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All this is 0}built on just a fleck ofsilicon. Some CHIPS are H U G Einformation storers, which are called"memory chips". Other1}s combine memorywith logic to produce a "computer on achip", or what we generally call a"microprocessor". The C2}HIP, since its introductionin l959, has advanced technology inleaps and bounds. In every area ofmodern life we s3}ee CHIPS becomingcheaper and more powerful each year.Our lifestyle is now relying on whatCHIPS can do for us, as 4}well as howfast they can do the job. This silver-gray fleck ofsilicon, (which is an ingredient ofcommon 5}beach sand), has the power ofnot only being a chip but has thepower to create a new one. In itssimplest form, 6} it is just electroniccircuitry. On its silicon base aremany minute switches, joined by wiresthat are actually just v7}ery thin filmsof metal. Looking under a microscope,a chip would look very much like alarge city veiwed from miles 8}above.Its intricate maze of circuitryrepresenting the buildings andplaza's. With all that is going o9}n insidea CHIP and thinking about itspotential, could this be the start ofrobots replacing man? Let's stop and:}think of the human intellect that iscontained in just one CHIP. So muchlike the human brain, the CHIP has agreat ;}potential to change our way oflife. Some microprocessors can makedecisions, give instructions and evenhave se<}lf-adjusting controls. Cashregisters have chips that can totalbills, post sales, and updateinventories as =}well. This ability tostore logic and memory gives us thefeeling of a human clone. When amicroprocessors can do a>}ll this, is itany wonder that some people fearlosing their job to a computer? Since we can rely on machines?}that are computerized to "think" forus we may find that we have more"spare" time. They can do our worknot @} only quickly but alsointelligently. We may one day lookback at this period in time as oursecond indusA}trial revolution --calling it the "Computer Revolution". This thought is based not only onthe work that is accoB}mplished by ourCHIPS, but also on the recreational or"fun" part of our computer world. Wedo not have to look too closeC} to seethat CHIPS are very much a large partof our day-to-day life. Take forexample our pocket calculator that weD}all rely on - and take for granted!How about the timer on the microwaveoven. The microwave would not beworth tE}oo much without one. How thatwrist-watch you're wearing right now.I bet that has a built-in LED read-outwith date, tiF}me, calculator, stopwatch, and possibly even a data banktoo! We all enjoy PACMAN, as well asmany other video games G}we play on ourhome video computer systems. Thenthere is the battle of the videocameras and VCR's. Our life haH}s beenso affected by the CHIP, that we couldgo on and on. Let's not forget thepersonal computer. This report wouldnI}ot be possible without one! Speaking of personal computers,they are in such demand because theirbuilt-in instructJ}ions make them veryeasy to use and understand. The term"user-friendly" is based on this. Allthis is the result of the K}CHIP. Computer conveniences haveskyrocketed because so many people nowown personal computers. Some of thesecL}onveniences are electronic mailthrough bulletin board systems (BBS),that are telephone dialed at the userslocation,M} with a device called amodem. Home shopping is another verypopular service. Compuserve is oneexample. More N} important and mostpopular is the home banking servicesthat are now available through manylarge banking systems.O} All theseservices are as simple and easy to useas your telephone. Again, all this isthe result of the CHIP. TheP} CHIP has affected all ourlives so much that people now questioneffective cures for poverty, hunger,and war. SomeQ} wonder if the streetswill be safer if we tend to shop andbank from home through our homecomputer system. 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Mostparents are not sure if their childrenare learning anything by sitting infront of a "computer" all day. } Owning a personal computerteaches the owner the ability of themicro-chip. Each personal advancegives birt}h to another. With man andthe "CHIP" so hard at work together,we can understand why the CHIP hasendless possibiliti}es. Let's look further and see what'sinvolved in the making of the CHIP.To get a rough idea of how muc}hinformation is stored in a CHIP, let'spicture mapping every street andhighway of New York City on the headof a p}in. The base of the CHIP is silicon.This is refined from quartz rocks.Melted and formed into long crytals,t}his purified silicon is sliced intothin wafers. These wafers are nowinsulated with a film of oxide, thencoated }with soft light-sensitiveplastic called photoresist. Masked andexposed with ultraviolet light theexposed photores}ist hardens. Acid andsolvents now strip away the unexposedphotoresist and oxide. This patternedsilicon is ready to b}e etched bysuperhot gases. More silicon is laiddown, masked, stripped then implantedwith chemicals that form negativ}e andpositive conducting zones. repeatingthese steps builds layers linked byconnecting "windows". Aluminum isme}lted onto the wafer, filling thegaps and forming conducting pathways.Each CHIP is diced away from the waferand bonded} with conventional wires. A new idea in the major advanceof electronics is a type of chemicalsynthesis. Circuit}s under developmentfor computer logic functions andmemory devices will work withcarbon-based organic mole}cules, verymuch like those in our bodies.Imagine, a biological microchip. Soonto be introduced is a super-f}astcomputer memory based on organicmolecules. Researchers are alsotrying to devise a method ofcomm}  `Lw00D8:D8:*.