T.REVIEWS
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FILENAME(S): T.REVIEWS
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A| 000004A0: 52 54 49 53 54 2C 20 CB 45 56 49 4E 20 C3 4C 4F |RTIST, .EVIN .LO| 000004B0: 55 44 2C 20 57 48 4F 0D 55 53 45 53 20 CF C3 D0 |UD, WHO.USES ...| 000004C0: 20 C1 52 54 20 D3 54 55 44 49 4F 20 57 48 45 4E | .RT .TUDIO WHEN| 000004D0: 20 48 45 20 4D 41 4B 45 53 0D 53 4F 4D 45 20 4F | HE MAKES.SOME O| 000004E0: 46 20 54 48 45 20 48 49 2D 52 45 53 20 53 43 52 |F THE HI-RES SCR| 000004F0: 45 45 4E 53 20 46 4F 52 0D CC CF C1 C4 D3 D4 C1 |EENS FOR........| 00000500: D2 2E 20 20 C8 45 20 41 4C 53 4F 20 45 4E 4A 4F |.. .E ALSO ENJO| 00000510: 59 53 20 41 4E 0D 4F 43 43 41 53 49 4F 4E 41 4C |YS AN.OCCASIONAL| 00000520: 20 C4 26 C4 20 47 52 41 50 48 49 43 20 41 44 56 | .&. GRAPHIC ADV| 00000530: 45 4E 54 55 52 45 20 41 4E 44 0D 51 55 49 43 4B |ENTURE AND.QUICK| 00000540: 4C 59 20 41 47 52 45 45 44 20 54 4F 20 52 45 56 |LY AGREED TO REV| 00000550: 49 45 57 20 D0 CF CF CC 20 CF C6 0D D2 C1 C4 C9 |IEW .... .......| 00000560: C1 CE C3 C5 20 42 59 20 D3 54 52 41 54 45 47 49 |.... BY .TRATEGI| 00000570: 43 20 D3 49 4D 55 4C 41 54 49 4F 4E 53 2C 0D C9 |C .IMULATIONS,..| 00000580: 4E 43 2E 20 28 D3 D3 C9 29 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 |NC. (...)... | 00000590: CA 45 46 46 20 CA 4F 4E 45 53 2C 20 57 48 4F 20 |.EFF .ONES, WHO | 000005A0: 49 53 20 41 4E 20 41 44 4D 49 54 54 45 44 0D 43 |IS AN ADMITTED.C| 000005B0: 4F 4D 50 49 4C 4F 50 48 49 4C 45 2C 20 47 49 56 |OMPILOPHILE, GIV| 000005C0: 45 53 20 55 53 20 48 49 53 20 53 4C 49 47 48 54 |ES US HIS SLIGHT| 000005D0: 4C 59 0D 53 4B 45 57 45 44 20 56 49 45 57 53 20 |LY.SKEWED VIEWS | 000005E0: 4F 4E 20 C1 42 41 43 55 53 27 20 36 34 20 C3 4F |ON .BACUS' 64 .O| 000005F0: 4D 50 49 4C 45 52 2E 0D D4 48 45 20 46 41 43 54 |MPILER...HE FACT| 00000600: 20 54 48 41 54 20 45 56 45 52 59 20 50 52 4F 47 | THAT EVERY PROG| 00000610: 52 41 4D 20 48 45 27 53 20 48 41 44 0D 50 55 42 |RAM HE'S HAD.PUB| 00000620: 4C 49 53 48 45 44 20 4F 4E 20 CC CF C1 C4 D3 D4 |LISHED ON ......| 00000630: C1 D2 20 48 41 53 20 42 45 45 4E 0D 43 4F 4D 50 |.. HAS BEEN.COMP| 00000640: 49 4C 45 44 20 49 4E 44 49 43 41 54 45 53 20 41 |ILED INDICATES A| 00000650: 4E 20 49 4E 20 44 45 50 54 48 0D 44 49 53 43 55 |N IN DEPTH.DISCU| 00000660: 53 53 49 4F 4E 20 4F 4E 20 49 54 53 20 55 53 45 |SSION ON ITS USE| 00000670: 2E 20 20 CE 4F 54 20 59 4F 55 52 20 55 53 55 41 |. .OT YOUR USUA| 00000680: 4C 0D 43 4F 4D 50 49 4C 45 52 20 53 4B 49 4D 20 |L.COMPILER SKIM | 00000690: 4F 56 45 52 2E 20 20 D0 4C 55 53 20 48 45 20 4F |OVER. .LUS HE O| 000006A0: 46 46 45 52 53 20 41 0D 44 45 4D 4F 20 4F 46 20 |FFERS A.DEMO OF | 000006B0: 54 48 45 20 43 4F 4D 50 49 4C 45 52 27 53 20 4F |THE COMPILER'S O| 000006C0: 55 54 50 55 54 21 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 CD 41 59 42 |UTPUT!.. .AYB| 000006D0: 45 20 57 45 27 4C 4C 20 50 55 42 4C 49 53 48 20 |E WE'LL PUBLISH | 000006E0: 53 4F 4D 45 20 4D 4F 52 45 0D 52 45 56 49 45 57 |SOME MORE.REVIEW| 000006F0: 53 20 4F 4E 20 46 55 54 55 52 45 20 CC CF C1 C4 |S ON FUTURE ....