(LAST) PRESIIIENTS MESSAGE by ALEX FIGNATO 1/21/89

By t h e t i m e you read t h i s , I s h a l l r e a l l y be an EX-PRESIDENT, and t h e new p r e s i d e n t s message shou ld be somewhere i n t h i s n e w s l e t t e r . Which reminds me t n g i v e a real . THANK YOU t o t h e EDITOR ANDY EUUNGIORNO, and t h e CO-EDITOR CARLOS HURTADO, f o r t h e i r g r e a t l a s t e d i t i o n . 9: was proud t o send i t ou t t n al.1 our exchange c l u b s ! 5 have heard n o t h i n g b u t p r a i s e s f o r t h e i r work:.

The incnming p r e s i d e n t s t a r t s o f f w i t h a s m a l l e r group t h a n we had i n t h e p a s t , due t o t h e l o s s o f members who have dec ided t o move up t o t h e 520ST, o r t h e IBM c lones , b u t a more ded i ca ted group. T h i s malady has strucl..: a l l t h e c l ubs , acco rd i ng t o t h e many n e w s l e t t e r s I have read . I t ' s my b e l i e f , wh ich I have vo i ced many t imes , t h a t i s b e t t e r t o have a sma l l work ing group, t han a l a r g e group who s i t on t h e i r d u f h and say, "O.K. , ENTERTAIN ME, TEACH ME, and LET ME FEED OFF YOU WORKERS, I " on1 y h e r e t o TAKE. "

What t h e y d o n ' t r e a l i z e is t h e f u n and 1::nowledge one g e t s when one i s i n v o l v e d i n c l u b a c t i v i t i e s , such as demo'ing a program and perhaps l e a r n i n g something f r om t h e aud ience t h a t you had missed, o r b e i n g LIBRARIAN, and be ing p r i v y t o a l l t h e NEW programs and d i s k s , o r , yes, b e i n g PRESIDENT and b e i n g i n t ouch w i t h so many wonder fu l ATARI peop le b o t h i n and o u t o f t h e c l u b ! I know t h a t I have made f r i e n d s t h a t I never would have \::nown i f i t weren ' t f o r my 3 y e a r s as p r e s i d e n t !

Once aga in , and f o r t h e l a s t t ime , t hanks t o a l l o f ynu f o r your f a i t h and t r u s t i n v o t i n g f o r me, i t ' s been a l o t o f work b u t t h e reward and ~ a t i s f a c t i o n o f see ing t h e c l u b p rosper has a l l been w o r t h w h i l e . L e t s g e t beh ind t h e new p r e s i d e n t and c o n t i n u e t o make OL' HACt::ERS t h e b e s t 8 BIT c l u b o f a l l . I t ' s r e a l l y a l l up t n each o f you. If you c a n ' t see t h e t r u t h i n t h a t , t hen t h e OL' HACKERS w i l l s l o w l y f a d e away, and be a memory. I hope t h a t is n o t t h e case.

Be see ing ya a t t h e meet !

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H e l l u t o a l l my f e l l u w R t a r i a n s :

I want t o t a k a t h i s o p p c ~ r t u n i t y t o thank each o f you . fu r your suppo r t . W i thou t each 0.f: you a t t e n d i n g mee t ings and c o n t r i b u t i n g t o t h e growth and c o n t i n u a t i o n of: t h e OL' I-IACKERS ATAkI USERS GBOUF, INC., I wnuld n o t be w r i t i n g t h i s l e t t e r as t h e new p r e s i d e n t .

There a r e a +ew p o i n t s I want t o d w e l l on f a r now:

F i r s t , thank you f o r hav i ng t h e cunf: i dence i n me t o choose me as t h e p r e s i d e n t o f our c l ~ t b . I n a l l a c t u a l i t y , i t i s you, t h e membership, t h a t makes t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n con t i nue . I w i l l a t t emp t t o g i v e i t some d i r e c t i o n and guidance.

Second, many, many thanks have t o be passed a l o n g t a ALEX F'IGNATO f c r r h i s p a s t i nvo lvement and d e d i c a t i o n t h a t b rough t t h e c l u b t n i t s p r e s e n t s t a t u s . HUO-RAH f o r ALEX! I f I may say, we would n o t have t h e c l u b t nday i f i t h a d n Y been f o r ALEX'S perse rve rance . A d d i t i o n a l l y I want t o thank ALEX f o r sugges t i ng me a s a n o m i n a t i o n f o r t h e p o s i t i o n o f p res iden t . . I unders tand t h e v o t i n g was " h o t and heavy" and u n t i l t h e l a s t v o t e s were i n , my c o m p e t i t o r s were nnse t o nose w i t h me. But , o b v i o u s l y , t h e b e s t man won.

T h i r d , i t i s unders tood t h a t ALEX w i l l c o n t i n u e h i s d e d i c a t i o n t o t h e c l . ~ t b i n t h e p o s i t i o n o f Spec ia l F ' r a j e c t s C o o r d i n a t o r and v i c e p r e s i d e n t . A lso , ALLEN ATKINS w i l l r ema in as s e c r e t a r y , J I M MCGUIRE as t r e a s u r e r , CQRLOS HURTADO as newsletter e d i t o r ( w i t h ANDY B l J O N G I O R N O as h i s a s s i s t a n t ) , and t h e c u r r e n t s t a f f o f s u p p o r t e r s i n t h e l e g a l , t e c h n i c a l and many un-sung a reas c o n t i n u i n g as t h e y have. t loo:::

As some a f you l o n g s t a n d i n g members know a l l t o o w e l l , i t t a k e s a l o t of wcsrl,:: t a "make i t warl::". My pe rsona l c o n v i c t 1 ons a r e t h a t i f we a1 1 c o n t r i b u t e and p u l l i n t h e safne d i r e c t i o n , t h e O.H. A.U.G. w i l l g e t b e t t e r arid b e t t e r . Keep t h i s i n mind: t h e more you p u t i n , t h e more you can t a k e o u t . T h i s p e r t a i n s t o each and al. 1 o f US.

I s o l i c i t you r sugges t i ons and recommendations, be t h e y p o s i t i v e o r 1 nega t i ve , i n a1 l m a t t e r s conce rn i ng t h e O.H.A.U.G. Wi thou t each a f you, wec al. I. wou ldn ' t be h e r e en j o y i n g t h e b e n e f i t s 0.f t h e c l ub .

I n c l o s i n g l e t me say I am 1

p l a n n i n g t o schedu le more demos, I

spec la1 i zed cc lucat i ona l s e s s i unsr mure, daur p r i z e s and r a f f l e s and a d d i t i o n a l , a c t i v i t i e s t h a t many o f you have requested. S tay a c t i v e and e n j o y your cI.ub.

