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D - - ><97531.,*(&$" _][YXVUSRPONLKJIHGFFEDCCBBAAA - - THE CRAZY PAGE WRITER V1.3 - WRITTEN IN 199O BY - - - - THE CRAZY PAGE WRITER V1.3 - WRITTEN IN 199O BY - - - - 21/3/91 O.K.. ONCE AGAIN AFTER A LONG 0AND I MEAN - IS ON THE KEYS, WRITING HIS EXCUSE... BUT LET - S BEGIN... FIRST. THE - WHY I TOOK SO LONG. WELL, GET A LOAD OF THIS : - !!! OVER A SPACE OF TIME 0CA. 6 WEEKS5, I WROTE A GAME WITH A FRIEND OF MINE! THENI TRIED TO SELL IT! I DID IT! A PRIVATE BUYER PAID - FOR IT 0FOR NON... GERMANS, THAT - S ABOUT THE PRICE OF 14OO DISKS!!5 COOL OR WHAT? BESIDES THAT, I HAD ABOUT 3O.OOO TESTS IN SCHOOL, A DANCING-TEST 0I - ! MONEY!5 AND, DEFINATELY NOT LEAST, I WAS - ABOUT A WEEK,SO I HOPEYOU CAN 0ONCE AGAIN5 FORGIVE ME. WHEN I FINALLY RETURNED TO THE COMPUTER,I HAD A PILE OF 179 PACKAGES 0NO JOKE!5 TO ANSWER. THIS IS THE REASON OFR THIS DISK-NOTE. YOU ALL KNOW HOW MUCH I HATE THIS KIND OF LETTERS, BUT I THINK YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT NOONE CAN EXPECT ME TO WRITE ALMOST 2OO SINGLE LETTERS FOR EVERY CONTACT THAT WROTE ME WITHIN A WEEK. IT - S JUST TOO MUCH, SO I DECIDED TO MAKE - NEW STUFF AND A HUGE MEGA-LETTER FOR MOST OFYOU. A FEW 0CA. SO5I - M GONNA ANSWER BY HAND!!!. I HOPE YOU CAN FORGIVE ME FOR THIS UNPERSONALITY. AT THIS STAGE I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A BIG THANX TO THE CONTACT YOU OWE THIS SEN- DING TO. IT - !HE SENTME THIS STUFF.I DON - S STILLFRESH, BUT IT - S THE BEST I CAN DO.ANUDDR - BUT MORE ON THAT SUBJECT LATER. ONE MORETHING I - D LIKE TO SAY TO ALL OF YOU, WHILE YOU - RE STILL LISTENING! IN FUTURE,I - D REALLY PREFERE TO HAVE LETTERS FROM YOU ON PAPER, AS IT - S EASIER TO CONTROL LARGE AMOUNTS OF CONTACTS THAT WAY. IF HOWEVER, SOMEHOW THIS SHOULD BE AN IN- CONVENIANCE TO YOU, JUST GO ON. IT WOULDJUST MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR ME ON PAPER.ONE MORE THING. I - VE STARTED A WHILE AGOTO "RECYCLE" THE ENVELOPES, AS THEY COSTMONEY, TOO. I WOULD BE GRATEFULL IF,WHENYOU RECIEVE A SENDING FROM ME, THAT YOU WOULD CHECK THE - OF IT. IT COULD BE THAT I JUST FLIPPED YOU ENVELOPE, SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS FLIP IF BACK AND STICK IT TOGETHER AGAIN. YOU MIGHT SAVE A LOT OF TIME, AS YOU DON - T HAVE TO WRITE MY WHOLE ADDRESS AGAIN.PLEASE KEEP THIS IN MIND. AS YOU CAN FIGURE, THERE - AMOUNTOF SINGLE MESSAGES COMING UP. TO MAKE IT - VE DECIDED TO PUT - IN HIGHLIGHTED WRITING LIKE - , SO YOU CAN FLIP THROUGH THE PAGES AND WILL SEE YOUR NAME AT FIRST SIGHT. I WILL PUT THE MESSAGES TO CONTACTS IN ORDER OF APPEREANCE. THAT MEANS THE ONESTHAT HAVE WAITED LONGEST WILL BE MEN- TIONED FIRST. HERE GOES! DEAR: - M SO SORRY. YOU MUST HAVE WAITED FOR THIS SENDING FOR AGES! LEMME EXPLAIN! IN ADDITION TO THE DELAY ALL MY CONTACTS EXPERIENCED, I HADLOST YOUR ADDRESS, AND HAD TO WAIT TILL I FOUND IT AGAIN! I LOST IT - BOUT 2MONTHSAGO, SO YOU - RE THE ONE WHO WAITED LONG- EST! I - M SOOO SORRY. I HOPE YOU - LL BE WILLING TO SWAP WITH ME AGAIN... - :HEY, BUDDY! I OWE YOU A BIG ONE, MAN! DURING MY ABSENCE FROM THE SCENE, YOU SENT ME 2-3 TIMES! I - M REALLY SAD ABOUT THE FACT YOUR ONLY NOW RECIEVING AN ANSWER, AND SENCERELY HOPE YOU - LL FORGIVE ME. I - M ALSO SORRY I HAD TO SEND YOU AN EMPTY DISK, BUT DUE TO MYDELAY I DON - T HAVE ENUFF FRESH STUFF TO FILL 2-3 DISKS. SORRY, BUT AT LEAST YOU GOT ALL BACK. AND THAT MEANS SOMETHING IN TODAY - S SCENE! - :I HATE TO SAY THIS,BUT NONEOF YOUR DISKS WORKED.GOOD THAT YOU WROTEYOUR LETTER ON PAPER 0HINT...5. OH,ABOUTJOINING ABILITY! I - VE PUT AN EXTRA LETTRIN THIS SENDING ABOUT THAT POINT.READIT! - M SORRY ABOUT MY DELAY TOWARDS YOU ESPECIALLY, AS TO YOU IT MUST SEEM THAT I AM NOT INTERESTED INSWAPPING WITH YOU! THAT IS NOT, I MEAN NOT THE CASE! AS A MATTER OF FACT, I - VE SENT YOU 3 EXTRA 0FREE!5 DISKS. YO,THANXSO MUCH FOR THE COOL ARABIAN LETTER 0AL- THOUGH I CAN - T READ IT5,AND FOR THE COOLLOOKING MONEY! I JUST LOVE IT! I - M GLAD YOU CAME THROUGH THE WAR OK,AND I - S ALL OVER, OR AT LEAST IT LOOKSLIKE IT... I - RE OK... HOPE TOHEAR FROM YOU AGAIN SOON!!! - M CONFUSED, I MUST SAY!WHO AM I ACTUALLY SWAPPING WITH,HUH?I KEEP GETTING LETTERS FROM YOU AND CRAZE, AND BOTH TELL ME TO WRITE TO THE OTHER! PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT - S GOING ON!!!THANX... OTHERWISE : COOL DUDE!!! - S SWAP!NEE, DU, ICH HAB - DEINE ADDY NOCH 0BEI MIR IST ALLES TOTAL DURCH-ORGANISIERT - NIX MIT UNORDNUNG5, ABER WIE VORHIN BE- SCHRIEBEN HAB - NEN MOMENT PAUSIERT, GELLE?! ALSO, WENDSTE NOCH WILLST, MACHEMER - NEN SCHWOPP!!! - :SORRY, NOT MUCH TO SAY, JUST SORRY FOR MY DELAY... YOU - RE A COOL GUY,MAN!!! - :HEY, SAME AS YOUR MATE MORON..YOUR GUY - S DEMO WAS REALLY COOL! I LOVE IT!!!DO MORE OF THAT! AND, PLEASE, COULDYOU DRAW A COOL ABILITY-LOGO FOR ME0US5?THANX, MAN, AND SEND SOON! BYE! - S THE UNDER- GLASS-COLLECTING COMING ALONG? SORRY I CAN - T SEND ANY THIS TIME, BUT I DON - T HAVE ANY SPARES 0SORRY!5. NEXT TIME MAYBE. WELL, NO MORE TO SAY! GOOD BUDDY! - :BOY, MAN, I OWE YOU BIG, TOO! YOU SENT THREE 0!5 TIMES WITH-OUT AN ANSWER, AND EVERY 0!!5 TIME COOL STUFF! YOU ARE A REALLY 0!!!5 TRUE FRIEND. THANKS A LOT, BUDDY!!! COOL! - :YO, BUDDY! THANX FOR YOUR SENDING! I FINALLY GOT AROUND TO ANSWERING IT, EH? WELL LET - S GO ON WITH A NEW COOL SWAP! SEE YA, BUDDY!!! - :HEY, THANX FOR YOUR COOL SENDING! IT WAS REALLY NICE TO RECIEVE IT! SEND BACK SOON, PAL!!! - :YO! LOOK. I DON - T EXACTLY KNOW WHO 0OR WHAT?5 YOU ARE OR EVEN IF YOU EXIST. ALL I EVER GETFROM YOU IS A DISK SAYING - ON IT, SO I FIGURE IT WAS YOU. DO YOU THINK YOUCOULD WRITE SOME KIND OF MESSY IN THE FUTURE? THAT WOULD BE NICE... I - LL TRY 2COME TO YOUR PARTY! - :YO, OLD PAL! WELL, NOW YOUFINALLY FOUND OUT WHY I WASN - T ANSWERINGRIGHT? HEY, THANX SO MUCH FOR EVEN WRI- TING TWICE. AND ALSO THANX FOR BB - LL WRITE HER SOON 0I THINK5... WELL, KEEP THOSE MEGABLASTS KOMING, DUDE!!! - :HELLO, FELLOW NATIVE- ENGLISH