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| ROVAC ZMAGAZINE |
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| Issue #153 |
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| April 18, 1989 |
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|Copyright 1989, RII|
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|This week in ZMagazine|
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Editor's Monitor
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Harold Brewer
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TextPro 2.5r/3.2r
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Bill Hall
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Introducing MAX Systems
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Marty Albert
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Atari Users Association
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Robert J. Guadagno
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|EDITOR'S MONITOR|
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|by Harold Brewer|
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While browsing through the April issues
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of Atari Interface Magazine and
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Current Notes (hard copy magazines
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which are Atari user group oriented),
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three points struck me:
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1) In AIM, Brent Fisher of CACE wrote
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an article about -8Bit Uses for an
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ST Mouse-. Brent conveyed that
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this is an extention of an article
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which appeared reprinted in
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ZMagazine issue #147. I feel this
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is what ZMagazine is all about:
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stimulation of thinking about the
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8-bit Ataris to the point of
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putting in your -two-cents worth-.
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Keep up the good work, Brent.
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2) In Notes, Len Poggiali's -XE/XL
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UPDATE- has some good observations,
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save one error (as I interpret the
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article):
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the R-Time 8 clock cartridge is
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not new, and not made by Innovative
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Concepts. The R-Time 8 has been
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around for a few years and is made
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by ICD, Inc.
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3) These two magazines which are
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available at my local Atari dealer
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(side by side with the Antics and
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Analogs) are a very welcome
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addition to the fare which the
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-two As- give the 8-bit reader.
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I hope to be able to purchase all
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these magazines in the years to
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come.
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Last week's COMDEX
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(commercially-oriented computer show)
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had little to offer us 8-bitters. For
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details, check out ST-ZMagazine #16.
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I'm sure the World of Atari this
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weekend will have a bit more for us to
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think about.
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|TEXTPRO 2.5r/3.2r|
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|by Bill Hall|
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Miami Valley Atari Computer Enthusiasts
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TextPro: A Series of Copyrighted 8-Bit
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ShareWare Word Processors from
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Mike Collins and Ronnie Riche
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If you have need of a Word Processor
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that will run without displacing your
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R: Handler, TextPro 3.2r (and 2.5r for
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AtariDOS fans) is about your best bet.
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If you have ever used SpeedScript, the
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appearance of the Disk Menu and the
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general -feel- of the program will
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contain no surprises other than cursor
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movement options. You will, however,
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have a lot more flexibility than
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SpeedScript ever provided (at least,
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more than I ever noticed).
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Both versions assemble at $2B00,
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allowing you room for RS232 handlers or
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other special handlers to remain in
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RAM. The nice thing about this is, you
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can use a -persistent- handler without
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having to reboot every time you switch
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applications, as long as the handler is
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not directly appended to your program.
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That way you never run into the -Not
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Enough Memory- message because of the
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handler reloading on top of itself, and
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taking up more memory.
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Some Features of TextPro Include
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> Binary Load, to switch to other
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binary programs;
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> English Error Messages instead of
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numbers;
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> SpartaDOS Subdirectory support;
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> Automatic Directory Sorting;
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> Exit directly to BASIC and return;
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> Ability to create a Disk Log of all
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your disks, with any comments you
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want added (usage notes or
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whatever, you have the entire word
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processor options available instead
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of somebody else's idea of what
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constitutes a software listing...);
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> Several -/- parameters to let you
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Save to Cursor, Load From Cursor,
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Append, and several useful others;
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> User-definable Macros and Macro
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definitions, to let you automate
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repetitive keystrokes that *you*
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make often. There are some already
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written on the pay services, among
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them a virtual 10 file windowing
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utility you can use from a RAMDisk.
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One I wrote for myself let me walk
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away from a rather long file I had
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downloaded, while the Macro deleted
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multiple characters (text AND
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Control characters) that I did not
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need cluttering up the file--having
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a dot-matrix printer I don't need
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to backspace and retype a character
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4 to 8 times to get Boldface or
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Enhanced script--so I didn't have
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to wear out my eyes or fingers
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typing in character sequences to
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replace with other character
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sequences using the Global Replace
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feature. The Macro did the
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donkey-work, and I had a cup of
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coffee!
