April 1990
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News FroM The Prez:
By Nathan Block
Nell I want to thank everyone for an excellent Meeting. Ne filled Most of the positions and we settled the SPACEAIAST issue. I would encourage ever~one to keep on attending the Meetings. There was quite a bit of selling and SNaPPing going on and the next Meeting wi 11 be probably be even better! Joe is planning a ki ler DOM for next Month and I aM planning on a raffle at the next Meeting, check your newsletter for the date! For the next couple of Months, there Hill be an eMphasis placed on new and rewnewing MeMberships. If you bring an ATARI coMputer owner who is not a MeMber to the Meetin~s. you will be rewarded with Magnetic Media. If this person joins, there will be additional rewardsl Please help out the club and help find ATARI owners who would benefit froM joining SPACE! There are sOMe nice nett features to the club that I would like to Mention. For one thing, Ne have a certified technician at the Meetings Hho is able to check faulty equi pMent. so if yaur 1050 is ailing or your 800 resets just before yqu finish that tough adventure ga,e, bring it in and he can advise you on what needs to be done. Also, th,car~ •~ ~ oroor-M ino aronQ that Meets after · the general-asseMbly. They have their own ATARI cOMputer in a back rooM and discuss all types of PrograMMing probleMs, Also lately ther have been a nUMber of peddlers at the last fett Meetings, one of which has been Myself, I Managed to get Budget COMPuters to let Me have Most of their ATARI stock to bring to the Meetings, I also noticed another table bearing~ Modified 800 and soMe hard to find software, And of course. SPACE is selling DOM's for $3, our DON's are always iM{>ressive, Joe Danko pUts a great deal of effort into theM, but there is one DOM that is a MUST have for an ATARI OHner, It is called ZYBEX and it is the best PUblic doMain gaMe I have ever seen! It you don ' t have this gaMe yet, yau are seriously Missing out! YoU can order it froM SPACE by sending a check to P.O. Box (add $1 for postage please) or you can Purchase theM at the Meetings. If wu don't have ZYBEX yet, Buy it. It Nill be the best $3 YoU spent for your ATARI software-wise. Nell I guess that wraps it up for this Month, please plan to attend the next Meeting so Ne can have as Much input in the club as possible.
HAPPY COMPUTING! NATHAN BLOCK
SPACE BULLETIN BOARD BBS Phone:(612)-425-3~62 Sysop:KEN MODEN
President Nathan Block VicePresident Ken Moden secretary Pat Kren Disk Librarian Joe Danko Paper Librarian JiM scheib MeMbership chair Ron VanROSSUM SPACE/MAST Treasurer Allan Fink SPACE Newsletter Edit. Mike SChMidt
~22-8012 425-12~0 631-3136 777-9500 721-4185 731-4185 482-7911 757-41:n
MEETING
APRIL 13 1990 FroM the Editor: by Mike SchMidt This is a neH experience for Me. I never seeM to have Much to say, about the only thing I would like is for the MeMbers to use the back side of this sheet to coMMent on this neNsletter. I.E. forMat, content~ text font, etc. You can leave it witn Me or a SPACE officer at the next Meeting, or send it directly to Me if you want to reMain anonyMous. Nike schMidt 1134~ PalM st. NM coon Rapids. Mn. 55433
NEW!;L.ETTEI! Miinute:s CJiF° t h e SPACE Moeetiing M.a re:h "9' ,. 1 "9'"9'0 by Larry vanden Plas 1. The Meeting Has called to order on March~. 1990 at 7:30 PM by President Nathan Block. 2. Nathan indicated the need for a MeMbership chair who Nould serve as a contact to the SPACE/MAST treasurer. He also said we need a secretary, Vice-president and newsletter editor. The Vice-president would recieve free MeMbership while in office. 3. Nathan also reported that the March SPACE newsletter, Nhich was basically a letter to the MeMbership. Nas alMost Free to prepare and cost $14 in staMPs to Mail. 4. The noMinations and unaniMous election s for the open offic es with the foll0tting results:
Ken Moden Vice J prez Ken also continues as SYSOP
425-1290
Pat Kren
secretary
631-3136
Ron vanrossuM
MeMbership
731-2451
Mike SChMidt
Newsletter
757-4192
~~~t ~~!? ~. ~:~ c~r!.~e: ~~ ~ 51 ! C ~ !1dUC! 5'5~ of their Meetings in conjustion with the SPACE Meeting. Allan Fink Nill still have the check book and Ron Nill Nork Nith hiM. The only basic probleM Nas the charges for the newsletter and the seperate neNSletter solves the probleM, There is no need to seperate SPACE/NAST. Nathan said he personally believes the probleMs can be put to rest and he has no hard feelings. Nathan Block's phone no. is 9ZZ-8012.
