SPACE Newsletter

/ NEWSLETTER President's Comer by Michael Current

June, 2000

We had a fine meeting and auction in May. I didn't obtain anything in the auction itself: but I was able to negotiate some of the ANALOGs I didn't have yet afterward. Paging through them, I found myself noticing advertisements for disk drives that were considered very mysterious when mentioned on the Internet. Such as devices from Micro Mainframe, L.E. Systems, and Concorde. I then took a look at my Atari FAQ list's section on Atari disk drives, and realized that I could think of quite a few models that weren't in my own list! With motivation and the help of the newly-acquired ANALOGs, rm working on dramatically shoring up my list of all disk drives produced for the Atari. Maybe next month I'll be able to include it here in the Newsletter. So here is the long-anticipated PROPOSED Bylaws revamp. Please take your time to read it over, and bring all your comments and suggestions to the next meeting. It is intended to be status-quo, but I imagine I'll raise your eyebrow somewhere in there. I look forward to your help! Thanks, keep using that Atari, and come to your next SPACE meeting, Friday June 9!

SPACE Bylaws

June,2000 Section 2. The object of the Club shall be to bring tb:ose with a common interest in Atari computers together for the purpose of sharing hardware, software and information related to Atari. ARTICLE II MEMBERSHIP Section 1. The membership of SPACE shall not be limited. Section 2. Any person or family interested in Atari computers shall be eligible for membership upon payment of the annual dues for the first year. Section 3. The annual dues shall be $15.00, payable on the anniversary month of the member's joining date. Section 4. Unused portions of dues are not refundable. Section 5. Any member found to be in violation of the rules or spirit of the club may be expelled by a majority vote of the Executive Board. Section 6. The Membership Chairman shall be responsible for collecting membership dues and managing the current membership list. ARTICLE ID MEETINGS Section I. SPACE meetings shall be held at 7:30pm on the second Friday of each month, at the Falcon Heights Community Center, unless otherwise directed by the Executive Board.

As PROPOSED by Michael Current, May 27, 2000

BYLAWS FOR THE SAINT PAUL ATARI COMPUTER ENTHUSIASTS CLUB OF SAINT PAUL.MINNESOTA ARTICLE I NAME AND OBJECT Section 1. The name of the Chm shall be the Saint Paul Atari Computer Enthusiasts, or SPACE.

Section 2. Club business cannot be conducted without at least one Officer and one other member present. Section 3. All club meetings shall be open meetings. Section 4. Minutes of each club meeting shall be recorded by the Secretary and published in the club newsletter. Section 5. The Annual Meeting shall be held each November. At the Annual Meeting, Officers shall be

eiected and voiunteers for other ongoing ciub duties sh.aii be secured. Section 6. The President shall preside over club meetings. In the President's absence, the Vice-President shall preside. In their absence, the Secretaty shall preside. If the first three are all absent, the Treasurer shall preside.

Section 5. Other ciubs may trade DOMs with SPACE o.Q.J /A#.riS"" \ a one-for-one basis. I or 1i ;sfyt)17 J Section 6. Other than the DOM Librarian, ciub members shall not sell or give club DOMs to any other person, bulletin board, or computer club, although sharing of individual files is permitted and encouraged.

ARTICLE IV TREASURY

Section 7. The DOM Librarian shall be responsibile for the production and sales of the DOM.

Section 1. An accounting for all incomes and charges to the SPACE balance sheet shall be published in the newsletter each month.

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Section 2. Prior approval by the Executive Board is required if the club is to incur any expense. Section 3. The Treasurer shall be responsible for the duties of managing the club's monetaty assets.

BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM ll " " " ' ~ ,_v11.'},,J,/-e, "'/ Section I. A Bulletin Board System (BBS) supporting Atari computen; shall be maintained by the club. The BBS provides an online forum for Atari discussions, and an optional communications medium for club matters.

ARTICLEV NEWSLETTER

Section 2. The BBS System Operator shall be responsible for maintaining a friendly and welcoming environment on the BBS. illegal software or offensive language shall not be tolerated.

Section 1. The club shall publish the SPACE Newsletter on a monthly basis.

ARTICLEVID WEBSITE

Section 2. All currently paid club members shall receive a copy of the Newsletter by mail each month. Section 3. Newsletters shall also be sent free of charge each month to other Atari clubs which are able to return the favor. Section 4. The Newsletter Editor shall be responsible for the duties of collecting articles from the membership, publishing, and distributing the Newsletter. ARTICLE VI DISK OF THE MONTI! Section 1. A new SPACE Disk Of the Month (DOM), readable by a standard Atari 1050 disk drive, shall be produced on a monthly basis. Section 2. DOMs shall include shareware, freeware, or public domain software or other files for the Atari. DOMs shall not include pirated commercial software. Section 3. The price of the DOM shall be $3.00. Section 4. DOMs shall be avail.able for sale at each club meeting, and may be sold to members and non-members.