*D1:DUP.SYSD8:MEM.SAV DUP SYS}Setting up Persistent RAMdisk 4}Please wait...@00     PBD0EJK V0u00PBDEH4}I V0 * 00L011 0 [ `0`P B V00 Lh2P B V B0D0EDH4}I VPBD0EJK VPB D0EJK VLO2PB͝D2EHI VP B VPB D4}0EJK80 VP B12͝D2E VP B VPBD0EJK VP BHI VP B V8?4} BHI} V`PBD0EJK VPBDEHI V䭁 #0 L28?P B VLO24}t04unicating with molecular circuits. Researchers are turning to thisnew molecular electronics because theyfear l}imitations with ordinarysolid-state intergrated circuits(IC's). Circuits may fail whenelectrons spil}l over from onetransistor circuit to another. Heatcaused from tight packing would alsobe a problem. Mol}ecular circuits would be muchsmaller and faster, and use lesspower. The new type of CHIP wouldbring about a re}duction in the size ofcircuit components. Molecularmicrochips would boost circuitdensities 100,000 times }or more over asilicon CHIP. To create useful devices andcircuits with organic molecules,researchers hav}e to first developextremely thin films of the molecules. One method of forming thesemolecule-thin films is t}he following:The molecules used are long chainswith different properties at bothends. One end must be attach}ed towater molecules. The other end isfatty or oily - it repels watermolecules. As a result, in water themo}lecules float at the surface withtheir oily ends up. Chemists use a container with amovable side. With the }long-chainmolecules covering the water surfaceslike a thin film of grease, thecontainer side is moved inwar}d,compressing the loosely scatteredmolecules until they line up to form aone-molecule-thick film. Each time aglass} or quartz sheet is pulledthrough this film, a layer ofmolecules sticks to its surface.Researchers }use the technique to formalternating layers of dyes that eitherabsorb or emit light of differentcolors. Organic} molecules can be made toperform logic functions similar tothose now performed by silicon-basedCHIPS. There are }some difficulties.Such a molecule is far too small forlaser light to hit only one part andnot the other. A laser bea}m, focusedon a one-micron-wide spot, is athousand times larger than the entiremolecule. So, many molecules would }becaught in the beam. A more complex circuit would haveto be built in layers. Lasers ofdifferent wavelengths }would be on top,serving as inputs. below would bemolecule-thin films, each with adifferent, complex molecule.} Laserinput pulses would change the layers,making them transparent. Wavelenghswould go through the first layer and}would set off changes in the secondlayer, and so forth, down the stack.At the bottom a fiber cable wouldcarry }the laser light to an adjacentmolecular circuit. Let's talk about wiring up thesemolecules. When thinking of sil}iconmicrochips the wiring seems as thickas a human body. The idea is to startwith a molecule-thin film, then stackoth}er molecules on top of the film.The molecules on top are antibodies,proteins that link up with themolecules }below. To stiffen thingsup, the entire structure could be castin plastic. A special enzyme is puton the antibody }and makes a clearplastic coating on the spot when itsfed the proper chemicals. Before youknow it everything is c}oated withclear plastic. So as we can see, whether its thesilicon CHIP, or the molecular ororganic CHIP, the }CHIP has a definitefuture and is here to stay. Let us goon and enjoy all the benefits it hasto offer us. Among thes}e rewardingbenefits are not only those ofachievement, fun, time saving and mostimportant, our health! Here's to }youMR. 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You control "Diver Dave." He movesback and forth along the bott14}om ofthe screen under control of yourjoystick plugged into port 1. Press-ing the fire button releases a spearfrom Diver D15}ave's spear gun whichmoves up the screen until it hits atarget or goes off the top of thescreen. You can only have one spe16}aron the screen at once. The targets in this undersea shoot-ing gallery are whales, sea snakes,rays, soles, seahorses, 17}sea snailsand, of course, cod. Each hit on atarget nets you ten points. The pro-gram keeps track of score, high scoreand 18}number of remaining spears. Eachtime you clear the screen, the actionspeeds up and the number of spearsyou start with decr19}eases. The game isover when all the spears are gone.I felt great. 