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Πġ -|Vol: he ||Issue: njoy he ummer! || b}   || is for   Bringing ||dedicated   you the ||'c}   ||around the  䠸||!   programs!|| d} ||  ||--> <--|| e}  ||  || Atari User Group Inc.(c)1985 |*** Alex Pignato, Pref}sident ****** 3376 Ocean Harbor Drive ****** Oceanside, N.Y. 11572 ***g}|Charter Member NEAR*US ATARI USER Gp.|| 쮯箠 |h}* Alex Pignato, President ****** 3376 Ocean Harbor Drive ****** Oceanside, N.Y. 11572 *** *********************************** OL' HACKERS WHO iS WHO? ? ? ? ? ? ? PRESIDENT..............Alex Pignato j}DISK NEWSLETTER EDITOR.Alex Pignato VICE-PRESIDENT....... Jack Gedalius MEMBERSHIP........... Jack Gedalius MA o} <*><*> MINUTES: MAY 18, 1996, MEETING OPENING BUSINESS: President, ALEX, opened our meeting remindi} =+=+= MINUTES OF MEETING OF JUNE 8, 1996 OPENING BUSINESS: RON FETZER, Secretary and Trm}easurer, took over the helm from an absent ALEX PIGNATO (well, we all need a break some time, don't we?) and opened (} ****** PRESIDENTS MESSAGE by ALEX PIGNATO EXCLUSIVE: Thanks to our membey}GAZINE LIBRARIAN....Jack Gedalius SECRETARY................Ron Fetzer TREASURER................Ron Fetzer BLAN p}K DISK SALES.........Ron Fetzer LIBRARIAN.............Harold Pegler Coffee & Cake.........Harold Pegler Legal q}Counsel........Jerry Ginsberg NEWSLETTER LIBRARIAN...Alan Sharkis Liason to other clubs..Alan Sharkis LIB. COP r}Y MASTER.......(open) EQUIPMENT-MANAGER..... (open) NOTE-[*] denotes change in position. s} ***** (O.H.A.U.G.) is in no way associated with the ATARI Corp.,or any of their afffiliates, other than using a great t} product. Atari and Atari related products are the Trademarks of their respective companies and used Only as inf u}ormational help to our members and Atari user in general. Opinions herein are not necessarily those of O.H.A.U.G. but v} those of the various individual authors. O.H.A.U.G. is a NOT-FOR-PROFIT Organization in the State of N.Y. w}O.H.A.U.G. will NOT tolerate ANY referances-directly or by implication to piracy or the use of any computer equipmen x}t for illegal activities. DEADLINES FOR NEWSLETTER JAN/FEB DEC 31 JUL/AUG JUN 30 MAR/APR FEB 28 SEPT/OCT A y}UG 31 MAY/JUN APR 30 NOV/DEC OCT 31 Submitted articles are preferred asdis z}k text files, preferably made on the1ST XLENT Word Processor, in 38 columnsbut it will be gratefully accepted ashard cop {}y. Send your articles, commentsto:OL' HACKERS Newsletterc/o A. Pignato,3376 Ocean Harbor DriveOceanside, N. Y. 11572 |}.Please refer to the above schedule forOL' HACKERS NEWSLETTER deadlines. ****end*****. ****end** e *+*+*+*+* NEW SCHEDULE OF MEETING DATES Meetings To Aug. 10, 1996. Start at 11:30 A.M. and go to 5:00 P.$~}M.Šנ : July 6, 1996 meetingand August 10 dates have been added tothe list. Please mark your calendar!DEC$}EMBER 25, 1995 - Hope you enjoyedJANUARY 1, 1995 - the HOLIDAY SEASON! January 6, 1996 1st Sat. February$} 10, 1996 2nd Sat. March 9, 1996 2nd Sat. March 14 (XMAS?) DINNER at LAMBRAUS! April $} 20, 1996 3rd Sat. May CHANGED TO 18, 1996 3rd Sat. June 8, 1996 2nd Sat. July 6$}, 1996 1st Sat. July-BOB RUBINO 21 Sun. Picnic Dinner August 10, 1996 2nd Sat. NEW DATES PRINTED AS SO$}ON AS RECEIVED ->->END<-<-rd Sat. May CHANGED TO 18, 1996 3rd Sat. June 8, 1996 2nd $* SAVE "D:TIPSPRNT.BAS"tc([}ӠӠҠ. IT WILL PRINT SOME VERY GOOD TD}IPS. HIT [START] TO CONTINUE!t( Ҡο F:B2y,@@ /3SOME USEFUL TIPS/3BY Robert DeLeD}tter ]]3UTaken from TWAUG, Issue 18, NOV/DEC 1995, and typed by A. 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Then go to DOS P**3"and hit H to rewrite DOS as above!Zrr3jTo chain a binary file to an AUTORUN.SYS, go to DD}OS and hit C, then type Filename.ext,AUTORUN.SYS/A-RETURNdII3ALET permits you to use commands as variables-> e.g. LET GOSUD}B=10.nOO3GTo print out a disk directory, go to DOS hit A and type ,P: and RETURN.xUU3MWhen in BASIC you can disable BASD}IC-> POKE 1016,1 then RETURN and then RESET.jj3bFrom DOS, you can list on screen your BASIC program-> hit C then type D:FD}ILENAME.EXT,E: and RETURNaa3YFrom DOS, you can print your BASIC program-> hit C then type D:FILENAME.EXT,P: and RETURND}==35To reboot DOS-> POKE 202,1 and RETURN then hit RESET.9931to remove key click sound-> POKE 731,1 and RETURN\\3TInD} DOS, add a /N to the filename to delete the file without the query 'Y' to delete.ll3dWhen in DOS, you can write text (onD}e line) to a file-> press C and RETURN, then type E:,FILENAME.EXTqq3iTo save programs faster and without DOS 2.5 'verify D}option'-> POKE 1913,80. Then go to DOS & rewrite DOS.oo3gPrinter as typewriter-not screen-> S1=PEEK(838):S2=PEEK(839):POKD}E 838,,PEEK(58422):POKE 839,PEEK(58423)==35To go back to NORMAL SCREEN-> POKE 838,S1:POKE 839,S2qq3iERROR 164? (file D}mismatch-happens lot) still will be able to load-> POKE4148,234:POKE 4149,234 and RETURN++3#Now load file even with the ED}RRORS.,,3$Disable keyboard? type-> POKE 16,255443,Leave out the ? in INPUT? Type-> INPUT #16,A]]3UTo reboot the cD}omputer-> POKE 580,1 RETURN then RESET, or type BYE RETURN then RESET.