-\ t t x ? , r l s ~ A1 Beitchman

MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 1989 MEETING

GENERAL MEEIING:

ALEX PIGNATO h e l d up ANDY BUONGIORNO and CARLOS HURTRDO" f i r s t i s s u e o f t h e " O L HRCt:::ERS NEWSLETTER" and wished our e d i t o r s much success. I f : t h i s i s s u e i s an i n d i c a t i o n o f f u t u r e n e w s l e t t e r s , we a r e w e l l on n u r way back: t a t h e "gnod o l " n e w s l e t t e r s o f t h e p a s t . ANDY and CARLOS d i d a t t a c k t h i s new assignment w i t h g u s t o and l o t s oC v i g o r t h e c l u b abandoned t h e disk: v e r s i o n f o r now, and went back t o hardcopy. A s p e c i a l thanks; went t o b o t h o f them, f o r t h e i r ha rd work i n making t h i s v e n t u r e go.

Ne:,: t , JACK GEDAI-IIJS r a n t h e v i tjeo t a p e he had c r e a t e d at: t h e c l u b d i n n e r i n Be l lmore . In a d d i t i o n he had d i s p l a y e d on t h e w a l l s , many d i g i t i z e d p i c t u r e s a l s o taken a t t h e d i n n e r . Bes ides b e i n g v e r y e n j o y a b l e he has a permanent r e c o r d o f t h e f i r s t OL'HACKERS d i n n e r .

TREASURY/MINUTES REPORT:

ALEX r e a d t h e m inu tes f r o m t h e DECEMBER 3 r d meet ing and J IM MCGUIRE gave h i 5 t r e a s u r y r e p o r t . JOSEF LEEER made a mo t i on t o accept b o t h r e p o r t s as r e a d and BRAD JAWORSKI seconded t h i s mo t i on and i t was c a r r i e d .

8 B IT NEWS:

ALEX read news f rom o t h e r c l u b s , c a n c e r n i n g t h e e i g h t b i t camputer, f r o m n e w s l e t t e r s r e c e i v e d f rom around t h e c o u n t r y , because o f our n e w s l e t t e r exchange.

From ATARI CORP, Ms C. Cleaverson, USER GROUP CIJORD I NATOR, s e n t some a t t r a c t i ve bumper s t j . cC::er-5 s a y i ng " I LOVE ATARI". Maybe Ms. C laveron can h e l p t h e ATRRI Corp. r e c o g n i z e t h e v a l u e o f USERS GROUPS. The OL'HACKER i s a r e g i s t e r e d ATARI USER GROUP w i t t - t h e ATARI CORP., thanks t o our p r e s i d e n t ALEX" c o n t a c t w i t h them.

From HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA ar e i g h t b i t a r t i c l e ahout a program c a l l e d "CUTE LABELS", by one o f tk;l r members.

From CLEVELAND, news o f t h e e i g h t b i t Diamond S e r i e s o f new programs, SF'ARTA-DOS XE f r o m ATARI (we expect t o have i t a t ou r February 11 th mee t ing ) . , P/S Conver te r , P/S O f f i c i a1 I-landbook, new P/S ELITE, TlJREO 816. S u r e l y t h e announcement a f t h e dea th o f t h e 8 BIT was premature, t o say thc: l e a s t .

From CHICAGO, t h e s t anda rd lament o i t h e n o t i c e a b l e lack: o f c l u b v o l u n t e e r s .

From CANADA, M r . NTEK VANDERLEE, became o u r f i r s t p a i d member- f o r t h e New Year, 1989,

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OL" HACKERS' EBS: DEMONSTRATIONS:

KEVIN ELAES r e p o r t e d some equipment p rob lems w i t h t h e c l u b BES, which i s s t i l l f u n c t i o n i n g , and i n o r d e r t o s t a y on t h e a i r , t h e equipment i s naw b e i ng checked nut.

A f t e r t h r e e y e a r s as SYST3F' 0.f t h e 01,' HACKERS BES, t:::EVIN w i 1 I. be s t e p p i n g down.. . . . Any v o l unteer-s????? H o p e f u l l y , a I.::nowledgeabl.e o p e r a t o r who i s s t r o n g on SFART4 DOS w i l l s t e p f o r w a r d and c l a i m t h e job .

t:::EVIN a l s o i n f o r m e d t h e c l u b members a l :~out a new "8-BIT CARTRIDGE EXF'RESS TERMINAL" program. I t% a 33 b i t c a r t r i d g e w i t h pop-up, and p u l l down menus and ha% a much l a r g e r bctf f e r +ban "EXF'RESS 850". The gr-ogram ugies

'EXT F'RO" f o r h e l p and w i l l have disk: upgrades. Because o f h i s c o n t a c t w i t h t X I T H LEDBETTER, he hopes t o have a BETTA t e s t copy f o r a demo a t our n e x t mee t ing !

JACK demo-d "FARROT I I" and f i 11 ed t h e room w i t h s t r a n g e sounds, t h e program i s a m i x and match, u s i n g d i f f e r e n t sounds t o a song t h a t you s e l e c t f r o m t h e menu. Thanks JACK we en joyed p l a y i n g w i t h i t !

BRAD demo7ed "The F' iLL" wh ich he hac pic1::ed up a t a f i r e s a l e . I t s a p l u g i n and c a r t r i d g e s can b e c n p i e d w i t h t h e ATARI COMFWTER b u t t h e disk:: c a n ' t be r u n w i t h o u t "THE F I L L" . The p l u g i r c a r t r i d g e s i m u l a t e s t h e o r g i n a l c a r t r i d g e and a l l o w s t h e d i s k v e r s i o n t o be laaded and r u n . BRAD used "SMART DOS" and renamed t h e program Autorun. Seems as though BRAD can s u r e come up w i t h g r e a t and unuaual demos! KEEP I T UF' GUYS!

ELECTIONS: FUTURE MEETING DATES:

By a v a t e o f t h e BOARD O F DIRECTORS p r e s e n t , JOSEF LEBER was e l e c t e d t o

t h e BOARD OF DIRECTORS t o r e p l a c e GORDON WANTZ, who has upgraded t o t h e i b B I T m i c r o s . We thank h i m f o r p a s t s e r v i c e s rendered . The honor t o JOSEF, i s r i c h l y deserved f a r our h a r d w o r k i n g c l u b l i b r a r i a n . (Way t o go JOSEF) .

The n u m i n a t i n g commit tee has . b m i t t e d t h e i r s l a t e t o keep t h e

k l - e s e n t BOARD O F DIRECTORS, excep t as above. The DIRECTORS when e l e c t e d i n F e b r u a r y , w i l l v o t e on t h e new c l u b o f f i c e r s .