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So doesevery one else who desires/deservM}esit.I F-Netted a "check" to Dave Chiquelin forthe Mailer program -- have you hadM}much luck cashing that yet? And, today I sent my ten bucks to JonRadoff for the -=*SE*=- game, but Iwent a M}step further. I have a friendthat is, well busted up and busted... He wantsthe game desperaM}tely, but ten bucks isten bucks. It would be so easy for meto get the game for myself and zap offa copy and F-Net the M}sucker to him,and not care whether HE pays for it.I chose not to do this... I paid forhim also. After all, I would M}ratherhave HIM owe ME !! Some of you aregoing to think I am nuts... fine, goahead, but I think so much of thisSM}hare Ware program that I will do allI can to support it.It's one thing for me to pay 40+ bucksfor a piece of softwaM}re, that Idiscover is a pile of garbage. And ofcourse I don't REALLY know this, tillI boot it up and play!! But iM}t isquite another situation for me to playwith the software, get to know it, andsee that it fits my needs. Then sendmy M}money.The Co-SysOp of The Prairie Chip,Byron Cullen, is writing a game forthe FoReM Doors... It will be ShareM}Ware. Will I pay him?? HIM??Probably not, I can get away with justfeeding him... He will take meup on M}it, even though we are a fewhundred miles away... I do not doubtmy Co... The Chip will be home basefor this new gaM}me and I shall attemptto see he gets what he deserves... Iknow how much work has gone into hisspectacular game. I onlM}y have so muchcontrol though...Another method I thought was a niceway to pay for Share Ware, was to sendthe programM}mer two bucks or twodisks... You know this one isn't init for the money... The disks are forsaving all that wonM}derful data on...If the author of something you use,wants ten dollars and all you have isfive -- by all means send it M}!! He orshe will appreciate the fact you evenbothered.Support the Share Ware idea... May itLive Long and Prosper...M}Permission granted to reprint -=-CJ-=----------------------At last month's meeting, we werediscussing what M} the club could do topromote shareware. I ran across thisarticle on the Atari ComputerEnthusiasts of ColumbusM} (A.C.E.C.),Ohio BBS (614) 471-8559 and thought itmight be appropriate considering theongoing discussion. I downloadM}ed iton 9/16/89 but I don't have any ideahow old it is but the points CalamityJane makes are still valid. - Grant-M} *************************************This SHAREWARE topic was discussed ata recent OL' HACKERS meeting, and wealso M} think its timely and valid!SUPPORT SHAREWARE AUTHORS! Ye Olde EditorsLd************************************** Hello OL' HACKER ATARI Members and Friends!************************************Q}** MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 1990 MEETING GENERAL MEETING: The weather for the NOVEMBER 10thmeeting was stormy witQ}h high winds butas the members entered the librarymeeting room you knew it was going tobe an exciting meeting. WhQ}y? Firstperson that was there, (very early,)was KRIS HOLTAGAARD, testing out hisnew program "WQNR DATAGRAPH BUSINESSQ}MANAGER" on a complete equipment situp he had already installed. ALEX PIGNATO read a beautiful "ThankYou" card from tQ}he MIKE BRYANT family.They thanked the club members for allthe help and efforts to assist thefamily since they becamQ}e OL' HACKERS.That gave ALEX an opportunity to usehis favorite saying "That's what theclub is all about!" Alex aQ}ppointed a nominatingcommittee of three, AL ATKINS, JACKGEDALIUS and HAROLD PEGLER to select anew slate of OL' Q}HACKER officers forthe coming elections. The proposedslate of officers will be presented atour DECEMBER meeting. VotinQ}g will thentake place at the JANUARY 1991meeting. HORST DEWITZ'S announcements camenext. First the OL' HQ}ACKERS ANNUALCHRISTMAS DINNER at TIFFANY'SRESTAURANT, 416 BEDFORD AVENUE,BELLMORE. The date and time is TUQ}ESDAYDECEMBER 4th, at 7:30pm. The telephonenumber is (516) 826-0420. HORST'S announcement was that GREGGBROWN of NAPCOQ} has been selected by "KE SOFT" from FRANKFORT, GERMANY to bethe AMERICAN distributor for theirsoftware. The softwaQ}re will sell inthe UNITED STATES for $10.50 to$14.50. NAPCO's mailing address forcontact is: SOFTWARE INFINIQ}TY 642 WARING AVENUE STATE COLLEGE, PA. 16801 GREGG BROWN stated in his MUGnewsletter article "The ATARI 8-Q}BITSoftware Drought is OVER" HORST then presented the club with(3) game type programs and ATARI booksto become door pQ}rizes in the future. ALEX put in a strong plug for alibrary disk, "SPACE #63. he passedaround about 7 or Q} 8 pages ofdocumemtation explaining each programon the disk. This disk is loaded withgraphics and utilities for P/Q}S. Heestimates that a disk of this qualitywould cost a user $40.00 plus. Then henoted there has been very littleacQ}tivity recently in the OL' HACKERSdisk library. JOAN RYAN responded to ALEX'Srequest