%%3Fine scrolling-> POKE 622,255D:TIPSPRNTF} ************************************ (Ed. The following article was origI}inally sent to me some time ago by KEN WICKERT, V. P. of A.C.E. of SYRACUSE. We reprint it here with permissioI}n. A.P.) -=-=-=-=-=- Dear Sir, In reply to your request to send a check, I wish to infI}orm you that the present condition of my bank account makes it almost impossible. My shattered financial conditiI}on is due to Federal Laws, State Laws, County Laws, Corporation Laws, Liquor Laws, Mother in Laws, Brother in I} Laws, Sister in Laws, and Outlaws. Through these laws I am compelled to pay a business tax, amusement tax, head I}tax, school tax, gas tax, light tax, furniture tax, and excise tax. I am required to get a business license, caI}r license, operator's license, truck license, hunting license, fishing license, and not to mention a marriageI} license and a dog license. I am required to contribute to every society and originization which the genius of I}man is capable of bringing to life; to the womans relief, the unemployed relief, and the gold diggers relief. AI }lso to every hospital and charitable institutation, the Salvation Army, Community Chest, Red Cross, Purple Cross, DI }ouble Cross, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. as well as way stations for Wayward girI }ls and of course Boys Ranch and Boys Town. For my own safety I am required to carry health insurance, lifI }e insurance, fire insurance, property insurance, liability insurance, burglary insurance, accident inI }surance, business insurance, earthquake insurance, tornado insurance, flood insurance, auto insuranI}ce and old age insurance. My business is so governed that it is no easy matter to find out who owns it. I am iI}nspected, expected, suspected, fined, commanded and compelled, examined, reexamined, informed, and requiredI} until I provide an inexaustable supply of money for every known need, disire or hope of the human race. Simply I}because I refuse to donate to something or other, I am boycotted, talked about, lied about, held up, held down anI}d robbed, until I am almost ruined. I can tell you this honestly, that except for a miracle that happened thI}is morning I could not have enclosed this check. The Wolf that comes to my door nowadays just had pups in my kitI}chen. I sold them, here is your money. Very Truly Yours, An OL' HACKER! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- my kitHv *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* NEWSLETTER REVIEWS by Alan Sharkis OHAUG Newsletter LiM}brarian This has been a very busy period for me and for my family. So busy that I didn't attend the May OHAUG meeting. M} Neither did I attend the May meeting of my other user group. I have a lot to catch up on, and this column is no exceptM}ion. Here goes. The LVAUG News for January/February 1996 -- This issue reprints T.PATRICK5's GEnie message M}entitled, "The Little Company Who Cried Wolf." It's dateline was about a year ago, and it turned out to be quitM}e prophetic. There's also an article by LESLE MILLER of USA Today spotlighting those of us who cling to comfoM}rtable old computers. Name Game, by "THE OLD DOG" (NeoStag News, 1991) gives us some amusing definitions oM}f familier acronymns. There's also an article about the microchips that are implanted in pets to insure that they cM}an be identified later. Hold on ... nothing about Atari computers specifically? I wondered too, until I sawM} a small article inserted by "The Editor" that made me realize what was happening. It seems that editor LARRY TISCHBEINM} spent some time coping with the unusually heavy snowfall this past winter, and then coping with a knee replacM }ement. We all hope that you're doing well by now, Larry, and you can put last winter and the surgery behind you. M!} Update Atari (HACE) for March 1996- GEORGE IKEN has started a column of specific interest to 8-bitters. He worked oM"}ut yet another permutation in the continuing saga of transferring Atari-generated text to another platform. ThisM#} one null-modemed the AtariWriter files to an ST running a text editor where the Atascii EOL characters were replacedM$} with ASCII line feed and carriage return characters. You can do this straignt from AtariWriter using R1: asM%} your save destination. Then the printer codes were stripped out in WordPerfect on a PC, which can read SM&}T disks. (FR)ANTIC (AAAUA) for March 1996-- This issue reprints LARRY ALLEN's article on SpartaDos X from thM'}e January 1992 (FR)ANTIC. This article deals with a variety of commands for the SDX, including some novel ways of usingM(} those commands. Nybbles & Bytes (NWPAC) for March/April 1996 -- This issue contains many informative aM)}rticles. RON GIBSON tells of his experiences picking up the various "newsgroups" on USENET (part of the Internet.) HM*}e explains how he's able to receive them, including the 8-bit-specific comp.sys.atari.8bit, via his 8-bit compuM+}ter running ICE-T. President DALE WOOSTER describes his contact with FRANK WALTERS of Panama City, FL. Dale, asM,} you know, is the author of the manual for TextPro, and Frank just bought that manual. Frank, it seems, has written mM-}any articles and has given NWPAC the rights to reprint them, some original TextPro macros, and a promise of an article M.