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- L O A D S T A R F O R U M
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- You Write, We Respond
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- Dear Rev. Dave,
-
- Hiya! From one good Methodist to
- another...
-
- Ijust wanted to tell you that I have
- greatly enjoyed the last few issues of
- LOADSTAR, and felt I should let you
- know.
-
- I came to C=dom late -- in the early
- 90's after most had left the platform.
- In about '94, I came across a LOADSTAR
- Pass-Around issue and was amazed when
- Fender personally answered my query
- letter. And I have enjoyed it ever
- since then.
-
- Now I am a power user with CMD
- technology at my fingertips --
- RAMLink, SuperCPU, 3.5" drive, etc. I
- am very glad that Maurice Randall is
- still supporting this level, though he
- doesn't answer my letters!
-
- Dave, I will continue to use this
- venerable platform forever; I am in my
- 40's and replacement units are readily
- available in the thrift stores. Thank
- you for continuing the tradition of
- LOADSTAR.
-
- I do miss the LOADSTAR Forum and the
- ProseQuest every other year. Just a
- suggestion, Dave...
-
- I am yours,
-
- Bill Wells
- Petersburg, VA
-
-
-
- Bill,
-
- Since you (and others) mentioned it
- -- the Forum is back. And how could I
- resist such a glowing letter to start
- it off! I am very pleased to hear you
- enjoyed the last several issues.
- Figuring out what to do each month is
- a shot in the dark.
-
- So far, we have always had something
- new in the mail or by email -- from
- Ken Barsky or the Derocher Brothers
- or Dr. James Jones or Lance Thomas. I
- put in most everything I get. Then I
- search the Internet for things that
- are perhaps a bit out of date, but
- still of high quality and interest.
-
- I am usually working on a
- MediaMeister production, so that can
- go into the mix. This month I got
- back into game programming. Then I
- look through the LOADSTAR Vault to
- find programs that are of some
- interest and/or are just plain
- excellent.
-
- On the other hand, unlike Fender, I
- am lousy at correspondence. I love to
- write, but I can't seem to get it
- into an envelope and sent off. Email
- is better, though I don't have the
- time right now to get into considered
- discussions.
-
- Anyway, the Forum is back. And next
- issue, we will announce a new Quest.
- And we will have REAL prizes. (That's
- why we are waiting until next month.
- I have to take Sheri two out of three
- at arm wrestling for those prizes!)
-
- We are having fun keeping LOADSTAR
- Alive and (we hope) well. We get
- behind on issues sometimes, and we
- apologize for the wait. Looking back
- over the last two years, we seem to
- be getting out ten issues per annum.
- That might be the way it is. The
- important thing is that we will never
- sell a subscription for an issue we
- won't publish.
-
-
-
- Dave,
-
- What happened? Issue 219 looks like
- you planned to get it out by
- Christmas. I did enjoy the slide show
- of the manger scenes -- but we have
- already put up our tree! Just
- wondering.
-
- Richard Drew
- Cheyenne, WY
-
-
- Richard,
-
- The issue was ready to go on December
- 20, but our 3.5" disk supply wasn't.
- And our supplier -- a local office
- supply company -- had to back order.
- Then came the holiday and a trip to
- Albuquerque to be with the family.
-
- OK -- so much for excuses. This
- enterprise has taught me a couple of
- things I didn't want to know:
-
- 1. The devil is in the details.
- And I am lousy at details.
- Finishing a program is hard.
- Finalizing an issue is really
- tough. I sent a copy to Robin
- Harbron to beta check it, then
- lost his reply in an email snafu.
-
- 2. I am not a business person nor a
- marketer. I used to think I would
- do a wonderful job, but the truth
- is that I get too many irons in
- the fire and none get really hot.
-
- But I enjoy putting together each
- issue and writing copy. And I am
- committed to supporting the Commodore
- in any way I can.
-
- There. That's more honesty than is
- probably appropriate.
-
-
-
- RevDave6,
-
- When are you going to have more
- [useful] programs? Games are OK. Most
- demos are dumb. I did like your
- "Murder by Commodore." But I would
- really like a good utility.
-
- Jack Frantz
- Springfield, CO
-
-
- Jack,
-
- We need to talk! What kind of
- utilities are you interested in? If
- you have any programming skills at
- all, we would love to see what you
- have in mind. I am a firm believer
- that just because The Write Stuff is
- the ultimate word processor for the
- C-64/128, that doesn't mean another
- one couldn't be better. And if that
- other one is your own, it is -- by
- definition -- much better!
-
- In a perfect world, where we had a
- thousand subscribers, I would move
- Lee Novak (from Moose Jaw, Sash.,
- Canada) down here to do what Jeff
- Jones did for Fender. Lee is the kind
- of genius who can make things hum.
- However, Lee has a real life and real
- work. We all are more or less
- volunteers in this scene.
-
- Utilities -- especially ones that do
- very useful things like handle disk
- access -- [must] be well written. I
- don't have the time to do such
- programs justice. Even though I write
- this on Mr. Edstar, I realize that
- several problems still haunt this
- little word processor. I should get
- back into it and fix it. I really
- should.
-
-
- ++++++++++++++++++++++
-
- The Forum is Your Place to sound
- off. Ask questions. Give testamonials.
- Vent your spleen. Keep those cards,
- letters, and emails coming!
-
- DMM
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