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Zmag/A\zine
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HOT Atari News and Reviews
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Editor Clinton Smith August 19,1986
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Asst.Editor Jim Dobleski
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___________________________________
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Publisher:Clinton Smith
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Asst.Publishers:Jim Dobleski,Ron
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Kovacs,and the Wizard
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Columnists:Clinton Smith and Rune
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Master
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XxIn this issue
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*Editor Request
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*Call-Pak discussion at Scat
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*Manufacturers crack down on pirates
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*Interview with New Jersey pirate
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sysop
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*Atari Rumors
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*Spring into Action!-basic conversions
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*Zmag Mailbag
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*Zmag Update
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*Z-Notes
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XxEditor Request
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Before getting to the Atari news this
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week,I would like to ask that the
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Zmag readers please pray for someone
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who is very dear to me.My father
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recieved a severe head injury in a
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car accident last Thursday and is
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presently in Intensive Care.His
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name is Arthur Smith and he's a very
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kind,giving man.Please join me in
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praying for his recovery.
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XxCall-Pak discussion at SCAT meeting
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This message was taken from the
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SCAT BBS (312)462-9844.I'm looking
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for someone to pass Zmag to the Scat
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board,If you're interested leave me
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a message on one of the Z-Boards.
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Msg# 0617 Date:08/17/86 Time:02:35:12
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From: JOHN CZERWIEC
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To: All
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Subj: Cal*Paks
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For all who missed the SCAT meeting
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with the IL Bell rep:
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It wasn't very revealing!She came
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with a -professional prepared-slide
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show of cartoons that showed why the
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-smiley-faced IL Bell will go
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boo-hoo if they don't say bysey-wysey
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to Cal*Paks-it wasn't very advanced
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it said little that wasn't already in
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the front of your local phone book.
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Bottom line:If you call lots of
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BBS's that aren't in your most
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nearby towns you will probably do
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alot cheap going with MCI or Sprint,
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both of which will be competing with
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Bell for semi-local access.She could
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have saved us alot of time if she
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just said that!
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Xx Pirate Board in Ohio gets sunk
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This message was taken from the
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August 9th edition of Zmag New
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Jersey.
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Twelve of the industry's leading
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software developers and the
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Software Publishers Association
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(SPA) announced today that they
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have taken direct action by closing
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down a notorious pirate BBS system
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located in Cincinnati Ohio.
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The -Star Chamber- bulletin board
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system had more than 40 megabytes
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of Atari 8 bit and ST software,with
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many hundreds of copyrighted titles
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available. The twelve publishers,
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all of whom publish Atari ST
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software are;
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Antic Software
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Batteries Included
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Digital Research
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Hippopotamus Software
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Infocom
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Megamax
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Michtron
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Procopy
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Quickview Systems
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Quantum
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Microsystems
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Regent Software
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Xlent Software
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The closing today of a major
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illegal BBS system through a joint
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effort of concerned publishers is
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only the first of several similar
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actions anticipated. In a joint
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statement issued by the group a
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commitment was made to aggressively
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root out similar law-breakers as
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they are found. -The days are over
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when someone can illegally transmit
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copyrighted software via BBS
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systems,- said Mark Skapinker of
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Batteries Included. -We're all fed
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up with tolerating theft of our
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products and we intend on going
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after these scoff-laws
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aggressively,- said Gordon Monnier
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of Michtron.
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As a follow-up to this success the
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companies involved are discussing
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the creation at fall Comdex 1986 of
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a permanent watch-dog group to make
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it clear to pirates that their days
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are numbered.
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For further information contact:
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Gordon Monnier
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Michtron (313) 334-5700
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Mark Skapinker, Batteries Included
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(416) 881-9941
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Gary Yost, Antic Software
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(415) 957-0886
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Ken Wasch, Software Publishers
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Association
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(202) 452-1600
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XxNJ Pirate Sysop interviewed
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The following story is from the
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August 9th Zmag New Jersey
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The following is the transcript of
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an interview with the Sysop of the
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Atari Connection BBS that was shut
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down last week. This is a follow
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up to the article which appeared
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in last weeks Zmagazine.
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The sysop has asked that I keep
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his name private. The sysop's
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responses are in upper case text.
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(Ron:)
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How long have you been running your
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BBS?