for comments concerning Q}thedisk newsletter, saying she likes ahard copy to read (Like many otherpeople) and would appreciate seeing itin Q}two columns to save paper output.She then reminded us about a programcalled "TWOCOLMN.BAS" from ANTICmagazine (Q}around June 1989?). Sheclosed her letter with ..."8-BITTERLY"(very appropriate). ALEX responded byspelling out the Q}new changes in ournext issue of the newsletter. ALEX then read letters from KENWICKERT, A.C.E., SYRACUSE. Since oQ}ur OCTOBER meeting ALEX hasreceived inquires as to membershipfrom: ROY J. BISBING, Springfield, Pa. NIR DARY, AccoQ}, Israel RODRIGO GOMEZ, Santiago, Chile ED HALL, Yellowknife, Canada The most common source of listingfor te OL'Q} HACKERS appears to beBELCOM, CANADA. MINUTES/TREASURY REPORTS: Since a newsletter disk would not beavailable toQ} the members this monthALEX read the OCTOBER 13th minutes.Later AL ATKINS gave his treasuryreport. A motion tQ}o accept both asread was made by KRIS and seconded byGINA BRYANT. At this time ALEXannounced he had an XF551 DQ}ISK DRIVEwhich a friend wanted to sell for$175.00 but would sell to the club for$150.00 and would the club bQ}einterested in purchasing it. KRIS madethe motion to do so and HORST secondedit. Contrary to the many rumors that arecQ}irculating, although ATARI may haveabandoned the 8-BIT, evidently BOBBRODIE, ATARI USER GROUP COORDINATOR,still thQ}inks of the 8-bit people. BOBwas nice enough to call ALEX onNOVEMBER 8th and inquire as to how theclub was doing.Q} Needless to say wewere very pleased that he thought ofus. At a J.A.C.G. meeting approximatelytwo years ago, ALQ}EX first met BOBBRODIE, and they have kept in touchsince. BOB BRODIE was the guestspeaker at the meeting. DQ}OOR PRIZES: Again this month the club had alarge bag of door prizes. The NOVEMBERwinners were: MASKMAKER CONST SQ}ET H.TUTHILL & BBK ARTIST M.A.G.I.C. DOM 9/90 L.BRYANT M.A.G.I.C. DOM 9/90 J.GEDALIUS M.A.G.I.C. DOM 1Q}0/90 C.HURTADO READER RABBIT A.SHARKIS ERROR MESSAGE CHART A.FALCONE JAWBREAKER A.PIGQ}NATO DEMONSTRATIONS: Ready or not KRIS came on like a"TIDAL WAVE" with his new "WQNRDATAGRAPH BUSINESS MQ}ANAGER" program.The program is a personal database anda business tool that can be used threeways. DataGraph allows the Q} use ofSPARTA DOS and ATARI DOS with eachsystem providing special functions. SPARTA DOS has sub-directories andyQ}our data can be called from any diskdrive. ATARI DOS allows you to binary load,write Dos functions to a disks.EQ}xample: load TEXT PRO. DataGraph is a full DESKTOP programalong with accessories which includepull down windows Q} and joystickcontrol. KRIS selected GINA BRYANT toassist him in demonstrating his latestprogram. The first screen shQ}owed a "MAIN MENUBAR" across the top of the screenlisting (5) functions that areavailable to the user. MAIQ}N MENU BAR ---- ---- --- FILES TOOLS DATA MESSAGE PRINT By selecting one of these functionsa window will R}drop down and adirectory will appear that includesmany options to be selected. Anexample of one path that mR}aybe takenis "FILES", then a sub menu appears asfollows: SUB MENU --- ---- SEARCH OPTION CREATE A DATA FILE CHECR}K LOADED FILE SET NEW DEFAULTS LOAD INVOICER LOAD WQNR UTILITIES DESKTOP INFO If you select "SEARCH OPTION" fromR}the sub-menu, the screen will split inhalf and you will have a work screen.All selections and menus remain on thescreen R} at all times. Your work screenwill look like this: SEARCH OPTIONS ------ ------- A By File Number B By Name C R} By Address D By City,State,Zip E By Phone Number One super plus of DataGraph is thatit will search both upper R}and lowercase letters to find your record. KRIS then explained the other MAINMENU BAR functions: TOOLS Consist oR}f DOS Type Funtions DATA Edits Existing File Information MESSAGE Edit, Save, Update, Check R} Message and Print Files PRINT Print options, NLQ, Draft, Double Strike, and Fonts Phone BoR }ok Select Label and Print Select Envelope and Print The "DESKTOP INFORMATION" consistsof: 1. MR }aking an Invoice 2. Pre-set Invoice The "UTILITIY DATA" files allows(26) for each DataGraph UtilityModule. R } By creating a file"UTILITY.DAT" you could includeWQNR.BAS files such as "TWOCOLUM",VCRLBLR", "CAR }LANDER", "CASSETTE","JOYSTICK", "JOYTEST", "INVOICE.PRG",and many, many more. KRIS gets so enthused whenprR }esenting his programs he reminds meof the "Birthday Party Helium Balloon",unless you tie him down, he willbecome aiR}rborne. With this new program"WQNR SOFTWARE" has taken a giant stepforward and will make 8-BITTERSthrough out the cR}ountry happy. The next demonstrator was ALEX, whohad a very tough act to follow. Alexwas to show the members ten proR}grams,that many of the members have, buteither put on the back burner, orforgot about them. 1. PRINT DOC R} Antic Magazine,modifications that was shown were madeby ALEX, shortly before the author,ROLAND FETZER, became an OR}L' HACKER.ALEX demoed the modifications thatincluded two disk drives and the useof additional printing regular size R}orcondensed printing. 