[Coco] ML BASIC SPEED TEST

S Klammer sklammer at gmail.com
Mon Jan 15 06:12:44 EST 2018


I can understand having a "clean" manual and if that is the case, then  I
would suggest that the "handwritten notes" be saved as an addendum at the
end.  The idea is that these notes may have been useful to Steve 30 years
ago and may therefore be useful to others now... like corrections.

Shain

On Jan 14, 2018 11:02 PM, "Steve Ostrom" <smostrom7 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Carlos, those hand-written notes are mine from the late 80's, not from the
> authors of the software.  I cannot vouch for their accuracy, although I
> don't think I would have written those notes if they were in error.  But 30
> years is a long time.
>
> This leads to an interesting discussion.  If the scan should be as close
> to the original manual as possible, then delete all my notes.  I obviously
> wrote them to help me with certain ML BASIC functions.  If those would help
> others, then maybe they should be left in.  All depends on what you are
> looking for.  I have purchased a huge amount of new and used Coco software
> and manuals over these past 35 years or so, and I actually do read notes
> that previous owners left in the used versions.  Sometimes they help.  If
> people would rather have a more original PDF, then by all means Photoshop
> those notes out, along with the binding and various rusty paperclip marks.
>
> --- Steve ---
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Carlos Camacho
> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2018 9:16 PM
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Subject: [Coco] ML BASIC SPEED TEST
>
> There is hand written text in ML BASIC manual. It's unclear if the
> developer or owner of the program made the hand written text.
>
>
>
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