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00000190: 20 54 4F 20 47 45 54 20 49 54 20 54 4F 20 43 52 | TO GET IT TO CR|
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00000220: 20 28 CF 55 52 20 54 48 41 4E 4B 53 20 54 4F 20 | (.UR THANKS TO |
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000002C0: 45 20 41 4E 43 49 45 4E 54 0D C3 2D 36 34 27 53 |E ANCIENT..-64'S|
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000003B0: 57 45 27 4C 4C 20 4C 45 54 20 59 4F 55 20 4B 4E |WE'LL LET YOU KN|
000003C0: 4F 57 2E 20 20 C9 46 0D 54 48 45 52 45 20 41 52 |OW. .F.THERE AR|
000003D0: 45 20 41 4E 59 20 CD CC 20 57 49 5A 41 52 44 53 |E ANY .. WIZARDS|
000003E0: 20 4F 55 54 20 54 48 45 52 45 0D 57 48 4F 20 57 | OUT THERE.WHO W|
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00000410: 54 48 49 53 20 4F 4E 45 20 4F 55 54 20 54 4F 20 |THIS ONE OUT TO |
00000420: 59 4F 55 2E 20 20 C3 4F 4D 45 20 4F 4E 2C 20 49 |YOU. .OME ON, I|
00000430: 46 20 59 4F 55 0D 43 41 4E 20 43 52 41 43 4B 20 |F YOU.CAN CRACK |
00000440: C5 4C 45 43 54 52 4F 4E 49 43 20 C1 52 54 27 53 |.LECTRONIC .RT'S|
00000450: 20 50 52 4F 54 45 43 54 49 4F 4E 0D 53 43 48 45 | PROTECTION.SCHE|
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00000470: 42 45 20 41 42 4C 45 20 54 4F 20 46 49 4E 44 0D |BE ABLE TO FIND.|
00000480: 54 48 45 20 42 55 47 20 49 4E 20 C3 D2 C1 DA D9 |THE BUG IN .....|
00000490: 20 C5 C9 C7 C8 D4 D3 2E 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | ........ |
000004A0: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | |
000004B0: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 C6 D4 0D 20 20 | ... |
000004C0: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 20 C5 4E 44 20 | **** .ND |
000004D0: 4F 46 20 D4 45 58 54 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D |OF .EXT ****. |
.. P R O B L E M R E P O R T..
WHAT CAN I SAY? THE FEEDBACK ON.LOADST
AR #67 IS TRICKLING IN AND NO.ONE IS MEN
TIONING ANY BUGS. THAT'S.THE GOOD NEWS.
THE BAD NEWS IS THAT.WE CAN'T FIGURE O
UT WHY CRAZY EIGHTS,.FROM LOADSTAR #66,
CRASHES ON SOME.COMPUTERS. NINETY PERCE
NT OF THE.PEOPLE WHO HAVE SENT IN CRITIQ
UES OF.THAT ISSUE HAVE SAID THAT CRAZY.E
IGHTS WORKS FINE. WE'VE NEVER BEEN.ABLE
TO GET IT TO CRASH ON OUR.C-128'S, EITH
ER. YET WE HAVE PHOTO-.GRAPHIC PROOF TH
AT THE PROBLEM EXISTS.ON AT LEAST SOME O
F THE C-64'S OUT.THERE. (OUR THANKS TO
LEON DOUGHTY OF.KEMP, TX FOR THE SNAPSHO
T AND THE TIP.ON THE QUINELLA -- WHICH L
OST.).. WE WILL NOT FORGET ABOUT THIS
.PROBLEM. THERE ARE SOME ANCIENT.C-64'S
STASHED AWAY IN THE BASEMENT OF.THE TOW
ER SOMEWHERE AND WE'LL TRY TO.GET JOEL R
EA TO POWER ONE UP AND GET.CRAZY EIGHTS
TO CRASH. IT'S HARD TO.FIX SOMETHING TH
AT REFUSES TO BREAK... AS SOON AS WE
FIND ANYTHING.DEFINITE, WE'LL LET YOU KN
OW. IF.THERE ARE ANY ML WIZARDS OUT THE
RE.WHO WOULD LIKE A CHALLENGE, WE THROW.
THIS ONE OUT TO YOU. COME ON, IF YOU.CA
N CRACK ELECTRONIC ART'S PROTECTION.SCHE
MES, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND.THE BUG
IN CRAZY EIGHTS..
FT. **** END OF TEXT
****.
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