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ZMAGAZINE Atari News and Information
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Issue #62 July 17, 1987
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Publisher/Editor: Ron Kovacs
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Assistant Publishers: Ken Kirchner
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Susan Perry
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Xx ZMAG INDEX 62
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<*> Zmag in copyright violation
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<*> Instructions for ARC usage
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<*> Zmag Newswire: * BBS Messages *
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<*> Zmag Atari News Update
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<*> Atari Fest Cancelled
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<*> Zmag System Review
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<*> Atari Fest Announcement
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<*> CompuServe Edit Commands
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<*> Disk Compacter Comparisons
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<*> Download Assistance
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Xx NOTICE of COPYRIGHT VIOLATION
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EasyPlex
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Date: 11-Jul-87 10:50 EDT
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From: Clayton Walnum (ANALOG)
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Subj: D.F.Scott article
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In your Z-Mag 59 you have an article
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authored by D.F.Scott. That article
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came from a past issue of ST-Log and
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is copyrighted by ANALOG Publishing.
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The BBS you got it from is also in
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violation of our copyrights. Please
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remove the article from the databases
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and anywhere else you've made it
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available. Though we allow our
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programs to be fairly freely
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distributed, we do not do the same
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with the magazine's text. We are,
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after all, in the business of selling
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magazines. Thanks for your attention
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to this matter.
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Clayton Walnum
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Technical Editor
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EasyPlex
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Date: 11-Jul-87 21:51 EDT
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From: Clayton Walnum (ANALOG)
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Reply to: D.F.Scott article
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Okay, print something about it in the
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next issue, and along with it, I'd
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appreciate it if you'd include a sort
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of -warning- to other BBS and
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newsletters that, just because we put
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some of the articles in the databases
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on Delphi, doesn't mean they should
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treat the material as if it were
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public domain. It's most definitely
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not.
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Keep up the good work.
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---Clay
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Well, As you can all read we have
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violated a copyright of Analog
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Publications. The issue in violation
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is ZMAG59. I will re-edit that issue
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and remove the DF Scott article. If
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your system is carrying old issues of
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ZMAG, Please remove issue 59 from
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your database and look for the
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re-editted issue on the Zmag BBS and
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the information services.
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I must stress that if you send in any
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article to ZMAG, Please make sure it
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is not copyright any publication and
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it must have reprint approval.
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Please keep in mind part of the above
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message. That BBS systems carrying
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text from Analog Magazine are
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violating their copyright.
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HOW TO USE ARC
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ANTIC PUBLISHING, COPYRIGHT 1987
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ARC (For the 8-bit Atari)
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An ARC (pronounced -Ark-) file
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contains one or more files which have
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been compressed into a single file.
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Use ARCX.COM to extract the files
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from the .ARC file. ARCX is a
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machine-language program which
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requires at least 48K.
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ARCX.COM may be downloaded from the
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Utilities section of the Atari 8-bit
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SIG (type GO ATARI8).
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HOW TO USE ARCX.COM
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Before running ARCX be sure you have
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removed all cartridges and BASIC is
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off. Now load ARCX.COM from DOS (use
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DOS menu choice -L-), or type ARCX if
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you are using Sparta or an OSS DOS.
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ARCX will ask you for the name of the
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ARC file to extract files from. (If
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you don't remember the filename, you
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can get a directory by pressing the
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[+] key.)
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After typing-in the name of the ARC
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file, ARCX will ask you for the drive
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to send the extracted files to. ARCX
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will extract all files from the ARC
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file and write them to the
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destination drive.
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Next, ARCX will ask you if you want
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the screen turned off. If you press
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'Y', then the screen will be turned
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off during the extraction process.
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This will speed up the process about
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10%-20%.
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ABOUT ARC
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The expansion algorithms used to
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extract ARC files are quite complex,
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and therefore rather slow. (About one
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minute for each 5K of source file.)
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ARCX uses all available memory and
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buffers the input and output so your
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disk drives won't be running all the
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time.
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Keep in mind that the extracted files
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can be more then twice the size of
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the original ARC file. Be sure you
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have enough room before you start!
