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T.JEFF'S SOAPBOX

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..^U:DISKOVERY.     J E F F ' S   S O A 
P B O X..           BY JEFF JONES..    I
T'S GOOD TO BE AN EDITOR...    I MENTION
ED ON A PAST ISSUE THAT.WE DIDN'T HAVE T
HE FINAL CARTRIDGE.AND THEREFORE COULDN'
T COMPARE IT TO.THE WARPSPEEDS, SNAPSHOT
S AND.FASTLOADS WE GENERALLY USE.  I WAS
N'T.HINTING (REALLY!) BUT TWO GENEROUS.S
UBSCRIBERS SENT ME THEIR FINAL.CARTRIDGE
S, VERSIONS I AND III.  ONE.OF THEM ARRI
VED ON MY BIRTHDAY!  THIS.IS TRULY A GRE
AT JOB.  THANK YOU!....    SINCE WE RECO
MMEND FASTLOADING.CARTRIDGES SO MUCH WE 
FIGURED IT'S.ABOUT TIME WE FOUND OUT WHY
 LOADSTAR.DISABLES MOST OF THEM.  WELL, 
HAVE.YOU NOTICED YET?  LOADSTAR IS.FINAL
LY COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR FASTLOAD.CARTRID
GES!..    HOWEVER, THERE ARE STILL SOME.
INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS THAT RESET.INTERRUPT
 VECTORS AND WILL KILL YOUR.CARTRIDGE.  
FONT CHANGER, CRYPTO.DIARY, SURVIVE AND 
HOMEGROWN II SEEM.TO DISABLE THE FASTLOA
DERS WE'VE.TRIED THIS MONTH.  YOU MIGHT 
WANT TO.RESET YOUR COMPUTER TO RE-ACTIVA
TE.YOUR FASTLOAD BEFORE RETURNING TO.LOA
DSTAR FROM THESE...  **** THE COMPUTER R
EVOLUTION ****..    MY FIRST REAL EXPOSU
RE TO.COMPUTERS WAS WAY BACK IN 1982 WHE
N I.HITCHED A RIDE TO VIDEO KING WITH A.
FRIEND OF MINE.  I NOTICED THE BLUE.FLIC
KER OF A COMMODORE 64'S MONITOR.(BACK TH
EN I DIDN'T KNOW A C-64 FROM.ADAM).  THE
Y WERE SELLING FOR AROUND.$400.  I DARED
 TO APPROACH IT AND.TYPED IN MY VERY FIR
ST COMPUTER.COMMAND:.."WHAT IS THE FACTO
RIAL OF 298?"..TO WHICH THE STRANGE DEVI
CE RATHER.UNCEREMONIOUSLY RESPONDED:..?S
YNTAX ERROR..    AS I WRITE, I AM AMAZED
 THAT ONLY.FOUR YEARS AGO, MY SISTER GAV
E ME HER.COMMODORE 64 BECAUSE SHE "COULD
N'T DO.A THING WITH IT".  NOW, AFTER THR
EE.YEARS OF BACKACHES FROM ALL-NIGHT.PRO
GRAMMING AND NOVEL WRITING, I'M AN.EDITO
R OF A COMPUTER MAGAZINE, MY.SISTER IS P
ROGRAMMING FOR THE COUNTY.AND MY BEST FR
IENDS ARE PROGRAMMING.AT AT&T, THE U.S. 
DEFENSE DEPT AND.SOUTHWESTERN BELL.  MY 
WIFE AND I.CHALLENGE EACH OTHER AT AT CO
MPUTER.GAMES ALMOST EVERY DAY.  EVEN MY.
THREE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WILL SOON BE.USI
NG THIS REMARKABLE NEW TOOL.....    REME
MBER ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO THE.BUZZWORD WA
S "PERSONAL COMPUTERS"?.THE EASILY EXCIT
ABLE COMPUTER.PROPHETS INFORMED YOU THAT
 YOU.ALREADY OWNED COMPUTERS (BUILT INTO
.YOUR CLOCKS, CARS, ETC.)?  "SO WHAT?".Y
OU SAID.  ONLY SCIENTISTS AND GEEKS.USED
 COMPUTERS.  SUPERHEROES WOULD.CONFER VE
RBALLY WITH SUPER COMPUTERS.FOR ANSWERS 
TO SUPER QUESTIONS.  HAND-.HELD CALCULAT
ORS WERE GETTING CHEAP.BUT WERE STILL OD
DITIES.  MY TI-55.COST ME $55 IN 1981.  
