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NlElliI~IL1E1f1flE~ Newz fro• the Prez February of 1991 Hello 1e1bers! Thanks for the wonderful January 1eeting, the attendance was high and I was pleased to see so 1any returning faces! I hope that this year will see a bigger attendance for SPACE 1eetings than ia years past, The club has 1any things going on, First of all, we have purchased so1e equip1ent that will be seld or raffled at the next 1eeting, There is a 1050 disk drive and 130XE a1ong this equip1ent, Also the club is plannin9 to loan out its direct connect 300 baud 1ode1 to any club 1e1ber interested in starting out in the teleco11unicating world, Our vendor, lance Ringquist has infor1ed 1e that there is a s1all surge in the ATARI 8-BIT stftware area and he will be bringing so1e 1ore brand new titles t1 the 1eeting it he is able to get the• on ti1e, lance had a brand new Tetris clone ga1e called BLKOUT for sale at the last 1eeting, lance is being very helpful in supplying the ATARI user with software, please support hi1 it you have particular software needs, If it is still available, there is a good chance lance can lay his hands on it, What's ahead for future 1eetings? It's looking good! We have, get this, TWO potential 1onitor suppliers, so if you thought the last deal was good, you have 1ore to co1e, I a1 planning special ATARI se1inars and different activities for SPACE and they wll be announced at the 1eetings, In the 1eanti1e, co1e to the 1eetings and help SPACE support you and other ATARI users, Happy co1puting! Natnan &lock
SPACE SOFTWARE LIBRARY NEWS Feburary, 1991 Happy New Year and Happy New Decade, It is truely the 1990 1 s now, BLANK DISKS for sale at the 1eeting, 10 tor t5, We are still asse1bling the Disk Of the "onth as the newslett,r 9oes to press,
The club can re-ink 1ost print,r ribbons (black) tor a s1all fee, There is no longer a reason to use a faded ribbon! Ribbons that can be re-inked are: Sl,00/ribbon - Spool to spool (all types) - Epson "X-80 and co1patibles - c, Itoh prowriter and co1patabiles (NEC 8023A/C) - Citizen 120 D Panasonic - s1all ones that turn counter-clockwise: S2,00/ribbon - "X-100 and co1patabiles, Other ribbons can be atte1pted, too, See Ji1 Schieb at the SPACE 1eeting, Please pay in advance and be sure to have your ribbon (s) in a plastic bao,
P,S, Don't 1iss the fil1 AWAKENINGS, it was excellent,
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NINUTES OF THE SPACE NEETING January 11 , 1991 by Pat ~renn, Secretary 1, The 1eeting was called to order by President Nathan Block at 7: 38 P,N, 2, President Nathan Block showeo our Christ1as card fro• Atari Cor~ , Director of User Groups Bob Brodie, 3, Alpha Syste1s, the developers of to1pu ter Eyes , Chip1unk, Parrot II, etc,) is sti ll around and Nathan showed a catalog fro■ the1, Nathan also showed so1e European software catalogues,
Pl ease return the disks and a new set will be given to you, Joe reported that so1e of the software co1es fro• the GEn1e syste1; you pay a $4,95 a 1onth fee and 10 cents per 1inute when you are logged on; since software is available to download, Joe fe els 1t is bette r deal than the advertising, etc, on the Prodigy sy ste■, 13, Disk ot the Nonth - The current disk of the 1onth has one ga1e ; a GIF (Graphics Interchange For1at) translator; and other software, 14, Pat Krenn reported that the BBS is now longer listed in the Twin City Co1puter User; Nate will resub1it our BBS,
4, The Treasurer's report as of January I, 1991 showed we had a balance of $802,89,
15, The 1eeting concluded at 8:35 P,". with the de1onstration of BBS usage and the de1onstrations ef the DONs,
5, A de1anstration of th, BBS will be done at the end of the 1eeting through the use of Ni ke Sch1idt's syste1, Nathan reco11ended that everyone log on; it's a good way to co11unicate with your fellow SPACE 1e1bers and other Atari users,
End of the ■ inutes for the Janvary 11th, 1991 SPACE 1eeting, Respectfully sub1itted by Pat Kren~ Secret~
