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SYNDICATE ZMAGAZINE
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Issue #143
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Tuesday, February 7, 1989
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Copyright 1989, SPC
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CompuServe: 71777,2140 GEnie: ZMAGAZINE Source: BDG793
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This Week:
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<*> Editors Desk............Ron Kovacs <*> Nintendo Sues Atari Games.....
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<*> Dataque Conference........Ctsy CIS <*> Atari Magazines.......L. Estep
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<*> MicroMiser........................ <*> Call Blocking.........J. Cross
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<*> Online Services <CIS>............. <*> Jan Uploads <GEnie>...........
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<*> EDITORS DESK by Ron Kovacs
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A new release date has been put into effect with this issue. We made this
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decision based upon the Survey results received to date. We appreciate
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your responses!!
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Despite recent rumors I have heard, let me tell you that any information
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you might have heard or seen about Z*NET is not official until we release
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the information. We expect to release official information on or before
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February 28th. Stay tuned for details here!!!
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This week is ST*ZMAGAZINE:
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- Atari releases monitor stand - Falcon and Piracy Comment
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- Spectre 128 Update - Public Domain Shelf
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- Hard Drive Back-up Software - Michtron Update
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- Tech Tips - Mouse Accelerator
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- Pagestream Offer - Turbo-ST Offer
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and much more.....
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Thanks for reading!
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<*> DATAQUE CONFERENCE 2/15
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The Atari Forums will be sponsoring a national online teleconference on
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Wednesday, February 15th, at 8:00 PM EST EST. Our guest speaker will be
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Chuck Steinman of DataQue, makers of the TURBO-816 Atari 8-Bit
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enhancement.
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The DataQue Conference is going to be held in CompuServe's Electronic
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Convention Center(tm). The Electronic Convention Center(tm) was designed
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specifically for special conferences of this nature and can have as many
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as 300 people participating simultaneously without causing the slightest
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speed decrease. In addition, the Electronic Convention Center(tm) offers
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the capability of holding a more structured conference, making it possible
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for you to ask your questions and be answered by Chuck Steinman without
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any interruptions. Top performance is absolutely guaranteed! Lastly, the
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Electronic Convention Center(tm) offers additional conveniences (discussed
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later in this text) that will make your participation in this conference
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amazingly easy. If you've participated in other national conferences of
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this type before and have been underwhelmed at the way it was conducted
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and the performance of the service during 'heavy' usage, this conference
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is your opportunity to experience the communication power of a
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professional-quality global information network.
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ACCESSING THE CONVENTION CENTER
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As mentioned above, the DataQue conference will be held in CompuServe's
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Electronic Convention Center(tm) -- NOT the conference area of this Atari
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Forum. To access the Convention Center, type GO CONVENTION at any
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CompuServe command prompt.
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When you type GO CONVENTION, CompuServe will display the following menu:
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Electronic Convention Center(tm)
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INFORMATION/RESERVATIONS
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1 Instructions
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2 List Conferences/Make Reservations
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3 Review/Cancel Reservations
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4 Conference Etiquette
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Enter choice !
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Choice 1 allows you to view the complete instruction guide for using the
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Convention Center. Choice 2 and Choice 3 allow you to list upcoming
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special conferences and any advance -reservations- (NOT NECESSARY FOR
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THIS CONFERENCE!) you might have made. Lastly, choice 4 provides some
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information on the etiquette followed by participants in an electronic
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conference.
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On Wednesday, February 15th at 7:30 (a half hour before the DataQue
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conference is scheduled to begin), the Convention Center menu will appear
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as shown above with the addition of menu choice 5 which will allow you to
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enter the DataQue conference. An example of how the Convention Center
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menu will appear from 7:30 through the end of the conference on February
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15th appears below:
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Electronic Convention Center(tm)
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INFORMATION/RESERVATIONS
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1 Instructions
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2 List Conferences/Make Reservations
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3 Review/Cancel Reservations
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4 Conference Etiquette
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JOIN CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS
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5 ATARI 8-bit/TURBO-816
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Enter choice !
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All you will need to do is select choice 5 in order to join the
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conference.
