T.DISKOVERY
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| DISK TITLE | FILENAME | FILE TYPE | COLLECTION | TRACK | SECTOR | ACTIONS |
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DIS| 00000610: 4B 20 4D 41 47 41 5A 49 4E 45 2E 0D 0D 20 20 D4 |K MAGAZINE... .| 00000620: 48 41 54 20 44 4F 45 53 4E 27 54 20 4D 45 41 4E |HAT DOESN'T MEAN| 00000630: 2C 20 48 4F 57 45 56 45 52 2C 20 54 48 41 54 20 |, HOWEVER, THAT | 00000640: 57 45 0D 44 4F 4E 27 54 20 4D 41 4B 45 20 41 20 |WE.DON'T MAKE A | 00000650: 53 50 45 43 49 41 4C 20 45 46 46 4F 52 54 20 54 |SPECIAL EFFORT T| 00000660: 4F 0D 50 52 45 53 45 4E 54 20 4D 41 54 45 52 49 |O.PRESENT MATERI| 00000670: 41 4C 20 46 4F 52 20 59 4F 55 52 20 45 4E 54 45 |AL FOR YOUR ENTE| 00000680: 52 54 41 49 4E 2D 0D 4D 45 4E 54 2E 20 20 CE 4F |RTAIN-.MENT. .O| 00000690: 52 20 54 48 41 54 20 57 45 20 44 4F 4E 27 54 20 |R THAT WE DON'T | 000006A0: 55 4E 43 4F 4E 44 49 54 49 4F 4E 2D 0D 41 4C 4C |UNCONDITION-.ALL| 000006B0: 59 20 57 41 52 52 41 4E 54 20 45 41 43 48 20 49 |Y WARRANT EACH I| 000006C0: 53 53 55 45 20 4F 46 20 CC CF C1 C4 D3 D4 C1 D2 |SSUE OF ........| 000006D0: 2C 0D 42 4F 54 48 20 41 53 20 54 4F 20 44 45 46 |,.BOTH AS TO DEF| 000006E0: 45 43 54 49 56 45 20 4D 45 44 49 41 20 41 4E 44 |ECTIVE MEDIA AND| 000006F0: 20 54 4F 0D 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 53 2E 20 20 CF | TO.PROGRAMS. .| 00000700: 43 43 41 53 49 4F 4E 41 4C 4C 59 20 41 20 50 52 |CCASIONALLY A PR| 00000710: 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 49 53 0D 42 52 4F 55 47 48 54 |OGRAM IS.BROUGHT| 00000720: 20 54 4F 20 4F 55 52 20 41 54 54 45 4E 54 49 4F | TO OUR ATTENTIO| 00000730: 4E 20 54 48 41 54 20 44 4F 45 53 0D 4E 4F 54 20 |N THAT DOES.NOT | 00000740: 52 55 4E 20 50 52 4F 50 45 52 4C 59 2C 20 4F 4E |RUN PROPERLY, ON| 00000750: 45 20 54 48 41 54 20 53 4F 4D 45 48 4F 57 0D 53 |E THAT SOMEHOW.S| 00000760: 4C 49 50 50 45 44 20 54 48 4F 55 47 48 20 54 48 |LIPPED THOUGH TH| 00000770: 45 20 22 53 59 53 54 45 4D 2E 22 20 CF 4E 20 54 |E "SYSTEM." .N T| 00000780: 48 45 0D 46 45 57 20 4F 43 43 41 53 49 4F 4E 53 |HE.FEW OCCASIONS| 00000790: 20 57 48 45 4E 20 54 48 49 53 20 44 4F 45 53 20 | WHEN THIS DOES | 000007A0: 48 41 50 50 45 4E 2C 0D 57 45 20 49 4D 4D 45 44 |HAPPEN,.WE IMMED| 000007B0: 49 41 54 45 4C 59 20 52 