IT WENT DOWN TO.ABOUT $20 THE NEXT YEAR!
  A COMPUTER.WITH THE C-64'S CAPABILITIE
S WOULD.HAVE RUN YOU AROUND $1200 IN THE
 YEAR.1979 -- AND THAT WAS WITHOUT A DIS
K.DRIVE AND MONITOR!..    THE PROPHETS A
ND NEWSCASTERS.CLAIMED WE WERE IN THE MI
DST OF A."COMPUTER REVOLUTION", THAT YOU
R KIDS.WOULD SOON LEARN FROM TERMINALS, 
THAT.WE'D BE BILLED BY OUR CREDITORS VIA
.COMPUTER AND THAT WE'D PAY OUR.CREDITOR
S ELECTRONICALLY.  THEY EVEN.CLAIMED THA
T YOU'D PROBABLY OWN A.COMPUTER ONE DAY!
  IMAGINE THAT!  A.COMPUTER IN YOUR OWN 
HOME!  WHAT FOR?.WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH 
IT?..    FIRST YOU PURCHASED THE OLD PON
G.TYPE TV TENNIS GAMES, THEN THE.INTELLI
VISION, ATARI, COLECO TYPE.GRAPHIC MACHI
NES WERE THE RAGE.  THEN.ALL OF A SUDDEN
 YOU HAD A MARVELOUS.LITTLE MACHINE IN Y
OUR HOME CALLED.THE COMMODORE 64...    T
HE EARLY SOFTWARE FOR IT SUCKED.EGGS BUT
 THE COMPUTER HUNG ON UNTIL.REAL SOFTWAR
E EVOLVED.  YOU'VE.PURCHASED DISK DRIVES
, HARD DISKS,.JOYSTICKS, MICE, COMPUTER 
FURNITURE.AND AN ARRAY OF OTHER ITEMS TH
AT.THERE WAS VIRTUALLY NO MARKET FOR.TEN
 YEARS AGO...    THE COMPUTER REVOLUTION
 HAS.REACHED YOU FULL FORCE, OTHERWISE Y
OU.COULDN'T BE READING THIS.  EVEN.SOFTW
ARE HAS GONE THROUGH A RECENT.REVOLUTION
.  MY FIRST (FANTASTIC,.RELIABLE) DISK B
ACKUP UTILITY.(EAGERLY PIRATED TO ME BY 
A FRIEND).TOOK AS MUCH AS HALF AN HOUR T
O COPY.A DISK!  NOW I DO IT IN 50 SECOND
S...    IT.WASN'T LONG AGO THAT THE.BANN
ER AT THE TOP OF .OUR SCREEN.WOULD HAVE 
PRODUCED 'OOOHS' AND.'AHHHS' FROM JIM BU
TTERFIELD HIMSELF..NOW THAT KIND OF STUF
F IS OLD HAT..OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE IN OR
BIT AND.RISING...    I DON'T SEE US READ
ING NOVELS ON.OUR ANTIQUE C-64'S IN THE 
YEAR 1999..I SEE A $49.95 UNIT THAT WILL
 DISPLAY.A PAGE OF TEXT ON A BOOK-SIZED 
LCD.SCREEN FROM A 3-INCH CD-ROM THAT YOU
.INSERT.  WE ALREADY HAVE TELEPHONES.THA
T REMEMBER OUR MOST IMPORTANT.NUMBERS FO
R US AND RESPOND TO VOICE.COMMANDS...   
 I SEE FEWER ACCIDENTS BECAUSE CARS.OF T
HE NINETIES WILL QUITE LITERALLY.REFUSE 
TO BE MISUSED OR DRIVEN TOO.QUICKLY WHEN
 THERE'S LITTLE TRACTION..WHAT'S KEEPING
 US FROM INSTALLING ALL.THIS GREAT GADGE
TRY?  MONEY!  AS.THESE SYSTEMS BECAME CH
EAPER (OR.MANDATED BY NEED OR LAW), WE'L
L SEE.MORE OF THEM.  AS CITIES AND STATE
S.REVAMP OLD ROADS AND BUILDINGS,.YOU'LL
 SEE NEW TECHNOLOGY REPLACING.OLD.  I'LL
 BE 36 IN THE YEAR 1999..PROVIDED THERE 
ISN'T A NUCLEAR WAR,.MASSIVE ENVIRONMENT
AL DECAY OR A.DEPRESSION, I'D LOVE TO SE
E THAT YEAR!..       **** END OF TEXT **
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