2. CLOCKSYS.BAS The use of a timeclock that will appear in the upperright hand corner of thR}e screen. 3. TOFORMAT.BAS Will count thenumber of disk formatted and allowsthe use of two disk drives. 4. R}ATASCIIC.ODE Will match thenumerical code values of letters. 5. TWOCOLMN.BAS ANTIC MAGAZINE,JUNE 1989, calledR} to the OL' HACKERSattention by JOAN RYAN, A.C.E., ST.LOUIS, will print two column textfiles on a page. 6. MUR}LTICOL.PRT Another programthat will print double columns fortext files. 7. ATARIDEM.COM A cute tale ofATARR}I power and to show the power of8-Bit computing. 8. TOS.COM Drop down menus to demoan ATARI ST type program. 9. R} CURSRPLS.BAS (Cursor Plus) Usedlike a cursor would be used in a wordprocessor, using keys ctrl/shift/ltretc. 10. R}SEAWOLF, ALEX brought back anaval shoot-em-up type game withsubmarines, destroyers and torpedos.He selected R}an unsuspecting pettyofficer named MIKE BRYANT. MIKE'sscore was an uneventful number and wasrecorded. Then handing R}the joystick toMIKE'S daughter, she proceeded to wipeout MIKE'S score (It's great to havethe reflexes of the young). R}FUTURE MEETING DATES: Future meeting dates for the OL'HACKERS ATARI USER GROUP are: DECEMBER 15, 1990 APRIL 13,R} 1991 JANUARY 12, 1991 MAY 11, 1991 FEBRUARY 9, 1991 JUNE 1, 1991 MARCH 9, 1991 All dates are a R}SATURDAY and arescheduled for the PLAINVIEW/OLDBETHPAGE LIBRARY. Remember........The next OL' HACKERSATARI USERR } GROUP meeting is scheduledfor DECEMBER 15th at 11:30am. Sincerely, AL AR!}TKINS P-Useful Short Routines in Turbo-Basicby Ron Fetzer TURBO-BASIC XL is turely the bestlanguage for the 8-Bit AtariV#}. It is 5times faster than ATARI BASIC. It hasa great compiler that increases thespeed up to 15 times over the BASIV$}Cversion of your program. It iscompletely compatible with ATARI BASICand it gives you 1,747 more bytes offree RV%}AM than ATARI BASIC. If you are going to run yourpresent programs on TURBO-BASIC besure to change your timeV&} delay loopsto the PAUSE command. The increase inspeed will make it too fast otherwise.If you compile a program you shV'}ouldalso use PAUSE otherwise the speedincrease will be unacceptable. Thecompiler is very easy to use and youcanV(} make self booting programs withit. If you are interested inTURBO-BASIC please get from ourlibraryV)} THE COMPLETE TURBO-BASIC KIT.I do not know what number it is. Youshould also get from our library theCOMPILER DISK.V*} These 2 disks are allyou need. For $6.00 you have afantastic programming language thatrivals the best anywherV+}e. On the TURBO-BASIC KIT disk youget a 37 page documentation manual forthe language. It has an index to thepage V,} numbers and every command isexplained in detail. The manual alsogives you examples of how to use eachcommand. In aV-}ddition you get tutorialson sorting, arrays and matrixes aswell as utilities. I think you willlike it. The foV.}llowing programs requirethat you use TURBO-BASIC. They areshort programs that you can usefrequentlyTHE QUIV/}CK FORMATTER This short program lets youfromat a disk in BASIC without goingto DOS. The XIO 253,#1,0,0,V0}"Dx:"formats in single density. XIO254,#1,0,0,"Dx:" will format in 1050density. For "x" specify your drivenuV1}mber that you are going to use. 10 -- 20 REM QUICK FORMATTER 30 CLS:DIM A$(1):?:? 40 ?:? "PLEASE INSERT V2}A BLANK DISK IN THE DISK DRIVE" 50 INPUT "DENSITY - SINGLE OR 105O>>",A$ 60 IF A$(1,1)="S" THEN XIOV3} 253, #1,0,0,"D1:" 60 IF A$(1,1)="1" THEN XIO 254, 0,0,"D1:" 80 CLS:POSITION 16,12:? CHR$(253); V4} "DONE":PAUSE 60 90 CLS:GOTO 40 100 -- One of the quirks of TURBO-BASICis that if you go to DOS you cV5}annotreturn without loosing your program.The reason for that is that inTURBO-BASIC most of the DOS commandsarV6}e accessed in the programmed mode.There is no need to go to DOS. Mostprogammers save their program beforegoing to DV7}OS. If for some reason you do go toDOS you do not have to loose yourprogram and you CAN return toTURBV8}O-BASIC. On DOS 2.5 go to OPTION Mand for the address type in 2447 andthen list your program. Address 2447is VERY FRAGV9}ILE. The following actionswill destroy this location and youcannot get your program back. 1. Deleting or locking V:}your DOS.SYS on the RAMDISK D8: 2. A very large program that approaches the available free RAM V;} 3. On DOS when you use the OPTIONS C,J, and O This address will only work withan unmodifieV<}d DOS 2.5. The next program is for the mathwizzards that have to pull roots otherthan square roots. In the program V=}therounded root is the more accurateone. 10 -- 20 REM ROOT PULLER 30 A=0:B=0:R=0 40 CLS:?:? V>}50 INPUT "WHAT IS THE NUMBER";N 60 INPUT "WHAT ROOT TO PULL";R 70 A=N^(1/R) 80 ? "THE ROOT NOT ROUNDED =";A V?