F u t u r e mee t ing d a t e s fur t h e OL' HACKERS are :

MARCK ii, 19ES MRY b t h , !939 (P lease n o t e t h a t MAY 6 t h i s a changed da te , t h e 1 s t SATURDAY o f t h e month.

AF'RIL 15, 1989 JUNE 17, 1989

A l l d a t e s a r e an a SATURDAY excep t a s n o t e d above, and a r e schedu led f o r 12 noon a t t h e F'LAINVIEW/OLD BETt-iF'AGE LIBRARY.

Remember. . . . . . . t h e n e x t OL' HACKERS ATARI USER GROUF meet ing i s schedu led FEBRUARY i i t h , 1989 a t 12 noon. See you then.

DOOR PRIZES: Sec re t a r y ,

The l i s t o f p r i z e s o n l y seems t o g e t b i g g e r and b e t t e r each manth. The JANUARY w i n n e r s were:

CARLOS HURTADO- U t i l i t i e s and C h r i s t m a s D i s k

AL BEITCHMAN- Koa la Zr F' ics/Fader I I I and P i c s

BRIAN ANSEACH- DECEMBER 88 A n t i c D i s)..

Power Without the Price HARRY TUTHILL- Chr-i stmas Music 84

G r a p h i c s and Income Tax, used w i t h Synca lc .

BRAD JAWORSKI- Home F i l i n g Manager PAGE 5

MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 1987 MEETING

GENERAL MEETING

You m i g h t say t h a t we g o t o f l f t o a v e r y " C o l o r f u l S t a r t " , i n f a c t , you m i g h t say a " M u l t i - C n l o r e d " s t a r t as ALEX F'IGNATO, c h a i r e d h i s l a s t mee t ing a s a P r e s i d e n t , demobd FEBRUARY'S

ANTIC magazine program "MANDALA MOVIES." As ANTIC magazine p u t it:, "An a d d i c t i v e l y c r e a t i v e C::aleidozcope c o n s t r u c t i o n s e t " , and i t once a g a i n showed o f f t h e power and g r a p h i c s o f t h e "MIGHTY 8 BIT MICROS."

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The EUARD OF DIRECTORS v o t e d a p p r o v a l f o r t h e s l a t e o f p roposed o f f i c e r s . Voted i n t n o f f i c e + o r t h e 1999 y e a r a r e as fo;!ows:

PRESIDENT---------.----- AL BEITCHMAN

VICE F'RESI DENT----------- ALEX F'IGNATO SFCRET~R~-- - - - - - - - - - - - - -- ALLEN ATK INS TREASURER --...------------- J I M McGUIRE NEWSL-ETTER EDITOR------ CARLOS HURTADO NL CO-ED 1 TOR- ------ ----- ANDY EUONGIOHNO SYSOP OLWACKERS EBS---KRIS HOLTEGAARD P/D LIBRARIAN---------- JOSEF LEBER RESIDENT F'ROGRAMMER---- J I M HAMMERGREN

O u r new P r e s i d e n t AL EEITCHMAN, was u n a b l e t o be w i t h us, as he had t o be o u t o f town a t a seminar f o r h i s campany, b u t h e w i l l be r u n n i n g t h e n e x t meet ing .

The members agree t h a t t h i s l o o k s l i k e a r e a l w i n n i n g team, now l e t s a l l g i v e one hundred p e r c e n t s u p p a r t t o make 1989 t h e OL' HACKERS f i n e s t yea r t o d a t e . C o n t r i b u t e your t a l e n t , and/or knowledge and we w i 11 succeed!

ALEX t h e n r e a d t h e minutes f r o m t h e JANUARY mee t ing and J I M McGUIRE gave h i s t r e a s u r y r e p o r t . KRIS HQLTAGAARD made a m o t i o n t o accep t b a t h r e p o r t s a s r e a d and J I M HAMMARGREN seconded tl'7j.5 mo t ion and i t was c a r r i e d . PAGE

NEWSLETTER

Whats t h e KEY WORD? "FLIP-F1-OF'", and t h a t about e x p l a i n s what has happened t o t h e OL' HACKERS NEWSLETTER s t a f f . The e d i t o r ANDY EUONGIORNO and CARLOS HURTADO swapped t i t l e s . These changes came about when ANDY announced h i s pend ing m a r r i a g e irr APRIL and h i s moving t o KINGS COUNTY (sometimes c a l l e d EROOKLYN). I t s ; s t i l l t h e S A ~ Q . . 1 team t h a t p u t o u t t h e l a s t NEWSLETTER t h a t was so w e l l r e c e i v e d b y a l l .

DUEL EES SYSTEM

KRIS walked t h e members t h r o u g h t h e "PRO EXPRESS" m u l t i - l e v e l log- on t o be used b y t h e QL' HACKERS/WRNR BBS. He e x p l a i n e d t h e menu l e t t e r s and numbers f a r e a s i e r access t o t h e d i f f e r e n t bases. The EES i s l o a d e d w i t h ail k i n d s o f good ies , check i t o u t a s soon as p o s s i b l e . We a l s o l e a r n e d t h e "hand les" used b y o u r c l ~ t b members (now 1 9 1 know who t h e KOOK i s t h a t l e a v e s c r a z y messages). The BBS t e l e p h o n e number i s (516) 696-4246 and t e l e p h o n e charges t o cal.1. t h e BBS ' SELDEN a r e about t h e same as a c a l , t o t h e o l d EBS i n LINDENHURST, b o t h towns a r e i n WESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY.

DOOR F'RIZES

Aga in as s t a t e d l a s t month, t h e door p r i z e s seem t o grow l a r g e r each and e v e r y month. The FEBRUARY w inners were:

J I M HAMMARGREN "ANTIC MARCH 1989" JOSEF LEBER "CROSS WORD PUZZLES

/ARCX, w/HELP DOCS" CARLOS HURTADO "MUSIC MAKER/AMSU A 1 ATKINS "ACENNJ FEB 88 NL" ANDY EUONGIORNO "TALKING

TUDDLER/MUSIC MA#ER" J I M McGUIRE "ANTIC DECEMBER 2 8 I seem t o r e c a l l t h a t HARRY TUTHILL

won a door p r i z e aga in , b u t my n o t e s a r e n o t t o o c l e a r on t h a t . HARRY w ins s o a f t e n t h a t I g e t l o s t . Hey gang, I

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guess you c o u l d say t h a t i t pays t o a t t e n d meet ings, doesn ' t i t ?

