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MOVEADR(NXT$),DPEEK(130)+X-1,LEN(NXT$) ......****....(@*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* NEWSLETTER REVIEW by ALAN SHARKIS MEMBER OL' HACKERS A.U.G. NY (If ,} after reading this very completereview of other club newsletters, youdon't ask ALAN for the sourcenewsletter, ,}then you don't want toknow more about your ATARI. Editor)"It's time to decide where we'regoing," the familiar ,}cry repeats forthe umpteenth time. Atari is goinggreat guns all around the worldEXCEPT for the USA. The criti,}cs wantmachines, the users want machines,the software houses say that withoutmachines they'll see no profit from,}Atari computers, so development hasfallen off. All of this seems to becentered on the lack of TT030s hereand of ,} problems with the STEs. Whatabout those antique 8-bits? It maysurprise you to know that even thoughAtari stopped ,}making them two yearsago, hardware modifications andsoftware continue to be developed forthem. Many users will ,}not stop usingthem, even though they have alsopurchased some of the new machinesout there. This month's news,}letterreview is full of such sentiment. The January/February, 1991 issue ofXIO3 is a perfect example. Just readROWLA,}ND GRANT's Atari News andRumours column and his review ofAtari Interface Magazine. Take alook at the,} type-in softare by JOHNPICKEN. His BJACKET.BAS evenincludes the TYPOII codes so that youcan check your typi,}ng before you runthe program. The May, 1991 issue of Newsline (ACEof St. Louis) reproduces the Z-NETannouncement ,}of the cessation ofpublication at STart and the ICDblowout sale announcement. JOANRYAN's column, Bits of,} Eight, is muchmore upbeat and takes us to a numberof hardware and softwaredemonstrations at the the cl,}ub's 8-bit SIG meeting. (FR)ANTIC for May, 1991 contains,among other interesting articles,ALVAN SHERRILL's exc,}ellent Beginners'Column; this one devoted to printers. NIR DAREY gives a very completedescription of disk lay,}out. Heexplains how sectors and tracks arearranged on a disk and where theboot, VTOC, and directory sectors ar,}elocated for single and enhanceddensity. But beyond those two thereare several short articles that willhold y,}our interest. Take a look. The May/June, 1991 issue of XIO3mentions our club and RON FETZER inconnection with ,}all the work he hasdone with TurboBasic. GCACE's JOHNPICKEN, of course, was the one whoproduced the special ,} version ofTurboBasic that Ron uses in hisprogramming system. We look forwardto more cooperation with ,}thisCanadian group. The newslettercontinues with a feature article byROWLAND GRANT on DON BELL of BELLCOMSOF,}TWARE. GORDON HOOPER has writtenan excellent take-off on Atari 8-biterror messages. JOHN PICKEN, aka01001010 0,}1001011 01010000, talks usthrough binary arithmetic and itsrelatonship to hexadecimalarithmetic. (I ,}generally let thecomputers worry about that stuff!) A new addition to this column is theMay/June, 1991 issue of,} 8:16,published by the Bournemouth andPoole Atari User Group of England.It's a very professional newsleter,}and shows a great deal of balancebetween 8 and 16-bit interests. Anarticle called PACDEMO Revisited bySIMON ,}TREW describes programming in acompiled language called PL65, one Ihaven't encounted before. Thestructure of ,}the language makes itfine for things like player-missleprogramming, but it doesn't have afloating-point system,,} so elaboratemath operations will be cumbersome.However, the structure of thelanguage is interesting. You,} have aPascal or C-like syntax into whichyou can directly type 6502 assemblymnemonics. It's strange, but bridges,}the gap between assembly andstructured high-level programming.If you program regularly, this shouldbe inte,}resting. PAUL BIRD's articletalks about switching between MAC/65and BASIC without rebooting. DERRYCKCROKER explains,} the Device ControlBlock to us in a well-written articlewith programming examples in bothBASIC and assembly. ,}There are alsoreprints of JIMMY BOYCE's AtariWriterseries and CHUCK STEINMAN's Turbo 816series. In the June, 1991 SL,}CC Journal, BOBWOOLEY gets lost. He begins to talkabout a gray-scale circuit for his80-column project, but that le,}ads himdown the garden path to a generaldiscussion of monitors, videostandards, and how you can use the,}newer monitors with STs, STEs, TTs.C'mon, Bob, this stuff isfasciniating, but you owe us, and Ihave no,} doubts that you will deliver. To be fair, Bob has mentioned theSIO2PC as useful in preparing text inIBM format on m,}achines as comfortableas his beloved 1200s. The June, 1991 issue of The WAND is a real gem. Although many articles are ,}reprinted from other magazines, theyseemed to select the best this month. I won't take time to list them allhere. Ju,}st get the issue and enjoy! ACE of Syracuse Newsletter for June,1991 features a review of NewsStation (Reeve So,}ftware) by VERNON W.SMITH. The June, 1991 Between Bytes inludesa tutorial by ROBERT S. ELY onSpartados X. Thi,}s installment coversa general description of thecartridge and the philosophy ofcommand-line interpretors,}, especiallythe similarity of commands to MS-DOScommands. Considerable attention isgiven to the CONFIG.SYS file. Th,}e MUG Newsletter of June, 1991(NAPCO section) contains the usualreprints of articles that havealready be,}en reviewed here, but themeeting description and opinionsexpressed therein show NAPCO to be anactive group with l,}ots of ideas. The June, 1991 edition of NEWSLINE(ACE of St. Louis) contains a veryinteresting preview of what wil,}l be amuch-used product. Yet the companymaking it is an old and familiar nameto 8-bit Atarians. Does the name LJKh,}ave a familiar name? Do you longfor elaborate, animated titles foryour videos? Stay tuned; all of thisand more,} will be yours when "MOVIECREDITS" makes its debut in the nearfuture. JOAN RYAN does the preview.There is also a,}n interesting reprintof an article (no author's name) fromJan. 