*****¢ MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 1993¢ MEETING:¢ =====================================¢¢ We are now in our 9th Year. Happy¢ Birthday to ALL OL' HACKERS.¢¢ CORRESPONDENCE:¢¢ We received our first Christmas¢ Card from JIM CUTLER our member from¢ England. He had also mailed us a¢ postcard of Great Harwood where he¢ lives. ¢ JOE LEBER sent us a card¢ thanking us for the Mass Card for his¢ mother and his aunt both of whom died¢ within one week.¢ A letter from JOE HICSWA¢ our member in Passaic NJ. He writes¢ us to tell us that the IBM computer¢ owners can now buy a board for their¢ computer for $500 so they can watch¢ TV on their monitors. With a flick of¢ a switch, we 8-Bitters always had¢ that option at no cost, by using a TV¢ connected to our 8 BIT. JOE is¢ interested in making his Atari¢ portable, but a power supply and a¢ charger for this will come to about¢ $300. A steep price to pay.¢ A CHRISTMAS card from our member¢ GINA and MICHAEL BRYANT in Virginia.¢ She writes that Michael's ship the¢ MILWAUKEE is being decommissioned and¢ he is going to the U.S.S. SAIPAN.¢ Their young daughters are doing well¢ in school thanks to the Atari¢ programs they have. She intends to¢ renew her membeship soon.¢ A message from our member TOM¢ ANDREWS near Rochester N.Y. He¢ congratulates us on all the work we¢ have been doing, in keeping the 8 BIT¢ alive ad well.¢ ALEX wrote to SUE RIGGS. She did¢ not know how to use the dip switches¢ on her printer. ALEX helped her out.¢ A letter sent to IRVING ST JOHN,¢ in Brooklyn. ALEX urged him to join¢ us.¢ A letter to DAVID PATTERSON the¢ author of CARDSTAX. ALEX complimented¢ DAVID on the great program that he¢ wrote. He sent us the latest version¢ of the program.¢ A letter to our member in¢ England - DAVE EWENS. He is the¢ editor of the TWAUG newsletter. ALEX¢ inquired about the AMS computer show¢ and some other things.¢ A letter from RALPH BRADLEY the¢ author of a program that prints out¢ pictures on a CITIZEN-SWIFT 9 COLOR¢ printer. He mailed us one of his new¢ programs with permission to use it.¢ It will be in a future newsletter.¢ THANKS RALPH! RALPH also lives in¢ England.¢ A letter from LARRY TISCHBEIN in¢ PA. He is very happy with our¢ CALENDAR DISK. He mailed a copy of¢ one of the calendars to one of his¢ friends that own an IBM¢ computer.(Rubbing it in LARRY?- grin)¢ LARRY mailed us a calculator disk¢ program, with a request for help. No¢ docs came with it, so ALEX played¢ around with it to see how it works.¢ ALEX relayed the instructions back to¢ LARRY.¢¢ Another letter from our member¢ S.J. MURRAY in Scotland. He is the¢ editor of the great FUTURA DISKS. He¢ mailed us FUTURA DISK #9. He inquired¢ if the hectic Holiday Season has¢ calmed down a little. He tells us¢ that he went to the AMS show and it¢ was fairly well attended. It had many¢ 8-bit developers and clubs (14 tables¢ of 8 BIT stuff!). His club and the¢ FUTURA DISKS did quite well. He¢ mentions that he was able to sell off¢ some of his second hand software and¢ hardware. He invited us to come over¢ to England next year and sell the¢ "OL' HACKERS NEWSLETTER" at the AMS¢ show. ALEX will go if STU picks up¢ the bill (grin). STU tells us that¢ the OHAUG NEWSLETTER disk are selling¢ briskly. He has sold about a dozen¢ disks so far. He maintains that we¢ are the MOST INFLUENTIAL 8-BIT USER¢ GROUP in the U.S.A if not IN THE¢ WORLD. We thank you very much for¢ this compliment.¢ ALEX responded that his issue #9¢ of the FUTURA DISK does not show any¢ sign of fatique or overlaod. Even¢ though you he had to prepare for the¢ AMS show, it is again a great disk.¢ He said he enjoyed it tremendously.¢ ALEX passed on STU's thanks to RON¢ and HAROLD for the prompt shipment of¢ disks that he had requested.¢ A letter from DANIEL CARRODANO¢ our member in France. He tells us¢ about his XF551 that he is trying to¢ get from Rumania (unreliable postal¢ service). He also wished us a happy¢ holiday season.¢ ALEX wrote to ROWLAND GRANT of¢ the GRADEN CITY ACE in B.C. in¢ Canada. He complimented ROLAND on his¢ prolific output as an author in this¢ issue. He also thanked him for the¢ several complimentary mentions of the¢ OL' HACKERS in the XIO NEWSLETTER.¢ A LONG.... letter from BILL¢ SMINKEY our member in California. He¢ tells us about his travails over the¢ hard drive he had. BOB PUFF of CSS¢ software helped him out and he got it¢ going again. He thanked us for the¢ Sparta disks ALEX sent. He tells us¢ that he finally got his hard drive¢ working, on and off. It seems to have¢ an intermittant problem.