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Star Nx1000 Gemini } Sakata Sp100 tari 1025 Printer on Epson Compatibles and Daisy Wheel Printers rint Ro}om Help File ۿ Return To The Main Menu on Epson Compatibles and Daisy Wheel Printers rint Ro/ *+*+*+*+* NEW SCHEDULE OF MEETING DATES Meetings To June 8, 1996, they start at 11:30 A.M. and go to 5:00@} P.M.Šנź May 11, 1996 meetinghas been changed by the Library to May18, 1996! Please make note of change! D@}ECEMBER 25, 1995 - Hope you enjoyed JANUARY 1, 1995 - the HOLIDAY SEASON! January 6, 1996 1st Sat. Februar@}y 10, 1996 2nd Sat. March 9, 1996 2nd Sat. March 14 (XMAS?) DINNER at LAMBRAUS! April @}PP PTU PSetting Up ATARI 130XE RAMDisk U PRAMDisk Not Formatted! U P   $} P@BDPEJK V@C08? PiLPhPhPPP PLPPHPH`HI BLV P}`@$} BLVDPQ8:DUP.SYSPK V@C08? PiLPhPhPPP PLPPHPH`HI BLV P}`@$ MINUTES: APRIL 20, 1996, MEETING CORRESPONDENCE: JOHN also wrote to ALEX PIGNATO giving him a another newer, new addrD}ess in Morgantown, NC. John came up with another list of quest for ALEX. As was apparent by ALEX's responseD}, JOHN's continuing interest and enthusiasm is appreciated while his little mishaps have brought a touch of enD}dearing humor to the group. ALEX, again, patiently answered these several time-consuming questions and asked fD}or a little sympathy. Hobbies are not supposed to demand so much! JOHN's third letter explained his three crasheD}s, shared his esteem and appreciation for the time taken to answer his questions and promised to keep things morD}e reasonable (JOHN, reasonable is like 1 or 2 questions, maximum, every 2 or months). ALEX read the letter he wroD}te to MAX and JOHN, editors of TWAUG, England, commiserating on the loss of DAVID EWEN. JOE HICSWA who D}is wonderfully engaged being an 'internet' himself as he keeps in contact with several different clubs. ALEX belD}ieves his postcard budget is about $100 a month! His creativity is a joy to read and his appreciation of the AtarD}i is easily seen. This time he sent 2 files on disk for OHNL: ALEX response acknowledged the receipt. A seconD}d letter handles some further business and waxes poetic about his wonderful travels in Amerca's outback on his trD}usty steed or bike. ALEX shared that they're expecting their 10 million dollar check from some publishing house.D} (grin) ALAN received the same, too. And, MR. & MRS. PIGNATO, your daughter received the same only promising 1D}1 million dollars check, (IF only... PACESETTER JOAN BROKAW of Largo, FL, sent us the DOM Disk asking for a game tD}hat states the high scorer for a club contest. Not to worry, Madam, the Dynamic Duo are on the job. ALEX responded sD}ending her their answer ... and then another modification. LARRY TISCHBEIN sends his best, no new articles, just SpD}ring gardening reminders. Always nice to hear from our Quakertown, PA, correspondent. ALEX wrote to HAROLD GAILED}Y of HACE, Houston, TX, to inquire as to the whereabouts of their monthly 12/95 SKYLINE Disk and confirm that OHAUG isD} The Composing Room Help File Before you can Print a file you haveto configure your ,}own Printer.To Do sothere are 2 selections that will helpto make it easy as possibile for you.If you have one of the pri,}nters listedin selection then your printerwill be set up for NLQ and DOUBLEstrike. If you don't have one of,} theprinters that's in Selection youhave to use selection . This is toensure that all printers will workwit,}hout any problems with The WQNRDisk Based News Letter. Now onceyour printer has been configured youwill NOT ,}have to reconfigure yourprinter as long as you are have yourNews letter running. Not only that theprinter will stay ,}configured to whatever configuration you selected aslong as you have your printers powerturned on or until you ,}reconfigureit. Once you have configured yourprinter all you have to do is hit theۿ to Return to the Main menu. ,| =-=-= USING THE JOYSTICK TO READ TEXT! MOD by JOHN McGOWAN How to use use the JOYSTICK0} to read the text on the screen. After reading all the text on the screen, you go to the next page by hitting the R0}ED BUTTON. To read the NEXT article just pull the JOYSTICK toward you while text is scrolling down the screen, or a0}fter you have read the article. =-=-=YSTICK toward you while text is scrolling down the screen, or a08 <**><**> PRESIDENTS MESSAGE by ALEX PIGNATO A long overdue CHRISTMAS din5} MEETING OF MARCH 9, 1996 OPENING NOTES: President and Editor In Chief ALEX PIGNATO thanked all devotees 8} for showing up in the 6 inch heavy snowfall that still had not let up. (However, as this writer sits looking:S}***********************************OL' HACKERS WHO iS WHO? ? ? ? ? ? ?PRESIDENT..............Alex PignatoVICE-PRESIDENT<}....... Jack GedaliusSECRETARY................Ron FetzerTREASURER................Ron FetzerBLANK DISK SALES.........Ron<} FetzerLIBRARIAN.............Harold PeglerDISK NEWSLETTER EDITOR.Alex PignatoLEGAL-COUNSEL........Jerry GinsbergEQUIP<}MENT-MANAGER..... (open) MEMBERSHIP........... Jack GedaliusINT'L CORRESPONDANT....Horst DewitzNEWSLETTER LIBRARIA<}N...Alan SharkisLIB. COPY MASTER.......