T.DISKOVERY
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..^U:DISKOVERY.. DISKOVERY
.. BY FENDER TUCKER.. WELL,
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE.NEW LOADSTAR M
ENU? WE'VE HAD LOTS OF.FEEDBACK FROM TH
E PEOPLE HERE AT.SOFTDISK, INC. BUT THE
REAL CRITICS.ARE YOU, OUR READERS. PLEA
SE LET US.KNOW WHAT YOU LIKE OR DISLIKE.
.. WE'VE TRIED TO CUT DOWN ON THE.TIM
E IT TAKES TO RETURN THE LOADSTAR.MENU F
ROM A PROGRAM. THIS WAS THE.MAIN COMPLA
INT ABOUT THE OLD SYSTEM..... DEPENDI
NG ON THE PROGRAM WE'RE.RETURNING FROM,
IT SHOULD TAKE.ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 30 SE
CONDS, WHICH.IS A VAST IMPROVEMENT OVER
THE OLD.MENU. IF YOU USE A FAST LOADER.
CARTRIDGE IT WILL BE EVEN QUICKER...
THERE ARE NO RADICALLY NEW.FEATURES ALTH
OUGH SOME OF THE.EXISTING FEATURES HAVE
BEEN.STREAMLINED AND MADE MORE FRIENDLY.
.FOR INSTANCE, THE "COPY IT" FUNCTION.NO
W TELLS WHICH FILE TO LOAD TO RUN.THE PR
OGRAM. WE'VE ADDED A TEXT.READER SO THA
T YOU CAN READ THE TEXT.FILE THAT'S COPI
ED ALONG WITH THE.PROGRAM. IT'S LIKE HA
VING A "READ.IT" FUNCTION FOR YOUR COPY.
.. THERE ARE HELP SCREENS THAT YOU.CA
N CALL UP ALMOST ANYTIME YOU WANT..IN TH
E PAST WE TENDED TO FORGET THAT.MANY OF
OUR READERS ARE NEW TO.COMPUTERS, OR AT
LEAST NEW TO.COMMODORE AND LOADSTAR...
WE HAVE A REVAMPED PRINT.FUNCTION. WH
EN YOU PRESS "P" TO.PRINT OUT THE "READ
IT" OR "CONTENTS".FILES YOU ARE ASKED IF
YOU WANT IT.PRINTED IN SINGLE OR DOUBLE
COLUMNS..SOME OF OUR READERS LIKE TO PU
T THE.PRINTOUTS IN A LOOSE-LEAF BINDER A
ND.THE SINGLE COLUMN PRINTOUT GIVES THEM
.A LOT OF ROOM TO PUNCH HOLES IN THE.LEF
T SIDE OF THE PAPER.... FOR OUR READE
RS WHO LIKE TO.CONSERVE PAPER, THE DOUBL
E COLUMN.OPTION IS THE ONE TO CHOOSE...
THERE IS NO LONGER A CUSTOMIZING.FEAT
URE. SINCE THE LOADSTAR MENU IS.SO COLO
RFUL WE FELT THAT CHANGING THE.SCREEN, T
EXT AND BORDER COLORS WASN'T.FEASIBLE.
OUR NEW PRINT FUNCTION.SHOULD WORK WITH
ALL COMMODORE AND.COMMODORE-EMULATING PR
INTERS, EXCEPT.THE 1520 PLOTTER. IF YOU
HAVE.TROUBLES, WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM Y
OU.ABOUT IT AND WE'LL TRY TO REMEDY ANY.
PROBLEMS FOR FUTURE ISSUES...***********
**************************... WE HAVE
THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY.OF LOADSTAR REA
DERS TAKEN A FEW.MONTHS AGO AND I THOUGH
I'D PASS SOME.OF THEM ON TO YOU. THERE
'S NOTHING.TOO SURPRISING HERE, BUT SOME
OF THE.FIGURES MAY GIVE YOU AN INDICATI
ON.WHY WE DO SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO...
