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Communications from:
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* POLARIS BBS Home of the Telecommunications Conference *
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Date: 08-21-86 (10:59) Number: 169
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To: ROBERT FLORES Refer#: None
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From: ERIC RYAN Recv'd: Yes
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Subj: PC GAZZETTE... WHATELSE? Sec'ty: Sender Password
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All I can say about the August issue is that I'm VERY dissapointed...
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<sob!>. The First issue was great, Robert! Then you started adding all
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those stupid pic's and stuff... they make it look nice, but the greatly
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increase the size of the gazzette and make it impractical for modem
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transfer. And then with this last READER with all its bugs... it looks
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downright horrible... and the fact that you have to run the stupid batch
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file first to get it to work... dischipccable! I think you're going to
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HAVE to get some competition to get you back in fighting shape!! Let's
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have a nice, clean, fast issue like the 2nd or 3rd (The first one was a
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little slow...). The scroll thing on the new one is OK, but I prefer the
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old method of reading... With the old issues, I'd call a new board
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anywhere in the country, and they would be there. These days, I haven't
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even seen PCGAZ106.ARC in many of the local boards! It's a real
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disgrace, Robert... let's get rid of the cutsie pics and such, and make
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it fast, nice, and small. I hope this does you some good, Robert, and
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doesn't just get you embarassed or pissed at me. I'm REALLY
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dissapointed...
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hope the ol' Gaz shapes up...!
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Eric Lambart -- Sysop, L.A.P.D. 213-456-1121 12/2400 baud
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Date: 08-21-86 (21:37) Number: 171
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To: ERIC RYAN Refer#: 169
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From: CHRIS EPLER Recv'd: No
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Subj: PC GAZZETTE... WHATELSE? Sec'ty: Receiver Only
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Bob,
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I must agree on some of those points...
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P.S., is this going to Bob or Eric...hmmm, ooops..
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oh well
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CaE
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Communications from:
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* VIP DATA EXCHANGE ... PC GAZETTE CONFERENCE *
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Date: 08-23-86 (13:04) Number: 98
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To: ROBERT FLORES Refer#: None
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From: TED YOUNG Recv'd: Yes
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Subj: Q ABOUT READER.COM Sec'ty: Public Message
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Robert,
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Hi! I just got the August issue of PC-Gazzette out here in NY, and
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it's great! I am putting together a Disk Magazine aimed at people
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involved in the stock market -- a tock market newsletter on disk, and I
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want to know if there is any documentation, etc. for the READER program
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so I could make my own newsletter? Also, does READER automatically
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change the screens from color (if thats the way the screen was
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originally made) to black & white?
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Well, that's it, and keep up the great work!
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Ted Young
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SYSOP WSMI BBS (212) 543-9033
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A Stock Market Oriented BBS
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Date: 08-27-86 (07:02) Number: 99
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To: TED YOUNG Refer#: 98
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From: ROBERT FLORES Recv'd: No
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Subj: Q ABOUT READER.COM Sec'ty: Public Message
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Thanks for the nice comments. I am getting together some notes on the
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READER program for those who would like them. More on that later. The
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only trouble is, it is in a constant state of update. The last (3.0) was
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full of bugs and disappointed a number of people.
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As for the conversion from color to b&w, yes the program strips out the
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color from the screens. They were made originally made in color.
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Robert
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Date: 08-29-86 (17:16) Number: 100
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To: ROBERT FLORES Refer#: None
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From: HALSEY TAYLOR Recv'd: Yes
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Subj: READER 3.0 Sec'ty: Public Message
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FIRST OF ALL, I THINK PC-GAZZETTE IS GREAT!
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THE METHOD OF DISPLAY AND ISSUE CONTENTS HAVE BEEN
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FANTASTIC.
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...BUT,
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WHEN I READ THE AUGUST ISSUE USING READER 3.0
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I WAS DISSAPOINTED.
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I LIKE THE IDEA OF SCROLLING FOR THE REST OF A
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STORY, BUT READER 3.0 ADDED A CONFUSING SET OF
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KEYBOARD COMMANDS TO THE PREVIOUSLY STRAIGHT-
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FORWARD SET OF COMMANDS.
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AT FIRST, I COULDNT GET SCROLLING AT ALL, THEN
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I WOULD SCROLL FOR AWHILE, AND ACCIDENTLY USE
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PAGE DOWN THINKING IT WOULD SCROLL DOWN FASTER.
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OF COURSE, PAGE DOWN WENT TO THE NEXT STORY.
