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Those present were (in alphabetical order) Al Atkins and his wife, Carrie; Murray Berkowitz (a new member and 5C}a fellow Ham radio (operator) and his wife, Irene; Frank Castaldo (a paid up member even before attending his 5D} first club meeting), his wife, Barbara; Ron Fetzer and his wife, Cathy; Jack Gedalius and his wife, Mary5E}; Mark Glicksman and his girlfriend, Carol; Joe Leber and his wife, Annette; Harold Pegler and his wife, Edith; 5F}Alex Pignato (the Prez); (Alex's wife Marie could not attend as she had broken her foot in MAY in an auto accident5G}-but she sent her regards) We missed her and hope to see her at our next non-computer affair. Allan Sharkis and his 5H}wife, Anne; and Bob Ulschmidt and his wife, Jean. There was much conversation and everyone seemed to enjoy5I} the evening. Alex had given a ticket to all the ladies, and drawings were held for some computer goodies. Which add5J}ed to the evenings enjoyment. Heck, something for nothing is always welcome, NO? Jack had his video c5K}amera and took pictures during the evening. It was also suggested, that name tags be given out at future gathering5L}s so everybody will know "whose-who". The menu was Rigatoni in Vodka sauce as an appetizer, a choice of four en5M}trees (fish, shrimp, steak, or chicken), Chocolate Muse desert, and coffee. There were also assorted rolls and br5N}ead-sticks. Everything was as delicious as the last time we went there See you all at the next annual indoor pi5O}cnic (second). Stan +*+*+*+*+*+ at the next annual indoor pi4_AUSAVE "D:HELP.BASd--- HELP !! ---nA +'0@@A0@@9Q}x,,($<<< ̧ӠծǮHELP FILE >>>}))(! <<< THESE ARE GENERAL RULES >>>))(! <<< THAT SHOULD HELP YOU9R} TO >>>%%( <<< TO USE THE DISK >>> ( ( (//(& The programs on this disk may consist**(" of several ty9S}pes of disk files or//(&formats. All programs SHOULD run on an))(!Atari 800 48K, with DOS 2.0 disk.((( Other sys9T}tems and configurations,,($should also work with most programs.,(,(! 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If you have problems--(%loading with BASIC, go to DOS and try&&(Binary Load or9^} Copy functions. A +% D:NEWSLTR.BAS##@@K:AR@$(9_}$(Press to continue.)@@$ D8:HELP.BASAR@$(8f -=-=-=-=-=- OUT OF THE PACK - #1 by Kevin Packard, WNYAUG, excerpts (and free use of EDITORS license), repr=a}inted by OL' HACKER A.U.G., Inc. with permission, and our thanks! (From the Editor: The following article in our op=b}inion is a MUST READ for all 8 BIT owners. The "BEAST" (ATARI), is not dead, I detect a flutter of life. Perhaps =c}ATARI Corp. may open its eyes and see what has been obvious to us all along. THE 8 BIT IS ALIVE AND WELL, and an a=d}ll 8 BIT CLASSIC magazine may give it more strength yet!) I have 2 articles in the works but last Friday I =e} received the Atari Corporation Annual Report for 1991. I thought I would make a couple of comments about it. =f} The 1991 report is a departure from previous years. The report is just that, the necessary facts and figures =g}in a plain package. The glossy pages with pictures of the products are missing. The only colors are black and white with=q}B%DOS SYSB*)DUP SYSBSMAINMENUHLPB:[NEWSLTR BASBWELCOME SCRBPRESSPRTMNUBAUTORUN COMBJMEETDATTXTB RAMDISK COMBHELP DOCBPRESSPRTHLPBBWHO TXTB`FNEWSLRVTXTB:GDINPIC TXTBPDISKEXPLBASB!`HATARIUPTXTBAUTORUN SYSBITITLDOCTXTBTITLCARDBASBOCPRES TXTBFlDJULMIN TXTBOEAUGMIN TXT a touch of gray on the cover (white pages, black letters). In Sam Tramiel's letter to the shareholders, he apologized =r}for the "frugal appearance, but not the money we saved." (Ed. A good start for the up- ward climb in the open mar=s}ket!) I wish the company I worked for had this much sense. After seeing my raise and then estimating the cost =t}of the annual report something tells me that ITS priorities are screwed up. The letter to the share=u}holders was on the inside cover and continued on the back inside. I only mention this because I didn't read the =v}fine print and it took me a couple of minutes to find the second half. I guess I can sum it up by saying, "All is not we=w}ll in Atari land." (ED. but the mere fact that common sense of cutting back costs shows that ATARI may be awak=x}ening.) Sales were down, inventory was