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ECKSTEIN$r} of Merrick Long Island made a second appearance at our meeting. He liked what he saw and became a local member wh&p}짠򠠠,t}Πռ Check the new ========= meeting dates! ,u} <-Š-> ۱ Exit To Basic ۲ Exit To Dos ۳ Printer Config ۴ News/PrinterHelp,v}ԠSPACEBARϠΠà͡ READ/PRINT ALL!,w} J/S to read Scr Who's Who! Meeting Dates. ,x} Presidents Msg.->Check Directory Minutes Jul.'94 for more M/L or Minutes Aug.'94 BASIC p,y}rograms! BILLBOARD Rev Check 堲 for Club Newsl Rev more ATARI news 1stXLnt Templat articles!!<-,z}  for Club Newsl Rev more ATARI news 1stXLnt Templat articles!!<-,-|Vol: he ||Issue: || @|}   ||OHAUG N/L,  Helping to||proving the  spread the||VALUE of @}}the  8 BIT word||li'l 8 BIT!  to all! ||   || @~} ||  ||--> <--|| @}  ||  || Atari User Group Inc.(c)1985 |*** Alex Pignato, Pre@}sident ****** 3376 Ocean Harbor Drive ****** Oceanside, N.Y. 11572 ***@}|Charter Member NEAR*US ATARI USER Gp.|| |@}|Charter Member NEAR*US ATARI USER Gp.|| 쮯箠 |@ ##################################### BILLBOARD More than just a screen dump by Thomas J. AndreD}ws, member ACE of SYRACUSE, and THE OL' HACKERS A.U.G., Inc. Billboard is an 8-bit Shareware program D} that will print screen graphics on a dot-matrix printer. It's much more than a simple screen dump, howeverD}. Billboard prints can range from wallet size to multi-page posters and on up to huge billboards, for which the progrD}am is named. Billboard was written by Chris Wareham of Spearfish, South Dakota. The version I have, from thD}e ACE of Syracuse November 1991 disk of the month, carries a copyright date of 1987. It is written in Atari BASIC D}and can be used with any Atari 8-bit computer with at least 48K of RAM and a disk drive. As written, BillboarD}d requires a printer compatible with the Epson FX- 80. For users with other printers, the author thoughtfully D} provides information in the documentation that makes it reasonably easy to change the necessary printer codes. I had toD} do this for my Gemini 10X printer and for a friend's Atari XMM801. (Author's note: This modification is in theD} OHAUG library! Check your 2 library disks, or with the Librarian for details.) The source code is compD}letely accessable, allowing those with programming skills to enhance and customize it. It is well-written anD}d commented, making it fairly easy to follow for such a complex program. Roy Goldman once created a version thD}at would print to a disk file as well as to a printer, and included it with his famous Daisy Dot II. Billboard cD}an print pictures from GRAPHICS modes 7+(15 on XL/XE machines), 8, and 9. These pictures must come from "stD}andard" 62-sector disk files. This format is used by many drawing programs, such as MicroPainter and RAMbranD}t. There are literally hundreds of these pictures available from several PD sources. The JVIEW XL monochrome modes D} produce files in this format. Many drawings created with other programs, such as Micro Illustrator, can be conD}verted to 62-sector format using Rapid Graphics Converter, a program from the November 1985 issue of Antic magaziD}ne. Print Shop icons and Newsroom photos can be converted to GRAPHICS 8 files using Newsroom Converter, from theD} December 1988 Antic. Several PD programs exist that also do such conversions. Because GRAPHICS 7+, 8, and 9 eachD} use the same amount of memory, Billboard can load, display, and print a picture in several different ways. EachD} picture can be loaded and printed in any of the three modes, and in addition can be loaded and displayed as GRAPHID}CS 7+ but printed as GRAPHICS 8. GRAPHICS 8 is a two-color mode, so each pixel is either on or it's off. GRAPHICS D} 7+ and 9 are multi-color modes, and shading techniques are used to differentiate between the different colors in the D}printout. In the case of GRAPHICS 7+, the user is given the opportunity to change the shadings applied to each oD}f the four color registers before printing. A handy one-button default restoration is provided for those who gD}et hopelessly