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"F:Ad,"A8" }AU#,F:Ad,"AF", A$..'@"P:'@,*"@yASE%..'@P:'@,*}"@iASE(9 A&@P:,"9(@=2 "(GF6  '6-+",$%+",$+@}&,6(=:,PN (((":6-+",$@ %+",$@G*@'N*Z: 6-6-@@}-$6.*":6. _"F:Ad,"A8" AU`,F:Ad,"AF", Ad<67B:,%},.7<,)67B:,%,.7<,<67B:,%,.7<,n"6-?:<><><> MODULAR PROGRAMMING IN ATARI BASIC! This is Part I. (LOOK FOR PART II in the next OL' HACKER)}O) !"`3!3<><> MINUTES OF THE MARCH MEETING: ============================= NEW MEMBERS: As always, \}we happily welcome our new members, ANIL (BOBBY) DASS from Elmhurst, Queens, WESLEY DUFF from Cortland OH., WILL\}IAM MIDYETTE from Elling Conn. and JOSEPH PRIMICH from Hartford Conn.. We welcome you all. I think you will get a g\}reat deal out of the OL' HACKERS and make many new friends. BILL MIDYETTE and JOE PRIMICH got up at 6AM leaving\} Connecticut and traveled for 3 hours plus, to come to our meeting. Hows that for long distance commuting? They s\}ay they plan on coming to other meetings. They were very knowledgeable about the 8-bit. BILL demoed a fantastic\} CAD program (see demos). We appreciate their devotion to the 8- Bit and most especially to the OL' HACKER\}S! CORRESPONDENCE: From the JACG Newsletter. "A member bought a MODEM and complained bitterly. "What is the \}problem?" He was asked. He responded, "Hey our BBS does not accept collect calls". (grin) A letter from our\} member SAM CORY of N.J. He writes over the years he has read many newsletters from various groups none have giv\}en as much information or pleasure as the OL' HACKERS NEWSLETTER, especially in these declining years of 8 BIT info. \} A letter from DANIEL CARRODANO our member from FRANCE to ALEX. He writes when he started out he used ATARIWRIT\}ER but had trouble with the serial interface he had. He also says that he modified TEXTPRO to use with DD3.(See demo). D\}AN had damaged his original DIAMOND GOS disk and wanted a replacement disk. REEVES SOFTWARE did not answer him. We\} put out out the word in our newsletter, and on the BBS's and one of our ENGLISH members offered to try to help ^+} *<>*<>*<>* THE ALL MICRO SHOW NO.6 1992 (ENGLAND) by DAVID EWENS, member OL' HACKERS Saturday the 14th8}EF0INSTTWSTAZCNPNFSTFZFCNFRTWFSTAFB((P(x(( ($4}6(^(  ( @ ( (((A S4}AVE "D:ENVELOPE.BAS":CLRz +@z(@_}ENVELOPE PROGRAM BY Π,member of Ş̌ ɠӠ4}Ь V.1.0 -GG(?Will print different size ENVELOPES, with same return address!-@A   +4} JJCONTROL MODULE *****************************************************((>:A%, A(DIM SECTION4} ASCREEN COLORS( ARETURN ADDRESS2 A MENU< @PIIDIM SECTION *******************4}************************************RR;@@,;@@,;@@,;@@,;@@,;@,;@@,]]4};@@,;@,;@@,;@@,;@@,;@@,;@,;@@,X$HHSCREEN COLORS *************4}***************************************#6-#6. @-@@7(WHAT SCREEN COLOR DO YOU 4}WANT:(=(@(( 1: NORMAL(2: AMBER(3: GREEN$(4: GREY.B Ap-@@4(SELE5v} november, 5am, my talking alarm clock tells me it's time to rise and get ready for the big day out at the AMS68} show (ALL MICRO SHOW #6) at Stafford, England. I go through to the other bedroom and tell my friend Stuart Murray it8}'s time to get up. He came down from Aberdeen in the north of Scotland the day before to stay for the weekend so that8} he could travel to the show with John Mathewson and myself. John (our chauffeur for the day), arrived at 6am and we8} set off for the 3 and a half hour drive to Stafford. Well!! we thought it would take that long, but about half way t8}here, we got stuck in a large traffic holdup due to a car crash. We finally arrived at Stafford at 10.30am one8} hour after the show had started. When we got inside the show hall, we knew from from our visit last year that the8} first thing to do was to stop inside the door, look round and see which stands were busiest and then head for t8}hem. These would be the Atari 8-BIT stands. It proved to be the right decision except that we didn't know which stand8} to head for first. There were 8 stands for the Atari 8-BIT only, so we decided to split up and see what each o8}f us could find. I decided to head for Derik Fern's stand (micro Discount) as I had placed an order with him by ph8}one for some new software he had advertised. I'd ordered a few cartridges including two for the lightgun 8}called CRIME BUSTERS, and CROSSBOW. They were quite expensive, but excellent games. I would recommend that any8}one with a lightgun should buy these games, well worth the money. I had also ordered two new disk programmes cal8}led TRICKY PRINT, and PRINT-LAB. Tricky Print is a must for 1029 printer users, it is a driver that lets you have 8}the full use of Print Shop and Print Shop Companion. Print-Lab is a page designer programme written for use wit8}h the 1029 and Epson compatable printers. Looking round the stands, I was amazed to see a lot of demonstrations8} not only hardware add-ons, but new software either on release, or being released in the very near future. There 8} were demos being shown of new games including THE LAST GUARDIAN, TAGALON, and Tiger Developements were showing a de8}mo of their new game called LIZARD, a very good arcade game. Most of the stands had a good selection of spare8} parts, also 800XLs/130XEs costing from #10 to #20, and there were even a few 1050 and 810 drives to be found. 8} After awhile, I met up with John and Stuart and we all had our hands full of bargains but our pockets were getting8} empty very quickly. We decided to take everything to the car and store it away and then come back and have a lo8}ok around at the other stands. A friend had told us that he had seen a stand selling blank disks at #10 for 200, some o8}f these were a must. Wandering round the rest of the show, we noticed that many stands were displaying Atari 8-BIT so8}ftware on disk and tape. I only wish that Atari would spare the time to attend one of these shows and see just how8} much support there is for the 8-BIT machine. If they were to show some interest, then maybe more software comp9}anies would do the same. Mid afternoon, we decided that it was time to head home. We had had nothing to eat s9}ince early morning, so decided to stop at a rodside Cafe for a good meal. Just after 6pm, we arrived back home tired9}, but very happy. Stuart and I spent the evening going through the software we'd bought and both of us deci9}ded that although we'd spent more than we had intended, we didn't regret it. As some of you may have heard, I and some9} of the other members of our group, have started our own newsletter called TWAUG, (Tyne & Wear Atari User G9}roup). If all goes well, we hope to have our own stand at the next AMS show in 1993. I would like to thank OL Ha9} you have an Epson compatible printer and want a full featured word processor that will enable you to print out d=}ocuments as they appear on screen (with ATASCII fonts), there is a combination that will work. The word processor is Tex=}tPro version 4.54 (NOT 4.56 or 5) and ONLY the regular version (NOT LoMem or XE versions) along with Analog's = }"G:" Device handler and Atari Dos. TP454 uses ONLY himemory (and respects the lomem pointer) (except when = } using something like SpartaDos... I "suspect" that the access to subdirectories and Sparta directories doe= }s NOT respect LoMem). The LoMem version of TP454, TP456 and TP5 all use some low memory. Analog's "G:" handler was a so= }ftware routine that would add a device (called "G:") to which one could print out text (using the Atascii = }font in memory). It lives in LoMemory and updates the LoMem pointer, and is, therefore, compatible with the standard=} version of TP454 with Atari Dos. IF one first loads in Analog's G: device and then runs TP454, one can print t=}o "G:" and print out with whatever font one has loaded as TEXTPRO.FNT (to print to "G:" from TP, just use =}CTRL-P and backspace over the "P:" and change it to "G:" or "G3:" if one wants wide, 40 column, printing) (G=}:=80+ column lines:: G2:=40 column lines, narrow print - narrow but as it appears on screen:: G3:=40 column wide pr=}int:: G4:=60 column wide print) Sounds good, but what if you want to change fonts? While TP456 and TP5 allow this=}, TP454 does not. However, I have written a ML addition to TP454 that allows a new font to be loaded into TP454 without=} exitting TP. (You may find this file up as TPFNTLOD.ARC on a BBS, or the name may be something close to this). =} The easiest way to set up a disk for this is to create an Atari format disk (say, DOS 2.0) and copy TextPro to th=}e disk (with file name TP454) and the Analog "G:" handler (with name G.COM) and the fontloader routine. No=}w rename G.COM to AUTORUN.SYS and delete DUP.SYS. Then rename TP454 to DUP.SYS and boot without Basic. This=} will first load the G: handler (AUTORUN.SYS) and THEN go to DUP.SYS (which is TP) (NOTE: If you want to exit to DO=}S, you will have to put a disk in drive one which has a REAL DUP.SYS on it!). Thus you are in TP with the G: device l=}oaded (but TP has so many DOS commands accessible from its Dos interface menu that you will probably not need to exit to=} DOS). You can use the fontloader routine to load a new font and print to "G:" (or "G3:") for a printout using the new=} font. A couple of points. Inverse characters are treated as TP commands... so if you want a listin=}g of a basic programme which has non-ascii codes (say inverses), SAVE the file to "G:" (this will not allow forma=}tting as to length of lines, but will allow the inverse codes to be printed rather than treated as TP control co=}des: IF YOU INSERT CRs=CHR$(155)'s AT THE ENDS OF THE LINES, THE FILE WILL BE FORMATTED BY LINE, BUT YOU WILL = }HAVE TO HAVE THE CRs IN THE FILE IF YOU WANT TO SAVE TO "G:" AND THUS BE ABLE TO PRINT INVERSE CHARACTERS!). CHR$(0)=!} will be printed as either a blank or a dot (rather than a heart) depending upon whether or not you have turned on the="} command (in TP) to show CHR$(0)'s (false spaces). The default line spacing is 1/9 inch (so vertical characters th=#}at touch on the screen touch on the printout). To change this requires opening the "G:" with a different auxilliary numb=$}er, which can be done, say from Basic, but canNOT be done from TP. HOWEVER if you use an ESC-2 Epson compatible (wh=%}ich demands an extra ESC-2 code) the printout will be at 1/6 inch spacing from TP... to correct this, load the G:=&} handler programme into TP and change the ESC-A-CTRL_H to ESC-3-CTRL_X which changes 8/72 inch to 24/216 inch a='}nd works with more printers! For example, configure TP to 99 lines per page (say, with a bottom margin at 94) and =(}print to "G:" to get a print out that looks like the screen (but with more characters per line if you haven't put in =)}CRs). This will allow you to print text to "G:" or "G3:" and have a printout of your screen, just as it shows up=*} on the screen! (for printing to G:, inverse characters cannot be used). While Antic had programmes, say, to printou=+}t inserts for Cassette tapes (using Atascii fonts), using a template (and TP's INPUT macro) would enable one to p=,}rint such from TP. Creating a font, say with map symbols, and setting up macros to print various symbols (u=-}sing graphic characters from the new font) or combinations thereof (one might need to print two characters abbuttin=.}g in order to show a wide symbol, or vertically adjacent, and this can be done with a macro key stroke), would en=/}able one to create a macro file that would enable one to create maps (or circuit diagrammes or house planning =0}routines or flow charts) which would print out (set up a CTRL-P macro to SAVE - in order to show inverse cha=1}racters if they are needed - to "G3:", say) to give a dump of the screen to the printer. +-+-+ A =2}combination of TP454, Analog's "G:" device and my font loader routines for TP454 will give you a full featured w=3}ord processor with printing with Atascii fonts! Actually, I use DD3 so do not need such printing, but have used it=}tten by KRIS HOLTEGAARD and revised several times by THOMAS J. ANDREWS, of Print Star fame. The routine is just as gooA5}d as the screen reader, and even more flexible. However, some members and clubs with whom we exchange have asked A6} for a step-by-step tutorial on using this print routine. Here goes. The first thing you have to consider is printA7}er configuration. You have a printer, I hope, and it's connected to your system and working. Turn it, and its interfaA8}ce, if necessary, on. Turn on your disk drive. Put the newsletter disk into your drive, and, with BASIC enabled, booA9}t the disk as usual. You will get the title screen, a delay of several seconds, and then the main menu. Press 3A:} from the main menu. You are then presented with a series of options. The first, [E], is the default option aA;}nd is for Epson and Epson-compatible printers. It's also the most flexible. If your printer falls into this cateA<}gory, press the [E] to go to the next screen. Here you are asked if you want draft quality [A] or double-strike [B]A=}. The first choice gives you fast printing; the second gives you darker, fancier printing. Press the appropriate A>}letter, but remember that double-strike is the default. The next screen is for layout. Four possible layouts exA?