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(Atari Connection Sysop)
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WELL, LAST SUMMER I RAN A BBS
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CALLED THE 800 BBS, BUT I DIDN'T
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HAVE MUCH SUCCESS WITH IT, I PUT
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THE ATARI CONNECTION UP ON JUNE 2nd
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OF THIS YEAR.
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(R)
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Why wasnt your old BBS a success?
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(ACS)
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I THINK BECAUSE OF LACK OF
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ADVERTISING. BUT I WAS SHARING A
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PHONE AT THE TIME, AND SO MY HOURS
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WOULD WERE NOT LONG.
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(R)
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When you had your BBS up, What type
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of features did you have, and In
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your opinion what do you think was
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the cause of your being caught with
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pirated software, and also, Did you
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have alot of software in your
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download section?
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(ACS)
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I DIDN'T HAVE MANY OUT-OF-THE
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-ORDINARY FEATURES. IT WAS A BASIC
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BBCS BOARD. BUT I THINK THAT
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SOMEONE WHO WAS BLACKLISTED ON MY
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BOARD, PROBABLY REPORTED ME BECAUSE
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OF IT. AND I DIDN'T HAVE MANY
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DOWNLOADS AVAILABLE. ALTHOUGH I DO
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HAVE TWO 1050'S, ONE WAS BEING
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REPAIRED WHEN I HAD THE BOARD UP.
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SO AS A SPARE I USED RAMDISK.
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(R)
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Why did you blacklist callers, did
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they do bad things on your system?
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(ACS)
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ONE PERSON HAD THREE DIFFERENT
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HANDLES, AND WHEN I FOUND OUT, I
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BLACKLISTED ALL OF THEM. HE ALSO
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LEFT ME SOME NASTY MESSAGES ON
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OTHER BOARDS.
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(R)
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In the matter of your shutdown, can
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you explain what happened?
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(ACS)
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FIRST OF ALL, IT HAPPENED LAST
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MONDAY AT ABOUT 5:00pm, EXACTLY AN
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HOUR BEFORE I WAS TO LEAVE FOR A
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CONCERT. I GOT A PHONE CALL SAYING
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THAT IN A LITTLE WHILE, A
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DETECTIVE WOULD BE AT MY HOUSE
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INVESTIGATING SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT
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A BBS. I IMMEDIATELY RAN DOWN AND
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ERASED MY USERLOG ON MY MAIN DISK,
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BUT I HID THE BACKUP DISK IN MY
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CLOSET. WHEN THE DETECTIVE
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ARRIVED, HE HAD SOMEONE ELSE WITH
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HIM. THEY ASKED ME A FEW QUESTIONS
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AND THEN TOOK MY MAIN DISK AND A
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FEW OTHERS, I GUESS FOR EVIDENCE.
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AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IF THEY GET
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COMPLAINTS AGAIN, THEY WILL REMOVE
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ALL OF MY HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE AND
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FINE ME $1000.
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(R)
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Did you get any specific details
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as to why they singled your BBS
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out?
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(ACS)
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THEY SAID THEY GOT COMPLAINTS FROM
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A FEW PEOPLE. BUT IT COULD HAVE
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BEEN ONE. BUT I DOUBT IF THE
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POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REALLY
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INTERESTED IN SHUTTING DOWN A SMALL
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BBS.
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(R)
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What is the current status of this
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matter?
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(ACS)
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RIGHT NOW I AM WAITING TO GET MY
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DISKS BACK. BUT I DON'T THINK I
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WILL HAVE TO GO TO COURT ANYMORE.
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(R)
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Did you get a court notice or any
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advice pertaining to a hearing
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before?
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NO, I WAS QUESTIONED ONCE BEFORE,
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BUT IT WAS ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.
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(R)
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Did the Police Department give you
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any other warnings?
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(ACS)
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NO, I DON'T THINK THERE IS MUCH
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THEY CAN DO TO ME BESIDES FINE AND
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TAKING MY STUFF.
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(R)
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Can you put up another BBS?? And if
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so, Would you?? and what would you
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do differently this time?
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(ACS)
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I CAN PUT UP ANOTHER BOARD, BUT,
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THEY SAID I CAN'T PIRATE STUFF ON
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IT. I AM IN FACT, PUTTING ANOTHER
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BOARD UP IN EARLY NOVEMBER CALLED
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-THE CULT OF ATARI-. IT WILL BE
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RUN ON BBS EXPRESS. THIS TIME I
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WILL BE MUCH MORE CAREFUL WITH WHO
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I LET ON. I WILL ASK MANY MORE
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QUESTIONS THEN JUST WHERE THEY
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LIVE.