1991 PACESETTER 8-bitNewsletter. Its title,,} "DOS? DOS?DOS?", should give you a clue aboutits contents, but it's obviously thefirst in a series. June, 1991,} (FR)ANTIC is full ofinteresting material, much of itrelated to our sending RON FETZER'sprogramming kit to ,}AAAUA. PresidentALVAN SHERRILL mentions it in hisPresidential Ponderings column, thereis a review, and a separ,}ate itemtelling non-members how to order itfrom Ol' Hackers. Also, ALVANSHERRILL continues his series o,}nprinters, Billy Washburn reviewsseveral educational programs, and NIRDAREY continues his series on disklayout,} with a description of boot,directory, VTOC and file sectors. B.A.C.E. Line for June., 1991 carries articles on TextP,}ro configuration and macro creation. The July, 1991 SLCC Journal containsone column that we all eagerlyanticipa,}te: BOB WOOLEY's "POUNDINGON THE 8-BITS". Last month, Bob gotlost, as I have said earlier. Thismonth he confi,}rms it. Instead ofcontinuing with his 80-column cardproject, he is now giving us thelowdown on ICD's closeo-}ut (welcome tothe club, Bob) and some minorprojects that he has going at home,including a full examination -}of the1450XLD and the 815 disk drive.Actually, I can't blame Bob entirely. He's got to be feeling pressure from8-}-bitters who want news and articlesless esoteric than an 80-columnboard. The front cover of L.V.A.U.G. Newsf-}or July, 1991 explains why ALEX hasstopped asking for instructions onsetting up a ramdisk in a stock800XL. -}ANDREW BUONGIORNO's articlein our own newsletter of May/June1989 is reproduced there. So is ahandy tip on ho-}w to get around ERROR164 from the same issue. The ususalAction! and BBS PRO tutorial byThomas M. JOHNSON also ap-}pears. The July, 1991 MUG Newsletter (NAPCOsection) mentions sources ofAtariWriter+ and AtariWriter 80. A-}letter from LEE S. GRUNDEL providesenough inspiration to continue the 8-bits for most of us. Read it whenyou hav-}e a chance. There is also areprint of JOHN McGOWAN's reviewo ofDaisy Dot III. The June, 1991 Between Bytes- }continues Robert S. Ely's descriptionof the SpartaDos X cartridge. Thistime, Robert gets us into theautoexec- }.bat file, and goes intodetal about how it can be used to setfeatures, set up an MIO, put in pokes(just like B- }ASIC), provide forsetting the time and date, andrunning your application. The July, 1991 (FR)ANTIC has a gre- }atcollection of articles. ED HALLdescribes why a P: R: Connectionshould be unplugged when not in use,but - } the SIO cables should remainattached to an XF551 as much aspossible. THELMA SUNVISON tells usthat the -}ICD sale will end onSeptember 1st, and items will nolonger be available from them afterthat date. ALVAN -}SHERRILL tells ushow to put imbedded printer commandsinto AtariWriter+ and his columnreflects the changes by s-}howing usthe different fonts available on hisprinter. LARRY ALLEN's Learning WithDOS column discusses types of file-}sand the filename extenders commonlyassociated with them and how they areloaded and used. RUSSEL GIBSONdiscus-}ses cassette to disk transfer.MARLON SIKES talks about connectingtwo modems with a piece of phone wireand a nine-v-}olt battery to transferfiles from one machine to another.There are also a number of reprintedarticles. The back -} of The Acorn Kernel forJuly, 1991 has an interestingreprinted article about undocumentedAtariWriter featur-}es, reprinted fromthe Magic Book, 6/91. The July/August Keeping PACE reprints ED HALL's article about New AtariUser-}, from Page 6 Publishing ofEngland and about some of the gamesthey review that have never beenpublished i-}n the United States. It'san interesting article. The July/August ACE of SyracuseNewsletter (that's right, the-}y'rebimonthly now) has a good article onlightning protection by LEN BARKERand a very informative one by THOMASJ. -} ANDREWS on the use of the IFstatement in BASIC programming. In the August, 1991 issue of the SLCC Journal, BOB WOO-}LEY actually DOES get back to his 80-column discussion (Itold you he would!), and goes muchfurther than that. He -}gets into thephilosophy of why computers get to beso complicated and why this is reallyunneccesary. The ACORN Kernel-} for August, 1991carries an announcement by NICHOLASJ. CUP that JEFF SUMMERS will nolonger be writing his-} BasicallySpeaking column. Nicholas expressessadness at this fact and states thatthe columns will be missed. I -}canonly echo that from our membershiphere at OL' HACKERS. +*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* -} t from our membershiphere at OL' HACKERS. +*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* , *****===== An OL' HACKERS ATARI USER GROUP, Inc. EXTRA THIS DISK CONTAINS TWO EXTRA HIDDEN1!} PROGRAMS. THEY ARE: FONTMAKE.COM, AND READ4080.OBJ. ** Please note they are on side 2 ** TO LOAD THEM, BRING UP A D1"}OS, AND HIT [L] (BINARY LOAD), THEN TYPE IN THE NAME OF THE PROGRAMS. THE DOCUMENTATION FOR BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS CAN B1#}E READ WITH THIS MONTHS NEWSLETTER, OR THEY CAN BE READ BY GOING TO DOS AND HIT [C] (COPY), AND TYPE NAME OF PROGRAM AND [1$},E] FOR READING ON SCREEN OR [,P:] TO PRINT. +ENJOY THEM+ *****===== 1%} ] FOR READING ON SCREEN OR [,P:] TO PRINT. +ENJOY THEM+ *****===== 0 *********** R E M I N D E R !!! TO ALL OUR WONDERFUL MEMBERS: SORRY, BUT THIS IS A REM5'}INDER THAT THE DUES FOR 1992 IN THE AMOUNT OF $24.00 ARE DUE AND PAYABLE. PLEASE MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO OUR 5(} RON FETZER, AND MAIL TO HIM AT: 22 MONACO AVE. ELMONT, NY 11003 THANKS FOR HELPING KEEP OL'HACKERS THE B5)}EST 8 BIT CLUB !!!!4 *.