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Utility of the Program
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TextPro x.xr versions are limited to a
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text window of 15,360 characters (about
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6 full pages of 64-column text), but
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using the -Save to Cursor-, -Delete to
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Top-, -Load to Cursor-, and -/A-
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appended Save and Print parameters you
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can work with files of virtually any
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size. Also, you can write your own
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Macro to handle this for you or use
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SEGMENT.MAC from the pay services to
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automate it.
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Files are saved and printed in ASCII
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format, which allows you to interchange
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text files with people having other
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computers (like the ST folks).
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The Files Menu gives you a listing of
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files, number of free sectors, and
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Delete, Lock, Unlock, Rename, Format,
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Load, Copy, and eXit (to DOS) along
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with Drive Select 1-8 and Subdirectory
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changes (if you have SpartaDOS).
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Formatting changes (margin resets,
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pitch changes, font changes,
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underlining, etc.) are done with
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imbedded commands. Several are
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predefined, you can define some of your
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own, or you can imbed printer control
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codes specific to your printer for
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-fancy- work.
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Using the Macros you can automate just
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about any function--the limit is your
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own imagination--giving you the freedom
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to perform files maintenance without
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having to go to the Menu, for instance.
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All in all, TextPro is about as useful
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a Word Processor as any I have ever
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seen for the 8-bit Atari. It is easy
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enough to use that my wife (who knows
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*nothing* about the internal workings
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of a computer) has no problems writing
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her papers on it just using the
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built-in commands; yet for someone who
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likes to make things work the way
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*they* like them to work, TextPro
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offers extreme versatility with a
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minimum of effort. It can do
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everything I have seen commercial Word
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Processors do (with the possible
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exception of printing only odd or even
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pages), and at a ShareWare price of $10
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to $20, nothing that is as good comes
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anywhere near the value.
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Different Versions
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TextPro 1.2 is intended for use with
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AtariDOS, but there are extensions
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available that allow you some other
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choices. Using the available
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extensions allow you a great deal of
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flexibility in text handling, and some
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degree of automation. What is not
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available from the extensions can be
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built to your satisfaction using the
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Macro feature.
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Version 2.5r is meant for AtariDOS.
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Version 3.2r is meant for SpartaDOS.
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x.xr versions will not recognize the
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EXTension files for v1.2, but the
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Macros can be used to overcome any
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disadvantage there.
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Conclusion
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Mike Collins and Ronnie Riche have done
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an excellent continuing job with all of
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the TextPro series. If I *knew* all
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of the features available, this review
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could easily turn into a monster!
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(This was supposed to be a *short*
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review...)
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I recommend TextPro very highly. Get a
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copy, try it out, and if you like it
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(as I'm sure you will), support the
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ShareWare concept in the most tangible
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way there is: Pay the developers!
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(Editor's note: It is a pleasure to be
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able to use TextPro 3.2r when editing
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ZMagazine.)
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|INTRODUCING MAX SYSTEMS|
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|by Marty Albert|
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Quality Software for Atari and
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Commodore 8-Bit Computers
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This document is for information only
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and in no way states or implies any
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contract. It may be freely distributed
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as long as it remains unchanged.
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Reformatting for printing is permitted.
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Copyright 1988 by MAX Systems
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MAX Systems
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Suite 6-216
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4005 Manzanita Ave.
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Carmicael, CA
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95609-4005
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Thank you for taking the time to read
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this introduction to MAX Systems! We
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think that you'll find the information
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here both interesting and, possibly,
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profitable!
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In recent years, the software available
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for the Atari and Commodore 8-bit
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computers has more or less -dried up-.
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There is little new commercial software
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being released by the big publishers
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and the quality of Public Domain
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software has been steadily decreasing,
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with a few notable exceptions. The
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support for PD and so-called
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-shareware- has been sparce to say the
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least. Often, when you get a PD or
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shareware program, you can't find out
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who to ask when you have a question
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because the author is not available or
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has even moved on to other computers.
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So, you are left on your own to figure
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out how to use the program, often with
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poor results.
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What about the other side of the coin?
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You have written a program that you
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feel is a good one. You send it off to
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a few publishers, but they reply that,
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-...we don't support that old machine
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anymore.- You are left with three
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alternatives:
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1) Release it as PD and make no profit
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from it.
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2) Release it as -shareware- and make
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little, if any, profit from it.
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3) Just keep it and the heck with it
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all, wasting your time and effort
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that you put into the program.