} 90 B=INT((A+.00001)*100)/100 100 ? "THE ROOT ROUNDED OFF =";B 110 -- Every once in a while you get adisk V@} with a documentation file on itand no instruction on how to print it.This hint works with TEXT FILES, WORDPROCESSING FIVA}LES, DOCUMENTATION FILES,PILOT, ASSEMBLY, VISICALC TEMPLATESand LISTED FILES. It does not workwith saved files beVB}cause they are intokenized form on the disk and make nosense when you see them. Go to DOSOPTION C OPTION C 'GAMEVC}.DOC,E:' = SCREEN OPTION C 'READ.ME,S:' = SCREEN OPTION C 'DOCS.TXT,P:" = PRINTER Either E: or S: or P: wilVD}l copythe file to the specified device. UseCNTRL + 1 to stop the scrolling so youcan read then.T|Flash update!!!!Black Moon SystemP.O. Box 152Wind Gap, Pa. 18091Is now releasing Version 1.6 ofLabelMaster aZF}s a full working Demo.You can register the software for$10.00.( What a Steal!!) Once theprogram is registereZG}d with them youwill get the latest version 1.7 andthe Multi Column Lister Utility pluscomplete Docs. At this price tZH}hey willsell fast so get your order in early.P.S. There will also be an Upgrade ofSmall Business Systems 1.4. Due dateZI}is by Dec. 1990. Tell them the Ol'Hackers Sent ya.........XO *************************** Acting Presidents Messag^K}e by ALEX PIGNATO *************************^L}** ^M} Hello all you faithful 8BIT ATARIANS who are reading thismessage. First, Let me wish you abelated HAPP^N}Y HOLIDAY SEASON, whichwill probably be over by the time youread this. ***** Secondly, thanks ^O}to all ourmembers who renewed or/will renewtheir membership dues. By yourresponse you show that you want^P} theOL' HACKERS to continue. You, thepresent members are, for the mostpart, diehard 8 BITTERS, and from youI ^Q}hear remarks like I like the 8 BITand its capabilities too much to giveit up for any upgrade, just for thesake of kee^R}ping up with the JONES's. ***** Thirdly, the rumors of the deathof the 8 BIT are most premature, an^S}dAU CONTRARE, it is vibrant and alive,witness the resurgence of EXCELLENTprograms being written by individuals,like ^T}our own KRIS HOLTEGAARD. He haswritten programs such as WQNRDOS,DATAGRAF, and a bunch of utilitiesthat can be ^U} incorporated into theseprograms, and from our own HORSTDEWITZ, International Correspondentfor OL' HACKERS, LIAUG^V}, and BIT BYTER,we hear that a new source of 8 BITprograms are in the works through themix of WEST GERMANY's BIT BYT^W}ER Club,and a new AMERICAN distributor,'K-SOFT', and of course all the newSHAREWARE programs coming through,^X}such as the 5.0 TEXTPRO, among others.So keep the faith 8 BITTERS we are farfrom dead in spite of the DOOMSAYERS! ^Y} ***** Fourthly, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY OL'HACKERS. As we go into our 7th year,lets continue to make our club ^Z}the #18 BIT CLUB, that it presently is! Keepactive, volunteer your services, runfor office, but keep getting involved.I^[} can assure you, it's more fun thanjust staying on the sidelines, justask JOE LEBER, ALLEN ATKINS, CARLOSHURTADO, ^\} KRIS HOLTEGAARD, HORSTDEWITZ, ALAN SHARKIS, HARRY TUTHILL,STAN SCHENFELD, etc. etc. I might justas well name th^]}e whole club rooster,because the whole club is involved tosome degree or other! ***** Finally, I pla^^}nned on running forPresident again, and if elected by thetime you read this, (probably becauseno one else will be rushing^_} to take onthe task of PRESIDENT, and if so, Iwill be unanimously elected, after amost strenous campaign against ^`}allodds) I will try to continue to keepin contact with the many friends Ihave made in clubs from all over. Itis ^a}through the publishing of our DiskNewsletter and my correspondence withthese new friends that keeps the clubin touch ^b}with all kinds of nicethings. A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OURFRIENDS. THATS ABOUT ^c} IT FOR NOW! ALEX PIGNATOA,j((67$A&@\` COMPILING MADE EASY by Ron Fetzer Member of THE OL' HACKERS ATARI U.G. The TURBO-BASIC COMPIbe}LER is theeasiest and the most trouble freecompiler for BASIC programs everwritten. It works equally well wibf}thATARI BASIC or TURBO-BASIC. A compiledprogram will increase in speed from10-15 times over its BASIC version. In bg} certain programs, thissometimes can be a problem. If youhave critical timing loops, they willalso increase bh}in speed from 10-15times. To overcome this, use theTURBO-BASIC command of PAUSE n. PAUSE60 is equal to aboutbi} 1 second ofdelay. For longer pauses increase thenumber [n]. The PAUSE command will notspeed up when compiled. The folbj}lowinginstructions are for a 1 disk drivesystem. MAKING A SELFBOOTING COMPILED DISK 1. Format a disk and put DOS bk}on it.