(open) MAGAZINE LIBRARIAN....Jack GedaliusNOTE-[*] denotes change in positi<}on. *****(O.H.A.U.G.) is in no way associatedwith the ATARI Corp.,or any of theirafffiliates, other tha<}n using a greatproduct. Atari and Atari relatedproducts are the Trademarks of theirrespective companies and ar<}e used onlyas informational help to our membersand the Atari user in general. Opinionsherein are not necessarily th<}ose ofO.H.A.U.G. but those of the variousindividual authors.O.H.A.U.G. is a NOT-FOR-PROFITOrganization in <}the State of New York.O.H.A.U.G. will NOT tolerate ANYreferances, directly or by implicationto piracy or the use <} of any computerequipment for illegal activities.DEADLINES FOR NEWSLETTERJAN/FEB DEC 31 JUL/AUG JUN 30MAR/AP<}R FEB 28 SEPT/OCT AUG 31MAY/JUN APR 30 NOV/DEC OCT 31 Submitted articles ar<}e preferred asdisk text files, preferably made on the1ST XLENT Word Processor, in 38 columnsbut it will be gratefully a<}ccepted ashard copy. Send your articles, commentsto:OL' HACKERS Newsletterc/o A. Pignato,3376 Ocean Harbor DriveOce<}anside, N. Y. 11572.Please refer to the above schedule forOL' HACKERS NEWSLETTER deadlines. ****end*****Oce<y 20, 1996 3rd Sat. May CHANGED TO 18, 1996 3rd Sat. June 8, 1996 2nd Sat. July @}6, 1996 1st Sat. July (RUBINO'S) 21, Summer Dinner August 10, 1996 2nd Sat. 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TOM and I swapped E- mail on GEnie recenM*}tly, and the subject came up. We had to agree --- more and more, people are now using their classic Ataris for InM+}ternet access. There have been many fine articles written about using our 8-bits to "cruise the Web and surf tM,}he Net", and although the graphics of the WWW are not available to us with our machines, the text most certainly isM-} -- as long as you use an 80-column terminal program with VT-100 emulation. ICE-T, FlickerTerm and Term80M.} are good candidates. At any rate, TOM made the suggestion and I'm passing it on to you. ENCLOSE A PIECE OF PAPER WIM/}TH YOUR NAME & INTERNET or GENIE ADDRESS(ES). It's a piece of information we can then exchange via the next membershipM0} list that gets generated. If I pickup any more, I'll pass them on to you! Just to start the ball rolling, you can tryM1} me at: ASharkis@aol.com or: ASHARKIS1@genie.geis.com **** (Ed. 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A.P.) WHU|}AT FRUSTRATION CAN DO TO YOU! This program is a result of becoming frustrated while printing pictures from the KoalaU}} Pad system. The program is written in Atari basic with many machine language subroutines. Some of the ML routines areU~} my own and some of them came from other authors. At the moment I can't remember the sources. If you see some of your U}code in here, Thanks. The program supports several printers, at least Epson, Gemini, NEC, and Prowriter. To modify U} it for a different printer is very simple. You can add the printer name to the list around line 100, add the first leU}tter to the check in the same area. The lines between 800 and 900 are where the printer is set up. Add anotherU} 'IF' statement with the proper graphics control characters to set up your printer. OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM U} The program will ask you for the 'picture disk', picture files must end with the '.PIC' extender. The screen will dU}isplay a list of the files on the disk, up to 38 files. You make your selection from the list. The program willU} load the selected picture from the disk. The picture will appear in color at first then switch to black and white. TheU} bottom of the screen will switch to text to prompt you. Below the text block is another line of graphics, this showU}s the shade of gray assigned to each of the four color registers. To change the gray shade of one of the colorU} registers, select which one 1-4. The prompt will change and ask which shade you want. WHAT THE NUMBERS MEAN BlackU} = 1 and white = 5. The numbers 2,3,4 will give you different shades of gray in order between black and white. ThiU}s will allow you to set up the picture in shades of gray on the display screen. NOTE: If you set color 3 and 4 U}to the same shade, the text will not be visible but things will still work. When you get the picture set up tU}he way you want it, a tap of the 'P' key