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They are: BILLBOARD $10.00 Chris WV}areham 1215 west Jackson Spearfish,SD 57783 MAGNIPRINT II+ $24.95 + 3.00 SHIP. Alpha Systems 1012 SkyW}land Dr. Macedonia, OH 44056 YEMACYB DELUXE $29.95 + 3.00 SHIP Innovative Concepts 31172 ShawnDr. WarreX}n, MI 48093 You will also need coloredribbons. There are 2 sources. AlphaSystems sells you a ribbon packY} formost popular printers (Yellow, Cyan,Magenta, Black) for $54.00. You canalso order individual colored ribbonsfroZ}m: V-TECH 2223 RebeccaHatfield, PA 19440 Tel: 215822-2989 I own my own ribbon inke[}r. Iordered 4 blank ribbons and 4 colorsof ink, red, blue, green and yellow.They will also sell you coloredri\}bbons at a reasonable cost. I use anEpson FX 80+ printer. To print incolor you do a MULTI-PASS printing.First you ]}print the yellow image, thenyou turn the paper back and change theribbon to green and print that image,you then turn t^}he paper back again,change the ribbon and print the redimage. Finally you print either theblue or black image in the_} same way asbefore. BILLBOARD and MAGNIPRINTII+ are similar. Magniprint is moreversatile. Both of these programs`} canprint either B&W or color pictures inANY size from normal to several feetacross. YEMACYB is a morevera}satile program as far as colorprinting is concerned, than the othertwo but it is also quite complicated.It prints b}the colors the way they areon the screen. You also have manyutilities with it to manipulate thepicture and the cc}olors. This programis suitable if you want to become veryserious about color printing. Thedocumentation is quite exted}nsive.COLOR PRINTING I use BILLBOARD. BILLBOARD willbecome your favorite printing utilitynext to PRINT SHOP. e}It is easy to useand the documentation is clear andconcise. Whatever I say aboutBILLBOARD will also apf}plie toMAGNIPRINT II+ as far as colorprinting is concerned. The oldBILLBOARD accepted only 62 sectog}runcompressed pictures. If you havethat version you can change them withANTIC RAPID GRAPHIC CONVERTER (9/84)or P.h}S. INTERFACE by EXLENT software,to 62 sector graphics. The new versionof BILLBOARD accepts any graphic mode. You load i} up your graphic picturein GR 7+ mode. In this mode you canmanipulate the various shades of theimage. In the other j}modes you cannotdo this. Number keys 1,2,3,4 changethe shading of the image when you goto the print function. You ck}an presseach of these keys 5 times for adifferent shade effect or for a totalof 20 shades. Put your yellowl}ribbon into the printer, adjust yourshading for whatever is to be printedyellow (Usually your background colorsshould m} be light colors). IMPORTANT!!Draw a line on the paper where thepaper bail of the printer is. This isyour color regin}stration line. You haveto come back to this line to registerthe 3 colors correctly. If you are notaccurately on this lo}ine then yourcolor registration on your picturewill be off. Use the followingparameters for your first pictup}re: FORMAT: SIDEWAYS TYPE:INV. DENSITY: 960 DPL. WIDTH: DOUBLE HEIGHT: FOURPOSq}ITION: CENTER This will give you an 8 x 10picture suitable for framing. As youbecome more experienced, yor}u canchange the size of the picture. Ialways use INV.(Inverse) for the'TYPE' because whatever shows on thess}creen will be printed. After youhave printed the yellow image turnyour paper back to the reference linewhich yot}u made on the paper bail. Putin the red ribbon. Go back to theprint function on the program andadjust the shadu}ing for the red imageusing the number keys from 1-4, andthen print this image. Repeat the sameprocedure for all ov}ther colors.Here are some hints that can behelpful: 1. If you are using blue don't useblack 2. You show}uld have eitherblack or blue as the dark shade.3. Be careful to align your referenceline because this will affex}ct yourcolor matching and blending. 4.Always use the lightest shade ribbonfirst. 5. Usually 3 colors arey}sufficient. 6. Use a fresh blue orblack ribbon if at all posible. 7.When you print LARGE pictures use theSPACE BAz}R to stop the printing and letthe printhead cool off. Besides color printing BILLBOARDwill print the best B&W {}graphicspictures you have ever seen. At theend of the BILLBOARD documentationthere is a table for undistorted|}pictures in each density. If you wantlarger undistorted pictures multiplyeach number by 2,3 etc.