The Compleat Lee O.

[Golan Klinger]

H'okay. If anyone needs a copy of the Loadstar Compleat, send me a PM. I've got one going begging. I asked for it for Christmas a fear years ago and ended up with multiple copies. It's worth it for the extra Lode Runner levels alone.

[Andrew Wiskow]

My Loadstar Compleat CD arrived in the mail today!  Now I've got to set aside some time to look through it and find that Auto Expense program I was looking for...  I'll probably give a short review of it here after I've given it a trial run. 

[airship]

This thread inspired me to order a copy of the CD from Fender. I received it just before the holiday, so I haven't had time to play with it yet. But it feels good to have it on hand. I played the "used to be the editor of INFO" card and Fender included a 1993 copy of his catalog, so I have a near-complete printed index of the disks. At least, I THINK I got special treatment; did others get this, too, or did I actually impress him?

Jim Brain promises USB connectivity for the uIEC with access to the PC's hard drive and CD-ROM, so that'll give my C128 a way to read it directly. That's obviously a feature that's well worth waiting for.

[RobertB]

This thread inspired me to order a copy of the CD from Fender. I received it just before the holiday, so I haven't had time to play with it yet.

O.K., I have the Compleat Loadstar around here some place. 

I played the "used to be the editor of INFO" card and Fender included a 1993 copy of his catalog, so I have a near-complete printed index of the disks. At least, I THINK I got special treatment; did others get this, too, or did I actually impress him?

I guess you got the special treatment!  I never got that catalog. 

               Recovering from my Thanksgiving travels,
               Robert Bernardo
               Fresno Commodore User Group
               http://videocam.net.au/fcug
               The Other Group of Amigoids
               http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
               Southern California Commodore/Amiga Network
               http://www.sccaners.org/

[Andrew Wiskow]

I got the catalog, too.  The CD was inside of a 5.25" disk cover, and that was inside of the catalog, which in turn was inside the mailing envelope.  The CD has the date that it was written printed on it, and the date is also on the CD's title that comes up when you put it in a PC's CD-ROM drive.  Very nicely produced! 

I had time to play with the Auto Expense program a little bit, and it's a very well written program that runs in the C128's 80-column mode.  It lets you track not only fuel expenses, but also vehicle repair and other expenses.  You can display a fuel economy line graph to the screen, and I think you have the option to print it, too.  And it has no problem with post-Y2K dates! 

[airship]

I got the catalog, too.  The CD was inside of a 5.25" disk cover, and that was inside of the catalog, which in turn was inside the mailing envelope.  The CD has the date that it was written printed on it, and the date is also on the CD's title that comes up when you put it in a PC's CD-ROM drive.

Shucks, I wanted to be special. Looks like I got the same exact package you did, Andrew.

Obviously, Fender likes us better than he likes Robert.

[Golan Klinger]

I got the catalog too. I suppose I should look at that one of these days.

[RobertB]

I had time to play with the Auto Expense program a little bit, and it's a very well written program that runs in the C128's 80-column mode.

Since I have not actively searched for that program among my goodies, can you tell me if it is written in Basic 7.0?  If so, the code can be crunched or compiled.

           Trying to get every bit of speed out
           of such programs,
           Robert Bernardo
           Fresno Commodore User Group
           http://videocam.net.au/fcug
           The Other Group of Amigoids
           http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
           Southern California Commodore/Amiga Network
           http://www.sccaners.org/

[Andrew Wiskow]

Since I have not actively searched for that program among my goodies, can you tell me if it is written in Basic 7.0?  If so, the code can be crunched or compiled.

I'll check that out later and get back to you...  I'm working the night shift the next couple days (10PM - 8AM), so I won't be able to get to it for a few days, but I will eventually... 

[RobertB]

I'm working the night shift the next couple days (10PM - 8AM)...

Oy!  More like the graveyard shift.  Peter Hanson, the Plus4 king of England, knows that schedule well.

              Truly,
              Robert Bernardo
              Fresno Commodore User Group
              http://videocam.net.au/fcug
              The Other Group of Amigoids
              http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
              Southern California Commodore/Amiga Network
              http://www.sccaners.org/

[Andrew Wiskow]

Oy!  More like the graveyard shift.  Peter Hanson, the Plus4 king of England, knows that schedule well.

Yup yup... 

I'm covering for one of the ladies that works this shift for a couple days while she's visiting family on the East Coast.

[airship]

I used to work swing shift on the railroad: two days of first, two days of second, and two days of third each week. If  you figure it out, you actually alternate 16 hours off with 24 hours off all week long. You never get more than 24 hours off at a time! It really, really sucked. Fortunately, I was just doing summer vacation subbing, and the guy who worked swing only had four weeks of vacation. I absolutely do not know how he worked that 48 weeks a year!

[Andrew Wiskow]

I really can't complain about the hours I have now.  I work 10 hours a day, Wednesday through Saturday, so I have Sunday through Tuesday off every week.  Sure beats working on an aircraft carrier out at sea, 12 hours minimum per day, 7 days a week!