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IN GENERAL, READER 3.0 IS FAR TOO CONFUSING
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TO USE. TOO MANY KEYBOARD COMMANDS.
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MOST ARE NOT EASY TO REMEMBER, OR INTUITIVE.
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AGAIN, I LIKE SCROLLING STORIES, BUT CANT YOU
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MAKE THE KEYSTROKES SIMPLER?
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I DON'T LIKE TO COMPLAIN, ESPECIALLY SINCE I
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THINK PC-GAZETTE IS GREAT. I JUST HATE TO SEE
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THE READER PROGRAM BECOME SO COMPLEX AND HARD
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TO USE.
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KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, PEOPLE ARE READING
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YOUR ISSUES.
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Date: 08-29-86 (23:59) Number: 101
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To: MR. GAZETTE Refer#: None
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From: CHARLES EICHER Recv'd: No
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Subj: GAZETTE, ETC. Sec'ty: Public Message
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ok, I finally downloaded a copy of the gazette, since I finally found a
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local (to me) bbs that has it available. But I have a few questions:
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What is Gallery? was this some utility available in a back issue? if so,
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you better provide it in a separate ARC file so new issues that have
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gallery pictures can read them.
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I also agree that we need the docs for TA. it is completely useless
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without documentation.
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also, I must remark that I didn't find a single item of interest in the
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june (or was it july) issue. Shouldn't you consider the content of the
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magazine a little more closely? If you get lost in the format of the
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magazine, the content suffers. For example, a half page of graphics to
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announce that a Syntax's column will not appear this month??
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As a professional in publication and typesetting, I have to tell you one
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basic fact: Format must be subservient to content. Jazzy graphics cant
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help a bit if you don't have anything to say of interest. If you just
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want to produce neat graphics programs, go for it! But don't advertise
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it as a magazine. With this, I go to download the current issue. Hope
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there's more content in this one....
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Date: 08-30-86 (00:44) Number: 102
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To: MR. FLORES Refer#: None
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From: CHARLES EICHER Recv'd: No
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Subj: GAZETTE? Sec'ty: Public Message
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I just spent 15 minutes downloading the new gazette so I could learn
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such interesting things as: The correct spelling of platypus (by the
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way, plural is platypi not platypuses), and that the compaq 286 is
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faster than the ibm? Come on! This stuff isnt worth downloading, let
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alone the trouble it takes to set it into the reader format.
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To paraphrase Winston Churchill, "Never has so much been done by so few
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for so little a result"...
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Get it together, guys! If you don't have anything interesting to say,
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you can always find something more interesting (like a page from the
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phone book)...
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Sorry if this is harsh, but I invite your rebuttal. Maybe you ought to
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take a closer look at this job. For example look at the Databoard:
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ATDT766-6442
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(sorry that was from my dialer) its in the 818 area code; they do an
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excellent job preparing interesting and useful data.
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I wish you luck with your gazette, but you better get it together fast.
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Nothing is more fickle than an audience. You will have to work hard to
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keep yours.
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Date: 08-30-86 (06:46) Number: 103
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To: ROBERT FLORES Refer#: None
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From: JAY GRAHAM Recv'd: Yes
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Subj: FORM VS CONTENT Sec'ty: Public Message
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Wow! Those guys hit real hard. I think they are being sincere, though.
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They want you to be successful and offer their comments to try and
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assist you with an objective view of what you are doing. I hope that
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you don't get discouraged by them though. Maybe you need to collaborate
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with others to get material of greater interest. There is material you
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might want to check out at a MICROLINK user group meeting. We have some
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information from IBM, members with expertize in writing composition,
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various program demonstrations that might look good reported in print
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and other topics that might interest the computing public at large.
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If we at MICROLINK can be of any assistance to you in keeping this
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unique and superior product continuing, then don't hesitate to call on
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us. This is one of the reason's we formed the user group. There are a
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lot of other benefits, too, but support of the computer user is still
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the main priority.
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Keep up the great work and don't be put off by what is offered as
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constructive criticism. This is a learning process for all of us.
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Sincerely your;
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Jay Graham, President MICROLINK User's Group
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Date: 08-30-86 (17:31) Number: 104
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To: MR. FLORES Refer#: None
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From: CHARLES EICHER Recv'd: No
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Subj: SINCERITY Sec'ty: Public Message
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Yes, I was sincere, and I do hope you succeed. Nothing would please me
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more than a readable, interesting magazine in this format.
