SPACE Newsletter

March 1991

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March 1991

/ Newz fro1 the Prez MRCH 1991 He ll o again everyone! I hope you ar, enJoy1ng your last bit of winter, the sun has been popping out quite a bit 1ore often lately, Personally winter is 1y favorite ti1e ot year, Also re1e1ber, your co ■puter will run 1uch better in the cold than in the heat! Ask anybody with a hard drivt! The February turn out was a little bit s1aller than January, but I 1ust say I a1 very pleased at hew 1any 1e1bers we have bad tur1i19 out, It is 1uch better than it ~as bttD in previous years, I would like t, see a1 even bigger turnout tor tht Narcb and April 1ettin9s! The club I think is finally settltd as far as all the officer syste1s and other business 1atters and I would like to get so■t quality hecibacic at the 1eetings as to_ iht dirtciion the cluo should 90, Our club has quite a bit ta ofter the ATARI user, We have a VERY substantial disk and paper library, We have a club retailer who brin9s new software t, the lettings, swap 1eets at every 1eetin9, and we have so1e very knowltd9ablt and helpful ATARI ustrs, What kind of new things would you like to see the club do? We havt had several people atte■pt to start pro9rilli1g sub greups aAd the like, PLEASE co■e to the ■eetings and !ive su,gestions, I want SPACE to grow and expand to help the ATARI user even 1ere in 1~91! I don't have 1uch news fro1 ATARI or anybody else for that 1att,r, Th, world's eyes are fi xed on Kuwait right now and not as 1uch on co1puters, I have been trying to co ■pilt a list of 1ail ordtr houses that still support ATARI, but ketp running into dtad tnds , I do hav, so1e addresses which I will bring to the 1eeting after I verity th,1, For now that is about it, Please 1ak, an effort to co■e to the 1eetings and give feedback on th, club ! And please pray for a speedy end to the war in th, Niddle East , Your President, Nathan Block MINUTES OF THE SPACE NEETING

3, If you purchas,d t he ga1, di sks for Sl befor, Chri st1as, bring the di sks back; new disks art being offered in exchange with problt1s corrected, So1e ga■ e s wil l not load or execute, 4, Nike Sch■ idt su9gested that 1e1bers writ, articles tor the newsletter on old settware which they us,1 we NEED infor1ati11 01 Atari's to be exchaaged thro1gh the newslttttr, 5, The Midwinter Nadness Electronic Show is ftbruary 9th; it

is usually worthwhile ta attend since you never know what yo• wi 11 find , 6, it was sugges~td iha, SPACE , nvuld a,, , r, is, on tkt jift,reat cable c11panies public acc,ss channels; the ad f r o■ Co1put,r Us,r will be plac,d on the public access chann,l , 7, Hardwar, Problt■ - Nark Vallevand reported that his 1050 with the US Doubler disk drive will run tor a coup!, of hturs and then get read errors, Club 1e1bers felt it was runnin9 hot aDd Jo, Danko reco11ended gettin, a stall fan and placin9 it next to the drive, 8, Nark Valltvand has colltcted th, news fro■ USENET en Atari co1puters; it's ■ostly adds with Atari's tor sale, if anyone is interested, 9, It was reported that th, Banks store at Central and E, Hennepin has XE GS syste1s go ing for $25 in the base1ent and XE GS syste1s tor S50 up on 3rd floor; this is a warehouse stor, dealing in liquidations and da■aged freight, 10, The Co■puter Station at Dia1ond lake Road and Nicoll,t in south Ninneapolis has 1ore 8-bit software; also dots consign1ent selling,

by Pat Krenn, Secrttary

11, Lance trot Vidto 61 is selling software and hardware ite1s in the back of the roo11 ht has so■t n,w ga■,s for $9,95,

l, The ■e,ting was called to order by Presideat Nathan Block at 1:,0 P,N,

12, The club's 1ode1 is available for use by a 1e1ber; first c11e, first served en usiag tbe cl1b's 1ode1 at yo1r ~01e,

2, The 1eetin9 started 1ft with an a1ctien et the •~•ip1ent purchased tr,1 the G1adalupe Prtject, The e~uip1ent sold was:

13, Six peoplt joint4 SPACE this ev,nin9j it was asked ha• they feund out a~eut the club: , wert renewing 1e1bers; l was a• old 1t1ber co1i1g back; and t~, list WiS a 1e1ber ,t the defunct TAIG club,

Equiplfllt Sold 130JE w/128K 65XE w/6•K 600Xl w/ 16K 1050 Disk Dr, 810 Disk Dr,

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SPACE SOFTWARE LIBRARY NEWS "arch 1991 SPACE Disk of the ftonth The libray will be offering softMare for sale as usual, at the 1eeting or via the US 1ail, All disks are $3 each, If you can't 1ake the 1eeting call Joe Danko at 777-9500 after 6 PK or 1ail your request to: Joe Danko 2766 Chishol1 Av, N, N, St, Paul, ftn 55109 "ailed software will cost an extra 11 for each 1ultiple of 3

4isks or so, Blank Disks will be tor salt at 30 cents ($0,30) each, SPACE DISK LtBRAAY NEWS--=--?tatch, ,~oDue to pressing events of all kinds in late January, i 1issed the deadline for the February neMsletter, only the second ti1e that has happened in over three years, Thanks Glen Kirshen1ana, the library still has kept going, l have a lot of news, st let's get going, The LIBRARIAN now has a hard disk(that's 1e), I bought a very nice Cast with fan, power supply and 1ounting for the SAS! controller at ftidwinter ftadness tor $10, lt even included an odd disk drive which we can not use, I suppose this disk would be for sale, It is a co1bination fixed 5 "eg and RE"OVABLE 5 1eg that should interface to any "F" controller, I would try it on 1y AT clone, but l just don't have the ti1e, "ike Sch1idt also has one, We also have a case with no tan and a bad poMer supply that would be for sale for a no1inal su1 and 2 SASI disk controllers that 1ay or 1ay not work, While I a1 talking about stuff tor sale, Ne also have an 810 disk drive and an 800XL that are available to purchase, Thanks to the generosity of Steve Engalsbe, we have the loan of the first 34 TAIG DONs, The tir·st 6 or so disks contain so1e really old stuff that never showed up in the SfACE LIBRARY-as ~l~se as t can deter@ineT.A!~ ~tands for Twin Cities Atari Interest Group and they predated SPACE by a nu1ber of 1onths back in 1982, TAIG is long since defunct but its LIBRARY lives on, Glen Kirshen1ann has been extre1ely busy rebuilding and packageing the DOLLAR DISKS and 1ost categories will be for sale at the "arch SPACE 1eetin9, If anyone has defective disks fro• t~, first run they can be returned tor replaceaent,

SPACE DOIi, Karch, 1991 SIDE 1: TAIG DO" II SPACE DO" 000 KAR_90SIDEt 000 TAIGDO" 001 000 DOS SYS 037 DUP SYS 042 AUTORUN SYS 001 IIENU 027 READDATAWRT 023

KENUHELP 030 SCRNDftP INS 020 SCRNDKP SRC 059 SCRNDKP OBJ 004 SCRNDftP TST 008 DUPANY OBJ 006 DUPANY SRC 064 DUPANY INS 020

DUPVIS 006 DUPVIS SRC 064 FLAGS 009 AlfLAGS7BAS 151 LUNAR 063 ftATHUT 071 READDATALST 001 001 FREE SECTORS

SCRNDKP,INS, SCRNDHP,SRC, SCRNDHP,OBJ, SCRNDHP,TST Agraphics screen du1ping utility Mith docu1entation and asse1bly language source code, The executable is SCRNDNP,OBJ, DUPANY,INS, DUPANY, SRC, DUPANY,INS, DUPVIS, DUPVIS,SRC A disk sector copy duplicating utility Mith docu1entation and source code, This utility will allow copying through bad sectors, FLAGS, AIFLAGS7,BAS Basic progra1 that plays a national anthe1 and flag and asks the user to guess the country. ftATHTUT Basic 1ath drill, NENUHELP ABasic utility to help the user design colorful, large print 1enus, LUNAR Lunar "ission: probably the first lunar lander gait on Atari, READDATA,WRT, READDATA,LST A Basic utility tor progra11ers to help write DATA stateaents, SIDE 2: TAIG DOK 12 SPACE_DO" 000 NAR_90SIDE2 000 TAlGDON 002 000 DOS SYS 037 DUP SYS 042 AUTORUN SYS 001

