[Coco] Easter Eggs in BASIC, Bill Gates and the CoCo

[L. Curtis Boyle]

Another possible idea is to issue an addendum electronically only (perhaps even free, to entice people to get the main book). That is, of course, assuming your publisher would allow such a "promotion". Am I correct in assuming that they used a digital press to print the book, or did they use an offset press?

I have bought two, which are supposed to be here next week, so I am hoping I am not one of the unlucky ones who has a printing issue with it. :-)

L. Curtis Boyle
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On Jan 7, 2014, at 10:03 AM, Bill Loguidice <bill at armchairarcade.com> wrote:

> Well, it's important to remember that the publisher owns the rights to our
> work. Until those expire, there's nothing we can personally do with the
> material. Even though it's stuck in queue hell at the moment, there will be
> ebook versions available very soon on all major platforms. Although we'd
> like the ebook pricing to be as low as possible, I suspect it will be
> similar to the paperback (barring sales), unfortunately, because of the
> type of publisher it is.
> 
> There are always advantages/disadvantages to going with a traditional
> publisher (if you can) over self publishing. We would have had a lot more
> flexibility with self publishing, but there are lots of pitfalls to that
> approach as well. I still feel this was the best publishing avenue for this
> material.
> 
> -Bill
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> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 10:38 AM, L. Curtis Boyle <curtisboyle at sasktel.net>wrote:
> 
>> Any thoughts on making a new edition primarily electronic (ie
>> iBooks/Kindle, etc.), to make it much more cost effective?
>> 
>> L. Curtis Boyle
>> curtisboyle at sasktel.net
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jan 7, 2014, at 9:08 AM, Bill Loguidice <bill at armchairarcade.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Well, the CoCo 3 one was included because it was so "scandalous," but
>> yes,
>>> I agree that it would have been a good idea to have mentioned the prior
>>> Easter Egg as a counterpoint and to put the severity of the reaction
>>> (perhaps as an overreaction) into perspective. Definitely something to
>>> insert into that section if we ever do a new edition (though keep in mind
>>> that it's exceedingly rare for new editions of books like this to be
>>> produced).
>>> 
>>> -Bill
>>> 
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>>> Film <http://www.armchairarcade.com/film>; About me and other ways to
>> get
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>>> 
>>> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 11:42 PM, Boisy Pitre <boisy at tee-boy.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Jan 6, 2014, at 10:36 PM, Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 7:10 AM, Tom <tgmaxx at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Interesting reads...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://www.pagetable.com/?p=43
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://programmersatwork.wordpress.com/bill-gates-1986/
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Actually, the CoCo Easter Egg mentioned in the first article was
>>>>> superseded in the CoCo 3:  Instead of printing MICROSOFT when a CLS
>>>>> value of  9 or higher is entered, the CoCo 3 prints "Microware Systems
>>>>> Corp."   However, for CLS 100, it prints "T. Harris & T. Earles", the
>>>>> names of 2 of the 3 mugateers pictured in the ctrl-alt-reset graphic.
>>>>> 
>>>>> These additional Microware eggs aren't mentioned in Boisy and Bill's
>>>>> book, despite the book's considerable discussion of the mugateer
>>>>> picture.  The negation of Microsoft's own CLS Easter Egg seems
>>>>> particularly provocative.  Did you guy's know about this?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Art,
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, I knew about this, but it didn’t get mentioned because I didn’t
>> think
>>>> about it, unfortunately.
>>>> 
>>>> If we ever get an opportunity to do a second edition, I’ll definitely
>> put
>>>> it in there (among other things).
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