}on bank switching in TextPro. Frank also reported to Dale that RONNIE RICHIE, the author of TextPro, will beM/} getting out the FINAL RELEASE in the near future. SAM COREY also sent Dale several disks of macros that were cM0}reated for him by JOHN McGOWAN. There are two very long articles by BO and ERNEST SCHREURS, the creators of the PooldisM1}k, about that product. I had read the gist of Bo's article before -- it was included in the OHAUG copy of the M2}Pooldisk. But Ernest's article on how the disk was created, and how NICK KENNEDY (SIO2PC) and others helped theM3}m. The VIRUS ALERT column (no author listed) is for laughs. Big ones! JIM ULLOM's column (MVACE News, SeptemberM4} 1995) on transferring files from the 8-bit to a PC concentrates on the null-modem technique, but really homes M5} in on the details of the necessary cable. There is an article reprinted from the PSAN Newsletter, March 1992 by NM6}ICK BERRY (S*P*A*C*E) on how to make heat-transfer t-shirts using your computer and dot-matrix printer. XIO3 (GCACM7}E) for March/April 1996-- Read ROWLAND GRANT's "8-Bit Feeding Frenzy!" 'Nuf said. LVAUG News form March/April 1996-M8}- JAMES G. MARTIN, in an article reprinted from the April 1992 (FR)ANTIC, chalks up his continuing use M9} of Atari 8-bit computers to pride. This is a well-written article. A handy list of error messages occM:}upies page 3 of this article. Editor LARRY TISCHBEIN's new knee is doing well, and he has found a way to "needlM;}e" LVAUG members into writing articles. What he does is to include an article from WordPerfect Magazine. BM<}ut the article can mean something to you, and get you laughing. Look for "Hard Drive Homicide" by DENNIS KESSINGER. M=} The Sense and Nonsense column is also good for a few laughs. There's enough nostalgia in the Associated Press M>} article about ENIAC'S fiftieth anniversary by MICHAEL RAPHAEL to include the article in this issue.The issue concludM?}es with a reprint of RUSSELL STOWE's Back to Basic (May, 1994 issue of (FR)ANTIC) column on disk drives. The PM@}ACESetter for April 1996--This issue has a heavy emphasis on joysticks and other controllers. DALE WOOSTER MA} and JOHN POWELL's (Nybbles & Bytes, January/February 1996) article on using Nintendo controllers for AtariMB} 8-bits comes first. JEAN BROKAW contributes an article on fixing joysticks and a short type-in program that useMC}s the joystick to position a cursor on the screen. CHRIS LIVELLI's article and type-in program (reprinted form MD}(FR)ANTIC, August 1993) on joysticks is also included. On the same page as these two is a list of STICK and STRIG vME}alues for BASIC programmers. JOE HICSWA has contributed an article and a type-in program for converting text captured inMF} Bobterm (40 colums) into two-column pages to save paper. JEAN BROKAW also contributes a short type-in that creates tMG}he sound of a jet plane flying. This months puzzles, limericks, etc., are all concerned with flight and aircraMH}ft. (FR)ANTIC for April 1996--President TODD SUNRUNNER has released the results of a membership survey that poMI}ints the club in a direction not very different from what they have already taken. The suggestions for improvemenMJ}t are interesting. Read the President's Viewpoint column and see how OHAUG compares. JAMES MARTIN's Deep TMK}houghts column is concerned with 8-bit publications and how they "hang in there." I may disagree with James' conclML}usion that AC, for example, has improved after the SLCC crowd took it over from Ben Poehland, but I have to admire MM}the perseverence of those who continue the print publications. On the back of the issue is a column in which ediMN}tor MANUEL GARCIA introduces .ARC and .DCM files and writes about reading .DOC and .TXT files from DOS. ThMO}e PACESetter for May 1996-- OHAUG members ALEX PIGNATO and RON FETZER contributed modfications to PACE on improving thMP}e PACE contest game "SUB- ATACK". The program now shows the Highest Score, and saves it to disk. Their contributiionMQ}s are recognized in this issue. JOE HICSWA has written a short column on the non- human nature of computers. MR} He feels that a more suitable metaphor for the computer would be a book. I agree that the "human" part of computer'MS}s responses are due to the skill of the programmers. I've often told young children that computers are really very MT}stupid, but that they are very fast. I also tell the kids that THEY are very smart, but not as fast as a computer. TMU}hen I tell the kids that the combination of their intelligence and the computer's speed is unbeatable. Most kiMV}ds buy that. A few concrete, literal thinkers have trouble with the concept. I can either allow them to contMW}inue to think the computers are "smart" (the easy way) or I can teach them to write simple routines in LogoMX} (harder, but much more convincing and empowering!) The Daisy Dot III demonstration in the newsletter is reprinMY}ted from the October 1991 issue of the Alein Transmissions Newsletter and was written by A.D. "BUD" DAVIS, JR. If it doeMZ}sn't convince you to at least consider DD3, then you haven't seen it! Most of the games and puzzles this month areM[} concerned with the Spanish language and Spanish culture. *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*zzles this month areLi =-=-=-= (ED. I think most of us will agree with the following article whose author is unknown! AQ]}.P.) YOU CAN TELL YOU'RE SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME AT YOUR COMPUTER WHEN: ..Your alarm goes off and you haven't been to Q^}bed yet. ..You work 3 weeks on a program that uses 16k of memory, then a friend shows you one that does the same thQ_}ing in 15 lines. ..You start to like cold french fries and warm milk. ..A tornado blows the roof off your house, andQ`} all you notice is the light is better. ..Your GOSUB never