›              o=o=o=o=o=››         Re: Newsletter Disks›› I  seldom   get   messages   that   a› newsletter disk doesn't work.  When I› do get such a message,  it's  usually› the result of something the US Postal› Service did.  Disks  get  mangled  in› the mail sometimes.  RON FETZER has a› cure for this.  If a disk is creased,› Ron  suggests  that  you   take   the› magnetic  disk  out  of   its   black› enclosure    (carefully,    so    the› enclosure  can  be re-used) and place› it between two sheets of glass.   You› then  put the assembly in the sun for› a couple of hours.  The crease should› come  out.   Take the disk and put it› back in its black enclosure, seal the› enclosure  with  tape, and try to run› the disk.  Many  creased  disks  have› been  rescued  this  way.  Of course,› you should hold the disk only by  its› edges and not put fingerprints on the› magnetic surface, since that can also› make a disk unreadable.›› Of   course,   if   you   receive   a› newsletter disk that cannot be  read,› please let me know about it, and I'll› replace it.   My  snail-mail  address› appears  on  the  title screen of the› newsletter, so you'll need  an  older› issue to get it.  My e-mail addresses› are also listed and have been for the› last several issues.›› But recently, I heard of another kind› of problem; one that can occur during› the  copying process.  Both President› JACK GEDALIUS and local member  HARRY› TUTHILL  had  newsletter  disks  (The› January/February  1999  issue)   that› booted  properly,  but  flashed while› loading text.  In both cases too, the› bottom  line  (the one that instructs› you to use a key or  joystick  button› to  go to the next page) was replaced› by  odd  characters  in  an  entirely› different color.  I know that such  a› problem can be difficult to trace.›› Only  two  of  us,  Ron  and  myself,› currently  duplicate  the  newsletter› disks.  Therefore, starting with this› issue, I am going to put  a  metallic› purple  "dot" in the lower right-hand› corner of Side  1  of  every  copy  I› make.   If  your disk boots, but then› doesn't respond normally, please  let› me  know  if  the "dot" is present or› not.  That way, we can trace  copying› errors  to  either  my  equipment  or› Ron's and correct the problem.›› Ron and I thank you very much.››             Alan Sharkis›                Editor››              o=o=o=o=o=›››