| 00000700: D3 D4 C1 D2 53 2E 20 20 CC 45 54 20 55 53 0D 4B |....S. .ET US.K| 00000710: 4E 4F 57 20 56 49 41 20 CC CF C1 C4 D3 D4 C1 D2 |NOW VIA ........| 00000720: 20 C3 D2 C9 D4 C9 D1 D5 C5 20 49 46 20 59 4F 55 | ........ IF YOU| 00000730: 0D 4C 49 4B 45 20 54 48 45 4D 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 |.LIKE THEM... | 00000740: 20 20 20 20 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 20 C5 4E 44 20 4F 46 | **** .ND OF| 00000750: 20 D4 45 58 54 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D | .EXT ****. |
..^U:REVIEWS.. L O A D S T A R R E V I E W S.. WE OFTEN GET LETTERS FROM OUR.READERS WHO ASK US TO PRESENT SOME. REVIEWS OF THE LATEST COMMERCIAL.PROGRAM S. UP TO NOW WE HAVE SHIED.AWAY FROM RU NNING ANY SINCE WE FEEL.THAT REVIEWS ARE BEST LEFT TO."CONSUMER REPORT" TYPES OF .PUBLICATIONS THAT SPECIALIZE IN THIS.SO RT OF THING. WE ALSO FEEL THAT.REVIEWS SHOULD BE UN-BIASED AND.HONEST, AND THIS REQUIRES THAT THE.REVIEWER BE INDEPENDE NT OF THE.REVIEWEE... WELL, WE'RE AS INDEPENDENT AS.ANYONE, SO HERE ARE SOME REVIEWS.. WE MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE BIASED.BY SOME NIT-PICKERS SINCE THE THR EE.PROGRAMS WE'RE REVIEWING HAVE ONE.THI NG IN COMMON, NAMELY, THEY WERE.SENT TO US FOR REVIEW. THEY DIDN'T.COST US A CE NT. WELL, WE SEMI-JADED.LOADSTAR GUYS B UY VERY LITTLE.COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE. AFT ER WORKING.EIGHT OR NINE HOURS A DAY ON. COMPUTERS, WE TEND TO BECOME CABLE.TELEV ISION CRITICS IN OUR OFF-HOURS... IN OTHER WORDS, WE CAN'T BE.IMPRESSED BY SO FTWARE JUST BECAUSE.IT'S FREE. IT HAS T O HAVE MONEY OR.STEAKS INSIDE, AND SO FA R WE HAVEN'T.RECEIVED ANY PROGRAMS FOR R EVIEW.STUFFED WITH EITHER. WE'LL LET YO U.KNOW IF WE DO.. THE FIRST TWO REVIE WS ARE BY ACE.SOFTDISK ARTIST, KEVIN CLO UD, WHO.USES OCP ART STUDIO WHEN HE MAKE S.SOME OF THE HI-RES SCREENS FOR.LOADSTA R. HE ALSO ENJOYS AN.OCCASIONAL D&D GRA PHIC ADVENTURE AND.QUICKLY AGREED TO REV IEW POOL OF.RADIANCE BY STRATEGIC SIMULA TIONS,.INC. (SSI)... JEFF JONES, WHO IS AN ADMITTED.COMPILOPHILE, GIVES US HI S SLIGHTLY.SKEWED VIEWS ON ABACUS' 64 CO MPILER..THE FACT THAT EVERY PROGRAM HE'S HAD.PUBLISHED ON LOADSTAR HAS BEEN.COMP ILED INDICATES AN IN DEPTH.DISCUSSION ON ITS USE. NOT YOUR USUAL.COMPILER SKIM OVER. PLUS HE OFFERS A.DEMO OF THE COMP ILER'S OUTPUT!.. MAYBE WE'LL PUBLISH SOME MORE.REVIEWS ON FUTURE LOADSTARS. LET US.KNOW VIA LOADSTAR CRITIQUE IF YOU .LIKE THEM... **** END OF TEXT ** **.
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