Section 1. The club shall maintain a home page on the World Wide Web. The site shall be primarily designed to attract new club members, and provide online access to club information. Section 2. The Webmaster shall be responsible for maintaining the web site, and keeping the information presented there current. ARTICLE IX OFFICERS AND-EXECUTIVE BOARD Section 1. The Officers of the club shall be President, Vice-President, Secretruy, and Treasurer, and shall be referred to collectively as the Executive Board Section 2. The Executive Board shall collectively supervise the affairs of the club, shall be responsibile for proper and orderly club operations, shall be responsibile for upholding the rules ofthe bylaws, and shall at all times make decisions with the best interests of the membership in mind. Section 3. The officers shall be elected by a majority vote, or by acclamation if only one person is running. The term shall be for one year, or until a successor is

elected. The term of office shall begin at the close of the annual meeting at which the officer is elected.

this is possible. Historical club materials shall be preserved if possible.

Section 4. The Executive Board shall actively seek volunteers to fill the following positions: Membership Chairman, Newsletter Editor, DOM Librarian, BBS Operator, and W ebmaster. These volwrteers shall be subject to the approval of the club membership.

Section 4. When all outstanding charges are paid, the Treasurer shall distribute any remaining club funds evenly among the final group of club members.

Section 5. The Executive Board shall also seek volunteers for other ongoing administrative duties, such as meeting location arrangements and post office box maintenance. Section 6. Officers shall be subject to a Recall Vote if a majority of the membership so decries. The Recall Vote shall not take place until it has been announced in the newsletter. Section 7. The rules contained in the current edition of "Robert's Rules of Order" shall govern the club unless they are in conflict with the bylaws, in which case the bylaws shall take presidence. ARTICLEX AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS Section 1. The Bylaws can be amended at any meeting by a majority vote of the current membership, provided the amendment proposal has been printed in at least one issue of the newsletter. Section 2. Voting shall be by consenting A YE or NAY if a majority can be confirmed, or a show of hands for a precise tally. Section 3. Proxy votes are authorized and are the responsibility of the club Secretary to cast for absent members. ARTICLE XI CLUB DISSOLUTION Section 1. The club may elect to disband itself by a majority vote of the current membership, provided the proposal has been printed in at least one issue of the newsletter. Section 2. In such an event, the Executive Board members shall be responsible for the proper and orderly closing of accounts, arrangements, and alJ normally ongoing club activities. Section 3. Any remaining material assets of the club shall be distributed evenly among the membership, as best as

Treasurer's Report by Greg Leitner For May t 2000 Would it be the Club meeting or would it be opening fishing. Which one would win!! Well, I guess it was a draw. Seven member showed up for the May meeting and I bet a few others who were out in a boat on Saturday morning wished they had gone to the meeting instead. I was out Saturday morning and that wind was something. I would guess that further north it would have been much worse. I'm not a fisherman, but I can't believe anyone would like the weather we had for the fishing opener no matter how diehard you are. I have to miss out on the June meeting due to my youngest son, Tony, graduating that night. It used to be that graduation was always before the end of May, but somehow the school years got extended a while back and now it doesn't and until the second week in June. Since I won't be at the June meeting, we discussed the July birthday bash and decided that with the few members that we have left, it would be better to just use the Club's treasury to purchase pizzas. I will donate the pop, plates and napkins, but if anyone would like to bring in a dessert it would be greatly appreciated. Now the actual treasury news since that it is what I am supposed to be telling you in this colwnn. We had an auction in May and took in $47.00 and since Glen did not make the meeting we did not have a dom to sell. No membership renewals either. Our only expense was $20.00 for the May and June BBS. We still owe for the first two quarters room rental and I guess I will have to call to see what is holding up the bill. I also owe Mike Schmidt for a few months newsletters which I hope he will e-mail before I attend the July meeting. I will have a small article for the June meeting since I won't be there, but I at least would hope to have all the expenses for the Club caught up by that time. Here is the treasury breakdown for the month ended May 31, 2000.

Beginning balance for May l, 2000 l,30,.20 47.00 Net Auction Sales 20.00 Less:BBs phone for May & June 1,334.20 Balance for May 31, 2000

Greg also reported that he will not be able to be at the june Space meeting. A club member has volunteered to open up the building in June for Greg.

As you can see until we get caught up on our expenses we just continue to increase our bank balance.

There was no DOM report or Membership report because Glen Kirschenmann, Space club DOM chair and Membership chair was not at the meeting.

Hope ypu all have a great June meeting and I will see you all in July. Don't forget that we will have another auction at the July meeting which will include mostle items from the Club storeroom. We will have software, hardware and magazines to fill in you collections. There will not be an auction at the June meeting, but we hope to continue to have them every month starting in July. See you in July.

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OLD BUSINESS Michael Current, Space club president, reported he is still working on changes to the Space club bylaws and will present changes to the membership at the June Space meeting Greg Leitner gave a report on the Mid winter Madness show at Blaine, MN.

Secretary's Report ity i;.,iike Wd~, For May, 2000

.JQUJ,JJ 1he :space meeting tor May opened at 1:40 pm. Space club president, Michael Current, welcomed members to the meeting. Michaei asked for a secretary report.

