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All other te4}xt programs have not generated any interest in thepast and are more or less updates ofprevious .TXT files. 5} Side A COMPY.TXT - A rather gloomy letter byPeter Bee, COMPY-SHOP, one of three 8bit suppliers in West Ger6}many. He seesno future for the 8 bit machine, atleast for him as business man whoneeds a profit for survival. He willsupp7}ort ABBUC, but cannot guarantysupplies for lack of support byvendors. PETERS.TXT - Letter from KLAUS PETERSELEC8}TRONIC & SOFTWARE indicating theirsupport for the 8 bit by taking overhardware and software projects andproducts from the 9}COMPY-SHOP underlicense contract, as well advertisingtheir own product line. XFORMR.TXT ROMDISK.TXT - Productre:}viewsPDECKE.TXT - ABBUC's PD-Librarycatalog INFO.TXT - see complete translation TWORD.TXT - German d;}ocumentation forTURBOWORD+ (Micromiser Software 1989) BAUBEXL.TXTBAUBEST.TXTBAUPLAN.TXTBAU<}INFO.TXT - Schematics, layouts,odering and other circuit boardsinfo. INFO.TXT translation: =} Hello Bit Byters! A little late, but SONDERMAGAZIN # 7is ready for you now. Late because ofmedical tr>}eatments, the Dortmund Fairand a brief vacation, leaving melittle time. Hobbytronic 1990As you know by now, the?}HOBBYTRONIC/COMPUTERSHOW atDortmundtook place from April 25th thru April29th. ABBUC most certainly wasrepresented again. @}As a first we hadthe biggest booth yet, 20qm(Squaremeters!). Preparation of the booth forthe expected drove of visitor tooA}kplace on Tuesday with the eager helpof volunteers. The most noticeablecharacteristic of the ABBUC booth wasthe towering,B} turning ATARI LOGO. ThisLOGO and it's mounting came to us as agift from SAG, the deceasedNetherlands Atari Users Club.UC}nderneath the Logo we displayed ourABBUC and 8 BIT signs. We demoed atmany workstations, especially the 80column card. EyeD} catching was thefrequency counter from Friedhelm Giese and Klaus Langenkaemper, moreabout this later.Wednesday's E}opening immediately causeda gathering of Atari users at ourbooth. Partially due to the fact thatthe LOGO was already visiF}ble from thehall entrance. Many ST users left our booth disappointed, realizingthat this was a booth for the "LITTLEG}ONE" only. Every Bit Byter visitingthe booth received a disk containingthe schematics for a lie detector as agift. By tH}he way about 200 Bit Bytersvisited our booth! For sale at the booth: the brand newgame KAISER II, software from KE-I}SOFTand software and hardware from theCOMPY-SHOP and PETERS ELECTRONICS atspecial fair and club prices. I liketo inject aJ}t this point the fact thatno other 8 Bit soft- or hardware wasavailable at the fair. Contrary tolast years experience, ourK} treasurerwas quiet satisfied with the salesresults. We even made a little profit.The biggest gain was our increase inmemL}bers, 30 new Bit Byters, which wewelcome again. ABBUC now has 639members, a new record. KAISER IIBit Byter CarstM}en Strotmann gave theold game KAISER an new look andpresented it as KAISER II. The gamecan be played by up to 6 players.GN}raphic's are excellent. Even so itrelates closely to the old KAISER, thepossibility to add saboteurs and spiesmake the gamO}e more enjoyable.Unfortunately the game runs only onXE's or 800XL's with RAM upgrade. Thegame is available for DM 39.95 (CP}lubMembers DM 35.--) from Andre Kaiser Nietzschestr.50 5600 Wuppertal WestGermany FREQUENCY COUNTERAs mentioQ}ned, the inventors of theVIDIO DIGITIZER (for the 8 Bit),Friedhelm Giese and KlausLangenkaemper built something new, afreR}quency counter for the 8 bitcomputer. 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O.H.A.U.G. is a N,}OT-FOR-PROFITOrganization in the State of New York. O.H.A.U.G. will NOT tolerate ANY,}referances,directly or byimplication,to piracy or the use of anycomputer equipment for illegalacti,}vities.DEADLINES FOR NEWSLETTER------------------------JAN/FEB DEC 31 JUL/AUG JUN 30MAR/APR FEB 28 SEPT/OCT AU,}G 31MAY/JUN APR 30 NOV/DEC OCT 31 Submitted articles are preferred asdisk ,}text files, but will be gratefullyaccepted as a hard copy. Send yourarticles to Ol' Hackers Newsletter C/OC. Hurtad,}o, 117-05 149 Ave., So. OzonePark, N.Y. 11420. Please refer to theschedule above for future deadlines. ,} ,ichael's Pascherramboard. Roland plans the following:RS 232 DriverHardcopy routine for screen printClock driverRoland as}ks for cooperation from thosewho worked on these items already.Please contact him at Roland Buehler Kirchstrasse 5 7290Fr}eudenstadt-Wittelsweiler WestGermanyCooperation could mean a free ramboard. FAIR LEFTOVERSSoftware leftovers f}rom the fair areavailable, for those who were not ableto attend. Available are 1) VISICALC...........DM20.--(about $}12.--, shipping notknown, H A Dewitz 2) SYNCALC............DM20.--(same as above!) 3) MY FIRST ALHPABET..DM 5}.-- (English program for learningthe alphabet) Order these programs from theclub headquarters. SOFTS}YNTH A 16 page documentation for this PDprogram (available in ABBUC's library)is now at hand. The documentation }isclear and precise, and covers alloptions of the program. Order from BitByter Winfried Piegsda Johann Schil}l Str. 3 D-7806 March-Buchheim West Germany (He request's 4 DM 1.--stamps, I perceive this as }shipping costs - about $ 2.50, HAD) NEW SOFTWARE KE-SOFT has the following titles f}orthe Atari XL/XE available:ANTQUEST - 1000 questions & ants for 4players. DM 15.90DRAG - A frog hunting }diamonds! With50 levels. DM 15.90DEDRIS - Puzzle for two. DM 15.90OBL}ITROID - The Superhero! Action on140 screens with continue function. DM 19.80SOGON - The famous }boxes moving game,with 50 screens and back-up-one-movefunction. DM 14.90TECNO NINJA - Action adventure with}many weapons and dangers. DM 24.80TOBOT/BROS - Two super games on onedisk. DM } 19.80ZADOR - Chinese wisdom, habit forming!Update! DM 15.90ZONG - The only German Atari 8 Bitmag}azine. Featuring News, Soft- andHardware tests. Info, game andprograming tips, as well as newprograms on disk accompanying} themagazine. Monthly issue. DM 8.00 Order from: KE-SOFT } Frankenstr. 24 D-6457 Maintal 4 West Germany Tel.: 011 4906181/87539 } AMC-Publishing has the followingavailable: A HACKER'S NIGHT - A game; object: toenter a main- frame computer. } DM 29.00OBJECT 0 DEGREES NORTH - Text/Graphicadventure. DM 29.00 Or}der from: AMC-VERLAG Bluecherstr.17 D-6200 Wiesbaden West Ger}manyVACATION TIME The club headquarters is closed fromJune 14th thru July 17th and thePD-library is closed fro}m July 9ththru August 6th. The club mailbox(BBS)will be in operation thru out thattime, but will be checked once a weekon}ly.  @ 0  0 @@@@he bottomof the title screen sets the scene forthe game, ie. A foreign nation gothold of a Nuclear Missile andthreatens t}o fire it with New Yorkbeing the target, unless a ransom ispaid. The USA being honest refusesand dispatches three agents}immediately to destroy the missile.They encounter differentlevels/rooms.Some are locked and need a code whichyou will pi}ck up on the way. Alsothere are objects to be investigated.A joystick controls the agents. Infront of an object pull joyst}icktowards you to revel the meaning orcode. Codes are needed for theterminals displayed, again in front ofa terminal pull} joystick towards youto get action. Have fun with FACTOR-X. Have nice vacations and a hot summer, } Wolfgang. 