Posted By
JamesC
on 2002-09-21
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When I announce an update to my site, please use the link I provide if you copy to the News page..... by using the link you posted, the user bypasses my artistry, ugly as it is, and my counter that tells me how many people actually view the site. (My main page has a link directly to the webpage in question.)
Most programs published in Compute!'s Gazette (or in its' parent magazine Compute!) were owned by the magazine with worldwide rights -- hence I doubt that a commercial software house would release the same program. It's probably just a coincedence. Over here we have a multi-state lottery called "Powerball" that has nothing to do with either the US or the European game. (http://www.musl.com if anyone wants to see the lottery)
Lawrence is the person I purchased the 1985 and 1986 Gazettes from a few months back, through an Ebay auction. The newer ones (Dec 1986 and newer) have my name in the upper right corner as they are ones that I purchased new or received through subscription. Most of my 1987-1988 issues have a sticker under the Gazette logo, listing what Plus/4 programs are in that issue. (I was a teenager, didn't think they'd be worth anything in the future, or else I would have kept them in better condition.)
I was going to work on the actual programs today, making conversions and bugfixes, but my wife went to her mother's and only took two of the children with her. I'm home with my 16 month old son, but the Plus/4 is in a storage room seperate from the rest of the apartment and is not safe for small children. Therefore I can't do any work on the Plus/4 until he goes down for a nap.... which may not be for a few more hours. (It's 1:08pm CDT Saturday, or 6:08pm in London, as I write this.)
If you look at one of the covers, there is an issue with "SpeedScript 3.2" for the C64.... that's the issue that has documentation for Jim Hehl's SpeedScript+4 cartridge ROM image. Jim converted the original machine-language program from this issue. I'm sure he has many hours invested in that one program alone, as Gazette only provided the machine language code, not the source code for an assembler.
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