*.*.*.* MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 1991 MEETING. ------------------------------------ Dates for the OL' HACKU+}ERS Meetings: Jan 18 1992 - Yearly Membeship Dues. Feb 15 1992 - Election time Mar 14 1992 Apr 25 1992 May 23 1992 JunU,} 20 1992 ALEX gave season's greetings to all the members, both to those present, and those not present. NEW MEMBER: U-} JIM HARRIS is a new member of our club. After attending a number of meetings as an HONORARY member, JIM decided to beU.}come a real member. JIM is also the SYSOP of the NEW NEST BBS (516) 234-4943. JIM also is a member of LIAUG. Besides runniU/}ng the BBS JIM is one of the foremost ATARI technicians. He is also the creator of a 3.5 disk drive modification that worU0}ks with an XF551. JIM in addition is a great Atari programmer. JIM, we welcome you to the club. GENERAL MEETING: U1}The meeting started with a special disk by Alex presenting a Christmas theme. We had the treasurers report and we gave outU2} a flyer for our new program called a "DISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM". NOMINATING COMMITTEE: HAROLD PEGLER was appointed U3} Chairman of the nominating committee. ALLEN ATKINS, JOE LEBER and ALAN SHARKIS were appointed as members. ANNUAL HOLIDAU4}Y DINNER: It was agreed thatfinal plans would be ade at te January 18, 1992 meeting. AL ATKINS will scout out some U5}suitable restaurants that we could use for the dinner. CORRESPONDENCE: We received a Christmas Card from the GARDEU6}N CITY ACE in Canada. Another from our dear friend JIM CUTTLER in England, we also received a beautiful CHRISTMAS card. U7} A letter from HONORARY MEMBER BEN POEHLAND to HAROLD PEGLER. He sent us his dues and he plans to come to one of our meU8}etings sometime this year. BEN lives in Pennsylvania and is currently rebuilding his house that was damaged by a fire. BENU9} was the 8-Bit Editor of CURRENT NOTES. Without him at CURRENT NOTES the magazine has lost one of the great 8- Bit writerU:}s still left on the Atari scene. If he comes to one of our meetings he promises to demonstrate some of the hardware modifiU;}cations he has built. Besides being a great 8- Bit writer BEN is also one of the foremost electronic technicians in the AU<}tari 8-Bit world. We received a very nice Christmas Card from L.V.A.U.G. in Pennsylvania from another of our out of U=}the STATE members, LARRY TISHBEIN, who also is EDITOR of their newsletter BOB BAUMAN sent us a letter and an order fU>}or the TURBO BASIC PROGRAMMING KIT. He also sent us a newsletter from SAME. ALEX wrote to BOB informing him of our nU?}ewest release that will be in the mail in February, the DISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. ALEX asked for the address of ACCESS anothU@}er all 8-Bit club. A letter was sent to JOHN MC GOWAN by ALEX thanking him for the very nice Christmas Disk and theUA} Macro disk he sent us. ALEX demonstrated it. It was quite a beautiful Christmas presentation using TEXTPRO. JOHN made a UB}macro so you can use a joystick to move around TEXTPRO. This is just one of many macros that John made. He also included UC}a mailmerge utility for TEXTPRO, and GRAPHICS picture of SHERLOCK HOLMES. He stated that Jan. 6 is the birthday of SHERLOCUD}K HOLMES! That was a reminder from JOHN. Guess he is a fan. The club sent JOHN a check for $10.00 to show our appreciatioUE}n for the many fine programs that JOHN has produced. ALEX asked JOHN if he would be able to write an article on how to loaUF}d or create macros for TEXTPRO. ALEX discussed a long letter he received from BEN POEHLAND. ALEX said that BEN wroteUG} to him saying that the WAACE ATARI FEST was strictly an ST show with absolutely nothing for the 8 - Bitters. It was reporUH}ted that the 8-Bit was actually denigrated. BEN was very upset about the way it was reported in CURRENT NEWS. ALEX wUI}rote to AIM MAGAZINE complaining that we are not listed as one of the clubs subscribing to the magazine. ALEX wUJ}rote to the company that makes plastic write protect sticks that get inserted into the side of the disk, asking them if thUK}ey would sell us some for $.50 each if we order in quantity. ALEX read a letter from BEN POEHLAND in which he sent uUL}s a whole bunch of interesting things for door prizes. Thank you BEN for all the prizes, it helped SANTA with his gifts.UM} DOOR PRIZES: JOE LEBER HARRY TUTHILL AL ATKINS ANTHONY FALCONE RON FETZER HAROLD PEGLER ANN RAWLINSON Each oUN}f the above members, an others whose names I missed, won several door prizes.DEMONSTRATIONS: ALEX then demonstratedUO} the 1st XLENT wordprocessor for ANN RAWLINSON. She had just purchased an 800XL with 256K of memory. Many members use thiUP}s word processor, and enjoyd the demo, contributing ideas. We next saw a Christmas disk from Spinnaker that has several CUQ}hristmas Carols and story on it. PICS.CNV, converts all graphics pictures and creates an .OBJ file. You can then loaUR}d them into a RAMDISK etc. and display them with DOS [L]. ALEX demonstrated several of these converted pictures. To run thUS}e pictures you need PICTRUN.BAS. ALEX demonstrated a program called EPSDRIVR.BAS it gives you printer control codes UT}for EPSON FX80 and LX printers. It is in French. ALEX tested it and it works. Then ALEX demonstrated various guess tUU}he number games, all part of one program, called appropriately NUMBERS. These were quite sophisticated. ALEX demonstUV}rated a programming utility called CURPLS.BAS(Cursor Plus). All the commands can be printed out. ALEX also demonstrUW}ated a Variable lister program. This program is a must if you do a lot of programming. It is a search