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ARC was originally written in C by
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Tom Henderson of System Enhancement
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Associates. The source code was
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placed in the public domain allowing
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for ARC and ARCX to be ported to a
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wide variety of computers. For
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complete instructions, refer to the
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documentation files in the Utilities
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library of the Atari 8-Bit SIG.
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Xx ZMAG NEWSWIRE
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BBS NOTES MAY BE -CONFESSIONS-?
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Messages left on a computer bulletin
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board system may end up in court
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being called electronic -confessions-
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by police.
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Authorities have told The Associated
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Press that several Santa Clara
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County, Calif., teen-agers arrested
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on charges of using stolen credit-
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card numbers to order thousands of
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dollars of computer equipment left
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notes on a BBS after their
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apprehension.
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Sheriff's Deputy Curt Gomes told the
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wire service, -We don't need the
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confessions to prosecute, but they
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are icing on the cake. This shows an
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attitude that just hours after they
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were arrested, they seemed to think
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the crimes they committed are looked
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upon lightly by society. They are not
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concerned with retribution or legal
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punishments.-
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San Jose police found the online
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messages earlier this week when a
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fourth teen-ager was arrested. A BBS
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operated in the youth's home
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contained messages in which, says AP,
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-two of the teen-agers arrested two
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weeks ago for theft gave their
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opinions of the officers who pursued
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them. Other users joined in the
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dialogue in a text police read after
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they seized two computers- 7/15/87.
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As reported earlier, two teen-agers
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were arrested last week after they
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were allegedly caught picking up
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stolen computer equipment at a
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Cupertino, Calif., house. A third
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teen surrendered the following day.
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The fourth youth, 18-year-old BBS
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sysop Christopher Michael Gothard of
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San Jose, was booked 7/15/87 on
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suspicion of illegally using
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telephone access codes and defrauding
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three long-distance telephone
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companies. --Charles Bowen
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CompuServe
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Online Today
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Xx ZMAG ATARI NEWS UPDATE
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The Mega ST and the SX212 modem are
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at the last step before arriving. We
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have received pre-production samples.
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These are the first units off the
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line with all the same components,
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packaging, and production techniques
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as the real thing. We get a small
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number of these to test and make sure
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there are no last-minute glitches.
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When we give the go-ahead, the next
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step is real production.
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The Atari PC is looking likely for
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later this Summer. The XEP-80 (for
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the 8-bits) is waiting on one part
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which turned out to have an
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incredibly long lead time on orders
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-- once we have the part we'll turn
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these around ASAP. The SLM804 Laser
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Printer is waiting on one final
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component also, as well as the final
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version of the software drivers that
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support it.
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New software from Atari includes the
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first titles in the Arrakis Advantage
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series of middle-school-level
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educational programs. There will be
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17 in total, of which 4 have hit the
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stores already and the rest are in
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various stages of finalization.
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Shortly after the SX212 modem hits,
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we will release an add-on package for
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8-bit owners which is to contain an
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SIO cable and the program SX EXPRESS
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by Keith Ledbetter, as well as the
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new handler file. Of course, SX212
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owners with the 8-bits can also use
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it through the 850 interface using
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existing terminal programs set up for
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Hayes-compatible modems.
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The blitter chip is working and is in
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the pre-production Mega ST's
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mentioned above. The AMY chip is
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still in development, and may still
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see the light of day -- some day. AMY
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is a stubborn beast.
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Speaking of stubborn, Microsoft Write
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is also still in development. Nearly
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finished now, too, although a few
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small bugs remain to be expunged.
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SHOW NEWS: Atari made history by
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becoming the first computer
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manufacturer to exhibit at NAMM, the
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National Association of Music
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Merchants show in Chicago. The ST was
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present throughout the show in
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virtually every booth where there
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were MIDI instruments. Atari sales
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people at the show were beseiged by
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music dealers eager to sign up as
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Atari dealers. By the time this
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4-day event was over, there were
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literally hundreds of dealer
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applications waiting to be approved.
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Before NAMM, Atari had 50 music
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stores as dealers -- it looks like
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there will be 250 when the new
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dealers are selected.
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In other news from NAMM, Keyboard
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magazine announced the results of its
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latest reader survey. The Atari ST
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computer has rocketed into the #1
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slot in the vital -Intent-to-buy-
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category ahead of perennial leader
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Macintosh! The word in Atari HQ is
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-Today MIDI -- tomorrow, Desktop
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Publishing!-
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(C) Copyright 1987 by Atari
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Corporation, all rights reserved.