SPEAKER 0I - M HALF-AMERICAN5!GOOD TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO SPEAKS 0OR WRITES5 CORRECT ENGLISH! FEELS GOOD... WELL! THANX FOR YOUR INTEREST IN ABILITY! I - VELOKED AT YOUR GRAPHIX-EXAMPLES, AND I MUST SAY, I - D BE DELIGHTED IF WE COULD WELCOME YOU TO OUR CONNECTION! IT WOULD BE A GRAT GIFT TO HAVE A MEMBER IN ENG- LAND, ESPECIALLY A TALENTED GRAPHICIAN! I HOPE YOU - LL WRITE BACK INSPITE OF MY ENOURMOUS DELAY! THANX! - :TO MAKE IT SHORT:O.K.,LET - LL SEND BACK SOON,PAL!!! - :EI, GUHDE! SCHADE, DASS WIR UNS AUF DER CE-BIT VERPASST HABEN! SACH MA, WANN KOMMT DENN ENDLICH DIE NEUE BYTE-PRESS RAUS? SCHICK SIE MIR COH DANN BITTE MAL! THANX... SORRY4DLAY! - :HEY, DANKE 4 DAS COOLE TITELBILD!!! ECHT ABGEFAHRN!!!UND - NE KOPIE IST AUCH DABEI! DANKE NOCHMAL! BIS DANN... MEIK IT GUTT!!! - :DU KRIEGST NAT]R- LICH MAL WIEDER - NE EXTRA WURSCHT MIT DEINEM SUASIVE DINGS! SIESTE MA! - :YO! SORRY FOR DELAY!!! CU M8! - :ALSO, TUT MIR ECHT LEID,DASSICH DIR SCHON WIEDER 0!!!5 SO - NE DELAY ZUMUTEN MUSSTE! ABER WIE DU SCHON LESEN KONNTEST, KONNT ICH JA NIX DAF]R, GELLE!TUT MIR LEID, ABER EBEN GERADE HAT MIR UNSER CODER DAS ENTG]LTIGE NEIN F]R EU- RE MEGA-COOP GEGEBEN. EINFACH KEINE ZEIT! SORRY! ICH HOFFE TROTZDEM, DASS ES - NE COOLE KOMPILATION WIRD! PS:SO AKTIV WIE IHR SIND JA WOHL KEINE ANDERN, ODER? - :SAME AS PB! EXPLAIN!!! - :SORRY FOR MEGA-DELAY!!! ALWAYS COOL LETTERS FROM YOU! GO ON WITHYOUR CODING! I - D LOVE TO SEE SOME PRVS!! - :EY, MANN, DES W/R JA COOL MIT DEM TREFFEN! MACHEMER SO - N RISCHTIGES MIETING!MUSST NUR SAGEN WANN! - LL WRITE YOU AN EXTRA-LETTER ON PAPER! THANX FOR YOU AL-WAYS COOL AND ENTERTAINING LETTERS!!! - :YO, BUDDY! YEAH, I MIGHT MEET YOU AT THE PARTY! THANX FOR YOUR SENDING! NICE OWN PRODUX! I LIKE THAT!!! - :EY, GOIL! KEINEN PFENNIG NACHPORTO UND ALLES LEGAL! WIE WEIHNACH-TEN! NEE, MAL EHRLICH, DEINE SENDINGS SIND ECHT GOIL! UND IMMER EIGENEN STUFF!DIE HITM/NNER SIND EH SO COOL! SORRY, FALLS DU DEN STUFF SCHON HAST, ABER WIE VORHIN GESCHRIEBEN HAB - N PAAR PROBLEME GEHABT... SORRY! VERZEIH - :YO, YOU HAD TO SEND TWICE AS WELL, FRIEND! THANX FOR THAT!!!HOW ABOUT MORE PERSONAL MESSAGES IN FU- TURE! OTHERWISE REALLY COOL GUY!!! - S SWAP!!!HOPEYOU CAN FORGET THIS MEGA-DELAY!!! CU! - :YO, THANX FOR YOUR POSITIVE REACTION ON OUR DEMO, BUT TO SAY THE TRUTH, IT WASN - T SO SPECIAL... THANX FORYOU COOL SENDING!YOU - RE REALLY FRIENDLY. - :THANX FOR YOUR MUSIC-EXAMPLSBUT COULD YOU SEND ME SOME OF YOUR CODE-PRVS, TOO? THANX. NEXT TIME I - LL PROBAB-LY SEND YOU A NICE MUSIC-EDITOR TO PLAY AROUND WITH... FORGIVE THE DELAY,PLEASE! - :UNFORTUNATE- LY, YOUR DISC WAS ALL BENT, SO I COULD NOT GET IT TO WORK. IN FUTURE I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD SEND MORE CAREFULLY 0SOMEHOW5. THANX! OTHERWISE URSENDINGS ARE PRETTY COOL!! SEE YA, AND SORRY FOR THE HUGE DELAY!!! - :EI, HOLSCHER! ALSO, ES HAT SICH JA SCHEINBAR ZU EINEM MUSS ENT-WICKELT, DASS ES BEI UNS IMMER ZU - NEM DELAY