}ist. There's 2-column, 6 lines per inch [A]; 2-column, 8 lines per inch [B]; 3-column, 6 lines per inch [C]; and 3-A@}column, 8-lines per inch [D]. The number of columns determine whether your printer will use standard or condensed AA} print to produce two or three columns across a page. I prefer 6 lines per inch for improved readability, but AB}if you need to save paper, go with the 8-lines per inch. It produces text that's still readable, though a little AC}cramped. I actually printed one file in each of the four methods, and I'll say more about that later. The next optAD}ion that you have to choose is Continuous Paper [A] or Single Sheets [B]. If you have pin-feed paper, go with optAE}ion A, or you'll be interrupted at the end of each sheet. If you have single sheets, choose B, or you'll be printing oAF}n your platen roller (not nice!) The setup remains in memory and is not saved to disk. That means that as long as AG}your printer and computer are powered on, the configuration stays alive and the codes are transmitted to thAH}e printer before each print job. If you don't have an Epson or Epson compatible, the next choice remaining on the fiAI}rst screen is for [A], Atari 1025. This printer has the capability of doing condensed print, so hitting [A] wiAJ}ll take you to the column/lines-per-inch choices described above for the Epsons. Make that choice, and you arAK}e once again asked for Continuous or Single-Sheet printing. If your printer is neither an Epson/compatible noAL}r an Atari 1025, you are left with the final choice, [N]. This is for Non-Epson compatibles and Daisy Wheel AM}printers. Your choices here are, unfortunately, limited to Continuous or Single-Sheet printing. Having set thAN}e configuration, you are returned to the main menu. Happily, there's even more flexibility waiting for you! AO} Each article in the newsletter that you choose presents you with a choice screen. You can choose to go AP}back to the menu, to print the article, or to read it on screen. You'd select [P] for print. It's that simple, orAQ} is it? Well, a funny thing happened to the newsletter recently. Someone suggested that a user might sAR}elect an article without having first configured his printer. Could he get several pages of gibberish for hisAS} efforts? Nah! We fixed that. If you haven't configured the printer at this stage, you automatically get directAT}ed to do so. Instructions are exactly as above. Next, you're faced with more choices, as I mentioned before. You'rAU}e asked if you want Odd pages, Even pages or All pages. This allows you to print on both sides of the sheet. Here's AV}how. Set your printer at top of form. Select [O]dd for the first run. The article will be loaded into the buffer, anAW}d then printed. You can pause printing at any time by holding the CONTROL key and pressing P. While paused, youAX} can use any key to continue printing. Suppose you want to cancel the print job in the middle. CONTROLAY}-C will do that for you. When all the odd-numbered pages have been printed, you are returned to the main menu. Take youAZ}r pages out of the printer, turn them around so that the back of the sheets will come up through the printer A[} with page 1 first, set at top of form, and select the article to print again. This time, select [E]ven numbered A\}pages. I suggest having an extra sheet as a "leader" if you use continuous feed and your pin-feed or tractor A]}mechanism is at all finicky. Note that you can also print [A]ll pages of the article, in order, if you so choose.A^} If you wish to print all of the articles on any one side of a newsletter disk, simply select [A] from A_} the MAIN menu, and follow the prompts. I usually print out the entire newsletter using the double-side, oA`}dd/even technique. I use an Epson- compatible (Okidata 320) printer and configure it for three columns, 6 lines peAa}r inch. It is remarkable that the newsletter usually prints out to eight or more pages per side of disk, and therAb}e are no ads! So, I wondered how much room is saved by the various page formats available. To test this, I printed tAc}he November, 1992 meeting minutes in each of the four formats. Two-column, six lines per inch ran close to three Ad}full pages. Two columns, eight lines per inch ran two pages and about a third of one column on the third page. SwAe}itching to three columns, six lines per inch yielded almost a full two pages (quite a savings!). Changing that to Af}three columns, eight lines per inch dropped the paper required to one full page and about one-and- one third columns Ag}of the third page. If you have a printer with the capabilities of an Epson-compatible, but it doesn't utilize Aq}b%DOS SYSb*)DUP SYSbSRAMDISK COMb[MAINMENUHLPb;cNEWSLTR BASbWELCOME SCRbPRESSPRTMNUbPRESSPRTHLPbAUTORUN SYSbAUTORUN COMb\JMODULR1TXTbHELP DOCbQEMINAPR TXTb"ENVELOPEBASb&HMICRSHOTXTb3GMCGART TXTb>VIPRINTUTTXTbCPRESMESTXTbFMEETDATTXTb BFEATURETXTbKWHO TXTb$LETEDITRTXTc+MARMIN TXTbcDMARMIN TXTEpson codes, you might want to hack into the program to change those codes, remembering, of course, that Ar}it's copyrighted material. But you had best do this by copying the newsletter disk to a disk you can afAs}ford to lose. Or, you send a copy of your printer code list to me, care of the club, and I'll see what I can do for youAt}. You see-its that simple to get a hard copy for bathroom reading, (grin). We have to thank TOM J. ANDREWS for this wonAu}derful printing addition to the OL' HACKERS NEWSLETTER! THANKS TOM! <><><><> end <><><><> NDREWS for this won@iCT A NUMBER8B B8T  @)!@)P:,#(J("ERROR: SELECT A NUMBER FROM 1 TO 4T ApB''A5w}AA A0L1AAH'A @1 A@V1A@X'A 1 A@`5x}1AA4'A 1 A@j1A@'A 1 A@t$HHRETURN ADDRESS ***5y}************************************************(>:A%,)-@@)(RETURN ADDRESS:%( ( (!(NAM5z}E: %(STREET: (TOWN: (STATE: "(ZIP CODE: 5{},(COUNTRY(OPTNL):6$HHMENU *************************************************************h(>:A%5|},D(/ΠΠҠҠƠՠԠ ϠϠΡP6-a3>:@',8h6.(-@@((ENVELOPE S5}}IZE:(( (((1. CHRISTMAS CARDS(5 X7)(((2. BUSINESS ENVELOPES(4 X 9.5)$$(3. LARGE ENVELOPES (7 X 9) 5~}(4. ENDB A p-@@4(SELECT A NUMBER8B B T  @)!@)P:,#(J("ERROR: S5}ELECT A NUMBER FROM 1 TO 4T A p*''A0A5A@AU4$ GGFORWARDING ADDRESS *******************5}*************************** :(>:A%,6.6.%6.,6.36.:6. --@@-(FORWARDING ADD5}RESS: %( ( (!(NAME: % (STREET:  (TOWN:  (STATE: 5} (ZIP CODE:  (COUNTRY(OPTNL): $ HHCHRISTMAS CARDS ****************************************5}********** T(>:A%,6-(6-H6. T25 SPACES A% AP 5}-@@3  3 3 3   3 -@@3 & $ HHBUSINESS5} ENVELOPES *********************************************** ^(>:A%,6-(6-R6.# 5} ^35 SPACES A% AP -@@3  3 3 3  5} 3-@@3 $HHLARGE ENVELOPES (7 X 9)*******************************************^(>:5}A%,6-(6-R6.# ^35 SPACES A% AP-@5}@3  3 33   3-@@3 $HHPRINT RETURN ADDR5}ESS *********************************************333  3$|HHEND ******************5}********************************************.(>:A%,"AR@.6-@-@@((END OF PR5}OGRAM<-@@@ " +AR"$HH**************************************************5}****************D:ENVELOPE.BAS "$HH**************************************************4:S newsletter!) by Ron Fetzer-memberof OL'HACKERS NY This article has been submitted to The ATARI CLASSIC magazin)}e! How many times have you said "I wish I could write a long program like Print Shop"? Have you ever won)}dered how these long professional programs were written? Is there a way I could write a program like this? The answer )}is yes! There is a method of programming not widely know among BASIC programmers called Modular Programming. If)} you learned programming by yourself, like I did, you know the limitations of Brute Force programming. I usuall)}y hit the wall around 200 lines before I become hopelessly lost. There is an easy and better way of writing progra)}ms. If you can write 15 lines of code then you can write modular programs that easily exceed the memory of your co)}mputer. The central idea of modular programming is that you break a big task into small units. Thus you are conce)}rned with only a small part of the task at any one time. Programming will again become fun and very satisfying. The ac)}ademic term for this method is called Structured Programming. It has been kept a secret from BASIC programmer)}s for a long time. The professionals use it all the time. Atari BASIC is very well suited for this method of pro)}gramming because it has a very compact structure that can be learned very quickly. If you use modular programming )}you will write short modules and string them together to create a whole program. You will have many benefits)}. 