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(R)
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How old are you?
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(ACS)
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16, I TURN 17 IN OCTOBER.
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(R)
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What has been your parents view of
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this matter?
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(ACS)
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THEY DIDN'T CARE. THEY TOLD ME
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THAT IT IS MY PROBLEM AND I HAVE TO
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DEAL WITH IT MYSELF.
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(R)
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Given the chance, and you found out
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who was the culprit, do you have
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any words you would like to pass to
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the party?
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(ACS)
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WELL, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO TELL
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HIM THAT I WOULD USE MY INFLUENCE
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TO GET HIM KICKED OFF EVERY LOCAL
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BBS. I WOULD ALSO SPREAD THE WORD
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WHO IT WAS, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE
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HAVE BE DISRUPTED BY THIS ACT.
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(R)
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Do you think BBS systems should
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allow use of pirated software on
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their systems?
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(ACS)
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IT IS UP TO THE SYSOP. BUT SINCE A
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MAJORITY OF THE BOARDS ARE, I DON'T
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THINK THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH
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IT. THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS
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THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY $30-$40
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DOLLARS IN THE STORE.
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(R)
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I understand your thoughts about
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pirating, but other people reading
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this might say, What about the guy
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writing the software, shouldn't he
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be compensated for his effort, What
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is your opinion to this?
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(ACS)
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WELL, I THINK THAT THE AUTHOR OF
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THE SOFTWARE IS RIPPING OFF THE
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PEOPLE WHO DO BUY THE SOFTWARE.
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THE PRICES OF SOFTWARE ARE MUCH TOO
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HIGH. ONE EXCEPTION IS
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MASTERTRONIC. MASTERTRONIC KEEPS
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THEIR PRICES BELOW $10. AND
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BECAUSE OF THAT, I HAVE ALREADY
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BOUGHT A FEW OF THEIR THINGS
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RECENTLY.
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(R)
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In closing, Do you have any
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comments for other sysops on how
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they should run their systems now?
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(ACS)
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WELL, I THINK THAT IF THEY FEEL
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THEY ARE SAFE, THERE IS NOTHING
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WRONG. BUT THE PERSON THAT
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REPORTED ME MUST BE CAUGHT AND
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PUNISHED. HE IS A DEFINITE THREAT
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TO THE COMPUTING WORLD.
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(R)
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Do you have anything else you would
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like to add?
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(ACS)
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I WOULD LIKE TO THANK STEVE THE KID
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FOR HELPING ME OUT WITH THIS
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SITUATION.
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This interview was taken 8-7-86
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Rebuttal by Chicago Zmag Editor
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After reading the preceeding
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interview,I was very disturbed.
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This youth is a criminal and has
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the nerve to say that the person
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who turned him in should be
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punished.Especially irritating is
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his statement that the person who
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turned him in is a definite threat
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to the computing world.This
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statement is a joke,in my mind it
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is he who is a threat to the
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computing world.Specifically,the
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Atari computing world.Many pirates
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respond to the arguement that the
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lack of new Atari software is caused
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by piracy,by the fact that a lot
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of Commodore pirating occurs and there
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is no lack of new software for that
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system.That would be a good reply
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if there were as many Ataris as
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there were 64s.Unfortunately,
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there are not.The number of 64s is
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great enough so that even after the
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pirates have their copies of a
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program,there are still enough paying
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users to ensure that the program
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makes money.The program makes money
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for the company and the company
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continues to work on 64 software
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since it is profitable.In response
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to the statement that software
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authors are ripping people off with
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high software prices.In most cases
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the author of a program has no say
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so on what a company is going to
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sell his program for.When you buy
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a piece of software for $25,there
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is a lot more then just a disk and
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a program involved.1)The
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company had to send the program to
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a place for copying.This costs.
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2)The company had to design an
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eye catching box,because the
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majority of people are going to
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pass up a plain white package,to get
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the program which has an illustration
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of a massive space war.This costs.
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3)The company has to print up
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instructions so you'll know how to
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play.This costs.4)The company has
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to advertise so people will know
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about the program.This costs.
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All this adds up to the $25 price
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tag.Out of this price,the programmer
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usually gets a royalty of up to 30%.