5. The question of dual MeMberships caMe uP and it Has identified that dual MeMberships have not been sold for aNhile. To avoid probleMs, SPACE will continue to send newsletters to people with dual MeMberships. The last of the dual MeMberships will expire in a few MOnths. Dual MeMberships will then cost double. 6. Ron will report each MOnth on MeMbership_. incOMe, expense and bank balance. Tne Meeting rOOM costs $25 for 25 or less people, even if no one shows uP, 7. News and ruMors. JiN Johnson is leaving for Michigan. The 1050 is known for having heat probleMs if a doubler is installed. It has sector probleMs, suggested fan be used to keep it cool. The ICD chip May pull out of socket when hot due to short le~s. The second susgestion was to plug in new socket in place of the chip and put chip in new socket. No soldering is required. The lastest in Technovision catalogs has a lot of in software, sOMe of it thow.,l)t not to be available any More. No Frills software offers Print Shop Fonts and Borders.
Mindscape says all of their ATARI software is still available. Mark v. has a line on getting 10 Meg hard drives for $10 (st506). He Nill bring theM to next Meeting if successful. Note: This does not include the controller. 8. The new phone nuMber for our BBS is
425-3962. NOn-MeMbers Nill recieve lower access. SPACE MeMbers will have full access. The details need to be Norked out, MOre info coMing. The BBS costs about $22 per MOOth to run.
9. ProbleMs: Synfile allows the typing of a few entries, then strange text appears o n the screen. A 130XE with a U-Print i nterface attached was used. RecoMMendat i ons: Hold doNO the option key to disab le basic upon loading, discon nect the U-Print to see if that solves the probleM, if you think you lost a file -- try reindexing. A Monitor probleM related to the hook uP to the tv output froM the coMputer or the failure to use the proper hook UP cable with choke Nhen hooking a TV to the coMPuter.
10. A MeMber is looking for critical Connection by u.s.s. Enterprises. It allows the use of a Z-108 or other CP/M COMPuter to be used as a slave for storage on the CP./lot's hard disk. Another person Mentioned the use of an !B!IIII "~'"!p a t ;;!b ! ~ ~s a ~ !.;:a•,~ . 11. MeMbers can sell Hardware and software for free. Non-MeMbers MUst Pay $5 to sell at Meetings. 12. The Meeting closed Nith the deMonstration of the Disk of the Month (DOM) prograMs.
PAUL ATAFl::::C COMPUTER ENTHUSIASTS
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SPACE is an independent user group of owners of ATARI HOMe CoMputers. It has been organized by the local owners of ATARI cOMputers for the purpose of Mutual self assistance and sharing of inforMation. It is open to all parties interested cOMputer enthusiasts. Benefits of MeMbership in the group will include MOnthly newsletter Mailed to Y0Ur hoMe, BBS access. software deMonstrations, group purchases,PuPlic doMain disk(s) of the Month software at low prices. reference book libraryl educational software librar~. persona contacts/learning, greater inforMation and awareness on the world of ATARI, software at discounted prices froM dealers, question and answers, etc. COMe to a Meeting to find out MORE!!!!
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Published by the St Paul ATARI COMPUter Enthusiasts (SPACE), an independent organization "ith no business affiliation Hith ATARI Corporation. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PerMission 9ranted any siMilar organizationis with whichto SPACE exchanges newsletters to reprint Material froM YOUR NANT ADS ARE this newsletter. Ne do however ask that NANTED credit be given to the authors and to SPACE. OPinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the 5PACE. cub officers, club MeMbers or ATARI Corporation.
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New Brighton, Mn
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