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

[Bill Loguidice]

I'm sure the publisher would have no issue with an article or addendum.
Luckily, to this point, any errors have been minor and the story is
complete as-is. Anything else would just be additional value that certainly
Boisy and I could explore at some point in the future as time permits
(perhaps via an article or two; as you say, that would be a good way to
further promote the book).

-Bill

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On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:11 AM, L. Curtis Boyle <curtisboyle at sasktel.net>wrote:

> 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
> curtisboyle at sasktel.net
>
>
>
> 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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> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 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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