9Dates for the next Ol' Hackers Meeting:Sept 15, 1990Oct 13, 1990 Bring kids to meetingNov 10, 1990Dec 15, 1990 Holid0}ay meetingJan 12, 1991 Membership dues!Feb 09, 1991 Election Time!Mar 09, 1991Apr 13, 1991May 11, 1991Jun 01, 1990}1Please post these dates for future use.0* Daisy Dot III Review By JOHN McGOWAN Reprint from ACE ST. LOUIS A short review with some hints.4}-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=THIS DOC IS FORMATTED IN 38 COLS FORVIEWING ON THE ATARI EDITOR. COPY TOE: TO VIEW.4}Daisy Dot III is the new incarnationof Roy Goldman's Daisy Dot programme,a NLQ print processor for the Atari 8bit comput4}ers with at least 48K.This latest incarnation is written inC with ML routines to speed upprocessing. ------4}----Daisy Dot III is available in twoflavours, the plain vanilla,available as a shareware programme onyour favourite BBS4}, and thechocolate-fudge version.The plain vanilla version is notfully compatible with the SpartaDOScartridge, nor does 4}it allow multiplefonts in a document. Other than that,the two versions appear to beidentical.The chocolate-fudge version4} isavailable only from Roy Goldman for$25 and includes a nicely printed(reduced to 5x8) booklet on using DD3as well as qu4}ite a few fonts (whichare, however, PD, and may be uploadedto your local BBS, so keep an eye outfor them). The booklet has4} 21 pageson using DD3 along with informationon using the font editor and fontutility programme. Unless you desireto chang4}e fonts in a document (whichis a VERY important option) the plainvanilla version will suit you as wellas the chocolate-fud4}ge version.(If you only use the plain vanillaversion, and have never supportedGoldman in his programming, you canalways 4}just send him $5, $10 orwhatever to show your support!) ---------- Comparison to DD2Daisy Dot two4} supported 8 point fonts(as compared to most printers'9 point NLQ fonts) in a double passformat.Some printers can print 4}every 72nd ofan inch (draft) as well as every144th (NLQ and high density graphics)by doing a second pass after movingthe 4}print head down 1/2 pin (one pinsize being one 72nd of an inch). Byhaving a second pass, one gets extraresolution and bett4}er fonts...this isgenerally how a printer does NLQprinting, however, most printers usea 9 pin head using either the top 84}or bottom 8 (for descenders) pins,giving an overall size (from top ofthe tallest capital to bottom of thelowest descender)4} of 9 points. DaisyDot II only uses 8 pins and soproduces but an 8 point font.Daisy Dot II printed (using agraphics dump4}) a first pass, thenadvanced the print head minimally,and prints the second pass. Undergraphics dumps, some printers (as i4}ntheir NLQ mode) a minimal advancementmay be 1/2 point (144th of an inch)and so everything works out fine.Some printers a4}ctually used a 216thof an inch as a minimal spacing inGRAPHICS mode. Thus they have theCAPABILITY of using three pass data4}and printing LQ rather than NLQ(though their NLQ mode only advances144th of an inch) (advancing 216th ofan inch means tha4}t in graphics modethey can EMULATE a 24 pin printer!).Both Daisy Dot II and DD3 only dodouble pass printing (NLQ) rathert4}han triple pass printing (as may beavailable on some printers) (LQ).Thus they emulate a 24 pin printer,using but 16 of the4} 24 possiblepins.Due to the improper line advance(1/216 inch instead of 1/144 inch)under a magnifying glass (BUT ONLYUND4}ER A MAGNIFYING GLASS) Daisy DotII print may show up as just a bitmore jagged than the built in NLQfont in the printer, bu4}t for allintents and purposes, it provides NLQprint on the 8 bit.(NOTE: I KNOW OF NO PROGRAMME THATATTEMPTS ANY TRIPLE PA4}SS PRINTING OFWHICH YOUR PRINTER MAY BE CAPABLE).Some printers (the StarNX10, but notmost epson compatibles) allow RAMba5}sed NLQ (double pass fonts) and so,provided a Daisy Dot II font is nottoo wide for the format, it can beconverted over to 5}a NLQ fontaccessible from any application. Thenew programme uses fonts which ingeneral are taller than 9 points andso are5} not capable of beingtransformed to RAM fonts for theprinter, and can only be used fromDD3 (unless you write your ownrout5}ines to use them). ----------Daisy Dot II supported severaloptions NOT supported by DD3. InDaisy Dot II, on5}e could set manydefault options from the main menu...this was very nice for printing witha font which required zero spacin5}g(say a hand writing font) andswitching to another font (withdifferent spacing) and reprinting thedocument. Several of th5}ese optionsare no longer available foradjustment from the main menu(spacing for one).Daisy Dot II supported a very crude5}method of including graphics(VERBATIM) files. However the work toinclude a graphic, and may the godshelp you if you wish 5}to edit a filewith a graphic!, was prohibitive (onehad to put a form feed at the top ofa page before the first line, which5 }should have required printing thefile to disk loading in and adjustingand then resaving). However, theavailability of Tex5 }tPro version 4.54allowed one to automate thiscompletely.(for those using Daisy Dot II, hereis the method. In the followi5 }ng, [x]means the x-key in INVERSE. Firstredefine [left-arrow] to be ASC(155)as a printer equate...actually, thisis the de5 }fault, and you only have todo this if you entered your ownconfiguration file which changesthis...make sure that EVERY page5 }after the first has as header: \N[left-arrow]your header textand set your page length to 65. Thusyour page is one line 5}short, butEVERY PAGE gets a form feed so one nolonger has to find places to insertit.Next to put in a verbatim file that5}takes up 17 lines with a title whichtakes 2 lines, use: [n]19[+]17 My title first line. My title second line.\Vfilespec5}\where the file spec is that of theverbatim file.The [n], conditional page break,ensures that your graphic will NOTcross5} a page boundary and theallocation command [+] reserves 17lines for it.As long as you know the length ofyour verbatim fil5}e, this makesinserting it user transparent.)DD3 supports NO graphic inclusionunless you redefine a font to printout your5} graphic and switch to thefont with the graphic... I amthinking of writing a small basicprogramme to allow the conversion 5}ofseveral PS icons to characters in aDD3 font so that, if you have thechocolate-fudge version of DD3, youcan include PSic5}ons.Daisy Dot II allowed Bold face, whileDD3 has no such command. The only wayto emphasize print in DD3 is tocreate a bo5}lder font and switchfonts. ----------Such are the small advantages of DDIIover DD3. Now let us look at the5}advantages of DD3.DD3 allows much nicer, larger, morecomplex fonts giving a much betteroutput.DD3 allows you to choose 5}the verticalas well as the horizontal spacing.In DDII one had to print the documentto disk, forcing one to know how many5}characters per line were beingused... but if one changed spacing orfonts, or even if one did not, sincethe fonts are propo5}rtional, it wasimpossible to guarantee that the fontwould print out at all nicely. DD3does its own formatting, and onesim5}ply saves one's document to diskwith no line breaks letting DD3 usethe proper line breaks for eachline.In DDII, one alwa5}ys had to turn offjustification on the last line of aparagraph so that it came out neatly.In DD3, the last line of a parag5}raphautomatically has its justificationturned off, and the next paragraphremains justified if justification isturned on.5}DD3 supports centred and right tabsas well as standard (left) tabs.DD3 allows careful positioning withabsolute and relat5}ive shift commands,as well as careful positioning ofheaders and footers.DD3 dox indicate that current formatsare applied5 } when a header is printed(for example if currently rightpositioning is in effect, the headerwill print to the right) but o5!