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<*> MICROMISER
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To the Atari Community:
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I am not generally in the habit of posting messages on this bulletin
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board, however I feel it is my present duty to inform and warn the Atari
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community about a particular company. I recently purchased a copy of
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Turboword from MicroMiser Software Incorporated, the same company that
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sells Turbobase, as advertised in Analog, Antic and Atari Explorer
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magazines. As this is the only word processing program presently
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available to work with the XEP80 eighty column adaptor, I was very pleased
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to discover that it was available (Atari Corporation has yet to ship
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AtariWriter-80). Nevertheless, I was very displeased at the quality of
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the product once I received it in the mail. The following is the exact
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text of the letter I wrote to MicroMiser describing what I beleived were
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the major problems with their program. Included after that is their
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response to my letter which, although rather amusing at first, is the most
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insulting drivel I have ever read.
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Hence, I thought you should be aware of this company's practices in case
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you were considering purchasing one of their products.
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January 6, 1989
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Micromiser Software
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1635-A Holden Ave.,
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Orlando, Florida 32809, USA
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To whom it may concern:
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I received my copy of Turboword two days ago and have spent a number of
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hours familiarising myself with its various functions. I am sorry to say
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that I am genuinely unimpressed with this product. To begin with, its
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most serious lack is that it is impossible to adjust line spacing either
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from the main menu or within the editor. Surely you must realize that any
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student using a word processor requires double spacing. I am presently in
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my tenth year of university, and every paper that I have ever written was
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required to be double spaced; some even required changing the spacing
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within the body of the text (eg., single spacing for passages quoted
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directly from a published text).
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Hence, this program is completely useless for most students, including
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myself.
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Next on my list of complaints is the fact that the program is replete
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with a number of uncorrected bugs. For example, when using the -Enter
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Address- function of the main menu I always get an -error 168 at line 255-
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message while the program is saving my address. Then when I use the -G-
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function my address is poorly centered on the screen and requires
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adjustment of the spacing so that it looks acceptable. I have yet to try
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the envelope functions, but I cringe at the thought of the insect-like
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creatures that await me.
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The file functions of the program are also totally inadequate. It is
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impossible to save a file under another name than the one with which it
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was loaded. As a result, the user cannot make changes to a file and still
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have the original on disk unaltered. This is a serious limitation if you
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like to revise your work a number of times without destroying the last
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version you worked on.
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Another problem with the program is the fact that the main menu is written
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in BASIC. When memory is at a premium, as it is in the Atari 8-bits,
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having BASIC in RAM takes up a large chunk of it that can be put to better
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use for much needed program functions and more text.
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The spelling ckecker also does not function properly. It states in the
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manual that it is supposed to copy the -SPELLCHK.TXT- file to the original
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file after a spelling check. It does not do so. Needless to say, this is
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very annoying and defeats the purpose of the spelling checker.
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Finally, the method of entering printer codes into the file is non-
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intuitive. Control-letter sequences to end and begin a section (of
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underlining for example) would be much more natural than using the inverse
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characters. Furthermore, I personally believe that having the control
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sequence insert a space is counterproductive to good word processing. If,
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for example, I wished to underline only part of a word this is impossible
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unless I redefine the printer codes and use some weird punctuation
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sequence that I would never remember.
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The high price of $49.00 (US) that I paid for it is criminal considering
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the poor quality of the product. I also find your request for another
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$5.00 for your -trip to the post office- to be outrageous and I
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categorically refuse to pay it. Where I come from, it is illegal to
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charge someone extra for something unless the charge is clearly stated in
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advance. In your advertisements there is no mention of postage and
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handling charges whatsoever, hence I find it highly objectionable that you
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sent me an invoice for an extra $5.00; especially since the postage only
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cost YOU $1.20! On the envelope you wrote the value of the contents to be
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$10.00. Personally, I cannot say that this program is worth one cent more
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than that.
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Neverthelless, if you are able to send me a version with all the
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aforementioned bugs corrected (especially the double spacing) then I will
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consider paying you the amount you requested.
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Sincerely yours,
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K. Gilbert
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Star Date 125.4729
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K. Gilbert
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Montreal, Quebec Canada
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Earth
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Attention Kay,
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We respond to your recent transmission.
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The program TURBOWORD was designed for Earth-use only. It is not
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recommended for inhabitants of the outer planets.
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Regarding the disputed five credits, do not REPEAT do not initiate second
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request. Our advice is to return to Neptune immediately where it is
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unlikely you will be found. In fact, we doubt anyone would look.
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Concerning the update to the above mentioned product which includes the
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features you seek, we wish you all the luck in the universe. Perhaps you
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can contact a pirate on Triton appropriate to your genre to assist in
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locating same.