lost during this process. Pictures may be printed either upright or sideways, and in either rD}egular or inverse style. In regular, pixels that are light on the screen are dark on the printout. In inverse, dark pD}ixels are dark on the paper. Only one vertical dot density is provided-the standard 72 dots per inch. This isD} the distance between the pins on most dot-matrix printers, and variance from this density, while sometimes possibleD}, is limited and difficult to program. For those printers capable of producing them, four horizontal D}densities are supported. They are 480, 720, 960, and 1920 dots per line (dpl). These translate to 60, 90, 120, D} and 240 dots per inch, respectively. The base width of the printed picture is determined by the selection D} of the horizontal density. Thus, a 960 dpl base-sized printout is twice as wide as a 1920 dpl base-sized printout. D}Printout height and width sizes can be expanded in multiples of the base dimensions, and independently of each other. D} As the user cycles through each dimension multiple on the selection menu, the physical size of the final resD}ult in feet and inches is reported in a message box. Once the second dimension has been selected, the number of pages D}and the amount of time required for a printout as if it were done on an FX-80 are reported. There seems to be no upD}per limit to the size capabilities of this program. For instance, a 960 dpl printout that is 1800 high by 1800 D}wide is 400 by 400 feet in size and will take 270,000 pages and 32,400 hours to print. That's 3.7 YEARS! I have D} not yet checked this for accuracy. (grin) Pictures may also be placed to the right, center, or left side D}of the printout, and there is a handy printing pause feature to allow the printer to cool off and for paper D}or ribbon changes. For all of its versatility, Billboard is one of the easiest programs I have ever trD}ied to learn to use. There is one command screen, with various menu and message boxes. Selections from the menus D} are made through the use of the arrow and RETURN keys. Except for the physical requirements of printer operationD}, the entire program can be operated with just one finger. Billboard is an excellent program, and I recommend it D}to all 8-bit users. It can have many uses beyond printing pretty computer pictures. For example, you could D} create an advertising poster or a sign with a drawing program like DRAW7, then blow it up to almost any sizD}e using Billboard-something you can't do with Print Shop. As with many other good 8 BIT programs, the only D}real limit is your own imagination. #####################################many other good 8 BIT programs, the only DNi,,PRALHv@ A @ SH}AVE "D:EXTBASMK.BAS"dBASIC/XA version 1.1n++ӠΠήӠĠésAx2&;A@rH},;A ,;@,26-@ A@ AP +AD( EXTENDED ATARI BASIC VERSION 1.H}1|(3Brought to you through the courtesy of ̧$&& Copyright 1982 Thomas NewtonVS(KŠ͠H}ŠŠՠŠנĠˠΠҠŠV(oF(>Program creates an ή which is Ġà֠H}o(#Use for RENUMBERING, DELETE LINES, ::(2 findVARIABLES, etc! 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THE PROBLEM If you use the 1st XLEnt Word Processor you know it has so many commands and featuM}res that it is impossible to remember them all. It is a pain to go and look them up all the time. There is an easier M}way! AH, THE SOLUTION Now there is an easy solution to this problem. I have written a quick guide template ofM} all the 1st XLEnt docs, that will fit over the keyboard of the 130 XE. Although this program is written to fit tM}he 130XE the template can be adjusted to fit the 800XL. For the 800XL cut out only the keyboard space. You will haveM} to trim a little bit on the right side of the template to get complete access to the console keys of the 800XL. THE IM}NFO BEFORE YOU You now have everything right in front of you on the keyboard. You do not have to go to the manualM} anymore. ABOUT THE PROGRAM The program is self explanatory. The mounting instructions are on the print out. M}The program prints a two page template that you paste with rubber cement on a piece