}ne canchange these in a header, and DD3will re-enforce the defaults beforeprinting the rest of the document(thus a header5"} of \r\# will print thepage number on the right, but therest of the page will NOT be rightjustified, but have the justific5#}ationin force before the header is seen).Somehow I do NOT truly trust this! ----------All in all, the fact 5$}that DD3 formatsits own text makes it much morereliable than DDII. The fonts arewonderful and the lack of graphics isabou5%}t all that I can see that makesit not an excellent product. Thus Ican not rate it A+, but give it arating of A. 5&} ----------------- ----------------- Some hints on using DD3. The hard hyphen (\-).I have never wa5'}nted to break a wordlike well-done at the hyphen betweenlines (like well-done)and cannot st5(}and soft hyphens feelingthat hard hyphens should be thedefault (a hard hyphen is one whichdoes NOT allow a line break, but5)} istreated as a character). The DD3hyphen is (in default) soft, so ifyou want a word NOT to break at ahyphen, use \-. 5*} ---------- Line spacing.The standard NLQ font on mostprinters is 9 point with 3 pointsspacing fro5+}m the bottom of one lineto the top of the next. That is, 1/3the number of points. DD3 doesspacing in 72nds of an inch (poi5,}nts)but does NOT list the font heights inpoints!A font which prints out from the fonteditor as 31 for a height means that5-}it uses double pass data, starting atrow 0 and ending at row 31. Thusthere are 32 rows, and as this isdouble pass data, t5.}he height is32/2=16 points.Thus such a font should have spacingof about (1/3)16 or about 5/72 inch(use 5 in the vertical 5/}spacingcommand).In general, if the font editor givesa height of "n" the proper spacing(vertical) for the font is about: 50} (n+1)/6for single spacing.(thus for n=31 in the above example,we get 32/6=16/3 about 5).The unexpanded DD3 51}fonts are from 15to 31 in height and one uses aspacing of from (15+1)/6=2+2/3 to(31+1)/6=5+1/3that is from 3 to 5 points 52}(72nds)spacing. The built in default is 4which seems fine for single linespacing, unless you are using amagnified font. (53}NOTE: Thedenominator of 6 in the above formulacomes from the 1/3 listed above and afactor of 1/2 for the double pass).Fo54}r "k" line spacing (rather than 1line spacing) for a font which listsas height "n" the formula for thevertical spacing sho55}uld be (this isthe value used in the verticalspacing command and is in 72nds of aninch, the command is \XVnn where "nn"is56} a two-digit (use 04 for 4) spacingin points) (n+1)*(4*k-3)/6(NOTE: DD3 cannot be set to do doublespacing...t57}he only thing you can dois set the single spacing far apart!the equivalent of double spacing)Thus for a font height of 1558} (DDIIfont height) and single spacing, weget: (15+1)(4-3)/6=16/6 or about 3.For double spacing with a DDII font(n=15)59} we get: (15+1)(8-3)/6=80/6=40/3 or about 13.For triple spacing with a font whichis listed as height 205:}, we get: (20+1)(12-3)/6=63/2 or about 31NOTE: THE SPACING USED CAN RANGE ONLYFROM 00 TO 33 SO THAT 5;}TRIPLE SPACINGWITH A 21 POINT FONT IS ABOUT THELARGEST SPACING YOU CAN GET. ---------- Changing f5<}ontsNOTE that if you have thechocolate-fudge version and changefonts, that the bottom of thecharacters does NOT line up.5=}.. theTOP of the characters lines up!Thus, unless you want such an effect,it is best NOT to change fonts in themiddle of 5>}a line unless the UL(position of character bottom...underline position) value is the samefor the several fonts on the same5?}line.Print your fonts out from the fonteditor to check this (and I suggestmaking up a table of the verticalspacing to be5@} used for single, doubleand triple spacing). ---------- The "Decimal Tab"There is NO decimal tab 5A}in DD3, thereis only a right tab (which can beused for decimals).Suppose we have used \PR to put tabsat three successive5B} positions atwhich we wish decimals to beprinted: T T T 12.45 123.45 00.00 5C} 12345.90 0.00 34. data here01 x1 and wish to have a table like theabove printed (T ind5D}icates thepositions of the tab)The two lines with data would beentered as:Line one:\T12.\Z45\T123.\Z45\T00.\Z00Line two5E}:\T12345.\Z90\T0.\Z00\T34.\ZLine three:\Tdata\Z\There0\Z1\Tx1\ZThe entry \T12.\Z tells DD3 to go tothe next tab (which5F} was put in as a\PR, right tab) and put in the datawith the decimal point (\Z followingit) at the right edge (the tabposi5G}tion) then the following "45"puts the "45" immediately after thedecimal point. The next number istabbed over to the next r5H}ight tab andthe decimal point is put at the tabposition (the \Z after it) etc.There is NO automatic recognition ofthe de5I}cimal (as there would be in atrue decimal tab) but this is a RIGHTTAB and one MUST flag whatevercharacter is to be at the 5J}right witha \Z command (even if it is adecimal). ---------- Horizontal spacingSince these are tru5K}e proportionalfonts, and some of them DEMANDcertain spacing (such as zero for thehandwriting fonts) this cannot be setin 5L}stone. But the non-proportionalNLQ in most printers has 2 columnspacing for fonts of vertical spacingof 3 points. Thus, th5M}e horizontalspacing, for characters of about thesame proportion (height to width) ofstandard fonts, should probably havea5N} horizontal spacing of about 1/2 to2/3 of the spacing for single spacedprinting. As reasonable spacing forsingle spaced pr5O}inting is about 4 (inpoints) a spacing (horizontal, the \Scommand) should be 2 or 3 for mostfonts. The default of 2 seems 5P}to workwell. Note that for fonts with otherproportions (very narrow fonts orwide fonts) a different spacing maybe more pl5Q}easing (generally greaterfor wider fonts). ---------- Hanging indents:A hanging indent changes th5R}e LEFTmargin, but NOT for the current line.FOR ALL LINES FOLLOWING THE CURRENTLINE.Thus:This is \XHHa test (more stuff)5S}Would print out in DD3 as:This is a test (more stuff......more stuff more stuff..... more stuff.....)Th5T}at is, the left margin will be setfor the following lines.One can also use the absolute form(\XHnnn) to specify a new lef5U}t marginat "nnn" 40ths of an inch forfollowing lines.To stop the hanging indent you MUSTreset the left margin (the \XLnn5V}ncommand). ----------Hopefully this brief discussion ofsome of the features of DD3 will helpany DDII user 5W}to use the programmeand at least whet the appetite ofthose who have tried no incarnationof Daisy Dot.4iTo: All OHAUG membersFrom: Alan SharkisThe date of the Educational meetinghas been set for Oct 13,1990, at thePl9Y}ainview-Old Bethpage library. I wantto tell you about a special program Iplan to have at that meeting. I ambringing 9Z}in many commercial, publicdomain and shareware educationalprograms for our 8-bits.It will be my pleasure to le9[}t youngpeople, at our invitation, come tothis meeting and try out the programs.I will be helping them with such9\}programs. Please look aroundfor youngsters who will bewell-behaved and interested in havinga good t9]}ime!It also would add to the success ofthe program if you could give me theages of the youngsters you intend tobr9^}ing one or two meetings before theOctober meeting, so that I can plan a range of subjects and levels.My collec9_}tion goes from pre-school tohigh school, and there is somethingfor everyone.It is my belief that, had Atar9`}ibrought the 8-bits into the schoolswith the vigor that Apple had, we'dsee our 8-bit computers in a dominantrole i9a}n education today. Thank you very much. 8\HOW THE VAGRANTS BROKE MURDER Inc. by JERRY GINSBERG(CONTINUATION of "HOW THE VAGRANTSBROKE MURDER INC.