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..^U:DISKOVERY... DISKOVERY
. BY. FENDER
TUCKER.. OUR CONTRIBUTING PROGRAMMERS
HAVE.COME THROUGH WITH FLYING COLORS THI
S.MONTH. WHEN WE HAD OUR BIG MEETING.TO
DECIDE WHAT TO PUT ON LOADSTAR #43.I FE
LT LIKE A COACH OF AN NBA.ALL-STAR TEAM
WHO HAD TO CHOOSE.BETWEEN KAREEM AND AKE
EM! EVERYWHERE.I TURNED I SAW TERRIFIC
PROGRAMS... WE, OF COURSE, WANT TO PUB
LISH THE.MOST INTERESTING, USEFUL PROGRA
MS WE.CAN SO THAT YOU, DEAR READER, WILL
.SPEND MUCH OF YOUR VALUABLE TIME IN.FRO
NT OF YOUR COMMODORE, JUST LIKE WE.DO.
AND WHERE DO THESE PROGRAMS COME.FROM?
WHY, FROM YOU! THERE JUST.AREN'T ENOUGH
HOURS IN THE MONTH FOR.US TO CREATE PRO
GRAMS FROM SCRATCH TO.FINISH. AND IF WE
TRIED, THEY.WOULDN'T BE AS GOOD AS SOME
OF THE.PROGRAMS ON THIS DISK... I'LL
TELL YOU WHAT I LIKE IN A.PROGRAM IF YOU
'LL TELL ME WHAT YOU.LIKE. I GO FOR TEC
HNICAL WIZARDRY,.LIKE THE PROGRAMMING IN
JON MATTSON'S.DARKHOLD OR SHAWN ORT'S S
ECTOR.EDITOR. I'M ALSO IMPRESSED WITH.G
REAT IDEAS, LIKE JOHN BESNARD'S.ANNA'S G
RAM OR JEFF JONES' 3-D.CONVERTER. PROGR
AMS THAT COMBINE.CLEVER PROGRAMMING WITH
A TERRIFIC.IDEA CAN WARM THE ICE-COLD C
OCKLES OF.A JADED EDITOR'S HEART. AS FO
R OUR.SPECIAL FEATURE THIS MONTH,.EXPEDI
TION AMAZON BY WILLARD PHILLIPS.FROM POL
ARWARE/PENGUIN, PLAY IT AND.YOU'LL SEE W
HAT I MEAN... MY FAVORITE KIND OF PROG
RAM IS.ONE THAT MAKES ME AGONIZE OVER WH
ICH.OF OUR CATEGORIES TO PLACE IT IN. I
.MUMBLE TO MYSELF, "THIS PROGRAM IS.HIGH
LY INSTRUCTIONAL SO IT'S PROBABLY.A HELP
WARE ITEM, BUT IT'S SO MUCH FUN.TO USE,
MAYBE IT SHOULD BE FUN &.GAMES, BUT THEN
AGAIN IT MAKES YOU.THINK SO MAYBE IT'S
A BRAINWARE....".. BUT WHO AM I TO MAK
E ALL THESE BIG.DECISIONS? I MAY BE ABL
E TO RAMROD.THROUGH A COUPLE OF MY PET P
ROGRAMS.EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE BUT IT'S Y
OU,.THE READER, WHO SHOULD DECIDE THE.UL
TIMATE DIRECTION OF LOADSTAR..WRITE ME A
ND TELL ME WHICH PROGRAMS.IMPRESSED YOU
THE MOST. WHICH.PROGRAMS YOU USE MOST O
FTEN. WHICH.PROGRAMS YOU'D LIKE TO SEE
MADE INTO A.SERIES. LIKE ABBY, I READ E
VERY.LETTER OR DISK COMMENT, AND LIKE AN
N,.I CARE... **** END OF TEXT ***
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