BOMB

T h i s paragraph cau l d eas i l y be t i t l e d "How t o break up a meet ing v e r y quick1.y". About two hours i n t o t h e OL" HACKERS month ly meeting, a l i b r a r y o f f i c i a l en te red t h e room and announced "That a f i r e d r i 11 was be ing h e l d and everyone should l e a v e t h e b u i l d i n g " . The . f i r e d r i l l , we l a t e r d iscovered , was act~ . ta l . l y a bomb threat : c a l l e d i n t o t h e l i b r a r y . (Never- a d u l l

rmen t a t an OL..' HACKERS m~?et,. ) The p o l i c e search took: approx i matel y f i . f a t y minutes, t hen we were a1 lowed bacC:: i n t o t h e l i b r a r y . By t h a t t i m e we had l o s t some members due t o t h e c n l d , as some found a warmer c l i m a t e - i n t h e i r homes, hnwever t h e never say die guys, r e t u r n e d and con t i nued w i t h t h e demo's e t c . t i l . 1 5:CK) F'.M.

FUTURE MEETING DATES:

FUTURE meet ing da tes f o r t h e D L " HACKERS are :

APRIL 15, 1989 JUNE 17, 1989 MAY 6, 19€39t

A11 da tes a r e on a SATURDAY and a r e heduled f o r 12 noon a t t h e

PLAINVIEW/OLD EETHF'AGE LIBRARY. Remember. . . . . . . . t h e n e x t OL' HACKERS

ATARI USER GROUF' meet ing i s scheduled f o r MARCH 11, 1989 a t 12 noon. See you then.

Secre ta ry ,

t PLEASE NOTE t h a t MAY 6 t h i s a changed date , t h e f i r s t SATURDAY o f t h e month.

I NEW ON

I BBS

IJpload a disk: o r two t o y a w OWN p r i v a t e d a t a / u t i 1 i t y base and r e t r i v e them a t a l a t e r d a t e when yau purched more d i s l : : ~ . That" one o f t h e many uses o f a persona l s t o r a g e d a t a / u t i l i t y base. Another i s i+ your o n- l i n e and you a r e scanning th rough t h e message bases o f e i t h e r WQNR o r O l V a c k e r s BBS and come up w i t h an i d e a f o r and a r t i . ca1 f o r t h e you can w r i t e a quicl.: o u t l i n e and save i t t o you personal da ta base t o down l o a d then o r a t a l a t e r date. Wi th t h i s o p t i o n you w i l l al.ways have t h e o u t l i n e and i t would he f r e s h i n you mind t o what you wanted t o w r i t e t h e a r t i c a l about . A lso you w i l l have t h a t a v a i l a b l e y t o sed f i l e s across t o another u s s r 5 d a % a / u t i l i t y base. Your say ing what do you mean by t h a t ? Easy. l e t s say t h a t you have a f i l e a member o f t h e group needs and you have i t i n you persona l d i r e c t o r y a l l you would have t a do i s t y p e i n a t t h e command prompt. . . Example Below:

CF'athI D:Your-Dir) Command). Send K r i s Robins F i lename. E x t

A f t e r you have t y p e i n t h e user name and t h e f i l e you sen t you t hen w i l l l eave a l i t t l e message t h a t t h e f i l e t h a t , t h a t user wanted f r om you i s i n t h a t use rs database f a r he/she t o down1 oad. Remember t h a t yau" 1 NEVER Have t o Type i n The D r i v e number just t h e names o r commands o f t h e i tems yau wish t a do. I d you l a o k a t t h e Help menu l i s t e d below you w i l l g e t an unders tand ing o f a l l t h e commands a v a i l a b l e t o you.

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A f u n n y t h i n g happend t o me on t h e way t o t h e Feb 1 1 t h ' Hack::ersVmeeting, i f t h i s snunds li k::e Andy 's words, l e t me e x p l a i n . now have t h e hannrs o f b e i n g t h e E d i t a r o f t h i s N e w s l e t t e r and w i t h e h e l p o f Andy WE? w i l l have a N e w s l e t t e r e v e r y o t h e r month.

t t t t SPECIAL, NOTICE Y Y Y t

A s yau al.1 may know b y now t h e 01' Hackers EBS has moved t o a new l o c a t i a n and a new number. We a r e now c a l l e d OLVACKERS/WQNR ERS and t h e new number i s 516-696-4246. Reason being we a r e now s a v i n g some mnney b y r u n n i n g two b o a r d s i n one. Wh i le an t h e s u b j e c t o f hoards , pl .ease up l n a d al.1 N e w s l ~ ? t t ~ ? r - art icl.eee/news e t c v i a t h e C M 3 MAILROOM t o me as a "ASCII SAVED" f i l e .

The Anal.og Magazine s u r v e y shee t was passed around a t t h e Feb meet ing , o.f t h o s e t h a t responded, h e r e a r e t h e r e s u l t s :

FROGS. YOU L IKE TYPES OF ARTICLES

GAMES 15 REVIEWS 18 UTIL IT IES 20 GENERAL INTEREST 19 FROG, AIDS 12 PROGRAMS 16 GRAPHICS 15 PROGRAMS TUTOR. 16 SOUND 12 SHOW REPORTS 4 EES USE 19

THOSE INTERESTED I N TYPE I N PROGRAMS: NOT AT ALL 1 SCIMEWHAT 11 FOR THE MOST PART 9 DEFINITELY 17

The s u r v e y s were s e n t t n Analog w i t h ou r c l u b l e t t e r h e a d t o show t h a t we a r e u n i t e d users. . . . .

P l e a s e keep t h o s e a r t i c l e s coming i n , i f you d o n ' t have a modem you can send y o u r i n f o r m a t i o n t o me a t Hur tado, 117-05 149 Ave. Sa.Ozone Park, N.Y. 11420. Thank:: you and keep on compu t ing ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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WHY A USERS CLUE? by ALEX F'IGNATO

The f a l l o w i n g i s n o t i n t e n d e d as a r e v i e w of o r an endorsement o f t h e STAR MICRONICS p r i n t e r s , a l t hough i t w i l l p r o b a b l y r e a d t h a t way

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ou r FLORIDIAN member, DENNIS KI-INE, a d v i s i n g me t h a t h i s f a i t h f u l l GEMINI 1 0 X p r i n t e r had f i n a l l y g i v e n up t h e g h n s t , and t h a t he w c ~ ~ l d have t o b u y c;. new p r i n t e r . We spoke f o r a w h i l e , and he remembered t h a t I had purchased a STAR NX10 f o r my daughter a w h i l e back:, arid how p l eased b o t h she and I were w i t h t h e p r i n t e r . I reminded DENNIS t h a t STAR MICRONICS had came o u t w i t h a l a t e r model c a l l e d NX 100(3, and he shou ld cons ide r i t as i t was s a i d t o be 1 0 0 % compa t i b l e w i t h t h e de f a c t o s tandard , EF'SON, b u t somewhat cheaper. He c a l l e d m e a coup le days l a t e r and t n l d me he had bought i t . He t h e n proceeded t o t e l l me how good i t was, and some o f i t s f e a t u r e s , and mos t l y , how happy he was t h a t he bought i t , i n s p i t e o f t h e lukewarm rev i ew i n one o f t h e magar i n e s .