(giving youmultipl}}es of these numbers). Youshould also make a table for yourself,of the parameters you used with eachpicture and i~}n particular how manytimes each of the number shading keyswere pressed so you can repeat theprint at a later ti c}**********************************MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 1991 MEETING------- -- --- ------- ---- -------GENERAL MEET }ING:ALEX PIGNATO welcomed the attendingOL' HACKERS to the start of ourSEVENTH YEAR. With the snow fallingve }ry heavy on FRIDAY evening not manymembers were sure that there would bea meeting on SATURDAY-(no matter whatthe condi }tions outside, what betterplace to wait out the storm than anOL' HACKER meeting)?Next ALEX nominated, THOMAS } J.ANDREWS, ACE of SYRACUSE-as anHONORARY OL' HACKER member, our firstsuch designation. This motion waspass }ed unanimously by the members (Welcome aboard THOMAS).Then ALEX passed on club wishes thatJOE LEBER has a health }y and a goodyear in 1991. For work and familyhealth, 1990 was one of JOE's worst inhis memory.The club was then mad }e aware that bothNIEK VANDERLEE and ALAN SHARKISdonated many books to the club. Thesebooks will be used to fo }rm a clublibrary whereas the members will beable to borrow them as needed. Alisting will be available at th }eFEBRUARY meeting.HAROLD PEGLER, our new librarian,stated he expects the new updatedlibrary disk listing to }be availableat the FEBRUARY meeting.TREASURY/MINUTES REPORTS:AL ATKINS read the current treasuryreport and stated }that approximatelyhalf of the members had paid their1991 dues. The minutes for DECEMBERare on the new newsletter } disk thatwas distributed by CARLOS HURTADO, soALEX read them to the members (all 105sectors, 2000 plus words). RON FETZ }ERmade a motion to accept both as readand HAROLD PEGLER seconded the motion,it then passed unaniously.VOTING, CLUB OFF }ICERS:ALEX asked if there were anyadditional nominations for clubofficers, none were forth coming. A }motion was made by ALAN SHARKIS tohave the SECRETARY cast one vote forthe slate nominated. CARLOS secondedthis mot }ion. The SECRETARY, AL ATKINS,then cast that one vote. The slateappears in this newsletter under"WHO's WHO". O }bservation, from thestart ALEX PIGNATO appeared to be ashoo-in to be elected PRESIDENT. Hisimpending retirement, M }ARCH 1ST, willnow make it possible for him to devote60 to 80 hours per week to clubactivities.CORRESPONDENCE:CH }RISTMAS CARDS were received fromJ.C.PETTY, who is once again statesidein PENNICOLA, FLORIDA. ALSO a cardfrom SOFTW }ARE INFINITY, STATE COLLEGE,PA., who are sole distributors of "KESOFT", GERMANY (software and manualsare in English). }ALEX read THOMAS ANDREWS letterexplaining the modified version ofKRIS HOLTAGAARD'S "NL PROGRAM". TOMoffered } his apology to KRIS foraltering his great program. a. Thefile reflected the changes. b.Increased effic }iency of the program,allowing for more files. c. In orderto print properly, all text must havecharacters of 39 or few }er characters,per line. d. Prints page headings anddate of newsletter on numbered pages(ALEX printed out copies to exh }ibit).e. It will print different sizes ofprint at users option. f. The letter[A] is now reserved for printing allf }iles, or the user may select andprint in any order.ALEX then suggested that all futurefiles "NL" articles have }a beginningand ending identification, such ascouple of asteriks.DEMONSTRATIONS:JACK GEDALIUS demoed "MAPWARE", } aprogram that displays the world in anumber of configurations. Jack started"MAPWARE" in motion at the beginningof o }ur meeting as the program is veryslow drawing the coordinates to formthe map. JACK had entered theLONGITUDE a }nd LATITUDE that chosePENNSYLVANIA as the center of his map.He had preprinted a number ofdifferent maps and p }assed them aroundfor inspection of the finishedproduct. Jacks homework really paidoff with an excellant demo! }HAROLD PEGLER came in with "TIMEWISE"a commercial 1982 ATARI PROGRAM. Aprogram that can be used to scheduleappointm }ents and keep a daily diary.It consists of a program and a datadisk and can be used with one or twodisk drives. Bei }ng menu driven you arelead into and through the program. Themain menu will have inputs such asDATE, TIME, PERSON, } TYPE, EVENT,PLACE, COMMENTS, INQUIRY, BROWSE,UPDATE, to chose from. All records andfuture appointments may be se }lectedfor search, then displayed or printed.Like "PRINT SHOP" a monthly calendarwith dates, time, type, and commentsc }ould be printed for carrying and easyaccess. Using his own personal files,HAROLD, walked the members through allphases o }f the program. He sure knewthe program. Another great DEMO.ALEX demoed the IOWA "M.A.G.I.C. ClubDOM", disks from AUGUS }T, SEPTEMBER andOCTOBER. Everyone of them is loadedwith excellent programs (two sided)and are fantasic disks. Ea }ch diskcontains a synopsis concerning everyprogram on the screen."BACKGAMMON" was found on one side ofthe OCTOBER }'90 disk. As a communaleffort everyone tried their hand atexplaining and playing this game. Noone was right!The }AUGUST '90 M.A.G.I.C. diskdisplayed at a previous meeting wasshown again. The disk has digitizedpictures of }LAUREL and HARDY, FOURTHOF JULY FLAG, conversions between U.S.and METRIC measurements, binary fileinformation and others }.Alex researched the archives ofCOMPUTE, ANTIC and ANALOG magazines tocreate a special disk of indispensableutili }ty type programs for the user andprogrammer.He lead off with his docs called"KEYLOADR.BAS" which will load }"KEYCODE" from COMPUTE MAGAZINE MARCH1986. The program also does automaticline numbering. The program has manycommands } such as graphics, color, dataand line numbering. The order numberprogram using softkey with autonumbering incre }ments in line numberschosen by you.Next came "CATALOG.BAS" a menu driveprogram which will run basic programs,no bina }ry here. Catalog has a screenmenu