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-- WESTERN WRITER --
Adapted for the C-64 by Jim Weiler
from an adaptation by Jim Weiler for
the Apple, from an adaption by Jim
Weiler from a sci-fi magazine, OMNI,
from an adaption of the science
fiction novel flowchart from Sam J.
Lundwall's book, 'Science Fiction, an
Illustrated History' (c) 1977 by
Grosset & Dunlap.
So.... run it and weep!!
JW
[DAVE'S NOTE:] While visiting the
Shreveport Tower, I met Jim Weiler,
who was with Softdisk from near its
inception to the bitter end. He now
does techie computer stuff on the
Web.
But when Jim is not coding for cash,
he is thinking up all sorts of strange
things. He as a web site dedicated to
the preservation of old books. These
are stories like "The Roadster Boys"
and "Tom Swift" -- juvenile series
classics from very early in the 20th
Century. The copyright has lapsed, and
the publisher is unlikely to ever
reprint them. For one thing, the use
of ethnic persons for comic relief is
positively neolithic.
While on a car trip through Wyoming
(I think), Jim recorded a long,
redundant stream of consciousness poem
about the world around him. When he
started to transcribe his oral
presentation to paper, he realized the
job was going to be an awful lot of
work. So he found a Speak and Spell
program for his PC, and let it
transcribe the audio to text.
The Speak and Spell program [tried]
to make sense of Jim's ramblings. But
the result was a clutter of nonsense
-- with just enough repetition of
certain words and phrases to make the
poem [seem] meaningful.
Jim then recorded the computer
garbled poem, and Fender produced some
fitting genre music for the
background. Listening to the final
tape reminded me of certain herbal
experiences of my youth. (Unlike our
former President, I did not exhale --
which is why I am editing LOADSTAR
today and meeting Fender Tucker and
Jim Weiler.)
DMM