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For the exclusive use of GEnie
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members, no-charge bulletin boards,
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and Atari user groups. May be
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reprinted only with this notice
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intact.
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Xx Atari Fest Cancelled
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THIS IS A NOTICE THAT THE ATARIFEST,
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ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR CHICAGO ON
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THE 25TH AND 26TH OF JULY, 1987, HAS
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BEEN OFFICIALLY CANCELLED.
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There were several reasons for doing
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this, but FIRST and FOREMOST, let me
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dispell three major rumors that have
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been spread about the 'Fest in
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Chicago.
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FIRST: The 'Fest in Chicago did NOT
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at ANY time have any problems with
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the unions. This is a rumor spread
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out of Michigan through a
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misunderstanding on their part, and
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has not at any time been true.
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SECOND: Last Spring, a Wisconsin
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group started rumors that the Chicago
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'Fest was cancelled - at THAT time.
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WRONG! It may be now, but not
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previously.
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THIRD AND FOREMOST: ATARI DID NOT
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PULL THE PLUG ON THE CHICAGO FEST.
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The decision to pull the plug was
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made by the two Chicago area groups
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that did all of their work - Lake
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County Atari Computer Enthusiasts
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(LCACE), and the ChicagoLand Atari
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User's Group (CLAUG). It is my
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understanding from Neil Harris, that
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at least one downstate Illinois group
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has been spreading the 'Word' (read
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RUMOR) that Atari Corp. pulled the
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plug. Not true. Atari DID advise us
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that if the fest looked real shakey
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that it might be best to drop the
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show and reschedule, but it was our
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decision. This we chose to do.
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WHY THE 'FEST FAILED
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There are several reasons why the
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'fest failed. We had planned the show
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to be held in a local Ramada Inn.
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Now, I don't know how much of a
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guarantee other groups in hotels had
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to give, but the best deal we could
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come up with was a 100 room per night
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guarantee plus a substantial fee for
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the 12700 sq. ft. hall. This IS high
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compared to other cities, but very
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reasonable around here. We went with
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this for several reasons. There were
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NO unions to consider. The Hotel was
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within a couple blocks of O'hare
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airport, and within a mile of several
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Interstate highways. Food and rooms
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were available on the premesis.
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To cover the expenses of the hall,
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booths, power, etc., we had to have a
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minimum of 30 vendors to pass the
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break-even point. As of 15 June, only
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5 had bothered to commit with money -
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the rest gave a bunch of excuses
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about not scheduling budgets more
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than 30 days in advance, and the
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like. What these companies fail to
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realize is that we needed their
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downpayments in advance so we could
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cover our own expenses. What it
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finally came down to was that we were
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looking at a $6000.00 committment for
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the hotel alone, with only 5 vendors.
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Our phone calls and letters to the
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lagging companies failed to do any
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good - they wouldn't even send a
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downpayment. Last October when Sandi
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was in town, we were told that if we
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had trouble getting vendors to
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commit, that Atari would give them a
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push for us. In May, we went to
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Sandi, and were told then that she
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couldn't do that, and we were on our
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own. We found out too late from Neil
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Harris, that this was NOT the
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official Atari position.
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Secondly, The groups involved were
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spread out over too wide an area. In
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all, there were over 300 miles
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between the northernmost (Militari)
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and southernmost (BASE) groups with
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CLAUG, LCACE, SCAT, and RACC in
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between. Those of you who are
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thinking about organizing a fest,
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keep that in mind. It is impossible
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to keep in good contact over a large
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distance without running up
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extraordinarily large phone or gas
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bills. We also had a problem with
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meeting attendance. When the meetings
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were held after the Suburban Chicago
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(SCAT) meetings, almost all six
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groups attended (except Militari, who
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only attended two or three meetings
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through the whole course of events).
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When the meetings were unanimously
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scheduled after the CLAUG or LCACE
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meetings, SCAT, RACC, and Militari
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never showed up - even when there was
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no conflict with their own meetings -
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and these accounted for half of the
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committee meetings. You cannot
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communicate if you don't show up for
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the meetings. Bear in mind that all
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attending groups agreed on the next
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meeting dates and places before a
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time and place was definitely set.