NENU OTHELLO SINON BUG SURROUND

027 072 071 038 014

DUNGEON 093 ROBOT 052 CASDISK OBJ 008 LLIST 052 200 FREE SECTORS

BUG Your the BUG and you get the SPIDER or she gets you! A Basic ga■ e,

ROBOTS Battle the heat sensing blind ROBOTS, A Basic ga1e, SURROUND A Basic ga1e 2 player line dodging ga1e, S!!'!ON

ABasic SlftON ga1e with 1any options, LL IST A Basic utility to print tor1atted listings on older dot 1atrix printers, DUNGEON A Basic text adventure ga1e with a very si1ple user interface, CASDISK A1achine language tape casette to disk copy utility, OTHELLO Basic OTHELLO board ga1e where the user plays against the co1puter, The co1puter difficulty level is selectable,

SPACE DO" INFORNATION - February, 1991 February, 1991 SPACE DISK OF the IIONTH •••HELP,DOC••• SIDE 1 • SPACE DOIi 000 f FEB91_SIDEI 000 t xxxxxxxxxxx 000 1 DOS SYS 037 SYS 042 • DUP 1 AUTORUN SYS 001

026 1 CRASHCORBAS 140 • IIEHU RAFFLE BAS 033 1 LYNZI BAS 009 t LGCSQREDOBJ 181 1 LYNZ2 BAS 012 1 FLATEN TXT 013 1 LYNZ3 BAS 010 • STARSPLABAS 026 t LYNZ4 BAS 010 099 068 FREE SECTORS • DOT2DOT 1

RAFFLE Written by SPACE 1e1ber, Larry Sertlaten, this BASIC progra1 auto1ates the selection of a raffle winner, LGCSQRED,OBJ Also written by Lirry, this 1achine laRguage a logic puzzle,

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DOT2DOT,BAS Yet another Larry Serflatten effort, this BASIC ga1e has two players connecting dots in a large grid to see who can tori the 1ost boxes, STARSPLA,BAS I haven't tried this one yet, This pro9ra1 needs Parrot, I hope so■eone who has PARROT will try this progra1 and possibly de ■ o at a SPACE ■ eeting, CRASHCOR,BAS W ritten by Ti1 Gearin, SPACE 1e1ber, Steer the car through the obstructions and pick up the cash along the way,

llidwinter lladdness: SUBIIITTED BY NICHAEL WEIST: "ike Sch1idt thought it would be nice tor 1e to give ■y i1pression of the Nidwinter lladness Show, Nike, Larry Serflatten, and I worked at the show, I found the Nidwinter lladness Show better than the Ha■fe st I worked at in Brook lyn Cen ter, I didn't like the tables set-up in the corridors of the school, At the llidwinter Nadness ShoM, all the booths and tables tor the show were set-up in one big gy1, Wt had lots of people stop by who Nert intertsted in sottwart in connection with Hai Radio set-up, lie also had sevtral young peoplt inttrested in the gait DRACONUS, They would be at our table playing that ga1e fir what see1td like hours, A lot et tht peoplt who stopped •ad qutstions about ATARI Equip1tnt aid Softwart, It was very interesting to listen to Nike and Larry answering qutstions, I think I learned quit, a bit while listening to both of thf~• llt sold eleven (11) software disks and al1ost everyone who stopped took applications with the1, llt had a few SPACE 1e1btrs stop by to visit and say HI! "ikt and Joe Danko picked up so1e bargins, so did I, It see1s by listening to ptoplt that stopped at our tablt, alot of the■ had put their ATARi equip1ent away to gathtr dust in a closet so1ewhere after the decline of the ATARI 1arket, but I think sevtral of the• will bt dusting off thtir equip1ent and start using it again with the knowledgt that there is ATARI support in the for1 of SPACE , with software, hardware, and technical support available, I found the show to be an exciting experience and can't wait till the next one, I think that we tight see a few ntN 1e1bers to the SPACE club in the future because of our tablt at the Nidwinter lladness ! Nichael Weist