KOMMT ABER NAJA... SORRY,DM-SOUNDSAUF - ICH NICHT... SORRY 4 THEDELAY... ABER DU BIST - S JA GEWOHNT... - S H/TTE LESEN K[NNEN!5.WIE ICH DIR SCHON AM TEFLON GESAGT HABE, DES MITTM INTRO SCHTIMMT NOCH NET SO GANZ, GELLE? ABER DAS SCHAFFEN WIR AUCH NOCH... ABER ICH MUSS SCHON SAGEN, "JUST" IST JUST COOL!!MACH - MEHR VON DER SORTE, EY!!! MEHR TELEFONISCH!WANN KOMMT SCHWURZELKLINIK?? - :EY, MANN, DANKE F]R DIE PREVIEWS! HAB - SE GLEICH AUF MEINE SPREADDISK GEMACHT... NEE, NUR - N WITZ!!!SCHADE, DASS WIR UNS NICHT AUF DER CE- BIT EGEGNET SIND! W/R BESTIMMT COOL GE- WORDEN... DANKE AUCH F]R DEN CRACK VON EUCH. ECHT - NE BL[DE GESCHICHTE MIT DER ZAK, ABER WAS WILL MER MACHE?? IS JETZT EH EGAL... NAJA! MACH - :THANX FOR YOUR OWN PRO-DUCTIONS! I REALLY LIKED MUSIC-MAGE, ANDYOUR DISK-COVER IS COOL ALSO... PLEASE SEND CERFITIFCATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!SURE VIKING CAN COME OVER! IT WOULD REALLY BE COOL TO HAVE HIM HERE. JUST HAVE HIM CALL ME WHENEVER!!! UNFOR- TUNATELY YOUR DISK WAS ALL BENT, SO IT DIDN - T WORK...SOME CARDBOARD WOULD HELP. - :INSPITE OF A PROTECTIVE CARBOARD IN YOUR SENDING,I - M AFRAID YOURDISKNOTE TO ME DIDN - T WORK... TOO BAD! OTHERWISE I MUST SAY YOU - :SORRY FOR MY LONG DELAY TO- WARDS YOU, AS YOUR SENDING WAS REALLY COOL! HOPE YOU - LL WRITE FASTER THAN ME!! - :THANX FOR YOUR COOL TUNES! I LOVED THEM 0THEY - LL BE USED, TOO!5. NA- T]RLICH KANNST DU IN EINER ILLEGALEN GRUPPE SEIN, UND AUCH F]R ABILITY ARBEI-TEN, DIE HAUPTSACHE IST, DASS DU 0!5 LE-GAL BIST... DU SOLLTEST DICH ABER WIRK- LICH MAL AN DEN ZAK-ASS SETZTEN UND WAS DAMIT ANFANGEN, DENN SONST WIRST DU DEI-NE ZAX WOHL LEIDER NICHT LOS... ABER ICH MUSS SAGEN, AUS DEM FUCO HOLST DU ALLES RAUS, WAS RAUSZUHOLEN IST!!! - :YO, THANX FOR SENDING YOUR COOL TENDANCE! IT - S REALLY A GREAT DEMO AND I VOTED FOR IT ALSO!!! ABOUT YOUR LOW-BUDGET GAME:PROBABLY I COULD SELL IT TO SOMEONE, BUT WHAT I WOULD NEED IS A PREVIEW OF IT, TO SEND TO DIFFERENT COMPANIES. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SEND A PRV ONLY, AND NOT A FULL WORKING VERSIONCOZ YOU NEVER KNOW... THANX! - :HALLO, MEIN FREUND! VIELEN DANK F]R DEINE SWAP-AN- FRAGE! TUT MIR LEID, DASS DU GLEICH DAS ERSTE MAL SO LANGE WARTEN MUSSTEST, ABERDU HAST JA GELESEN WAS PASSIERT IST... KLAR K[NNEN WIR SWAPPEN! ICH FREU - MICH SCHON AUF - NE LANGE FREUNDSCHAFT!!! DANKE AUCH F]R DEIN ZAK-ANGEBOT! VIEL- LEICHT H/TTEST DU JA MAL LUST, F]R EIN SPIEL - NE ZAK ZU MACHEN! SIEH - DIR MAL DAS ABILITY-INFO-BLATT 0ANBEI5 AN! IN- TERESSIERT? PS:WOMIT COMPONIERST DU??? - :I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT I - M AFRAID WE CAN - T USE YOUR DISKCOVER. BUT CHECK OUT THE ONE I SENT YOU!HOPE U LIKEIT! THAT - S THE KIND OF STANDARD WE HAVE. - :THANX FOR YOUR SENDING... BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHY YOU SENT MY SENDING 0MY DISK!5 BACK AGAIN?? I GOT MY OWN STUFF BACK, AND NOT THE TRASHNEWSI WAS WAITING FOR!!! WELL, SEND THE NEXTTN THEN, O.K.??? -THANX. - :READ YOUR PRIVATE LETTER ON PAPER... - :HI THERE! TOO BAD YOU LEFT ABILITY... BUT THANX FOR TELLING ME AT LEAST! SOME PEOPLE DON - T EVEN TELL ME THEY TURN ILLEGAL AND JUST LEAVE! BUT LET - S GO ON SWAPPING LIKE ALWAYS, OK?? - :HEY, WHAT EVER HAPPENED WITH DIVINITY? WILL IT EVER BE RELEASED? PLEASE TELL ME WHAT - S GOING ON... THANX! - :ALSO, SCH[N, DASS DU MIR WIEDER MAL SCHREIBST, ABER, UM EHRLICH ZU SEIN, ICH KANN MICH NICHT AN DICH ERINNERN! WER BIST 0ODER WARST5 DU? EGAL, HAUPTSACHE WIR SWAPPEN!!! - IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THAT WAS ALL... THE REST 0ABOUT 1OO5 WILL GET A PAPER- LETTER BACK FROM ME... A WRITTEN APOLOGYIF YOU WILL... NOW I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A - MEGA-DELAY... MOREOVER, I HAVE A FEW LETTERS TO ANSWER AS WELL, BUT I - M NOT IN THE MOOD, AS I HAVE TO COPY ONE SINGLE DISK CA. - TIMES!!! BAH!, AS GOBLIN/LIGHT WOULD SAY... WELL, TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT,I THINKTHIS WAS IT. THIS MEGA-LETTER WAS WRITTEN IN ABOUT 4 HOURS, AND IT WASN - T EXACTLY WHAT I CALL FUN... BUT WHO CARESBECAUSE NOW IT - S OVER WITH... WELL, I GUESS THIS IS THE END. SEE YOU SOON, FRIENDS, AND DON - T TAKE AS LONG ASI DID TO ANSWER!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION! YOURS, - BYE! - SLEDGE HAMMER!AH - LFLNLCLGLCLNLF OLILELCLMLGLMLCLE - BBCCDEEFGHIJKLMOPQSTVWY[/^ "$&(*,.02479;> - ><97531.,*(&$" _][YXVUSRPONLKJIHGFFEDCCBBLAA - THE CRAZY PAGE WRITER V1.3 - WRITTEN IN 199O BY - THE CRAZY PAGE WRITER V1.3 - WRITTEN IN 1990 BY - O.K.. ONCE AGAIN AFTER A LONG 0AND IP - IS ON THE KEYS, WRITING HIS EXCUSEL. - WHY I TOOK SO LONG.L - WELL, GET A LOAD OF THIS : - OVER A SPACE OF TIME 0CA. 6 WEEKS5, IL C - WROTE A GAME WITH A FRIEND OF MINE! THENI TRIED TO SELL IT! I DID IT! A PRIVATE BUYER PAID - FOR IT 0FOR NONL.E# C - S ABOUT THE PRICE OF 14OO DISKS!!5 COOL OR WHAT? BESIDES THAT, I HAD ABOUT 3O.LO - TESTS IN SCHOOL, AT C - ! MONEY!5 AND, DEFINATELY NOTP C - ABOUT A WEEK,SO I HOPEYOU CAN 0ONCE AGAIN5 FORGIVE ME. - WHEN I FINALLY RETURNED TO THE COMPUTER,I HAD A PILE OF 179 PACKAGES 0NO JOKE!5 TO ANSWER. THIS IS THE REASON OFR THIS DISK-NOTE. YOU ALL KNOW HOW MUCH I HATEE! - THIS KIND OF LETTERS, BUT I THINK YOUL C - CAN UNDERSTAND THAT NOONE CAN EXPECT ME TO WRITE ALMOST 2OO SINGLE LETTERS FOR EVERY CONTACT THAT WROTE ME WITHIN AP C - S JUST TOO MUCH, SO I DECIDED TO MAKE - STUFF AND A HUGE MEGA-LETTER FOR MOST OFYOU. A FEW 0CA. SO5I - M GONNA ANSWER BY HANDL! - . I HOPE YOU CAN FORGIVE ME FOR THIS UNPERSONALITY. - AT THIS STAGE I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A BIGE! GTTHANX TO THE CONTACT YOU OWE THIS SEN- DING TO. IT - !HE SENTME THIS STUFF.I DON - S STILLFRESH, BUT IT - S THE BEST I CAN DO.ANUDDR - BUT MORE ON THAT SUBJECT LATER. ONE MORETHING I - D LIKE TO SAY TO ALL OF YOU,P C - RE STILL LISTENING! IN FUTURE,I - D REALLY PREFERE TO HAVE LETTERS FROM YOU ON PAPER, AS IT - S EASIER TO CONTROL LARGE AMOUNTS OF