T.JEFF'S SOAPBOX
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FILENAME(S): T.JEFF'S SOAPBOX
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..^U:DISKOVERY. J E F F ' S S O A
P B O X.. THE VALUE OF SOFTWARE..
BY JEFFREY L. JONES.. BEFORE
I BEGIN BLABBING ABOUT.SOFTWARE, LET ME
APOLOGIZE FOR THE.LONG-RUNNING BUG IN F
EEDBACK MACHINE..ABOUT A DOZEN PEOPLE WR
OTE IN,.COMPLAINING ABOUT A PROBLEM WITH
THE.DELETE KEY CAUSING CRASHES. WELL I
,.IN MY SMUGNESS, "KNEW" THAT THERE WAS.
NOTHING WRONG WITH THE DELETE.ROUTINE.
IT HAD BEEN TESTED AND.TESTED IN THE PAS
T. BUT, TO MY.CHAGRIN, SOMETIME IN THE
PAST TWO.MONTHS, THE CODE WAS CORRUPTED.
... I'VE FIXED THE CODE NOW. SORRY.F
OR THE WAIT. YOUR POWER TO DELETE.HAS B
EEN RESTORED... AND MORE. I'LL.CONTINUE
TO IMPROVE FEEDBACK MACHINE.AS THE ISSU
ES ROLL ON. AGAIN, I'M.SORRY FOR ANY IN
CONVENIENCE OR LOSS OF.DATA THAT MY GOTO
INSTEAD OF A RETURN.HAS CAUSED... CA
N YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?......... WOW!
IT'S TIME FOR THE OLD.SWEET POTATO PIE
AND SUNRISE SERVICE.AGAIN. I USED TO BE
A SCROOGE --.EXCEPT WHEN IT CAME TO REC
EIVING.GIFTS. BUT NOW I HERALD DECEMBER
.25TH MONTHS EARLY BY DRIVING MY WIFE.IN
SANE WITH MY CARPENTER'S CHRISTMAS.ALBUM
, THE NUTCRACKER SUITE, AND MY.NEW MICHA
EL W. SMITH CHRISTMAS CD..EVEN AS I TYPE
, THE CD PLAYER ON MY.DESK IS BUSY SPINN
ING AT 200 TO 300.RPM... CD PLAYERS H
AVE ALWAYS FASCINATED.ME SINCE THEY EPIT
OMIZE THE SUCCESS.OF THE COMPUTER REVOLU
TION. SITTING.ON MY DESK ARE FOUR SELF-
CONTAINED.COMPUTERS: A C-128, TWO 1541'S
, AND.MY TRUSTLY OLD CD PLAYER... WHE
N I PURCHASED MY FIRST WORD.PROCESSOR, I
FOUND OUT QUICKLY THAT.COMPUTERS WERE T
HE MOST VERSATILE.MACHINES ON THE FACE O
F THE EARTH. I.REMEMBER MY ASTONISHMENT
WHEN I.PRESSED THE STOP KEY, THE PROGRA
M.DIDN'T BREAK. BACK THEN I HAD NEVER.S
EEN SUCH FANCY STUFF. THE ENTIRE.COMPUT
ER WAS TRANSFORMED INTO ANOTHER.TYPE OF
MACHINE -- A WORD PROCESSOR..JUST TRY CH
ANGING YOUR CAR INTO A.PLANE! YOU'LL SE
E......... IN THE REAL WORLD, PROGRAM
S.CONTROL DEVICES LIKE CD PLAYERS, BUT.A
CD PLAYER IS NOT RE-PROGRAMMABLE..THE B
OX CAN ONLY BE A CD PLAYER, NOT.A SPREAD
SHEET. ITS SOFTWARE IS.CALLED "FIRMWARE
" SINCE IT'S ACTUALLY.PART OF THE MACHIN
E AND CAN'T BE.CHANGED WITHOUT REPLACING
PARTS..WITHOUT SOFTWARE, A CD PLAYER WO
ULD.FAIL TO OPERATE IN EVEN THE SMALLEST
.MECHANICAL FASHION, LET ALONE READ,.DEC
IPHER AND GENERATE OUTPUT FROM THE.CD.