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That comes out to $7.50 for every
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copy sold.That isn't much,especially
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after the pirates get a hold of it
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and ruin the potential buyer base.
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Actually,the cop out that prices are
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too high on software is starting to
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lose it's validity.Back when the
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scale of software prices ranged from
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30 to 50 dollars this excuse might
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have had a foothold.However,the
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majority of new Atari software
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programs cost $25 and under.The only
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exception are programs such as word
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processors and languages which
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require a great deal of research and
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development.I do sympathise with
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the people who buy software and
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it turns out to be a piece of junk.
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I myself have been burned by bad
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software.However,in most of these
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situations is was my own fault for
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not finding out wether the program
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was any good before I bought it.
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My suggestion is that you forget
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about buying your software in a
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place like Toys R Us.Go to a local
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dealer or to User Group meetings
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where local dealers sell at.In most
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cases,they are enthusiasts just
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like you and will point out any
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software that they think is no good
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and most will demo programs for you.
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The only excuse left for software
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pirates is the truth.
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You want software and you don't
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want to have to pay for it.The
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software companies could be selling
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their programs for $5 and there
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would still be people pirating.
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If I have offended anyone,I am
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sorry but this is how I feel.
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XxAtari Rumors
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New Jersey Zmag correspondent
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Steve Godun,has a contact at Atari
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who passed the following rumors
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to him.Please remember that these
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are only rumors and shouldn't be
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taken as fact.
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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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3.5- NEARING COMPLETION: The long-
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awaited Atari 3.5- disk drive for
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the Atari 8-Bit line is nearing
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completion. The drive will use
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3.5- disks (The same used on the
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Atari 520/1040ST), and will run in
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single, double, and 1050 Enhanced
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densities. The DOS, written by
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OSS, will be included with the
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drive and supposedly will resemble
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and work like Atari DOS 2.5. This
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drive is supposed to replace the
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current Atari 1050 disk drive, but
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plans on dropping the 1050 are not
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yet definite. Expect to see this
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new drive at anytime between Mid-
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August to Late-September.
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ATARI 8-BIT HARD DISK: Atari has
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plans to produce a 10-Meg, 15-Meg,
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and 20-Meg hard disk drive for the
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Atari 8-Bit series. A complete
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hard disk package for 8-Bits are
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available from Supra, but Atari
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plans on cutting the price of their
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models to 25% lower than Supra's.
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(Way to go, Jack...) These new
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hard drives will use the port in
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the rear of the XL series and the
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Enhanced Cartridge Interface (ECI)
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on the XE line. A special inter-
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face (to be made available by
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Atari) will enable the 800 (or an
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enhanced 400) to also use the hard
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drive. The 400/800 interface will
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cost extra, however. No release
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date was set for the hard drive.
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OLD SOFTWARE PACKS: With the new
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generation of Atari XE's and new
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software with great graphics and
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gameplay, Atari may repackage some
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of their older titles (such as
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Hangman, Basketball, States and
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Capitals, and Biorythm) onto one
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floppy disk and market it as -Atari
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Classics-. There are 3 volumes of
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this in planing, each containing
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from 3 to 6 titles, and each disk
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will run for about $20-$35 each.
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THE NEW 1050's: Anyone who has ac-
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cess to an Atari 1050 disk drive
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before Jack's takeover will want to
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pay attention to this. Remember
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that noisy GRINDING sound you're
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accustomed to hearing in the older
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1050's? Say goodbye. I don't know
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how they did it, but the 1050's
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now in production are QUIET! If
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you've never heard an old 1050, the
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sound of it was described with
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great accuracy by a Syndicate user
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called RUM-RUNNER: -The 1050 is so
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loud, you could be making popcorn
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in the kitchen and hear a 1050
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formatting a disk.- I don't know
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how they silenced it, but it runs
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very smooth now.
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REDESIGNED DISK DRIVE: Although
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many rumors were spreading about a
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redesigned Atari 1050 disk drive
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(and even a few prototypes were
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constructed), plans for mass pro-
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duction of it have been put on
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hold. Why? Because of the 3.5-
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drives' arrival. If the new 3.5-
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drives don't sell as well as plan-
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ned, you probably will see a new
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1050 out, but don't expect it!
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XxSpring Into Action!-Basic conversion
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Due to reader interest,SIA has
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returned.If you would like to
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contribute an article or some tips
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on Action! to this column,contact me
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via the Z-boards.