CONTACTS THAT WAY. IF HOWEVER, SOMEHOW THIS SHOULD BE AN IN-E" G - CONVENIANCE TO YOU, JUST GO ON. IT WOULDJUST MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR ME ON PAPER.ONE MORE THING. I - VE STARTED A WHILE AGOTO "RECYCLE" THE ENVELOPES, AS THEY COSTMONEY, TOO. I WOULD BE GRATEFULL IF,WHENYOU RECIEVE A SENDING FROM ME, THAT YOU WOULD CHECK THE - OF IT. IT COULD BE THAT I JUST FLIPPED YOU ENVELOPE, SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS FLIP IF BACK AND STICK IT TOGETHER AGAIN. YOU MIGHT SAVE A LOT OF TIME, AS YOU DON - WRITE MY WHOLE ADDRESS AGAIN.PLEASE KEEPE 6THIS IN MIND.A - AS YOU CAN FIGURE, THERE - AMOUNTOF SINGLE MESSAGES COMING UP. TO MAKE IT - VE DECIDED TO PUT - IN HIGHLIGHTED WRITING LIKE - , SO YOU CAN FLIP THROUGH THE PAGES AND WILL SEE YOUR NAME AT FIRST SIGHT. - I WILL PUT THE MESSAGES TO CONTACTS IN ORDER OF APPEREANCE. THAT MEANS THE ONESTHAT HAVE WAITED LONGEST WILL BE MEN-E# - TIONED FIRST. HERE GOES! - M SO SORRY. YOU MUST HAVE WAITED FOR THIS SENDING FORL C - AGES! LEMME EXPLAIN! IN ADDITION TO THE DELAY ALL MY CONTACTS EXPERIENCED, I HADLOST YOUR ADDRESS, AND HAD TO WAIT TILL I FOUND IT AGAIN! I LOST IT - BOUT 2MONTHSAGO, SO YOU - RE THE ONE WHO WAITED LONG- EST! I - SORRY. I HOPE YOU - WILLING TO SWAP WITH ME AGAINL.E( C - :HEY, BUDDY! I OWE YOU A BIG ONE, MAN! DURING MY ABSENCE FROM THE SCENE, YOU SENT ME 2-3 TIMES! I - ML G)REALLY SAD ABOUT THE FACT YOUR ONLY NOW RECIEVING AN ANSWER, AND SENCERELY HOPE YOU - LL FORGIVE ME. I - M ALSO SORRY I HAD TO SEND YOU AN EMPTY DISK, BUT DUE TO MYDELAY I DON - T HAVE ENUFF FRESH STUFF TO FILL 2-3 DISKS. SORRY, BUT AT LEAST YOU GOT ALL BACK. AND THAT MEANS SOMETHING IN TODAY - :I HATE TO SAY THIS,BUT NONEOF YOUR DISKS WORKED.GOOD THAT YOU WROTEYOUR LETTER ON PAPER 0HINTL.C - 5. OH,ABOUTJOINING ABILITY! I - VE PUT AN EXTRA LETTRIN THIS SENDING ABOUT THAT POINT.READIT! - M SORRY ABOUT MYL C - DELAY TOWARDS YOU ESPECIALLY, AS TO YOU IT MUST SEEM THAT I AM NOT INTERESTED INSWAPPING WITH YOU! THAT IS NOT, I MEAN NOT THE CASE! AS A MATTER OF FACT, I - VE SENT YOU 3 EXTRA 0FREE!5 DISKS. YO,THANXSO MUCH FOR THE COOL ARABIAN LETTER 0AL-E C - T READ IT5,AND FOR THE COOLLOOKING MONEY! I JUST LOVE IT! I - M GLAD YOU CAME THROUGH THE WAR OK,AND I - S ALL OVER, OR AT LEAST IT LOOKSLIKE ITL. - HOPE TOHEAR FROM YOU AGAIN SOONL!4 - M CONFUSED, I MUSTL C - SAY!WHO AM I ACTUALLY SWAPPING WITH,HUH?I KEEP GETTING LETTERS FROM YOU ANDT C - CRAZE, AND BOTH TELL ME TO WRITE TO THE OTHER! PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT - S GOING ONL!VTHANXL. - OTHERWISE : COOL DUDEL!E' C - S SWAP!NEE, DU, ICH HAB - DEINE ADDY NOCH 0BEI MIR IST ALLES TOTAL DURCH-ORGANISIERT - NIX MIT UNORDNUNG5, ABER WIE VORHIN BE- SCHRIEBEN HAB - NEN MOMENT PAUSIERT, GELLE?! ALSO, WENDSTE NOCHP - WILLST, MACHEMER - :SORRY, NOT MUCH TO SAY, JUST SORRY FOR MY DELAYL. - RE A COOL GUY,MANL! - :HEY, SAME AS YOUR MATE MORON..YOUR GUY - S DEMO WAS REALLY COOL! I LOVEE! JITL!C - DO MORE OF THAT! AND, PLEASE, COULDYOU DRAW A COOL ABILITY-LOGO FOR ME0US5?THANX, MAN, AND SEND SOON! BYE!