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Please do not approach the council again on this matter. The elders are
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busy with constructive enterprise and will disavow any further contact.
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The Galactic Council to assist in locating same.
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[EOF]
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RESPONSE FOLLOWS
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Dear Tim,
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About the letter TURBOW.TXT. He sent us a check for the price of the
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program and we sent it and billed the shipping to save him another 20
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days. Some thanks. We're criminal for charging shipping to a foreign
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country because we didn't advertise same in the US? Glad he's not from
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China! In Canada they'd throw us in jail for that? We never advertised
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double spacing but we're supposed to rewrite the program to collect the
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$5 he owes us. We're guilty of writing in BASIC, never mind the 12K of
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ASSEMBLER that took four months. Our printer codes may be -non-intuitive-
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to a ten year university student, but they're -intuitive- enough to the
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rest of us high-school drop-outs. Our high price of $49 is criminal.
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Never mind there are only 500 potential customers with XEP80s according to
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our distributor. Sorry for wanting more than $2/hr. We wrote $10 on the
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package to save him some duty (why we have to go to the post office).
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Some thanks.
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We're about to send 200 FREE update disks with Turboword+ which corrects
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all problems and doubles features. Who else does this? I just had to buy
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GFA 3.0 to fix the bugs in 2.0. But we're not sending any to Neptune as
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long as I run this company. Also, about half of his problems were HIS
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problems, not ours.
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The reason this is the only negative thing you've heard is most likely
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because there are few aliens using our software, and because we offer the
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best support in the Atari world--when people ask for it in any normal way.
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All it takes is to realize that there are other human beings at the end of
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the letter or phone who have feelings too. I'm sure we'd get along fine,
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as I do with 99.9% of customers. I just finished Turboword+ and I'm very
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proud of it, though it probably doesn't have -All features of Paperclip-
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as one customer requested on his warranty. I think you would be very
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happy with it. Now I start on a compatible file manager which I'm sure
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will be done by the time AW+ comes out.
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Nice to make your aquaintance! It's rare that we developers get the
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opportunity to tell our side. Thanks for giving me the opportunity, and
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thanks to our alien friend for forcing it. By the way he is no reflection
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on Canadians--they are generally very knowledgeable, have good manners,
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and pay the $5 shipping without a hassle.
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Steve at Micromiser
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P.S. One time a programmer called and swore at me for not writing
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Turbobase in color! Gee, Dbase on an Atari8 ain't good enough?!? Well
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this is sure an interesting business. (I love it!) I'll write a book
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some day! S.B.
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<*> NINTENDO SUES ATARI
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Ctsy CompuServe ATARIARTS SIG
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#: 5680 S8/Hot Topics 03-Feb-89 14:35:58
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Sb: #Nintendo Sues Atari...
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Fm: SYSOP*Mike Schoenbach 76703,4363
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To: All
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Online Today OLT-255
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NINTENDO SUES ATARI GAMES, TENGEN
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(Feb. 3)
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Continuing the video game feud, Nintendo of America now has sued Atari
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Games Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tengen Inc., alleging patent
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infringement.
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This follows a $250 million lawsuit filed earlier this week against
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Nintendo Co. Ltd. by Atari Corp. (which is not related to Atari Games).
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That action accused the Japanese video giant of monopolizing the market
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with restrictions on its licensed game developers.
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As noted earlier, all these parties have been in federal court earlier.
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In December, Atari Games filed a $100 million suit against Nintendo,
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alleging unfair competition. Then last month Nintendo sued Atari Games,
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saying the firm was making and selling unauthorized video-game cartridges.
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Of this latest suit, Nintendo said Atari Games and Tengen's making and
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selling home video cartridges for play on the Nintendo Entertainment
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System infringes on a US Patent No. 4,799,635. That patent -covers a novel
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system designed to prevent the use of unauthorized computer software on
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hardware systems,- Nintendo said in a statement.
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Nintendo said its system places separate -security chips- in both computer
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hardware and external memory software. These dedicated processors run
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authenticating programs and compare results.
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-If the results agree, the software is 'authorized' and the game begins,-
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the statement said. -The Tengen-manufactured cartridges employ this system
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and thereby infringe Nintendo's patent.-
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The action late yesterday was filed in US District Court in San Francisco
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as an amended complaint to the January suit. --Charles Bowen
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<*> ATARI MAGAZINES
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by Lawrence Estep
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(Editor Note: This article covers the availability of back-issues of Atari
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related publications.)