variable program. IUX}t lists the variables to screen or printer, with their line numbers. JIM HARRIS showed us how to clean out the variabUY}le name table of unused variables. You first LIST the program to a disk, you then type in NEW, then you reload the programUZ} with an ENTER command. You can now SAVE it and all unused variables have been erased from the name table in memory. TheU[} search variable program is called SRCHVAR.LST. ALEX demonstrated a BLACK JACK card game. It was very sophisticated.U\} ALEX of course had modified it to make it even more interesting. ALEX then demoed a game called SOLITAIRE. One of thU]}e best computer solitaire games around. JIM demoed a program that he called BOOTFIX that JIM wrote. Evidently, there U^}is a problem with the XF551 disk drive. It displays an error message if you run it with SPARTA DOS and double density uponU_} boot up. This BOOTFIX program will go to a previously formatted disk and change the boot sectors so they will start up cV} <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< "XR_40" or "READ4080.OBJ" (Found on Side 2 of Newsletter) A Text Reading9a} Utility Written by James C. FullerXR_40 will read any ascii file regardless of file size, line le9b}ngth,or end of line terminator ( Atari EOL or CR/LF). Actually theredoesn't even have to be an EOL. Loading: 9c} Atari Dos [2.0-2.5] Either rename AUTORUN.SYS or binary load from menu. SpartaDos: From command lin9d}e: XR_40 [Dx:filename.ext][col1 col2] col1 is text col2 is background normal defaults are9e} 202 148The formula to figure color is Color=Hue*16 +Luminance All arguments are optional but if you want t9f}o change the colors youmust have the filename and both colors. If you are using Atari Dos or did not specify a file 9g}name when loading from SpartaDos you will be prompted for a filename. Enter Dx:filename.ext. The D: is required. There is 9q}Â1BAUTORUN SYSBAUTORUN COMBBWHO TXTB RAMDISK COMBMAINMENUHLPB&HELP DOCB9PRESSPRTMNUB=WELCOME SCRBDJMEETDATTXTB9HNEWSLTR BASBAHTURBO TXTB^FNLREVI TXTB GEXTRA TXTB&LDUES92 TXTB`KREAD TXTBRxDNOVMIN TXTBCPRESMESTXTB%DOS SYSB*DUP SYSB72PRNTSTR2BASBhIPRNTSTRTXTBU*EDECMIN TXTno default. If you wish to view a directory enter D2:*.* for all files on drive 2. D:*.TXT for all files with TXT ex9r}tender on drive 1. After your file loads you will see page one of this file. From hereyou can alter the colors with 9s}the arrow keys ( control key notneeded). Press the spacebar to advance forward one page. If you wish to review the t9t}he last page read press the SELECT key. It will toggle betweenthe present and last read. The ESCAPE key will terminate9u} the reading of this file and ask you if you wish to load another file. "N" will return you to DOS. The only limitat9v}ion is there must be a space at least every 38characters for it to read correctly. Any questions direct them to me 9w}: GEnie J.FULLER CIS 70117,1040 +*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*++*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*me : GEnie J.FULLER CI8U *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 1991 MEETING. -------------------------------------GENERAL MEETI=y}NG:NEW MEMBERS:CURT VENDEL is one of two new members of our club. He lives in Staten Island. He is a collector of Atari=z} equipment. He has some very unusual Atari equipment which he said he will bring to the January, 18,1992 meeting. CURT we={}lcome to the club.Also welcome to the club is WILL ROTH. Bill, we know you are closer to ATARI CORP. from your home in W=|}oodland CA., but we are very glad to have you as a new member, joining our many other out of the area members.The GENERAL=}} AGENDA for our meetings is as follows: (not always followed due to unforseen circumstances)11:30 - 1:00 PM Set up & Hell=~}o'S 1:00 - 1:05 Welcome & Intro new Members 1:05 - 1:20 Committee Reports 1:05 - 1:20 Including Treas/Newslt 1:20 - 1:50=} Read min./Corresp. 1:50 - 2:10 Coffee & Cake 2:10 - 2:30 Question & Answers 2:30 - 3:00 Business Meeting 3:00 - 4:45 Dem=}onstrations 4:45 - 5:00 Police up Area 5:00 Meeting adjourns. (SHUCKS)CORRESPONDENCE:A letter from HORST DE WITZ about =}the BIT BYTERS meeting in Germany. He was the lead off speaker. He conveyed our greetings and presented ABBUC with the PR=}OGRAMMING KIT, the latest of our NEWSLETTER on disk and a DISK FULL OF PROGRAMS. This prompted a long ovation for OL' HACK=}ERS from the members. He further presented gifts from ATARI INTERFACE, JACE, NAPCO, CURRENT NOTES and greetings from BOB =}PUFF. ABBUC sends their best wishes to all of us. There were 7 or 8 vendors displaying their ware. Most interesting was a =}FLOPPY INTERFACE making it possible to run a 3.5 floppy drive with the XL/XE using MYDOS or SPARTA DOS. This was made by =}a member. After 6PM the meeting broke up and some went to a GASTHAUS for some refershments. Horst told them, he could not =}understand the documentation for MAGIC PLAYER therefore he could not translate them. Some members of ABBUC had the same p=}roblem. They have decided to rewrite them in a more understandable fashion. They are considering a weekly network hookup o=}f LIAUG'S (OL' H. members are given full validation on the BBS) and ABBUC'S BBS. Language on the network would be English.=} HORST said that this is his last report as the international correspondent because his 8-Bit equipment is falling apart.