returns. ..You spend the weekend getting a Big Mac out of youQa}r keyboard. ..The local "weather radar" statiions ask you to power down during their broadcast so the blind spot wontQb} show on their scope. ..You just start to save the ultimate program that you've created and the power goes off. ..YQc}our wife starts to watch football. ..You check the calendar to see what season it is. ..The cat wants to sleep on Qd} the computer because its the warmest place in the house. ..Your phone bill starts to resemble the national debt after Qe}you buy your modem. ..The folks at the computer store know you on a first name basis. ..A concerned neighbor stops by tQf}o see if you're okay. ..You finally win the game after 357 hours of play. ..All your friends buy computers, just so tQg}hey can understand you when you talk. ..You believe that the calculations in your program are correct, and the earQq}Â?B%DOS SYSB*)DUP SYSBSRAMDISK COMBYMAINMENUHLPBaWELCOME SCRBMkFMAYMIN TXTBalGJUNEMINTXTB#nEPRESMESTXTBiCWHO TXTB}DMEETDATTXTBVAUTORUN SYSBXAUTORUN COMBDNEWSLTR BASBPRESSPRTMNUBPRESSPRTHLPBHELP DOCBBJOYSTCKTXTBTIPSPRNTBASBHLETOWE TXTBGINLREV TXTB\JADDICT TXTBuHILIGHT BASBLRGDSKLABASBTNYDSKLABASBJQUICKREFOBJB KQUICREFTXTth was destroyed three years ago. ..You can hardly read the BASIC manual for all the tape thats holding it together.Qr} ..You have to press the R, E, or S key five or six times before they work. ..You start to understand machine code. Qs}..You suddenly notice that your beard has grown down between your legs. ..When you see a strange baby crawling near you aQt}nd you don't recognize it. * end *down between your legs. ..When you see a strange baby crawling near you aP2 DLISB@dBhSAVE "D:HILIGHT.BAS%-A6Ax"!% %%6-F:A`,Uv}%F:Aa,$AVS%@A@+%@AC-%@%@(OA0S 9A'Uw}A@9BBAZZ72,173,11,212,233,12,74,74,197,84,208,13,169,146,141,10,212,141,24,208,133,203,76,41Ux}KK6,165,203,201,146,208,10,169,148,141,10,212,141,24,208,133,203,104,64D4:HILIGHT.BASTar ROBERT DE LETTER, from BELGIUM, OL' HACKERS is bringing you a brand new game that is being distributed EXCLUSIVELY iz}n the USA, and for the FIRST TIME . ROBERT wrote "DRAGON LORD" using TURBO BASIC, and you, my dear members will have th{}e first copies. We are departing from our usual format, and for the first time, "DRAGON LORD" which tak|}es up a whole disk side, will be found on side 2 of this newsletter. Instructions will be found when you run the pro}}gram in BASIC. I think you will agree with me when I say it is an extremely well done and interesting game with v~}ery good graphics, and with many facets to it. It is easily the equivelant to any commercial offering. In ROB}ERTS letter which I quote, he writes "Thanks for the May/June issue of OHAUG. I'm now as anxious to receive OHAUG }as I did for ANALOG, ANTIC, Compute,....many years ago." That is truly a great compliment, and I accept it humbly!} So, ROBERT, not only do we thank you for the exclusive UNITED STATES rights to "DRAGON LORD", but also for your} wonderful compliment. It's nice to know that ones efforts are well received, by one who is such a good programme}r. SPREADING THE WORD! RON FETZER and I, at the request of our friends at P.A.C.E. in FLORIDA, took "SUBATACK.BAS}" and modified it so that it now saves the highest score, by writing it to disk, with the name of the SUB COMMANDER} (the player). This was sent to them so that they could use it for a contest. To go one step further, the hard work}ing, very knowledgeable RON, translated the program to GERMAN, and on behalf of OHAUG, sent it to our friend}s in GERMANY, the ABBUC club,and also sent English copies to our friends, TWAUG in ENGLAND, and FUTURA in SCOTLAND.} A copy is now in our PD disk Library. WHATS ON THIS DISK? Side one has a very interesting BASIC program for hi}ghlighting a line of text on screen, "HILIGHT.BAS". Additionally, also from our BELGIUM member, ROBERT DE LETTER, }comes a text printer program with valuable tips, called "TIPSPRINT.BAS". Also you will find "LRGDSKLA.BAS" and "TNYDSK}LA.BAS" for printing out your disk directories in different sizes. These are two more label printer programs. One makes ve}ry small print on Epson (and compatable) printers. PICNIC DINNER. Our annual PICNIC dinner is to be held on Sun}day, July 21, 1996 at BOBBY RUBINO'S, a restauraunt known for its grilled dishes. The menu includes your choice of: Lon}don Broil w/mushroom gravy; 1/2 BBQ or Roasted Chicken; Stuffed Chicken Breast; 12 oz. Chopped Steak w/fried onion}s, as well as the usual salad, baked potato, Cole Slaw, desert and coffee/tea. (Does that make your mouth water?) From }my, and my wifes prior visit to this restaurant, I am sure that we will enjoy a great meal and great conversation. T}he cost to each member is $12.00 per person. I'm sorry that not all our worldwide members can join in this great way }to socialize. INTERNET ADDRESSES! Are you using your modem to connect with other OL' HACKERS? Did you ma}ke a note of the prior OHAUG INTERNET addresses? If so, here are three more INTERNET addresses: alex.pignato@278-}103.MX1.Fidonet.org jimcutler@cix.compulink.co.uk w.sminkey@ genie.com GETTING INFO THROUGH INTERNET! Thanks t}o my INTERNET surfer, ALAN SHARKIS, I often get news that I would ordinarily not have. ALAN, at my request sent a me}ssage to our senior member BILL SMINKEY, in California. I'm happy to say that BILL responded, and is holding his own, }df}AZAwbbSET FOR EPSON COMPATABY}LE & STAR NX 1001 PRINTER SAVE "D:LRGDSKLA.BAS >>(6}LRGDSKLA.BAS by N. Wand-Former OHAUG member-3Y}/10/86oo(gPROG WILL ŠΠנӮ-HIT ˠϠ THIS MESSAGE, THEN HIT CONT AND RETURN TO CONTINUE(Y}qq(iTHIS UTILITY WORKS WITH ANY EPSON COMPATABLE PRINTER. IT PRINTS A NORMAL TYPE SIZE DIRECTORY.dd(\USE LY}ARGE LABELS. -- POSITION LABEL ON EXTREME LEFT SIDE OF PRINTER PLATTEN.