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Updated: 2/1/89
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ANTIC
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Issues available
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July 1983-February 1989 disks and magazines (Excluding September 1984
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magazine)
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Antic disks :$5.95 each
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Antic magazines:$4.00 each
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6-month back packs only $20.00 each
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Disks Catalog Disks Catalog
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July-December 1983 DBP8302 January-June 1984 DBP8401
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January-June 1985 DBP8501 July-December 1985 DBP8502
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January-June 1986 DBP8601 July-December 1986 DBP8602
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January-June 1987 DBP8701 July-December 1987 DBP8702
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January-June 1988 DBP8801 July-December 1988 DBP8802
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Magazines Catalog Magazines Catalog
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July-December 1983 MBP8302 January-June 1984 MBP8401
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January-June 1985 MBP8501 July-December 1985 MBP8502
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January-June 1986 MBP8601 July-December 1986 MBP8602
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January-June 1987 MBP8701 July-December 1987 MBP8702
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January-June 1988 MBP8801 July-December 1988 MBP8802
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Call 1-800-234-7001 (Visa/MC orders) or send your check or money order
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to: Antic Publishing
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Back issues
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544 Second Street
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San Francisco,CA 94107
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Please indicate by product code which issues you would like. California
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residents add 6 1/2% sales tax. Also,include the following S&H charges:
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$1.00 per magazine, $3.00 for 1-10 disks, $6.00 for 10+ disks
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ATARI EXPLORER
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Issues available
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Fall 1981 Winter 1981/82 Spring 1983
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Summer 1983 Winter 1986 Sep/Oct 1986
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Nov/Dec 1986 Jan/Feb 1987 Spring 1987
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Summer 1987 Sep/Oct 1987 Nov/Dec 1987
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Jan/Feb 1988 Mar/Apr 1988 May/Jun 1988
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Jul/Aug 1988 Sep/Oct 1988 Nov/Dec 1988
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Jan/Feb 1989
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Price:$2.95 each or 6 issues for $15. S&H $:$.69 book rate postage per
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issue Address: Atari Explorer back issues
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7 Hilltop Road
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Mendham,NJ 07945
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CURRENT NOTES
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Issues available
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1985 - July to December ($1)
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1986 - February,April to December ($1.50)
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1987 - February to December ($2.00)
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1988 - February to December ($2.50)
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Send to: Current Notes
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Back Issues
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122 N. Johnson Rd.
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Sterling,VA 22170
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FAMILY & HOME OFFICE COMPUTING
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Issues available
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Single monthly issues from 9/83 (Premiere issue) to current issue
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Send check or money order for $4.25 each to:
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Family & Home Office Computing
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Back issues
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P.O. Box 717,Cooper Station
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New York,NY 10276-0717
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ONLINE TODAY
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Back issues from 1983-1989 are available for ordering online on CompuServe
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(GO ORDER) for $2.50.,or call 1-800-848-8119 for more information.
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START
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Magazines Disks
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STart #3 Winter '86 SMS1286 SDS1286
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STart #4 Spring '87 Sold Out SDS0387
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STart #5 Summer '87 SMS0687 SDS0687
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STart #6 Fall '87 SMS0987 SDS0987
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STart #7 Winter '87 SMS1287 SDS1287
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Magazines:$4.00 each
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Disks:$10.95 each
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Use same mailing address and S&H charges as for Antic magazine.
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ST Resource programs (From Antic)
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Issue Disk #
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Compendium #1 8/85-1/86 SB0101
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Compendium #2 2/86-5/86 SB0102
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Compendium #3 6/86-9/86 SB0103
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Compendium #4 10/86-2/87 SB0106
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Compendium #5 3/87-7/87 SB0107
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Compendium disks are $10.95 each.
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Use same mailing address and S&H charges as for Antic magazine.
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Next listing issued:03/01/89
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Copyright 1989 NEW Atari Scene! BBS
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The official BBS system of
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The Atari Exchange of Louisville,KY
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(502) 456-4292 SysOp:Rich Link
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<*> CALL BLOCKING (A REPORT)
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Reprinted by permission of the author.
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by Jerry Cross
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I'm going to do something I have never done before, write a serious
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article (gasp!). No jokes this time, because this is a serious issue and
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you should be very concerned with it.