LYNZ l,BAS, LYNZ2,BAS, LYNZ3,BAS, LYNZ4,BAS Four short BASIC de10 progra■s deal ing with the rando1 1ove1ents of a variable length line on the screen , SID£2 1 SPACE_DOII 000 1 FEB91_SIDE2 000 I XXXXXXXXXXX 000 t DOS SYS 037 t DUP SYS 042

AUTORUN SYS 001 • IIENU 026 PIHOPSF DOC 094 APACVIEWOBJ 079 APACVll23DOC 185

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RGBTABL80BJ 033 COLORS GIF 072 SPIDEY3 PIC 037 SPIDEY3 GIF 032 069 FREE SECTORS

P"TOPSF,DOC This t,xt tilt includes so1t BASIC progra1 listings, This tilt descibes 1ethods to convert 1811/ST Printllaster icons to ATARI Printshop tor1at, APACVIEW,OBJ, APACV1123,0BJ APACVIEW 2,3: Any Point Any COLOR, The latest vtrsion of APACVIEII, Included is a GIF tile, SPIDEY3, converted fro1 "icroillustater to GIF with last 1onth's GIFNCODE, COLOR,Glf is a test patttrn,

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~ ~ GENERAL TOPICS: Nessage: 111 Title: Faded Away .... Author: A1os Jackson To: All It looks like the idea of networking a tech base with SPACE has faded into oblivion, tor even though I've received ALOT of positive response tro1 users theaselves, I haven't heard anythi19 fro• the officers of SPACE, Still I hope t~e idea isn't dead, and that it can be tried 01 a trial basis, That way if it doesn't work out, all of the settings caa ~e altered, Hopefully the proble• isn't that Warp 10 is a free speech bbs, It's not totally free, for there is a clause that states that 10 profanity will be used•• Warp 10, That is grounds for blacklisting, finL _l!!pefull this ti•e around I'll aUeast be ule out a solid yes or no on the networking idea with SPACE and it so we can get it initialized, On another front, 1y sources in Florida have infor1ed 1e that Keith Ledbetter has sold the rights, and the PRO support bbs, At this tiae, the support bbs is not online and future plans are unknown, Aaos Jackson Nessage: 18 - Reply to 1111 Title: Faded Away, ••• Author: Co-Sysop To: Atos Jackson (Recvd) The support for networking 1ay have juaped on the TURTLEs back, (1oving slowly) but it hasnt faded away! I do feel the SYSOP should be fully aware of the changes, so that he can be on hand should any difficulties arise, I have contacted our SYSOP about this opportunity, He 1ay still be looking into what needs to be done to 1ake the addition per1anent, ANY COl'll'IENTS SYSOP?

Nessage: 32 - Reply to 1111 Title: Faded Away,,,, Author: SysOp To: A1os Jackson (Recvd) The reason there has been little response fro■ the officers, is siaple, At 1eetings, we introduce ideas to the 1e1betship 1 we lry to get their questions about it answered as well as we can, then we all as a group 1ake a decision, Either at that 1eeting or subsequent 1eetin9s, as all the intor1ation beco1es available, Thats the process, I as the sysop have no qual1s with networking, I have no opinions on it at all, FOR tr AGAINST, Its j¥st that there is a process here, we are a 9roup of people,

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Nessage: 311 - Reply to 132 Title: Fa4ed Away •••• Author: A1os Jackson To: SysOp (Recvd) Which is clearly understood and known by all, No one is saying to forget the process, but to rtspond to an idea about coHunications, To 1e 1 that is also part of the proctss, So1eone get's an idea, and speaks about it to see what kind of acceptance, It's a good way to find out it soaething should be brought up at a 1eeting, Aaos Jackson