of cardboard or styrofoam boardM} WHAT YOU NEED You will need a piece of stiff cardboard or styrofoam board that is 9 X 14 inches or 23 X 35.5M} centimeters wide. An ideal backboard is a corrugated piece of cardboard from a large box. I was a little morM}e fancy and went to a large office supply house and bought a 1/8 inch thick red styrofaom board. I cut the board 1M}/2 inch larger than 9 X 14 to give me a red border. You will also need a large rubber band or you may have to tie sM}everal together to hold the template in place, over the computer. Since the template will be used a lot I also boughtM} clear laminating plastic that you glue over the template. W.T. Rogers makes them and they are called PLAIN-VU. M}You remove them from the backing and glue them to the finished template. HOW TO, STEP BY STEP After you haveM} printed sheet [A] and [B]. Glue them together with rubber cement at the place indicated and cut off the mounting M}instructions. You now have a 9 X 14 or 23 X 35.5 cm printed sheet. Apply rubber cement to the back of this sheet. Glue iM}t to the cardboard or stryfoam board. Then, with a razor blade or utility knife cut out the openings for the keyboaM }rd, the console keys and the power light. Each cut out is clearly marked. The next step is to turn the templatM!}e over and cut out the laminating plastic from the keyboard and console key openings. The last step is toM"} attach the rubber band. Near the edges in the middle of the template make a small hole and tie on one side thM#}e rubber band. Put the template ovr the 130 XE keyboard and tightend the rubber band and then tie it to the other hole.M$} FINI That is all there is to this project. You now have all the docs right in front of you all the time. M%}No more going to the manual and hunting for a command. An additional side benefit is that now the keyboard is lM&}arger and you have a better hand rest for your wrists, and arm. LEAVE IT ON You can keep this template on all the M'} time since it does not interfere with any function of the computer and it makes the computer look much better.M(} HOW TO GET IT This program is available from the OL' HACKERS ATARI U.G. INC. C/O RON FETZER, 22 MONACO AVM)}E. ELMONT, N.Y. 11003, U.S.A. The price is $3.00 including shipping. >>>end<<}d youwill be presented with the following: enu rint ead: If you choose then and youdon't have a pri)?}nter on line you willcome back to these options. Then youshould use the option to read thefile online. If however you )@}eithermade a mistake or don't care to reador print the file you selected youcan go right back to the main menujust by hit)A}ting . If you choose and you have not yet configuredyour printer, you will do that beforeprinting. When the n)B}ewsletter program isformatting files for the printer, orwhile it is printing, press CONTROLand P to pause printing. To re)C}sume,press any key. To cancel printing,press CONTROL and C. About Configuring Your Printer   )D}  The printer configuration sectioncan be reached by using selection 3from the main menu. You also will be)E}send there the first time you try toprint a file, if you haven't beenthere already. Explainations of theconfiguration sec)F}tion can be accessedfrom the print room menu. en't beenthere already. Explainations of theconfiguration sec(=dar programs anda disk cataloger. It doesn't givethe source of the disk, but I surehope it's ours, because it QH}soundslike it! JAMES G. MARTIN writes anarticle in which he questions thenecessity of buying an, "*. *. *.compQI}atible." The Back to Basiccolumn gives a list of commands thatwork from BASIC for simple I/O. MANUEL GARCIA rQJ}eviews his new EpsonActionPrinter 2250. There is a shorttype-in program that does decimal-hexadecimal conversions.QK}XIO3 for January/February, 1994 --Atari 8-bit Affairs by ROWLAND GRANTis, as usual, stuffed withinformationQL}. In it, he highlightsthe efforts of 8-bit user groups tokeep information flowing. He givesthe TWAUG group, thQM}eir newsletter,and their recent book on memorymapping as one example. He alsocites other British and IQN}rishluminaries and the work they'redoing. Rowland also points out thatToad Computers has been recycling 8-bit hQ}yzZERWOTWTRFOUPRMEKAFILEHELPMENUTITLECOL1COL2COL3LINEZLOSPACFNNCOLNSPSOOPPPAGOEP1P}COLIN 1Q}1R} !"