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In the October issue of MAM you read about how a certain long distance
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telephone carrier in Iowa was practicing what is called call blocking. In
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review, this means this company, Teleconnect, Inc., is blocking calls made
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through their long distance system to other callers, without notifying
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either the person making the call or the person whose number is being
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blocked.
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As a employee of Michigan Bell, I was especially concerned with this
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practice. This practice is an obvious violation of your rights, and long
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distance companies have no right to tamper with telephone calls. Even
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though this practice appears to be limited to only calls made to certain
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bulletin board systems, what is stopping them from blocking calls to
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whoever they wish? Would you, as an honest business man, appreciate AT&T
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blocking calls to your lines because some dishonest person or phone hacker
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made some illegal calls to you? It could easily cost you a lot of
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business!
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Well, after I first read the article, sent to me by another concerned
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computer user, I felt I needed to do something. By an incredible
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coincidence, this same company (Teleconnect, Inc.) was just now setting up
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shop in the Michigan area, but was limiting their business only to
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business customers and was ignoring residence customers.
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Thus begins my quest! I immediately went to -The Mike Wallace 60 Minute
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|
School of Journalism,- which I finished in only 48 minutes. (Sorry, I
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promised no jokes.) I learned the three steps of good investigative
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reporting. Gather evidence, interview witnesses and then pounce on the
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victim. So, after talking to some witnesses in Iowa, I discovered that
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one of Teleconnect's main defenses was that local phone companies would
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not work with them to identify the phone hackers.
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Well, this sounded strange to me, so I called both the Michigan Bell Staff
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Security people, plus a few co-workers I used to work with. MBT has a
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special office located in Southfield headed by Daryl Miller, a staff
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|
manager. MBT will supply the long distance carriers with information
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|
about calls made to certain numbers. Also, if necessary, MBT will help
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establish an entire case for the carrier against the suspect and even
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testify in court. So much for Teleconnect's excuses.
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|
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My next call went to AT&T. Since they have long had an established long
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distance network to every central telephone office, toll fraud was not a
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|
major problem. However, there are still those who will attempt to discover
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|
someone's credit calling card number by using their computer to constantly
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|
dial codes until one is discovered. Both MBT and AT&T are ready and
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waiting for them, with the use of their own monitoring computers that can
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quickly discover when a series of incorrect credit cards are entered, and
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|
can locate the hacker within minutes. So, once again there is no need for
|
|
AT&T to resort to call blocking. I wonder why Teleconnect does not have
|
|
some sort of similar system set up to at least tell if someone is trying
|
|
to discover an illegal credit number? I guess it's just cheaper to block
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calls, huh?
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|
|
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My calls to both MCI and Sprint went unanswered, and calls to other
|
|
carriers were usually transferred to other supervisors with the usual
|
|
replies of -We don't discuss security matters- or -You will have to
|
|
contact our Media Relations department,- which was usually followed by
|
|
-What magazine did you say you write for?-
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|
|
|
Next, thanks to a tip from another AT&T friend, I got in contact with the
|
|
Telecommunications Fraud Association. This is, I think, a lobbying group
|
|
located in Washington, District of Columbia, that is sponsored by the long
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|
distance carriers, and helps to advise legistrators on Telecommunications
|
|
Fraud laws. Once again, though, I lacked the backing of a big-time
|
|
magazine to get any type of reply. I even had to send them a sample of
|
|
our magazine to prove it was for real!
|
|
|
|
I could see it was time to start enlisting help. I started calling the
|
|
Michigan Public Service Commission, which is responsible for regulating
|
|
the phone industry in Michigan. What a joke! After sending a few letters
|
|
and making some phone calls, I didn't get anywhere with them.
|
|
|
|
Time to bring out some bigger guns. I sent a letter to both Representative
|
|
Kildie and Senator Riegle. Mr. Kildie sent me a nice rm letter thanking
|
|
me for bring this important matter to his attention and promised he would
|
|
shuffle it off to some underling. Things were looking bad now. But then
|
|
I got a CALL from Mr. Riegle's office. After going over the whole thing
|
|
again with one of their staff members, I was told they would look into it.
|
|
About 2 weeks later, I got a letter saying that a complaint had been
|
|
issued in my name with the Interstate Commerce Commission. Although this
|
|
does show a little progress, I don't expect any quick answers from them
|
|
either.
|
|
|
|
OK, so now I was ready to confront Teleconnect. Armed with all sorts of
|
|
conflicting testimony, I got hold of their media relations person and
|
|
screamed -SO ARE YOU GUYS BLOCKING CALLS IN MICHIGAN, OR WHAT!?!-
|
|
|
|
-No, we aren't- she said. Oops! I forgot lesson #1! I needed evidence.