(This will be your compiled disk.)2. Copy the file RUNTIME.COM from thecompiler disk onto your new disk andre-nabl}me it AUTORUN.SYS. RUNTIME.COM isneeded to run the compiled program.3. Put the COMPILER DISK into thedrive and go tobm} DOS, option [L]. Loadthe program COMPILER.COM into yourcomputer. REMOVE the compiler disk.4. Put your program disbn}k with theBASIC program that is to be compiled,into the disk drive.5. Press '1' for one disk drive. Youwill see a dibo}rectory of files of yourdisk. With the arrow keys go to theprogram that you want to compile.6. Press RETURN and the pbp}rogram willbe compiled. REMOVE your programdisk.7. Insert the disk with DOS and theAUTORUN.SYS into the drive.8bq}. Give the compiled program thefilename of AUTORUN. The filenameextender of .CTB(Compiled Turbo-Basic)will be br}automatically attached by theprogram. PLEASE NOTE the following.You can ONLY save a compiled programin drive 1. Anbs}swer [N] to SPEICHERN(SAVING) again.9. Press CNTRL+R to boot up your newdisk. Answer 'J' Ja=Yes You now have abt} self bootingcompiled program. Compiled programsand all TURBO-BASIC programs run onlyon XL/XE computers. The fobu}llowingprogram structure will NOT COMPILE. Ifyou have one of these please change itfirst. 10 FOR X = 1 TO 20 20bv} IF X =15 THEN NEXT X 30 NEXT X If the compiler sees two NEXTs ina loop it assumes it as an error. Thecompiler bw} is written in German. Thiscan be a little upsetting, However,below is the translation in ENGLISH: TURBO-BASIC XL Cobx}mpiler Version 1.1 =================================== Which program should be compiled?First select the disk drivby}e numberbetween 1 and 8 and then select theprogram with the arrow keys <-,->, uparrow, down arrow. Then press RETURN bz} CONTROL D = RETURN TO DOS CONTROL R = REBOOT-------------------------------------- Here are some Gerb{}man words thatmight help you.GERMAN ENGLISH------ -------JA YESNEIN b|} NOSPEICHERN SAVING TO A DISKPROGRAMLEANGE PROGRAM LENGTHFEHLER ERRORZEILE b}} LINE NUMBERLAUFWERKSNUMMER DISK DRIVE NUMBERPFEILTASTEN ARROW KEYSTASTE DRUCKEN PRESS A KEYCOMPILIERb~}T COMPILEDWAHLEN SELECTING*************************************** I hope I have made you reab}lizehow really simple it is to compile aBASIC program with th COMPILER, sothat it will run like a machinelanb}guage program.December 20,19906-'6-36-A= A"G B`L >mUFREFDYA@B@W@SAVE "D:DIRMODUL.BAS ==(5THIS IS LINE 10 f}WHICH IS THE BEGINNINGOF THE PROGRAM!e;@,;@,e 6.06.0eA!6--6-f}96-n >:A%,%٭ҠˠӠ@@D1:*.*e@(f}eH7@<@,4 06-%A:7@,,>6-%@H B`e@f6-A:7@<@,,0f//  f}䡠 :f2) @*7@<@,4999+2 :ENDDf^7@<@,4999+[ 7Anzf}ahl der freien Sektoren nicht genau bestimmbar.^Xf0  ŠӺ0(% lf-@@ f}vfK-@ @'( Another DiskKPOSITION 21,6:? "Directory Y/N?";fU-@ @+( [Y]=-@!f}@U(RETURN TO PROG?[R]f*-@!@*(TO END PROG [E]f/-@!@+(ϠĠǮ [E]/ f}ff (}f4R@f4YBYf4EBbfI (} (((I(2 f} ӮD:DIRMODUL.BAS6,238,126^)6,238,126,6,173,126h)6,201,48,176,5,169r)192,141,126,6,201d, AL, representing thenominations committee, gave themembers a proposed slate of clubofficers for 1991.} The proposednominations are as follows: PRESIDENT ALEX PIGNATO VICE-PRESIDENT STAN SCHENFELD SECRE}TARY GINA BRYANT TREASURY AL ATKINS LIBRIAN HAROLD PEGLER LEGAL COUNCIL JERRY GI}NSBERG CO-EDITORS "NL" CARLOS HURTADO ALEX PIGNATO EQUIPMENT MANAGER HARRY TUTHILL INT'L CO}RRESPONDENT HORST DEWITZ BOB DEPOTO made a motion to acceptthe slate of officers proposed by thenominating committee} as presented andthe motion was seconded by RON FETZER.As no other people were nominated,nominations were closed. Moti}on passedunanimously. Voting will be at theJANUARY 12th meeting by paid up 1991members. BLACK MOON SYSTEMS: CA}RLOS then demo'd a commericalprogram from BLACK MOON SYSTEMS,"LabelMaster". This program wasdonated by } the author to our librarythrough CARLOS. LabelMaster comes as atwo disk set. CARLOS used version 1.7for his demo pointi}ng out that one ofit's best features of the labelingprogram is that it will print as amulti column labeler, two} or threecolumns across. Looks like a superprogram for the ten dollar price.LabelMaster will complement the "SMA}LLBUSINESS" program from the samecompany. Their address is: BLACK MOON SYSTEMS P.O. BOX 152 WINDGAP, PA. 180}91 MAGIC SHOW: The entire membership was taken bysuprise when our newsletter editorCARLOS HURTADO put on a "MA}GIC SHOW".Very few members knew this side ofhim. CARLOS went thru the followingsleight of hand acts, in this }order: 1. "THE NEWSPAPER TRICK"- afterhaving HARRY TUTHILL tear a newspaperinto many small pieces, HARRY was}asked to roll them into a ball. Whenhe opened, the paper was again in it'sorginal condition. 2. "THE UMBRELLA"- mul}ti coloredpieces of cloth, when twisted into atube, out comes an umbrella. 3. "RECORDS"- three black recordsinser}ted into a folder, then whentaken out they are now BLUE, YELLOWand RED, after examination the folderis empty. }4. "THE ROPE TRICK"- a rope is cutin half, then cut again, and again, aknot is tied on the rope, moved to becentered }and suddenly it is again onepiece. 5. "COLORED PAPER"- orange and blackpaper, torn three times, balled up,blown on } and comes out a hat withflowers. 