will send it to the printer. The other choices you have here are: 'U}M'enu will take you back to the list of the picture files, 'V'eiw will temporarily show you the entire graphiU}cs screen just in case something important is hidden by the text block. WYSIWYG This is a case of 'WHAT YOU}U SEE IS WHAT YOU GET', the gray scales from the screen will be duplicated on the printer. HAVE FUN, TED BURGER U} ( E-N-D )scales from the screen will be duplicated on the printer. HAVE FUN, TED BURGER T"ner was held on March 14th, with 20 people in attendance, including PAT MULVEY, President of LIAUG. JOE HICSWA, 5}President of JACG in New Jersey, and an OHAUG member, had agreed to come, but nature in the form of heavy rain, force5}d him to cancel his planned motorcycle jaunt to join us. We missed him. We were honored that 2 of the only ATARI5} clubs in the area wanted to join in the OHAUG festivities. A funny (?) thing happened at the dinner. I asked PAT t5}o draw the first raffle ticket, and while everyone kidded him about NOT drawing his own number, he stuck his big f5}ist in the basket. Yes, your right! He did draw his own number. He told me it was all on the up and up, so I guess I5} should believe him, after all I was running the raffle, and he hadn't offered me any bribe. (grin) In this new5}sletter will be found a new program from BELGIUM. ROBERT DeLETTER, an OHAUG member, wrote the program using Turbo5} Basic, and it is an extremely well done program called "MEMORAND.TUR". You must run Turbo Basic (also on this disk)5} first. Once again OHAUG comes through with a scoop and a winner. ROBERT also wrote two very long game programs with fa5}ntastic graphics. Because they are so long, I felt it would take up a whole disk side, making non-game players fe5}el left out, so I did not use them. I did however, demo the programs, and they are now in our library. The name of t5}he main one is "CTULHI". My hats off to you ROBERT, keep on programming, you do have a talent. JOE HICSWA-Pres. of JAC5}G and OHAUG is well represented in this newsletter. See his PRTSHEET. BAS, that he made long ago and which was modifi5}HLPBJOYSTCKTXTEPRESMESTXTFMARMIN TXTCWHO TXTDMEETDATTXTGAPRMIN TXTSUPERDIRBASHINTERNTTXTPICPRINTBASIPICPRNTTXTSPDSCRPTOBJP"} us the info!! Your input's wanted and really needed to help bring us closer together! A.P.) # # # # # # # # # # # # # #M} # # # # #o!! Your input's wanted and really needed to help bring us closer together! A.P.) # # # # # # # # # # # # # #L ed by our KRIS HOLTEGAARD before he died. Speaking of programs, I received a couple of requests recently for good5} programs to show and print pictures, so I dug up an oldie, from a prior newsletter, "PICPRNT.BAS" and put it in 5} this newsletter. I think it will satisfy you graphics lovers, who may have missed it. Note also that you will fin5}d SPDSCRPT.OBJ and SPDCALC on this disk-both with documentation that I did not have when I may have used it in a prior ne5}wsletter. In the same vein, I think you all know that I look for usefull, interesting programs, so if5} you already have a program that is in one of our newsletters, remember that not everyone has that program, so please5} be understanding of the purpose of the newsletter. It is to bring new and old info, and programs to ALL members. 5}In this issue, I tried something new. I used the same program "SUPERDIR.BAS" for front and back. When you 5} run it, you will understand why. It has many great features, such as printing out the menu, with the program descrip5}tions, just by hitting the TAB when in the correct menu. A wonderful way to know exactly what each program does,5} by reading the description that you yourself wrote about it. 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(Y/N):ERASE ALL TEXTErase (S,W,P): Y} to exitSave (Device:Filename)>Error #BREAK Key AbortNo ErrorsLoad (Device:Filename)> Press D1:*.*Memo>e?Y}ry FullNo text in bufferPrint (Device:Filename)>Printing...Insert next sheet, press Find:Not foundChange to:Y} -elete ock nlock ename ormat -oad Drive [ ]: Rename to:Format diskfoundChange to:XkGE - might satisfy the request made by AL MOLINELLA for inventory programs, this is a recipe inventory - the dE}ynamic duo (ALEX and RON) have been hard at upgrading work and after 4 upgrades it was ready for OHAUG. After all theiE}r hard work, it was quite evident that they deeply enjoyed demoing it and showing their creativity. Not to be seE}xist, we'll note all those gourmet (and not-so-gourmet) cooks will love this helpful item! (Except MARIE PIGNATOE} who makes every dish, every time, by heart and it always tastes delicious, even without measuring!) Each disk E} will accept recipes, totaling 64 on