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About 1 week ago GEORGE DENNIS c a l l e d and t o l d me h i s ATARI 1027 had broken dawn and he needed ana ther p r i n t -e r p o s t has te . He remembered a conve rsa t i on a t one o f our mon th ly meet ings where I had t a l d h im about t h e two p r i n t e r s I had bought, and how p leased I was. He asked me f o r some advsce on p r i n t e r s . I t o l d h im t h a t my exper ience was v e r y l i m i t e d and i n no way cou ld I be cons ide red a gu ru on p r i n t e r s , however I t o l d h im what DENNIS KLINE had t n l d me about h i s new NX 1000, and suggested he c a l l DENNIS KLINE i n FLORIDA, and y e t h i s eva lua t i on , t h e n I t o l d h im t o c a l l KRIS HOLTEGAARD, who c o u l d d i r e c t h i r , t o s t o r e s on LONG ISLAND t h a t s e l l L ,e i n t e r f a c e ' s and cab les .

END O F STORY--- GEORGE DENNIS suoke t o me today, and s a i d he b o ~ \ o h t t h e NX 1OOO p r i n t e r , i n t e r f a c e and cab les . Hoal::ecj i t al.1 up and was h a p p i l y p r i n t i n g o u t h i s f i n a n c i a l programs (GEORGE j. s a number c runcher , and as he says, " 1 " m n o t i n t e r e s t e d i n g raph i cs o r sound, JlJST NLJMBERS") . He i s as p leased as punch w i t h h i s p r i n t e r

MORAL OF THE STORY--*- Because nf t h e c l o s e connec t i on and c o o p e r a t i o n n f 4 ATARI owners t h rough member-ship irr the Ill-' HRCt::TrlRS c l u b , (IEORGE DENNIS was a b l e t n buy a necxded j. kern w i t t i t h e I:]~?st: adv i ce and j~~dgement . o f t h r e e FRIENDS, who wau1.d n o t have even known each at-her were it nat f o r t h e c l u b .

JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE O F THE VAL.UE EF USERS GRCIl.)PS, i f one W a B i act.ualXy needed.

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On F e b r u a r y 1.5, 1989, Compuserve w i l l sponsor an n n l i ne confer-ence f e a t u r i ng Chuck Steinrnan f r o m DatsQue S0.f t w a r e t (3 p r e s e n t j. r i f armat:. i on and answer q u e s t i n n s c o n c e r n i n g t h e Turbo-8 lhx p r o j e c t .

Fee l f r e e t c ~ dl. st:rj. h ~ . l t e t h e i n f a r m a t i a n i n t h i s document t o your l o c a l u s e r g roup n e w s l e t t e r e d i tn r . The i n f o r m a t i o n c o n t a i n e d h e r e i n i s si.tb j e c t t o change wj . t h o u t n o t i c e , and i s p r o v i d e d as a p u b l i c s e r v i c e t n CIS use rs , and t h e A ta r - i cummunity a t l a r g e .

I: ,one w i s h i n g t n be on t h e DataQue S o f t w a r e m a i l i n g l i s t shou ld send a S e l f -Addressed, Stamped # iO s i r e Enve lope t n t h e above address. P lease s t a t e i n your l e t t e r where ynu heard about t h e Turbo-816. I am r e c e i v i n g dozens of l e t t e r s d a i l y , s o p l e a s e do n o t g e t d i s c o u r a g e d i f t h e q u e s t i o n s you ask a r e n o t s p e c i f i c a l l y answered. I f t i m e p e r m i t s I t r y t o answer them a l l , b u t t h i n g s a r e k i n d o f h e c t i c a t t imes.

Fo r t h o s e n o t f a m i l i a r w i t h t h e Turbo-816, i t i s an adap te r b o a r d f o r t h e A t a r i XL../XE cnmpcrt@rs which w i 11 r e p l a c e t h e c u r r e n t 4 5 0 2 ~ 8 - b i t p r o c e s s o r , w i t h a new ih- b i t : c e n t r a l

p rucessar system. The Turbo-816 i s c o m p a t i b l e w i t h m a s t of t h e ex is t : , ing hardware, and so. f tware f o r t h e A t a r i 8--bj. t camputers. W i th t h e "Dual -Promu o p t i o n s o f a r o n l y a h a n d . f u l l of e:: i .;ti. ng programs have been i n c o m p a t i b l e . Frograms which have been ir icampat i b l e w i t h t h e Turbo-OS al, one have been t h o s e which have used i 1 , l e g a l e n t r y p o i n t s i n t o t h e A t ~ a r i 0s.

The T u r b o - 8 l . h ~ w i 11 cnme as a k i t w i t h e v e r y t h i n g you s h o u l d need t o g e t s t a r t e d , some a d d i t i o n a l i t lems w i l l be needed under c e r t a i n i n s t a l l a t i o n s , and t h e s e a r e l i s t e d i n t h e T u r b o - I n s t a l 1 Guide. These i terns a r e t h i n g s li k ~ t It: sockets , a t o g g l e swi t c h , w i re , and s o l d r r . T o o l s needed t o i n s t a l 1 a Turbo- -816~ i n c l u d e a p h i l l i p s s c r e w d r i v e r , s o l d e r i n g i r o n , d u s a l d e r i n g t o o l / s o l d e r wick, p n s s i b l y a p a i r a f p l y e r s , and a f l a t b l a d e d s c r e w d r i v e r .

The T u r b o- 8 1 6 ~ F : : i t i n c l ~ r d e s :

Turb 0-8 i 6 x . .................... C e n t r a l Processor Board ....................... Turbo-OS O p e r a t i n g System ROM

T w b o - - 8 1 6 ~ Connect i ng Cable .... 12" i n t e r c o n n e c t c a b l e

T u r b o- I n s t a l 1 Gc.\ide ............ Step by Step I n s t a l l I n s t r u c t i o n s

Turbo-8 lb User G ~ l i d e ........... Some General Turbo-816 Tips,

"Dual From" O p t i o n Guide ....... Suggested I n s t a l l a t i o n O p t i o n

T h i s k i t w i l l have a suggessted p r i c e o f $159.95, wh ich w i 11 b e s o l d f a c t o r y d i r e c t i n i t i a l l y f o r $119.95, p l u s $4.05 s h i p p i n g / h a n d l i n g . COD, F o r e i g n , arid s p e c i a l hand1 i n g wnuld be a d d i t i o n a l . When o r d e r s a r e accepted, we w i l l i n i t i a l l y accept checks, o r money o rde rs . I f r e q u e s t s f o r Visa/MC/Discover c a r d s a r e h i g h enough, we w i l l l a t e r accep t c r e d i t c a r d u r d e r s . Due t o t h e a d d i t i o n a l PROM an the 1 2 0 0 ~ 1 t h e Turbo--ElSb:.: / 12