1. Your program now will be easy to write the first time. 2. Your program is easy to read by anyone. 3. It can be)} changed or modified easily. 4. Bugs can be found instantly. 5. The program is self documenting. 6. Large programs do )}not present a problem anymore. 7. The programs will be elegant. 8. Programming will become fun again because there)} is no more frustration. To start with you write out your ideas for the program in English. You make an ou)}tline just the way you did for a composition in High School. Next you make a block diagram. That shows you how ma)}ny modules you need and how they are connected. Then you write a skeleton program. This is to see that the modules execu)}te in the right order. Finally you flesh out the skeleton program into a complete program. Writing the code f)}or the program is the easiest part and should take the least amount of your time. Planning the program should ta)}ke the most part of your time. This looks like a lot of work. It is not. It can be sketched out very quickly. Each )}step leads to the next step. You have now created a blue print to follow that is guaranteed to work. After you have tri)}ed this method once you will never go back to Brute Force programming again. In modular programming you st)}art out with the most general module first and then each succeeding module becomes more specific. The first mod)}ule is the control module. The control module is the head or brain of your program. It controls your program. )}The sub modules do not influence the control module. In Atari BASIC you use the GOSUB - RETURN function fo)}r all modules. My better half the other day said "Dear can't you write a program that prints the addresses )}on the Christmas Card Envelopes? Sticking on labels looks so commercial". Thus was born the idea of the Envelope)} program. Why stop with Christmas Cards? Lets do business envelopes and large 7 X 9 envelopes also. Below is the out)}line in English of the ideas that I want in my program. ENVELOPE PROGRAM I MAIN HEADING A)DIM SECTION )} B)SCREEN COLORS C)RETURN ADDRESS D)FORWARDING ADDRESS E)MENU II MENU A)CHRISTMAS CARDS(5 X 7) )} B)BUSINESS ENVELOPES(4 X 9.5) C)LARGE ENVELOPES(7 X 9) D)END III PRINT SECTION A)PRINT RETURN ADDRESS )} B)PRINT FORWARDING ADDRESS I want the user to have a choice of screen colors while the program is on the scre)}en. The user should type his return address only once and then have a choice of envelope sizes. The menu should also have)} an END option so the user can exit. Now I have a general idea of what I want in my program. The next step )} is to write a block diagram. This block diagram will show you how many modules you need and the range of line numbe)}rs. Each line above will become a module. A block is a section of code that performs one action. A module ca)}n contain one or more blocks. A block as well as a module should follow the rule of straight sequence, that is th)} *+*+*+*+* Dates for the OL' HACKERS Meetings: Annual CHRISTMAS DINNER now 2/26/93 Jan 2, 1993 MembershI}ip dues are DUE! Jan ??, 1993 ATARI CLASSIC meeting to package, stamp and mail A.C. Disks. Feb 13, 1993 Election time!I} Feb 26- MIMMO'S Restaurant- Rockville Centre-$12.00 per person. Mar 9, 1993 Special Extra Meeting at the home of JACK GEI}DALIUS to work on newsletter These are the CORRECTED NEW DATES. Please NOTE the changes! *Mar 27, 1993 *Apr 24, I}1993 *May 29, 1993 *Jun 26, 1993- At ALAN SHARKIS HOME.(see APRIL minutes for address.) PLAN for Annual Picnic/DinnI}er time! Jot down these dates for future use. *+*+*+*+* nutes for address.) PLAN for Annual Picnic/DinnHJ in the past. =END=cii fonts! Actually, I use DD3 so do not need such printing, but have used it<&ckers for their subscription to the newsletter, and also for offerring to give their help in the future. It is 9}very much appreciated. Happy computing in 1993 to all 8-BIT owners everywhere. (Editors note: Thanks Dave, for a9} most interesting view of an ENGLISH ATARI show, we in AMERICA can only dream and envy them.) ++ end ++9} ost interesting view of an ENGLISH ATARI show, we in AMERICA can only dream and envy them.) ++ end ++8e entry point should be at the top and the exit at the bottom of the block or module. Do not jump out of the module or b)}lock with a GOTO or you will have spaghetti code. It is important not to skip this step. Sometimes you will have mod)}ules calling sub modules or sub sub modules. Each module is in the form of a GOSUB - RETURN. For each module I )}skip by 500 numbers to make it easy on myself. The block diagram below follows the outline that I did before in English)}. ENVELOPE BLOCK DIAGRAM 10 - 499 CONTROL BLOCK 500 - 999 DIM SECTION 1000 - 1499 SCREEN COLORS 1500 - 1999 )}ENTER RETURN ADDRESS 2000 - 2499 MENU 2500 - 2999 ENTER FORWARDING ADDRESS 3000 - 3499 * CHRISTMAS ENVELOPES 3500 - 3999 )}* BUSINESS ENVELOPES 4000 - 4499 * LARGE ENVELOPES 5000 - 5499 PRINT RETURN ADDRESS 5500 - 5499 END * These modules us)}e also the sub modules of PRINT RETURN ADDRESS and FORWARDING ADDRESS. The control module calls all other )}modules. Each module returns eventually to the control module where it is directed again to the menu module. )}A good program is easy to read, consistent and self documenting. You now have a outline of your program w)}ith all its modules. It is now so easy to set up a skeleton program. The skeleton program will conf)}irm the correct execution of your modules. Later on the skeleton program gets fleshed out to the full program. Each m)}odule in the skeleton program will have a PRINT statement in it to show the function of the module when th)}e program is run. Later on when you flesh out the skeleton program you will take out this print line. Below is th)}e skeleton program. ENVELOPE SKELETON PROGRAM 0 GOTO 10 1 SAVE "D:SKELETON.ENV":CLR 5 REM SKELETON PROGRA)}M FOR "ENVELOPE.ATR" VER 1.0 IN ATARI BASIC BY RON FETZER 9/92 10 REM CONTROL MODULE************)}******************* ****** 20 ? CHR$(125):GOSUB 500:REM DIM SECTION 30 GOSUB 1000:REM SCREEN COLORS 40 GOSUB 1500:R)}EM RETURN ADDRESS 50 GOSUB 2000:REM MENU 60 GOTO 50 500 REM DIM SECTION************************)}****** ********* 510 ? :? "DIM SECTION":GOSUB 30000 520 RETURN 1000 REM SCREEN COLORS************)}******************* ***** 1010 ? :? "SCREEN COLORS":GOSUB 30000 1020 RETURN 1500 REM RETURN)} ADDRESS****************************** ***** 1510 ? :? "RETURN ADDRESS":GOSUB 30000 1520 RETURN 2000 )} REM MENU********************************* ************ 2010 ? :? " MENU:":? :? 