which can be more than one screenlong. You are asked to select yourchoice, Run, D }elete, Next Page, etc.Upon selecting the highlighted letter,the command will be executed."ERROR.BAS" and "ERROR.DOC" the }lattertyped up by our JOE LEBER allows youto write your own words(documentation) for all the errorst }hat might be experienced. As anexample, Error 138 might pop up,having previously documented thiserror, y }ou now see on the screen"ERROR 138, printer has not beenturned on." The user now does not haveto go searchi }ng for his "ERRORMESSAGE" listing. In order to fullyuse the "ERROR REPORT SYSTEM" youstart with a disk havi }ng all of theerror messages correctly recorded onit. The "ERROR REPORT WRITER" can beused to create your own custom }errormanual. It will ask you for an errornumber and it's matching message. Themessage is then written to disk underth }e appropriate error number file."WRITER.DOC", documentation written byJOE LEBER, to explain the usuage ofthis program. }"TRACER.EXE" a three sector program,with instructions. This program isused for programs that have a bug inthem. } As the program is executed theline numbers show up at top of screen,it will stop where a problem exist."RENUMBERING.BAS }" program goes intomemory. Can only be used by listing.By hitting "L" key, program loads intomemory, hitting any oth }er key it willcreate the program "D:RENUMBER.OBJ" ."TYPOTOOL.LST" is a line lister anddata reader. Hitting any key wil }l slowdown the scrolling screen (pause)."HOME LOAN ANALYSIS" a 1982 ANTICMAGAZINE program that will provide youwith } purchase and loan information bypumping in known numbers. The programallows you to view resultsyear-by-year } on the screen, change onenumber and get a different result, orprint a hard copy."SEARCH VARIABLES LIST", Actually }lists all your variables, prints themout with line numbers on screen orprinter.Having shown a large portion o }fprograms on side 1, ALEX went to theflip side to continue demonstration ofhis custom made disk.Starting on side 2 w }ith "LABELPRT" aprogram that ALEX gets a lot ofmileage out of. He demoed how changingline number 340 and 2000 cha }nges thedisk drive number. Then changing line310 will change the size of the printon the label.Talk about getting a } lot of mileagefrom one program, next on display wasALEX'S all time favorite, "FINGERS"."FINGERS" is a BASIC program }. Let'splay a game...OK? If I can explain howthe demo worked and you are at leastsix years old or older then there is }no reason why you can't have fun with"FINGERS". ("R" = RETURN KEY)1. Boot program up. It will ask for aletter, hit "K". }.."R" (unless you havethe ALEX modified program, which doesit for you). 2. Screen shows readyfor input, to go }to DOS, type"DOS"..."R" 3. To load hit "L"..,then type in your program, & hit "R"to load a BINARY program. 4. Ty }pe "B"to go to BASIC..."R" 5. At readyprompt, type, RUN "D:YOURFIL.* (yourfile name)..."R" 6. Hit [CTRL 3],( }This step tells the computer you arenow finished with commands).. 7.Program asks "DISK or CASSETTE?", hitletter " }D"..."R" 8. If you have anAUTORUN program on the disk, it willask if you want to append the AUTORUNon top of the }other AUTORUN? Answer"YES or NO"..."R" 9. If no AUTORUNappears on the disk, the question willnot be asked. 10. The nex }t 2 questionsconcerns load and numbers. Hit "R"each time (twice) 11. Program now ask,"WHAT SPEED?"(1 is fastest, }9 isslowest). Select a number for desiredspeed. "#"... 12. The program will nowput your efforts on disk as anAU }TORUN.SYS (2 Sectors) 13. Every timeyou boot this disk up, that disk willautomatically go through thesecommands } and run the selectedprogram.I took time out to try running"FINGERS", It works great, now we bothknow h }ow to use this handy andyprogram."COLUMN40" came next, a text formatted1990 program by THOMAS ANDREWS, A.C.E.SYRACU }SE, using runtime, load"D:COL40.CTB, ALEX went through theDOC SOURCE that explains thisprogram.Agai }n, time ran out just when we werehaving fun. Side 2 contained many,many more programs yet to be demoed.At least w }e now have a seed for theFEBRUARY meeting.Before the ATARI equipment setupscould be broken down, RON FETZER movedw }ith lighting speed and came up with abeauty. The members had no idea whatwas to come as he typed in RUN"D:COMPIL }ER.DOC. UP popped his image,a digitized picture, by far theclearest picture any member had everseen on an ATA }RI COMPUTER. He has adigitizer called "EASY SCAN". It's acartridge with a long fiberopticcable. While the pictu }re is beingprinted the fiberoptic cable scans thepicture and loads it on the disk.DOOR PRIZE:No, I didn't forget to \}*************************************From our GERMAN ATARI 8 BIT clubfriends, ABBUC!