WITHOUT SOFTWARE, YOUR CAR WOULD.BE MIST
IMED, YOUR CLOCK RADIO.COULDN'T TELL TIM
E. WORST OF ALL,.YOU COULDN'T PRESS CRS
R DOWN AND GO.ON THE THE NEXT PAGE....
SINCE I OWN TWO CD PLAYERS, I CAN.CERT
IFY THAT SOFTWARE CAN MAKE.MACHINES WITH
IDENTICAL CAPABILITIES.AS DIFFERENT AS
NIGHT AND DAY. ONE.OF MY PLAYERS IMMEDI
ATELY BEGINS.PLAYING WHATEVER IS IN THE
DRIVE WHEN.THE PLAYER IS POWERED UP. LI
KE THE.AUTO-BOOT ON THE C-128, IT TAKES
TOO.LONG TO REALIZE THAT THERE'S NO DISK
.IN THE DRIVE ON POWER-UP. SO FAR.I'VE
NEVER NEEDED AN "AUTO-PLAY".OPTION BUT M
Y THREE-YEAR-OLD WILL.FLICK THAT POWER S
WITCH AT TWO IN THE.MORNING. IF THERE'S
A DISK IN THE.PLAYER, THE PEOPLE IN THE
NEXT.APARTMENT WILL KNOW IT..... NEE
DLESS TO SAY, SOFTWARE CAN ADD.TO THE VA
LUE OF A MACHINE. A SIMPLE.PROGRAM CAN
MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.BETWEEN AN OKAY DEVI
CE AND A USEFUL.ONE. TAKE ANY VCR. 99%
OF ALL VCRS.EMPLOY MICROPROCESSORS. EV
EN REMOTE.CONTROLS EMPLOY THEM. MY VCR
EMPLOYS.ON-SCREEN PROGRAMMING. THAT MEA
NS.THAT IT HAS SOMETHING EQUIVALENT TO A
.VIC-II CHIP IN IT. SOMEWHERE IN THAT.V
CR IS A FULL-FLEDGED COMPUTER THAT.PROMP
TS ME, ACCEPTS INPUT AND FIGURES.OUT WHE
THER OR NOT JANUARY 1, 1990 IS.A MONDAY
OR TUESDAY....... SINCE ADDING SOFTWA
RE FEATURES.DOESN'T MEAN ADDING TO THE P
HYSICAL.MAKE-UP OF THE MACHINE, OTHER NI
FTY.FEATURES CAN BE ADDED, TOO -- WITHOU
T.JACKING UP THE PRODUCTION PRICE..FOR I
NSTANCE, MY VCR HAS A PERPETUAL.CALENDAR
BUILT IN. I JUST PUNCH UP.MENU 5 AND E
NTER A MONTH AND YEAR..BOOM! THERE'S A
CALENDAR FOR THAT.MONTH. THIS FEATURE W
AS "EXTRA",.MORE THAN LIKELY BECAUSE THE
RE WAS.SIMPLY ROOM FOR IT IN THE CHIPS..
. BUT INCOMPLETE PROGRAMMING CAN.MAKE
AN OTHERWISE PERFECT FEATURE.INTO A HAS
SLE..... FOR INSTANCE, YOU CAN RECORD
8.SINGLE, DAILY OR WEEKLY EVENTS ON MY.
VCR ON A YEAR'S TIMER. WHAT'S.MISSING?
HOW ABOUT WEEKDAYS? VERY.FEW PROGRAMS
ARE AIRED AT THE SAME.TIME SEVEN DAYS A
WEEK. I LIKE TO.RECORD DONAHUE BUT SINC
E HE DOESN'T.AIR ON SATURDAYS, I SHOULDN
'T HAVE.TO POP OUT MY TAPE ON FRIDAY NIG
HT TO.PROTECT IT FROM BEING RECORDED OVE
R.BY SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS AND THE.C
ISCO KID ON SUNDAY. YECCH!.. IT'S NO
T TOO MUCH TO ASK OF.SOFTWARE. IT'S ONL
Y ANOTHER OPTION.ON A MENU. BUT TO ASK
THE SAME TASK.OF HARDWARE WOULD MEAN REB
UILDING THE.MACHINE... FOR INSTANCE,
MY VCR COULD HAVE.BEEN PROGRAMMED TO REM
IND ME OF MY.MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY OR APPOIN
TMENTS..ALL IT WOULD TAKE IS ANOTHER MEN
U.OPTION, NOT EXTRA PARTS. THE PROBLEM.