2020 ? "1. CHR)}ISTMAS CARDS(5 X7)" 2030 ? "2. BUSINESS ENVELOPES(4 X 10)" 2040 ? "3. LARGE ENVELOPES(7 X 9)" 2050 ? "4. END" 2060 )}? :? " SELECT A NUMBER";:INPUT N 2070 ON N GOSUB 3000,3500,4000,5500 2080 RETURN 2500 REM )} FORWARDING ADDRESS****************************** 2510 ? :? "FORWARDING ADDRESS":GOSUB 30000 2520 RETURN 3000 )} REM CHRISTMAS CARDS******************************** * 3010 ? CHR$(125):GOSUB 5000 3020 GOSUB 2500 3030 )}? :? "CHRISTMAS CARDS(5 X 7)":GOSUB 30000 3040 RETURN 3500 REM BUSINESS ENVELOPES**************)}************** **** 3510 ? CHR$(125):GOSUB 5000 3520 GOSUB 2500 3530 ? :? "BUSINESS ENVELOPES (4 X 9.5)":GOSUB 30000)} 3540 RETURN 4000 REM LARGE ENVELOPES**************************** ****** 4010 ? CHR$(125):GOSUB 5)}000 4020 GOSUB 2500 4030 ? :? "LARGE ENVELOPES(7 X 9)":GOSUB 30000 4040 RETURN 5000 REM PRINT RE)}TURN ADDRESS****************************** 5010 ? :? "PRINT RETURN ADDRESS":GOSUB 30000 5020 RETURN 5500 )} REM END********************************** ************ 5510 ? :? "END OF PROGRAM":GOSUB)} 30000 5520 END 5530 RETURN 30000 REM TIME DELAY LOOP USED ONLY IN THE SKELETON PROGRAM **************)}*********************** ******************** 30010 FOR T=1 TO 180:NEXT T 30020 RETURN 30030 REM************************)}********** *********************** I separate each module with a REM and the module name. Then I fill in the )}rest of the module separator with asterisks until I have two screen lines. In this way I can separate very cle)}arly each module in the program. The time delay loop in lines 30000 to 30020 is used only in the skeleton )}program to slow down the execution of the program so you can see if it executes correctly. In conclusion )}in modular programming the most important part is the planning. Write out an outline in English of your ideas for )} the program. You must set up a block diagram to show what modules you need. The control module should be th)}e first module. You must write a skeleton program to see if your program will execute correctly. Each block)} and module follow the law of straight sequence. You enter at the top and exit at the bottom or the end of the block o)}r module. This is the natural expectation in reading a sequence and thus should be followed without fail. Do no)}t jump out of a block or a module with a GOTO. Now it will be so easy to finish your program. You know it will )} work. You know that you can complete each module at your leisure. You know you can find a bug instantly. You know )}you are going to be successful. Programming will become fun again. You now can be proud of your program, not )}only does it work but it is also professionally written. Your program now will compare with the best of them. )}In the 2nd part of this series I will show you how to flesh out and polish your program and complete it. I am a m)}ember of the OL' HACKERS ATARI USERS GROUP in Oceanside N.Y. If you want more materials on this subject we have th)}e "PROGRAMMING KIT". It is a 3 disk double sided disk set. It discusses this subject in greater detail and use)}s TURBO BASIC. It is available for $7.00 from us. Write to Alex Pignato, 3376 Ocean Harbor Dr., Oceanside N.Y. 11572.)} Make the check payable to Ron Fetzer. LOOK FOR PART 2 <><>check payable to Ron Fetz(] PRESIDENTS MESSAGE by ALEX PIGNATO When you are a member of a USERS CLUB, and you have aE} problem, you attend a meeting and ask around and almost every time, someone has the answer that solves the problem. E}Thats fine for local members, but what about the poor soul living so far from the meeting place that it is iE}mpossible to attend? What does that person do? We, in THE OL' HACKERS have made it a point to respond to the problE}ems of our far flung members. I can't tell you how many times a request has been received and promptly responded to E} by another member. I recall that recently a member from TEXAS, TOM WRAY, wrote asking where he might find a piecE}e of hardware, An ACTION CARTRIDGE that he wanted. Within one month a member in OHIO, DAVID LANG, responded with inE}formation on where TOM could probably get what he wanted. At the present time, our member from FRANCE, DAE}NIEL CARRODANO, had his master disk go bad. (Sounds familiar?) He wrote to us, and at present we are on theE} track of someone in upstate NY who has the disk and will be sending it to me to be forwarded to DANIEL. TheE}n there was LARRY TISCHBEIN who wanted a calendar that would display the whole year, like the IBM calendar a friend prouE}dly showed him. JACK GEDALIUS remembered just such a program and sent it to LARRY...once again problem solved.F} Want more, how about this...A few months back the OL' HACKERS disk newsletter contained a really great prograF}m.....WHEN IT WORKED. I refer to TITLCARD.BAS. TOM ANDREWS, our member from SYSRACUSE, reworked the program so F} that it now works perfectly EVERY TIME. This upgrade will be in a future newsletter, so be sure to look for it.F} These then, are just some samples of the type of benefits one gets from belonging to a USERS GROUP. Its about the onlF}y sure way to continue to make your micro more than a "doorstop". I can assure you that the 8 BIT is far from dead, asF} so many doomsayers claim. On the contrary, I am seeing so much new stuff that I can't get it into our P.D. library F} fast enough. Don't be discouraged if you don't live near a USERS gROUP, join one by mail, and I can guarentee thF}at you will agree that your dues dollars were never better spent. If you want to join us, get our address from the F}title screens and write today, and start a great new way of getting the most out of your 8 BIT. We will be waiting F }for your letters. << end >>art a great new way of getting the most out of your 8 BIT. We will be waiting D) <><><> SPECIAL NEW JOYSTICK FEATURE Now you can use the JOYSTICK when reading text files on screen,N } thanks to TOM ANDREWS for thismonths upgrade which is different from the last one. Lets say you want to "READ" oneN } particular article-Pick the letter of the article, then you use the J/S BUTTON to go to next page, or you can hit CNTN }RL [C] to CANCEL & return to Main Menu WHEN IN THE MIDDLE OFA PAGE If you want to read all text one page after the otheN}r, hit [A]. You can still use the J/S to flip pages just by pushing the BUTTON-or pulling back on th J/S, after screenN} is full. To read next file hit BUTTON at end of article, remember you can use J/S even if you hit "A" to READ ALLN}. Some time ago I asked TOM to add a couple features to OHAUG newletter. I wanted the joystick to control the text.N} In spite of a very heavy load TOM came through, while about 2 weeks ago while I was in contact with JOHN MCGOWAN,N} I also asked him if he could do it. As you noticed the last newsletter had JOHNS version, while this newsletter nowhaN}s TOM's version. I want to express my heartfelt thanks to both of you for helping me out-but then this is what I have N}come to expect from the DIE HARD 8 BIT'ers. THANKS GUYS! Ye olde EDITOR! ** end ** L|***********************************OL' HACKERS WHOS WHO ? ? ? ? ? ? ?PRESIDENT..............Alex PignatoVICE-PRESIDENT.R}......Stan