#$%99ԠŠ SAVE "D:NEWSLTR.BASdm1S}m報à Ӡįί̠ŠǭԠ̮ 6-6-1T}@'6-@36-@?6-@ӠϠŠӭҠԬŠ̮Ϡ̮z`1U}@E:(AR`ΠŠ̮ҠŠқQB7t@d'@@d31V}@?AKA Q-'A@e'@ 5K:6-6-)6-A256-1W}@33;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;A2,$(6.D1:WELCOME.SCR(8EA !A1X}@h3B7t@dE@@dL. A 6.6. $(. A`8-@!8($Programmed For Th1Y}e Ol' Hackers Ataric9-@"9(% User Group Inc. By:Kris Holtegaarde00(' Modified By:Thomas J. Andrews1Z}j666.,THE OL' HACKERS' ATARI U.G., INC. 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Ah.R:,"@$6-. Aj= AV}H:,$AU=AH:,$AUkH02H:,$AU@@D-@@ H l%V}-@A % ApprAV'AW@P(# r2V}q'AV'AW@r++(" Ds dV T dA Al$ @V}'6-@' @'6-@'!A56-A5!A56-A5 @'6-@'V}!A56-A5!@e6-@e!@e6-@e! @!"@A  ,V}/ ,/% @,/,%/$% ,/,%/ ,/,/V }$06-@$E:,-6-@$G:,$?0$ D:NITEFLY.BASExcessive climb rate (-4) CRASHE/,/Tj ->->END<-<-th What Year .........Deposits/Withdrawals Per Year Amount Of Deposits or WithdF:A,when theb,, $program tried to use the disk drive.D:EXTBASMK.BASX7  7 There was an ERROR HXe also mailed a contribution to THE MACHINE BBS (516 764-5748) and the NEW NEST BBS (516) 234-4943 for their continued "$} support of the 8-Bit computer. VISITOR BOB ECKSTEIN and his son STEVE came to our meeting. They are ATAR"%}I 8- Bit users and they wanted more information on 8-Bit software. JOHN HARDIE our member who had just"&} returned from Sunnyvale CA. had a ton of software on display for sale, just in time for them! CORRESPONDENCE: W"'}e heard from our member JOHN KASUPSKI, former Vice President of the WEST NEW YORK ATARI CLUB. JOHN has written his"(} first article called "BITS n BYTES" which was printed in the JULY/AUG. newsletter. A letter from our member")} JOHN POWELL from Pheonix, AZ. He lets us know that the COOL Weather there is down from 116 F to 112 F. Now THAT'"*}S COOL! ALEX wrote a letter to DAVE EWENS, JEAN BROKAW, DALE WOOSTER and MURRY STUART telling them he maile"+}d an upgrade of MYDOS that can create 2032 Sector Ramdisk for the 320K 130XE or the upgraded 800XL. The disk has docs",} and Source code and UNARC.COM on it. Side two has MYDOS for the 600/800/800XL and creates a 110 sector RAMD"-}ISK. A letter from BILL SMINKEY our member from California . He told us he had a Hard Drive problem. He contacted".} BOB PUFF and they were unable to get the matter cleared up. BILL is waiting for a refund from CSS. BILL is feeling bet"/}ter after his operations. ALEX wrote to MIKE HOHMANN and informed him that we would be supporting his FI"0}NE TOONED ENGINEERING CO. and the 8-Bit products he is selling. ALEX read a letter from our member JOE "1}EICHELBERGER in Florida. He said that he was a little confused about dues. It is $2.00 per month. After June 30 y"2}ou have to pay for the current year plus the next year. The reason we do it that way is because we supply you with a lot"3} of extra disks if you become a member. JOE evidently got the right message and mailed in his dues till December 31,"4} 1995. A letter from JOHN PICKEN of the GARDEN CITY ACE in B.C. Canada. He also mailed ALEX two loaded disks. "5}He said that he would be willing to assist any of our members with a USR ROUTINE if they need it. JOHN is the p"6}remier 8-Bit programmer in Canada. A letter from DAVE EWENS in England. He writes that they have correcte"7}d the bug in the game SUPER HOP. He tells us that the new book "THE COMPLETE AND ESSENTIAL MAP OF THE ATARI COMPUT"8}ER" is now ready from T.W.A.U.G. JIM CUTLER our member in England tells us that he received ALEX'S messa"9}ge on the BBS "THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT". He also mailed us some disk including the program HOME CARD.