6, A new supply of color 1onitors should be available tor club 1e1bers in August/Septe1ber ti1efra1e, 7, John Novotny checked out the Atari hardware ava ilable at the Guadalupe Area Project and 3 co1puters--600XL , 130XE, and 65XE along with two disk drives--1050 and 810 are available, They are willing to sell to the club for S22S, This price nas already been ag reed upon; the club wil l purchase and then have ~ossib ly a si lent auction to se ll to 1e1bers, 8, Joe Danko reported that a hard disk drive 1s available fro1 PC Source for a good price, Ne1bers of the club believe we should wait for the Nidwinter Nadness Electroni cs Show on February 9th to che ck if so1e reasonably priced drives are available then, 9, News and Proble1s - "Ata ri Explorer" 1agazine shows that Atari still has so1e 8-bit software available, This 1agazine can be purchased at Sh1nders and Software, ~tc, Aiso, Aweso1eware has two new products out for the 8-bit and Nindscape Software still has stock of their products, Nathan will develop a list of 8-bit software sources and publish in the newsletter, 10, "ike Weiss asked why the club does not have 1e1bership badges; it would help identify 1e1bers and get to know each other better, If we could find a cheap source for badges, it would be a good idea, John Novotny suggested plastic sleeve badge hol4ers, 11, Ji1 Scheib reported that 1e1bers who have ite1s out fro1 the library need to return the1 the next 1onth; also new donations are being accepted; you get a free D,O,N, for your contribution, 12, Disk of the Nonth - The set of 6 1achine language ga1e disks sold at SI a piece have so1e ga■es corrupted on the,,
BBS CORNER: Not alot of trafic this past 1onth on the BBS, Nostly about the "iddle East situation, Which is getting so 1uch coverage via the newspaper and TV, we didn't need 1ore here, Editor Title: fi le base usage Author: Larry Serflaten To: All SPACE 1e1bers This BBS is tor posting progra1s as wel l as 1essages , To 1ake a great board, we have to find the needs of the callers and supp ly whatever 1s needed, I have found there are few uploads over this past wi nter, also the tile base 10-Local Talent has posts that no one has downloaded, These progra1s evidently dont fill the needs of the callers, or the call ers are unaware of their availability, In any case, check the ■ out, and upload your favorite progra1s tor inclusion on this board , Co-SysOp Larry Serflaten BASIC TUTOR - Side 1 (3 total ) Disk based educat ional text tor BASIC progra11ers, Shareware release Ver 1,0 - Larry Sertlaten BASIC TUTOR - Side 2 (3 total) Disk based educational text for BASIC progra11ers, Shareware release Ver 1,0 - Larry Serflaten BASIC TUTOR - Side 3 (3 total) Disk based educational text for BASIC progra11ers, Shareware release Ver 1,0 - Larry Serflaten
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The following were DONATED to SPACE by the Flaten ta•ily on 1/11/91. All appear to be NEIi with ORIGINAL docu1er1tatiori. The Best ATARI SOFTWARE by consu•er 9uide •••••••••••••••••••..• Book Basic ATARI BASIC by Coan &Kushne, ••••••.••••.••••••• •. •.•.••• Book Ho•e Applications &Ga•es for ATARI Ho•e Co•puters ••••••.•.•••• Book ALIENCOUNTER •••.•••.•••••.••• •Educational Ga•e •••• ••.••.•.••••• cassette The Ho•e Filing Nariager ..•. ... oatabase ~yste••·(ATARI CX415) ••• Disk Fa•ily Budget ••••••••••••••••• oatabase syste••·(APX-20108) ••••• Disk Financial Asset Ngt •••••..•••• Database syste••·(APX-20042) •. .•. oisk Invitation To Progra••ing .•.•. Introduction ••••• (ATARI Cl4101) .• Cassette Invitation To Progra••ing 11 •• Writing Progra•s.(ATARI CX4106) •• Cassette Invitation To Progra••ing III.Sound &Graphics.(ATARI CX4117) •• Cassette Fa1ily Cash Flow •.••.•••.•• ••• Data base syste••(APX-20080) ••••. Disk Canyon Cli1ber by Datasott ••• •Ga•t••·•·····•···················Cassette Zaxxon by Datasoft ••..•..•...• Ga•t••······ · ··· · ···············•Cassette Defender by ATAR1 ••••••••••••• Ga•t•• ·•••·••• •••(ATARI CX14025).RON Pac-Nan by ATARI •••••••••• ••• Ga•t••••••••••·••<ATARI Cll4022).RON Stratos by Advent•re ln'l•••·•Ga1e •••• •••••••••••••••• •••••••••Disk Go•oku by Softap, •••••••.••.•• Ga1t••··•··••·····•····••·····•·•Cassette Sea Dragon by Adventure lnt 1 1.Ga•e••···•·•·················· · ·•Disk Household Finance by Creative Software •••••••••• oatabase syste••··· · ············•Cassette
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OFFICERS President : Vice-President 1 Secretary : Disk librarian : Paper lib rarian: Ne1bership Chair1an SPACE/NAST Treasurer : SPACE Newsletter Editor :
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Published by tht Stint Paul At1ri Co1puttr Enthu1!11t1 (SPACE), an independent org1niz1tion "Ith no bu11n111 affiliation with ATARI Corporation, Per■ ission is granted to any si ■ ilar organization with which SPACE exchanges newslttters to reprint 1aterial fro• this newsletter, Wt do howtvtr ask that crtdit be gi vtn to the authors and to SPACE, Opinions expressed are thost of the authors and do not necessarily rtfltct the views of SPACE, the club officers, club 111bers or ATARI Corporation,
Saint Paul Atari Co1puter Enthu,iasts (SPACE) 11,ts on tht second friday of each 1onth at 7:30 pt in the Falcon Heights Co11unity Center at 2077 West Larptnteur Avt, Doors open at 7:00 pt, Cltve 1and Ave,
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