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00000670: 54 48 45 20 46 49 52 53 54 20 49 53 53 55 45 0D |THE FIRST ISSUE.|
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000006A0: 47 41 5A 49 4E 45 0D 3E 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D |GAZINE.> PROGRAM|
000006B0: 53 2E 0D 0D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 3C |S...-----------<|
000006C0: 20 45 4E 44 20 4F 46 20 54 45 58 54 20 3E 2D 2D | END OF TEXT >--|
000006D0: 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 0D |----------. |
RE IS SOMETHING YOU COULD DO (IN..MY HUM
BLE OPINION) TO IMPROVE THE..MAGADISK (?
)... "RETURN TO LOADSTAR." THIS IS..S
UPER WHEN IT'S ON THE ORIGINAL, BUT..AS
I'M SURE YOU KNOW, MOST OF US SORT..BY C
ATEGORY. THAT MEANS WE GET YOUR..DISK,
PLAY WITH IT AWHILE, THEN TAKE..THE PROG
RAMS WE LIKE AND TRANSFER..THEM TO DISKS
ALLOCATED FOR THAT TYPE..OF PROGRAM (MU
SIC, GAMES, DISK..UTILITIES, PROGRAMMING
UTILITIES,..ETC.) NOW, GUESS WHAT HAPP
ENS WHEN..WE RUN THESE PROGRAMS AGAIN!
YOU GOT..IT, SHERLOCK--THEY LOOK FOR YOU
R..OPERATING SYSTEM WHEN THEY END!...
AS I SAID, THIS IS GREAT WHEN..USING THE
ORIGINAL--BUT DISASTROUS..WHEN ON ANOTH
ER DISK. NORMALLY, IT'S..ONLY A MATTER
OF CHANGING A LINE OR..TWO, BUT SOME PRO
GRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN..COMPILED (CAT TOOL
, ETC.), OR ANY..PROGRAM (USUALLY A GAME
) IN MACHINE..LANGUAGE CANNOT BE ALTERED
. A SHORT..LITTLE COMMENT ON HOW TO MAK
E THE..PROGRAM AUTONOMOUS WOULD BE MOST.
.APPRECIATED....> WE ARE NOW RETURNING T
O LOADSTAR.> BY CHECKING FOR A "HELLO CO
NNECT".> FILE ON THE DISK. IF IT'S NOT.
> THERE, THEN THE PROGRAM WILL JUST.> EN
D. FOR YOUR OTHER PROGRAMS, YOU.> COULD
PUT A LITTLE PROGRAM ON YOUR.> DISKS CA
LLED "HELLO CONNECT" THAT.> COULD JUST Q
UIT TO BASIC OR RUN.> YOUR OWN MENU WHEN
YOUR PROGRAM IS.> OVER...--------------
------------------------..FROM: DENHAM..
. WELL NOW, IF THIS ISSUE OF..LOADST
AR IS A GOOD INDICATION OF THE..OTHERS I
'LL HAVE TO SUBSCRIBE. YOUR..DISCOUNT IS
MUCH APPRECIATED. HOW FAR..BACK IN THE
MAGAZINE DO YOUR PROGRAMS..GO, 1985, 198
4?..> LOADSTAR #9 IS DATED FEBRUARY,.> 1
985 AND CORRESPONDS WITH THE.> FEBRUARY/
MARCH ISSUE OF POWER/PLAY.> MAGAZINE. T
HIS WAS THE FIRST ISSUE.> WE BEGAN TO RU
N COMMODORE'S MAGAZINE.> PROGRAMS...----
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