DOS; and, as ALEX shared, using MYDOS will allow the use of a subdirectoryE} allowing a total of 120 recipes. The men were truly interested in bringing this home to share with their wivesE} (it's also nice that the ol' 8-bit is useful to other members of the household). -- s/2: SUBATTACK (Again, modifieE}d by the Dynamic Duo a couple of times) - RON demoed this game. ALEX is the Champ (hey, too much practicing, AL!E}) RON steps up to be the Commander at the Helm. In fact, the top is 3,925 kills for ALEX. RON was doin' great aE}t 1,000 kills until ALEX sabotaged his game (could this be counterinsurgency to protect his title?). Other prE}ograms are a catalog/directory program, SOLITAIRE.BAS, RAMDISK.BAS, HORSERACE, OTB.BAS, DARKSTAR, POLKA SQUARE,E} RAMDISK.COM, STOCK MARKET, MASTERMIND, etc. ALEX chose to next demo the STOCK MARKET game. ALAN SHARKIS waE}s pulled over while he screamed out that money seems not to like him because it leaves him so quickly! ('sfunnE}y) ALEX threw ALAN out of the 'chair' really fast to show the others how a really smooth investor (no inside E}investing here) functions. At least on paper in the 8-bit world, ALEX is a mogul, a tycoon. In a matter of minE}utes, ALEX made close to seven hundred funny monies. Another good game for all you real tycoons (at heart) to keep F}RTSHEETBASKTXTEPRESMESTXTFMARMIN TXTCWHO TXTDMEETDATTXTGAPRMIN TXTSUPERDIRBASHINTERNTTXTPICPRINTBASIPICPRNTTXTSPDSCRPTOBJP newsletter programs, articles, for you. I hope you enjoy receiving your newsletter without fail, every other6} month. I'm proud of the fact that we meet our commitment to you, our member. Bye for now! * E^N^D 6}* nth. I'm proud of the fact that we meet our commitment to you, our member. Bye for now! * E^N^D 4************************************* NEWSLETTER REVIEWS By ALAN SHARKIS OHAUG Newsletter Lib}brarian The PACESetter from January 1996 --Be sure to check out the Modem BootCamp article by ALAN FRAZER and b}thefollowing article on modem history(adapted from MERLE BARNES' articlein the July/August Nybbles & Bytes). Both sb}hould offer ample inspirationto get out your modems and go online. PACE also ran a column (noauthor mentioned) b}entitled, "We AreNot Alone." In it, they wrote asuperb history and description of theAAAUA, another stalwart 8-b }bit usergroup. When reading this article,please don't forget to look at thegames, puzzles, riddles, etc. HowPAb }CE can come up with more originalones each month is a mystery to me,but they do have them, and they arealways enjoyab }ble. SLCC Journal for January 1996 -- It'sgood to know that the SLCC stillpublishes a newsletter. The lastfewb }, including this one, have beenrather skimpy, but still manage topresent some interesting information. Read JIM MORAb }N's minutes on the frontcover.Update Atari (HACE) for January 1996-- This continues to be anexceptionally b} well-writtennewsletter. Not only does GEORE IKENwrite the XS RAM column, which isreplete with, "XL/XE and Sb}T RumorsAnd Murmers," but in this issue healso adds an interesting tip thatwould certainly apply to those of uswb}ho wish to fire up an 800 that'sbeen in the closet for a while. George follows this one up with areminder tob} those who may be sendinga disk to another user. It's apractice that our user group followswhen it sends out newb}sletters. Canyou tell what the hint is? Checkyourself by requesting this issuefrom me.(FR)ANTIC (AAAUA) for Jab}nuary 1996 -- There is a review of ANSITERM 1.0,an 80-column terminal program thatcan be used for connecting an 8-bb}itto the Internet. The author of theprogram, ROBERT SINCLAIR, has done alot of 8-bit work and has alsoproducedb} a terminal program for theIBM platform that emulates a 40-column ATASCII screen, complete withATASCII charactersb}. GREG COBY, (whomakes is presence known on FidoNet)has written a BBS program that I'mdying to try out. The only wab}y thatI can do that, however, is to callhis BBS in California. I've promisedmyself to do that, but just haven'thadb} a chance. However, Greg outlinesthe commands for his BBS editor inthis issue of (FR)ANTIC. it lookslike a vey b}sensible and intuitiveeditor, and I like the way that thetabs and cursor movements are done.Finally, there's an ob}bituary forJannet Blocker. I enjoyed readingwhat Jannet wrote in (FR)ANTIC fromtime to time, and I, too, will misb}sher.Nybbles and Bytes (NWPAC) forJanuary/February 1885 -- PresidentDALE WOOSTER's column is alwaysintb}eresting. In this one, hedescribes the move from the PAUGS BBSthat had been run by the NWPAC formany years to b}The Iron Horse BBS, runby MARIO ROBBINS. Dale mentions thatMario has declined compensation buthas volunteered to do thib}s. Changingfrom a user-group run BBS to aprivate one has always been adifficult move for user groups. Thb}eprivate BBS sometimes has carriedmaterial which is not important tothe user group's members, or containsmaterial b }with which the club may notwant to associate. I don't know ifsuch was the case in this particularmove, but I do kb!