IS, NO ONE HAS THOUGHT OF IT YET... F
ENDER'S VCR PREVENTS HIM FROM.TUNING IN
ON ALL THE CHANNELS HE.WANTS BECAUSE HE
IS FORCED TO PROGRAM.IN A CHOICE OF 16 C
HANNELS. THE VCR.CAN ONLY SKIP BETWEEN
THESE 16. SOME."ALL-WISE" PROGRAMMER FI
GURED THAT.FENDER WOULDN'T NEED ANY MORE
.CHANNELS...... ALL THIS IS BECAUSE O
F SOFTWARE..A PROGRAM IS MADE TO SERVE T
HE USER..THE PROGRAM ISN'T SUPPOSED TO D
O.THINGS THAT THE USER DOESN'T WANT..SOM
ETIMES YOU MAY WONDER WHY A.PROGRAMMER D
IDN'T INCLUDE A FEATURE.IN HIS/HER SOFTW
ARE. IT COULD HAVE.BEEN BECAUSE THERE W
ASN'T ENOUGH RAM.OR ROM FOR THE EXTRA CO
DE... MAYBE THERE WAS A RECURRING BUG
.THAT HE COULDN'T GET RID OF BEFORE.HIS
DEADLINE WAS UP. MORE THAN.LIKELY THOUG
H, THE PROGRAMMER IS NOT.FREE TO INSERT
HIS IDEAS INTO THE.SCHEME OF A MACHINE,
EVEN THOUGH IT.WOULDN'T COST A CENT MORE
TO ADD A.LITTLE EXTRA CODE... RICK N
ASH, MR. ML, IS CURRENTLY.PROGRAMMING FO
R A COMPANY THAT MAKES.A BLACK BOX THAT
CONTROLS COMPUTERS.FOR PARAPLEGICS. HE
HAS SOME CONTROL.OVER THE WAY THE DEVICE
WILL OPERATE.BUT SINCE THE DEVICE ISN'T
HIS.BRAINCHILD, HE HAS TO FOLLOW THE.DR
EAM OF THE DEVICE'S ARCHITECT... CONT
RARY TO WHAT YOUR TEACHER.TOLD YOU, THE
WORLD SPINS ON SOFTWARE,.NOT AN AXIS. B
AD SOFTWARE IS RAMPANT..I STILL HAVE CRE
DITORS WHOSE FILING.SYSTEM CAN'T HANDLE
THE NEW NINE-.DIGIT ZIP CODES...... SO
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU FEEL YOU'RE.GETTING
THE RUNAROUND OR FEEL THAT.THE RED TAPE
IS GETTING JUST A BIT.TOO LONG, IT'S MOR
E THAN LIKELY.BECAUSE CRUMMY SOFTWARE IS
FORCING.THE PERSON ON THE OTHER END OF
THE.PHONE TO BE METHODICAL. PERHAPS.THE
IR COMPUTER WON'T ALLOW THEM TO.PROCEED,
NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY MAY.WANT TO, UN
TIL ONE SEEMINGLY.INSIGNIFICANT ITEM IS
DIGESTED. I.ONCE DEALT WITH A CREDITOR
WHOSE.COMPUTER WOULDN'T ACCEPT OVERPAYME
NT........ ALL THIS MAY MAKE COMPUTER
S SEEM.STUPID BUT THEY'RE NOT. YOU'VE G
OT.TO BE CONSCIOUS BEFORE YOU CAN BE.STU
PID. COMPUTERS DON'T MAKE MISTAKES.UNLE
SS THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF.BREAKING DO
WN. MOST ERRORS CAN BE.TRACED BACK TO T
HE USER -- AND YES,.THE PROGRAMMER. TO
QUOTE A GREAT GUY:.. "SOFTWARE IS AN
INTRICATE AND.THOUGHTFUL EXPRESSION THAT
, WHEN.COMPLETE, CAN BE REWARDING, BUT W
HEN.INCOMPLETE, CAN MAKE YOU FEEL..."..
...JEFF JONES..
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