( See Demo - it ":}has 20 pages of docs). A letter from our member JOE HICSWA in N.J. He mailed us a disk called DRAW POKER th";}at he wrote. ALEX used it, liked it, and sent back a modified copy to JOE. ITEM JOHN HARDIE and the OL' HAC"<}KERS purchased the new book (470 pages) from T.W.A.U.G in England called "THE COMPLETE AND ESSENTIAL MAP OF THE"=} ATARI COMPUTER". It is a new and complete upgraded version of the Memory Map of the 800XL/XE with many new ">}programs and pokes and tips. It corrects all the mistakes of "MAPPING THE ATARI". To order your copy mail 18.5 pou"?}nds Sterling, (about $29.60) to T.W.A.U.G to receive it by surface mail. JOHN told us about his trip to Sunnyv"@}ale and ATARI Corp. He visited BEST ELECTRONICS, B & C ELECTRONICS, AMRICAN TECHNA VISION. He also was with MIKE "A} HOHMANN of FINE TOONED ENGINEERING. They made the rounds of all the California 8-Bit places and JOHN tells us th"B}ere is plenty of 8-Bit stuff around. He brought several boxes full of games, programs, hardware items to the meetin"C}g. We had a field day acquiring all the stuff we never saw before. DEMOS: RON FETZER demoed the program HOM"D}E CARD. The program has 20 pages of documentation. You will need several days to read and digest it. The program "E} is similar to the HOME FILING MANAGER. The program is like a file box where you can put notes on a file card. You can"F} have 337 of these file cards. The retrieval of these cards is very fast. You also have an auto dialer that will"G} dial a telephone number for you that is on the card. You can create mailing labels with it. The font that the progr"H}am uses is very poor. You create a title card for your file so you know what each line represents. There is also a "I}flow chart that comes with the program. The program is complicated, but complete! Learn to use it, and you will g"J}et a lot out of it. It is our library number #492. N.W.P.A.C. mailed us a beautiful disk with a very fa"K}ncy label and jacket. It is our library #493. On side one is BRICK BAT a game. Side two has a variety of games HI-L"L}OW(CARDS), SOLITAIRE, CAVERNS OF KAFKA and CRIBBAGE. These are some great games to play by yourself. Next "M} we saw another disk BUNNY BUSTER a game by our own member CHARLES COLE. On this disk was also PING another ga"N}me, QUICK DUMP and BOX. We saw PING where you have to hit the disk so it will hit the ball and make the ball bounce. We "O}saw BUNNY BUSTER which is a shoot-em-up game. On the other side there are utilities and some more games. It is li"P}brary #494. The next disk we saw was SHIRLOCK 1050 SECTOR EDITOR. This is for advanced programmers. Side two "Q}has the docs. It is an ANTIC program. It is now #495 in our library. From H.A.C.E. in Huston TEX. SKYLINE i"R}n ARCed form. We did not see it. You will need two disk to unARC it. It is a lot of utilities. Library #496. A"S} program from JOHN PICKEN, Canada. This program will load MYDOS 4.51 for 130XE - it will create a 2,032 Sect"T}or RAM DISK D8. This will work with an updated 320K memory 130XE. The other side is for the 600/800XL to cre"U}ate RAM Disk. Library #497. T.W.A.U.G. JUL/AUG 94. We saw PRINT SHOP utility that shows the ICON on the screen"V}. You can show ALL Icons, selected Icons, Print Icons, Print a Jacket, Save Icon, Save Index. A great Print Shop utili"W}ty to get. Library #498. D.A.C.E. DOM CHRISTMAS DISK 1992. Library #499. It has many Christmas songs on it. On"X} side two is a game. From the same club, from MAR. 1993. It is loaded with a lot of text ALPHABET.TXT, ANTHEM.T"Y}XT, BOPEEP.TXT, BRIDGE.TXT, CROSSING.TXT. JAPANESE VOCABULARY, SPANISH VOCABULARY, LAW VOCABULARY. Library d"Z}isk #500. Again, from the same club, from AUG. 1993. It is a game disk and V- TEXT( A text reader). Library #"[} 501. Another from the same club, SEP. 1993. It has on it FILEEM a program that has all the periodical programs"\} on its DATA BASE. It is library #502. DOOR PRIZES: ALAN SHARKIS HAROLD PEGLER JOHN HARDIE RON FETZER Su"]}bmitted by RON FETZER >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ${ORNIA, after reading about the hardship of our member OCTAVIAN GRECU in Bucharest, Romania in the lasZ}t newsletter donated $10.00 for the purchase of any disks that OCTAVIAN wants from our library. BILL is just coZ}ming out of a 7 month health