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Lastly, if a group volunteers to
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perform a specific job, it is up to
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them to make sure it is done. In our
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case, Militari volunteered to copy
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and compile the packet for our second
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mailings. After they volunteered, we
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never heard from them again. The
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Suburban Chicago group volunteered to
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do the first and second mailings to
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vendors, and the mailing to dealers -
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in short, to fill the hall with
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exhibitors. They also volunteered to
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do all the printing and the ticket
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design to help fulfil the obligations
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of the Rockford group. The second
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vendor package mailings were
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eventually done by LCACE instead of
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Militari and SCAT,) and the printing
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was done by CLAUG and LCACE. To top
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it off, we found out on 6 June that
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the tickets had not even been
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designed yet - much less had any
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printed for pre-show sales (a VITAL
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part of our plan,) nor had they done
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any dealer mailings - after telling
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us for well over a month that it had
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all been taken care of.
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In view of the short time before we
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could no longer cancel, the lack of
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support from Sandi, absolutely NO
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advance ticket sales and the fact
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that we were hitting a stone wall
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with vendors (other than the 5 we
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had) we decided to cancel. We are
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currently thinking of completely
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re-organizing the committee with a
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rescheduled date next year, but
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nothing has been decided yet. If we
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do reschedule, you can bet there will
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be several MAJOR changes made from
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the first attempt.
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If you have any questions, comments,
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or (hopefully) suggestions, leave
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mail on GENIE to G.FEID, on
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CompuServe to number 74146,162, or on
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the 'Once In A BLUE MOON' BBS at
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312-457-2219 - 24 hours a day,
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300/1200 baud.
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Xx ZMAG SYSTEM REVIEW
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ZMAGAZINE Published Weekly
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Publisher/Editor--Ron Kovacs
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Assistant Publisher--Ken Kirchner
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Edited by Jim Lachance (MACH BBS)
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[1] Read Z*Mag
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ZMAG INDEX 60
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_1_ Zmag Newswire..Atari Update
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_2_ Newswire Cont..New product
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_3_ ICD Tour.......A visit inside
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_4_ CIS Watch......850 Interface Pins
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_5_ Zmag Review....QUBIE Modem
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_6_ Atari Answers..from CDAC Mag June
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_7_ Zmag UGOM......Ol Hackers
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_8_ Atari Rumors...
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_9_ Antic Online...June Faire Report
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_10_ Publishers Page
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Your Choice?[0]:
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Xx ATARI FEST ANNOUNCEMENT
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ANNOUNCING!!!!!
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The 1987 Magic-Atari Show
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August 28-30 at the Southfield Hilton
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Featuring:
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Seminars by:
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Neil Harris (Atari)
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Gorden Monnier (Michtron)
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David Small (Magic-Sac)
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Tim Purvis (Michtron)
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Frank Foster (Hybrid Arts)
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Also, a MIDI-Music concert, sponsored
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by Hybrid Arts, featuring
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professional musicians!
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PLUS!!!
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MIDI-MAZE, a multi-computer, multi-
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player maze game played on 16 Atari
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ST computers!
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First prize in this contest is a
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Casio keyboard, plus software (an
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$800 value!).
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TICKETS!
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Advanced tickets are available from
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local user groups, or you may order
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by mail.
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One-day pass $4 At the door $5
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Three day pass $8 At the door $10
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To order, send check to:
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The Atari Magic Show
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28111 Imperial Drive
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Warren, MI 48093
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For more information, call the
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HOTLINE at (313)751-8291 (recording)
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or call the UserGroup Coordinator
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(313)736-4544.
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Xx COMPUSERVE HELP
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QUICK REFERENCE LIST OF EDIT
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COMMANDS:
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By: Mike Shoenbach
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Atari SIG SysOp
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(note that the -$- indicates using
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ESCAPE instead of RETURN)
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/T$ will move the cursor to the Top
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of the file.
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/B$ will move the cursor to the
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Bottom of the file and display
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the bottom line.