-- 80% OF OUR READERS HAVE C64'S.. 4
5% HAVE C128'S... (APPARENTLY 25% OF
OUR READERS.HAVE UPGRADED TO THE C128, Y
ET HAVE.KEPT THEIR 64'S. THESE FIGURES
SHOW.WHY WE ARE HESITANT TO PUBLISH C128
.PROGRAMS THAT CAN ONLY BE APPRECIATED.B
Y 45% OF OUR READERS.)... -- 95% OF OUR
READERS HAVE AT LEAST. ONE PRINTER...
(NO PARTICULAR TYPE OF PRINTER.STAND
S OUT, ALTHOUGH AROUND 40% OF.OUR READER
S HAVE EITHER AN MPS.SERIES, A STAR GEMI
NI SERIES, OR AN.OKIDATA PRINTER. BECAU
SE EVERY.PRINTER USES DIFFERENT ESCAPE C
ODES.FOR PRINT FUNCTIONS WE WILL ONLY.PU
BLISH PROGRAMS WITH GENERIC PRINT.ROUTIN
ES.)........ -- 8% USE A XETEC SUPER GRA
PHIX. PRINTER INTERFACE... (THIS I
S THE ONLY INTERFACE THAT.RATES EVEN THI
S HIGH. APPARENTLY NO.ONE COMPANY DOMIN
ATES THE FIELD..ALMOST THIRTY DIFFERENT
INTERFACES.WERE MENTIONED BY OUR READERS
.).. WE ASKED OUR READERS TO LIST.THR
EE THINGS THAT THEY LIKED BEST.ABOUT LOA
DSTAR AND WE WERE AMAZED AT.THE VARIETY
OF THE ANSWERS. MOST OF.THEM CONCERNED
THE QUALITY OF THE.PROGRAMS AND THE EASE
AND INFORMALITY.OF THE PRESENTATION....
. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE WERE MORE.IN
TERESTED IN THE THREE THINGS THAT.OUR RE
ADERS DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT.LOADSTAR. THE B
IG 'WINNER' WAS THE.SLOW LOADING TIME.
NO OTHER SINGLE.COMPLAINT STOOD OUT FROM
THE REST..AS EXPECTED, THERE WERE COMPL
AINTS.THAT WERE COMPLEMENTS OF EACH OTHE
R:.TOO MANY 128 PROGRAMS, TOO FEW 128.PR
OGRAMS; TOO MUCH TEXT, NOT ENOUGH.TEXT;
TOO MANY GAMES, NOT ENOUGH.GAMES, ETC.
YOU THINK IT'S EASY.BEING A MANAGING EDI
TOR?....... SEVERAL PEOPLE MENTIONED
OUR.PACKAGING. HERE'S THE OFFICIAL.STOR
Y. A YEAR OR SO AGO WE.CONTRACTED WITH
B. DALTON AND.WALDENBOOKS TO HAVE OUR MA
GAZINES.PLACED ON THEIR STANDS. THEY.RE
QUIRED THAT ALL OF THEIR MAGAZINES.BE 8
1/2 BY 11 OR LARGER IN SIZE SO.WE CAME U
P WITH THE LARGE PLASTIC.PACK... WHEN
COMPLAINTS FROM OUR READERS.WITH SMALLE
R MAILBOXES STARTED.ROLLING IN, WE BEGAN
SENDING.SUBSCRIBERS THEIR DISKS IN THE
SMALL,.CARDBOARD MAILERS..... IT DOES
N'T SEEM FAIR TO HAVE OUR.LOYAL SUBSCRIB
ERS RECEIVE LESS THAN.THE READERS WHO BU
Y OFF THE STANDS SO.SOFTDISK MANAGEMENT
HAS COME UP WITH.MINIATURE COVERS (FRONT
AND BACK) TO.INSERT IN THE SUBSCRIBERS'
PACKAGES..THESE MINIATURES AREN'T AVAIL
ABLE.YET, BUT THEY'RE EXPECTED SOON...
THERE IS MUCH MORE INFORMATION TO.BE G
LEANED FROM OUR READERS' SURVEY.BUT I'M
GOING TO SAVE PART 2 FOR THE.NEXT DISKOV
ERY, ON THE APRIL FOOL'S.ISSUE, LOADSTAR
#46... **** END OF TEXT ****.
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