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From: Cameron Kaiser
Date: 1998-09-25
Subject: Re: To Cameron: MAGIC DESK (again)

I've been away on jury duty and haven't been able to read my mail very thoroughly. Sorry about that.

>I´ve just been to your "SECRET WEAPONS" site... Cool!

Tahnk vous. :-)

>Check this out: I
>know a guy who owns a 232! It was just a proto type and had some software
>bugs... SOLDER who is also on this list fixed it. (That's what I heard!)

Can you tell me anything about it? Does it have the 232 badge, or is it a retooled 116? If people don't want it on the list, just send me info at
<ckaiser@oa.ptloma.edu>.

>Earlier on this list I asked about the "MAGIC DESK" GUI which was supposed
>to be one of the optional programs to come with the plus/4. I have an
>article about the CEBIT 1984 which stated that this one was running on a
>plus/4.

Interesting. Is there a way I can get a scan of the clipping, or can you send me the text? I'll try to verify it.

>However, no one I know has ever seen this program. In a different
>article about a query on the C64 version is stated that the programmer
>left commodore... Since you seem to be able to get in contact with CBM
>people please ask ´em about MAGIC DESK on plus/4. The article mentioned
>above said that "scratched files were flying into a trashcan"... on plus/4
>in 1984, I can´t believe it! Hey guys, I just thought about this... APPLE
>saw MAGIC DESK and said "You can´t release this, it's violating our
>copyrights!" Remember what they did to GEM? OK, I got carried away... BUT
>what happened to MAGIC DESK on plus/4?

I'm going to ask Dave Haynie about it. I'll also see if Bil Herd knows.

>Furthermore, I have an old issue of "RUN" magazine (German) which shows a
>264... Instead of "plus/4" it really says "264" on the case. Additionally,
>the keyboard layout is a bit "funny", e.g. some keys are blank and stuff
>like that.

I have an entry on the 264, but I'd like to see the picture. Any way I can get a hold of the clipping? I'll send you a postal address and cover the postage if you can't scan it.

>What about the 364's numeric keyboard? Is there an easy way to "recover"
>this on standard plus/4s?

Not that I know of. :-( I'm more interested in the Magic Voice cartridge.

>P.S.
>What I like best about the C128 crew is the "LINK ARMS, DONT MAKE THEM!"
>statement! Do you know who suggested that?

No idea :-) but Bil Herd knows, I bet.

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