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The best way for the Action!
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begineer to start programming in this
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speedy language,is to use the
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knowledge he has acquired in Atari
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Basic.
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First though,let's look at the
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difference between Basic and Action.
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Basic is an interpreter,Action is
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a compiler.What does this mean?
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As a Basic program runs,Basic
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|
changes the instructions to the
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|
machine's language.This is similar
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|
to someone translating a speech from
|
|
Spanish to English as it is being
|
|
read.This slows down the process.
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|
In Action,you first write the
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program on a text editor and then
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Action compiles the entire program
|
|
into machine language at once.Now,
|
|
the program can run much faster
|
|
because there is no interpreting
|
|
time needed.This is similar to
|
|
someone translating a speech from
|
|
Spanish to English by recieving
|
|
a copy of the speech the night
|
|
before.This is why Action! is so
|
|
much faster than Basic.
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|
To successfully translate a Basic
|
|
program to Action,we must first
|
|
understand the Action program
|
|
structure.
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|
When you are using Action,you are
|
|
in effect creating your own
|
|
language.While this sounds confusing
|
|
,it's really quite simple.An Action
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|
program is made up of procedures.
|
|
A procedure is the equivalent of
|
|
a keyword in Basic.When Basic finds
|
|
a keyword in a program,it jumps to
|
|
a group of instructions(written in
|
|
machine language)that is associated
|
|
with the keyword.When you create
|
|
a procedure,you are creating a
|
|
keyword.Clinton(great name)Parker,
|
|
the creator of Action! thoughtfully
|
|
provided a group of procedures,
|
|
functions,and arrays(we'll
|
|
be discussing functions and arrays
|
|
in a future column)that handle many
|
|
of Basic's commands,in the language
|
|
cartridge.Let's say that Clint
|
|
didn't provide us with the Position
|
|
command,what would we do? Simple,
|
|
we could write our own.
|
|
Proc Pos(Card X,Byte Y)
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|
PokeC(85,X):Poke(84,Y)
|
|
Return
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|
Proc Test()
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|
Byte Y
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|
Card X
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|
Graphics(0)
|
|
Do
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|
X=5:Y:11
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|
Pos(X,Y)
|
|
PrintE(-Eureka-)
|
|
Od
|
|
Return
|
|
This simple program creates the
|
|
Pos procedure(It takes the variables
|
|
that have been passed to it(more on
|
|
passing variables next week)X and Y
|
|
,and pokes their values into the
|
|
memory locations that are used for
|
|
positioning.Then the main procedure
|
|
,Test,sends the values of 5 and 11
|
|
to the Pos procedure.The statement
|
|
Eureka is then printed to the
|
|
Graphics 0 screen at position 5 over
|
|
,11 down.I hope this helps you
|
|
understand how Action works,a little
|
|
better.
|
|
Now we're going to translate our
|
|
first(small and simple)Basic program
|
|
to Action.This is going to show you
|
|
how to adapt loops to Action.
|
|
Proc Announce()
|
|
Graphics(0)
|
|
Do
|
|
PrintE(-Atari Computers are Best-)
|
|
Od
|
|
Return
|
|
This is adaptation of a little Basic
|
|
program that I'd always type in when
|
|
I saw Atari Computers on display.(I
|
|
also typed it in on rival computers)
|
|
10 GRAPHICS 0
|
|
20 PRINT-Atari computers are Best-
|
|
30 GOTO 20
|
|
|
|
This is what is known as an infinite
|
|
loop,meaning it goes on forever.
|
|
Notice how the Basic program
|
|
keeps looping because it ends with
|
|
Goto 20.This makes the program
|
|
constantly return to the print
|
|
statement at line 20.The Action
|
|
equivalent does this with Do..Od.
|
|
The program executes the instructions
|
|
that are between the Do and Od
|
|
commands continuously.Do and Od can
|
|
also be used in finite loops.
|
|
Basic*
|
|
10 FOR J=1 TO 100:PRINT-HELLO-:NEXT J
|
|
|
|
Action!*
|
|
Proc Loop()
|
|
Byte J
|
|
Graphics(0)
|
|
For J=1 to 100
|
|
Do
|
|
PrintE(-HELLO-)
|
|
Od
|
|
Return
|
|
Note:All Procedures must end with a
|
|
Return command.
|
|
The Od is pretty much the equivalent
|
|
of Next in Basic.
|
|
|
|
Next Week:More on the layout of
|
|
Action programs and variable passing.
|
|
XxZmag Mailbag
|
|
These messages were taken from the
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Enchanted Castle BBCS.
