T.PROBLEM REPORT
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FILENAME(S): T.PROBLEM REPORT
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DISKS WE SEND| 00000660: 20 4F 55 54 20 45 41 43 48 20 4D 4F 4E 54 48 2C | OUT EACH MONTH,| 00000670: 0D 54 48 45 52 45 20 41 52 45 20 42 4F 55 4E 44 |.THERE ARE BOUND| 00000680: 20 54 4F 20 42 45 20 53 4F 4D 45 20 54 48 41 54 | TO BE SOME THAT| 00000690: 20 4A 55 53 54 0D 44 4F 4E 27 54 20 57 41 4E 54 | JUST.DON'T WANT| 000006A0: 20 54 4F 20 42 45 20 50 45 52 46 45 43 54 2C 20 | TO BE PERFECT, | 000006B0: 45 53 50 45 43 49 41 4C 4C 59 0D 41 46 54 45 52 |ESPECIALLY.AFTER| 000006C0: 20 41 20 54 52 49 50 20 54 48 52 4F 55 47 48 20 | A TRIP THROUGH | 000006D0: 54 48 45 20 D5 D3 20 CD 41 49 4C 0D 53 59 53 54 |THE .. .AIL.SYST| 000006E0: 45 4D 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2A 2A |EM... **| 000006F0: 2A 2A 20 C5 4E 44 20 4F 46 20 D4 45 58 54 20 2A |** .ND OF .EXT *| 00000700: 2A 2A 2A 0D |***. |
.. 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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