(ii(aIT WILL PRINT THE FILE NAMES Y}AND FREE SECTORS MESSAGE. IT ALSO SPACES TO NEXT LABEL.2FF(>FEEL FREE TO MODIFY IF YOUR LABELS ARE NY}ON-STANDARD.7D(D(9P.S. 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[:La}L| >: ( LTHUHTU* ~(hUhT|( ~(`variables & constants variables only a}constants only   GATHER DATA ON: _ variables & constants variables only constants onlya}Ri  Ƽ'Q/ ~( :˭w  L%hhLs S0Ƴ&p±ii a}Т` CANNOT READ FILE, CHECK DISK DRIVE 8   L hi jkh^iY8'm((a}J)E  c¤…ei ($L? e 9L ei8尅ȱa}0jȱ𾅴'ȱL7SLȱ "iL 4ȘqĴL ĵǢȠ ~( y" a}))L* Sorting...ɀ˄ <<HhL JȱiŸ8ȥL e  a}ȑe   н/0$1J$! ~("/ : ! [:$L  Э! M`}a} quickref STR=Get incomplete results RST=QuitToo many variables and/or constants!You may (1) Get incomplete resula}ts or (2) Quit and run variables& constants separately i i8   nna}`   hhLZ!  4潤澤Ѻii`8L"a}潤澤8    L # S0) \g 9hhw#L%## ~( :hhw a}  L%Ls NOT A BASIC SAVED FILE  }mi ) )JJ*   S0a}`fL#0̭1͠$$ȱ$$$@ԩ/0$1$% \ϩ`pFA$ a} pFpPA$HHϽ$ EO%NЍн$EO%Nhh@ύ@ԥTTT5T5)M3)a}32)21) 1Lr%54123Lx%451ҭ2ҭ3L_ $"/& ~(wL6i@w  a}i@  )) & W'L & [: `'%w& !! >: (L&b}even though he is having blackouts, and the doctors don't know what causes them. Keep your chin up BILL, just as you hav}e done in the past. Our best to you. ALAN, also at my request contacted JIM CUTLER, in ENGLAND, and sent }him my regards, and asked him to send me a certain program. JIM responded immediately. Thank you JIM, and ALAN. }You both keep showing your value to OL' HACKERS in so many ways. BYE FOR NOW....... * end *, and ALAN. png all, of the summer meeting dates: July 6th and August 10th. The following date is probably of as much interest (or} more, for those gourmands out there): Sunday, July 21st at 7:30 PM we will be dining at BOBBY RUBINO's RESTAURANT. Men}u offered will be tossed salad & choice of barbq'd or roasted half chicken, london broil with mushroom grav}y (ALEX liked, ummm). stuffed chicken breast with mushroom sauce (MARIE, ALEX's wife, loved), 12 oz. chopped }steak with fried onions & baked potato, cole slaw, coffee/tea/soda, ice cream/yogurt/rice pudding and th}e tab, per person, is $12.00, tax and tip included. How does ALEX get such good deals??? ALEX advised that he ha}s joined the FORDHAM JESUIT BBS in the Bronx and, hence, discussed the advantages offered through NYNEX's te}lephone company's new program allowing a wider range of unlimited calls (at any time of day) to 5 boros, Nassau, Suffol}k, and Westchester, for an additional monthly flat rate of $7.50 (Option 2), over your average bill for the last 2 y}ears. So, it will be different for each individual household. This flexibility affords local Club members to en}joy unlimited hours of BBS, or calls to local members. (It's a MUST for him because he would have a canary if his fami}ly's calls continued their usual prior pattern, now that the family is spread out.) ALEX restated in a confirmed m}anner how it was well worth the cost. For $5 membership, ALEX got an e- mail address (on the National Echo) as wel}l from FORDHAM JESUIT BBS. Because it's run by a Jesuit Priest, some of our Jewish members wondered if the}y should use a pen name. (Grin...) In answer to this BBS's survey of which hardware used by the BBS} members: the ATARI 8-BIT achieved 78 votes while the ST received only 57, the APPLE-40, MAC-27, PC & CLONE-405, TRS}-22, COMMODORE 64-69, AMIGA-25 and OTHER-73. Quite a showing, ATARI! The survey covered age groups: Under 18=8}1, 18-25=108, 26-35= 190, 36-45=229, 46-55=100, 56-65=43 and Over 65=20. The most important uses for the co}mputer was WordProcessing #1, Telecommunications #2, Business #3 ... Games=59 people, Household & Budge}ting=34, Education=38, Mailing List=5 and Programming=52. The Club members showed interest in possibly joining BBS/}Internet. CORRESPONDENCE: Letter ALEX sent to TOM HUNT who is a prolific computer programmer introducing th}e OL' HACKERS and inviting him to join. ALEX went right to the source asking this programmer who designed "THE } WORKS" originally for his most updated versions in DOS 2.5 as well as SPARTADOS, and sent the requested $5.00. That's }the moxy we need to keep our 672 disk library with its progressive edge! Do you think that TOM's enjoyment of the M}AR/APRIL OHNL will induce him to join? Stay tuned. This was April 24th and nothing has been heard as of yet} -- but, as ALEX puts it, it is early. JIM CUTLER, one of our British members, writes under date of March 26,} 1996, sharing programs, NEWSROOM and FLIPART. His e-mail has been buzzing: ALAN SHARKIS, BILL SMINKEY, as wel}l as a letter from FRANK STAGSTETTER of Dayton, OH. As ALEX affirmed, it's great that OHAUG Members reac}hing out to each other worldwide. STAN SCHENFELD advised that he is offering a FREE 800 with 9 volt POWER}PACK and ... a FREE 13" Color TV, it has beautiful color, but, one little problem, NO SOUND ... picky, picky, pic}ky! Letter to DAVID A. PATERSON, who wrote CARDSTAX program, reminding him that OHAUG's library would welcome any} input from this programmer and invite him to join this valuable micro