=c} by JERRY GINSBERG,member OL'HACKERS) The old Inferior Criminal CourtsAct provided for the commitment ofanyone=d} found guilty of VAGRANCY to oneof the several workhouses or countyjails "for a definite term not toexceed six m=e}onths." As a rule, thesentences meted out for vagrancy werefor much less time. Happy'sbrother,"Duke" Maione=f}, drew a ninetyday sentence while Meyer "Mikey"Sycoff, who fingered "targets" for"hits" received a sixty-day=g} term inthe workhouse. Of course, it was hoped thatthese vagrancy charges would bereplaced with mo=q}B%DOS SYSBJ0EBITB TXTBSAUTORUN COMBTAUTORUN SYSB)MAINMENUHLPB\WELCOME SCRBcPRESS HLPB jHELP DOCBwPRESSPRTMNUB{PRESSPRTHLPB>NEWSLTR BASBAWHO TXTBFDATE TXTBuGDD3RE TXTB XHEDUC TXTB>bJGINS2 TXTB&INEW TXTB6PDAUGMI TXTB1KDD3 TXTBLSPART TXTB8CJUMIN TXTBBPIC TXTB COLRTESTBASBMEDIT TXTre substantialaccusations by the time the terms hadbeen served. As time passed, however,the prospects of something =r}dramatichappening appeared bleak; but when thesentences were just about to expire,Assistant District Attorney Burton=s}Turkus reported that the D.A. receivedthe following letter from the Riker'sIsland City Workhouse: "Dear Sir, I=t} am doing a bit here. I wouldlike to talk to the District Attorney.I know something about a murder inEast New York.=u} Harry Rudolph" Rudolph had a reputation on thestreet as being "off his rocker" but,out of frus=v}tration, O'Dwyer waswilling to grant an audience to anyonewho could even remotely assist theinvestigation. Rudolp=w}h hated theBrownsville boys, not only becausethey murdered a friend, which heclaimed to have witnessed, b=x}ut alsobecause they tried to kill him byshooting him in the stomach atpoint-blank range. To support this=y}story and also to add to his image asa "fruitcake," Rudolph raised hisshirt and exhibited to A.D.A. Turkusthe dis=z}figuring scars on his abdomenwhere he claimed to have "plucked thebullet out with his bare hands." Itwas around this ={}man, and with probablya very strong prayer, that theflimsiest of homocide cases was builtagainst Murder Incorpo=|}rated's chiefexecutive officers, Abe Reles andMartin "Buggsy" Goldstein. At a hastily called pressconf=}}erence, D.A. O'Dwyer announced theindictment of Reles, Goldstein andAnthony (the Duke) Maffetore, anaccomplice i=~}n the 1933 shooting in theback of Alec (Red) Alpert. "Red" was"rubbed out" for asking too much forthe stolen jewelry=} he tried to fenceto the boys in Brownsville. With morebravado than substance, O'Dwyerannounced to the press, =}"This is aclean-cut charge. I have an air-tightcase against these punks and I wantthem to know it right now." As was t=}hestyle in the 30s and 40s, the New YorkTimes commented on the dress of thedefendants at their arraignments. "Rele=}s wore a graydouble-breasted overcoat and a darksuit and Goldstein, a tandouble-breasted =}overcoat and darksuit. In contrast, Maffatore wore aleather windbreaker over a sweater anddark trousers. (N.Y.Time=}s, Feb. 3,1940) Both Reles and Goldstein hadattorneys to represent them, butMaffatore was unrepresented as he =}pled"not guilty." He, Maffatore, requestedthe court assign a counselor to him ashe was indigent and unable to affordone=}. It wasn't difficult to figure outwhere the District Attorney wouldconcentrate his greatest efforts inshoring up=} the many holes in his weakcase. So Maffatore got te DA's fullattention. The next move was one ofgreat strategy. I=}t was to split thedefendants. KINGS COUNTY Judge Edwin L. Garvinwas put asked by D.A. O'Dwyyer to signan order tra=}nsferring "Kid Twist" tothe Tombs in Manhattan. "Buggsy"Goldstein was sent to the Sheriff'sjail in Staten Isla=}nd while "Dukey"Maffatore was committed to the BronxCounty jail. The "breaking" of Anthony "theDuke" Maffatore =} could provide a lawschool class with an excellent studyin the evils of police interrogationprior to the United S=}tates SupremeCourt's decision in MIRANDA v.ARIZONA. While the coercion was not asphysically abusive as that alle=}gedlypracticed upon Joseph (Joe the Baker)Lemirto, it was nonetheless effective."Joe the Baker" with "Dukey", helpedco=}nvict "Happy", "Pittsburgh Phil" andthe "Dasher" of the icepick stabbing,strangulation murder of George(Whitey) =}Rudnick, a potential witnessagainst mob boss, Louie Lepke. Beforetestifying for the prosecution, "Joethe Baker" spent s=}eventeen days in theQueens County jail denying hisinvolvement in the Rudnick murder. Hewas then ushered into =}a hotel roomacross town and supposedly beaten soseverely by a detective with the quiteappropriate name of "Joe the B=}ull"that he required hospitalization.After that, "Joe the Baker" becamemore cooperative and supplied somenec=}essary missing details to theRudnick murder. "Dukey" Maffatore at age twentyfour, according to all accounts,=} wasjust a step above being a moron whojust loved to read comic books inbetween the jobs his murderous bosseswou=}ld send him out on. He had littleeducation and left school as soon ashe was able to obtain his workingpapers at =} age fifteen. It appears,though, that he worked very littlesince then except as an auto thief,enforcer and h=}ijacker for theBrownsville mob. When he waseventually called to the witnessstand, Maffatore admitte=}d that hehadn't done an honest days work innine years and that one of his claimsto fame was that he had once gone =}outon a job as a driver with WillieSutton, the famed bank robber. Thatadventure ended with his running awayat t=}he first sight of a policeman. The interrogation of "Dukey"began almost immediately without thebenefit of =}an attorney which,considering his request for one to beappointed, would today be in violationof his sixth amendm=}ent right tocounsel. Not that it would have made adifference to the likes of "Dukey" butit would be sixteen years befo=}re hiskeepers would be required to advisehim of his MIRANDA rights as aprerequisite to their interrogatingh=}im. Although A.D.A. Turkus' outlineof the "breaking" of Maffatorerepresents the only record thatexists, i=}t makes no effort to cover upthe obvious unfairness of theprocedure even in that day. He writes,"Dukey received =} this 'cold-storage'treatment-and the loneliness thataccompanies it.... and no one,absolutely no one, cam=}e to relievethem." No one, that is, untilLieutenant Jack Osnato stepped into"Dukey's" isolation cell and =}spokesoothingly to him in Italian, andthen, along with Deputy ChiefInspector Mike McDermott played inin=}tricate game of "good cop/bad cop."Maffatore was asked repeatedly why hewas sticking with his friends whilethey were >} Newsletters Review by Alan SharkisThis mont  `@0 includes some oldies, butgoodies. It also includes referencesto an article published in BetaZine,an online newA}sletter which isavailable on some national Atari echosand sorely lacking in 8-bit articles.I might try to correct thA}at situationthis summer. BetaZine does acceptuser-group fees and we might considerpaying one if enough 8-bit mateA}rialdoes get published in thefuture. Also, please note that Aprilissues may be April Fools issues, andthaA}t some of these extracts are not tobe taken seriously. Please ask for,and read, the originalarticles