***********************************}** Bit Byter "Sonderdisk # 8".Translated by Horst A. DewitzInternational Correspondent for ABBUCe.V., OL HACKERS, I}ncand LIAUG.Sonderdisk # 8 on side # A containsthe following *.TXT files,accessible thru the Loader Menu,1)Fremdflopp}ycontroller - Seetranslation2)Infos aus dem Club - Seetranslation3)Protocoll der JHV 1990 -Minutes of t}he annual Meeting4)ICD-Bestellungen - ICDList of Items available5)ICD-Bestellformular - ICDOrder Form6)}Die komplete PD-Liste -ABBUC's PD Library listing (12/90)7)PD-Ecke -} Newsabout the PD-List8)Informatie voor Nederland - Forthe ATARI group in the Netherlands}9)COMPY SHOP neue PreisListe - COMPYnot out of BUSINESS, &price list10)Frau Mueller's Spiel}ecke - Tipsand tricks for games (Mrs.Mueller is an ABBUC me}mber)11)Glosse von Rolf A. Specht -Humorous story, see translation12)Brief von Kemal Escan} - SeetranslationSide # B has an excellent PaintProgram on it. Unfortunatelythe available manual is in German andv}ery lengthy.Fortunately all the menus are inEnglish. Getting out of adrawing screen - press [start].Program is joystick o}perated.To call a drive just press it'snumber, just to give you afew hints.Now following are the translationsand commen}ts to thevarious text files:1) Fremdfloppycontroller - 1.44 MByte Floppy's on an ATARI XL/XE!L}ooking for a relative fast drivewith plenty of room?Search no more. I completed aninterface, which will connectalien driv}es to our computers.Only requirements are, a drive whichwill accept a disk-change-signal at pin 34.I am currently running} 2 ST 3.5" Teacdrives (FD235HF) with720K (=2880 sectors, double density)I recommend these Teac drives,because they are qu}iet,reliable and capable to handle highdensity (=1.44M, 80tracks, 2 sides). SPARTA DOS lets youuse them to their fullcap}abilities.Possibilities at a glance:- serial interface- up to 4 drives with this interface(=5.76Meg's)- accepts many SPE}EDY and HAPPYcommands for instance: PERCOM read/ write change drive # thrusoftware Warm star}t Ultra speed sectorskew Custom format- Normal speed- Warp speed- Ultra speed- Operating s}ystem easily changed(16k...64k), meaning updates possible- Single, double and high density- SORRY NO MEDIUM density, it w}ouldbe a waste anyhow to format less than 720k- Still programming for: - Super high speed (SPEEDY 96000Baud) - Track bu}ffer - Autoformat (SPEEDY 1050) - Possible Mini-Rom-Disk or Rom-BootProjected price:Interface complete with chips DM}250.--Teac Drive FD 235 HF DM140.--(Exchange rate about DM 1.50 for US$1.--, Horst A. Dewitz)Delivery inc}ludes:Interface, schematics and cables. Youmust provide thetransformer, rated 5V .05A/1.0A perdrive.Production of the in}terface is onlyfeasible if 50 or moreorders are received. Since 1) I amworking on this projectalone and 2) I am not the B}ank ofEngland, therefore I am requesting adeposit of DM 100.--Erhard PuetzKleinsiepen 1D-5608 RadevormwaldGermany2) }Infos aus dem ClubHello dear Bit Byters!First of all a Merry Christmas and aHappy New Year to youand your families.CONC}ERNING THIS SONDERDISK:Side #B has Winfried Piegsda's Paintand Drawing programI.P.E.S. on it. Use the accompanyingmanual }(GERMAN).On side #A you will find the minutesof the annual meeting(1990) and the new PD-list, as wellas other text files.}You also will find DEMO.COM on thisside. DEMO.COMdemonstrates the new Soundeditor fromBENJI-SOFT. Load itfrom DOS with f}unction [L]. (Pleasenote: side #A does nothave DUP.SYS on it, lack of space!).DEMO.COM arrived just intime for insertion }into thisSonderdisk. More about thissoundeditor in our magazine # 24.DELAYED MAIL DELIVERYWe are receiving horror story'}s fromour formerly East Germanfriends. ABBUC's magazine in someareas took 8 weeks toarrive at the mail box of ourmembers}. We are of the opinion,that we could have delivered itfaster on foot. We hope thatthis situation will change soonNEW GE}RMAN 8-BIT MAGAZINETitle "Neues XL/XE Magazin",bimonthly, 32 pages,price DM 4.70. Contents: gamedescriptions, reference c}ards,inner workings of the XF etc..Address:A.M. HenschkePSF 30D-7543 Luebbenau 1GermanyA price reduction is projected,} ifthe circulation increases.MAGZINE # 24The next issue of magazine # 24 isprojected for the middle/end of February. Re}member, allcontests are still running.With the magazine, expect the TurboBasic Manual.Until then,Wolfgang3) Protocoll} der JHV 1990 (Clubminutes)(I will give you the more importanthighlights in abbreviatedform of the minutes of this annual}meeting. Horst A Dewitz).- 112 members participated- ABBUC has now 772 members- Bob Term is the most popularTelecommunic}ations program- Using medium density for magazine,since magazine # 22- ICD has hard & software andcatalog, 10% off for AB}BUC members- Since 11-1-90 new BBS, runningBBS-PRO under SPARTA DOS, on a 320k 800XL with 10 Meg hard drive- ABBUC membe}r of N.E.A.R.U.S., agroup of Atari Users Clubs in the North East U.S., representedby Joe Kennedy and Horst A. Dewitz- Ne}therlands & Belgium will have asection on ABBUC's magazine- The new Atari Germanyrepresentative, Mr. Huber, insisted tha}t Atari still produces the 8 BitMachine. When questioned about the delivery of the XEP-80,long breath, no answer, he did }not seem to know thisproduct. Referred a Portfolio Owners question about Atari, toABBUC.-Working on interface for PS card }s(IBM XT type), Mr. M. Pascher has hardware ready,software for parallel/serial interface in themaking, looking for prog }rammer for E:/S: handler (Screen- Hercules card), planing for hard drive handler.