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Date: 08-31-86 (06:47) Number: 105
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To: CHARLES EICHER Refer#: 102
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From: ROBERT FLORES Recv'd: No
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Subj: GAZETTE? Sec'ty: Public Message
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First off, recheck your dictionary for the correct plural of platypus.
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My dictionary uses both spellings and it's a normal type dictionary.
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Even if it wasn't proper, the writer used it in a area that didn't
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require such accuracy. It was in an article on nonsense, remember?
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The articles are submitted by various persons and if during a month none
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of those contributed seem interesting, we are sorry. Maybe our type of
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media is not your cup of tea. But, hopefully, you will find something in
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the upcoming issues. The August issue was large and complex and
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confusing and full of bugs. No excuses. The September issue will go back
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to some of the things that made the eariler issues nice. I will still
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have scrolling but with simpler commands.
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I think you might be able to help us get the Gazette "together". If you
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can formulate your dissatifactions so eloquently and certainly get your
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point across, we would sure like to read an article written by you. How
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about it? Could you help us? Most of us claim no great journalistic
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skills (I'm a layout person myself and it's enough to just come up with
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the Ramblings). Please don't get me wrong. This is not a challenge. Just
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a request. If a person sees a better way and can do something about it,
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then maybe he should. Soapbox handed over for further discussion...
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Thanks for comments. They were enlightening.....Robert
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Date: 08-31-86 (07:02) Number: 106
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To: JAY GRAHAM Refer#: 103
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From: ROBERT FLORES Recv'd: No
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Subj: FORM VS CONTENT Sec'ty: Public Message
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Thanks for the support. I would love to come to your meetings.
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Unfortunely, they are on at a time I devote to my family. Priorities and
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such, I normally won't be able to make it. One of these days I will try
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and come.
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I am not put off by the comments. But hopefully these guys will accept
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any positive changes or even help out by contributing to the content of
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the Gazette. One thing many people don't realize is that everything in
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the Gazette is contributed and done without any reimbursement. Hey the
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Gazette is free, remember. It also requires time on all the authors'
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parts as well as my own. Some issue will have a lot of great articles
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and some may not (a lot, that is.). But over all, I think that the
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Gazette has been received as a good thing. We listen to the criticism
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and will try to improve the quality of the mag. If there are better
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writers, then let them write. Let's make the Gazette better. The opening
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words on it are "A User-supported Newsletter". I hope to keep it that
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way: by listening to suggestions and by publishing the best CONTRIBUTED
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articles each month.
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Don't judge August's issue as the wave of the future. The September
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issue will get back to basics. It will be tighter and smaller. It won't
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take up your precious download time like the last couple.
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Hope you like the changes. We DO listen....Robert
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Date: 08-31-86 (07:06) Number: 107
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To: CHARLES EICHER Refer#: 104
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From: ROBERT FLORES Recv'd: No
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Subj: SINCERITY Sec'ty: Public Message
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Yes I know you are sincere. My request is only if you feel can
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contribute then please do. Everything about the Gazette is voluntary.
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It's for the Public Domain and will continue to be that way. Thanks
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again for the comments. I accept them in the spirit they were given and
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hope that you will find the future issues improved because of them.
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Robert
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Date: 09-02-86 (00:38) Number: 108
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To: ROBERT FLORES Refer#: 105
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From: CHARLES EICHER Recv'd: Yes
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Subj: GAZETTE? Sec'ty: Public Message
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No, I wouldn't make remarks like that if I wasn't prepared to back em
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up. I would be glad to write a short article for the gazette, but time
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will be a little tight (isn't it always?) for the near future, due to me
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just quitting my job at Computerland. I'm sure I have a lot to say,
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especially since I've been in microcomputers since before the Apple I.
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The question is, what is the audience, and what do they want to read?
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If this is a magazine for all the BBS hacker kiddies, I don't know what
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they're into (maybe a review of my new skateboard). I don't think there
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is much of an audience for C programming either, anyone into C already
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has their own sources of info, I'm sure. Somewhere inbetween is a happy
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medium. I think its about time for an audience survey of some kind..
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This would be kind of hard, since PCgaz will drift around the country
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like all DNloads do.
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Let me know if you have any suggestions for articles or topics of
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interest to the readers.
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p.s. I thought the new reader is really hard to use. It would be more
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logical to use Ctrl-Pgdn for changing chapters and pgdn for flipping
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pages instead of your vice versa arrangement. Most programs use PgDn in
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this fashion, using Ctrl-PgDn for an "Amplified" pgdn of some sort.
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P.P.S. you havent got the new gazette listed in the dnload files section
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yet...