SchenfeldSECRETARY................Ron FetzerTREASURER................Ron FetzerBLANK DISK SALES.........Ron R}FetzerLIBRARIAN.............Harold PeglerDISK NEWSLETTER EDITOR.Alex PignatoLEGAL-COUNSEL........Jerry Ginsberg* EQUIR}PMENT-MANAGER....Bob Ulschmid* MEMBERSHIP...........Bob UlschmidINT'L CORRESPODENT.....Horst DewitzNEWSLETTER LIBRARIANR}...Alan SharkisLIB. COPY MASTER....Allen C. AtkinsMAGAZINE LIBRARIAN....Jack GedaliusNOTE-[*] denotes change in positioR}n. *****(O.H.A.U.G.) is in no way associatedwith the ATARI Corp.,or any of theirafffiliates, other thanR} using a greatproduct. Atari and Atari relatedproducts are the Trademarks of theirrespective companies and areR} used onlyas informational help to our membersand the Atari user in general. Opinionsherein are not necessarily thoR}se ofO.H.A.U.G. but those of the variousindividual authors.O.H.A.U.G. is a NOT-FOR-PROFITOrganization in tR}he State of New York.O.H.A.U.G. will NOT tolerate ANYreferances, directly or by implicationto piracy or the use R}of any computerequipment for illegal activities.DEADLINES FOR NEWSLETTERJAN/FEB DEC 31 JUL/AUG JUN 30MAR/APRR } FEB 28 SEPT/OCT AUG 31MAY/JUN APR 30 NOV/DEC OCT 31 Submitted articles areR!} preferred asdisk text files, preferably made on the1ST XLENT Word Processor, in 38 columnsbut it will be gratefully acR"}cepted ashard copy. Send your articles to:OL' HACKERS Newsletter c/o A. Pignato,3376 Ocean Harbor DriveOceanside, NR#}. Y. 11572.Please refer to the above schedule forOL' HACKERS NEWSLETTER deadlines. ****end*****7w݂( Po <><> The following was received from a member-THOMAS WRAY of Texarkana, TX March 23, 1993 OL' HACKV%}ERS A.U.G., Inc 3376 Ocean Harbor Drive Oceanside, NY 11572 Dear Editor, I want to thank you and our other V&} members for giving me the information on how and where I could get the "ACTION" cartridge. I just spoke to MV'}ark Elliot, as you suggested, and he has the ACTION cartridge for $35.00. This is quite a saving from the $60.00V(} from the other companies quotes. THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP, people! I want to upgrade my 800XL. Do you know who V)}does it and the price? Boy am I glad I belong to a great users club, which is so helpful to its members. I intV*}end to remain an OL' HACKER as long as the club exists. Thanks again. Yours truly, THOMAS WRAY *<>*T}DAN. It pays to belong to the OL' HACKERS. DANIEL also writes among other things, that in POLAND they make disk dr^,}ives for the 8-bit called, "CALIFORNIA 2000" and the "CALIFORNIA 2001". He writes that in CHILE there were 300,0^-}00 Atari 8 BIT computers sold. He says that the 8-Bit is also strong in HUNGARY and ROMANIA. He has not yet seen an^.}y FALCONS030 in France. Our member JIM CUTLER from England sent us some disks. He said that the newsle^/}tter as always is great. As far as STEFAN GREGORIO, JIM's 8-Bit friend in MOSCOW is concerned, JIM sends^0} him our newsletter faithfully. Another letter from JIM CUTLER. He sent us some disks. One of them is DESIGN LA^1}B that works with a TOUCH TABLET. A great program and it is FAST!!. It is made in Venezuela. Only the OL' HACKERS ^2}with their worldwide contacts could have gotten this and many other programs. JIM CUTLER in yet another let^3}ter, writes that he uses DIAMOND GOS. and he is looking for accessory files. He has DIAMOND PAINT and DIAMOND WR^4}ITER and he is looking for some more DIAMONDS. ALEX answered that we would be mining for DIAMONDS in our newsletter^5} and see if we can come up with some more gems.(grin) A letter from JOHN JOHNSON our member from Oregon to BEN PO^6}EHLAND. He said he wants only 3 things from A.C. 1) Additional reading matter about our computer. 2) New products^7} and advertisements about the 8-Bit. 3) A feeling of consistency. The newsletters from the OL' HACKERS and A.A.A.U^8}.G have been very consistent in their arrival. He hopes that A.C. will also be very consistent in its arrival. ^9}BEN answered, the issues JOHN raised concern him also. The magazine is an experiment using volunteers and non profe^:}ssionals. A.C. was formulated with a commercial add. content of 10%. We have a new add. manager BOB SCHOLAR, ^;}and it will take him a while to learn his job. The point about slow delivery of the magazine is well taken. The p^<}oor mail performance is the direct reflection of the 8-bit communities failure to follow up on its written pledges to^=} support A.C.(600+ pledges - 200 subscribers at start up). As long as we use 3d class mail we will have a delive^>}ry problem. The good news is that we now have over 450 paid subscribers, and we expect to hit our goal of 500 so^?}on. A letter from JOHM MC GOWAN. JOHN writes us that he is about to write a program called VCR PLUS Sh^@}areware Program. It is a VCR PLUS program that lets you program your VCR+ even if your newspaper does not print the ^A}codes. He will be sending it to us first. He asks that if you use his program send him only 1/2 of the price of a ^B}3 month period that you would have paid to the 900 number to get the codes. JOHN is not only a prolific programmer, but a^C}lso a true friend of the OL' HACKERS. Thanks JOHN! A message from LOU TRAPANI our member and SYSOP of the^D} MACHINE BBS(516) 764-5748. He thanks us for the support we have shown to his BBS. A letter from BRUCE W^E}ILLIS of M.A.G.I.C. of Ames Iowa. He sends us 2 M.A.G.I.C. DOM disks. he tells us that he is leaving the 8-bit. BRUCE^F} will be missed very much. We wish him well. Our member CHARLES COLE from Arizona sent us 20 disks. We thank^G} CHARLES for the disks. We instructed our librarian HAROLD (always ready) PEGLER, to reciprocate. A letter from ou^H}r member JOSEPH HICSWA of Passaic, New Jersey and President of the J.A.C.G. He wrote to the POLISH POST EAGLE newspap^I}er which is distributed throughout the U.S.A. He said that he wants the POLISH COMMUNITY to be aware of the computer^J} clubs such as the J.A.C.G. and the OL' HACKERS that support the Polandic traditions. DEMOS: ALEX demoed the ^K} HOME FINACIAL PROGRAM sent to him from a NIEK VANDERLEE, a Canadian member. It did not print a hard copy, ALEX mo^L}dified it and now it prints a hard copy. A great program that prints future investment results and has many many ^M}other features. Disk #219 and #220 in the library are other financial programs. ALEX showed us SIGNMAKER. H^N}e showed us a sample print out. TOM ANDREWS our member from upstate N.Y. did some work on this program. It was also ^O}reviewed in the ACE OF SYRACUSE NEWSLETTER. It is fully documented. A real terrific sign making program. BETTER than ^P} PRINT SHOP, now also in our library. ALEX demoed PRINTSTAR (PRNTST13.BAS) for our new members BILL M^Q}IDYETTE and JOSEPH PRIMICH. They came all the way from Connecticut to attend our meeting. We were glad to se^R}e them. A hint from ALEX. To print inverse with a STAR NX printer, type in this code. [LPRINT CHR$(27);"="].