toA} be sure.From (date unknown) B. A. C. E. Line:a review of Tetrix taken from theMarch (1990?) issue of MVACE News.A}From October 1987 Current Notes: MarkA. Brown points out several tricks forgraphics programming on the 8-bit; W.Evan A} Brooks reviews some 8-bitprograms from SSI after telling usthat the 8-bit's time for simulationgames has, uA}nfortunately, passed (somuch for such statements, three yearslater!); Len Pogialli reviews theFirst Xlent Word PA}rocessor (Alex'sfavorite); Alan Friedman reviews tworamdisk programs for expanded (320K)130XEs; Len Pogialli talkA}s aboutdirections he'd like to see Atarifollow for the 8-bits; and AlanFriedman reviews some 8-bit p/dA}software.From December 1987 Current Notes:Quotes Atari's John Skruch(remember him?) as he speaks of A}thennew 8-bit products, including theXEP-80 and the XEGS; Len Pogiallireviews several 8-bit educational andgamA}e programs; and, Mark A.Brown gives us some disk utilities.From April (uh-oh!) 1990 JACS BetweenBytes: An A} article by Robert S. Elyabout Atari's announcement of two new8-bit computers, based on the MC65C816CPU chip. They areA} the 250es and the250es Companion. Both machines willbe expandable to 16 MEG of RAM andwork in both 8-bit and 816 mA}odes. Theywill be compatible with all previous8-bit software, they will have acartridge port and a 40-pin 8A}16expansion port. There will be twoadditonal graphics modes, a 16-bitstereo sound chip, and a new built-inBASICA} (in 816 mode) inaddition to Revision C BASIC. The250es Companion will be Portfoliosize, start wA}ith 128K of RAM, and havethe same display and battery pack asthe Portfolio. The 250es will havebuilt-in RS-232C A} and Centronicsparallel ports.Its base version will have 256K ofRAM. Atari also will offer anadaptor, the A}250esgs, which will alloweither of the above machines to play2600, 5200, 7800 or Nintendocartridges. The A}adaptor will beself-powered, and will featureNintendo-style controllers connectedthrough Atari-style ports.A} Releaseis scheduled for the Fall, with bothcomputers selling for $229.95 and theadaptor for $129.95 with additionaA}lcontrollers at $15.From April 1990 A. C. E. St. LouisNewsline: Joan Ryan describes twohardware mods she glA}eaned from themagazines. One is a way to adapt theSega light gun to work on the XEGS, and the other is a way to hoA}ok up aTTL monitor to the XEP80; and in areprint from Michigan Atari MagazineD. R. Haulsee writes about replacementA}of defective head-park switches in1050 disk drives.From April 1990 The L. C. A. C. E.News Journal: John M. SchA}ultz writesabout the importance of user groups inkeeping the 8-bits viable; Les Larkinsings the praises of MYDOS 4.5.FA}rom May 1990 Acorn KERNAL: BruceNelson describes the presentationgiven by Bob Brodie in Rochester. Init, he A} talks about the lastproduction run of 500 130XEs for useas spare parts and replacements. Bobsays that the 8-A}bit line is no longer"power-without-the-price," since thecost of the computer, disk drive, andinterface comes close A}to that of a 520STFM. It is not cost-effectivefor manufacturers to continue toproduce 8-bit technology.From A} March 1990 BetaZine: MikeMezaros, the editor, warns again ofthe importance of backing upeverything A}you do. The magazinesuffered a hard-disk crash and almostlost an issue! Also, KurtArnold discusses A} several MS-DOSkeyboards (for those of you who mightbe considering the Transkey mod); and,Jerry Morton describes the pA}roceduresused for safe cleaning of Ataricomputers. @e MINUTES OF THE JULY 1990 MEETING GENERAL MEETING: It's not the same! How can you havea smooth running meeting Q}when ALEXPIGNATO is not at the helm (Answer,You can't). ALEX and his wife. were ona one week vacation at WESLEY COLLEGEQ},in DOVER DELEWARE, with an ELDERHOSTELGroup, actually living and attendingclasses on campus! If we were out onthe sQ}ea you might say it was choppybut thanks to KRIS HOLTAGAARD and hisdemonstrations all turned out well,and the ship mQ}ade it to safe harbor. We had three interested visitorsattend this meeting: 1. ANTHONY FALCONE came from theQ}BRONX to our meeting after contactingALEX. ANTHONY had written to AnticMagazine asking how he could modifyhis AtQ}ari 800 Computer to run"Newsroom", Atari Writer Plus", "P/SCompanion" etc. Antic Magazinesuggested he gQ}et in touch with theOL'HACKERS ATARI USER GROUP and senthim ALEX'S telephone number andaddress. Altho the progQ}rams won't runon his "800", KRIS HOLTAGAARD was ableto make a few suggestions, that madehis trip worthwhile! 2. JIM Q} EVANS, a former youngOL'HACKER paid us a visit (It was goodto see JIM'S smiling face again, hopeto see more of him)Q}. 3. DAVE MICHAELS from Oceanside.DAVE went from person to person askingthe members what their BBS handle was.As itQ} turned out DAVE did know a lotof members from his hobby on BBS'ing. LETTERS AND INFORMATION: Thanks to JOHN AALTO. Q}from the LongIsland ATARI USER GROUP,we werefurnished with notes and a fill in onthe happenings at the last meetiQ}ng ofNEAR*US, which we missed. As luck willhave it the next NEAR*US meeting fallson SEPTEMBER 15th and that's the samedaQ}y as our monthly meeting. NOW WHAT?JOHN will soon be putting out a "Bestof NEAR*US" newsletter in the nearfuture, tQ}o keep all abreast of thelatest. JOAN RYAN from ST.LOUIS, ACE, sentALEX a couple of winning disks for ourlibrary. Q} One being "MASKMAKER" issuedby their USER GROUP last "HOLLOWEEN",and it comes just in time for ourOCTOBER 13th Q}EDUCATIONAL meeting,with AL SHARKIS putting together theprogram. This program and disk shouldgo over great with Q} the memberschildren and grand children, who areinvited to that meeting. The seconddisk was P/S Icons, Fonts, BorderQ}s andTiles. More great icons to add to ourlibrary collection. How many members knew the meaning of"KIITOS"? None, knewQ} it meant "Thanks"in FINLAND'S language. NITA FILLMORE,from B.A.C.E., Bakersfield CA., wroteALEX to say hello and sentQ} a FINNISHATARI POSTER and a pen with KIITOScarved out of the barrel. ALEX wrote to ICK CULP, 8 BIT SIGfor ACORQ}N KERNEL ATARI USER GROUP inROCHESTER. N.Y. requesting a two diskset of "Basically Speaking" highlighedin their newsleQ}tter over the pastyear. These disks, if received wouldbe of great help to newcomers. Then came some good news anQ}d somebad news. First the bad, HORST DEWITZ,and OL'HACKER and the ABBUC contactwrote ALEX saying he will miss a fewmQ}eetings. A very large job effort atwork has forced Saturday work, but hehopes to be back as soon as possible.Now the Q} good news, the OL'HACKERSannual picnic is to be held atBethpage State Park picnic area at 12noon, Sunday AQ}ugust 5th.