}now that it hascreated additional work for sysops inthe past. (We in OHAUG experiencedan actual dual BBS in the pastb"} whenwe called the WQNR BBS. If thecaller was an OHAUG member, he or sheautomatically was switched to theOHAUb#}G side. If not, the caller wouldget switched to the WQNR side. Atany time, the caller could switchfrom the OHAUG b$}side to the WQNR side,if the caller wished to enter theworld of rock'n'roll. The late KrisHoltegaard worked long anb%}d hard onthat modificaton. On the other hand,our present association with LIAUGand with The New Nest has createdb&}little additional work for sysop JimHarris, since LIAUG is our sistergroup. Jim's only request is that weUSE the b'}system!) In the process offollowing Mario's posts on theIAN/USF, I have seen a trulydedicated sysop doingb(} his best forthe entire 8-bit community as well asNWPAC. May the association have along and happy life! In additib)}on toDale's column, check out the reprintsof ROWLAND GRANT's (XIO3, Nov./Dec.1995) Atari 8-Bit Affairs column, atype-b*}in program for the "Science-Fiction Pocket Computer," by THOMASDAUGHTON (May 1989 Mile HighMagazine) "Do-Ib+}t-Yourself KeyboardRepair," by JOHN NAGY (April 1988Michigan Atari Magazine) and"Nintendo Controllers for b,}the Atari8-Bits," DALE WOOSTER and JOHN POWELL(Jul./Aug. Nybbles & Bytes.)XIO# (GCACE) for January/February1996 -b-}- This issue is PACKED! ROWLAND GRANT's Atari News andRumours column has to be read even ifit doesn't mentiob.}n 8-bit materialonce. It foreshadows what we allknow happened to Atari just a monthlater. For those of you b/}who areaddicted to games, DOUGLAS SKRECKYhas contributed a Game Machine Reviewcolumn, also very predictive ofAtab0}ri's moves early this month, andROWLAND GRANT writes about somecartridges, apparently abandoned byAtari, that wob1}und up at retailers. Rowland also includes news about FTe,some SpartaDOS utilities from NelsonNeives, and more on b2}A.P.E., PCXFormer, the Pool Disk, BEN POEHLAND,DALE WOOSTER and CLAY HALLIWELL. There is also a long and informativb3}econtinuation of JOHN PICKEN's articleon RAM/ROM Control on XL/XE.(FR)ANTIC (AAAUA) for February 1996 -- Editor MANUELb4} GARCIA states thatthe source of several articles inthis issue are messages that appearedon the FidoNet National Atarb5}i Echo. They were sent to Manuel by MIKEMAZZOLA, sysop of the Quantum LeapBBS. One such article is a type-inpb6}rogram by WINSTON SMITH. this veryshort proram checks to see whichversion of BASIC is running in yourcomputer. b7} "PC to 8-BIT," byALEJANDRO GALLEGUILLOS, is a verycomplete (though not really up-to-date on version numberb8}s -- A. S.)description of the many ways totransfer data between Atari 8-bitsand PCs.(Many of the software-bab9}sedsolutions that Alejandro mentions canbe found on the pool disk and will betransferred to our library if theyrun on b:}the Atari side. If you needsomething that runs on the PC side,just ask me for a copy -- A.S.) Courtesy of DAVIDb;} GOSTL, we have thetext of the press release of Atari'smerger with JTS. President TODDSUNRUNNER contributes a veb<}ry funnyarticle about his first experienceswith computers. There's also asource for exact mechanismreb=}placements for the XF551 diskdrive.The PACESetter for February, 1996 -- This issue features articles onusingb>} AtariWriter +. I usedAtariWriter + after a few years ofusing the cartridge-basedAtariWriter. I b?}found it to be a veryflexible program. In fact, many ofthe study guides I produced for mystudents in chemistry, b@} computerapplications, physics, etc., wereoriginally done on AtariWriter andAtariWriter +. (They havebA}subsequently been transferred to myPC clone, where after somereformatting, they have survived PFSProfessionabB}l Write, WordPerfect 5.1for DOS, and, finally, WordPerfect6.1 for Windows -- A.S.) AtariWriter+ made it easy to bC}create printerdrivers for the two printers I usedwith my Atari. I was even able tocreate downloadable character bD}setsfor both printers to accommodate thespecial characters I had to use. Butnow, reading this issue of ThePACESebE}tter, I've even picked up moretricks. CAROLYN HOGLIN's finearticles from the Mid-Florida AtariComputer Club bF} Bulletin (variousdates)are reprinted. These includearticles on addressing envelopes withAW+, skipping half-linebG}s whileprinting, alphabetizing lists, andmaking labels. PACE's own JEAN BROKAWcontributes