45 53 45 41 52 43 48 20 |IATELY RESEARCH | 000007C0: 54 48 45 20 50 52 4F 42 4C 45 4D 0D 41 4E 44 20 |THE PROBLEM.AND | 000007D0: 46 55 52 4E 49 53 48 20 49 4E 46 4F 52 4D 41 54 |FURNISH INFORMAT| 000007E0: 49 4F 4E 20 54 4F 20 43 4F 52 52 45 43 54 0D 49 |ION TO CORRECT.I| 000007F0: 54 2E 0D 0D 20 20 D2 45 4D 45 4D 42 45 52 2C 20 |T... .EMEMBER, | 00000800: 45 56 45 4E 20 54 48 4F 55 47 48 20 54 48 49 53 |EVEN THOUGH THIS| 00000810: 20 49 53 20 54 48 45 0D 43 4F 4D 50 55 54 45 52 | IS THE.COMPUTER| 00000820: 20 41 47 45 2C 20 57 45 20 41 52 45 20 48 55 4D | AGE, WE ARE HUM| 00000830: 41 4E 2E 0D 0D 20 20 C1 4C 4C 20 4F 46 20 54 48 |AN... .LL OF TH| 00000840: 49 53 20 53 45 52 56 45 53 20 54 4F 20 50 4F 49 |IS SERVES TO POI| 00000850: 4E 54 20 4F 55 54 20 54 48 41 54 0D 57 45 20 57 |NT OUT THAT.WE W| 00000860: 41 4E 54 20 59 4F 55 20 41 53 20 4F 55 52 20 56 |ANT YOU AS OUR V| 00000870: 41 4C 55 45 44 20 53 55 42 53 43 52 49 42 45 52 |ALUED SUBSCRIBER| 00000880: 2E 0D C5 56 45 52 59 20 4D 4F 4E 54 48 20 57 45 |...VERY MONTH WE| 00000890: 20 54 52 59 20 54 4F 20 4D 41 4B 45 20 41 4E 20 | TRY TO MAKE AN | 000008A0: 4F 46 46 45 52 20 4F 46 0D 41 4E 20 4F 55 54 53 |OFFER OF.AN OUTS| 000008B0: 54 41 4E 44 49 4E 47 20 53 4F 46 54 57 41 52 45 |TANDING SOFTWARE| 000008C0: 20 50 52 4F 44 55 43 54 2C 0D 50 52 49 43 45 44 | PRODUCT,.PRICED| 000008D0: 20 53 4F 20 4C 4F 57 20 59 4F 55 20 43 41 4E 27 | SO LOW YOU CAN'| 000008E0: 54 20 52 45 53 49 53 54 2E 20 20 C6 4F 52 0D 54 |T RESIST. .OR.T| 000008F0: 48 45 20 4C 41 53 54 20 53 45 56 45 52 41 4C 20 |HE LAST SEVERAL | 00000900: 4D 4F 4E 54 48 53 20 57 45 20 48 41 56 45 20 42 |MONTHS WE HAVE B| 00000910: 45 45 4E 0D 41 53 4B 49 4E 47 20 59 4F 55 2C 20 |EEN.ASKING YOU, | 00000920: 54 48 52 4F 55 47 48 20 54 48 49 53 20 43 4F 4C |THROUGH THIS COL| 00000930: 55 4D 4E 2C 20 54 4F 0D 50 52 4F 56 49 44 45 20 |UMN, TO.PROVIDE | 00000940: 59 4F 55 52 20 46 45 45 44 42 41 43 4B 2C 20 54 |YOUR FEEDBACK, T| 00000950: 4F 20 54 45 4C 4C 20 55 53 0D 57 48 41 54 20 59 |O TELL US.WHAT Y| 00000960: 4F 55 20 4C 49 4B 45 20 41 4E 44 20 44 4F 4E 27 |OU LIKE AND DON'| 00000970: 54 20 4C 49 4B 45 20 41 42 4F 55 54 0D CC CF C1 |T LIKE ABOUT....| 00000980: C4 D3 D4 C1 D2 2E 0D 0D 20 20 D9 4F 55 20 48 41 |........ .OU HA| 00000990: 56 45 20 52 45 53 50 4F 4E 44 45 44 20 41 4E 44 |VE RESPONDED AND| 000009A0: 20 57 45 20 48 41 56 45 20 54 41 4B 45 4E 0D 59 | WE HAVE TAKEN.Y| 000009B0: 4F 55 52 20 49 4E 50 55 54 20 54 4F 20 48 45 41 |OUR INPUT TO HEA| 000009C0: 52 54 2E 20 20 CD 41 4E 59 20 4F 46 20 59 4F 55 |RT. .ANY OF YOU| 000009D0: 52 0D 53 55 47 47 45 53 54 49 4F 4E 53 20 48 41 |R.SUGGESTIONS HA| 000009E0: 56 45 20 42 45 45 4E 20 41 43 54 45 44 20 4F 4E |VE BEEN ACTED ON| 000009F0: 3B 20 4F 54 48 45 52 53 0D 4D 41 59 20 43 4F 4D |; OTHERS.MAY COM| 00000A00: 45 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 20 46 55 54 55 52 45 2E |E IN THE FUTURE.| 00000A10: 20 20 C1 4C 57 41 59 53 2C 0D 48 4F 57 45 56 45 | .LWAYS,.HOWEVE| 00000A20: 52 2C 20 45 41 43 48 20 50 49 45 43 45 20 4F 46 |R, EACH PIECE OF| 00000A30: 20 49 4E 43 4F 4D 49 4E 47 20 4D 41 49 4C 0D 49 | INCOMING MAIL.I| 00000A40: 53 20 52 45 41 44 20 41 4E 44 20 43 4F 4E 53 49 |S READ AND CONSI| 00000A50: 44 45 52 45 44 2E 0D 0D 20 20 D4 48 49 53 20 4D |DERED... .HIS M| 00000A60: 4F 4E 54 48 20 57 45 20 48 41 56 45 20 41 20 53 |ONTH WE HAVE A S| 00000A70: 4F 4D 45 57 48 41 54 0D 44 49 46 46 45 52 45 4E |OMEWHAT.DIFFEREN| 00000A80: 54 20 53 45 54 20 4F 46 20 51 55 45 53 54 49 4F |T SET OF QUESTIO| 00000A90: 4E 53 2E 20 20 CD 4F 53 54 20 4F 46 0D 59 4F 55 |NS. .OST OF.YOU| 00000AA0: 20 48 41 56 45 20 52 45 41 44 20 CC CF C1 C4 D3 | HAVE READ .....| 00000AB0: D4 C1 D2 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 20 50 41 53 54 3B |... IN THE PAST;| 00000AC0: 0D 53 4F 4D 45 20 4F 46 20 59 4F 55 20 48 41 56 |.SOME OF YOU HAV| 00000AD0: 45 20 41 4C 53 4F 20 53 45 45 4E 20 43 4F 4D 50 |E ALSO SEEN COMP| 00000AE0: 45 54 49 4E 47 0D 44 49 53 4B 20 4D 41 47 41 5A |ETING.DISK MAGAZ| 00000AF0: 49 4E 45 53 2E 20 20 D7 48 41 54 20 57 45 20 57 |INES. .HAT WE W| 00000B00: 41 4E 54 20 54 4F 20 4B 4E 4F 57 2C 0D 46 52 4F |ANT TO KNOW,.FRO| 00000B10: 4D 20 59 4F 55 52 20 50 4F 49 4E 54 20 4F 46 20 |M YOUR POINT OF | 00000B20: 56 49 45 57 2C 20 49 53 20 D7 C8 C1 D4 20 49 53 |VIEW, IS .... IS| 00000B30: 20 41 0D 44 49 53 4B 20 4D 41 47 41 5A 49 4E 45 | A.DISK MAGAZINE| 00000B40: 3F 20 20 C8 4F 57 20 44 4F 45 53 20 49 54 20 44 |? .OW DOES IT D| 00000B50: 49 46 46 45 52 0D 46 52 4F 4D 20 41 20 50 52 49 |IFFER.FROM A PRI| 00000B60: 4E 54 20 4D 45 44 49 41 20 