(which ispast, by the time you read this). JIMEVANS has reserved an area for ourgroup. Now all we need iQ}s a beautifulday in the park. ALAN SHARKIS requested club membersto turn in a listing of the number andages of controlQ}able children who willbe attending the October 13thEDUCATION meeting. Our former president, AL BEITCHMAN,is Q}presently home recovering fromsurgery. All the OL'HACKERS wish AL aspeedy recovery. DOOR PRIZES: The biggest Q} suprise was HARRYTUTHILL drew another blank (only 2 sofar). Looks like HARRY is going tohave to find a new numbeQ}r on the signin sheet. This months winners were:Graphic Editor/ H. PEGLERP/S UTILITIES w/DOCSANTIC MARCH '86Q}/ A. FALCONEGAMES TURBO BASICANTIC MARCH '86/ J. LEBERGAMES w/DOCSSUPRISE DISK A. SHARKIS DQ}EMONSTRATIONS: Two new library disks that weredemoed, went over fabulously as theykept all members interested. ThQ}e firstbeing "Maskmaker" , thanks to theprogramming efforts of JOAN RYAN, andmembers of ACE ST. LOUIS, and theQ}second "The ABC of CPR" by ATARI CORP.These disks should get plenty of playin many homes. KRIS HOLTAGAARD then demoed Q}some ofthe new features he is including inversion 4.0 of WQNR DOS. You will beable to copy using one disk drive withQ}disk swap. Entering list will countthe files and show them with threecolumns. two columns if you use Dirs. ThenQ} came "Character Generator"which allows you to add VideoProduction Titles to your home videos.Using the larQ}ge text the screen turnsblack, in order to get somethingplaced on top of another video, youneed this black screQ}en. It will makeyour titles in color, 255 to be exact.Credits can be placed anywhere on thescreen, any size, any number oQ}f lines.KRIS prefers a flash credit instead ofthe scroll. His next disk to come outwill be all video tapeing. KRIS hasQ}attempted to do with software what alot of companies will sell you inhardware/software, you can save moneyusing Q}this method. This program is a"Character Generator" with much morememory than a very expensivecommercial onesQ}. The program will giveyou 255 pages. KRIS' broadcastingexperience has come in handy whiledesigning his new Q} video titlerprogram. When questioned about hisdesign of "OZONE BBS" used by CARLOSHURTADO, Kris explained, he useQ}d "TextPro" and "PRINT TOOL" (also in thelibrary) and then selected the largeprint. Which reminded KRIS of his Q}"LabelerProgram". Menu driven and having fourcategories of label types 1. Auto to Auto 2. Auto to Manual 3. Manual Q}to Auto 4. Manual to Manual Due to the late hour, JACK GEDALIUSdeferred his demo of the "Atari 1020Plotter" (remQ}ember this littleprinter?) until our August 11thmeeting. FUTURE MEETING DATES: The library has furnished Q}us the newmeeting dates that will run throughJUNE 1991. They are:SEPTEMBER 15 1990 FEBRUARY 9 1991OCTOBER 13 Q} 1990 MARCH 9 1991NOVEMBER 10 1990 APRIL 13 1991DECEMBER 15 1990 MAY 11 1991JANUARY 12 1991 Q} JUNE 1 1991 All dates are a SATURDAY and arescheduled for the PLAINVIEW/OLDBETHPAGE LIBRARY. RemembeR}r........the next OL' HACKERSATARI USERS GROUP meeting is scheduledfor AUGUST 11, at 11:30am. SinR}cerely, AL ATKINS ith aging 810 and 1050 drives.ThomPS SpartaDOS Command of the Month by Kris Holtegaard XINIT.COM ---------This is an exampleN} of what is presented to you when you use XINIT.COM:SpartaDOS II Formatter Version 2.0-----------------------------------N}1st. You will be asked if you want DOS on the disk Select SpartaDOS Version: 1) X32D N) -No DOS-Choice N}? 1---------------------------------------2nd. You will be asked what drive to formatDrive to format ? 1-----N}----------------------------------3rd. You will be asked how many tracks now here is where you have to think thN}e ATARI 1050 and 551 Drive's have 40 Tracks these are the respective choices you should choose: For the 1050 DriN}ve Choice #1 For the 551 Drive Choice #5 Be careful and make sure that you make the right choice for your DN }rive or it will not be formatted to the fullest extentSelect number of tracks: 1) 40 trks/SS 5) 40 trks/DS 2) 77 N }trks/SS 6) 77 trks/DS 3) 80 trks/SS 7) 80 trks/DS 4) 35 trks/SS 8) 35 trks/DSChoice ? 1--------------------------N }-------------4th. You will be asked what density you want to format the disk in. If you have a drive with US DoN }ublers in it or any Double density drive you can make any one of the 3 choices that are here. But if you have a "N }STOCK" drive or one that hasn't been modified for double density then the only choices you have are numbers 1N} and 3.Select density: 1) Single density 2) Double density 3) 1050 double densityChoice ? 2------------------------N}---------------5th. You will now be asked for a volume name if you don't know what Volume name is, it means thaN}t the files on the disk are in or fall in to the same catagoris, (exmample) Volume:ӛ In this case the VolN}ume name is Games and all the files on the disk will have Games on it.Volume Name ? ӛ------------------------N}---------------6th. You now are asked if you want UltraSpeed sector skew. This is only possible with the US DoubN}lers installed in the ATARI 1050 Disk Drive. So if you don't have US Doublers in you drive then you answer woNE} Daisy Dot III A review of the SHAREWARE Program by JOAN RYAN Reprinted from ACE ST. LOUIS J}=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=Just when I was getting cozy withDaisy Dot II, Roy Goldman's NLQsoftware printJ} processor, along comesDaisy Dot III. It has been releasedin a shareware version and acommercial version whicJ}h costs $25.00. Share version does lack the abilityto designate font changes from yourdocument and it will not woJ}rk withSparta X, but it is complete enough toallow me to do this review.You are looking at the most impressivenew revisJ}ion found in DDIII. Thisfont and others like it are theclosest your 8-Bit 9 pin 0 0 `@  ype DTP fonts that Ihave seen to date. The next good newsis that you no longer have to formatyour margins with your woJ}rd processorand "Print" your file to disk alongwith its embedded commands. DDIIIwill take a straight ASCII file, J}(nota saved, tokenized file) and neatlyformat its own margins. The resultingprintout saves you that frustrationyouJ} experienced in DDII when your textdidn't quite center. You can stilluse embedded formatting commandswithin thJ}e body of your text tocenter, expand print, block left, etc. It has new commands which handlehanging indents aJ}nd hard and softhyphens. DDIII supports Epson andcompatibles, Star, Blue Chip,Mannesman Spirit, XMMJ }801, andProwriter.There are a few points about DDIIIwhich I found to be quite frustrating. The Print Processor dJ!}oes not includea number of the handy items found inits predecessor. Among these are theability to center and block J"}left orright directly from the program.Processor's menu no longer controlsthe amount of vertical space betweenJ#}letters, either. If you are using a"handwriting" font, which requires 0spacing, you must include an imbeddedcommandJ$}, or re-customize your defaultsfrom the basic program. The latterchoice involves quitting DDIII,rebooting yourJ%} disk with basic andrunning the customizer program .Sadly, it will no longer include 62sector pics files, so J&}Chris Wareham's"Billboard" dump will now go unused.DDIII includes the most elaborate FontEditor that I have ever seen. J'}It hasmore editing commands than mostdrawing programs. Scroll thesecommands through a handy window torJ(}efresh your memory or use the docsprovided. You may never need it,however. Eleven fonts are included ondisk, anJ)}d if you send for the "fancy"version you get many many more fonts.I understand DDIII will accept mostDDII fonts, so J*}don't throw away yournifty club disk. DDII, however, willnot return the favor.If the included fonts don't satisfyyoJ+}ur needs you can go to the FontUtilities section, use "Magnify" andenlarge any font up to 4 times itsoriginal J,}size. Font Utilities willalso italicize a font OR convert anystandard Atari font to DDIII format.Note: Magnified foJ-}nts may be too largefor the font editor. Meanwhile, back at the PrintProcessor, we need to examine a fewmoJ.