^S} A demo by RON FETZER, the upgrade he did on his 800XL with the ULTRA SPEED PLUS OPERATING SYSTEM by Compu^T}ter Software Services ($69.95). First of all if you do this upgrade check to see if your computer is a HONG ^U}KONG made XL. They have socketed IC. The ones from Taiwan have soldered in IC. 130 XE also have soldered IC. You have^V} to change the O.S. IC. If it is soldered in it can be a problem if you are not familiar with de-soldering component^W}s. The ANSWER IS - send your computer to COMPUTER SOFTWARE SERVICES they will do the upgrade for you, FREE. A^X}nother point to bring out. The HONG KONG made 800XL have a very poor video display because of some mistakes made ^Y}at the factory. While you have your computer open you might want to correct the mistakes and get a video display equ^Z}ivalent to a 130XE. It will cost you about $5.00 in Radio Shack parts. If you want the instructions please write to^[} me RON FETZER, 22 MONACO AVE. ELMONT N.Y. 11003, USA. The upgrade is very simple to do. It was an article in^\} CURRENT NOTES by our Pennsylvania member BEN POEHLAND, when he was 8 BIT Editor. As for the ULTRA SPEED ^]} PLUS OPERATING SYSTEM upgrade you have to replace your present O.S. IC with a new one and do about 6 solder c^^}onnections. The instructions are clear to follow and there is a diagram to show you what to do. Now you ^_}have a 3 operating system O.S. in your computer. 1)The ULTRA SPEED PLUS. 2)The REGULAR 800XL 3)The OLD 800 O.S. T^`}hese operating systems are now switch selectable with a 3 way switch that gets mounted in the back of the compute^a}r. In addition at your option you can mount another switch that lets you select the RAMDISK as your #1 drive ^b}including the ability to boot from this disk (provided you loaded a program or disk into it). RON first showed ^c}the RAM CHECK ROUTINE of the new system - much better than the Atari version. It checks the RAM, ROM and the CIRCUITS^d} very FAST! It has many features including the ability to make the RAMDISK any disk you want. CHANGE your disk^e} drive to any number from #1 to #9. It also does a very fast I/O or format with modified 1050 drives or Happy dri^f}ves. It increases the speed about 3 times, even on Happy modifications. You can boot a disk without turning o^g}ff the computer. You can toggle ON/OFF BASIC from your keyboard. You can turn the screen DMA off for faster executi^h}on, you can turn the key board klick on/off. There are many other features that make this upgrade worthwhile. ^i} RON demoed the disk we received from DANIEL CARRODANO our member from France. He uses TEXTPRO 2.3r with DAISY DOT ^j}III. It creates 2 Ramdisks. In one we loaded DDIII inthe other we load the NLQ fonts. Now you are able to use TEXTPRO an^k}d immediately print it out in a number of NEAR LETTER QUALITY FONTS by just pressing START. FORMIDABLE!!!. If you u^l}se TEXTPRO and if you are the owner of DDIII this is the disk for you to get, but you must own DDIII first. WI^m}LLIAM MIDYETTE our new member from Conn. demoed a FANTASTIC COMPUTER ASSISTED DESIGN PRORGRAM (CAD). It was^n} the best that I have ever seen. It was a program called SOLID STATES that was modified by BILL. He modified it so^o} that if you are plotting with a 1020 plotter, it plots your image and then you can bring the paper down and the^p}n plot another image or the same image slightly set off on top of it. You can see an image from any angle and ^q}any view that you want. He showed us a jet fighter and then displayed it from several viewpoints. It was awsome! ^r}When to program is finished BILL will write the documentation for it also. N.W.P.A.C. send us their Welcome disk. ^s} Side one was like our welcome disk. Side 2 was very interesting and very well done. A nice disk. One of our memb^t}ers DAVE EWENS from England puts out a newsletter and disk bi-monthly. We saw the T.W.A.U.G. March/April news^u}letter disk. Great Title page. Great graphics. It had some great math games on it for learning the time ^v}tables. We saw a great game called HOUSA. You have to find out the rules of the game as you learn to play it. We ^w} also saw one of ALEX'S old (1987) programs that was on a M.A.G.I.C. D.O.M. of 9/92 from AMES, IOWA. A data ba^x}se and label printing program. Good programs never die! It has many other interesting programs on it. It will be lib^y}rary disk # 261. We saw some EXCELL #1 DISK, that came from Hungary. Unbelievable graphics! We saw some gre^z}at games on the disk. We saw the game SAIGON (a take off on Q BERT, but better). There are now 20 EXCELL di^{}sks available. We hope to have them in our library in the near future. We saw a game like GALACTIC on the back of ^|}the disk. We saw a disk called TURBO ANIMATION, by Dr. IAN CARLSON. The disk is complete with all the docs. ^}}A great disk to have, and to learn from It is, Library disk #262. DOOR PRIZES: RON FETZER BILL MIDYETTE HARRY TUTHILL^~} BOB ULSCHMID Submitted by Ron Fetzer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<><> MINUTES OF THE APRIL 1993 MEETING ================================= NEW MEMBERS: CHRIS HENDR2}ICK of Huntington Station N.Y. came to our meeting. He liked what he saw and joined the OL' HACKERS. LES BRADO of Grov2}eland, N.Y. liked what he read about the club so much, that he joined us for 2 years (to December 31, 1994). Welcome2} to the OL' HACKERS. I think you will get more quality time from your 8 BIT, and make many new friends. We are a ver2}y friendly bunch! NOTE:>>>>>> MEETING PLACE CHANGE On June 26 the library will be closed for renovation. ALAN S2}HARKIS has graciously invited us to his house for the meeting. He will demo the MIDI as well as the SIO2PC. ALAN 2}lives at 43 Rose Drive, East Meadow, N.Y. 11554. DEMOS: RON FETZER demoed the YEARLY CALENDAR MAKER. This is2} a great new program that 1) Prints out a yearly calendar. 2) Highlights selected dates on the printed copy. 3) Pr2}ints a description of what the highlighted dates are. 4) It puts your name on the calendar. 5) You can save and re- pr2}int the calendar. 6) It has a fabulous new directory listing. This program was worked on by TOM ANDREWS our 2}member from upstate N.Y., and ALEX PIGNATO and RON FETZER from the OL' HACKERS. We took a plain vanilla program 2} and 3 membes changed it into a GREAT and very useful program for every one. The program is fully documented on2} the back of the disk. We were not satisfied to give you just one great NEW program on this disk but we 2} added another fantastic utility to it - MAGIC CATALOGER. It is a disk cataloger program. This program rea2}ds your disks, sorts them prints them in 5 columns on a page. You can manually add files, erase files, etc. It is so2} easy to work that you will say EUREKA!!(See later demo). It is fully documented. The menu on the MAGIC 2}CATALOGER is as follows:1) AUTO ADD 2) MANUAL ADD 3) DELETE 4) DISPLAY 5) SEARCH 6) SORT 7) PRINT 8) LOAD 9) SAVE 02})ERASE. ALEX showed how to AUTO ADD disks into the program. You just put in the disk one after the other. It reads2} the files, numbers and stores them in the program. You can have 1,200 files before you run out of memory. 