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..^U:HELP.        CARBUYER'S SCRATCHPAD.
.           BY WILLIAM LAMB...    IT IS 
SAID THAT THE MOST.TRAUMATIC EVENT THAT 
A PERSON CAN.EXPERIENCE IS THE LOSS OF A
 SPOUSE OR.LOVED ONE.  WELL, WATCH OUT, 
DEATH,.BECAUSE "BUYING A CAR" IS CATCHIN
G UP.WITH YOU.  ANYONE WHO HAS SPENT A.T
ERRIFYING AFTERNOON AT A CAR.DEALER'S SH
OWROOM LISTENING TO A.SLICK SALESMAN THR
OW FIVE-DIGIT.NUMBERS AROUND LIKE CONFET
TI CAN.ATTEST TO THAT.....    EVEN IF YO
U ARE NOT BUYING ONE OF.THE HIGH-PRICED 
JUGGERNAUTS THAT.DETROIT CALLS CARS AND 
ARE MERELY.SHOPPING FOR TRANSPORTATION, 
YOU NEED.TO BE VERY CAREFUL TO MAKE THE 
BEST.DEAL YOU CAN.  THESE DAYS THERE ARE
.MANY FACTORS TO BE AWARE OF.  REBATES,.
TRADE-INS, TAXES, DOWN PAYMENTS AND.FINA
NCING ARE ALMOST AS IMPORTANT AS.THE STI
CKER PRICE WITH TODAY'S CAR.DEALS.  OFTE
N THERE ARE TOO MANY.INTER-RELATED FACTO
RS TO BE FIGURED.OUT IN YOUR HEAD.  THIS
 IS WHERE.CARBUYER'S SCRATCHPAD COMES IN
...    JUST ENTER THE RELEVANT.INFORMATI
ON INTO THE SCRATCHPAD AND.THE BOTTOM LI
NE, YOUR MONTHLY.PAYMENT, IS REVEALED TO
 YOU...    OBVIOUSLY BILL LAMB HAS HAD.E
XPERIENCE WITH CAR DEALS BECAUSE HIS.PRO
GRAM TAKES INTO ACCOUNT ALMOST.EVERYTHIN
G YOU MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER.-- AND HE HAS
 MADE IT SIMPLE TO USE...    THERE ARE I
NSTRUCTIONS WHICH YOU.CAN READ ON THE SC
REEN FOR ENTERING.THE DATA.  EVERYTHING 
IS DONE IN.COLUMNS.  YOU ENTER THE FIGUR
ES FOR.ONE PARTICULAR 'SCHEME' IN A COLU
MN.AND YOUR MONTHLY PAYMENT IS GIVEN AT.
THE BOTTOM.  THEN YOU CAN EASILY.ENTER T
HE SAME FIGURES FOR A SLIGHTLY.DIFFERENT
 'SCHEME', PERHAPS TWEAKING.THE DOWN PAY
MENT A LITTLE, AND THE.NEW MONTHLY PAYME
NT IS SHOWN...    IN THIS MANNER YOU CAN
 SEE WHICH.SCHEME WILL PAY OFF THE BEST 
FOR YOU..SHOULD YOU PRESS FOR A BETTER R
EBATE?.SHOULD YOU PUT MORE MONEY DOWN?  
IS.IT BETTER TO NOT TRADE IN YOUR OLD.CL
UNKER?  CARBUYER'S SCRATCHPAD MAKES.IT E
ASY TO DECIDE...    THE PROGRAM WILL SHO
W FOUR.DIFFERENT SCHEMES ON THE SCREEN A
T.ONE TIME.  OF COURSE YOU CAN PRINT.ANY
 OF THE INFORMATION OUT ANYTIME.YOU WANT
.  THE SCRATCHPAD LINES.EVERYTHING UP IN
 NEAT COLUMNS FOR.MAXIMUM READABILITY.  
YOU CAN PRINT.THE FIRST COLUMN ONLY, OR 
ALL FIVE.COLUMNS....    ONCE YOU HAVE EN
TERED THE FIRST.COLUMN OF FIGURES, YOU C
AN ENTER THE.NEXT BY SIMPLY PRESSING RET
URN ON.EACH LINE.  THE ONLY LINE YOU NEE
D TO.RE-ENTER ANYTHING ON IS THE LINE YO
U.WISH TO TWEAK.  YOU CAN TWEAK AS FEW.O
R AS MANY FACTORS AS YOU WISH...    CARB
UYER'S SCRATCHPAD SHOWS THE.BEST SIDE OF
 COMPUTING (ACCORDING TO.SOME EXPERTS) B
Y ALLOWING A USER TO.PERFORM SOME REALLY
 USEFUL TASK..MILLIONS OF CARS HAVE BEEN
 BOUGHT AND.SOLD WITHOUT THE AID OF A CO
MPUTER,.BUT AT THE SAME TIME MILLIONS OF
.DOLLARS HAVE BEEN OVERPAID TO.CARDEALER
S WHO OVERPOWER A BUYER WITH.THE SHEER M
ULTI-DIGIT COMPLEXITY OF.THE DEAL..    W
ITH CARBUYER'S SCRATCHPAD YOU.CAN TAKE A
 FEW OF THE PARAMETERS THE.CARDEALER GIV
ES YOU, ENTER THEM INTO.YOUR C-64 AT HOM
E AND PRESENT THE.CARDEALER WITH A COUNT
ER-OFFER THAT.SAVES YOU THE MOST MONEY I
N THE LONG.RUN...    BUYING A CAR DOES N
OT HAVE TO BE.TRAUMATIC.  RELATIVE TO LI
FE'S OTHER.PROBLEMS, IT SHOULD RANK NO H
IGHER.THAN HAVING YOUR ELECTRICITY GO OF
F.DURING THE SUPER BOWL...DISK FILES THI
S PROGRAM USES..SCRATCHPAD         T. SC
RATCHPAD..        **** END OF TEXT ****.
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