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T.PROBLEM REPORT

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..     P R O B L E M    R E P O R T..   
 LOADSTAR'S MOST NOTORIOUS AND.EMBARRASS
ING BUG MAY BE FIXED!  THE.ML FOR CRAZY 
EIGHTS HAS BEEN.REFURBISHED BY THE AUTHO
R, JASON OLDS,.IN COLLABORATION WITH SCO
TT RESH AND.WE ARE HOPING THAT THE VERSI
ON WE NOW.HAVE WON'T CRASH AFTER AN.INDE
TERMINATE AMOUNT OF TIME...    THE PROBL
EM WAS VERY HARD TO FIX.BECAUSE THE PROG
RAM WOULD WORK FINE.FOR US.  YET MANY RE
ADERS REPORTED.THAT IT WOULD LOCK UP THE
 KEYBOARD.(LEAVING THE JOYSTICK OPERATIV
E), AND.DISPLAY GARBAGE FOR THE LOWER PA
RT OF.THE SCREEN....    JASON AND SCOTT 
DIDN'T FIND.ANYTHING THAT THEY COULD DEF
INITELY.POINT TO AS THE PROBLEM, BUT THE
Y.GOT RID OF ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HAVE A.
REMOTE CHANCE OF GOING BAD...    SO YOU 
TELL US.  IS CRAZY EIGHTS.FIXED?  HERE'S
 WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO.FIX YOUR VERSION
...INSERT LOADSTAR #71 SIDE TWO AND.LOAD
"CFIX1",8.  RUN IT.  THEN FOLLOW.THE PRO
MPTS.  THERE ARE NO ERROR.TRAPS IN THE F
IX PROGRAM, SO IF YOU.ENCOUNTER A BLINKI
NG DRIVE LIGHT,.YOU MAY AS WELL START OV
ER.  THE FIX.PROGRAM WILL REPLACE THE FI
LE "CRAZY.EIGHTS" WITH THE FIXED VERSION
...IMPORTANT!  THE FILE ON SIDE TWO,."CR
AZY EIGHTS", WON'T RUN BY ITSELF..YOU MU
ST REPLACE THE BUGGED FILE ON.YOUR CRAZY
 EIGHTS DISK WITH THE FIXED.FILE, THEN L
OAD AND RUN "CRAZY BOOT"...    THERE HAV
E BEEN NO REPORTS OF ANY.OTHER PROBLEMS 
ON RECENT ISSUES THAT.HAVEN'T BEEN COVER
ED IN PREVIOUS.PROBLEM REPORTS.  OUR TEC
HNICAL.SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES, JOEL REA
 AND.MARK MUSSER, ARE BUSY FIVE DAYS A.W
EEK, EIGHT HOURS A DAY, READY TO.HELP YO
U WITH ANY PROBLEMS YOU MAY.ENCOUNTER WI
TH LOADSTAR......    REMEMBER THAT, OUT 
OF 40,000.LOADSTAR DISKS WE SEND OUT EAC
H MONTH,.THERE ARE BOUND TO BE SOME THAT
 JUST.DON'T WANT TO BE PERFECT, ESPECIAL
LY.AFTER A TRIP THROUGH THE US MAIL.SYST
EM...         **** END OF TEXT ****.
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