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i s c u r r e n t l y $10 a d d i t i o n a l . There a r e s e v e r a l hardware d e v i c e s p l annecl f a r t h e Ti.\rhc~-8l.h l j. no. Sime o f t h e d e v i c e s b e i n g deve loped o r i n v e s t i CJAI:EC~ .i. riel. L . I ~ E ? :

Tur bn-8 i ha . . ................... Versj. on f u r t h e 400/8C)0 camputer-s

Turbo-SRAM .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S t a t i c Memory Boar-d (32k:-2561.:: )

Turbo-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Program ROM board (32k::-25&l::

Tur-bo-DRAM ..................... Dynamic Memory baard 1256k-4meg)

Turbo-VID ...................... 80 column Video Adapter- Card

Turbo-CAGE ..................... Advanced Ex t w n a l . Card Cagc ..................... Turba-DISK Paral. 1 E;I F loppy Dj. 51:: I r r t e r f ace

There a r e s e v e r a l 5;a.f t w a r a / f i rmware i t e m s p1,anned f o r t h e T~ r rbo -8 l b 1 i ne. Some 5o.f t.war e i kerns b c i ng devnl mped o r i r i v e s t i ga ted inc l . ude:

Turbo-FRG ...................... Programmers In fn r rna t i , on K i t

Turbo-DEV ...................... Devel opers Xnf nrmat i an t:Ii t

Turbn-SRC .................... .. T~crho-OS Sc:)urce Code Trrf o Kj. t ...................... Turbo.-BAS New 1&-bi t PASIC Language

Turbo-CEE ...................... New 1 6- b i t C Language

Turbo-ASM ...................... New I h - b i t Assembler

Turbo-EDT ...................... New 1 6 - b i t Screen E d i t a r

Turbo-RUG ...................... NPW 1h-bi t Aejsembl y Code Debi.tgger

P r i c e s f a r t hese it,ems and o t h e r new i t e m s w i l l be re l .eased as t h e i t e m s become a v a i l a b l e . Many i tems w i l l be devel. oped ac::cnrding t n demand, and t h e p r i c e and a v a i l a b i l i t y w i l l be ad j ~ . t s t e d tc:, r e f l ec:t t h a t demand.

The Tu rbo- 816~ i s a %;ma1 1 2.5" b y 5 " (appro:.:) lnoard which i s moi.tnted i r r s i d e an A t a r i XL/XE camput.er system. I t i s

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cnnnected v i a a 40 p o s i t i o n r i b b o n c a b l e t o t h e ex i s t i ng CPU socket . The o l d A t a r i 0 - b i t p rocessor i s removed, and i f needed a 40 p i n socke t i n s t a l l . e d t n a l l n w t h e Turbo-8lhx DIP p l u g t o be i n s e r t e d .

The Turbo-CIS is a 28 p i n PROM, which i s i n s t a l l e d e i t h e r as a replacemesit f n r t h e A t a r i OS PROM, o r i n a d d i t i o n t o t h e A t a r i US. T h i s i s de termined by t h e i n s t a l l a t i o n per formed. O n t h e 1200:.:1 t h e r e a r e two 24. u r 1118 p i n prams, and i n same ca!aes t h e "Dual-From" o p t i o n is n u t a v a i l a b l e due t o those p r o d u c t i u n r u n s hav ing 24 p i n F'ROMs.

I n any case, i f t h e j . r r s ta l l . a t i on j.5;

per formed as i n s t r u c t e d i n t h e Tur; 1.- I n s t a l 1 Guide, t h e o r i g i n a l . A t a r i 08, and CFU can be r e - i n s t a l l e d i f t h e Ti.rrho--8i6 shou ld ever need t o be: serv i ced . There would n c ~ t need t o he any de -sn lde r ing t o remove t h e Tnrt;o-Blbx i S t hor.;e d i r e c t i on:; a r e f 01 I. owed c o r r e c t ] . y .

I f your A t a r i computer has i t s CPU, and PROM i n socke ts , t h e n t h e a c t u a l i n s t a l 1 a t i on t i me, shou l d be we1 1 under an hcur . i+ you must ae-so lder t h e o r i g i n a l OS, and CFU, then t h e t i m e would be l onge r .

There i s c u r r e n t l y o n l y one w i r e t h a t has t o be added t h e A t a r i XL/XE motherboard tc i make t h e T~ rbo -8 l h :~ : work. Th i s w i r e i s connected t o an 1 unused p i n on t h e A t a r i 6502c CF'U .Li socket , so i f t h e Turbo-816:.: shou ld have t o he removed, i t would n o t eS fec t o p e r a t i a n w i t h t h e A t a r i CF'U a t a l l .

C u r r e n t l y t h e r e a r e 24 b e t a t e s t s i t e s which a r e t e s t i n g t h e i r hardware and so f twa re under s e v e r a l cnnf i g u r a t i a n s o f t h e Tu rbo -816~ . They a r e by now, i n t h e second s tage nf t h e i r t ec i t i ng , and t h e r e s u l t s oaf t h e f i r s t s t age shou ld b e ava i l ab1 e by t h e ccmf ererrce. R e s u l t s so f a r have h e e n v e r y good,

and a few programming bugs have been l o c a t e d and c o r r e c t e d . Wh i le most peop le may n o t unders tand how d i f f i c u l t i t i s t o w r i t e an o p e r a t i n g system o f t h i s t y p e Crum sc::ratch ( i n c l u d i n g A t a r i ) and s t i l l m a i n t a i n t h e c o m p a t i b i l i t y w i t h t h e o r i g i n a l . 0s.

B i t E y t e r News b y H o r s t A. Dewi tz

Magazine # 15 has a r r i v e d and h e r e i s t h e l a t e s t news f r om t h e B i t B y t e r s i n West Germany. Even ings a r e g e t t i n g l o n g e r and t h a t means more t i m e f o r ou r hobby. Why n o t w r i t e some programs f o r t h e upcoming magazines(How f i t t i n g , t h i s a p p l i e s t o u s he re too!H.A.D.) By t h e t i m e you read t h i s , t h e annual meet ing w i 1 I. have passed. (Read my s e p a r a t e a r t i c l e about t h e annual meet ing which I at tended ! H. A . D. 1 . Those t h a t missed t h e meet ing can read a l l abnut i t : i n t h e upcoming "Sonder-magaz i n #4".