an article about the AW+PbH}roofreader and about the problem sheencountered when she accidentally setthe global menu to double columns. There is abI} reprint of a PAUL A.ALHART article (June 1991 A.I.M.) ona modification for AW+ that changesthe key repeat rate. TbJ}here are alsotips by THELMA SUNVISON (February1993, March 1993 (FR)ANTIC.) Andwhat would an issue of The PACESetbK}terbe like without the usual games,puzzles, etc.? This issue has them,too.SLCC Journal for March 1996 -- Again,rbL}ead JIM MORAN's minutes.The PACESetter for March 1996 -- Thisissue reprints the press releasedealing with the salebM} of GEnie. (Ican state first hand that the newowner, Youvelle RenaissanceCorporation, has every intentionbN} ofretaining the old GEnie through avariety of payment plans and options,but is also selling an InternetprovidebO}r service. Whether GEnie cansurvive under these circumstancesonly time will tell. -- A.S.) TheGetting to Know YobP}u column this monthfeatures Editor JEAN BROKAW. Thereis a review (no author mentioned) ofTOM HUNT's Snapshot prograbQ}m. WALTLEWIS has contributed an article thattells how to print labels withTextPro 5.2. *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*bR}+*+*+*+*+*+*+*` at a blanket of white on an early April day with forecasts of 1 or 2 more, one cannot help but think ... ENOU:T}GH ALREADY!). CORRESPONDENCE: JOE HICSWA, Pres., NJ JACG, requests tickets to the upcoming OHAUG gala dinner;:U} but, one possible glitch, he needs a place to hang his OHAUG head because the trip on his otorcycle, is r:V}ather long ... Any takers? CARY DANFORTH, from Maine, a new inquiry. She was referred to us by ZTM Software:W} who is JOHN HARDIE's contact. After experiencing word processing for 3 years, she wishes to broaden her Atari :X}use. JACK GEDALIUS, Membership Chair, will send the usual prospective member packet. DALE HUNTER, Dayton, OH, wants:Y} to sell his 800XL. ALEX sent an intro packet to show what an Atari can do and, boy, did this change DALE's mind. :Z} He took the Atari out of "mothballs" and sent his $20 membership dues. We now can add a second member from Dayt:[}on to our rolls. Club Librarian, HAROLD PEGLER, has the hardware DALE needs. If not, ALEX "advertised" for DALE on N:\}EWNEST which is part of IAN, the International Atari Network. ALEX immediately turns these new members over t:]}o Membership Chair, JACK GEDALIUS, and/or Secy/Treas, RON FETZER. JOHN POWELL, currently of Orem, Utah, see:^}ms to be doing much better, healthwise. ALEX shared JOHN's progress which can be seen from the the early 3-pag:_}e letters of unending questions on the most fundamental level to his present level. What growth! We're pr:`}oud of another OHAUGer's triumphs. STU MURRAY, President of Scotlands, NOSAUG, sent the newest FUTURA, Issue 18, :a} while acknowledging his hardy enjoyment of OHNL. ALEX tossed many an accolade across the waves complimen:b}ting OHAUG/NOSAUG cross member, ROBERT De LETTER, Belgium, programming contributions. In fact, ALAN SHARKIS i:c}s currently converting a CD ROM from Holland forth club. ROBERT DeLETTER, Zelzate, Belgium, writes, himself, to :d}start his subscription with OHAUG. Secy/Treas RON FETZER offered ROBERT the ease of communicating in German :e} (It's wonderful that our Club can offer German, Italian, Hebrew??? Any more? Who knows.) ALEX received ROBERT:f}'s second letter which included a MEMORANDUM program and 2 DATABASES (all written in TURBO BASIC). R:g}OBERT's third letter included the 2 DATABASES for the 3.5 Drive for HAROLD PEGLER. Of all his various hardware, he sha:h}res that his choice is "his ol' buddy at home," his Atari. Seems RON FETZER, our US Ambassador has quite an active corr:i}espondence with his Belgium buddy. ALEX congratulated OHNL's staff for meeting the deadlines consist:j}ently. The delinquency of ATARI CLASSICS, in contrast, causing subscribers to become rather frustrated. :k} DANE STEGMAN, member from Akron, NY, shares that his frustration that life pulls him away from his Atari en:l}joyment. His 8-bit love stems from the fact that it's very easy to work with. After giving the BBS #, ALEX suggest:m}ed that he correspond with ALAN SHARKIS to get JIM CUTLER's MODEM address in England. We'd like to see more member:n}s correspond directly. Well, A second letter shared that DANE loved the politically correct santa humor in th:o}e last OHNL and that he had met our ALAN on the BBS. CAUGHT!!! AL MOLINELLA was the only club member (poor :p}soul) who inadvertently showed up for the cancelled February meeting. (A good lesson: read your OHNL faithful:q}ly and thoroughly!) LARRY TISCHBEIN, OHAUG member, and Editor of LVIUG, Quakertown, Pennsylvania, reaffirms:r} his