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╤╒┼╙╘╔╧╬╙ ┴╬─ ┴╬╙╫┼╥╙
╞ROM: ╙EATVET 60657
α ╫HAT OTHER PUBLICATIONS DO YOU
HAVE?
> ╫E ALSO PUBLISH A DISK MAGAZINE
> NAMED ╙╧╞╘─╔╙╦ FOR THE ┴PPLE SERIES
> OF COMPUTERS. ┘OU MIGHT ALSO KNOW
> THAT WE PUBLISH A VARIETY OF DISKS
> THAT ARE KNOWN COLLECTIVELY AS THE
> ╠╧┴─╙╘┴╥ ╙OFTWARE ╙ERIES. ╞OR MORE
> INFORMATION ON THESE, PLEASE SEE THE
> ORDER FORM SECTION OF ╠╧┴─╙╘┴╥.
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╞ROM: ╟RAFFα60648
╔'M STILL TRYING TO GET '├HECKBOOK
┬ALANCER' TO WORK. ╔ KEEP GETTING
'WRONG DATE FORMAT' NO MATTER HOW ╔
ENTER IT: 082585, 08/25/85, 82585,
8/25/85, ETC. ╫HAT FORMAT SHOULD BE
USED?
> 08/25/85 WORKS ON OUR VERSION. ┴S
> LONG AS THERE ARE EIGHT CHARACTERS
> IN THE DATE, THE PROGRAM WILL
> ACCEPT IT. ╔N OTHER WORDS, THE
> PROGRAM WILL EVEN ACCEPT 08+08+85!
> ╔S THERE ANY CHANCE YOU'VE ATTEMPTED
> TO MODIFY THE PROGRAM?
╥┼: ╘HE ╙TEINMAN ╙PREADSHEET - ╔'D
LIKE TO PURCHASE IT - BUT ╔ THINK
THAT FIRST ONE SHOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT
THE POSSIBILITIES OF SUCH A PROGRAM.
╔ PICKED UP AN ╚ES╫ARE '╧MNICALC'
PROGRAM AT A FLEA MARKET FOR $5.00
AND ╔'VE LEARNED TO DO A FEW THINGS
WITH IT, BUT NOTHING LIKE THE RAVINGS
╔'VE HEARD ABOUT ╨RACTICALC AND ═ULTI-
PLAN, ETC. ╚OW ABOUT A REVIEW OF
THE POSSIBILITIES OF SUCH A PROGRAM?
> ╙EE THE ╙TEINMAN ╘EMPLATE IN THIS
> ISSUE FOR AN EXAMPLE OF JUST WHAT
> A SPREADSHEET CAN DO AND HOW IT
> SAVES TIME DOING IT.
╥┼: ╨EABODY - WORKS JUST FINE AND IT'S
FAST TOO. ╩UST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS-
╚OW DO YOU STOP A 'SEARCH' SAY, WHEN
YOU'VE LOCATED THE INFORMATION IN
QUESTION, WITHOUT LOSING WHAT'S IN
MEMORY? ┴ND HOW DO YOU 'SCRATCH' ONE
FILE FROM THE DISK?
> ╘O SCRATCH A FILE, ALL YOU NEED IS:
> ╧╨┼╬ 15,8,15,"╙0:FILENAME" WHERE
> FILENAME IS THE NAME OF THE FILE YOU
> WANT TO SCRATCH.
>
> ┘OU CANNOT STOP THE ╙┼┴╥├╚ OPTION
> WITHOUT A LARGE AMOUNT OF
> PROGRAMMING.
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╞ROM: ╚EYDE 66206
╔ AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH ╞ILE
╘RANSLATOR PROGRAMS. ╘HE ONE PRINTED
IN THE ╙EPTEMBER/╧CTOBER ├OMMODORE
═ICROCOMPUTER ═AGAZINE ON PAGE 62 HAS
SOME ERRORS. ╔ DON'T THINK THE AUTHOR
ACTUALLY TRIED THIS PROGRAM ON HIS
COMPUTER. ╔F HE DID, HOW DID LINE
61000 ENTER THE MEMORY. ╘HIS LINE
HAS TOO MANY CHARACTERS. ═Y COMPUTER
WILL NOT ACCEPT MORE THAN 80
CHARACTERS AND ╔ DOUBT IF HIS WILL
EITHER. ╨LEASE ADVISE!
> ╘HE PROGRAM LINE YOU ARE REFERRING
> TO WILL FIT ON ONE LINE IF YOU USE
> ABBREVIATIONS. ═OST ├OMMODORE
> KEYWORDS CAN BE SHORTENED IN SOME
> WAY. ╨LEASE SEE ┴PPENDIX ┴ (PAGE
> 374-375) IN THE ├OMMODORE 64
> ╨ROGRAMMER'S ╥EFERENCE ╟UIDE FOR A
> COMPLETE LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.