- High treasury reserves made theissue o }f the Turbo Basic Manual possible (with disk # 24)- Hobby Tronic at Dortmund 5-8-91 to5-12-91, it is not decided yet if A }BBUC participates.7) PD-EckeExplains the reorganization of theABBUC PD library and theaddition of 6 more disks.9) COMP }Y SHOP Neue PreislisteCOMPY SHOP's denial that it is out ofthe 8-Bit market (there wereearlier stories about this!) andth}eir price list.10) Frau Mueller's SpieleckeTips and tricks for games, includeschanges of basic programlines to get more }lives etc. Mrs.Mueller is an ABBUC memberand not fictional.11) Glosse von Rolf A. SpechtThe power of Habit! Really}, one get's used to allpleasant things in life,only the unpleasant things do disturbus time and time again. For instan}ce the Atari computer.In my school days Isolved math- and cosine problems withpencil and paper. Forespecially difficult s}ituations I hada pocket calculatorwith my school tools. But when thisAtari entered my house, allproblem solving had to ta}ke thedetour thru the electronicchips of this apparatus. Yes, it israther pleasant whenresults can be decorated with text}and when repetitive tasksneed not be squeezed into thekeyboard of a TI 30, again andagain. ( Electronic freaks of theear}ly electronic years knowwhat I am talking about!). It is certainly comforting, whenthe products ofheavenly inspiration}s, can betransformed to cassette tapes.There is no need in this way to storethe damn program on apiece of paper every tim}e. ( To myknowledge, pencil andpaper are the slowest storage medium,since the invention ofthe stone tablet!). But, ca}n all this be managedfaster? Sure, with adisk drive one can overcome the slowmotion recording of acassette recorder. }Oh God, how did I manage to storedata before I had adisk drive. Did I say ONE drive? Well andgood, is it not moreplea}sant to have TWO drives? Itspares me of the pesky diskswapping. I did feel like a diskjockey already! So, let'sget one! } Well, well, those were the days,hacking with only onedrive! Boy oh Boy, 19200 Baud are verynice, but somehow there}should be a way to boost this....COMPY/SHOP thank you! Thereis the Speedy 1050! Was there life before the Speedy?Funny}, with it my,informative wildlife really began!What did I do, to bootDOS, Before I had the Speedy? Ibooted from a disk -}child's play! Besides, a third drive does wellas a disk holder whencopying, it is so classy. AndAlternate Reality with}out 3drives is really a joke! Be that as it may, today 64 KB isnot enough anymore, atleast not for anybody who is serio }usabout his computer. Likeme for instance. The 130 XE is by allmeans a finemachine.... Assuming one is notdisturbed by t!}he designrelationship between the XE and the1050, which is about asgood a match as the banana toTABASCO. But then there i"}s theXF drive, with which one can restorethe harmony on ones deskagain. it stores 360KB, ideal forword processing with an#}80-caracter card. And joysticks? What am I talkingabout? Whole JoyBOARDSare needed. Ball Games withoutAutofire are re$}ally tough.(the first night I owned one, wasspent playing Landscape,Cyrus and other ball games). Why in the world ATA%}RI? ATARI isthe thing! Much faster,bigger, and more storage and morecolors and a sound card andmuch better gizmo's and Gi&}gabytes andin Mega drive WOW. Andwhat else? Tomorrow Tower AT,EGA-Graphics too -gloock- inCray 2 realtime -piep- zrr...f'}rrzz... file loaded. -tuet-page ready. Give input.---Obituary---Sorry to tell you, that the Authornever finished this(} text.According to eyewitnesses he hunched,severely shaking, overhis computer while writing thisarticle. Further more, he)}allegedly ate, with a big grin, 2dozen disks. The ensuingspectacle was too horrendous to bedetailed here. Only thismuch:*} medical personal describe thisas mutation.After everything was over, a tower ATwas found in his chair.Once in a while, s+}o goes the rumor, ashallow, metalliclaughter can be heard from the caseNone of our techniciansdared as yet to remove the ,}frontcover.Rolf A. Specht12) Brief von Kemal EzcanKE-SOFT goes U.S. It's been a year ago now. Then,at ABBUC's ann-}ualmeeting 1989, we met Horst Dewitz, aBit Byter from the USA,who was nice enough to take home someinformation about our.}software. He promised to contactinterested companies andpass on our material. It took some time for things tohappen. B/}ut then itclicked: SOFTWARE INFINITY, asoftware distributor overthere, showed interest in marketingKE-SOFT products in th0}eUSA. After some to and fro, it finallybecame a reality: S.I.will market and distribute KE-SOFTproducts in the USA.A1}dvertisements will do the rest. Atthe end of this year KE-SOFT products will be available inthe USA. Our special than2}ks go to ABBUC,thru which our contactwith Horst Dewitz was possible. Aspecial Thank You to Horstof course, who started it3} all. Itwould be nice to hear howthe marketing of our productsoverthere is working.In conjunction with this, an appeal:4} Any programmer, who feels that hecan write commercialgrade programs, or who did already,should contact us at KE-SOF5}T and send us his work. Marketingof your work thru KE-SOFT will gain you a nice sum ofmoney (depending on thequality of y6}our work!) We are lookingfor Games, Adventures,Utilities and application of allkinds. 