loyalty to his Atari 8-bit and 1st XLENT word processing software and joy in using it! Snow? Snow? At lea:s}st LARRY shared a very humorous (only after the fact, though) about his family's experience with "Wicked Whit:t}e." (Yes, ALAN snickered.) LARRY had to unhinge 2 of his 3 entrance doors to his home and, get this...... shovel:u} the STUFF O-U-T from WITHIN the house ... it was SO bad that they couldn't get outside through the drift-blocked doo:v}rs!!! He reminds us of Mark Twain's witty rhetorical complaint: "Everybody talks about the weather, but nobo:w}dy ever does anything about it!" (How true) 'Confushus' (that's Artie Confushus) say, (No, seriously, folks, listen:x} to this bit of wisdom:) "To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have." And, always the sage, :y}he leaves us with "The worst prison is a closed heart, and mind!" A. B. TURNBULL member from Northumbe:z}rland, England, reminds JOHN HARDIE about his KOALA PAD request and adds POWER PAD and DIAMOND GOS SYSTEM to his shoppin:{}g list. ALEX had to return the foreign currency accompanying his request because the bank's conversi:|}on rates are prohibitive so that the Club could only accept either US $24 or an international money orde:}}r in Treasurer RON FETZER's name. OHAUG dues are the same for all members, even though shipping costs are much highe:~}r for our members overseas. TOM ANDREWS member from Manlius, NY, sent us a letter on TEXTPRO and speaks of i:}ts pros & cons. He included a disk of new additions to grace the pages of future editions of the N/L. Quite :} prolific! Quite appreciated by OHNL staff and all members (we hope)!! MOTIONSL: JOE LIEBER motioned for :} OHAUG to send $20 DONATION to NEWNEST BBS to help OHAUG broaden its horizons and glean more info ... don't forge:}t the INTERNATIONAL ATARI NETWORK which is part of this BBS!!! With AL ATKINS seconding, a unanimous vote said:} YES!!! DEMOS: OH#631 - s/1: OHSCREEN.MKR: a slow load, great for making menus; CRAZY SCOOTER, (this disk was to:} be used as one of today's Door Prizes) and PRINT PARTNER, a fantastic graphics program which can make almost anyth:}ing you wish and while members had a chance to scan the instructions, ALEX demoed its cropping ability (offering differe:}nt sizes) and the ease to individualize every choice (RON and ALEX enjoyed this 'User Friendly' program) (ALEX u:}sed SUPERDUMP which allows only 62 sector pictures - S/2: SCRATCH2 wordprocessing program, all members had a:} helpful point of view; FRENCH PICTURE SHOW, the Club members sure weren't blue when they enjoyed this rather risq:}ue romp. No, its not what you are thinking, it was just regular graphics. OH#632 - S.A.M. MENU (Need HAPPY to c:}opy) - S/1: S.A.M. popped in (Speaker Automated Menu) to speak for one of our members who we cannot give credit to :}because the name and address have been lost; we all enjoyed this creative communique (great program, great gift!!!):} so very much and the OHNL staff want to give this sender their 15 minutes (or bytes) in the spotlight of OHAUG :}history; so take our thanks and, please, but don't leave all our readers in the dark, SEND US YOUR NAME! O:}H#634 - s/1: MEMORANDUM - s/2: this disk also offered both DeLETTER games previously previewed in OH#633 and offer:}s a cross-reference to facilitate its use. Rave review, Sir; Encore, Encore, Encore ... OH#635 - NOSAUG F:}UTURA 17/4th Qtr '95 - s/1 LINE UP - s/2: MEGADEMO, a bitter reality program edited by the late DAVID EWEN: a) CLIMBER:}; b) SOUND EFFECTOR, ALAN SHARKIS demo'ed this program and handled all questions; c) UNICOM; d) WHIPPING TOP; e) JO:}YTYPER (another DeLETTER program) While RON FETZER began the demo, JOHN HARDIE triumphantly performed for the Club:}; f) EXPEDITION; g) SOUND DEMO; h) LT CYCLE; i) DLI MAKER. OH#633 - NOSAUG FUTURA 18/1st Qtr '96 -(NOTE the OHAU:}G#.... should have been demoed after OH#635) Beautiful graphics introduce this disk; ALEX read off the prog:}rams/articles offered: s/1: INTRO; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL; ATARI 8 BIT NEWS; HARDWARE WAREHOUSE; ATARI 8 BIT BO:}OKSHELF; NETWORK TO THE WORLD; DTB; ATARI 8; TURBOBASIC FLYER (a creation of our RON FETZER); FRIENDLY VIEWS ON THE :}ST. A SHORT HISTORY OF COMPUTERS; CALLING ALL NOSTALGIA ENTHUSIASTS; FUTURA SUBSCRIPTION INFO; SEE YOU;:} LISTER.BAS; QUICKDOS.BAS; DRAW800.BAS; PREVIOUS MENU. ALEX demoed DRAW800.BAS that he thought the grap:}hic quality was magnificent and compared favorably to IBM. RON shared that this creation was "born" (before OHAUG). :}s/2: offered programs written by our new member from Belgium, ROBERT De LETTER; his games CAVES OF KATUR and KATUR's :}REVENGE are