wizard's Attic BBS had callb}ers from Boston to LA, callers from overseas, for awhile you were lucky to get through the busy signals in orderb} to log on. And now, POKEY is history, Wizard's Attic has been down for over a month, and the group itselb}f is not even a shell of its former self. This, my friends, is what apathy can do to even the best of users' b}groups. OHAUG is fortunate that it has contacts in the Atari community that stretch literally around the globe. The b}New Nest BBS is an excellent resource. The bimonthly newsletter-on- disk reflects the effort that Alex and others pub}t into it, and is something all OHAUG membes can and should be proud of. So take a warning from me: it can allb} fall apart VERY fast if you let it. PLEASE, support your newsletter, support your group, and support The New Nesb}t BBS! There are some really unbelievable products and programs being released RIGHT NOW for the Atari 8-bit machinb}es. Believe me, the 8-bit is NOT dead...and it is groups like OHAUG and users like US that help keep it alive, as well b}as the significant presence of Atari bulletin boards like The New Nest and my own board. Don't overlook these resourcb}es...you do NOT want to lose them, ever, as we just lost the ATARI CLASSICS magazine! Which brings me back to b}my own board...Starfleet Sickbay BBS. yeah, I know, it's a long distance call for most of you. But for those of you whb}o are willing to pay a few cents extra for a phone call, have your modem ring up Sickbay at 716-873-4833, from 300 tob} 14,400 baud in whatever translation trips your trigger. I'm networking with some of the foremost Atari developb}ers in the country and tend to get new releases FAST, sometimes the same day they're released! - and in addition to b}that, there is access to all sorts of luminaries in the Atari community via the Universal SysOps' Federation and b} our continent-wide network of Atari boards running on BBS Express Professional (tm). I hope to be able to bringb} the power of this network to bear, to contribute to OHAUG as best I can. I've alleady started, in fact. If youb} have a modem, get on the New Nest BBS and check out some of the files I've uploaded there recently. Some of this stub}ff'll knock your socks off, and all for the price of a local phone call! Additionally, if you have a problem, just putb} it on a BBS, and I assure you, you will get many responses on how to overcome your problem, within a day or two.b} If you don't have a modem...GET ONE!! I can't emphasize this enough. the days of multitudes of commercial softb}ware houses selling NEW stuff for our machines are gone. The distribution of NEW programs is almost exclusiveb}ly ONLINE these days. Since I'm a sysop this may sound self- serving, but I guarantee you I'd be saying the exab}ct same thing even if I didn't run a BBS. EVERY Atari 8-bit machine should have a modem connected to it. If it doesn'b}t, it is a severely crippled system. So get thee a modem and term program...and in the meantime, stay tunedb} to my columns here, and I'll try to keep you up to date on what you're missing out on without one. Hopefully you will b} want to be a part of the people who use the modem as an adjunct to their systems. Till next time....... b} <><><>be a part of the people who use the modem as an adjunct to their systems. Till next time....... ` +, SCLIGSOFCTRTOPLNBOTLNSTPLINENBr@d@@1@f} SAVE "D:THUNLITE.BASĺŮӧBY ɛANf}TIC PUBLISHINGeeLITENING ADDED & MODIF. 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