Nessage: 35 - Reply to 132 Title: faded Away,.,, Author: ROGER NIER To: SysOp (Recvd) Al1ost all the people that BBS here are 1e1bers, are they not? Why don't we just get a group vote on the subjet right here, right now? This would be for SPACE 1e1bers only! ROGER "IER "essage: ,1 - Reply to 135 Title: Faded Away, •.. Author: SysOp To: ROGER "IER (Recvd) We don't get a vote, because all the 1e1bers don't BBS, Everyone is entitled to a say, I know it sounds tunny (what dees ene care if one doesn't BBS anyway), tut I tbink Space decisions shoulDe 1ade by_illCf,_at 11tlingj..__lhere · no rush on this networking thing, It will be available to1aorrow as well as today, Nessage: 48 - Reply to 135 Title: Faded Away, ••• Author: Richard l'lier To: ROGER NIER (Recvd) Only aboput 35S of the SPACE 1e1bers regularly use a 1ode1, They are a part of the SPACE club and have a say in the BBS, eveft if they don't personelly use it, Richard NiH Nessage: 38 - Reply to 135 Title: Faded Away, ••• Author: Atos Jackson To: ROGER "IER (Recvd) I'd have to go with the procdure (sp) rule that SPACE has adapted for it's 1e1bership, and would rather see everyone included that should be in the voting process, After all, that's the entire concept that I have around the networking, Atos Jackson Nessage: 411 - Reply to 138 Title: Faded Away,, •. Author: ROGER l'IIER To: Aaos Jackson But the people that don't get on here don't need to vote because they donrt use the BBS, it doesn ' t pertain to theQ1 only the people that use it really care it you network, ROGER "IER l'lnsage: 17 Title: Faded Away .... Author: Nik£ SCHKIDT To: Aaos Jackson (Recvd) HAVE YOU LEFT A "ESSAGE WITH THE SYSOP AND OR CO-SYSOP HERE ON SPACE? I REALLY DON'T THINK IT'S UP TO THE OFFICERS OF SPACE TO DECIDE, BUT THE USERS OF THE BBS,

Title: Faded Away, ••• Nessage: 211 - Reply to 117 Author: Aaos Jackson To: "lkE SCH"IDT (Recvd) Yes, I agree, but it's up to all to get things going in one direction or another, Everyone has in opinion and everyone counts, As stated, there's been alot of positive response fro■ the users, but none fro• officers, and they are also an i1portant factor of SPACE, We can't forget about the• can we?? hahaha! Atos Jackson

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"essag,: 21 Title: Faded AMay ••• • Author: "ICHAEL WEIST To: A1os Jackson (Recvd) CANYOU TELL "E WHAT NETWORKING IS? "essage: 27 Title: What ls NetMorking?!? Author: A■os Jackson To: "ICHAEL WE IST {Recvd) Ne tMorki ng is the setting up of TWO or ■ore syst e ■s to co11unicate Mith each other for the purpose of exchanging 1essages or infor1ation, The netMorking process is FULLY auto1atic, One syste1 Mill call the other to receive 1essages that have been stored for retrieval for t~at syste1 (node), As aD txa1ple 1 Warp 10 Mould call SPACE at let's say 2A"• The syste1s Mould 'handshake' and the node nu1ber would be intentified as well as a passMord (al■ost like being a regular user), The 1essage transfer Mould then start if all security infor■ation was correct. If we for exa1ple networked the tech base and the for sale/wanted bases, only NEW 1essages fro1 those two bases would be transfered to Warp 10 (except fer th, very first net, then all 1essagts in those two bases would bt transfered), The 1essages would then be placed in the tech and for salt bases at Warp 10, For SPACE to get it's 1essagts fro■ Warp 10, SPACE bbs would then call Warp 10, go through the sa■e securiity, handshakt, then get all of it's 1essages, They would thtn be transfered to the tMo 1essage areas her,. All of this Mould happen while the sysop's (and 1ost of tht rest of us) sleep! A■os Jackson "essage: 22 Title: Faded AMay,,,, Author: "ICHAEL WEIST To: A1os Jackson {Recvd) "AYBE A FEW PEOPLE ARE HIBENATING DURING THE WINTER, WE Will HAVE TO WAKE THE" UP TO YOUR IDEA, WHY NOT ATTEND OUR CLUB "EETING THE SECOND FRIDAY OF THE NONTH, I WOULD LIKE TO NEET YOU, HAVE AGOOD DAY BUDDY! Kessage: 28 - Reply to 122 Title: Faded Away,,,, Author: A1os Jackson To: "ICHAEL WEIST (Recvd) BELIEVE "E !!! I R~ looking forMard to getting back to a SPACE 1eeting!! It has been TOO long, and there's too 1any I"PORTANT friends and relationships that I have at SPACE to just totally forget about! Tbt only factor for 1, is transportation, but if I can get that Morktd out, I will be there!! A1os Jacksen "essage: 23 Title: NETWORKING News Author: Co-Sysop To: All What are the PR0 1 s aid CON 1 s? Do the USERS support this? Title: NETWORKING NtMs "essage: 29 - Reply to 123 Author: A■os Jackson To: Ce-Sysop (Recvd) CONS: Having to take the ti1t to set up a slit for a co1puter on each syste■ (not really any trouble), Having to take the ti ■e to set up each syste1 (not really any trouble - just having to find the ti1e to do so),