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(}-#(5}Printing.....?(Use -P to Pause+(Use -C to Cancel+-@) 6. 67,.67,.#6.)5}6./ - A`6-'6-@@/-"F:Ad,"A8" AU,F:Ad,"AF", A5}& &APAQAQ 67<,. AQ@67<,. AQ@67<,.) 6-%6-%@95} ! )6-%"F:Ad,"A8" AU#,F:Ad,"AF", A(7 A&@5}P:,"7(@2 "(GF6  '6-+",$%+",$+@&,6(=:,PN (((5}":6-+",$@ %+",$@G*@'N*Z: 6-6-@@-$6.*":6. _"F:Ad5},"A8" AU`,F:Ad,"AF", Ad<67B:,%,.7<,)67B:,%,.7<,<67B:,%,.7<5},n"6-?:}issue of the JACSBetween Bytes describes a process thatis common to many mixed 8-bit and STclubs. It seems that the F?} club hadsplit into two sigs; ST and 8-bit, butthe ST people couldn't come up with acomplete slate of officers, so thF@}egroups reunited under one leadership.Since 8-bit machines will no longer bemanufactured by Atari, but the STEsand FA}TTs (almost) are here, some8-bitters may be selling theirhardware. Will the club pendulumswing against FB}8-bitters? Editor RogerHeller thinks not. He reminds us thathis club has a majority of 8-bitters,and that when machinFC}es are sold, thepurchasers will need a club! I cansee a new generation of 8-bitters whohave recently bought old eFD}quipmentjoining clubs in large numbers,because literature for the machines isscarce. Remember, club membersFE}represent the greatest source ofwisdom about their machines! JosephE. Hicswa reviews the Douglas B.FletcheFF}r program, SOLITAIR. Thisconstantly upgraded simulation of asolitaire game is one of my favorites,and Joseph's FG}review does it justice.Robert S. Ely contributes a programthat makes 5.25" disk jackets with adirectory on the frontFH}, and prints toa Panasonic printer. Nancy Hellerwrites an interesting article abouthow her missing-persons-lFI}ocatingagency uses an Atari 800XL for all ofits work.Clevatari Newsletter for September,1990 seems to be an educatFJ}ion issue.The venerable 8-bit Atari Touch Typingprogram is reviewed by Randy Hahn.Unfortunately, this is the only reviFK}ewthat is identified as 8-bit. I knowthat the 8-bit world is chock-full ofed programs, and even more are beingwrittFL}en and released as shareware orp/d even now.The September, 1990 JACG Newsletter(the last one in this column, FM}Ipromise!) makes mention of the factthat the club has entered into an8-bit disk-swap arrangement with thelibrarFN}y of MACE (Modesto, California). I wonder, as I write this, if thereis anything to be gained by a NEAR-USclearing housFO}e on club libraries, sothat all NEAR-US members will be ableto find programs they need quickly? Iinvite your feedbackFP} on this point.For example, JACG member and frequentcontributor Joe Hicswa (isn't he withJACS, as well?) is looking fFQ}or 8-bitsoftware that can be used by peoplewith disabilities. It's a legitimateneed that might be better met withFR}better coordination among clublibraries. Perhaps NEAR-US can showthe way? Among the 8-bit articles isa repeFS}at of Joe Hicswa's review ofSOLITAIR, a follow-up article by DaveDvorin on 8-bit to MS-DOS filetransfers giviFT}ng the correct pin-outfor a null-modem cable that serves theAtari and a 9-pin AT style serialport, Neil Van Oost,FU} Jr.'s "how-to"covering the DD III-Print Shop Iconconnection, and mention in the 8-bitlibrary column of our owFV}n KrisHoltegaard as being a fan of Betamenu(aka Demamenu), which I demonstratedfor Ol' Hackers a few months back.B. FW} A. C. E. Line for September, 1990contains a reprint of Derek Furman'sBetaZine article, in which he rescuesfiles origFX}inally saved on a doubled1050 at varying speeds by using SpartaDos Tool Kit and Bev. Brown's SpartaDos Disk Editor. HeFY} also rescued filesthat contained what he called,"phantom sectors" using a variety ofother tools and techniquFZ}es. It's ahighly technical article, but writtenin a nice, narrative form. Derek is afrequent caller to Dateline II, F[}theBBS of B. A. S. I. C. in Brooklyn.D'list prizes orwinners of the JANUARY DOOR PRIZES.DOOR PRIZES was as always on themonthly agenda but the first t]}ime inmemory, no way could it be squeezedin. Maybe FEBRUARY will bring doubleprizes?FUTURE MEETING DATES:Future ^} meeting dates for the OL'HACKERS ATARI USER GROUP are:FEBRUARY 9, 1991 MAY 11, 1991MARCH 9, 1991 `}the LIBRARY!*********************************@0JUNE 1, 1991APRIL 13, 1991All dates are a SATURDAY and arescheduled for the PLAINVIEW/OLDBETHPAGE LIa}BRARY. Remember........thenext OL' HACKERS ATARI USER GROUPmeeting is scheduled for FEBRUARY 9,1991, at 11:30am. b} Sincerely, AL ATKINS********** Eme, if you sodesire. Above is another great use forthis versatile 8 BIT micro - GAMEMACHINE? Me thinks not d}! Till Next Time, BYE!