=} We are sorry to hear of this and we hope he gets his equipment going again.CURT VENDEL our newest member introduced him=}self. He has been with Atari since 1982. He used to run a BBS in Staten Island. He is a collector of Atari equipment. Curt=} has some very exotic Atari equipment. He promised to bring some of his equipment to the January meeting. Thanks Curt, fo=}r getting involved in club activities right away.NEWSLETTER:The SAN LEANDRO JOURNAL has a full page article on the PROG=}RAMMING KIT. They had a meeting with all the big wheels of Atari Corp. and lo and behold the OL' HACKERS PROGRAMMING KIT =}was demo'd, and The OL' HACKERS got honorable mention.From the XIO GARDEN CITY ACE, CANADA NEWSLETTER: They complimented =}us in their newsletter as a very active 8 Bit club. Our Newsletter was made the Disk Of The Month (D.O.M.).From STATUS N=}ewsletter Sep/Oct they also mentioned our Newsletter and the article COLOR PRINTING IS FOR EVERYONE by Ron Fetzer. Also an=} article on Shareware from CALAMITY JANE which was from a previous newsletter. BYTES and PIECES by ALEX PIGNATO was also =}mentioned. Way to go!The SAGE SCROLL from the SPECTRUM ATARI GROUP, EIRE PA. They commented on the very high quality of =}our newsletters. Our newsletter will be featured at their next meeting according to Bob Buman, Editor.From the HUSTON AT=}ARI COMPUTER NEWSLETTER a review by HAROLD GAILEY of PIC PRINT HIGHLIGHTS from AIM. He had the same problem we had, a lack=} of docs. HAROLD got hold of the docs from the author and we asked him to send us a copy. We enclosed a disk from our lib=}rary for HAROLD.We seem to be receiving favourable mention from many different quarters, for our NEWSLETTER ON DISK!.CO=}RRESPONDENCE:JIM CUTLER our member from ENGLAND, wrote to ALEX. He liked the ARC file disk that ALEX sent him. He said th=}e NEW ATARI USER MAGAZINE from PAGE 6 is deteriorating fast. He said he will not subscribe to it anymore if it continues =}this way. He said he will send us a copy, which ALEX said was received with thanks to ol' faithfull JIM CUTLER. JIM CUTTLE=}R has enriched our P.D. Library, as he has sent us a load of stuff from England and Europe which we would never have rece=}ived without him. JIM thank you very much on behalf of all of us. JIM also went out of his way to purchase and send us the=} magazine NEW ATARI USER. This magazine mostly carries articles on XL/XE with a little bit for the ST. They also feature a=} type in section. We also received the disk that goes with the magazine.ALEX wrote a letter to BEN POEHLAND the 8-BIT ed=}itor of C.N. (CURRENT NOTES magazine), and he photo copied parts of the NEW ATARI USER and sent them to him, as per his re=}quest.Another letter to BEN POEHLAND from HORST DE WITZ about the lack of 8 Bit material.We got a letter from WILL ROTH=} in WOODLAND CA. He said he wanted to become a full member of our group and he ordered the 3 disk PROGRAMMING KIT.NIEK =}VANDERLEE sent us a postcard from Holland, where he is vacationing. He says he couldnt find much in the stores for the 8 B=}IT.We decided to make a contribution to LIAUG and the BBS of $50.00. It was approved by the membership. JIM HARRIS said =}that BBS is there and for us to use it. LIAUG and the OL' HACKERS always had a special relationship and that also extends =}to the BBS. ALAN SHARKIS made a motion to contribute $50.00 to LIAUG for the maintenance of the BBS. ALLAN ATKINS seconde=}d the motion. The motion was carried unanimously, by the club members.ALAN SHARKIS made up forms for members to order an=}y of the many old and new Newsletter from other ATARI clubs, that they might want to read. A great idea.JIM HARRIS the S=}YSOP of the BBS said that it cost him approximately $30.00 a month in phone and related bills to operate the BBS. RON FETZ=}ER suggested we pay $50.00 and that constitutes the contribution of $15.00 a month for 3 months until 2/91. As described =}above, it was voted at this time to make a one time contribution. We will take this up around the February or March 1992 m=}eetings.DEMONSTRATIONS: (NON ATARI DEMO!) (ALEX demonstrated a small audio device to be used at appropriate times to liv=}en up a meeting. You had to be there to appreciate it! grin.)ALEX showed a program that on a unmodified 130XE seemed to s=}how that it had a RAMDISK D8 of 1410 Sectors and DUP.SYS and MEM.SAV with MYDOS. We could not believe our eyes, and neith=}er could he, which is why he brought it to our meeting. HAROLD PEGLER will investigate it further, and keep you informed=}"APAC LOAD"- a program loaded with pictures. It will go into the library. The loading program for pictures is on the disk =}with FINGERS to autoload itFrom PAGE 6 a label program. A very versatile label program. "LABELPG6.BAS" is the name of th=}e program.ALEX demonstrated a very interesting STOCK MARKET GAME. You can become very rich playing it, or loose without=} pain.An EPSON CABLE PRINTER TEST program was demoed. It is called "PRINTEST.BAS"A program which will compare 2 versio=}ns of a file was shown. It is called "SUPERCOMP.BAS", might be very helpful to see if one program has changes from the oth=}er.From PAGE 6 NEW ATARI USER DISK. You will need the magazine in order to understand all the programs on the disk."BA=}TCH 6" from JACG is a disk full of music on side #1. On side #2 it has graphics and other programs. It will be in the libr=}ary.From England a program that makes labels. You can use P.S. Icons, you can save your own and design your own. You hav=}e a picture viewer, a graphic cataloger, a border cataloger, font cataloger, transfer, undelete, rename, book mark, coupon=} maker and set up. It is a great program.DOOR PRIZES:STAN SCHENFELD ALLAN ATKINS RON FETZER CURT VENDEL (never fails, =}new members somehow always win on their first visit. Truly amazing!!! JACK GEDALIUSJIM HARRIS and MARK GLICKSMAN from L=}IAUG both came to our meeting. JIM brought a modified XF551 drive with a 3.5 drive on top of it. With this modification yo=}u can use both the XF551 and the 3.5 disk drive. He made a new ROM for the disk drive. He put both