|
|
Darn, I don't have any. Now what do I do?
|
|
|
|
That's where you readers come in. If you are using one of the long
|
|
distance carriers, and for some reason can not get through to your number,
|
|
first try using another long distance company such as AT&T. If you do get
|
|
through, then you may have discovered a blocked call! If so, let me know!
|
|
I will investigate it further and turn over this information to Mr.
|
|
Riegle's office. I am also tracking down some other sources of help, but
|
|
don't expect any more information for a while. But unless I can prove call
|
|
blocking is indeed going on in Michigan, there is not much we can do
|
|
through legal channels. So please let me know if you discover any blocked
|
|
lines. Contact: Jerry Cross, C/O GAG, PO Box E, Flint, MI 48507.
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|
|
|
|
##############################
|
|
<*> ONLINE SERVICES
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|
##############################
|
|
Ctsy CompuServe Atari8
|
|
|
|
DUAL TERMINALS WITH SAME PASSWORD ON COMPUSERVE
|
|
|
|
Question: What if I use 2 different terminal programs to access CIS? Or
|
|
even 2 different computers?!! Say, I want to use TSCOPE to view
|
|
On-Line Graphics, but want to use DeTerm to do my DOWnloading
|
|
and messaging? Or wanna use both my ST and XE??
|
|
|
|
Answer: No problem. CIS can easily handle multiple 'parameter sets' for
|
|
the same PPN (User ID number)
|
|
|
|
This info is summarized from the Ubiquitous Charles Bowen's column in
|
|
ONLINE TODAY (March issue). At least till it scrolls off, you can read
|
|
the complete article by GO OLT-3500. (recommended!)
|
|
|
|
The key is a trip into the PRO (PROgramming) area of CIS. When you type a
|
|
PRO command (you can do so at any ! prompt. The polite way is to do this
|
|
OUTSIDE of a forum.) you enter the Personal Programming area. It CAN look
|
|
intimidating, 'cause all you see is an enigmatic 'OK' on the screen.
|
|
(Shades of Moose-DOS) DON'T PANIC! If you know which commands to type,
|
|
you can do amazing things in PRO...
|
|
|
|
SAVE THE ALTERNATE
|
|
|
|
Of course, you've already set your 'default' parameters, right? What you
|
|
need to do is 'Save' an Alternate Set for access when you need it.
|
|
|
|
To start, you need to connect using your 'alternate' program (or
|
|
computer!) Connected? Type GO TERMINAL, and use the menu to change things
|
|
as required.
|
|
|
|
eg. if you normally use EXPRESS, but want to set up TSCOPE parameters,
|
|
you'd boot up with TSCOPE, then change your terminal Type to VIDTEX.
|
|
|
|
Or, maybe you use an XE at home but a PC at the office. In that case, you
|
|
might want an alternate WIDTH of 80.
|
|
|
|
When you've got things the way you want them in your Alternate Set, exit
|
|
TERMINAL, and specify you want these settings set for THIS SESSION only,
|
|
by hitting S.
|
|
|
|
Now, type PRO. At the OK prompt type:
|
|
|
|
TER DEF SECOND
|
|
|
|
For 'SECOND' use whatever name (6 characters max) you want for the
|
|
Alternate Set.
|
|
|
|
USING THE ALTERNATE
|
|
|
|
If you've followed the above, what you now have is <2> full 'terminal
|
|
parameter' files stored on CIS. One is the Default, one is an Alternate.
|
|
Logging on with the default, of course, is no problem. But how about if we
|
|
want to use the Alternate?
|
|
|
|
Easy... When you dial CIS and get the 'User ID:' prompt, type in your PPN
|
|
(number), followed IMMEDIATELY by an asterisk and the name of your
|
|
Alternate Set like so:
|
|
|
|
User ID: 70717,720*SECOND
|
|
|
|
replacing 'SECOND' with whatever name you chose previously.
|
|
|
|
Have a 'space out' and forget the asterisk? You can EVEN change parameters
|
|
after you've logged on! In this case, go to PRO and type TER IS SECOND (or
|
|
whatever 'alternate' name you used.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
##############################
|
|
<*> NEW FILES ON GENIE ATARI8
|
|
Ctsy GEnie, Edited by R.Kovacs
|
|
|
|
The following list, edited down from the original GEnie directory,
|
|
contains all the NEW files uploaded to the Atari8 RT during January. We
|
|
hope this list is of assistance.