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/Pn$ will Print -n- amount of lines
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beginning with the current line
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/n$ will move the cursor down
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through the file -n- amount of
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lines and will display only the
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-n-th line
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/L/unique string$
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will Locate and display the line
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which contains the unique string
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/Dn$ will Delete -n- amount of lines
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beginning with the current line
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and display the first line left
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undeleted
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/R/new line$
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will Change an unwanted old line
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to a specified new line and
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display the line
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/C/old string$
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will remove the old string from
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the line display the line
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/n(GC/old string/new string/)$
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will Globally Change the -n-
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occurances of an old string to a
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new string. If -n- is larger
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than the number of occurances,
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this message will be displayed:
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[STRING NOT FOUND]
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This is a normal message meaning that
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you've changed every occurance of the
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old string that was available.
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/W$ will tell you what your current
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line number is.
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Xx Disk Compacter Comparisons
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The following text is a comparison of
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a few popular disk compacting
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programs. This part of this weeks
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issue is in 80 column format.
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SAVINGS SAVINGS
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Program Sectors Bytes Time comp Time expand %sectors %bytes
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Object files 614 76433 00:00 00:00 - -
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Disk Com 2.2 586 73166 5:38 4:37 5 4
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ShrinkXE 598 74714 4:39 2:26 3 2
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Scrunch 3.0 583 72800 5:10 5:33 5 5
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ARC 1.2 458 57165 11:50 12:37 34 34
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Save Bas
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files 285 34912 00:00 00:00 - -
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Disk Comm 2.2 282 35288 3:26 2:10 1 -1
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ShrinkXE 295 36807 2:55 1:10 -3 -5
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Scrunch 3.0 286 35827 3:20 4:48 -0 -3
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ARC 1.2 246 30719 6:47 5:51 16 14
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-=====================-
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Text Files 662 82575 00:00 00:00 - -
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Disk Comm 2.2 669 83554 8:03 5:00 -1 -1
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ShrinkXE 661 82537 4:58 2:39 0 0
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Scrunch 3.0 655 81859 5:31 5:56 1 1
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ARC 1.2 402 50189 11:23 13:08 65 65
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Xx Downloading Express
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______________________________________Downloading 1030 EXPRESS using
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TSCOPE.
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You will need to download 2 files:
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XPRS21.BIN is the EXPRESS program.
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XPRESS.DOC is the DOC file.
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Warning: these are <BIG> files.
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EXPRESS is 263 sectors! The DOC file
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is 170. Believe me, the connect time
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is well spent. I suggest you download
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the files late at night/early in the
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morning for maximum speed.
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Ready? OK, log on to CIS using
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TSCOPE. Go to DL2 and BRO XPRS21.BIN.
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At the (R D M) prompt, press D to
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download. If you've set your CIS
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DEFALT to VIDTEX, as noted in the
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TSCOPE docs, ignore the next
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paragraph. Otherwise..
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You'll see a menu of 'transfer
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protocols'. Press 3 to select
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COMPUSERVE 'A' protocol.
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Next prompt asks you to type in the
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file name for your Atari. Make sure
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that you include the D: prefix! So
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you'll type in something like
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D1:EXPRESS.OBJ
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IMPORTANT! Make <SURE> that you have
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enough space on your destination
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disk! See the file lengths above.
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NOTE: TSCOPE <IS> compatible with the
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XE RAMDISK, assuming you booted up
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with RAMDISK.COM Of course, IF you
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use D8:, you'll have to go to DOS
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after logging off (CONSOLE-CONTROL-
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ESCAPE) to copy the files from D8: to
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an external disk before you turn off
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the computer!
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Once you give TSCOPE the file name,
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the download proceeds automatically.
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Assuming there are no problems, it'll
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take around 30 minutes at 300 baud.
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Got it? NOW you need to also download
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the .DOC (instruction) file. Get back
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to the DL2! prompt and BRO
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XPRESS.DOC.
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Repeat the above 'D'ownload procedure
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(again, make SURE you have enough
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room on your disk.)
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Read the DOC file (you can do that in
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DOS 2 or 2.5 by using the C command
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to COPY the disk file to E: Make a
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'hard copy' by using C to COPY the
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disk file to P:) and you're ready to
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go.
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As always, if you have questions or
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problems, ASK!
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>>don lebow 70717,720
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ZMAGAZINE July 18, 1987 Issue #62
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Please contribute!!
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(c)1987 Ron Kovacs
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