Club. Letter from JEAN BROKAW of PACE}SETTER, dated April 28, 1996, thanked the dynamic duo for their much worked on, many times modified, SUBATTACK} game and modified RECIPUTE program. Poor JEAN painstakingly typed the newsletter with her good hand while h}er other lay, quite bruised in a splint. Aah, ALEX definitely had empathy (his arthritic hands). Last meet}ing, OHAUG demo'd SUBATTACK (JOE LEBER enjoyed its original simplicity years ago) which PACE wants to use in a }contest. And the Club discussed the benefits of the RECIPUTE program which could also be used for inventory, etc. }ALEX sent accolades on their great newsletter, too! JOHN POWELL writes to RON FETZER with another "couple" of }questions. What would our newsletter be without JOHN's "couple" of questions. RON responded to his basic que}stions giving him info on ST clubs. HAROLD kept chiming in that JOHN never answered his question, whatever tha}t was! Anyway, this letter got the whole Club involved in a discussion, and that is always good. DEMOS: }OH#647 - Germany's ABBUC MAGAZINE #44, MARCH '96 - s/l: Intros with picture of strong man while racy music plays }furiously - (HARRY then requested a DIR printout which made all members 'mach schnell') Der Fuerher PIGNA}TO lead the way, while RON did the vootenwerken. These amateur programmers were at first blocked by the m}achine language used to program, the Dynamic Duo continued to enjoy the challenge. The whole Club chimed in th }eir 20 cents (inflation, right?) After recognizing that their attempts were futile, ALEX directed HARRY to ABBU }C. RON translated this side's titles, some of which are INFO FROM THE CLUB FROM THE REGIONAL AREA, SMALL NOTICES, NEW } FROM ABBUC, THE BOX, A JIGSAW PUZZLE GAME (with music that could drive a hacker mad), TERMINATOR II, A FILM SCENE, } PICTURE OF JAMES BOND (wonder which actor they chose) (All agree that Herr FETZER mached his schnell in a vun }derbar way for if it weren't for him this disk vould be Greek to all the other members) Lots of laughter was set }off when a picture of two balls were offered to be broken, but it needed a joystick; alas, they could not follow th}rough. OH#648 - SLCC MAGAZINE #1405, MAY '96, s/1: AGENTCIO.OBJ - Text Adventure, ANTICPAK.BAS - a 5 li}st utilities in BASIC for use in study of disk management, HAIKU.BAS - Ancient Japanese 5 line poetry, HELL.BAS - }Escape from Action Game, ROMAN.BAS - Roman and Arabic Numerals, SPELLING.BAS - Timed Spelling Drills - - s/2}: 8 GERMAN PROGRAMS FROM COMPUSHOP (which were demo'd before) ALEX and RON were quite taken with the Menu: HELP}, RUN, BINARY LOAD, COPY, DELETE, UNLOCK, LOCK, RENAME, PRINT DIRECTORY, SAVE FULL MENU, TEXT READER, FORMAT:} Single DOS 2.0 or 810 (or) Enhanced DOS 2.5 1050. Program chosen to demo was HAIKU. Several selections were read }to give the Club the idea while serene music played in the backyard (it inspires the feeling of walking through a garde}n). OH#649 - PACE DOM MARCH '96 - s/l: SPEEDSCRIPT (Wordprocessor) -- s/2: SNAPSHOT2.COM which was chosen to be} demo'd. This program offers 2 computers in one. SPARTADOS users need not input the extender, COM; and ALEX} is not sure if this works on other DOSes. One showed the ATARI style DIR while the other showed SpartaDOs} style DIR. What's so special? Those who seek a real challenge can play the computer in not one, but two, }games SIMULTANEOUSLY. RON checked the amount of memory available after since this offers 2 computers. OH#}650 - PACE DOM APRIL '96 - Disk entitled "FOOLIN' AROUND" - s/1: VIEWDOCS, SINEWAV.BAS, COUCH, CRUELJOK, }MENU, QUIZ and POLLACK. POLLACK, of course, was chosen for demo and it begins with a POLISH College Entrance} Exam (just what we need more ethnic humor). The boys seemed to enjoy it and it became a cooperative effort. } However, ALEX will be the one drafted to go through POLISH College (unless he can get HARRY to go first). Gee,} for quite some time, the guys were FOOLIN' AROUND with this particular program. The scoring is quite "funny"  } -- at 50%, the boys were 1/4 Polish and the screen asks, "Have your parents told your brother you're an only child?!}" Next demo was digital COUCH program -- basically a lighthearted 'romp' through an assessment session (sure!) w"}ith a shrink's. The whole Club got involved and a couple of reactions could be heard (mostly yikkk!). ALEX demo'd#} CRUEL JOKE as most of the members (HARRY led the way) to get to the DOOR PRIZES. OH#651 - For the ATARIWRI$}TER - SPELLCHECK program - s/1: ATSPELLER - Program to make your own Speller Dictionary -- s/2: ATSPELLE%}R DICTIONARY - A Good Starter Program which can be personalized with s/1's help. DOOR PRIZES: 1st: FRANK CAST&}ALDO 2nd: ALEX PIGNATO (forfeited) 3rd: HAROLD PEGLER 4th: HARRY TUTHILL ****************END*************'}****** 2nd: ALEX PIGNATO (forfeited) 3rd: HAROLD PEGLER 4th: HARRY TUTHILL ****************END*************the meeting advising us that Membership Chair, JACK GEDALIUS, JOE LEBER, FRANK CASTALDO, also were unable to pa)}rticipate in this day's meeting. (Its Summer you know, other family commitments have to be met.) Wearing his Tre*}asurer's cap, RON assured all that we were solidly solvent. Always good news. CORRESPONDENCE: Club Libraria+}n, HAROLD PEGLER, read the only letter for the day from JOHN M. JOHNSON of Oregon City, OR, in which he ordered ,} 5 disks. JOHN applauded the OHAUG much enjoyed newsletter and connection to the Club seem to be a "lifeline" to-} some of our members (as JOHN stated) "way out here." DEMONSTRATIONS: ALAN SHARKIS took charge of this depar.