down, costs were down, liabilities were down, and research costs were d=y}own. Just remember that DOWN IS NOT ALWAYS BAD! The list of products that Atari is selling is impressive althoug=z}h I have not seen all of them at the local Atari dealer. The STE, ST BOOK, and TT accounted for 53% of sales and={} were the first to get mentioned. PC- compatibles (the Portfolio, ABC386SX and ABC386DX) represented 10%. Lower sales=|} of the 2600 and 7800 game machines were partially offset by the sale of the LYNX. The Lynx actually had an increase of =}}80% for units sold over the 1990 figure. If you remember, the 1990 report did NOT mention the Atari XE M=~}icrocomputer Series. In 1991 on page 4 in letters the size of the rest are the words "The Atari XE 8-bit Microco=}mputer Series", (I prefer that to GAME MACHINE as often used). What it said is this: "Atari's XE(tm) series =}of computers are targeted for the price conscious markets. The 65XE(tm) and 130XE(tm) have 64k and 128k of RAM, an=}d generally retail for less than $100 and $150, respectively. Both are supported by a variety of peripheral equip=}ment and a variety of software titles including entertainment software. This computer line retains compatibili=}ty with the Company's previous generation 8-bit computer systems, i.e., the 400 and 800XL computers." I wil=}l now spit in the eye of the dog who said the Atari 8 BIT is dead. Atari has spent a lot of time and effort g=}etting their affairs in order. Hopefully these efforts will bear fruit in the next couple of years. We should be=} seeing signs of this by the end of 1992. (ED. If the release of the "FALCON" computer is as good as claimed then PH=}OENIX MAY YET RISE FROM THE ASH) Sam Tramiel's closing words to the shareholders are to all of us. "As I loo=}k forward to the year ahead, I would like to thank our shareholders, suppliers, employees, customers and end-u=}sers for their continued support." -=-=-= end -=-=-=- suppliers, employees, customers and end-u<ON) !"`3!3>YRMAABROCDTWF1F2SCCCCCPESSCALFILKECCOLUMDISRAINBOFLASRANDOINVISIBLBLINELINI} @I}I} !"#$%F (}FINSTRUCTIONS ADDED BY A. 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Asks if you want to save r8(0 with 'RAINBOW, FLASHING, or RAINBOJI}W COLORS?r(52. CTRL E = Erase, put cursor at top left of letter.b,($CTRL P = Asks which pen to use(0-3).b(1CTRL S JJ}= Scaling Factor-(.25-SMALL- to3.5-LARGE.)--(%CTRL D = Enter COLUMN/ROW for CURSOR!d(CTRL Z = Quit program!@(CTRJK}L C = Change to which PEN?d(CTRL V = Tells where CURSOR is!QQ(ICTRL B = Makes a BOX OUTLINE. Put CURSOR on left loJL}wer corner of BOX!j#(CTRL CLEAR = CLEARS SCREEN!j(A each for your š If you learn more commands letJM}NN(F me or the OL' HACKERS-3376 OCEAN HARBOR DR. OCEANSIDE, NY 11572 know!&"(HIT Y TO CONTINUE PROGRAM!& 4JN}Y$D:TITLCARD.BASRS-3376 OCEAN HARBOR DR. OCEANSIDE, NY 11572 know!&"(HIT Y TO CONTINUE PROGRAM!& 4H ****************** PRESIDENTS MESSAGE by ALEX PIGNATO The "CLASSIC 8 BIT" magazineNP} campaign is over, and has been tabulated, indicating 600 plus returns. This, from our inside sourceNQ}, (our member BEN POEHLAND,) who says its a definite success, with names still coming in. The process of finNR}al negotiations with UNICORN PUBLICATION, took place in JULY. The target date for the first issue is set at thNS}is time for December 1992. The magazine is expected to be printed 6 times per year, with a disk, 3 times a yNT}ear. I'm proud to announce that the members of OL' HACKERS, have VOLUNTEERED UNANIMOUSLY, to do the NU} packaging and mailing out of the 3 seperate disk issues for the first year of publication, in order to help geNV}t the CLASSIC 8 BIT mag off and flying. That relates to over 600 disks to be labeled, stamped packaged and NW}mailed, quite a hefty job. Yes, thats right, a whole club UNANIMOUSLY agreed to do this BIG chore 3 times a year asNX} a LABOR OF LOVE for our 8 BIT micros. Thats real devotion, but then the OL' HACKERS have always done NY}their utmost to have people stay with the 8 BIT, thats why our membership keeps growing while other clubs NZ}memberships are dwindiling. It is our belief that this was and is our last chance at having a magazine devoteN[}d entirely to the 8 BIT, so be sure that when the time comes you follow through and send