|
|
|
|
No. File Name Address Bytes Desc
|
|
----- ------------------------ ------------ ------ ----------------------
|
|
4108 ATARIWRITER80TURBO.DOC E.LAMBETH1 12600 TURBO BAS DOCS AWRTR80
|
|
4106 CBMMOUSE.ARC MARTY.A 2520 Tech info CBM 1351 mouse
|
|
4105 INFERNO.BAS J.BLOY 18900 Inferno, Jan. Analog
|
|
4104 STELLARARENA.OBJ J.BLOY 5040 Stellar Arena, Analog
|
|
4103 ZMAG142.ARC ZMAGAZINE 16380 Atari News, 1/30/89
|
|
4102 SOLITAIR.ARC P.IRWIN 41580 Klondike Solitaire
|
|
4101 READ11.ARC J.WARD8 2520 Text file reader
|
|
4100 MORSETUT.BAS J.HOLLAND4 8820 Morse Code Tutor
|
|
4099 CBMVT100.ARC MARTY.A 8820 Source code GREAT CBM
|
|
4098 SARCTXT.ARC MARTY.A 11340 Info about Super ARC
|
|
4097 RTIME8.ARC MARTY.A 6300 Info about ICD R-Time 8
|
|
4096 TURBO816.ARC MARTY.A 27720 Info about Turbo 816
|
|
4095 MYDOSTXT.ARC MARTY.A 12600 Info about MyDOS 4.5
|
|
4094 GOEINFO.ARC MARTY.A 25200 Info about GOE
|
|
4093 SDX1.ARC MARTY.A 20160 Messages re SpartaDOS X
|
|
4092 EXPLORER.ARC MARTY.A 13860 Atari Explorer Online!
|
|
4091 VIRTUSONICS.ARC MARTY.A 11340 Info about Virtusonics
|
|
4090 ANALOG.ARC MARTY.A 11340 Messages about Analog
|
|
4089 ALFCRTXT.ARC MARTY.A 11340 Info about AlfCrunch
|
|
4088 DD.ARC MARTY.A 15120 Info about Daisy-Dot
|
|
4087 SPARTA.ARC MARTY.A 6300 Support for SpartaDOS
|
|
4086 REEVE.ARC MARTY.A 18900 Info on Reeve Software
|
|
4085 ASKICD3.ARC MARTY.A 11340 More from the -Ask ICD-
|
|
4084 ASKRAT.ARC MARTY.A 25200 Ask the Rat topic
|
|
4083 ACTION.ARC MARTY.A 10080 Info from the BB
|
|
4082 HD800.ARC MARTY.A 6300 Hard Disks Atari 800
|
|
4081 INDUS.ARC MARTY.A 3780 Info on Indus SyncroMesh
|
|
4080 TIPS.ARC MARTY.A 10080 General GEnie Tips
|
|
4079 PRNTUSNG.BAS M.QUIGG 3780 Print Using for BASIC
|
|
4075 BLAKES71.ARC R.CARLSON 65520 Digitized Crew Blake's
|
|
4074 BLAKES72.ARC R.CARLSON 41580 Digitized GR9 pics
|
|
4072 THEWALL.ARC G.WARMUTH 36540 The Wall, Pink Floyd,
|
|
4070 CAMBODIA.BAS BILLMORRIS 13860 Basic Game from Germany
|
|
4069 VOICEMASTERJR.DCM S.LOUIS 56700 PLAYS VOICE MASTER JR
|
|
4068 CONTENTS70.TXT C.WALNUM 2520 ANALOG MARCH 89 CONTENTS
|
|
4067 GOERELEASE.TXT D.SULLIVAN4 7560 GOE January 1989 Press
|
|
4066 INDEXO.BAS T.FISK 3780 INDEXER/HIGH SPEED SORT
|
|
4065 TOP100.ARC MARTY.A 6300 The Latest Top 100 File
|
|
4064 XL512K.ALF D.SCHMIDT4 10080 A 512k RAMdisk for 800xl
|
|
4060 OKIANDCOVOXSALE.TXT C.MICHAUD 1260 TWO PERIPHERALS FOR SALE
|
|
4059 MASTERMIND.BAS L.KIRKPATRI1 8820 plays code maker/breaker
|
|
4058 LEARN6.ARC J.SHANAFELT 49140 Story with sound & anim
|
|