*********************** e}**************ebecame a collector of ATARIMemorabilia, displaying two rareitems, a 1090XL Expansion System and aXTC2012g} ATARI Thermal Color Printer.JOHN has fond memories of his ATARIlife in Texas and now hopes tocontinue it 2h} in New York. Uponcontacting AAAUA, they then put him intouch with our club. Here's hopingJOHN has found his A2i}tari Utopia withthe OL'HACKERS. RON FETZER donated a large quantityof Antic Magazines for club membersuse. They w2j}ere immediately put intoour hard copy library. ALEX suppliedthe members with a listing of the manybooks donated by ALAN2k} SHARKIS and NIEKVANDERLEE at the January meeting. Thislibrary has already been set intomotion, as a couple of th2l}e membershave taken advantage of this newlibrary, which contains many out ofprint books. MINUTES/TREASURY REPO2m}RTS: ALEX next read the lengthy Januaryminutes report and AL ATKINS gave hisup todate Treasury Report. Both wereac2n}cepted as read. MAIL & CORRESPONDENCE: Surprise mail came to our Oceansideaddress from FRANCE, to be exact, anAtar2}}**************************************Books for Members**************************************Title AutNp}hor # of Pgs---------------------------------------Some Common BasicPrograms Poole,Borchers, Nq} Cooke 200De Re AtariAtari 400/800Basic Ref. Manual 120Atari Basic, Faster& Better Nr} Carl Evans 300Without Me You'reNothing Frank Herbert 30Beginners ComputerProgramming Ns} Brice Ward 38Basic Fun W/Graphics Zuanich/ Lipscomb 100StimulatingSimulations Nt} C.W. Engel 11The Best Of Antic,An Anthology # 1 29Atari Basic;LearningBy Using Nu} T.E. Rowely 73An Atari 8-Bit ExtraAnalog 1987 13Advanced ProgrammingTechniques Nv}L. Schreber 207Sam's Advanced BasicTutorial R.A Peck 174SS Advanced ComputerProgramming In Basic Nw}W.S. Watson 250Compute's Vol I 18 Vol II 25 Vol III Nx} 30Atari Basic Albreht, Finkel & Brown 330Your Atari Computer LonNy} Poole 458Electronic ComputerProjects Compute 182Family Computing Dictionary of Simpleterms MNz}ade Simple 96Atari Sound & Moore, LoweerGraphics & Albercht 234Mapping The AtarN{}i Ian Chadwick 194-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- We also have a very large selection of Newsletters fromN|} other Atari User Groups from around the world.L0i Newsletter and Library Listing,in French no less. It was from "CLUBCENACLE ATARI", containing news of theXL/XE. The 2~} newsletter was passed toJACK GEDALIUS for translation andreporting back at the March meetingThe CENACLE CLUB 2}is a nation wideFrench ATARI User Group. Their purposeis to make the worth while 8-Bit live,though French supporte2}rs haveconsidered that these computers weredead (sound familiar?). For over threeyears they have been publishi2}ngnewsletters with disk, containingrograms born from the creativity oftheir members. They also have a PublicDomai2}n Library for which some membershave produced hard and software. Theyare interested in corresponding withATARI User Gr2}oups throughout the worldfor an exchange of information and theexchange of membership of AtariGroups. ALEX responde2}d "Tout De Suite"endorsing their ideas and forwardedcopies of our last three newsletters. "CLUB CENACLE", B.P. 42}9, 95110Sannois, France. ALEX read a letter from HORST DEWITZwho said he cannot attend regularmeetings. HORST2} our internationalcorrespondence member, is as well, amember of LIAUG and ABBUC, GERMANY. Hewould like to continue 2}to act as theconnecting link and perform thecoordination of activities betweenGERMANY and the USA. DR. R.B2}. HERMAN, President of "THEW.A.N.D.", WESTCHESTER ATARI NEWSDIGEST an all 8-bit ATARI club, wascontacted by ALEX 2}at the suggestion ofROLAND FETZER. DR. HERMAN has agreedto an exchange of N/L's and articlesbetween the clubs. KEN 2}WICKERT, A.C.E., SYRACUSE hasreally jumped into "DESERT STORM". Hebrought his 8-bit computers into thelocal school 2} systems and to thesupport system for wives and familiesof affected servicemen and women. Hehas taught word process2}ing to familiesto allow them to send mail to theirloved ones, either paper mail or"GENIE". He also printed hund2}reds ofmailing labels for families as well.TOM ANDREWS at a minutes notice, hascomposed for him a new version of the2}program "COL40.CTB", called "REFORMAT"that allows him to take a lettercomposed with Atari Writer andreformat2} it to send over ElectronicMail with the least amount of wastedspace. TOM ANDREWS our honorary memberlives i2}n upstate N. Y., in MANLIUS. Heis a dedicated 8 BITTER, who helps hisfamily run a large dairy farm. He hasan Electrical 2} Engineers degree, butfrom seeing his programs, I think hecut clases and went to computerschool instead. Way to 2}go, TOM! JOAN RYAN, A.C.E., ST LOUIS wrotevery favorable comments concerning theOL' HACKERS bimonthly newsletter. Sh2}eespecially liked printing it in twocolumns with "TWOCOL.BAS" from ANTIC.In addition JOAN thought including agame 2}or two on the reverse side wassuper. SURPRISE!! With this disk, she,(and you) will now be able to print itin 3 colu2}mns, thanks to ourprogrammers! ALAN SHARKIS volunteered to composeand send a letter to START (ANTIC)Magazine2} for permission to includetheir typein programs on ournewsletters. The entire 8-Bit worldwould benefit 2}if we could includethese programs on the newsletter. TheOL' HACKERS are a not for profit cluband these disks are 2}exchanged withother clubs, not sold. DOOR PRIZES: To no ones surprise, HARRY TUTHILL'Snumber instantly popped up whe2}n "DOORPRIZE was run. After so many years themembers agree that the odds have to beastronomical