a tour de force and were greatly enjoyed by all (Ron called it fiendishly creative - Bravo Meistro De L:}etter!) OH#636 - TWAUG DOM 19, JAN/FEB '96 - s/1: Catchy tune opened on offerings such as NADRIL, CUDDLEM:}AN and SPEED2.COM. OH#637 - SLCC 1401, JAN '96 - s/1 AVALANCHE.BAS, a game like Qbert; DIRHEAD2.BAS, writes:} directory headers; DOCPRINT.BAS, text file printout; FLOWER.BAS, makes flower- shaped graphics; MANEUVER:}.BAS, 2 player strategy game using keypad (no turbo); MASTER.BAS, disk directory and cataloging; 2COLUMN.BAS, enhance:}ment of DOC print; TYM.BAS, test your memory; UNIVERT, universal converting utility - DOCPRINT.BAS, program writ:}ten by the famous RON FETZER and, of course, modified by ALEX (long before they met in person) which had been print:}ed up in ANTIC magazine (4/85). It was soon realized that this side was very much like one of our past OHNLs. - s/2::} TEXT ADVENTURE TRILOGY from BELLCOM; OH#638 - SLCC 1402, FEB '96 - s/1: BLAST.BAS, a short and simple shoot'em up; :}active in the big "Game" of the Market. Next to be demoed is HORSERACE sounded like a train at first, but this was a gamF}e all related to. The next demoed was DARKSTAR (I think). This game had a sinister sound to it. OH#640 - SLCC #1F}403, 3/96 -- s/1: DISKDROP.BAS, an action adventure game, DATA.TXT, explains how to use and transfer this databaF}se program on another disk,-- s/2 MOVIE DEMO (no Basic) was chosen to be demoed. All members (even ALEX) checkedF} this out for the first time. The tune was upbeat. ALEX explained that the graphics shown was a spacecraft taF}king off OH#641 - SLCC #1404, 4/96 - s/1: BANNER.BAS, prints out a banner, DOMINOS, games, KOOKY, NAME & AF}GE, a riddle, RELAX, a program that is self- descriptive -- s/2: Has a lot of science programs: MERCURY, MOONQUIZ,F} SATURN, SPACELAB, MARS, etc. OH#642 Library Disk from SLCC OH#643 Library Disk from TWAUG OH#644 T.W.A.U.G. D.F}o.m. for 4/96 OH#645 - XL2 by JOHN PICKENS of Canada which makes one computer act as two computers. (Recent UpgradeF} OH#646 - CRZYSCOT, car racing game, ROULETTE, CALENDAR, OHSCRNMAKER (BASIC). The Club members seemed to enjF}oy this for quite some time (ALEX had to be reminded of his sacred duty, doling out the DOOR PRIZES; and he didn't F}even react when ALAN reminded him of the late hour. ALEX tried to help JACK? with his difficulty with a programF}. So he booted the program and read (with all members' support) to further understand and help JACK. When AF}LEX gave up, JACK said he thought he had brought it to an expert (?)... it is generally agreed y all that there are F}no 'experts' here. OTHER BUSINESS: The LIAUG Meeting Minutes (by ALAN SHARKIS, Secy) from Saturday, March 1st, wF}ere read. An overflow crowd with all LIAUG members, LIACE, MACE, BASIC and OHAUG bussed in. In fact, it was a AtaF}ri 8-bit rally of sorts with almost every Northeast member present. Several local SYSOPS who are not affiliated wiF}th Atari Users Groups came; among them were JOHN QUINN known to all as 'ZEUS' of THE GODS' PLAYLAND BBS, LOU TRAPANI, 'F}THE MACHINE' and JIM EVANS from the 'STARLING' BBS. Not only where they all delightedly caught off guard, the librF}arian (who fervently worked to catch this large group on film in order that they might justify additional monies come bF}udget- time) and the local pizzeria who valiantly struggled to keep that speecy-spicy stuff coming to satisfF}y these 8-bitters. LIAUG President, PAT MULVEY, bit back his tears realizing what grand support there is for ATARI anF}d his Club. The demonstrations covered the entire 8-bit, ST and game system gamet and had to be attached as a separF}ate pamphlet accompanying the minutes. Guest speakers included BILL GATES of MICROSOFT who publicly stated that his wF}ar of words was over and that a new line for all Atari users would soon be available and jokingly held up a FALCON F}O30 and asked when we'd be getting a 'real computer', NOLAN BUSHNELL admitted that his blunder of suggestF}ing that the concentration be on game machines will be regretted for a long time. THE SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL KICKLF}INE, whose leader responded to all questions, etc., with "Cool!" As ALAN SHARKIS' notes brought us to the meeting'F}s end, he jokingly disclosed his 'April Fool's' prank. There wasn't even a meeting in a blizzard-soaked FebruarF}y (but this rally of support would be so nice). I'm sure we'd all agree to give ALAN an 'A' for creativity; but crF}edibility would have to accord with one's gullibility (is this even a word?) factor. DOOR PRIZES: FIRST: HARF}OLD PEGLER SECOND: AL MOLINELLA THIRD: RON FETZER >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<