4D 41 47 41 5A 49 4E |NT MEDIA MAGAZIN| 00000B70: 45 2E 20 20 D7 48 41 54 0D 53 50 45 43 49 41 4C |E. .HAT.SPECIAL| 00000B80: 20 41 44 56 41 4E 54 41 47 45 53 20 44 4F 45 53 | ADVANTAGES DOES| 00000B90: 20 49 54 20 48 41 56 45 3F 0D D7 48 41 54 20 43 | IT HAVE?..HAT C| 00000BA0: 41 4E 20 41 20 44 49 53 4B 20 4D 41 47 41 5A 49 |AN A DISK MAGAZI| 00000BB0: 4E 45 20 44 4F 20 54 48 41 54 20 41 0D 50 52 49 |NE DO THAT A.PRI| 00000BC0: 4E 54 20 4D 45 44 49 41 20 4D 41 47 41 5A 49 4E |NT MEDIA MAGAZIN| 00000BD0: 45 20 43 41 4E 27 54 2C 20 41 4E 44 20 41 52 45 |E CAN'T, AND ARE| 00000BE0: 0D 57 45 20 44 4F 49 4E 47 20 49 54 3F 0D 0D 20 |.WE DOING IT?.. | 00000BF0: 20 D7 45 20 48 41 56 45 20 4F 55 52 20 4F 57 4E | .E HAVE OUR OWN| 00000C00: 20 49 44 45 41 53 20 4F 4E 20 54 48 49 53 0D 53 | IDEAS ON THIS.S| 00000C10: 55 42 4A 45 43 54 2C 20 42 55 54 20 41 53 20 41 |UBJECT, BUT AS A| 00000C20: 4C 57 41 59 53 2C 20 57 45 20 41 52 45 0D 49 4E |LWAYS, WE ARE.IN| 00000C30: 54 45 52 45 53 54 45 44 20 49 4E 20 48 45 41 52 |TERESTED IN HEAR| 00000C40: 49 4E 47 20 57 48 41 54 20 D9 CF D5 20 48 41 56 |ING WHAT ... HAV| 00000C50: 45 20 54 4F 0D 53 41 59 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 |E TO.SAY... | 00000C60: 20 20 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 20 C5 4E 44 20 CF 46 20 D4 | **** .ND .F .| 00000C70: 45 58 54 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D |EXT ****. |
.... DISKOVERY.
BY. VAL J. GOLDING...SPE
ECH, SPEECH:.---------------. THE TASK
OF A WRITER IS NOT ALWAYS.EASY, NOT FOR
US, NOT FOR ANYONE..SOMETIMES WE JUST SI
T, WITH A BLANK.SHEET OF PAPER IN THE TY
PEWRITER..WITH A WORD PROCESSOR PROGRAM
AND A.BLANK SCREEN, IT'S EVEN BETTER --
WE.JUST SIT AND COGITATE. THE PROBLEM.I
S NOT SUBJECTS TO WRITE ABOUT; IT IS.CHO
OSING FROM MANY OF EQUAL MERIT,.BRINGING
TO MIND AT THE PROPER TIME.STATEMENTS W
ORTH MAKING, IN A LITERATE.MANNER, AND W
ITH APPROPRIATE CONTENT... THE TRICK IS
TO START WRITING --.ANYTHING -- AND GET
THE JUICES.FLOWING. ONCE THIS HAPPENS,
ONE.WONDERS HOW ONE WAS AT A LOSS FOR A.
SUBJECT. LATER, YOU CAN EVEN GO BACK.AN
D RE-WRITE THE BEGINNING, COVERING.YOUR
ERRORS AND SHORTCOMINGS SO NO.ONE WILL E
VER SUSPECT... BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT, NO
T.COMPLETELY. LOADSTAR IS A PUBLISHING.