}tment alerting the Club of the future direction (as far as our "seer" can call it) that is coming. His basic "c/}rystal ball" is the COMP.SYS.ATARI8 NEWSGROUP. Of the two major directions, he sees the first as one 0}of buying and selling merchandise, while the other and most important one for our purpose today is the rather cont1}roversial topic: emulation. (This allows other machines to emulate our little 8-bit.) Emulation represents a2} highly competitive market and a highly stimulating intellectual challenge. There is a lot of activity a3}nd, as ALAN expressed, "emulation has really taken off!" He asserted that "at least two, possibly three, hav4}e run on the MSDOS/WINDOWS3.X/WINDOWS 95 Platform." One program is entitled "XL-IT" which is freeware. The 5}other is the series, the PC XFORMER that DARRICK MIHOCKA developed on a commercial as well as freeware level. 6}The PC XFORMER 3.5, the latest available,will allow one to interface your 1050 with the IBM Parallel Port. One of t7}he problems being faced is the fact that the source being emulated (Atari) is much slower than the machine trying to c8}omplete the request. The second is on the level of an ethical question. RON asked how the emulating machine could 9} know all the different POKES, etc. ALAN explained that this problem was easily circumvented by making a RAMDISK ima:}ge of the ATARI OS first. The author of the XL-IT emulator put the emulator on his own WEB PAGE but warned eve;}rybody that the BASIC ROM as well as the OS ROM disk images would have to be obtained elsewhere. You can get these <}images from other well known emulator programs. There are now 2 emulators that run on UNIX and one on MAC INTOSH. At=}ari software (there is certainly a rejuvenation of the nostalgic enjoyment of games) is enticing to the many differen>}t types of hardware in the marketplace but the good ol' 8 bit itself is quite a challenge to emulate. ALAN discuss?}ed the offerings on peripherals which lead right to a sore spot for those interested in using the emulator u@}tility -- the ethics or lack of same, behind piracy of programs. DARICK chose not to allow his two programs to pick A}up any write-protected programs. This caused a bit of a stir by the consumers because there is a great controversyB} about the whole issue of piracy, etc., vs. the freedom of sharing information, personal archival copies for emulaC}tion, etc. (Doesn't it sound like we have to have an AD HOC committee to look further into this?) None of the emulatD}ors on the market today are perfect. ALAN explained several problems, for example the sound on XL-IT sounds fuzzE}y because it doesn't have pure tone worked out yet. As always, ALAN went into the issue quite extensively and shared wF}ith the Club six disks he had made up by translating the 3 .XFD's to .ATR's. Coming directly from XL-IT's HoG}me Page, ALAN pointed out how well these conversion programs worked. ALAN then reconverted them back to ATARI. (I hH}ope I have correctly reported ALAN's very technical talk. D.N.) RON asked ALAN to demo ATARIDEMO.OBJ, anI} old timer, which starts out with FUJI sign and RAINBOW, a WALKING ROBOT with MUSICAL BACKGROUND, then the BJ}ACKGROUND COLOR alternates in the RAINBOW SPECTRUM. HAROLD shared that he has found a similar problem with ATARI TK}RANSLATOR. RON, HAROLD and ALAN seems to be enjoying their ATARI ICON nostalgia memories. But, ALAN urges aL}ll to realize that there is still life in this "stuff." HAROLD notes how the 8- bit is enjoyed and always new tM}o someone all the world over. POOLDISK is a CD ROM which contains a large number of ATARI RAM disk images thatN} have also be reproduced in X.F.D. form and many files saved in IBM format. This particular offering eminated from BEO}LLCOM library as #'s 055 and 152. ALAN showed the members how creative he could be with one of the BELLCOM disks. P}All in attendance seemed to enjoy this program ... fun, not a brain drain. RON chose HOLLYNED.OBJ and all were surpriQ}sed to see that DOUGLAS CROCKFORD authored this program. To a couple of channels of music, it blossoms toR} a four channel fugue which all enjoyed and they all enjoyed a moving design which could hold one's attention for S}a while. Librarian HAROLD PEGLER advised that he had to check the BELLCOM disks already catalogued to see whT}ether we should add these two to our library. Always a teacher, ALAN went on to explain how one of the disks wU}ere basically a collection of Math and Chemistry (collected by SAN MATEO ATARI EDUCATOR'S USERS GROUP). V}POLYPLOT, chosen to be demo'd, seemed to present a graphlike screen to illustrate polinomial or quadratic equatW}ions (what do these terms mean? I stopped at algebra!). After putting in an equation, the guys patiently waited foX}r a rather fine example of another trait for this lil ol' 8-bit. These three teacher/hackers found this a very viable mY}achine for Junior High Students. HAROLD expressed his dissatisfaction with the 'computer politics' that forcZ}ed our 8-bit to merely gather dust while active support clearly pushed the APPLE II in many libraries, resource[} centers or classrooms. Another disk offered (sub- directory, SEX, leads ALAN to believe this disk might\} not be good for children (grin!)) And, so, the naughty ATARIANS' curiousity made them investigate the di]}gitized pornea. (They had to see if it should be in the library, no? (grin-) (Only giggles could be heard on the tape)^}. Out of the blue, ALAN states that SIO to PC does not like the SMARTRAM version of DOS (a groan is heard) which _}forces one to a bit of tedium work, but, with patience, it can be used. A discussion ensued about som`}e difficulties the members were experiencing. HAROLD explained that he found the program MYCOPYR would not dea}tect enhanced density on the first time around. ALAN showed that he has a disk offering "just a few songs" (byb} RON's reaction, I would think the list was l-o-o-n-g!) The group chose "Because" expecting (I think) the 30's soc}ng "Because you come to me ..." but they were thrown for a loop! It was fun listening to them guess where this sd}ong came from ... little do they know their own modern American culture because it was a composition by the (grin)e} very LITTLE known group, THE BEATLES! Seems that for any word mentioned ALAN had a song; the next was DUCKY (f}brought to mind many happy Sesame hours -- not only for me, the guys were chuckling too!). While DARRIK MIHOCKA bg}elieves that 70% of the programs will run on his emulator ALAN feels that only 30% will do so and he is a major advoh}cate of emulators. RON has the smartest suggestion: get an ATARI -- it's cheaper (in times and money) and i}it performs 100%!!! Sometimes you can't fight with the clarity of a logical mind. ALAN brought up the discussj}ion of the WEB PAGE which many members promised to put some money towards this. First off, more members have tk}o get on the INTERNET and on BBS's, and LIAUG's NEAR*US's President, PAT MULVEY, promises to make a videotape tol} help all 8-bitters to get on the INTERNET. HAROLD PEGLER demo'd QUADVIEW, a 62 sector slide show for the XL-XE. Thm}is is specifically for 62 sector pictures using red, green and blue. He chose the pictures, GARFIELD, and each of Tn}HE THREE STOOGES. All in attendance got involved to get this to show in colors, not just a monochromatic screeno} that offers four pictures at one time (that's why it's called QUADVIEW). RON thought that it was a nice presp}entation. The TV show MOONLIGHTING picture was a little difficult for a myopic HAROLD but ALAN found the key:q} just move back (a little like fine art, you see). HAROLD also showed Jaclyn SMITH. Next was a printing progr}ram called SUPERSCREEN DUMP (SUPERDMP) which gives a buffer before it allows it to go to print. Well, behols}d, an impromptu free commercial for the electronic, etc., warehouse mail order business DAMARK with two tried ant}d true consumers offering their experiences: HAROLD was surprised (as was ALAN) that he did not receive the JVu}C CAMCORDER ordered but got a BETTER one at no extra cost which was worth $50 more. They enjoyed their compariv}son shopping in the world of gadgets while HAROLD booted up. HAROLD went all through the variety of choices offw}ered by this program (especially noted was the several sizes available). HAROLD advised that DAMARK has a 24 px}in EPSON sheet fed PRINTER made for a regular CENTRONICS INPUT for $99 (a tractor feed is a little extra) (wondery} if he's getting a commission?). Wonderful buy, but these ATARIANS realized they do not have any hardware which couz}ld use the 24 pins to its best use, only 9 pins would be used -- what a waste. CENTRONICS does not have a se{}parate driver like IBM CLONES so they can't enjoy an INKJET DISK. RON brought out a N-E-W disk which came A-L-L t|}he way from Elmont! A German disk entitled U-BOOT ANGRIFF vit Kommandant RON FETZER. Members found this game ver}}rry interrresting, but, RON simply converted ALEX's famous game called: SUBATTACK!!! Here it is again -- ye~}s, this is the very one RON translated for Germany's ATARI User Group, ABBUC. This program is on it's way to GERMAN}Y as we speak!!! ALAN then told us about a new offering on the IBM! We can learn KLINGON (even comes with a }dictionary!!!) which is the rather gutteral language of those barbaric, conflict-oriented warriors (ugly, too) in T}V's STAR TREK. ALAN told us that if we had a sound card, we could work on our pronunciation (one never knows }when this will be needed, you know!!). DOOR PRIZES ??????: As this was not the usual fare, no DOOR PRIZES were give}n here. Only a list of those intent on dining with an 8-bit bent. To join the fun and laugh without care }'cause a great meal is only a pittance here.(*) AND, the food we are told, is Heaven sent. (*)AT BOBBY RUBIN}O'S, of course! All present were interested. 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Program size can be reduced by converting constants to variables and this will help you decide f}what constants to convert. This can be done by hand or automatically by using the Program Helper program. WHAT IF? Iff} when you wish to examine a BASIC file and you are given the message 'NOT A BASIC SAVED FILE' then go back to BASf}IC and LOAD, LIST, ENTER and SAVE the file you wish to examine. Everything should then be fine. *<>*f}C and LOAD, LIST, ENTER and SAVE the file you wish to examine. Everything should then be fine. *<>*d.BASer-> POKE 580,1 RETURN then RESET, or type BYE RETURN then RESET.%%3Fine scrolling-> POKE 622,255D:TIPSPRNTD>**<< course! All present were interested. To join the festivities, get your name in, FAST!!! >