2}If you have more files than that you make another category and repeat it. You give your disks a 3 digit number. It2} is suggested you start with 100. If you use 1,2,3 etc then a number sort may not be correct. The program tells you wh2}at your last disk was that was cataloged - it gives you a reminder. IT BLOWS AWAY ALL OTHER CATALOGERS! All these goodi2}es, on one disk, are AVAILABLE TO ALL OUR 8BIT FRIENDS for 3.00, CHECKS PAYABLE TO RON FETZER which includes ship2}ping/handling. Write for it, to: HAROLD PEGLER, Librarian 129 KETCHAMS Rd. SYOSSET, N.Y. 11791 For "YEARL2}Y CALENDAR/CATALOGER" disk. We saw another one of STUART MURRAY'S (SCOTLAND) FUTURA DISKS #5, JAN/FEB 93. It wi2}ll be # 264 in our library. These disks are absolutely great. We have these Scottish disks from #1 to #6 in our l2}ibrary. This disk has a game on it called GUMBALL. You play against the computer. If you get stuck with the last gumball 2} you lose the game. BE WARNED - you WILL lose often. Another game was QUEST FOR HEART (similar to bolderdash). Yo2}u pick up the hearts but be careful you don't get squashed. There were much more things, including text, on this disk2}, that we did not have time to show. On the back we have a graphic interface with drop down menues. A great di2}sk to own. FUTURA DISK #6 from Scotland. This disk had some great programs on it also. Side B was in TURBO-BASI2}C. Surprise!! - several of my (RON'S) programs had traveled to Scotland over time and now appeared on the FUTU2}RA DISK. You never know where your children will show up! Another great disk to get, even if I (RON) say so mysel2}f (grin). ALAN SHARKIS brought his MIDI KEYBOARD and interface to the club. He said he was going to do 3 things2}. 1) Explain what a MIDI is. 2) Have some fun and lay down some tracks. 3) Explain the software that came with t2}he system and its ability to take an AMS file and use it. MIDI stands for MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DIGITAL INTERFACE. With2} digital sound you have the ability to save recordings on computer equipment. You are now able to interconnect2} many digital devices into the MIDI. A MIDI sends out a clock pulse 24 times every quarter note. The speed of 2}transmission is 31.5 K baud. So it is very fast. The transmission is serial but because it is so fast it sounds as if it2}'s sending parallel. The 8BIT interface was made by WHIZZTRONICS. They are still in business and selling the int2}erface. Unfortunately because of a loose conection it didnt receive a signal from the MIDI andthe demo did not work-Normal2} ALAN-happens every so often to the best of them.* ALAN SHARKIS has invited the club to his house for the JUNE 26 MEE2}TING. ALAN lives at 43 Rose Drive, East Meadow, N.Y. 11554. ALAN will then demo the MIDI as well as his SIO-2PC i2}nterface. The SIO-2PC connects a 286 I.B.M. P.C. to an ATARI 800XL. The P.C. acts as the slave to the Atari 8-Bit, an2}d its partitioned RAMDISKs all serve the 8 BIT! ALEX showed a sample page of JOHN MC GOWAN'S program PAGE LAYO2}UT. It was very impressive. Great for DP and newspaper work. We then demoed the VCR PLUS program. A great uti2}lity if you have a setup with your VCR to use it. It comes from JOHN MC GOWAN. JOHN is another great friend of OHAUG2}, and a great programmer. JAN & FEB & MAR. 93 A.I.M. DISKS. They are all ARCed. They have many interesting p2}rograms on it. They will be in the library. MAGIC DOM JAN 93. It has the ATARI OIL DEMO on it, BACKGAMMON, m2}inutes of their meeting and AMS songs. Side B has a game called CIRCUS, K-BERT, and more. We saw a PAGE 6 2}disk NAVAS BASIC ROUTINES, from England with many utilities on it. If you are into programming this is the disk2} to get. It is for intermediate and advanced programmers. JIM HARRIS next showed how a LASER PRINTER is connec2}ted to an 8- Bit computer. JIM brought the laser printer to the meeting and showed how it worked. JIM started a bu2}siness called ARROWHEAD ELECTRONICS where he does repairs and set ups. His number is (516) 234-2925. Give him a call if 2}you have a problem. He uses the EPSON ACTION LASER PRINTER II. This printer also allows you to emulate the 9 PIN and 24 P2}IN EPSON COMMAND SETS. JIM showed us avery beautiful sample font print out of the printer, and a four section PRINT PO2}WER announcement with great graphics. It accepts standard HEWLET PACKARD FONT CARTRIDGES that are available everywhere2}. He showed a program listing. This Laser printer can be connected to your 8- Bit with a standard interface such as the2} 850 or the P.R. CONNECTION. It really shines when you use it with DESK TOP PUBLISHING and WORD PROCESSING. You c2}an do transparencies or envelopes etc. He bought itat SEARS for $650.00 He installed a 4 MEG upgrade in it and it st2}ill cost less than $1,000.00 You can access the HEWLET PACKARD fonts by typing in the escape codes for the fonts or 2} writing a printer driver for those fonts. ONLY at the OL' HACKERS can you find out the newest things for your 2}8-bit. This was another great demo by our member JIM HARRIS. THANKS JIM! CORRESPONDENCE: A letter from N.W. 2}Phoenix, Ariz. Club. They have problems. The president and the vice president of the club quit. They were tired of2} doing all the work in the club. The librarian, and newsletter editor, JOHN COLLINS will take over, till new office2}rs are in (It can happen to any club!) He sent us COLORSQUASH, by one of their members CLAY HALLIWELL, that takes a R2}GB picture & compresses it into one file so it can be viewed. DALE WOOSTER, the president who retired wrote that he 2} got tired of doing everything. He said if members become more active, then he will also become active again. A 2}letter from ALEX to DAVID EWENS our member in England. ALEX complimented DAVE for the great issues of the TW2}AUG newsletters. ALEX said that the articles are of great diversity and reach out to all 8- bitters. He complimented2} DAVE and his merry men for their hard work. A quote from our Scotish member STUART MURRAY. "HOW MANY ATARI CORP 2}EXECUTIVES DOES IT TAKE TO SCREW IN A LIGHT BULB? Answer: Three. ONE TO SCREW IN THE BULB. ONE TO HOLD THE LADDER. 2}ONE TO CUTOFF THE ELECTRICITY AFTERWARDS. "Atari Power Without The Support!!!" The library listing for his club is on 2} FUTURA DISK #6. ALEX replied congratulated him on his imminent College graduation, and his newsletter. A lett2}er to JIM CUTLER our member in England. We once again thanked him for the great disks he mailed us. Disks tha2}t we might never see otherwise. A letter to DANIEL CARRODANO our member in France. We thanked him for the manual 2} for the MINI TEL that he sent. We thanked him for his great TEXTPRO DISK with DDIII on it. DANIEL CARRODANO ask2}ed for the name and address of our Italian member and he wants CC8 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE from the UNIVERSITY 2}OF MICHIGAN. Any member help is appreciated. Please send it to ALEX. NOTE: We will soon come out with Library2} Disk #2 that HAROLD PEGLER is currently working on. DOOR PRIZES: ALAN SHARKIS JOE LEBER ALAN SHARKIS BOB UL2}SCHMID CHRIS HENDRICK Submitted by Ron Fetzer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<