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- D I S K O V E R Y
- by Dave Moorman
-
-
- This issue looks like a bit of
- self-promoting on my part. Sorry about
- that. I've just had some time on my
- hands (in the midst of a busy schedule
- -- go figure!) and a number of
- projects came about. Also, I need to
- hear from you all! You have some great
- tools to make your own exceptional
- presentations. Let us all see what's
- happening in your world.
-
- Last night, I sat down with
- SongSmith and keyed in the music you
- are hearing -- or were when you
- pressed the <S> key. The transcription
- took a little over an hour. Then I
- warmed up SID Editor (on this issue)
- and tweaked it a bit, adding much
- nicer voices and doing a repeat.
-
- This is the original SID Editor
- for Craig Chamberlain's SIDPlayer,
- created by Harry Bratt way back in
- 1984. I found it on the web, and wrote
- Harry about using it here in LOADSTAR.
- He had no problem with it (being
- surprised anyone even cared), but then
- he had sold the intellectual property
- rights years ago -- as did Craig and
- most every C-64 programmer back in the
- day. Heck, my published works all are
- copyrighted by J & F Publishing, Inc.
- I wonder what ever happened to them?
-
- I am still searching for whoever
- owns Compute!'s stuff. They certainly
- are not actively interested in what a
- tiny software digest is doing with 21
- year old material -- and are probably
- much more concerned with the latest
- ballyhoo in consumer electronics.
- Until the owner shows that this
- material is valuable, I will run it on
- LOADSTAR. Which SID Editor is.
-
- We are not running the cracked
- games like we once did, since the
- advent of DTV has given new big time
- life to these properties. Oh, well --
- we live in a strange niche in this
- culture which is getting nichier by
- the minute!
-
- +++++++++++++++++
-
- I notice I have a little more
- space on this side of the 1541
- version, so I guess I can be a bit
- verbose. As of 6:15 on January 1,
- 2006, I am officially 56 years old. In
- September, I will tumble into my
- "late fifties." And this otherwise
- ordinary occurance has put me in a
- mood of contemplation.
-
- Abraham Lincoln and Adolf Hitler
- were both 56 when they died. If I were
- Mozart, I would be dead for 24 years.
- On the otherhand, 56 is just halfway
- to my Great-great-uncle Bert's age
- when he left this world. I come from a
- long line of long livers.
-
- As noted by the inclusion of
- various articles in this issue, a
- fellows priorities change over time. I
- once wanted to be a great film maker,
- but George Lucas and Steven Spielberg
- beat me to it. And after seeing the
- work of Peter Jackson (Lord of the
- Rings, and King Kong), I realize now
- that others can do what I imagined I
- could do -- only much, much better!
-
- So, I quit worrying about what I
- once thought I wanted, or regretting
- what could not happen -- and find a
- simple joy in what blessings I have
- received. I live in a town where
- "heavy traffic" means school's out and
- the Moms are picking up the kids. The
- mayor lives down the street, and parks
- his cars facing the wrong way on the
- street. We have a wonderful Christmas
- time in this town (where [every] day
- is a [Holly] day!), and my girth
- allows me to be the town Santa Claus.
-
- And then there's LOADSTAR -- where
- I can make my "movies" (small, no
- moving) and bring together what might
- be entertaining for you. The C-64 is
- like a small town. Every address and
- who lives there is more than just
- familiar. And it is a good place to be
- if you don't want to be bothered by
- the thrubbing rhythm of modernity.
-
- Out here, time moves at a natural
- pace, a seasonal rhythm. It's about as
- exciting as watching grass grow. And,
- since wheat is grass, that is exactly
- what we do out here. Watch the crops,
- the livestock, the children, the
- oldsters all grow in wisdom and
- stature. We have a lot of fun -- if
- not more fun, at least much less
- expensive fun than our cutting edge
- cousins.
-
- I'm not sure exactly where this is
- going. I have learned much of what I
- will never be, and have learned that I
- really don't [want] to be any of it.
- That must be the result of hitting 56.
-
- DMM
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