╔ WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT PROGRAMS
WERE LISTED ON ╠OADSTAR ─ISKS ╬O 1
THROUGH 13. ╔ STARTED THE PROGRAM WITH
DISK 14, BUT ╔ AM SURE THERE ARE
SEVERAL OTHER INTERESTING PROGRAMS ON
PREVIOUS DISKS AND IF ╔ COULD SEE A
LISTING ╔ WOULD KNOW WHICH DISKS TO
ORDER.
> ┴N INDEX OF OUR FIRST 12 ISSUES
> WAS INCLUDED ON ╔SSUE 12. ╧R YOU
> CAN WRITE OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
> FOR A LISTING.
─O YOU HAVE ANY PROGRAMS ON DISK
COVERING "PRINT USING"?
> ╬O, BUT IT'S A SUBJECT WE'LL BE
> ADDRESSING IN THE FUTURE.
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╞ROM: ╟LOWCZWSKI 60452
─O YOU HAVE ANY SOFTWARE THAT WILL
RUN ON MY +/4? ╔ DO A GREAT DEAL OF
WORK ON IT AND IT SEEMS NO ONE HAS ANY
INFORMATION OR SOFTWARE FOR IT.
┴LSO, ╔ AM UNABLE TO GET BACK TO THE
MAIN MENU FROM HERE. ╨LEASE ADVISE.
> ╫E HAVE NOTHING FOR THE +/4. ┴NYONE
> KNOW OF A SOURCE OF SOFTWARE FOR
> IT?
>
> ┘OU CAN MAKE A FEEDBACK DISK
> WITHOUT LEAVING THE ╠╧┴─╙╘┴╥
> ENVIRONMENT, BUT YOU CANNOT ENTER
> YOUR COMMENTS WITHOUT EXITING
> ╠╧┴─╙╘┴╥. ╧NCE YOU WERE RUNNING
> ╙╘┴╥╠╔╬┼, YOU HAD LEFT ╠╧┴─╙╘┴╥.
> ╘HE ONLY RECOURSE IS TO TURN OFF
> YOUR COMPUTER AND START OVER.
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╞ROM: ╓ANTAGGI 44134
╔ AM A NEW SUBSCRIBER TO ╠╧┴─╙╘┴╥
AND AM DISAPPOINTED. ╬OT AT THE
PUBLICATION, BUT AT WHAT ╔ DIDN'T GET.
╔ SAW AN AD FOR ╠╧┴─╙╘┴╥ THAT SAID
╔ WOULD GET ALL THE PROGRAMS FROM THE
├╧══╧─╧╥┼ MAGAZINES. ╔T DIDN'T SAY
NOT THE GOOD ONES .
╫HEN MY FIRST DISK CAME, ╔ COULD NOT
FIND ├╚┴═┼╠┼╧╬. ╘HEN ╔ FOUND THAT ╔
COULD GET IT FOR $16.95. ╔S THIS A
JOKE??? ╔ COULD TYPE IT IN FOR A LOT
LESS. ┴ND DIDN'T MY SUBSCRIPTION PAY
FOR THIS PROGRAM ANYWAY??
╔ THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE GETTING
╟╥┼┼─┘ AT ╠╧┴─╙╘┴╥.
┘OU HAVE A GOOD PUBLICATION GOING,
DON'T MESS IT UP WITH GREED.
> ╠╧┴─╙╘┴╥ HANDLED ├╚┴═┼╠┼╧╬
> DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER ├OMMODORE
> MAGAZINE PROGRAMS AT THE EXPRESSED
> REQUEST OF ├OMMODORE. ╘HE
> PROGRAM WAS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE
> EXPENSIVE FOR THEM TO PURCHASE, SO
> THEY ARE BENEFITTING FROM PROCEEDS
> OF THE DISK SALES TO HELP RECOUP
> THEIR COSTS.
>
> ├╚┴═┼╠┼╧╬ SUPPORTS PROGRAMS COSTING
> BETWEEN $39.95 AND $80.00. ╔T ONLY
> COSTS $16.95 AND, AS YOU POINT OUT,
> YOU CAN TYPE IT IN FOR NOTHING.
> ┘OUR RIGHT TO BE DISAPPOINTED IS
> UNDISPUTED, BUT IF WE EVER GET
> GREEDY, IT WON'T BE AT $16.95.
> ╬EITHER ╠╧┴─╙╘┴╥ NOR ├OMMODORE HAS
> MADE A NICKEL YET.
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