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From: gene@cooper.cooper.EDU (Gene (the Spook) )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: End of an Era
Message-ID: <1285@cooper.cooper.EDU>
Date: 22 Apr 88 21:18:45 GMT
References: <4959@ecsvax.UUCP>
Organization: The Cooper Union (NY, NY)
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in article <4959@ecsvax.UUCP>, mjg@ecsvax.UUCP (Michael Gingell) says:
 
> I have just received word direct from the 80 Micro Offices that
> the next issue will be the last.  Can't say I am surprised, after
> kicking out the TRS80 users who made them successful and touting
> themselves as "MS-DOS only" with nothing much to say that isn't
> said better elsewhere no wonder subscribers left in droves.

Well, I can't say I'm surprised. When I cancelled my subscription after
the December issue came out (the last TRS80 M3/4 issue), I let them know
that 80 Micro leaving the M3/4 arena was like being informed of the
death of an old friend.

After all, I found out about some nice software packages which made the
3 and 4 nice to use. The hi-res business graph package is great. The ALE
Assembly Language Editor is fantastic, and I use its editor for "real"
text editing because of its power.

I got my amber CRT from Langley-St. Claire, the best $100 I ever spent!

The patches listed in 80 Micro from time to time actually made TRSDOS
workable. Instead of typing 'dir :1 (inv,sys)' time after time to scan
my unlisted diskettes, all I have to do is hit <enter> after sticking in
the diskette to be scanned. Get rid of the periods on the command line,
change the prompt to something a little less nauseating, fix up a few
utilities, and you get a TRSDOS which is a bit more tolerable than a stock
DOS diskette.

All of the above I got from 80 Micro. I'm sure a lot of other people did,
too. Now that support for the 3/4 is no more, either from 80 Micro *OR*
Tandy, we orphans have to stick together. Hell, if you can't get support
or information from a magazine, why continue to subscribe??? That's why
I cancelled *my* subscription, along with a few thousand other readers.

					Spookfully yours,
					Gene

					...!ihnp4!philabs!phri!cooper!gene


	"In this world we're living in, we have our share of sorrow.
	 Answer now is don't give in; aim for a new tomorrow!"

			- Robert John Aurthur Halford