4057 FOXY.PIC B.VANDERMEER 2520 KOALA PIC (A REAL FOX).
|
|
4056 APACLOAD.ARC JDPOTTER 20160 full color graphics ldr
|
|
4055 EASYFINDFILEMAKER3.BAS ECHOP 10080 CREATE DAT FILES EASY
|
|
4054 CHECKBOOK.ALF C.K.TILLER 25200 FAST, VERY GOOD CHECKBK
|
|
4053 ATARITAB.DRV REEVE.SOFT 1260 Diamond GOS TT Drvr
|
|
4052 KOALA.DRV REEVE.SOFT 1260 Diamond GOS Koala Drvr
|
|
4051 JOYSTICK.DRV REEVE.SOFT 1260 Diamond GOS Joystick Drvr
|
|
4050 STMOUSE.DRV REEVE.SOFT 1260 Diamond GOS ST Mouse Drvr
|
|
4049 ZMAG140.ARC ZMAGAZINE 16380 Issue #140, January 16,
|
|
4048 CODEBUST.ARC AUGGIE 18900 HACKER'S DISASSEMBLER
|
|
4047 GRAFTERM.COM AUGGIE 17640 GRAPHICAL COMM PROGRAM
|
|
4046 FILEORGANIZER.ARC I.RODRIGUEZ 26460 utility helps you find
|
|
4045 OSSTODOS.BAS REEVE.SOFT 2520 SpartaDOS Run Address
|
|
4044 FONTCONV.BAS REEVE.SOFT 2520 Font Conversion utility
|
|
4043 DIABASIC.BAS REEVE.SOFT 2520 Prgm Diamond with Basic
|
|
4042 REEVERTC0189.ARC MARTY.A 8820 RTC about Diamond 01/12
|
|
4041 VOICEDOS.ARC E.LAMBETH1 17640 VOICE CONTROLLED DOS!
|
|
4039 BLACKCASTLE.BAS M.BUTLER1 23940 1-4 player quest to cas
|
|
4038 WRITING.ARC M.QUIGG 3780 Text file on quality sof
|
|
4037 GE_LIB3.ARC S.DAY3 32760 THE COMPLETE LIBRARY
|
|
4036 GE_LIB2.ARC S.DAY3 51660 COMPLETE LIBRARY PT. 2
|
|
4035 GE_LIB1.ARC S.DAY3 52920 FILE 1 OF 3 OF COMPLETE
|
|
4034 GE_LIB.TXT S.DAY3 1260 COMPLETE genie library
|
|
4032 ATARPOLY.BAS W.GROSS2 12600 same as monopoly
|
|
4031 READ.ARC J.WARD8 2520 SpartaDos 3.2 File Read
|
|
4030 ZMAG139.ARC ZMAGAZINE 20160 Issue #139, January 10,
|
|
4029 AMODEMBATCHTONE.ARC T.CHAPPELL 2520 autodisconnect/batch
|
|
4028 LIBNEW.HLP MARTY.A 7560 Help for NEW library
|
|
4027 SETTINGS.HLP MARTY.A 6300 Help to set GEnie
|
|
4026 UNARCBB.ARC MARTY.A 12600 Super ARC/UnARC discuss
|
|
4025 SDX.ARC MARTY.A 21420 Discussion about Sparta
|
|
4024 REEVESOFT1.ARC MARTY.A 45360 Chat with Reeve Soft
|
|
4023 ASKICD2.ARC MARTY.A 21420 Questions to ICD
|
|
4022 MATRAT.ARC MARTY.A 32760 Ask the Rat!
|
|
4021 LANGUAGE.ARC MARTY.A 7560 What language to use??
|
|
4020 RANA.ARC MARTY.A 5040 Help with Rana Drives
|
|
4018 EXPRESSNULL.COM J.WATTS3 3780
|
|
4016 BOWLING2.ARC R.MARCHESSAU 95760 BOWLING ASSISTANT
|
|
4015 MOVE.SRC CYCLONE 3780 M/L srce code mem move
|
|
4013 ZMAG138.ARC ZMAGAZINE 18900 Issue #138, January 3,
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Syndicate ZMagazine is Copyright (c)1989, Syndicate Publishing Company.
|
|
SPC, Post Office Box 74, Middlesex, New Jersey 08846-0074 (201) 968-8148
|
|
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