in your subscription dollN\}ars without delay. We need each and every 8 BIT owner who wants to keep his micro viable to follow through! This iN]}s a time for ACTION. We raised enough hell, and complaints because we were being ignored or worse commited to tN^}he dung heap, well now the 8 BIT community took things in hand and are correcting that. So stay tuned and we wiN_}ll try to keep you informed. While we will all benefit from this effort, let us not forget those most respoN`}nsible. I refer of course to JEFF WcWILLIAMS, and our own BEN POEHLAND (the ALCHEMIST), and the rest of the far fluNa}ng committee. Our collective hats are off to each and every one of you for a job WELL DONE, and way over what cNb}ould have been expected of VOLUNTEERS! THANK YOU ALL! ***** On to another topic. Recently myNc} friend and New JERSEY OL' HACKER and J.A.C.G. librarian,SAM CORY, sent me a batch of new disks, while at the Nd} same time, our ENGLISH members JIM CUTLER, and DAVE EWENS, and other friends sent me disks. Lest it be said thNe}at 8 BIT material has disappeared, I quote MARK TWAIN, (I believe) who said "The report of my demise are greatly exaNf}ggerated," (or something like that.) I am swamped and appreciative of the wealth of material coming to the ONg}L' HACKERS and I will keep demo'ing and putting them into our ever growing library, which is over 300 double sidNh}ed disks, I am told, as soon as possible. Thanks to all our far flung members and non-member friends, foNi}r their constant help, and generosity. Thats it for now- keep in touch! Remember-all you have atNj} this time is your USER GROUPS, so support your group-VOLUNTEER, WRITE ARTICLES but do something, don't leave it to Nk}GEORGE, he may be burntout! *** END ***p-VOLUNTEER, WRITE ARTICLES but do something, don't leave it to L8 =-=-=-= MINUTES OF THE JULY 1992 MEETING ================================NEW MEMBERS: (This is always a hRm}appyway to START A MEETING!) RICK NEAL joined our club. He boughtan Atari outfit for very very littlemoney, and he wRn}as asked to find 10 ormore such bargains for us. He is juststarting with Atari. THEODORE TOPPINGJR. joined our club. TRo}HEODORE used tocorrespond with me when I wrote theTURBO-BASIC FLYER. FRANK CASTALDOjoined us also. FRANK Rp}is aninexperienced computer user. MARKBENSLEY also joined. MARK is a superprogrammer. MARK has some commercialRq}8-Bit Atari Educational programs onthe market. MARK also programs forother computers. PATRICK HAYES joinedus. PATRRr}ICK lives in North Carolina. Iknow PATRICK from the old days of theTURBO-BASIC FLYER. Welcome all to theclub. This is thRs}e fastest growing 8-Bit club in the USA. You all made avery wise choice, fellows! Thats 5 NEWmembers added to th roosRt}ter!PICNIC DINNER: JACK GEDALIUS brought in,andshowed us a video tape of our 1stINDOOR ANNUAL PICNIC. WeRu} all lookedgreat on it! Thank you JACK.CORRESPONDENCE: We received a letter from ourmember BEN POEHLAND of Rv}Pennsylvania.He is a prime mover for the CREATIONof the new ATARI CLASSIC COMPUTERMAGAZINE. The publisher is UNRw}ICORNPUBLICATIONS. ALEX talked on the phonefor 1 12 to 2 hours with BEN about themagazine. BEN asked us to package theCLRx}ASSIC COMPUTER DISK. This wouldinvolve packing about 600 disks inmailing envelopes and gluing on thelabels. ThRy}is would be a 3 times a yearobligation on our part. BEN hopes toput out the AC at $25.00 a yearincluding the ACRz} disks. ALEX said ifOL HACKERS make the commitment to dothis, it has to have 100% approval bythe membership. The memberR{}ship agreed100% by vote to take on the task forAC. BEN said next year he might cometo one of our meetings R|}on hisvacation. He as very pleased that weare using his article on upgrading the800XL. He said he wrote the manifestR}}for ATARI CLASSIC,and will turn itinto the publisher. It was read to us.It is the foundation of the magazine.It tookR~} him a long time to do it. JEFFMC WILLIAMS is working on an advanced8-Bit program which will allow cameraready schematicR} diagrams to accompanyarticles in the magazine. A letter from our member TOMANDREWS of Syracuse to RON. He senR}dsus a disk with a whole bunch of greatprograms on it. This newsletter willhave a further improvement. You willbe aR}ble to print on the front and theback