}re things DDIII does. Both thePrint Processor and the Font Editormust be custom configured fromindividualJ/} basic files. The Fontcustomiser is a simple one shotprocess that you need not repeat.With The PP CuJ0}stom.bas file, youdesignate your printer, characterspacing, horizontal line spacing,margins etc. The diffiJ1}cult way tochange your text is to go back to thisfile and RE config every time. Avoidit if possible. Set your favoJ2}ritegeneric defaults and then use therelatively simple DDIII embeddedcommands from your original text tochaJ3}nge or refine them. The defaultsare in 40ths and 72ths of a inch! Youcan regulate spacing to the last pixelwith paramJ4}eters this exact, providedyou can understand them. Luckily Igot help VIA BBS from a very brightand patient expertJ5} in Columbia. JohnMcGowan, teacher, math guru, gradstudent and absolute genius withTextpro, DDIII and fontsJ6} in generalexplained DDDIII so that even I couldunderstand it. Note: The customizerprints your choices to Print ProcesJ7}sorand then has the annoying habit ofdefaulting back to its originalformat, so be sure to write down whatyou J8}did to your program. Although notvisible, the commands are still inthere.Help is on the way for you picturefansJ9}! Disappointed with the currentlack of pics, John got busy andfigured a way to incorporate PrintShop icons iJ:}nto magnified fonts. Yes,you can load any number of individualfonts which have up to 10 or more P.S.icons hiding in tJ;}hem. He wrote aconversion program, arc'd it with ShopTool P.S. to DOS 2 converter, anduploaded it to Gateway BBS, J<}along withinstructions and Textpro macros to aidyou. Its real value is to registeredowners of DDIII because it allows yJ=}outo change fonts (aka icons) from yourtext file. The P.S. icons can becentered or blocked left or right.You J>}can also make a decorative rowsimilar to "Tile" option in PrintShop. I will write more on this nextmonth afterJ?} my commercial versionarrives. This icon perk is best usedby people who re-use particular iconsto identify parts oJ@}f a newsletter orflyer. It's not for you "6000 iconsfor any occasion" fans.I cannot overstate the value of DDIII. YouJA} can compose flyers with thelarger fonts and write newsletterswith the smaller ones. Currently I amearning muJB}cho brownie points bywriting my Mom with this "easy toread" font. Wait till she gets a lookat the icon-multifJC}ont version! Doexperiment with the shareware version. I'm willing to bet you'll end upbuying DDIII. JD} Joan Ryan H>uld be "N" and not "Y" but if you do have the US Doublers installed in your 1050 Disk Drive then you would answerNF} "Y".UltraSpeed Sector Skew ? Y---------------------------------------7th. Now you are ready to insert the disk NG}to be formatedInsert Diskette to Format,---------------------------------------8th. Once the disk is inserted you noNH}w Press Return to start the formatting procedure Press When Ready...-----------------------NI}----------------9th Now you will see the Prompt Formatting.. This will take about 30 seconds.Formatting....NJ}---------------------------------------10th. Now it's writing the DOS to the formatted diskWriting SpartaDOS..NK}.---------------------------------------11th. You are now DONE, and the disk is now formatted and has DOS writteNL}n to it the process can go on for as long as you have disks to format. If you have finished with your disNM}ks, then to get out of the program all you have to do is press the "Esc" Key and you have returned youself to NN}DOS and you are now back at the D1: Prompt.Diskette Initialized...Press to Continue-----------------------NO}---------------That's the whole process of Formattinga Disk in SpartaDOS3 choices that are here. But if you have a "LMMINUTES AUG. 1990 MEETING GENERAL MEETING: The OL' HACKERS AUGUST 11th meetingwas really back to normal again FQ}withALEX PIGNATO running the show. Hequickly deemed the August meetingwould consist of Demo's, Demo's,DemFR}o's and Demo's or you might say itwas a "How To" meeting. After having postponed his demo onemonth JACK GEDALIUS was FS}biting at thebit to get started, so he jumped rightinto the swim. Using "PRINT AND DRAW"program and an old friend the FT}ATARI1020 PLOTTER, he produced a BANNER,PIE CHART, CASTLE, BI-PLANE andCHRISTMAS TREE. In addition he typed ameFU}ssage changing the colors, fonts andin another message, real small print(try reading that). Then JOEL GEDALIUS, JACFV}K'S sevenyear old son, took over with achildrens program "ATARI INWONDERLAND". Food problems such FW}as"PIZZA PIE" and HAMBURGER" producedmath quiz's, to be solved. ALEX up next, lead the group throughone of his FX} all time favorites,"FINGERS BAS", an autoload commandprogram, to get to "SCREEN PRINT".This then led to "COLORFY} TEST.BAS" forchecking and adjusting the colors onyour monitor. Then "LABELPRT.BAS" to make labelsfor your disk jackFZ}et and it has a neatdirectory from GERMANY. Anotherexcellent modification is that you cancheck the directory beforeF[} printing. POTPOURRI: ALEX first reviewed the activitiesat the annual picnic held last Sunday.Great Weather, GreF\}at Friends, GoodFood and Good Drink, about says itall. A throw back to the old days,spending an afternoon in theF]} park. Moving indoors ALEX then announcedthat the annual CHRISTMAS DINNER wouldbe the first Tuesday in December, thatF^}is the Fourth of December, 1990, to beexact. Mark your calender now so youwont forget! Tiffany's Restaurant inBellmoreF_} at this time is again thefirst choice. HORST DEWITZ again willmake our arrangements. Our disk newsletter isn't F`}due outuntil next month so ALEX read the Julyminutes to the members. They wereaccepted as read. There has beenFa} an increase ofmembers borrowing other clubnewsletters to read (could it be ALANSHARKIS' writing a review hiFb}ghlightingsubjects that wet their appetite?). ALAN reminded the members to have alist of children and ages that will beFc}coming to the October 13th EDUCATIONALand FUN meeting. DOOR PRIZES: Again, like so many times in thepast, visitorFd}s to the OL' HACKERSmeetings came up as winners. GAMES w/TURBO includes GINA BRYANT TETRIX & OTHELLO GAMES wFe}/TURBO includes JACKGEDALIUS TETRIX & OTHELLO GERMAN DISK,N.WEST AL ATKINS PHOENIX plus SOUND GERMAN DIFf}SK,N.WEST H. TUTHILL PHOENIX plus SOUND ELECTRONIC GAMING MIKE BRYANT MAGAZINE #11 GAME PLAYERS MAFg}GAZINE JOELGEDALIUS DEMONSTRATIONS: Back to the demos, this time ALEXpulled out "CLOCK.BAS", (clock &dFh}igital) source ANALOG #63 August,1988. Besides the time of day, you canset up to eleven seperate alarms, andthey chiFi}me the proper number of timestoo! MIKE BRYANT was asked to run "FunnyDOS" and having never used it, theresults werFj}e very surprising to him.Run Cartridge, it ran across thescreen, Write DOS, the screen isfilled with write dFk}os, Define Device,the webster dictionary explanationappears on the screen, etc., etc.. Did you ever see "TETRIX" rFl}un with"TURBO BAS"? We did when ALEX added"TURBO BAS" to the Russian game"TETRIX". Some difference, quick movesFm}by the blocks keeps you on your toes.That TURBO program really enhances andspeeds BASIC programs. Next came"TOFORMAFn}T.BAS" it formats disks andnumbers the quantity done. By usingthe odd or even number of disks done,ALEX can keep a Fo}count of the number ofdisks completed. The program will dosingle and enhanced densityformatting. ALEX verbaFp}lly reviewed some articlesin newsletters from around the countrythat have reprinted OL'HACKER'Sarticles and others Fq}of interest to themembers. OL' HACKER'S articles thathave made their way into recentnewsletters were "ME ANDFr} MY HARDDRIVE" by ALEX, "OKIMATE PRINTER" byALAN SHARKIS and "SWITCHER" reviewedby JOSEF LEBER. Our newsletter libraFs}ryhas been growing lately and containssome crackerjack P.D] programs. Forthe second month "MASKMAKER", by JOANRYAN,Ft} was again reviewed for those notpresent at the July meeting. All kindsof possibilities exist for fun andgames using tFu}his program. Then "P/S UTILITIES" from ST LOUIS,ACE, which included new icons forviewing and customizing. On theFv} flipside, PRINT SHOP ICONS, from NAPCO. Next "MATH QUIZ" written by ALEX forchildren all ages. Changing thediffiFw}culty of the math examples is asimple program change, to two lines.JOEL GEDALIUS who had been answeringthe math prFx}oblems was soon joined byLAURA BRYANT, TAURA BRYANT and KAURABRYANT (MIKES 3 girls, all of themdolls, & smart!), worFy}king, all answerscame up right. ALAN SHARKIS wrapped up the demoswith a SPARTA DOS program "BETAMENU" aloaded memoFz}ry resident SPARTA DOSprogram. 