operating systems in th=}e new software ROM. The 3.5 formats in 80 tracks rather than 40 tracks. He modified the power supply so that both drives =}receive power all the time eliminating switching. He also incorportated a D.C. brushless fan to cool the drive.The 3.5 d=}isks are much hardier, than a 5.25 floppy. JIM threw one on the floor and stepped on it. It was still O.K. You can get 720=} K of information on one 3.5 disk this is the same as 8 single density sides. You must use SPARTA DOS or MYDOS with this s=}ystem to get the full benefit of the extended range. If you use DOS 2.5 it will format only to 720 sectors. JIM said it t=}akes him approximately 10 hours to make this modification and he is experienced in electronics. JIM showed us all the part=}s that go into making an upgrade. There are about $110 worth of parts that go into the modification. JIM demoed the upgrad=}e and showed us a directory of all the SPARTA DOS UTILITIES ever written. The directory was a mile long. If you can get t=}he parts yourself the upgrade would cost you between $60-$100. If you do not have the parts the upgrade would cost you $2=}00. You of course have to supply your own XF551 disk drive.JIM HARRIS also does computer repair and disk drive repair. If=} you have any repair call him at 516 234-2925. He lives in Central Islip. His prices are very reasonable, for all the eff=}ort he puts into his repairs.JIM and MARK, it was a great having you present, and JIM, thanks for the demo, it was very m=}uch appreciated by all.Submitted by Ron Fetzer >>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<< demo, it was very m<i =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* PRESIDENTS MESSAGE by ALEX PIGNATO M E R R Y C H R I S T MA} A S AND A H A P P Y N E W Y E A R! When December rolls around we allthink of a FUN time with loA}ts of goodthings like seeing beautiful CHRISTMAS decorations, buying and receiving giftsand visiting with family and frienA}ds.However, I also always think of the fact that THE OL' HACKERS startedin December of 1985, therefore we aregoing into oA}ur seventh year. For an8 BIT ATARI club, that's like a hundredyears of a humans life. We have managedto stay afloat makinA}g new ATARI friendsalong the way. Of course, we couldn't have gonethis far without the support and hardwork of our oA}fficers and members; so,at this time, I would like to thankeach and every one of them so that theyknow how much I appreciaA}te all theirhelp and cooperation. Our volume of mail continues togrow with news and disks from differentparts of theA} world, giving us a greatP.D. library and knowledge from other ATARI users. We continue to plumb thedepths of the 8 BIT wiA}thout evercoming near the bottom.....Wonder ofWonders, is there no bottom level ofknowledge for the little ol' 8 BIT? TheA}deeper one goes, the more one realizesthe mighty power of these little DUMBbrutes. New programs are now coming outof indivA}idual programmers, like TOMANDREWS, RON FETZER, BOB PUFF, JOHNMcGOWAN, and so many more, I cant beginto name them. I A}see a rebirth of the 8 BIT, butnot in the normal way, but by a bunchof die hards, and the people who aregetting second hanA}d equipment fromthose that have upgraded for whateverreason. Our club had gone down fromits high mark two years ago, but hA}assince gone up 30% in membership justthis past year. Many of our new memberslive out of the area, in other states,and coA}untries. Without sounding like a blowhard, I canproudly and honestly say we have beenand are recognized as an active andpA}roductive club. One problem should be mentionedhere. The question is whether or nota spouse can get a divorce, namingA}the 8 BIT as a correspondent?? Anotherquestion, how can a small 8 BITcomputer manage to swallow up a wholeroom in ones hoA}use? Anyone who has beento my house can attest to the fact that3 people in the room, eliminates allextra space. Also I musA}t catalog all mydisks which are spilling over onto thefloor. Lucky for me-RON FETZER and STANSCHENFELD must have sensed myA} problem,and have come to the rescue. They havecollaborated on a 2 disk double sidedset that will catalog and label (in 2A}sizes) and with the programs are allintegrated and which are all documentedfor ease of use. They have donated thedisks to A}our club and they are going onsale for $6.00 a set. Check the throwaway that came withthis disk for more info. (Boy wA}asntthat a sneaky way to run a commercial?) Enough said, I hope you all havea HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON, and GOOD HEALTHB1}d M * @  $ % CC$$)%1 Udߥ$9%: !0 S$%E} DD˙`  }J)Lr J  ((  p L ()   JE}L= ( L 0q A    IB JC;? D W E} LL  ` W )LA!  ߰")-݆ p" E} $G@LL 08`Q")<2Q0 -G$Ș݆ UL# ; p8(()(0ʥ)NQ`E}$GȘ݆LU )L ݆ L GȘ ݆LL )W>Z   HH)H E}p h  hyhy D L> L JJ    ! LA*` BFE}7'8  M HN H` 8 Z  \LdJJ!"! GFE@F (!LE}EE !E^ ^ E E7EȩEdE/EȩE  DE} .L }  ;F d  ;?F7F? ( .   Z D LL d E} . 