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Board :ZMAG
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Date & Time :08/16/86 01:34:00
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Replies :2
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Subject :8-BIT GEM DOS UTL.
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To :ALL
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Sent by :ERIC GLOVER
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OF ZMAG WITH THE LISTING OF COMPUTES
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Date & Time :08/16/86 01:50:50
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Replies :0
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Subject :8-BIT GEM DOS UTL.
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To :ERIC GLOVER (REC)
|
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Sent by :ERIC GLOVER
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PLEASE ASK FOR ME, ERIC GLOVER
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WHEN YOU CALL AND GIVE ME A CALL
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Eric,good luck to you on this
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see that Zmag had a small part in
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your decision to publish Laser,the
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AFFORDABLE Atari disk magazine.
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Board :ZMAG
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Message # :49
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Date & Time :08/16/86 03:41:10
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Replies :0
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Subject :ZMAG0729
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To :CLINTON SMITH (REC)
|
|
Sent by :PAUL LEONG
|
|
|
|
THATS GREAT! ANY INFO ON ACTION
|
|
WOULD BE APPRECIATED. FOR STARTERS
|
|
YOU COULD GIVE SIMPLE ACTION!
|
|
EQUIVALENTS TO SMALL BASIC ROUTINES
|
|
(ALA THE BACK OF THE ACTION! MANUAL).
|
|
THEY GIVE SOME USEFUL EXAMPLES, BUT I
|
|
WOULD LIKE TO SEE MANY MORE. ALSO, I
|
|
AM INTERESTED IN SEEING SOME GRAPHICS
|
|
BEYOND THE PLOT,FILL, AND DRAWTO
|
|
OUTLINED IN THE DOC.
|
|
HOW ABOUT SOME SIMPLE ANIMATION?
|
|
I AM INEXPERIENCED IN ATARI BASIC
|
|
(A MANUAL WASN'T INCLUDED WITH THE
|
|
CART!)THOUGH I HAVE PROGRAMMED IN
|
|
BASIC ON SEVERAL OTHER SYSTEMS
|
|
(MOSTLY MICROSOFT BASIC). YOU MIGHT
|
|
CHECK WITH OTHER ACTION PEOPLE
|
|
(GREG WHITE FOR EXAMPLE)FOR HELP WITH
|
|
THE COLUMN. THANKS AGAIN...PAUL LEONG
|
|
|
|
Paul,well the first one is in this
|
|
issue and I hope it helps.I'm going
|
|
to be checking to see if other
|
|
Chicago Action Programmers(Hey,that
|
|
would be a great name for a
|
|
specialized group.Anybody interested?)
|
|
would like to contribute some tips
|
|
to the column.
|
|
|
|
XxZmag Update
|
|
RuneMaster has fixed the U/l problem
|
|
on his board,so let's see some more
|
|
Atari U/ling at Runequest,people.Also,
|
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lets start using the Zmag mesg base
|
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there or it may removed.
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If you have a question about Zmag
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XxZ-notes
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I need someone to pass the latest
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issues of Zmag to Scat BBS.
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Would the readers be interested in
|
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participating in Zmag surveys?They
|
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would be on various Atari and
|
|
computer subjects.This suggestion
|
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was made by the Wizard.
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|
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Zmag needs your articles.Game Reviews
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are especially needed.
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Come on you ST readers out there.
|
|
I know you're out there.Let's see
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some ST articles or columns.Once
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|
the ST Zread is done there will be
|
|
a larger need for ST stuff.If you
|
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have an idea for an article,column
|
|
,or review read next item.
|
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Do you have an idea for an
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article,column,or review.
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Let me or one of the people in
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the UPDATE know about it.If it's
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a good idea we'll work out the
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easiest way for you to get the
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article,review,or column to Zmag.
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If you don't want to do the
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column yourself,we'll try to find
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someone who will.If you just have
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a little interesting fact or a
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suggestion just leave it in one
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of the Zmag mesg.bases and I'll
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of the next issue.
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Finally,be sure to support the
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boards that carry Zmag.If it
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Zmag-a-zine August 19,1986
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