problem recovering from a massive heart attack, and then haveing to undergo a prostatZ}e operation. Quite a guy, right? RON mailed a prepaid P.D. Library Disk order form to OCTAVIAN. This is one Z}reason why the OL' HACKERS is so great. We help each other in any way we can. A letter from the Editor of the PACZ}ESETTER, JEAN BROKAW. She writes that her president and her children colored all 65 issues of their PACESETTZ}ER NEWSLETTER. She writes that we can use any article we want from the newsletter. She wondered what we felt about Z}Copyright programs from long gone companies. We had a big discussion about copy rights pro and con. Many members Z} had various views on this issue. Nothing was really resolved, but we agreed that if a commercial program wasZ} copyrighted, it was wrong to copy it, and put it into the library. We received a card from our member JOE HICSWA Z}in N.J. He writes that he likes the modification that ALEX did to his program "DRAW POKER". He asked ALEX to write Z}to his brother in CALIFORNIA, and encourage him to try the ATARI 8-BIT computer. BILL has a Commodore that he neverZ} uses because he feels its too complicated and he has no one to help him. ALEX did write to him as requested. Now lZ}ets see if we have a new ATARIAN. ALEX wrote to JACKSON BEEBE, a programmer. ALEX invited him to join our cluZ}b, if he is still into using the 8 BIT. He would be an asset to the club. A letter from our member TOM WRAY in Z}TEXARKANA, TX. He thanked ALEX for the special disk that he received. ALEX wrote him a 3 page letter answeringZ} all the questions TOM had. In addition he mailed him a disk with the new TURBO BASIC and other programs on it. AZ}LEX wrote a letter to M.A.G.I.C. in AMES, IOWA, because we have not heard from them. The CENACAL CLUB in Z} FRANCE translated an article about the 24 pin printers and the 8-Bit computer into French. The article was originalZ}ly written by our member CHARLES COLE. ALEX mailed a copy of the French article to CHARLES. ALEX read a letZ}ter from our member FRANK CASTALDO. He tells us that he bought a new (used) LEGEND 880 PRINTER. He had some qZ}uestions which ALEX answered. We showed FRANK how to use PRINT SHOP with the printer, and solved some of his other Z}problems. FRANK who is our Brooklyn member, and takes about an hour to get to the meeting, brought new (used) LEGENDZ} 800 printer, to the meeting. He was having a couple of problems and needed some help. ALAN SHARKIS huddled with him inZ} a corner, and in short order FRANK's problems were solved. Way to go ALAN! PROBLEMS SOLVED! TREASURERS REPORT: Z} RON FETZER, the treasurer reported that we are in the black and doing O.K. DEMOS: We saw a T.W.A.U.G. Z} disk from England TW 314 called HELP KEY. Our library #503. This program will show you how you can program HELP SCZ}REENS using the HELP KEY in your own BASIC program. Next we saw S.L.C.C. disk #1206 June 1994. On it is:ADVZ}ENTURE.BAS, ASCCUR.BAS, DISKIO.BAS, HOT.BAS (DEMO), FRACTAL DISPLAY GENERATOR, MINOTAUR.BAS. UNTOKEN.BAS, PRAYEZ}R.TXT, 2 TIME TRAVEL TXT ADVENTURE GAMES. (BY DAVID CASTELL), WIREBALL.BAS. It is our library #504. Next we saw Z}S.L.C.C. disk #1208 Aug. 1994. On it is: ALPHABET.BAS(SORT THE DIRECTORY ON THE DISK AND RE- WRITES IT. SLOW!), CRZ}IBBAGE.BAS, (new version) ELECTRA.BAS (GAME), GRAPHIC3D.BAS (DRAW IN 3-D FORM), HANDLERS.TXT, TRAIN CRAZ}ZY (GAME), MEGABLAST (GAME). Our library #505. Next we saw T.W.A.U.G. BEAR ESSENTAILS UTILITIES. Our libZ}rary #506. ARTIST UTILITIES. Manipulate Graphic 62 Sector pictures. We saw a word processor called CHICK SCZ}RATCH. ALAN SHARKIS is going to review it. None of us had ever seen it. It seems to be a fully implemented word processorZ}. Maybe some day, it may appear in a newsletter. On side #1 FONTS for EPSON and GEMENI printers and also FONT MAZ}KER. Our library #507. HAROLD PEGLER demoed a DATA BASE program by JERRY WHITE called FILE IT II SYSTEM. ItZ} has a FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM, a DATA BASE and a LABEL SYSTEM. It is a commercial program. You can X}