PROS: The biggest : ASHOW OF UNITY IN THE ATARI COHHUNITY! (sorry - rhv1es) Having the capab ility to co11unicate with 1any, 1any 1ore users because of branching out in new directions , Creating AND 1aintaining a relati onship that Mill benefit the entire Atari co11un ity, Not having to post the exact sa1e in foraat ion on 1ore than one bbs, Creatin9 a better support base, A1os Jackson "essage: 30 - Reply to 129 Title: NETWORKING News Author: Co-Sysop To: A■os Jackson (Recvd) Setting up a new user 1ay ht easily acco1plished, once the two sysops agree oq a password, Perh?p s Mith your expert itP you could describe the procedure needed to set up the syste1 in a text file that could stay wi th the BBS and be passed on to the future SYSOPS Mho wi sh to NETWORK ,, , "essage: 43 - Reply to 123 Title: NETWORKING NeMs Author: DAVID SHELDON To: Co-Sysop (Recvd) I think that since there are a li■ited nu1ber of Atari users in the area it would be a very good idea to netMo rk al l of the sy ste■s in so1e May, This would propably help to 1aintain so1e kind of co11unication ==going between ALL of the the 1e1bers of the 8 and 16 bi t Atari world, Thats just ty opinion but with so little support for the Atari in the way of software , hardMare , and all of the other good stuff that goes along with a POPULAR product, The users should stick together to ge t the support they need, IN OTHER W ORDS JUST DO IT! S,P,A,C,E, NeMs : "essage: 26 Title : netMork Author: Co-Sysop To: Richard Hier (Recvd) It does see1 there is enough interest to warrent 1entioning at the next 1eeting, "essage: 27 - Reply to 126 Title: netMork Author: ROGER "IER To: Co-Sysop (Recvd) It there is not enough intrest then why is evrybody appreviAg of it?! ROGER "IER "essage: 28 Title: "E"BERSHIP VOTE Author: Co-Sysop To: Richard "ier AGREED, The entire 1e1hership bt •Polled• tor approval, This is NEW BUSINESS then? Titlt: OFFICIAL BALLOT "essage: 29 To: All Author: Co-Sysop In accordance Mith SPACE procedures , the "off i cial ballot• Mill ~e voted on by 1e1bets present at a 1eeting, BBS Users favor access,,,,

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~ ~ "essage: 30 - Reply to 129 Title: OFFICIAL BALLOT Author: SysOp To: Co-Sysop 11 1 not so sure an official bal lot is required, just a show of hands should do• Just to say the group aade the decision one way or the other . GENERAL TOPICS: "essage: 50 Title: Ca11encing!! 1 Author: Aaos Jackson To: All Announcing the start of networking b,tween Greyhawk and Warp 10 bbs' as of tonight!! This is just a general purpos, net, as w,'re saving the better base netting for a later dat, {th, point when the 1e1 ers61p or SPJICE des1des fer or aga1nstJOTn1ng the network). All are invited to join in and get the 'feel' of what networking is like, and it will give all interested parties a chance to see what all of the 'fuss' is about {hahahaha). We hope to see you included! Aaos Jackson