¢ WESELEY DUFF our member from¢ Ohio renewed his membership. WESS is¢ 48 years old. He works for WCI STEEL¢ as a mechanical technician. He is¢ married to Norma and they have three¢ daughters. His interests are, raising¢ horses, working with wood and working¢ with his Atari. It is always nice to¢ find out what our non-local members¢ are doing. Thanks WESS for the¢ information.¢ A letter from JOHN M. JOHNSON¢ our member from Oregon. He renewed¢ his subscription and he tells us that¢ the NEWSLETTER is his most awaited¢ mail. He reads it from cover to¢ cover. The postal service mangled his¢ copy of the newsletter. We mailed him¢ a new copy.¢ A letter from DANE STEGMAN our¢ member from upstate New York. We¢ helped him with a problem he had with¢ AWARD WARE. He also renewed his¢ membership.¢¢ F L A S H ******** ICD PRODUCTS:¢¢ ICD finally sold its 8-Bit rights to:¢¢ MIKE HOHMAN¢ P.O. Box 66109¢ Scotts Valley CA 95066¢ TEL:408-GET-REAL (Honest-thats his¢ number!)¢¢ Mike is a great hacker. He will¢ manufacture and sell the 8-Bit ICD¢ line. THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR US @¢ BIT'ters, There will be more on this¢ in the future.¢¢ DEMOS:¢¢ We saw the TWAUG NEWSLETTER #5¢ from England. On it is MAGIC SQUARES,¢ SPACE WOLFES, FOLDER LABEL (OHAUG¢ PROG.), BOMBER. On side two it has 2¢ games EMPIRE and ZEROX.ARC. It is¢ #422 in our library.¢ Next we saw TWAUG NEWSLETTER¢ DISK #6. Side two has a game called¢ SPY HOTEL and an upgrade to the¢ TETRIS game. On side one FAST BASIC¢ VER. II, SPOT THE DIFFERENCE (GAME),¢ INDEX CREATOR, TITLE CARD (OHAUG¢ PROG.). It is #424 in our library.¢ Next we saw the FUTURA DISK #9.¢ It will be #423 in our library. It¢ has BATTLE.DOC. On side one there are¢ a lot of documentation files. On side¢ two it has ACEPLOT.COM, BBKART.COM,¢ BLOCK.FNT, CHAMBER.SNG, CURL.FNT¢ BLIPGLY.COM (GAME), KOUNG.COM (GAME),¢ LETSGO (SONG),SYNTWO.SNG BAUCUS.SNG.¢ These disks are loaded with new¢ materials. They are very worthwhile¢ to get.¢ We saw a disk called ARMY¢ GRAPHICS. A great picture program¢ also a program for PIE CHARTS, etc.¢ On side two we have PAGE 6 programs.¢ It has a DISSAMBLER, MONITOR.DOC,¢ MONITOR.OBJ, RAMEDIT (PUTS A¢ BOOTLOADER ON THE DISK) SEARCH.OBJ,¢ HEADER.BAS, HEXDUMP, BINDEC.BAS,¢ SORTOUT.BAS, RAMXL. All the docs are¢ on the disk. A great disk to get.¢ Library will list it with PAGE 6¢ disks.¢ A disk for the NEW YEARS PARTY.¢ "BARTENDER". It has all kinds of¢ drink mixes and how to make them. It¢ allows you to add your own special¢ drinks and recipes for them. It is¢ one of the best drink mix programs¢ that I have seen. On side two we have¢ some song programs. Also PRINTSTAR¢ 1.3 BASIC (This is TOM ANDREWS Newest¢ version, with added features).¢ Library disk #426.¢ Next we saw a disk with programs¢ from COMPUTE 1986 first half of the¢ year. We saw ANHANCE.BAS,¢ ASTROID.BAS, BLKJACK.BAS,¢ BOMBING.BAS, BACHS.BAS, BUZZ.BAS,¢ COLORS.BAS, ESP, GRHRDWIR.BAS,¢ LARRY.BAS, LIBERTY.BAS, MINOR.BAS and¢ BLKJACK.MOD which we saw. A great¢ card game. ALEX was wiped out! ALEX¢ modified this game but he still lost.¢ Side two has AMSPLYER.OBJ and games¢ and songs. It is in the library. It¢ is a two disk set which has all of¢ 1986 BEST OF COMPUTE. The disk is now¢ in the library. This is an oldy but a¢ goody.¢ Next we saw SLCC NEWSLETTER DISK¢ 12/93. They copied some of our¢ programs on their disk - with¢ permission (thats a great¢ compliment!). It is #428 in our¢ library.¢ Next was SLCC Nov. 1993. It has¢ CUSTOM PRNT with docs, game of FROG,¢ KILLER, TWO PLAYER CHESS VARIATION,¢ OMINVNT.BAS, GRADVARC.BAS. On side¢ two we had CIRC.BAS(GAME with 18¢ levels), ARTLST.MOD(PRINTSTAR¢ UPDATE), FILEEM PART III, STIX.DMO.¢ We saw CUSTOM PRINT, which was¢ modified by TOM ANDREWS, the author¢ and our member from upstate N.Y. It¢ is library disk #431¢ #429 two games from England. One¢ is TVJAI(JAILIGH GAME), the other is¢ BIPLANE JETS. They both have docs on¢ the disk.¢ Next we saw AAPD UTILITIES. This¢ has to do with AMATEUR RADIO and¢ ANTENNA designing, RF COILS, YAGGI¢ CALCULATIONS etc. Side two has¢ MAXICOPY, VTOC, RUNCARD, SPCRIPT.OBJ,¢ SPELLER.OBJ, CHANGE REV. B TO REV. C.¢ Library # 430.¢¢ Next we saw a program that makes¢ BASIC MODULES that you can use in¢ your own program such as DIR, LOCK,¢ UNLOCK, SLWSCROL, RENAME etc. It is a¢ very useful program to have.¢¢ DOOR PRIZES:¢¢ HAROLD PEGLER¢ BOB ULSCHMID¢ RON FETZER¢ HARRY TUTHILL¢ JACK GEDALIUS¢¢ Written with much grumbling over any¢ typos by¢ Ron Fetzer¢¢ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<¢¢