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Date: 09-02-86 (07:32) Number: 109
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To: CHARLES EICHER Refer#: 108
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From: ROBERT FLORES Recv'd: Yes
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Subj: GAZETTE? Sec'ty: Public Message
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Glad to hear you would help out. I will probably open the future
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directions to the readers in a survey with the Sept issue. The Sept
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issue is not out if that's the one you refer to.
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Yes version 3.0 is(was) a mess!!! I rewrote the scrolling routine and it
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uses the natural keys of up,down,pgdn,pgup,home, end. Also it will be
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back to double columns on most pages. So the scroll will be for full
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page and individual columns. The thought of Ctrl-PgDn for changing
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sections is one I hadn't thought of. Maybe.... I glad to hear from you
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and welcome any improvements to the mag. It gets hard to be objective
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when it's your baby. That's what this conference is for: Keeping us on
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our toes....Be talking to you...Robert
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Date: 09-02-86 (13:03) Number: 110
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To: ROBERT FLORES Refer#: 106
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From: JAY GRAHAM Recv'd: Yes
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Subj: FORM VS CONTENT Sec'ty: Public Message
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Your doing a great job, Robert. Keep up the good work and I think your
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requests for article submission is a terrific idea. It's amazing how we
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take a free product and pick it apart, demanding more from the
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originator than we should. Yours is not the only item to which I am
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refering (take a look at the ZIP conference on the Diamond Bar BBS and
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see what they do to Ed Dong).
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We should be grateful and less critical to the people who utilize their
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time to give us such wonderful computer programs. I didn't see the
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August issue of the GAZETTE but I know the quality that is attempted by
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the producer. I am glad he goes to such effort on my part to bring me a
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unique way of spreading information.
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Now let's hear more support for our editor and suggestions for
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improvement stated in a thankful tone (or else in a "Receiver Only"
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message). Nuff said...........................JAY
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Date: 09-03-86 (07:00) Number: 111
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To: JAY GRAHAM Refer#: 110
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From: ROBERT FLORES Recv'd: Yes
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Subj: FORM VS CONTENT Sec'ty: Public Message
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Hey, if the product is getting stale, the maker should be told about it.
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Of course everyone likes to told his creation is the greatest thing
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since seedless watermelons but usually it isn't. The Gazette depends on
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user/reader feedback in order to keep fresh and lively. Starting with
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the Sept. issue there will be a section called "The I/O Port" which will
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be exactly that: input and output between PC users. This board and
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others will be supporting a simple network that will provide lively
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discussion between users. Selected portions of these messages will be
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published in each issue. Hopefully this endeavour will be supported.
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Anyway, thanks again for your support....Robert
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Date: 09-04-86 (02:16) Number: 114
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To: JAY GRAHAM Refer#: 110
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From: DAVID DENNEN Recv'd: No
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Subj: FORM VS CONTENT Sec'ty: Public Message
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Jay,
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I'm sorry, but I must go against your will and say one more thing.
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My last message was definately out of my uncalm and uncollective self,
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but I meant it. I would like to further one of your points about
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"demanding more from the originator". It is the many messages of hard
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core non-sence to the others that contain resonable suggestions that
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make all the public domain programs what they are. If people were not
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open about what they felt about a certain software package, how would th
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e originator know what the heak the end user wants? I'm glad they we
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have this thing called the Public Domain. Let's utilize it for the
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benefit of all of us, and continue to support those who support it.
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Dave.
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Date: 09-04-86 (03:03) Number: 115
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To: ALL Refer#: None
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From: CHARLES EICHER Recv'd: (n/a)
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Subj: CALM DOWN! Sec'ty: Public Message
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OK already! I once again forgot, that we sometimes state things more
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forcefully through these mediums, including gripes, so they can be blown
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out of proportion.. Sorry for blowing off some steam, but I think we are
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all frustrated at the amount of time and effort it takes to do things
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like the gazette, or write articles, or set up and collate all that
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material. I certainly would like to see more and fatter gazettes, with a
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surplus of articles & etc contributed by the public. To start things
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rolling, I will contribute some article & etc. info.
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Date: 09-04-86 (23:11) Number: 998
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To: SYSOP Refer#: 937
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From: BOB LANCASTER Recv'd: No
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Subj: VALIDATION Sec'ty: Public Message
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Thanks for the validation! Now I think I'll return to the bloodshed in
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the Gazette conference and see how Robert Flores is holding up...
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Things seem to get a little hot over there, but that's a sign of a
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need conference, I suppose. Later! -Bob L.
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