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Print Star reads text files that have 40 character recorRk}ds and formats them into two or three columns printed at 6 or 8 lines per inch, on standard 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper. Rl} Print Star is menu driven, and thus is easy to operate. When you are asked for the file name, pressing RETURN will Rm}give you the default drive directory. Entering a file name with no device code will automatically use the default driveRn}. To change the default drive number, use "Dn:",("n" will be the new drive number). Don't forget the colon. To putRo} an unformatted file into 40 (or fewer) character records, do this: Use a word processor that allows you to PRINT (not Rp}save) to a disk file, such as Textpro, Speedscript, or Atariwriter Plus. Load the unformatted file, set your left marRq}gin to 2 and your right margin to 39. Also set your page length to be as long as possible, and eliminate top and bottomRr} margins. Now "PRINT" the document to a disk file, and use this file for Print Star. Print Star is a shareware proRs}gram and as such you are bound by your Honor as an Atarian to pay my suggested fee if you use it. My fee is: a letterRt} with suggestions for a better program. I wish to develop Print Star into a multi-purpose text file printer that is botRu}h versatile and easy to use. In order to do this, I am asking for suggestions for features that you would like to seeRv} in such a program. Already suggested are the ability to read other than 40 coulmn character files, a "print preview" fRw}eature so that you can see how full a page is with different formats, and the ability to start with other than theRx} first page. I'm sure there are more ideas out there. If anyone has an idea for a program that they'd like to see doneRy}, I'd be happy to hear about it-maybe I could do one! Send all replies to: THOMAS J. ANDREWRz}S 7805 US ROUTE 20 MANLIUS NY 13104 Many thanks to Ken Wickert, intrepid 8-bit librR{}arian for A.C.E. of Syracuse, NY and Atari 8-bit booster extrordinaire, for his help with the development and distribR|}ution of this program. Truly, Tom Andrews Please send E-MAIL commR}}ents to Ken Wickert about this program and I will forward them to Tom. GEnie K.WICKERT CompuServe 70731,2322 DelphiR~} KWICKERT *Ken* CKERT CompuServe 70731,2322 DelphiPW  $D:PRNTSTR2.BAS +&7<,46-@& Bp*+67,.7<, Bp4+67B:,%@,.7<,>+ Lorrectly when used with a XF551 drive in double density. A second program that JIM wrote takes the SPARTA DOS formatting rV}outine and corrects the mistake in that routine so that an XF551 will now run correctly in double density upon boot up. TV}he program is called XINTFIX for the SF551 drive. ** NEW PROGRAMS FOR THE 8 BIT ** RON FETZER demoed the-2 disks-NEW V}DISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. See the article "A NEW DISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE 8- BIT ATARI COMPUTER" elsewhere on this diV}sk. The DISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM consists of 2 disks with 6 program that are integrated and work together to catalog your diV}sks. Disk #1 has 5 programs on it and was written by RON FETZER. Disk #2 was produced by STAN SCHENFELD and is the FULL FEV}ATURE CATALOGER. STAN modified a P.D. program extensively and wrote very detailed documentation for this program. ALEX PIV}GNATO helped with the production of this disk set by beta testing it and offering suggestions to improve it. RON showed hoV}w the 3 label programs work. There is a disk label program that prints a sorted list of files on 3.5 X 15/16 pressure senV}sitive labels. It can handle 54 files. Next he showed how the ENVELOPE LABEL program works. This label program sorts 64 fiV}les and prints it out in a form ready to be glued on to a disk label. Next RON showed how the CLEANUP program works. It pV}rints a directory with a blank line next to each file name to be used to describe the file. The FULL FEATURE CATALOGER neeV}ds a short description for each file. Besides all the major DOS functions the program has a TEXT READER section that can V}ready ANY ATARI file. RON showed how the QUICK CATALOGER program works. You just insert one disk after the other in the diV}sk drive and catalog it. The last demo has the FULL FEATURE CATALOGER. With this program you create 7 fields and can sortV} your disk in 7 different ways. This program has a machine language sort that is very fast. The two cataloger program writV}e the disk name to the disk. All the other programs will pick it up. Thus you never have type it again and it will make cV}ataloging your disk library very easy. You now can create a professional disk library using the DISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. ThV}e disk set is fully documented. It is available from our library for $6.00 including shipping. *** NOTE *** All of the V}above programs will now be found in our PD library. REPAIRS: JIM HARRIS informed us he is now able to repair diskV} drives with a HAPPY modification. JIM is also able to repair disk drives and any 8 Bit Atari computer. If you have any rV}epairs to be made contact JIM or ALEX. ANTHONY FALCONE told us about a new development for a new 8-Bit computer. ANV}THONY subscribes to the ATARI 8-BIT DIGEST that comes over the network to all the universities. DATAQUE is trying to makeV} a new computer called the 1600XLE. It would be an 8-bit compatible computer but it would run with a 16-bit microprocessoV}r, the 65816. It would use IBM type peripherals, like IBM hard drive, VGA monitors printers etc. all direct hook up. TheV} projected cost right now is about $250.00. It will be able to access 16 megabytes of RAM NOT bank switched. If you are inV}terested in this new 8- Bit computer please write to: DATAQUE PRODUCTS, POST OFFICE BOX 134, ONTARIO, OH, 44862. Please seV}nd a self addressed stamped 8 x 10 envelope with your request. The other bit of news is that AIM MAGAZINE said if there aV}re enough 8-Bit users they are willing to publish an 8-Bit magazine again, so please write!! COPYING THE NEWSLETTER: V} ALLAN ATKINS, HAROLD PEGLER, ALAN SHARKIS and RON FETZER are in charge of duplicating 15 copies each of our newsletter.V} Respectfully submitted by Ron Fetzer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< newsletter.Tq AKINS, HAROLD PEGLER, ALAN SHARKIS and RON FETZER are in charge of duplicating 15 copies each of our newsletter. V} Respectfully submitted by Ron Fetzer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<. Tt. [Side 1]: BREAKDA.NOC,DALEX2, SUNSET.BAS, FULALPHA.FNT,DESCR.DIR, MAILLIST.BAS, MEMOPAD.BAS,MODULES6.BAS, DALEX1, HACKERV}.BAS,FONTMAKR.BAS, SHADING.BAS, HUMOR.BAS,FIXER2.,OBJ, SUPRDIR.BAS. [Side 2]:'Utilities' SMALLWP.BAS, CATALOG.BAS,SETAUTOV}.BAS, RUNTIME.BAS,KEYBOARD.BAS, CALENDAR.BAS,TEXTVIEW.BAS, MEMOS.BAS, TINYLABL.BAS,BASICOFF.COM, GRAPHICT.ITL,CONSUBR.BASV}, GDEVICE.OBJ,SETUPPTR.BAS, CALENDAR, OHACLOGO.BAS,FILEMAKR.NOC, DISKLABL.BAS,ALSDATES.DAT, BASICON.COM. # 37 [Side 1]: IV}CON SHOP by GregTavares and THE PRINT SHOP GRAPHICEDITOR with documentation for printeror screen. The Icon Drawing file haV}ssettings for Joystick, mouse, andKoalapad. [Side 2]: Has teaching gamesas well as a very unusual andexcellent MENU! MCDOV}NALD.BAS,SLEUTH.BAS, DOMINOS.BAS, CHANGE.BAS,CSMCOUNT.BAS, NORACE.BAS,COUNTING.BAS, MULTIPLY.BAS, HELP. # 38 Bi-monthly BV}it Byter Magazin #9, an all German Disk, loaded withgames, graphics and demos. Great forexperimentation and learning newpV}rograming ideas! (Double sided disk). # 39 Bi-monthly Bit Byter Magazin #10 (9/87), another all German Diskwith more gamesV}, great graphics anddemos. (Double Sided Disk). # 40 Bi-monthly Bit Byter Magazin #11, all German Disk with games, news,gV}raphics and demos. (Double SidedDisk). # 41 TURBO BASIC GEMSCRIPT comes fromDr. Carlson, Cleveland, Ohio, for usewith GemV}ini and EPSON compatableprinters. A must have if you have aGEMINI 10X Printer! Be sure to getthis one. Complete and VERY DV}ETAILEDprintout DOCS on side 2. # 42 There is a FANTASTIC WELCOMEscreen and then a few other Utilities.Run 'CATALOG.BAS' V}for MENU, hit[R]torun, then the letter near the theprogram you want to run. [Side 1]:OHTV.PIC, OHADV.PIC, GRAPHICT.ITL,DOV}S2256K.BAS, BASICON.COM,TITLEPG.BAS, OHDSKLOG.PIC, OLHWELC,FINGERS.BAS, BASICOFF.COM. [Side 2]: Ablank disk formatted withV} DOS, DUP andAUTORUN.SYS along with CATALOG.BAS sothat you can add your own files. # 43 [Side 1]: PRINT SHOP ICON editor(V}same as on Disk #37). [Side 2]: Hasloads of new PRINT SHOP ICONS fromCLEVELAND, worth having just for themany many ICONS V}alone! # 44 [Side 1]: Demos galour and loadsof utilities for DOS's such as 2.0,3.0, 2.5, 2.6r Atari Dos and otherssuch asV} those.Don't let this one getaway! You will love this one, fromA.C.E. of EUGENE, OR. - APPLEATR,BOTCH, STARWARS.MUS, BOOKLV}IST, HORSE,HORSEV, HDEM.CHR, STAR, NITEMARE,SCROLL, XMASTREE, HORSES,bbbbbBOOKLIST.DAT, HORSE.DAT. [Side2]: 'UTILITIES' wV}ith Super DirectoryMenu - TEXTVIEW.BAS, TINYLABL.PRT,AUTOMATE.UTL, INSPECT.UTL,POLYCOPY.UTL, XLEMULTR.UTL,ATARIARC.ADE, DV}ESCR.DIR, DISKRX.UTL,MENUBINY.UTL, UNDELETE.UTL. # 45 [Side 1]: This disk autoloadsinto the RAMDISK (if you have one),theV}n automatically runs'SCRENPRT.BAS'. Contains MAILLIST.BAS,TELDIREC.BAS, OHTITLE.BAS, TITLEOH,CONSKEYS.BAS, ADBASE.OBJ,FIRV}STNAM.DAT, CLUBS.ADB, DISKLABL.BAS,FINGERS.BAS, CLUBLABL.DAT. [Side 2]:UTILITIES with an Auto Dialer. If youdon't have TOUV}CH-TONE, this will actas one. AUTODUTI.LTY, FONT, MENU,PHONE.1, AUTODIAL.ER, AUTODIAL.DOC,PHONE.0, SCRENPRT.BAS. # 46 PriV}nts labels and works as atypewriter too, also prints text filesand Pics. Contains many NLQ fonts. OneGreat P.D. disk! A MUV}ST FOR EVERYLIBRARY! [Side 1]: DAISY-DOT by RoyGoldman. [Side 2]: DOT MAGIC. # 47 Best of ANTIC, ANALOG andCOMPUTE! for V}1984. Has a real varietyof programs. Saves lots of typing.EXCELLENT value for any LIBRARY! [Side1]: CIRCUS, GOTCHA, COMPMEV}NU, ODDMON,TYPO.LST, ANTMENU, FINGERS.BAS,CHSET1, OLHMENUL.OAD, QUATRA, DRAWING,ODDMAN, CARD, STOCK, MONEY, DIRECT,RECORDV}.DAT, CIOSAMP. [Side 2]:GANTLET, ANAMENU, STARS3D, BARSUB,FONT, STARS.BIN, SOLID, GLOOP,FSCROLL, CHECK2, PAINTER, XLDEMO,V}REPEAT, FOURLTR. # 48 [Side 1]: BILLBOARD - for GEMINI10X. [Side 2]: BILLBOARD - for EPSONand compatables. Great fonts on V}bothsides. A must for graphic printerlovers. [From J.A.C.G. Disk lib # vol.141D]. # 49 BIT BYTER MAGAZIN # 12 (GermanlanV}guage Bi-monthly Disk). Alwaysgreat graphics, programs and demos.Lots to learn from this disk! Anadventure in discovery! AV} double sideddisk, menu driven use [SELECT] and[START] to run a program on the disk. # 50 BIT BYTER MAGAZIN # 13 (GermanlV}anguage Bi-monthly Disk). As in allother Bit Byter's, a value DISK forexperimentation and learning. A doublesided disk, meV}nu driven use [number]then [RETURN] to run a program on thedisk. # 51 'ANALOG MONTHLY DISK' ISSUE #60MAY 1988===========V}============================= [Side 1]: QSMENU.PGE, MONEYPCH.BAS,DOSCD2.BAS, DOSCD4.BAS, BUSYBUDX,OBJ,DEALIN.BAS, APACDEM2V}.BAS,APACKAL2.OBJ, QUICKSCR.BAS,DOSCD1.BAS, DOSCD3.BAS, DETOKEN.BAS,BINLOAD.BAS, APACDEM1.BAS,APACSYS.OBJ, CLOUDHOP.OBJ. V}[Side 2]:DOSCD5.M65, DOSCD6.M65, DOSCD7.M65,DOSCD8.M65, BUSYBUDX.M65, BINLOAD.M65,DEALIN.M65, APACSYS.M65, APACKAL2.M65,CV}LOUDHOP.ACT, BOOTCMP1.M65,BOOCMP2.M65, DOILY.STB, NEEDLE.STB,QUILT.STB, XSTITCH.STB. # 52 'ANALOG MONTHLY DISK' ISSUE #61V}JUNE 1988========================================= [Side 1]: COMDOS.OBJ,TESSELA2.BAS, CHARXFER.BAS,GEMSETUP.BAS, FASTPRNTV}.OBJ,TESSELA1.BAS, TESSELA2.BAS,TESSELA3.BAS, MICRODNG,BAS,DISKPRNT.BAS, MENU.SYS. [Side 2]:FASTPRNT.M65, BOOTCMP1.M65,PV}AINTSH1.STB, PAINTSH2.STB,PAINTSH3.STB, DISKPRNT.BAS,COMDOSNW.M65, BOOTCMP2.M65. # 53 [Side 1]: J.A.C.G. Library Disk.ConV}tains PRINT SHOP UTILITIES, PRINTSHOP TO GRAPHICS 7/8 and PRINT SHOPLABEL with many fonts included on thedisk. [Side 2]: V}DOT MAGIC Expanded Docs- 252 Sectors chock full of infoon use of DOT MAGIC. About 15 singlespaced pages. Really learn to uV}se DOTMAGIC, for great letters, reports,etc. Many NLQ FONTS also on disk. MixFONTS etc. AN ABSOLUTE MUST HAVE DISK-This iV}s one of the best buys in theLIBRARY. # 54 THE 10 BEST UTILITIES with fulldocs from "ATARI USERS" mag. Excellentbasic utiT}