6. "100 DOLLAR BILL"- two tricks inone. First in getting a member to partwith a $}100 dollar bill. CARLOS talkedhis pigeon BOB DEPOTO, into giving hima hundred dollar bill, (pretty goodtrick so far). T}he bill was marked foridentification, folded and rolled upand the bill was then suspended undera handkerchief, when th}e handkerchiefis dropped, no hundred dollar bill!CARLOS had placed a small tube with ascrew top and a lock and key}, on awork table. When BOB unlocked the tubeand screwed the top off, a sigh ofrelief came out of him as he got backh}is $100. Carlos was given a big handfor an excellent show. The computerdemonstrations almost seemed like alet down }after that act of sorcery. DEMONSTRATIONS: ALAN SHARKIS lead off the demos withsome files he found in his collection}that have been around for awhile,"Oldie's, But Goodies". Thinking thatsome OL' HACKERS may not have seenthem or} forgotten them, or just mightenjoy seeing them once more. First up was a cute littlesimulation, "SANTA BBS}". You dial1-2no-rth-pole, make a connection,then receive the following dialoque.Have you ever been here before}? no,what is your name? Santa is listening,HO, HO, HO, RUDOLPH is eager to seeyou. Many members began thinking ofho}w wonderful it would be to have thisprogram during the coming season. ALAN then went through "XMAS TREECONSTRUCTION }SET" a program from theold FAMILY COMPUTING MAGAZINE. Next was "CAPITAL" a monopoly typegame of high finance. Two,} three orfour players are allowed, where youroll the dice, land on a property, youthen have an opportunity to purchas}ethat property. A program "PRYZM" puts 256 colors onthe screen (try focusing your eyes onthat graphic). The p}rogrammeralternates between two graphic modesto create a slide show. A drawingprogram is on the reverse side. "X}-WORD" a word puzzle, 26 of themto be exact. Documentation for X-WORDis included on the disk. Great programfor those }who can't throw away anewspaper without doing the crosswordpuzzle. "COMPUTER ART GRAPHICS" a 1985GERMAN dis}k with fantastic graphicsfor a SLOT MACHINE operation in GERMANof course. ALAN'S wrap up demo was a commericalprogram} "HANUKKAH DISK", thatcontained a number of religiousprograms and ALAN choose the DREIBELgame to attem}pt to clear up a coupleof mysterys that surrounds HANUKKAH,one of the biggest mysterys of all iswhat is this gambl}ing game thateverybody is talking about. Thisprogram probably explains it betterthan any explanation yet heard} and itstill leaves some mystery. It dependson a spin of the DREIBEL whether youget to bet against the computer, pick}up the pot, get half the pot, doublethe money in the pot. In DREIBEL 1000which is a different version you getthe num}erical value of the letterwhere the DREIBEL lands on (everyletter in the HEBREW alphabet has anumerical value)}, so you get a word byputting the letters together andcounting the numerical values. Thefirst one to reach 1}000 gets theirchoice of games. ALAN selected CARLOSand HARRY to play a game. It's verysimple "LEARN WHILE YOU PLAY".} Had enough?....plenty more to come. RON FETZER stepped up to show us"COMPILING MADE EASY" using a demodisk pro}gram about 30 lines in length,written in BASIC. Demonstrating howslow the program ran, then to make anautorun disk you} take the compiler forTURBO BASIC and put the fileAUTORUN.CTB on your disk and rename itRUNTIME.COM. RON then d}emoed by usingthe program to compile a disk andputting it on a prepared disk. Nothingto it, now we all know how to do} it. Want more? ALEX took his turn andreviewed many of his favorites. Oneword of advice, he suggested was thatif} TURBO BASIC runs the program toofast, go into the program and changethe speed to your satisfaction. Alex went }through "DOMINOS" acommerical program by EMI an ENGLISHCO.. ALEX held his own until thecomputer came on strong }at the end. Then came "OL' HACKER'S FINANCE"which comes in single and enhanceddensity. Finance help is avail}ablethroughout the many money programscontained on the disk. A real BIGBARGAIN in our LIBRARY! (BUY THISONE}!) How about "AUTODIALER UTILITY" foruse with touch tone phones. Enter yourmost used telephone numbers into afile}, select a number to be dialedfrom a menu, hold the phone near yourmonitor speaker, hit start and youhave simul}ated tones doing yourdialing. The option key will redialfor you. Keeping up with the HOLIDAY SEASON,ALEX fini}shed with two appropriateseasonal disks. First was HIGH TECHEXPRESSIONS, "JINGLE DISK". The diskcontains three p}rograms, "CREATE aGREETING CARD", "HOLIDAY GREETINGS"and "CHRISTMAS TREE", a complete storywith Xmas Tree, Santa } Claus, toysoldiers, model railroad train, miceand a pussy cat. What else could youask for? In closing, ALEX } went throughSPINNAKER'S "CHRISTMAS SAMPLER"showing a poem "T'WAS THE NIGHT BEFORECHRISTMAS". Always a teriffic d}isk togenerate enjoyment at this time ofyear. HAROLD PEGLER agreed to delay thedemo of his program, "TIMEWISE" }untilthe JANUARY meeting as once again,five hours had flown by at jet speedand the library was closing shortly,bu}t nobody was too anxious to leave.ALL IN ALL, IT WAS ONE HECK OF A GREATMEETING, IN LINE WITH THE GREATHOLIDAY S}EASON! FUTURE MEETING DATES: Future meeting dates for the OL'HACKERS ATARI USER GROUP are: JANUARY 12, 1991 A}PRIL 13, 1991 FEBRARY 9, 1991 MAY 11, 1991 MARCH 9, 1991 JUNE 1, 1991 All dates are SATURDAY and are}