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This hurts everyone! The
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non-programmers see a lack of good
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software for their machines because the
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programmers are not seeing any rewards
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for their work and stop supporting the
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machine. The programmers get disgusted
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and stop writing new software because
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they are going broke. As time passes,
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it just keeps getting worse!
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That is where MAX Systems comes in!
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|Just What is MAX Systems?|
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MAX Systems believes in the FIRST
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Ataris and Commodores! They are fine
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machines, capable of amazing feats.
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They are far from dead. We want to
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help both the programmer and the user
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by providing a way to get quality
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software from the programmer to the
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user while keeping cost to the user low
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and profit to the programmer high.
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A typical software package, complete
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with documentation, would be priced at
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about $20.00 with about $10.00 going to
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the author. MAX takes care of the
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details!
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|How Can MAX Do That?|
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Simple! MAX uses -low tech- systems to
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duplicate the disk and documents.
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There is no big overhead so MAX can
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keep costs way down. We pass this
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savings on to the users and still
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return a large percent to the
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programmer.
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All programs are sent on high quality
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diskettes with clear, easy to read
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documentation. All diskettes are
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guaranteed for life against failure.
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Update policies vary depending on the
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program in question and are fully
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documented with the software.
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MAX Systems DOES NOT use copy
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protection. Copy protection simply
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adds to the cost. If someone really
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wants to copy the program, they will
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do so, no matter what you do to the
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disk. Instead, the programs are very
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document dependant. Someone may copy a
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disk, but they won't sit down and type
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in 40 pages of docs!
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MAX uses -no frills- packaging. Sure,
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that four color slick paper box looks
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nice, but does it make the program run
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better? No, it doesn't. So, why add
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that cost? We at MAX see no reason for
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fancy packages.
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MAX is mail order only, so we don't
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have to support a dealer network.
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Dealer orders are, of course, welcome,
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but they are treated just like any
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other order, with the exception of
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pricing for large quantities. Most
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software packages have a quantity
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discount that is available to anyone
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that wants to order in larger supplies,
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such as a User Group or dealer.
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MAX advertises by modem. By the use of
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the national online data services and
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BBSes throughout the country, MAX
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reaches the people who need software.
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Why pay $10,000.00 or more for an ad in
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a magazine when as many people can be
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reached by modem for less than $5.00?
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|Isn't MAX Just Another PD Place?|
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There are many companies now in the
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business of -selling- PD software. For
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$5-$10, you get a disk of useless
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programs with maybe one good one mixed
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in. No documentation, no support. Not
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only do we at MAX feel that this is NOT
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the way to get quality software, we
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also question if it is even legal due
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to copyright laws, but we are not
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lawyers.
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Instead, the programs offered by MAX
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Systems are ALL copyrighted programs.
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Each one is registered with the United
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States Copyright Office. The author
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retains ownership of the program and
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grants MAX the permission to distribute
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the program. This provides the author
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and MAX a legal recourse against
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anyone who -pirates- the software.
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As you can see, we are far from just
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another PD software disk maker!
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|What Benefits to Programmers Does MAX|
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The benefits are many. First off, your
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program is REALLY copyrighted! It is
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registered with the US government!
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Next, MAX handles the details like disk
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duplication, printing of docs,
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shipping, order taking, and other
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-paper shuffling-. That leaves you
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free to do what you do best--program.
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MAX also deals with the money side.
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Each quarter, MAX will send you a
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royalty statement and check based on
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the sales of your program(s). To
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guarantee your royalties, each time a
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copy of your program is sold, MAX
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places your royalty payment in a
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special bank account. Quarterly
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payments are made from this account to
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you. MAX deals with bad checks, etc.
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from users so you don't have to.
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The bottom line? Just sit back and
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enjoy the extra income four times a
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year!
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|What Does it Cost Me to Let MAX Sell|
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Nothing! All that MAX requires from
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you is that you provide the program and
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COMPLETE documentation in a standard,
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non-protected disk file format for the
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machine that you have written it for.
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MAX may, from time to time, contact you
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with technical questions from users.
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MAX may also ask for new versions
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and/or updates as needed.
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MAX does reserve the right to edit the
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documentation for clarity, but you will
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always be asked for approval of the
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revised docs. It is, after all, your
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program!