of the paper. We have an ODD,EVEN, ALL page option on printing. Youfirst print tR}he ODD PAGES then youturn the paper around in the printerand print all the EVEN PAGES, thus youhave front and backR} pages printed onthe paper. Or you can select ALL andprint as usual. TOM is the author ofthis modification. An ACE of R} SYRACUSEmember demoed the DISK MANAGEMENTSYSTEM and it went very well. JIM CUTLER our member fromEnglandR} wrote to us. He just got a newmodem and he is going to use Bob Term.RON said he will mail him somearticles on BOR}B TERM. ALEX instructedthe librarian to issue 5 disks ofJIM'S choice and send it to him. Thisis in return for R}all the greatprograms we have received from JIM. A letter to DAVID EWENS ourmember from England. ALEX thankedR} himand the other members from England forthe disks that they sent us. Heinformed them to drop a note to ourliR}brarian and inform him of the 5disks that they would like to havefrom us. This is just a small token ofour apprecR}iation for their kindness.ALEX encouraged them to write anarticle for the newsletter from theEnglish perspectivR}e. ROWLAND GRANT of the GARDEN CITYACE in B.C. in Canada sent us a diskwith the MANDELBROT SET on it. On thebackR} he sent us 2 great games - THINKand SUPERHOP, both made by one of theclubs members.ITEMS: On the bottom of pagR}e 44 of theJUL/AUG 92 issue of CURRENT NOTESMAGAZINE is a note that TEXTPRO 5.0will be mailed to all who ordered fR}romR. RICHE, the author of the program. CHUCK McBRIDE a veteran TURBOBASIC programmer will review the 3disR}k PROGRAMMING KIT released by usand written by RON FETZER for a futureissue of CURRENT NOTES MAGAZINE. RON showed R}a HANDY DANDY GADGETfor all ATARI users. It is a disknotcher mounted on the bottom of acoffee can that has a 1R}/2 hole in it.This way your notcher does not getclogged and all the little black diskpieces get collected in the canR}. Thewife will appreciate this also! LIGHTNING PROTECTION !!!! In asevere thunderstorm there is ONLY ONEWAY toR} protect your equipment. Youmust unplug it from the electricsocket. Don't forget to unplug thephone line ofR} your modem. Surgeprotectors CANNOT stop a lightningstrike near your house or traveling onyour electric or phonR}e lines. ALEXlost some equipment. I have lost aninterface - all because I did notunplug my equipment. This reminR}der tipcomes from SAM CORY, member of OHAUGand J.A.C.G.. By the way, J.A.C.G. offers everyissue of our newsletter R}as their DISK-OF-THE-MONTH. They said we have themost comprehensive and well written 8-Bit newsletter anywhere. ThanR}ks forthe compliment, its nice to beappreciated.TREASURERS REPORT: We are OK and doing very nicely,THANK yR}ou!DEMOES: An Australian disk. We saw somegreat graphics on the disk. Their diskis like a slide show. It iR}s anewsletter disk. One side is text andthe other side is graphics. They useSMART RAM a great DOS program. HAROLR}D PEGLER demonstrated aprinting program similar to BILLBOARDbut with easier instructions that willprint graphics pR}ictures from anyformat. It is called SUPERB SCREENDUMP Ver. 2.0. It will print picturesin various sizes up to 8 R}x 10 inches.You also have shading options tochange the type of printout that youwant. ALEX demonstrated how R}to use the1st XLEnt Word Processor. Thisdemonstration was aimed at the newusers of the word processor. ALR}EXdemonstrated the use of the RAM DISKand the two windows that can holdseparate programs in the wordproceR}ssor. You can have one version ofa file in one window and anotherversion of the same file in the secondwindow. You R}can cut and paste betweenthe 2 windows. It is a great wordprocessor. RON then demonstrated thegreat picture formaR}tter that comeswith this word processor. It lets youprint pictures with your textfiles.