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- u<d1>
- <t2>
- The lieutenant pressed on, "And where
- was Jeri at the time?"
- <w>
- <d2>
- <t1>
- "She was down on the floor, too,
- <w>
- <t3>
- but then had to run back to her room
- to tweak the CommodoreOne prototype
- before bringing it down.
- <w>
- She never came back. That's when the
- Expo organizer went to the room and
- found her body.
- <w>
- We were all shocked... very much
- shocked." Rich turned silent and bowed
- his head.
-
- <w>
- <d4>
- <t2>
- "Well, thank you very much, sir. You
- were a great help."
- <w>
- <t3>
- Rich's face feigned curiosity,
- "Lieutenant, do you know how she
- died?"
- <w>
- <d1>
- <t2>
- "Forensics is on that, sir. I'll
- let you know."
- <w>
- <d2>
- <t4>
- The lieutenant raised his hand in
- a half-wave and shuffled out the hotel
- room door. Rich let out a breath and
- smiled to himself.
- <w>
- <d3>
- <t3>
- Then the lieutenant came back through
- the door, "I just thought of
- something, sir..."
- <w>
- <t3>
- "This CommodoreOne prototype... was
- Jeri the only one working on it?"
- \
- <w>
- <d2>
- <t1>
- "Yes, she was, Lieutenant."
- <w>
- <d5>
- <t1>
- "No help from anyone?"
- <w>
- <t2>
- "None, Lieutenant. I offered my help,
- but she didn't accept it."
- <l5mans.shp>
- <w>
- <d3>
- <t4>
- "Interesting," the lieutenant
- scratched his head, "Interesting.
- Well, good-bye, sir," and he shuffled
- out again.
- <l0czardas.mus>
- <w>
- <d2>
- <m0>
- <p400>
- <t0>
-
- <p300>
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- <t0>
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-
- The old Renault stumbled and
- sputtered up Rich's semi-circular
- driveway.
- <p400>
-
- <d5>
- <t3>
- It finally died to a stop. The
- lieutenant got out of the driver's
- seat and clanged the car door shut.
- <l5gnwind.shp>
- <p400>
- <q>
- <t3>
- \
- Press Key to Flip Pages
- \
- <w>
- The butler answered the door and
- ushered him into the front room, where
- Rich was waiting.
- <w>
- <d5>
- <t2>
- "Lieutenant," he beamed, "welcome to
- my abode."
- <w>
- <d1>
- <t2>
- "This is some place, sir," said the
- Lieutenant in astonishment.
- <w>
- <d2>
- <t3>
- "With all the money I save by using
- Commodore computers, I can afford this
- spread," laughed Rich,
- <l5br w f l.shp>
- <w>
- "Lieutenant, I'm going to make you
- into a diehard Commodorian."
- \
- <w>
- <d4>
- <t1>
- "Well, sir, I'm all for it."
- <w>
- <d5>
- <t3>
- They entered the grand room. The
- Lieutenant exclaimed, "Sir, this room
- is bigger than my entire house!"
- <w>
- "And look, Lieutenant. There is every
- possible Commodore set-up ever made --
- \
- <w>
- C64, C64GS, C65, VIC-20, PET
- 2001, B128, C128, C128D, C128DCR..."
- \
- <w>
- Rich went on and on, leading the
- lieutenant to each set-up, each in
- perfect working condition.
- <l0m.mc3>
- <w>
- <d1>
- <t2>
- "You're proud of your Commodores,
- aren't you, sir?"
- <w>
- <d4>
- <t2>
- "Lieutenant, I've spent my life
- dedicated to these machines."
- <l5computer.shp>
- <w>
- <d5>
- <t3>
- They stopped by the C128 set-up.
- "This looks like the computer for you,
- Lieutenant. Here, sit down, try it."
-
- <w>
- <d4>
- <t1>
- "Sir... uh... uh... I'm not sure..."
- <l4flcomp.shp>
- <w>
- <d2>
- <t1>
- "Go ahead. It won't bite."
- <w>
- <d4>
- <t3>
- "I have the RAMLink already loaded
- for you. Here, try Test Drive. Use
- the joystick." Rich typed a command.
- <l1lcur.shp>
- <w>
- <d5>
- <t4>
- The monitor screen glowed with the
- game, the lieutenant driving the
- simulated car until the simulated
- police car caught him.
- <l2fcur.shp>
- <w>
- <s0>
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