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|What About Credit for the Program?|
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You are encouraged to have your name
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appear on the title screen of the
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program. We want the users to know
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that you wrote it!
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MAX also requires that -Distributed by
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MAX Systems- appear somewhere in the
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program for the users to see.
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We encourage you to refer questions
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about the program to MAX. This way,
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you won't be bothered except for real
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problems.
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|What About Questions?|
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Many programmers rely on questions from
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users as feedback for future revisions.
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MAX understands this! We will maintain
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a file of questions, comments, and
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problems from users and will be happy
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to provide this to the programmers.
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|What Machines Does MAX Support?|
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At this time, MAX supports the
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following computers:
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Atari
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400 800
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600XL 800XL 1200XL
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130XE XEGS
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Commodore
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64 <all versions>
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128 128D
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We will be adding other machines in the
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future such as the Atari ST, Amiga, and
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IBM.
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We are, as always, open to comments and
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suggestions for what machines to
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support, so please feel free to drop us
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a note!
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|What Sort of Programs is MAX Looking| | For? |
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Just about anything! Games, utilities,
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applications, whatever!
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In the Commodore area, there seems to
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be a lack of serious applications
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software right now, but games are
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always popular.
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For the Atari, again games are always
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good, but there too is a lack of good
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applications.
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The language that the program was
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written in is not important. BASIC,
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compiled BASIC, C, assembler, Action!,
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Pascal, whatever. Remember that in
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order to copyright your program, MAX
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must have the COMPLETE source code
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listing no matter what the language
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used!
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|What Does MAX Offer the Users?|
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In one word, support. Not only are
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they getting a piece of quality
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software with complete documents, but
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they know where they can reach MAX
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Systems if they have a problem or
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question.
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The user will also get a sense of
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support from themselves, knowing that
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they are doing something to help their
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own machine by purchasing a product
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written by an independent programmer.
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|So, How Do I Get More Information?|
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This is just an introduction to MAX
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Systems. If you are a programmer and
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are interested in more information
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about MAX and how to submit a program
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to us, please send a SELF ADDRESSED
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STAMPED ENVELOPE to:
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MAX Systems
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Suite 6-216
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4005 Manzanita Ave.
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Carmicael, CA
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95609-4005
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ATTN: Marty Albert
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MAX can also be reached on GEnie at
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address:
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MARTY.A
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Please be sure to tell us what machine
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that you are interested in programming!
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Thanks again!
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Marty Albert
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|ATARI USERS ASSOCIATION|
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|by Robert J. Guadagno|
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I would like to take this time to
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introduce myself. I am
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Robert J. Guadagno, President of the
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Atari Users Association (A.U.A.). I am
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writing you all to give you a better
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understanding of what the A.U.A. is
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trying to do for the ATARI community.
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Slight History:
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The A.U.A. was started by myself a year
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ago while I was reading an article in a
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now expired Atari magazine that
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expressed how Atari was annoyed at the
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amount of letters they were receiving
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from users and user groups making
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outrageous demands on Atari Corp. for
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little things. It went on to say
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that Atari was hoping to hear from its
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supporters, but in a more ORDERLY
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fashion. While reading this (you may
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say the LIGHT came on) I thought of the
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Atari Users Association, a group with
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the sole intention of -merging- Atari
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users and user groups to form ONE
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ORGANIZED NETWORK of Atari supporters.
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This group (that became the A.U.A.)
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will NOT -take over- any user group,
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but, in turn, will take it's members
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voices, and add them to ours. The
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Atari Users Association will not PRY
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into ANY user groups' business unless
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the officers of that group wishes the
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A.U.A. to do so. The A.U.A. is a
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support group ONLY, made to better
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SERVE the Atari community as well as
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Atari themselves. Right now the A.U.A.
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is only 300 members weak!. Why weak?
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There were over ONE MILLION Atari
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computers sold in the United States
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and Canada, and as members of the Atari
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community, we are greatly out-numbered.
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The Atari Users Association needs YOUR
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help, YOUR numbers, YOUR voices, to
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make Atari #1 again.
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|What the A.U.A. Intends to Do|
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> Write-in campaigns: (quite the
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same as Antic Publication's
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-SpringBoard- write-in -News Room-
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campaign) For better software
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support for the ST and 8-Bit Atari
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computers.
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> Information exchange: To keep the
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Atari users informed about the
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Atari community at large.