(See JUL/AUG 92 NewsletR}ter.) ALEX demoed BOOT DIRECTORY agreat program that shows you thedirectory of your disk upon boot uptiR}me. ALEX showed us a disk of BASICLESSONS. It starts you off fromscratch and takes you through all ofATARI BASR}IC. It is disk #194 in ourlibrary. ALEX demoed mandelbrot picturesmade from SUPERHOP.OBJ and printedwith BILR}LBOARD. SUPERHOP.OBJ loads afractal picture. ALEX also demoed LAS VEGAS SLOTMACHINE GAME and a POKER GAME. TheseR}are two great games. ALEX lost to thecomputer in both games. Both games arein machine language. ALEX then showedR} BILLBOARDmodified for the GEMENI printer andthe ATARI XMM801 printer and of coursethe EPSON printers. The modificaR}tionwas done by our member from upstateNew York TOM ANDREWS. ALEXdemonstrated the gray scale functionandR} the various printer options of theprogram. If you do not have BILLBOARDyou are urged to get it. It is aclassic anR}d the best printing programfor the 8-Bit. On the back side ofthis disk is a GREAT MENU programcalled MENUEXC.BAS.R} In addition thereare a ton of great utilities on theback of this disk. This disk is #196in our library. ALEX alR}so showedDISKDIR.TXT a program that reads thedisk directory and stores it as a textfile. You can then use it in your wR}ordprocessor and catalog your disks. Thencame PSLABEL7 Ver 3. This is thenewest upgrade. It is also on thisdiskR}. A dynamite disk to get from ourlibrary. It also has VTEXT.COM aterrific text reader program.DOOR PRIZES:MURRY R}BERKOWITZFRANK CASTALDOHAROLD PEGLERJACK GEDALIUSRON FETZERSubmitted by RON FETZER >>>>>>R}>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>P modem, or to save spaceon a disk, or to keep it secret. BOBPUF'S ARC and UNARC are prettyuniversal in the 8 BITV} computer world.The SPARTA DOS X ARC/UNARC does notwork properly with BOB PUF'S ARCUNARC. ALAN showed us howV} to arc severalfiles. He showed us the menu and heexplained all the menu selections. Hestarted with files that equaV}led 480sectors. After arcing they were onlyhalf of the previous sectors. ALAN then showed how to UNARCfiles. V}He explained all the menuselections and how they work. ALAN then demoed DISK.COM. Withthis program you cV}ompress oruncompress a WHOLE DISK including DOS.DISK.COM does not compress that muchbut it makes the disk one file. V}THENyou can arc this file and compress itfurther. ALAN uses DISK.COM with aSPARTA DOS X cartridge. ALAN thenshoV}wed and explained all the menufunctions of DISK.COM. On option H"MAXIMUM SECTORS" the default is 720.If your disV}k is bigger you must changeit so the program reads all thesectors. The extender for a DISK.COMfile should alwaysV} be .DCM. This is auniversal notation. ALAN received astanding ovation for the finepresentation. JIM V}HARRIS showed us somefantastic new product from Germany. Itis a special disk drive controllercompletely finished V}on a PC board. Itis for 3.5 inch disks drive. It uses astandard 1.44 meg 3.5 inch drivemechanism. It creates esseV}ntially asmall removable hard drive. The speedof the drive is absolutely fantastic.It is fully compatible with the 8 BV}ITand plugs into the serial chain, itsupports US DOUBLER, HAPPY, WARPSPEED. This drive is about 1/3 thespeedV} of a hard drive with an MIO - very, very fast. It can read andconfigure itself to the type of drivesyou are usiV}ng. It is technically amasterpiece. The price is about$200.00. JIM said he is trying to buythe rights from the gV}uy in Germany andproduce it here. In addition, to thiscontroller, you need a power supplyand a 1.44meg 3.5 disk drive.V} It was agreat presentation by JIM HARRIS ALEX demoed EASY FIND a catalogof all ATARI MATERIALS and articles.It V} is a 6 disk set (7 if you want theTURBO BASIC modified MASTER DISK also)and it will be found in our library. ALEX V}showed us the POKEYNEWSLETTER disk. A great newsletterdisk. The POKEY NEWSLETTER DISK usesour newsletter formatV}, but uses SPARTADOS. All the POKEY NEWSLETTER disksare in the library. These are wellworth getting. A ton of infV}o on eachone. The ddemoed ones are #201 to 203in the library. ALEX showed the FEB 92 MAGIC DOM(DISK OF THE MONTH)V}. It is anotherfabulous disk with many greatprograms. You can also get it from ourlibrary. We have most ofV} the MAGICdisks. It is produced by the MIDWESTATARI GROUP FORM IOWA. On this diskthey give you a menu that you can reV}ador print out with a short descriptionof the files. It is #211 in thelibrary. #212 is MAGIC DOM April 1991. V} Ithas among other things how to go onGENIE. It also has a hardware mod. for1200XL for video improvement.Another greV}at meeting is now a thingof the past. Darn it, I hate to waitanother month for the next one!Submitted by V} Ron Fetzer>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<