CL-UE NEWS:

Membership s tands a t 587. Th ru t a l k s w i t h A t a r i r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a t t h e Di.~essldot-f A t a r i F a i r , we were a b l e t o e s t a b l i s h a c l o s e r r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h A t a r i Corp., we hope.That i t p a i d o f f you w i l l see l a t e r . Back t o the f a i r . F i r s t ou r d i sappo in tmen t f o r n o t b e i n g i n v i t e d t o s e t up a stand.So we were v i s i t o r s t h i s t ime . The 8 b i t s e c t o r was t o t a l y under r ep resen ted , I f : t h e COMF'Y-SHOP and t h e ARMIN STUERMER PUBLISHING 60.had n o t made such a s t r o n g showing, t h i n g would have been wor th . A c l u b f r o m Eremen showed A t a r i s , b u t m o s t l y ST'S. To our s u r p r i s e A t a r i Corp. announced t h e m a r k e t i n g o f t h e XE System. P l e n t y o f demo s e t s were d i s p l a y e d a t t h e f a i r , a s w e l l a s s o f t w a r e and c a r t r i d g e s . RBBUC's l e a d e r s h i p f e e l s t h a t buye rs o f t h e XE System shou ld be looked a t as p o t e n t i a1 members, because t h e y have a f u l l 8 b i t system on t h e i r hands, need ing o n l y a d i s k d r i v e and a p r i n t e r . Because o f t h i s p o t e n t i a l , ABBUC purchased an XE System thru A t a r i Corp..AEBUC a l s o purchased t h e XFZ551 d i s k d r i v e t h r u t h e same source. A t a r i Corp. a l s o w i l l r e l e a s e a l a r g e number o f BOOXL". Quo te A t a r i : a f t e r a low i n home computer

sa les , a sudden demand f o r computers prompted t h e r e l e a s e o f t h e 800XL, t a r g e t e d m a i n l y f o r t h e beg inner .

REDUCED SOFTWARE:

Thru n e g o t i a t i o n s a t t h e Duesse ldor f A t a r i F a i r we were a b l e t o buy f r o m A t a r i Corp. a t a reasonab le p r i c e

1 ) S y n F i l e 2 ) SynCa1.c

These f a c t o r y f r e s h programs a r e a v a i l a b l e t o c l u b members f o r DM 30.-- p l u s DM 3. -- Postage. We have o n l y a sma l l stncI::, b u t we can secure more. Send o r d e r r e q u e s t s t a t h e c l u b headquar ters .

LIGHTPEN w/SOFTWARE Klaus E i l b was a b l e t o secure L i g h t p e n s w i t h M i c r o - I l l u s t r a t o r Sof tware, p r i c e DM 30.-- p l u s DM 3.-- postage. Order d i r e c t f rom: Kl.aus K i l b F i schenbec k 52 D-Muelheim Ruhr West Germany

NEW ACTIONS:

With t h e h e l p o f Joseph Kennedy we send a l e t t e r t o a l l e n g l i s h language A t a r i magazines, r e q u e s t i n g t n p u b l i s h AEEUC's appeal t o a l l A t a r i Clubs wor ldw ide t o f o r m a c l o s e r e l a t i o n s h i p between a1 1 c l ubs , i n o rde r t o p u t p r e s s u r e on a l l manu fac tu re rs and so f twa re producers, no t t o l e t t h e 8 b i t system d i e . We hope our appeal w i 11 b e pub1 i s h e d and we a w a i t res ju l t s f r o m c l u b s wor ldwide. F u r t h e r development w i l l b e r e p o r t e d here .

NEW DOS

A t a r i Corp. send u s t h e new XE Vers. 1.0 DOS.apparent ly t h e l o n g promised A-DOS.We r e c e i v e d t h i s DOS w i t h t h e r e q u e s t t o t e s t same.The rev i ew is on s i d e a.Note: the COMPY-SHOP and t h e ATARI MAGAZINE were t h e o n l y o t h e r r e c i p i e n t s .

80 CHARACTER CARD

INSTRUCTlONS f o r 1st: EXLENT W.P. by AI..EX F'IGNATO- 2/19/8C

The c l u b r e c e i v e d two c a r d s (XEF'-80) on l o a n f o r t e s t i n g . A comple te t e s t r e p o r t w i l l be on "Sonderd isk # 4" . Some p rev i ews - r u n s o f a j a y s t i c k p a r t , has a mon i t o r o u t p u t p o r t , 80 c h a r a c t e r r e s o l u t i o n i s e x c e l l e n t , c e n t r a n i c s p r i n t e r o u t p u t . Us i ng t h e 80 c h a r a c t e r mode i s ok, t h e 40 c h a r a c t e r mode has some f l a w s , p r i m a r i l y s o f t w a r e re la ted .We a r e conv inced t h a t t h i s can be so l ved .

Sa f a r 4125 c a l . 1 ~ were rece ived .MINI OFFICE I 1 s u p p o r t s AEEUC" mmdem i n t e r f a c e and t h e B-MODEM program.

PRINTER EXFERT FOUND

A f t e r one ha1.f year w i t h o u t p r i n t e r e x p e r t we welcome Ral f He i ermann I m T e i f e l d 8 D-4552 D a t t e l n West Germany

Schemat ics c a t a l o g on d i s k now f o r DM 4,. -, o r d e r f r om Joos t Kuep.

Among t h e c o r r e c t answers r e c e i v e d f o r t h e p u z z l e on disk: # 14, F r i e d r i c h Erucker was sel .ected i n a d raw ing and r e c e i v e d a r i g i n a l s o f t w a r e as p r i z e . 'Program o f t h e magazine' w inners r e c e i v e d p r i z e s f o r ' v i d i o t i t l e r ' , ' sch l .agz ,ab j7 and ' hunde. bas' . S o r r y t o say, o n l y two S l i n e programs were r ece i ved , what 's t h e prob lem?

P r i z e s w i l l be g i v e n f a r puzz l e , t i t l e and magazine # 15 programs.Send p~ . r zz l e so1,ut i on and program c h o i c e t o t h e c l u b headquar ters . For t e x t submi ssj. ons use t h e t e x t e d i t.or f rom s i d e b f rom now an please.

Far those o f you who use 1ST XLENT WORD PROCESSOR, h e r e ar-c some u s e f u l codes sc.!mmerized.

SEARCH - (eyeg las t ies) --Use TAB %a end.

REMOVING TREURNYSF'ECIAL.. CODE) Use VETURN" t o i n s e r t - h i t T A B \ then us€ ? SPACE ERR' f o r REFL-ACE, and "TAB' . CENTERING - M e 'OPTION + C\ o r

'OPTION + CC ' , o r ?OPTION F -I- sp(1,2, or- 3) .

1 Tc:, show open 1 j. nes --Use ?SHIFT CTRL +

SPACE"

PRINTER -Use "SHIFT CTRL + F ' V t n go d i r e c t l y t u p r i n t e r - S k i p s P r i n t e r I CON !

