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Commodore Codey - First Editor

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For the first few issues of Loadstar, the editor went by the name of "Commodore Codey" - Does anybody know who this really was? (It's also interesting to note that these early issues had a space shuttle theme - programs were called "payload programs" - and there was a take off sound when loading on some issues)
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Yes, that and the "DOS and Don'ts" column had a ton of good information in them. Well written, too.
 
these early issues had two faces. On one hand - the content - the attitude was all about tutoring newbies on the eldrich features of the machine. One the other, the code was almost convoluted. The routine that checked if the desired file was on the current disk had to read the disk header. Lord Help you if you tried to move anything to another disk. Also, every 1581/D81 needed a fix to that code. I don't remember exactly what I did when I did it, but it involved files on the disk named SIDE 1, SIDE 2, etc.

There were other ways things were done that we all finally moved around. But it is bad manners to crow about how much smarter we are today than way back when. Because, we are not.
 
Dave, what you probably did involved checking for the existence of those SIDE 1 etc files. Once the change was made, I think it's an easier check to find a file.
 
I pretty much cheated. I put 4 empty files, SIDE 1, SIDE 2, SIDE 3, and SIDE 4. Then I just changed the code (fortunately, it was in BASIC) to look for the side number. I probably could have just REMed over the code and search for the file name. But who said I did things "the easy way."
 
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