Loadstar Issue 250 - Unofficial Release (fwd)

[RobertB]

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From: gumpy
Date: Thu Jun 17, 2010 9:35 am

Loadstar was scheduled to run until Issue #256. The last published issue of Loadstar was Loadstar #249. Dave Moorman has stopped doing Loadstar since 2008, leaving the remaining issues undone.

I helped with the beta-testing of Loadstar #250 in 2008. It only got to the beta-stage and was never released.

I decided to edit the beta to get the bugs out and to release this issue on the web.

So here it is, sadly what is the last issue of Loadstar - Issue 250. Enjoy it.

Four D64 images and a D81 image are included.

Download it at:
http://www.mediafire.com/?niudn5wjyjz

NOTE:
The Copy It feature does not work on this issue. The Copy It program reads info from a text file called "files on side X". Since this issue was only in beta stage, those files were not on the disks. I could not figure out how the "files on side x" text files were suppose to be written in order for the Copy It program to read it and know what files to copy for a program. So if you want to copy any program off from this issue, just use any standard file copier program.


L O A D S T A R # 250

TABLE OF CONTENTS


LOADSTAR FILES

DISKOVERY....................SIDE 1
HEAR SOME OF THE REAL STORY FROM MR. JACK TRAMIEL HIMSELF.
CREDITS......................SIDE 1
WHO'S WHO AND WHAT'S WHAT.
LABEL 250....................SIDE 1
ONE OF OUR MORE STICK-TO-ATIVE FEATURES.
LOADSTAR BY THE DOZEN........SIDE 1
GET YOUR BACK ISSUES IN A CONVENIENT WINDOWS-READY FORMAT.
UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERS 2....SIDE 1
BY DAVE MOORMAN
SO HOW SMART IS A LIGHT SWITCH?
THE 65XX.....................SIDE 1
BY JIM BUTTERFIELD
AN EARLY ARTICLE FROM THE GUY WHO TAUGHT US EVERYTHING.
PHAMOUS PHILOSOPHIES.........SIDE 1
RIPPED FROM THE WEB - NUGGETS OF GOLD FROM NAMES YOU KNOW.
HISTORY OF ADVENTURES........SIDE 1
BY PAUL PANKS
AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE GENRE OF GET LAMP AND KILL DRAGON.


FUN WARE

BATTLESHIP...................SIDE 1
BY HIT PACK
A WELL WROUGHT VERSION OF THE CLASSIC GAME. SEE YOUR SALVOS SAIL OVER THE HORIZON.
DIAL M FOR MARLO.............SIDE 1
BY RICKY DEROCHER
LOADSTAR'S FAVORITE DETECTIVE DESIRES YOUR HELP IN THIS QUEST ADVENTURE.
PIRATE SOLUTION..............SIDE 1
BY RICKY DEROCHER
IF YOU GOT STUCK ON LAST ISSUE'S QUEST, HERE IS A STEP-BY-STEP SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEMS.
RINGSIDE BOXING..............SIDE 2
BY GHISLAIN DE BLOIS
PUGILISTIC POWERHOUSES PUNCH IT OUT IN THIS SUPER SIMULATION.


BRAIN WARE

MONDO WORDO II...............SIDE 2
BY LEE NOVAK
SCRABBLE MEETS TETRIS IN THIS JOYSTICK-AND-MIND BENDER.
PROFESSOR CALHOON............SIDE 2
BY BOB MARKLAND & RICKY DEROCHER
CLASS IS IN SESSION. PUT DOWN YOUR BOOKS AND LAPTOPS. LET'S SEE WHAT YOU REALLY KNOW!


UTILITY WARE

DB DESIGN....................SIDE 3
BY DAVE MOORMAN
CREATE "PROFESSIONAL" SCREENS, EDIT FONTS, AND DESIGN SCREEN OBJECTS WITH THIS SON OF DB COMMANDS DEMO.............SIDE 3
BY DAVE MOORMAN
WATCH NEW DOTCOMMANDS IN ACTION.
DB COMMANDS COPY.............SIDE 3
BY DAVE MOORMAN
QUICKLY AND EASILY COPY OUR NEW DOTCOMMANDS TO YOUR DB+ LIBRARY DISK.

CLASSIC WARE

SNACK MAN....................SIDE 3
BY JOHN MCCARTHY
RETURN WITH US NOW TO THOSE THRILLING DAYS OF YESTERYEAR AND THE ONCE UBIQUITOUS, QUARTER-EATING ARCADE GAMES.


MULTI-MEDIA WARE

SCAMMER......................SIDE 4
BY SHIVER METIMBERS
READ AND WATCH HOW ONE SCAM-BUSTER BRUISED A NOTORIOUS 419 SCAM GUY.
CHOPIN AWAY..................SIDE 4
BY HENRY "CORKY" COCHRAN
PRELUDES AND ETUDES TO EXUDE YOUR GRATITUDE.