1. Typing a drive number willproduce a directory. 2. All arrow keys are actiF{}vated forchoices you make. 3. If not enough room to list allthe files on your disk. 4. Hit "P" for next page. 5. F|}Hit return on something that islisted and it will run. 6. A sort can be made alphabeticallyon the screen. 7. Program wF}}ill work with Sparta DOS2.+ or 3.+ but will not work with X-CARTRIDGE or the older SPARTA DOS'. FUTURE MEETING DATES:F~} Future meeting dates for the OL'HACKERS ATARI USER GROUP are: OCTOBER 13, 1990 MARCH 9, 1991 NOVEMBER 10, 199F}0 APRIL 13, 1991 DECEMBER 15, 1990 MAY 11, 1991 JANUARY 12, 1991 JUNE 1, 1991 FEBRUARY 9, 1991 All dates F} are SATURDAY and arescheduled for the PLAINVIEW/OLDBETHPAGE LIBRARY. Remember........the next OL' HACKERSATAF}RI USER GROUP meeting is scheduledfor SEPTEMBER 15th, at 11:30pm. Sincerely, F} AL ATKINS SCOOP AND LATE BYTE: None of the members had received thelatest copy of ANTIC MAGAZINE dueAUGUSTF} 1st. ALEX called ANTIC and wasgiven this information; ANTIC MAGAZINE will be delayed oneissue, the AUGUST/SEPTEMBER iF}ssue willbe available OCTOBER 1st. Allsubscriptions are to be extended byone issue. F} "Maskmaker" , thanks to theprogramming efforts of JOAN RYAN, andmembers of ACE ST. LOUIS, and theD   4ADDAADSAVE "D:COLRTEST.BASN +AA01Z}A @E-@@N}4(,}TEST THE COLORS ON YOUR COMPUTER!7(:(_( bZ}y s-@Aw }(}1 +AA01A @ }4(,}TEST THE COLOZ}RS ON YOUR COMPUTER!7(:(_( by s-@@w }(}  F;@@,;@Z},F6.$} Πա= +A@1-@@=(PURPLE!-@AZ} (: +A@d1-@@:(RED!2-@A <A +A@HZ}1-@@A( RED ORANGE!F-@A P> +A@21-@@>(HOT RED!ZZ}-@A dC +A@!1-@@C( YELLOW GREEN!n-@A xO +Z}A@&1A C-@@O(YELLOW!-@A S +AAZ} 1A C-@@S( LIGHT BLUE!-@A R +AA01A Z}@C-@@R( DARK BLUE!-@A N +AA1A @C-@Z}@N(GREEN!-@A  ( 4Y)4YES A0 A % D:NEWSLTR.BASZ}D:COLRTEST.BAS!-@A  ( 4Y)4YES A0 A % D:NEWSLTR.BASXEditors Message for Sept/Oct 1990 By Carlos Hurtado Just a short note to thank allwhom helped put ^} this newlettertogether. You know who you are. (Nonames please!) I want to get somefeedback on how you ^}like theNewsletter, keep those letters comingin. As a bonus we have inclued asmall program on this disk. Check ^}itout, if you like it let me knowand I will inclue a small program ineach of our Newsletter disks.Again ^}thank you all and have agreat holiday..Labor Day andHalloween!! ^} UGUST 11, at 11:30am. Sin\Jter Help File Not Found...I AFO(}Y A@ F:A,"A6AEB+(" Viewing Complete Press Any K*} OUR ANNUAL PICNIC DAY! by ALEX PIGNATO-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=- The summer doldrums aV}re on us and itis hard to sit at the computer whenthere are so many activities thattake your time and energy, (inV}cludingyour work). One activity thatjust passed was the THIRD ANNUALOL' HACKERS PICNIC. I wish all ofV}you reading this were there. Theweatherman had promised VERY HIGHHUMIDITY and in the 90's, instead,it wV}as cool and comfortable,and none of us missed ourcomputers, we just talkedcomputerese alV}l day, while, ourwives, as usual, put up with it. Mywife and I had planned to saveourselves the effort V} of grillingfood, so she made delicious steak and pepper sandwiches on softFRENCH BREAD, (makes my mouthV} watereven now), which we could eat assoon as we got to BETHPAGE STATEPARK. Ah, but the gremlins hadoV}the ideas, because one of themloosened the cover of thecontainer with water in it, and itmade partV} of the sandwiches SOGGY. Did you ever eat SOGGY bread?UGH! Fortunately STAN SCHENFELDbrought his V} brickets forbarbecuing his franks (they smelledreal good STAN). So, using hisfire, I rebaked thV}e sandwicheswhich were covered with silverfoil,and you know what, they tastedgreat! JACK GEDALIUS, broughtV} histhree lovely children, and we allenjoyd playng FRISBEE, which was only one of the many activitiesthV}at they had brought. HORSTDEWITZ came dressed fit to kill,not a hair out of place, but he had eatenV} at home, so all he lugged around was a small styrofoamcontainer for his beer. Somepicnic'r he is! V} Would you believeit, CARLOS HURTADO showed up inspite of the fact that he hadtold me he had three V} commitmentsfor that day. He came with threefriends who remained in his carwhile he spent a little time V}withus, and then they all continuedon to his second appointment. Agood time with good friends, goodfooV}d and good weather, and aboutone hour before we left, suddenly both my two daughters showed up ontheir bikeV}s. They had parked theircars in MASAPEQUA, and hadpedaled all the way to the park, about seven milesV}. After a whilewe started to pack to go home when a few (you could count them)drops fell. This had mV}e worriedbecause my daughters had to pedalback to their cars. We thenremoved the two front wheels anV}d Itried to squeeze two bikes in mytrunk. NO WAY JOSE! At this point,ol reliable AL ATKINS said he wassureV} the bikes would fit in hiscar and sure enough they did,front wheels and all. Then to topit off hV}e offered to drive mydaughters back to their cars.What a guy, quiet and reserved, andalways there wheV}n you need him.THANKS AL, and my girls also wish to publicly thank you too. Oh, bythe way, as far as we knowV}, it neverdid rain! P.S. Today on the phone when I thanked him he said hebet that in spite of going firV}st to MASSAPEQUA, he probably gothome before I did, and he was righttoo! So, now the THIRD ANNUALPICNIV}C is but a memory.... andI'm already looking forward toNEXT YEAR, hope to see you there. THATS ****V} ALL **** FOR **** NOW !!!! TMmaking a "sap" out of him byhis taking the rap. "Why don't youthink of your wife and kid? They'll beevicted soon whe>}n they can't pay therent. Reles' family isn't going to bethrown out, you can bet that," chidedMcDermott. When their a>}pproach metwith some resistance, the pairresorted to base threats, "You got itpretty soft in this can...If you >}keepon like you are, I'll see you go toRaymond Street [Jail in Brooklyn]where there's dirt and bedbugs andcoc>}kroaches." (CONTINUED in next NEWSLETTER) <Sey8)@B A@-@A $RPRINTING ROUTINEb%%** 40 COLUMN PRINTING ROUTINE**eB6-*}@%@B@@fa(>:A%,"-@@](5Did you set the paper to the t*}op of its form(Y/N)ak$$7@<@,0YAGpH6-3333;@@P:H*}(>:A%,, AH@(6-%@,(;%(@ 1"@W; AP AGP*}D6-6-@W&5-@+%@,@(@D HB(@# -%*}@-E3H31F:A,"A6#@.@1$16-6-1** PAGE ROUTINE **"6-%*}@P(@(@P(@# --&-@@"(@& *}$p&&** 80 COLUMN PRINTING ROUTINE **zB6-@%@B@@h 6.(>:*}A%,)-@@d(5Did you set the paper to the top of its form(Y/N)h0YA` S6-*}3333&@F@@P:S(>:A%,= A`@'@56-%@9(=*}(,(@ ""@W, Ab A`PD6-6-@W&5-@+%@,@(@D*} JA(@" -%@-D3G3J31F:A,"A6#@.@1$*}806-6-0** PAGE ROUTINE **B6-%@VD(@D(@" *} --`)-@@"(@& )$ D:NEWSLTR.BAS@D(@" (G