ANOMALY. OTHER MAGAZINES DO ADMIT TO.ER
RORS OF FACT -- SOMETIMES -- BUT WE.DON'
T TRY TO COVER OUR TRACKS..CONSIDERING T
HE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL.APPEARING IN PROGR
AMS AND TEXT AND.THEIR INTERACTIONS, ERR
ORS MUST EXIST.-- IF ONLY AS STATISTICAL
EVENTS..THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO EXPOSE OUR
ERRORS.INSTEAD OF COVERING THEM. THAT'
S WHY.SOME OF THE LETTERS PUBLISHED IN."
DISKUSSION" EACH MONTH SOUND LIKE.EDITOR
IAL SUICIDE. WE THINK THAT IS.ONE OF TH
E THINGS THAT SETS LOADSTAR.ASIDE FROM -
- AND ABOVE -- OTHER.MAGAZINES... DO YO
U QUESTION THAT WE ARE IN.BUSINESS TO MA
KE MONEY? WE CERTAINLY.HOPE NOT, BECAUS
E IF WE WEREN'T, THAT.WOULD RAPIDLY SPEL
L THE END FOR.LOADSTAR, YOUR DISK MAGAZI
NE... THAT DOESN'T MEAN, HOWEVER, THAT
WE.DON'T MAKE A SPECIAL EFFORT TO.PRESEN
T MATERIAL FOR YOUR ENTERTAIN-.MENT. NO
R THAT WE DON'T UNCONDITION-.ALLY WARRAN
T EACH ISSUE OF LOADSTAR,.BOTH AS TO DEF
ECTIVE MEDIA AND TO.PROGRAMS. OCCASIONA
LLY A PROGRAM IS.BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTIO
N THAT DOES.NOT RUN PROPERLY, ONE THAT S
OMEHOW.SLIPPED THOUGH THE "SYSTEM." ON T
HE.FEW OCCASIONS WHEN THIS DOES HAPPEN,.
WE IMMEDIATELY RESEARCH THE PROBLEM.AND
FURNISH INFORMATION TO CORRECT.IT... RE
MEMBER, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE.COMPUTER
AGE, WE ARE HUMAN... ALL OF THIS SERVE
S TO POINT OUT THAT.WE WANT YOU AS OUR V
ALUED SUBSCRIBER..EVERY MONTH WE TRY TO
MAKE AN OFFER OF.AN OUTSTANDING SOFTWARE
PRODUCT,.PRICED SO LOW YOU CAN'T RESIST
. FOR.THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS WE HAVE B
EEN.ASKING YOU, THROUGH THIS COLUMN, TO.
PROVIDE YOUR FEEDBACK, TO TELL US.WHAT Y
OU LIKE AND DON'T LIKE ABOUT.LOADSTAR...
YOU HAVE RESPONDED AND WE HAVE TAKEN.Y
OUR INPUT TO HEART. MANY OF YOUR.SUGGES
TIONS HAVE BEEN ACTED ON; OTHERS.MAY COM
E IN THE FUTURE. ALWAYS,.HOWEVER, EACH
PIECE OF INCOMING MAIL.IS READ AND CONSI
DERED... THIS MONTH WE HAVE A SOMEWHAT.
DIFFERENT SET OF QUESTIONS. MOST OF.YOU
HAVE READ LOADSTAR IN THE PAST;.SOME OF
YOU HAVE ALSO SEEN COMPETING.DISK MAGAZ
INES. WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW,.FROM YOUR P
OINT OF VIEW, IS WHAT IS A.DISK MAGAZINE
? HOW DOES IT DIFFER.FROM A PRINT MEDIA
MAGAZINE. WHAT.SPECIAL ADVANTAGES DOES
IT HAVE?.WHAT CAN A DISK MAGAZINE DO TH
AT A.PRINT MEDIA MAGAZINE CAN'T, AND ARE
.WE DOING IT?.. WE HAVE OUR OWN IDEAS O
N THIS.SUBJECT, BUT AS ALWAYS, WE ARE.IN
TERESTED IN HEARING WHAT YOU HAVE TO.SAY
... **** END OF TEXT ****.
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