that month after month2}HARRY walks up and claims his "DOORPRIZE". As he picked up his prize heseemed to be mumbling something about"Positiv2}e Thinking". Almost unnoticedwere the other winners, RON FETZER andJACK GEDALIUS. DEMONSTRATIONS: HAROLD PEGLER star2}ted the demos with"Menu Plus", version 2.5, put on diskas an Autorun program. All filesentered on the disk is by2} a number.You have a choice, as in DOS, to run,load, enter, copy, make an autorun.Everything that you can do with DO2}S.The demo disk happened to be programsof tapes converted to disk (no newprograms here). Mostly this diskconsi2}sted of educational programs, inbasic only. Before we knew what hadhappened HAROLD had us playing "Statesand Capitals"2}. Then "TV TEST", color bars to allowyou to make television alignments. Youcan get crosshatch (our monitor passedwith 2} flying colors), Horizontal,Vertical, Wide, Dots, Grey scale, testpatterns. This program will reallytell you wha2}t ails your monitor or TVset. "B Copy" Antic 1988 bonus disk. BCopy has an excellent use forconverting dou2}ble and enhanced densityto a single density disk. The programwill not copy DOS or DUP, so when youformat a disk put 2}DOS on it. Yourdrive or drives, including RAM Diskcan be selected. Hitting the start keywill produce a directory of 2}programsin drive #1. Use the arrow keys tomake file selections, then hit returnto lock highlighted programs. After2}marking programs using this method,hit start and then the programsselected will be transferred to a newdisk. 2} "Info Bits" came next, another Anticprogram, a real simple little database program. You have to generate adisk y2}ou want to use that will have"INFO BITS" on it. Then establish afile called "Info Bit File" and youare then limi2}ted to 119 characters,approximately three lines of print.HAROLD used Info Bits to catalog a lotof his tapes, normal2}ly using aboutthree lines for name, number and titleof his music cassettes. You have achoice of adding to the file or2} make asearch. Then he exhibited the searchexcellant feature of the program. CARLOS HURTADO started his demo with"TEX2}TPRO", version 3.2, (he has passedup version 4.5, with help key),feeling more comfortable with 3.2.CARLOS pass2}ed out handouts containinginformation about the program andstated he used "TEXTPRO" for lettersand our newsletter2}. While performingthe "TEXTPRO" demo he went through thefollowing steps: a. CTRL/M key to bring up the dire2}ctory b. Used the arrow keys to make a selection c. CTRL/L key to load selection d. When using a harddriv2}e, makeselection, then hit the insert key toopen up a sub directory e. To return to the main directoryuse clear key2} f. Then q1 to justify the margins.Using q1 turns justification on and q0turns it off g. Using CTRL/S, the text wil2}l besaved h. Then using CTRL/H to bring cursorto top of file, CARLOS typed in "PrintFile>DI:" to print to disk i. Whe2}n reformatting text file heuses "FIXUP" j. Then taking a text file submittedby ALAN he went through all the stepsfor 2} making it compatible with thenewsletter program. ALAN used "ATARIWRITER PLUS to submit his article,CARLOS using2} the Global Search featurewas able to instantly correct the textfor "TEXTPRO". ALEX PIGNATO followed with his demosstar2}ting with "File Verifier" from TOMANDREWS, The program will check if afile has been copied correctly. Anyvariation f2}rom the orginal file willbe noted. Next came "DOS 2.5 Modified" whenused with a 800XL or 130XE, somehow,it seems2} to make two ram disks thatyou can configure the DOS to name,such as; D3 and D8, D4 and D8. DOS D3will have DOS and2} DUP and D8 will haveDUP and MEMSAV. ALEX named thisprogram "DBLRMDOS.BAS" and thedocumentation is in the2} program. TheDOS sets up a 90K Ramdisk that can beassigned D2 to D7 when used with a256K upgrade providing RAMDISK. C2}OM ison the disk. The second ramdisk needsto be formatted after being poweredup. How good it is??? Members willha2}ve to play with it. "Wall Calendar" was demoed next,this program displays one year bymonths. You have the2} option ofhighlighting any date or dates youselect, then it prints out the endresults. Then "IRA.BAS" w2}ill calculateinterest with or without taxableincome for "N" years. Good whether youare retiring or thinking of it!2} Next a potpourri of old familiarprograms, "LUNAR LANDER", "FILERECOVERY", "DISKEDIT:DOC" and"FUJIB2}ONk". A lot of the programswere typed in by JOE LEBER. ThanksJoe. To finish the demos for this month,a super2} program was saved for last,"Print Star" by TOM ANDREWS. Thisprogram allows you to select your sizeof type for t2}he text. The selectionallows two columns of print having sixor eight lines to an inch. Anotherchoice is three column2}s of text withsix or eight lines to an inch. FUTURE MEETING DATES: Future meeting dates for the OL'HACKERS ATARI 2}USER GROUP are: MARCH 9, 1991 MAY 11,1991 APRIL 13, 1991 JUNE 1,1991 All dates are SATURDAY and aresc2}heduled for the PLAINVIEW/OLDBETHPAGE LIBRARY. REMEMBER........the next OL' HACKERSATARI USER GROUP meeting is sc2}heduledfor MARCH 9th, at 11:30am. Respectfully, AL ATKINS So long 2}for now! ******************* 0N