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000008F0: 21 0D                                             |!.              |

...         A LOADSTAR MENAGERIE..    JU
DGING BY THE THOUSANDS OF.LETTERS WE GET
 EACH DAY, MOST LOADSTAR.READERS ENVISIO
N THE LOADSTAR GENERAL.STAFF AS LENO-CHI
NNED ADONISES WHO.FACE THE FUTURE WITH H
ERCULEAN.DETERMINATION AND JOVIAN INTELL
ECT..OF COURSE, THIS IS ONLY PARTLY TRUE
..OUR CHINS ARE ACTUALLY QUITE ORDINARY.
..    NOW, THANKS TO A FITFUL AFTERNOON.
WITH A VIDEOCAM AND A COMPUTER EYES.(TM)
 DIGITIZER, WE CAN SHOW YOU, OUR.LOYAL R
EADERS, JUST WHAT KIND OF.CREATURES ARE 
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE.MONTHLY SOFTWARE COL
LECTION KNOWN AS.LOADSTAR...    LEADING 
THE PACK IS FENDER.TUCKER, AKA KNEES CAL
HOON, THE.MANAGING EDITOR OF LOADSTAR.  
FENDER.CAME TO SOFTDISK, INC. IN AUGUST 
OF.1987 AFTER SPENDING 20+ YEARS AS A.CO
UNTRY-WESTERN GUITAR PICKER.  HE IS.41, 
HAPPILY SINGLE AND HAS A DAUGHTER,.NAOMI
, WHO LIVES IN HIS OLD HOUSE IN.LAS CRUC
ES, NEW MEXICO...    FENDER IS A DEVOUT 
CONTRARIAN WHO.WOULD RATHER READ ABOUT S
OMETHING.THAN DRIVE ALL OVER HELL TO SEE
 IT IN.PERSON.  HE LIKES COMPUTERS NOW T
HAT.THEY ARE HOUSE-BROKEN AND LOOKS.FORW
ARD TO THE DAY WHEN HE CAN PLUG.HIMSELF 
DIRECTLY IN AND READ BOOKS.WITH HIS EYES
 CLOSED...    ON TO JEFF JONES, AKA, "TH
E.OUTSPOKEN ONE".  FOR SUCH A LARGE GUY,
.HE'S SPREAD MIGHTY THIN; HE'S A.NOVELIS
T, SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHER, KUNG.FU MASTER, 
PAINTER, CHURCH LAYMAN AND.PENCILLER.  J
EFF IS A NONCONFORMIST IN.THE OPPOSITE W
AY THAT FENDER IS, A.CONSERVATIVE NONCON
FORMIST WHO.REFUSES TO SWAY IN THE WIND,
 EVEN OF.HIS OWN PARTY, RELIGION OR RACE
...    JEFF LOVES TO CREATE AND LISTEN.T
O MUSIC.  A HUGE PAIR OF COMFORTABLE.HEA
DPHONES ARE SURGICALLY ATTACHED TO.HIS H
EAD DURING WORKING HOURS.  HE.CLAIMS TO 
BE HAPPILY MARRIED, AND ALL.OTHER EMPLOY
EES ARE TIRED OF HEARING.ABOUT HIS WIFE 
AND DAUGHTER...    WHICH BRINGS US TO SC
OTT E. RESH..SCOTT HAS AN EXPENSIVE HABI
T, HE.CAN'T BUY JUST ONE COMPACT DISC AT
 A.TIME.  HE'S A TALL AND SKINNY GUY.WHO
SE LIFE IS COMPLETE, NOW THAT HE.OWNS A 
6-CD CD CHANGER...    HE'S ALSO WRITTEN 
OVER 20 GEOS.APPLICATIONS, ONE OF WHICH,
 PHOENIX,.IS ON THIS ISSUE.  SCOTT REALL
Y LIKES.GEOS.  HE USUALLY CRANKS OUT ABO
UT.THREE APPLICATIONS A MONTH...    SCOT
T LOVES COLUMBUS, OHIO, THE.ONLY PLACE W
ERE YOU CAN GET A GOOD.STRAWBERRY MERING
UE.  HE ALSO LOVES.ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PRO
GRAMMING.  HE.MUST, HE'S DONE IT FOR SEV
EN YEARS!.
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