FOR SALE: JAN HEADLEY HAS SONE PIN FEED COKPUTER PAPER FOR SALE. IT'S THE TYPE FOR WIDE CARRIAGE PRINTERS. HAS A CARBON PAPER IN BETWEEN TWO SHEETS Of PAPER. THIS CAN BE SEPERATED AND USED AS SINGLE COPY PAPER. SHE HAS APPROX. 2500 SHEETS. ASKING s10.oo FOR THE Box. YOU CAN CALL JAN AT 612-566-8128 FOR NORE DETAILS. FOR SALE: THE NEWSLETTER EDITOR HAS THE FOLLOWING HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE AVAILABtE FGnAtr. IrYot.rTHilfK" THE PRrcErs Tcr HIGH, NAKE NE AN OFFER.

HARDWARE: ATARI 800 W/48K ••.•••• s2s.oo ATARI 850 INTERFACE ••• sso.oo ATARI SX212 NOD[N . . ••. s45.oo

ATARI 1050 Do ••••••• $65.00 ATARI XN301 NODEN ••• s20.oo

FRON THE BBS FOR SALE BASE:

SOFTWARE: Nessage: 29 Author: STEVEN INGALSBE

Title: Stuff for Sale To: All

I have the fol lowing tor sale, 1ake a reasonable offer: Hardware: 400 Ni th 48K raa 1200Xl with 64K raa 850 Interf ace 410 casette recorder/player 1020 4 color plotter Atari 800 16K ra1 board Parrot digital sound syste1

800Xl with 256K ra1 rana 1000 ssdd disk drive 820 printer1027 letter quality printer 825 80 Col dot 1atrix printer rs232 to sio interface Expander operating systea

Digital devices parallel printer interface Software:

Silent Service Sargon 2

Caverns of Khafka Rescue on Fractalus

Bisaarck

Ulti1a 4

Flashback - ra1/hd backup utility I also have the following books: Co1putes 1st, 2nd, and 3rd book of Atari The source code to the Atari basic Roi Co1putes 1achine languag, for btginners Atari software protection techniques I and 2 ( with software) Co1putes first book of atari graphics Adventures with the atari {adveRture 9a1e progra11ing) It you are looking for so1ething or have questions Ask! Leave 1e E1ail or call 452-7196 between Spa and 9p1

CUTE LABELS ••• •• ••••.•• 53.00 SYNFILE+ •.•••••••••••• s20.oo PRINTSHOP W/LIB 1••••• s20.oo ALGEBRA {ONTAPE ) •• •••• ss.oo NASTER TYP[ •••••••••••• ss.oo ATARI PILOT ••••.• •.••• s10.oo

ATARI WRITER +•••••• s2s.oo TEXT W IZARD ••• •••.... 55.00 HON[FILING NANAGER ••• ss.oo TOUCH TYPING •.•• •••• •$5.00 DR WACKO' s ARCAD[ •••• ss.oo ATARI SPEED READING ,S!0.00

YOU CAN CONTACT NIKE AT 612-757-4192 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR FOR NORE INFORNATION. THE !TENS NOT SOLD BY THE NEETING ON KARCH 8th, WILL BE AVAILABLE THERE. RIBBON RE-INKING: The club can re-ink 1ost printer ribbons {black) tor a s1all tee. 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: $2.00/ribbon - NX-100 and co1patabiles, Other ribbons can be atte1pted 1 too. See Jit Schieb at the SPACE 1eeting. Please pay in advance and be sure to have your ribbon{s) in a plastic bag. TREASURERS REPORT: SUBNITTED BY GLEN KIRSCHENNANN FOR ALLAN FRINK, SPACE/NAST TREASURER AS OF FEBRUARY 26, 1991 - SPACE HAD ABALANCE Of: SI085.12

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