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> Company contact: To talk to the
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software and accessory companies,
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to let them know WE are behind
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them, give them ideas as to what
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we, as Atari users would like to
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see (the A.U.A. has a contact with
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Spectrum HoloByte, and have been
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speaking to them about the FALCON
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matter) to show THEM that we
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SUPPORT them, and will continue to
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do so.
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The Atari Users Association feels that
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a POWERFUL ORGANIZED VOICE is necessary
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to communicate our thoughts to Atari,
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and to the MYRIAD of software and
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add-on hardware vendors. The Atari
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community is labeled as being a
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-risk-group---it is the Atari Users
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Associations job to STOP that manner of
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thinking.
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The A.U.A. is NOT -waging war- on IBM,
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Apple, or Commodore--instead, we are
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trying to organize the efforts and the
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voices of the Atari users and user
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groups to BETTER the standing of Atari
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in the computer industry, to let the
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software companies know that we ARE
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worth more than one title a QUARTER.
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|What the A.U.A. Has in the Works Now|
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> The Atari Users Association has
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made every effort to talk to
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Electronic Arts, to get MOST of the
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software NOW available for MOST
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computers available for the Atari
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computers, each call was met with a
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disappointing end. The A.U.A.
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feels that a WRITE-IN organized
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PETITION to Electronic Arts WILL
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get results...by sending 10,000
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letters of demand at once in one
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package we will get MORE attention
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than 10,000 sent in all alone at
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different times.
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I thank you ALL for your time, and I
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hope you will ALL add your voice to
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ours.
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Sincerely,
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Robert J. Guadagno
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President, Atari Users Association
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If you have any questions or
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suggestions please leave them to me on
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the FoReM Fnet at:
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NODE 133
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Hologram Inc.
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(201) 727-1914
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addressed to COMIC-KID or call:
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(201) 290-2242
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or write to us at the address below.
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THANK YOU!
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Atari Users Association
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c/o Software Spectrum
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267 Main St.
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Matawan, NJ 07747
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Atari User's Association
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Membership Application
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[Personal Information]
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______________________________________
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First Name:________________
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Last Name:_________________
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Phone#:( ) -
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Address:___________________
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City/Town:_________________
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State:____ Zip:_______
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_______________________________________
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[] Put me on the membership directory
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(Directory lists all A.U.A. members)
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|Areas Of Interest|
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[Hardware] [Software]
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[] Atari 8-bit [] Accounting/Home
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finance
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[] Atari 520 ST [] BBS Software
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[] Atari 1040 ST [] Cad/Cyber
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[] Atari Mega [] Communications
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(2 or 4) [] Databases
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[] Desktop
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Publishing
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ST [] Games/
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[Drive(s)] Entertainment
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[] SS/DD [] Graphic(s)
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[] DS/DD [] Languages/
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Programming
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[] Hard Drive(s) [] Spreadsheets
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[] Word Processing
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[] Other:
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________________
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[Printer(s)] ________________
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[] 9 Pin Dot Matrix ________________
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[] 24 Pin Dot Matrix
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[] Laser
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[] Other:___________
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[Monitor(s)]
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[] Color Monitor (SC1224)
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[] Monochrome (SM124)
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[] 19- Monochrome
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[] Other:___________
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[Modem(s)]
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[] 300 Baud
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[] 1200 Baud
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[] 2400 Baud
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[] 9600 Baud
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[] Other:
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_________________
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_________________
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_________________
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Do you run a BBs? Name of your
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Yes [] No [] Disk Drive(s)?
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________________
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Name of your printer ________________
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____________________ ________________
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____________________
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Name of your modem(s) Favorite
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software titles?
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____________________
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____________________ ________________
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________________
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________________
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Name of user's group? User's group BBs
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name? ____________________
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____________________ ________________
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____________________ ________________
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____________________ ________________
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________________
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Favorite BBs name?
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__________________
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__________________
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Mail to:
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Atari Users Association
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c/o Software Spectrum
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267 Main St.
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Matawan, NJ 07747
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Hologram Inc.
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Node 133
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201/727-1914
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Member of the A.U.A.
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--------------->Clip Here<-------------
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| Rovac Industries, Incorporated |
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| P.O. Box 74, Middlesex, NJ 08846 |
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| (201) 968-8148 |
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|Copyright 1989 All Rights Reserved|
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