NESQLUG NEWS
The Journal of Record of EH The New England Sinclair QL User Group Vol II, No 2 A Beacon to Guide Wandering User Home from the Abyss of
Confusion.
NEXT MEETING NESQLUG will meet on September 14, a Saturday, from 11:00 am
to 4:00 pm at a new location:the Chelsea Public Library. See directions on the last page.
The odd-month meeting will be at the home of Judy and Will Horton, 234 Mauran Avenue, East Providence, RI. The date will be October 6, 1991, from 1 to 4pm. The topic will be
C-programming.
The next regular meeting will also be at the Chelsea Public Library on Saturday, November 2, from 11:00 am to 4:00pm.
As is the custom bring makings for pick-up lunch. There is no refrigerator, so someone please bring a large cooler.
EDITOR'S NOTE
I apologize for the typwritten newsletter. I am in the midst of moving to 168 Bellinghar Street, Chelsea 02150-3338. Life, meaning my QL, is in great disarray and is not available for
Production. Anyone with a pair of strong hands and a car and half-an hour after the meetirg is invited to move a load from the old to the new.
The phone is unchanged.
I have also nol received any contributions this issue, with the exception of the centerfold. FA Kingsley prepared this list of the contents of the first disk of the NESQLUG library.
If you have not sent your formatted disk and $1.00 (or $1.50 without a disk) this may encourage you.
Disk two may be ready by the meeting.
AGENDA for the MEETINGS
We have received nearly ninety disks from the IFE. We had ordered less than 50. It was a monumental undertaking by Franz Herrmann, and his has been grossly undercompensated for his efforts, not to mention the disks. I propose an alloca- tion of funds to be sent to IFE.
I also propose that we vote to join the T/SNUG which has been publishing ZXir QLive Alive regularly. The cost is $15.00.
Al Feng writes that he is upset about the disk charges with the North American Librarian for Quanta. He asked that his letter be published. Regretfully, that will have to wait
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION
betting started - the basics.
This document. Print in condensed character Mode ( +/- 17 cpi ),
The Datatbase containing these records. Runs in Archive (qldb), A QUILL document listing all files on this disk - for print-out.
A letter of welcome and brief introduction to the NESQLibrary.
A math drill program for children or rusty adults, A suite of Sinclair Research, Test Programs with a Menu-boot. Statistical analysis program calculates the Mear, “edian, etc.
The card gare. Also known as "21" and PONTOON. Interactive.
A solitaire-type card game with good gramhics. Strategy is read, The British Pub Game of Darts. "Moving Crosshairs” control "Ain", Sipulation of "CONNECT FOUR". Fast ard challenging gane."
A screen graphic of 3ATONs bouncing around an invisibie room.
A balls a room & gravity. 3a: leaves a trail & gravity is acjust. A Castle in the forest at (knight - someone aporvacnes |
A good Knight returns to tne Castle in caylioht,
An Erographic screen cisoiay, Animated,
A grow-it-yourself-picture. Magic olant with rysterious flowers. A grow-it-yourself-picture, scrub oak on soeer with atmosohere.
A celestial view of our nearest neighbors.
A faster adaptation of POINT ard LINE Commands.
A graphic generator which prints random shapes & colors to screen. A Program which shows how the CURSOR commard can animate Titles.
A collection of hardware "ties" for the OL.
Rewoves "ALARM" Tasks set on JOBS table i.e., ALARM 12:30, Processes a formatted QUILL document, into 2 coluens for printing.
On screen calculator which functions in a "paper and pencil” mode.
A pop-up calendar which can be scrolled from 1961 through 2039, An adaptation of PIP (a keyboard key BEEPer) just for CAPSs. Puts a window in the upper right of the screen & shows CAPs MODE.
A digital clock in a window which can be moved anywhere on screen.
Takes decimal numbers & returns a number rounded-off to 2 places. Allows you to vary all of the BEEP parameters and try your luck. Redefines the 5 Function keys into ALTKEY type "hotkeys",
Returns data from the File Header.
Processes a SuperBasic Listing to have uniform indentations.
An adaptation of PIP in Basic to illustrate tne method used, Basic Extension-allows direct inout to anc output fron RA" Memory, A suite of screen displays ostensidly to tes’ your sonitor. Stores many SuperBasic orograms in sewory at once w/inst. swap. "Multitask® any number of executadie orograns along with Sasic. Produces a short SEEP whenever a key 15 pressed on the keyboard, A “combination” of PIP b CADSBEDA, Sach keyoress emits a tone, The official OL world “DIY Toolkit" Ce inr nexacecinal loacer, Prints the extended D. Character Se: on a IL orinter,
Creates a fast, dynamic QA" Disk Device. in D. syster wenory, Permits you to change (REPLACE) the nares of SuoerSasic Variables. Uses work session length k desired intervals to set "SAVI" Alarms. Processes SuperBasic data for display in ASE. (albg) program. Turns off monitor display if no keypresses are rade for 5 minutes. A group of sorting PROCedures of different types w/ Demonstration. A graphic screen calculator like the Texas Irstrument TI30.
A PROCedure to: 1) Join two similar databases 2) Add field names. Streamlines channel commands for PAPE, INK, PRINT, etc.
Visually compose windows on the screen. Returns Window parameters. Visually compose windows on the screen. Returns Window parameters.
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We do not have the minutes of the meetin at Bill Cable's in Cornish, NH. Bill, his wife,:Mary, son, Rigel, and dog, Tess,
were delightful:-hosts At the barbeque/pottery tour etc.
Sherm Waterman, all and Dorothy Boehm and their house guest from Japan, Mikiko, Roy Arsenault, Will and Judy Horton, Ed Kingsley, Joyce Blaho, Peter Hale and Wendy Wolffe all made the trek. The hootenany under the stars harked back to an earlier generation. Great talk circlated of making it an annual event. Mary seconded the motion as Bill had made more
Directions to the Chelsea Library: (VOTING ROOM)
From the SOUTH take the Tobin/Mystic Bridge to the second J} Chelsea Exit. It is maked CHELSEA ONLY, and is at the bottom of the bridge on the Chelsea side. Go Straight, crossing =~ Broadway until faced with a Oneway do-not-enter sign ahead of you. Turn left.Y Shortly you will see an overhead stop light in front of the Post Office/Bus Station. Ahead is City Hall. The library is across the street to the right on the corner Of Marlborough Street, .
From the NORTH via I-93, take the Somerville exit. It says Rte 28 and 28, up till the last sign, when it adds that the exit is also for Rt 16, Revere.After exiting bear left, then left at the lights onto Rte 16. Continue towar d Chelsea, 3 until you approach Rt 1 (Russ's Tux Shop on left. Turn right at the lights onto Webster. (Continued below. )
From the NOFTH via Rte 1. Take thc Rtc 16 Somerville/Everett exit (first one after Rt 60). Move to left lane, take a left onto Webster. Follow Webster to the Stop light, turn right on Broadway. Continue until Broadway requires right turn around City Hall. Librar but go around City Hall. hE ANN A
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