Mike Weist, Space ciub secretary,recapped the April minutes printed in the May Space newsletter. Michael then asked for a treasury report. Greg Leitner, Space ciub treasurer, gave a report. Oreg stated that the club has not received a room rent bill from Falcon Heights for the first and second quarter. He aiso stated that Mike Schmidt has not yet been paid for newsletter cost. Greg has contacted Mike and Mike said he wili send a bill for newsletter cost Here is a break down for income and expenses for the month of April: $10 paid out for BBS cost $36 auction income $15 membership renewal $15 DOM sales

NEW BUSINESS Mike Weist reported on Hamfest sidewalk sale that will take place in June at St. Paul Technical Vocational school. The membership talked about the upcoming Space club birthday party coming up in July. It has been decided that it wilt be a pizza party. Greg once again has volunteered to bring the pop, napkins, plates. Thanks Gregt Membership can bring a dessert item if they want. Space meeting adjourned· at 8 pm. Space club auction followed. Mike Weist Club Secretary

Now For Some Email Forwarded to Me by the President: Subject: 8BIT>UnZIP l.0 released Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 08:31:12 -0700 Message-ill: <savetzCD2928.083l1202052000@news.northcoast.com>

$55 net income

Tom Hunt has released UnZIP 1.0 for the Atari 8-bit. It's been tested with Sparta DOS 3.3a and MyDos 4.50. It supports deflate, the most widely used compression method.

Greg reported the treasury baiance now stands at $1307.20 after adding income from April.

It is available from: http://cth.tzo.com/featured/toc.html

From: Video61@webtv.net (Lance Ringquist) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: scott adams cartridges Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 17:30: 18 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <7155-39207A7A-l 7@storefull172.iap.bryant. webtv.net> Scott Adams of adventure international fame has kindly given Video 61 permission to release many ofhis games to cartridge format. The first one is done its rally speedway. It will be availible in about one week. we are also going to try and produce the adventure games with the graphics. I also wish to thank Michael Current for help in this endeavor. Thanks,

Lance Video 61 & Atari Sales 22735 Congo ST NE Stacy MN 55079

From: Video6l@webtv.net (Lance Ringquist) Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 11 :54:06 -0500 (CDT) Lord of the Orb is done and ready to go. It requires a 48k machine.its boxed with doc's. To order you can call 651462-2500, or go to our web site at, www.atarisales.com. Just click on the ordering page for mail order instructions. Thanks. Lance From: Video6l@webtv.net (Lance Ringquist) Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 22: 19:49 -0500 (CDT) Rally Speedway is finished. It runs on any 16k machine. I would like to thank Aaron Wheeler for supplying an original owners manual. To order this fine cartridge just go to our web site at, www.atarisales.com Thanks, Lance Video 61 & Atari Sales 22735 Congo STNE

From: Video6l@webtv.net (Lance Ringquist) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: lord of the orb on cartridge Date: Mon, 15 May2000 17:33:19-0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <7 l54-39207B2F-44@storefull172.iap.bryant.webtv.net> We have just received a working prototype of the classic antic game, Lord of the Orb. This awesome game will be availible in about 1-2 weeks.we have tested the cartridge on a 800XIJXE Game Machine, and an 130XE. I have not had time to test it yet on a 16k machine.or 48k machine. We will post the memory requirements as soon as possible. Thanks, Lance Video 61 & Atari Sales 22735 Congo ST NE Stacy MN 55079 Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 20:09:57 -0500 (CDT) I have tested this on a 400, no dice (but I also tested this

on a 48k 800, and it works just fine. I made it to the second level) Thats good for me! and it did not crash. the second level works fine, so it should be fine on any 48k machine. Thanks. Lance

Stacy MN 55079

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DISCLAIMER

CLUB OFFICIALS President: Vice Prelident: Secretary: DO:U: Librarian: BBS Opei-aw :U:emberahiJ> Chairman: SPACE ·T reuurer SPACE Newaletter Editor:

(607)883-eoalJ Greg Leitner (851)455-8550 Publlahed by the Saint Paul Atari Computer Enthuaiut.a Michael W'eiat. (651)7?7-8794 (SPACE). an indepeudent organisation with no buainea■ Glen Kirllc)ummauu (812)788--:4-790 afflllation with ATARI Corpore.Uon. Permlaion ill granted to any ■hnllar organisatJ.cm. with which SPACE excb•ngea uuico Rm&Qu.llt JXX-XXU zurnlet.t.m'9 ta reprlnt material from th1a JMnndat.ter. We do Glen Klrschenmenn (812)788-4790 hoftftr uk t.bat credit be atNn to the authors and to SPACE. Greg Leitner (651)456-8550 0 ~ ~~ ~ ~■e of ~ ~u~~ ~ ~ .J:Ult Michael Schmidt (812)757-4182 necNHrily refiect the Yloww of SPACE, the club offlcen, olv.b J:AemMn llf 4TABI ~Uo»..

Michael Current

Saint Paul Atari Computer Enthusiasts (SPACE) Friday or each month at 7:SO PM

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in the Falcon Heights Community Center at ;:1077 lre.s t l,arpel.l~"W" A.v.e, Pao:t'B ope.n llt 7;00 P)(.

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