NO PRINTER CODES -Use " n c l ' f a r NO CODES. D e f a u l t i s ' n c 0 7 .

DELETE From CURSOR t o END use "HIFT CTRL + CL-EAR"

DELETE WHOLE F ILE -Use ?SHIFT + CLEAR"

TO USE PERMANENT INSERT -Use SHIFT + INSERT'

TO REMOVE I T -Use "SHIFT + INSERT' aga in .

TO RIGHT MARGIN JUSTIFY 1Jse 'OPTION F Y h e n t y p e i n s m a l l l e t t e r s ' j u l ' . NOTE- j ~ \ l w i l l . bl.ock: nut t h e r i g h t margin ('rmbO\ 700, 80 e t c . )

FOR RIGHT MARGIN Use WPTI:ON F h n d "m ( p l u s number). D e f a u l t i s ' rm70'.

LEFT MARGIN -Use WOF'ION F' and ' l m ( p l u s number). D e f a ~ t l t i s Ym10'.

EXIT TO DOS -Use TTRL + D'. RETURN TO 1 s t EX. "Use 'RESET"

Happy H o l i d a y s and much p1 easure w i t h d i s k # 15

GO TO PREDETERM 1: NED MARKER -Use "SHIFT CTRL + G'.

CHANGE: CLJRGOR-FLRSI-I I NG L I N E --1Jse ' S H I F T CTRL ESC' .

MEMORY LEFT -Use ' SHIFT CTRI, + F ' . SECTORS NEEDED FOR F I L E ,-Use ' S H I F T

C"I"RL + 3 ' .

NUMEEK O F WORDS USED -1- N ' .

NOTE : THE FOLLOWING R E ON A L I N E OF THEIR

- ' r7;.c7 , ,a;.:' , ' 1, 1.::' , ' p s ' "

DIRECTIVES MUST UWN : n \ , " f p \ ' f t ' , " h d

L I N E SPACING -Use 'OPTION F + c i p ( 1 . , 2 c 3 r 9 ) . "

CHAINING F I L E S U s e 'OPTION F + n x ' a s t h e l a s t l i n e nf c u r r e n t f i l e . , i . e. " CC3PTIClN+FJn:.:: D l : NEXTPROG. f $.t\ U s i n g YIk: w i l l make p r i n t i n g h a l t % y o u t h e n l o a d i n y n u r p r o g r a m name, using 'D1:etc.

LOADING F I L E I N MIDDLE OF TEXT Use 'OFTION F + e x ' a n y w h e r e i n t h e c u r r e n t f i l e that: i c ; o n s c r e e n a n d i n memory. '

DRAWING J or - ACROSS WHOLE L I N E Use 'OFTION F + d v J ' ( o r dv-1. M u s t be a c t i v a t e d b e f o r e e a c h new p a r a g r a p h .

TO NOT PRINT A PART Use 'OPTION F + s k i . W i l l , ncst p r i n t t i l l p r i n t e r comes t o 'OFTION F + r j k : 0 7 .

E e l o w is the NEW! M a i n m e n u F o r The 01' H a c k e r s 4 W N R EBS .. O n l ~ 7 a f e w I t e m s

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ZMAGAZINE REPKlNT A "BIT" OF HACKER HISTORY

CONTINUED FROM LAST OL'HACKERS NEWSLETTER

+he n i c e s t comment we hear i s t h a t t h e nembers c a n ' t w a i t f o r t h e n e x t meeting. And when we're a t t h e meeting, we don" l i k e t o l e a v e t h e l i b r a r y even a f t e r t h e meet ing's end a t 5 p.m.

Meeti ngs general l y s t a r t a t 12 noon and t h e f i r s t hour i s spent i n s a c i a l i m i n g and s e t t i n g up t h e equipment (which many members c a n t r i b u t e f o r t h e day) . f i f t e r we have an h o u r P s bus inass meeting, we break f o r c o f f e e and cake and have a r a f f l e con tes t . Then we break up i n t o sma l le r groups f o r demo's and c lasses u n t i l S p.m. o r u n t i l we a r e thrown o u t o f t h e l i b r a r y !

The c l u b owns i te, own B.B.S. c a l l e d "THE OL' HACKERS1' (what e lse?) which r u n s o f f an A t a r i 130 XE, a 20 meg. hard d r i v e , M I D , and we a r e us ing t h e Express B.B.S. prcigram by K e i t h Ledbat te r . I t runk 24 hours per day, seven days a week through t h e cour tesy o f Sysop KEVIN BLAES (our hard-working V.P.) and i s quar te red i n h i s L indenhurst home. We a l s o have a network o f about n i n e o the r R. B.S.'s r u n by our members.

O f course, we a l s o have t h e "OL' HACKERS NEWSLETTER" which comes ou t b imonth ly and i s exchanged w i t h almost t h i r t y o t h e r users groups around t h e world. Year ly dues a r e $25, o r $2 per month i f you j o i n a f t e r January.

There a re many members who work ve ry hard f o r t h e Club whose names I have n o t mentioned f o r fear t h a t t h i s rmpor t would become s i x pages l o n g ! But, we know who t h e y a re and we a r e v e r y g r a t e f u l t o them. We a re proud o f our Club and what we have accompl iahad i n a r e l a t i v e l y c h a r t span of t ime. We a r e a l s o proud t o be p i cked as t h e I1Zmagwzine User Group of The Month. We a l s o would l i k e t o thank

Zmagazine f o r a1 low ing The 01 'Hackers BBS, t o become an o f f i c i a l ZMagazine c a r r i e r . L i s t e d below a r e those BBSPs t h a t a r e members o f The 01' Hackers RBS NETWORK

1 %The 01' Hackersi/WQNR 300/1200 Baud

Express BPS 516-696-4246

2 $CLEARING HOUSE 300/1200 Baud 11 Express BBS 516-483-7845

9 $WISE BYTE 300/1200 Baud Express BES 316-549-7835

4 $GRAVEYARD 300/1200 Baud E ~ p r e 5 s BPS 516-783-7034

S *BANDITS HIDEOUT 300/1200/2400 Baud

Express BBS 516-643-4963

6 $MISTER MESSAGE 900/1200 Baud Express BES 516-434-7698

7 WET Np WILD 300/1200/2400 Baud Sauthn/AMIS 516-421-4161

8 S. OF THE BORDER 300/1200/2400 ..k~ Southn/AMIS 516-421-5489

9 *NASSAU COUNTY BBS 300/1200 Baud Express BBS 516-565-5932

i Q t T r a f f i c BBS 300/1200 Baud Express BBS 516-737-6179 (

lltASGARD BBS 300/1200 Baud PKAMIS 516-422-3363

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