$ C - S THE UNDER- GLASS-COLLECTING COMING ALONG? SORRY I CAN - T SEND ANY THIS TIME, BUT I DON - HAVE ANY SPARES 0SORRY!5. NEXT TIMET C - MAYBE. WELL, NO MORE TO SAY! GOOD BUDDY! - :BOY, MAN, I OWE YOU BIG, TOO! YOU SENT THREE 0!5 TIMES WITH-OUT AN ANSWER, AND EVERY 0!!5 TIME COOL STUFF! YOU ARE A REALLY 0L!Z5 TRUEE% - FRIEND. THANKS A LOT, BUDDYL!Z COOL!P C - :YO, BUDDY! THANX FOR YOUR SENDING! I FINALLY GOT AROUND TO ANSWERING IT, EH? WELL LET - WITH A NEW COOL SWAP! SEE YA, BUDDYL! - :HEY, THANX FOR YOUR COOLL - SENDING! IT WAS REALLY NICE TO RECIEVE IT! SEND BACK SOON, PALL!8 - T EXACTLY KNOW WHO 0OR WHAT?5 YOUL C - ARE OR EVEN IF YOU EXIST. ALL I EVER GETFROM YOU IS A DISK SAYING - SO I FIGURE IT WAS YOU. DO YOU THINK YOUCOULD WRITE SOME KIND OF MESSY IN THEL - FUTURE? THAT WOULD BE NICEL. - LL TRY 2COME TO YOUR PARTY! - :YO, OLD PAL! WELL, NOW YOUFINALLY FOUND OUT WHY I WASN - T ANSWERINGRIGHT? HEY, THANX SO MUCH FOR EVEN WRI- TING TWICE. AND ALSO THANX FOR BB - LL WRITE HER SOON 0I THINK5L. - WELL, KEEP THOSE MEGABLASTS KOMING, DUDEL!L C - :HELLO, FELLOW NATIVE- ENGLISH SPEAKER 0I - M HALF-AMERICAN5!GOODE C - TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO SPEAKS 0OR WRITES5 CORRECT ENGLISH! FEELS GOODL.Z WELL!P C - THANX FOR YOUR INTEREST IN ABILITY! I - VELOKED AT YOUR GRAPHIX-EXAMPLES, AND IL C - D BE DELIGHTED IF WE COULD WELCOME YOU TO OUR CONNECTION! IT WOULD BE A GRAT GIFT TO HAVE A MEMBER IN ENG- LAND, ESPECIALLY A TALENTED GRAPHICIAN! I HOPE YOU - LL WRITE BACK INSPITE OF MY ENOURMOUS DELAY! THANX! - :TO MAKE IT SHORT:O.K.,LET - LL SEND BACK SOON,PALL!E! C - :EI, GUHDE! SCHADE, DASS WIR UNS AUF DER CE-BIT VERPASST HABEN! SACH MA, WANN KOMMT DENN ENDLICH DIEP - NEUE BYTE-PRESS RAUS? SCHICK SIE MIRP - COH DANN BITTE MAL! THANXL.C - :HEY, DANKE 4 DAS COOLE TITELBILDL!> ECHT ABGEFAHRNL! - NE KOPIE IST AUCH DABEI! DANKE NOCHMAL! BIS DANNL.6 MEIK IT GUTTL! C - :DU KRIEGST NAT]R- LICH MAL WIEDER - NE EXTRA WURSCHT MITL - DEINEM SUASIVE DINGS! SIESTE MA!E( - :YO! SORRY FOR DELAYL!C - :ALSO, TUT MIR ECHT LEID,DASSICH DIR SCHON WIEDER 0L!C - NE DELAY ZUMUTEN MUSSTE! ABER WIE DU SCHON LESEN KONNTEST, KONNT ICH JA NIX DAF]R, GELLE!TUT MIR LEID, ABER EBEN GERADE HAT MIR UNSER CODER DAS ENTG]LTIGE NEIN F]R EU- RE MEGA-COOP GEGEBEN. EINFACH KEINET C - ZEIT! SORRY! ICH HOFFE TROTZDEM, DASS ES - NE COOLE KOMPILATION WIRD! PS:SO AKTIV WIE IHR SIND JA WOHL KEINE ANDERN, ODER? - :SAME AS PB! EXPLAINL!E' - :SORRY FOR MEGA-DELAYL!C - ALWAYS COOL LETTERS FROM YOU! GO ON WITHYOUR CODING! I - D LOVE TO SEE SOME PRVS!! - :EY, MANN, DES W/R JAP - COOL MIT DEM TREFFEN! MACHEMER SO - RISCHTIGES MIETING!MUSST NUR SAGEN WANN! - LL WRITE YOU AN EXTRA-LETTER ON PAPER! THANX FOR YOU AL-WAYS COOL AND ENTERTAINING LETTERSL!L C - :YO, BUDDY! YEAH, I MIGHT MEET YOU AT THE PARTY! THANX FOR YOURL - SENDING! NICE OWN PRODUX! I LIKE THATL!E - :EY, GOIL! KEINEN PFENNIGL C - NACHPORTO UND ALLES LEGAL! WIE WEIHNACH-TEN! NEE, MAL EHRLICH, DEINE SENDINGSL C - SIND ECHT GOIL! UND IMMER EIGENEN STUFF!DIE HITM/NNER SIND EH SO COOL! SORRY,L C - FALLS DU DEN STUFF SCHON HAST, ABER WIE VORHIN GESCHRIEBEN HAB - N PAAR PROBLEME GEHABTL. - :YO, YOU HAD TO SEND TWICE AS WELL, FRIEND! THANX FOR THATL!C - HOW ABOUT MORE PERSONAL MESSAGES IN FU- TURE! OTHERWISE REALLY COOL GUYL!E& - HOPEYOU CAN FORGET THIS MEGA-DELAYL!R CU!L C - :YO, THANX FOR YOUR POSITIVE REACTION ON OUR DEMO, BUT TO SAY THEP - THANX FORYOU COOL SENDING!YOU - RE REALLY FRIENDLY. - :THANX FOR YOUR MUSIC-EXAMPLSBUT COULD YOU SEND ME SOME OF YOUR CODE-PRVS, TOO? THANX. NEXT TIME I - LL PROBAB-LY SEND YOU A NICE MUSIC-EDITOR TO PLAY AROUND WITHL.C - FORGIVE THE DELAY,PLEASE! - :UNFORTUNATE-E C - LY, YOUR DISC WAS ALL BENT, SO I COULD NOT GET IT TO WORK. IN FUTURE I WOULDL - APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD SEND MOREP C - CAREFULLY 0SOMEHOW5. THANX! OTHERWISE URSENDINGS ARE PRETTY COOL!! SEE YA, AND SORRY FOR THE HUGE DELAYL!4 C - :EI, HOLSCHER! ALSO, ES HAT SICH JA SCHEINBAR ZU EINEM MUSS ENT-WICKELT, DASS ES BEI UNS IMMER ZU - NEM DELAY KOMMT ABER NAJAL. - SORRY,DM-SOUNDSAUF - SORRY 4 THEDELAYL. - S JA GEWOHNTL.E# - H/TTE LESEN K[NNEN!5.WIE ICH DIR SCHON AM TEFLON GESAGT HABE, DES MITTM INTRO SCHTIMMT NOCH NET SO GANZ, GELLE? ABER DAS SCHAFFEN WIR AUCH NOCHL.C - ABER ICH MUSS SCHON SAGEN, "JUST" IST JUST COOL!!MACH - MEHR VON DER SORTE, EYL!V MEHRP C - TELEFONISCH!WANN KOMMT SCHWURZELKLINIK?? - :EY, MANN, DANKE F]R DIE PREVIEWS! HAB - SE GLEICH AUF MEINEX - SPREADDISK GEMACHTL. - SCHADE, DASS WIR UNS NICHT AUF DER CE-E" - BIT EGEGNET SIND! W/R BESTIMMT COOL GE- WORDENL.C - DANKE AUCH F]R DEN CRACK VON EUCH. ECHT - NE BL[DE GESCHICHTE MIT DER ZAK, ABER WAS WILL MER MACHE?? IS JETZT EH EGALL. - S MAL JUT, NE?.L - :THANX FOR YOUR OWN PRO-DUCTIONS! I REALLY LIKED MUSIC-MAGE, ANDYOUR DISK-COVER IS COOL ALSOL. - PLEASE SEND CERFITIFCATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLEL! - SURE VIKING CAN COME OVER! IT WOULDT - REALLY BE COOL TO HAVE HIM HERE. JUSTL - HAVE HIM CALL ME WHENEVERL!^ UNFOR-E% - TUNATELY YOUR DISK WAS ALL BENT, SO IT DIDN - SOME CARDBOARD WOULD HELP. - :INSPITE OF A PROTECTIVEL C - CARBOARD IN YOUR SENDING,I - M AFRAID YOURDISKNOTE TO ME DIDN - TOO BAD! OTHERWISE I MUST SAY YOU - :SORRY FOR MY LONG DELAY TO- WARDS YOU, AS YOUR SENDING WAS REALLYL C - LL WRITE FASTER THAN ME!! - :THANX FOR YOUR COOL TUNES! I LOVED THEM 0THEY - LL BE USED, TOO!5. NA- T]RLICH KANNST DU IN EINER ILLEGALENE$ C - GRUPPE SEIN, UND AUCH F]R ABILITY ARBEI-TEN, DIE HAUPTSACHE IST, DASS DU 0!5 LE-GAL BISTL.C - DU SOLLTEST DICH ABER WIRK- LICH MAL AN DEN ZAK-ASS SETZTEN UND WAS DAMIT ANFANGEN, DENN SONST WIRST DU DEI-NE ZAX WOHL LEIDER NICHT LOSL.V ABERP - ICH MUSS SAGEN, AUS DEM FUCO HOLST DUL - ALLES RAUS, WAS RAUSZUHOLEN ISTL!X C - :YO, THANX FOR SENDING YOUR COOL TENDANCE! IT - S REALLY A GREAT DEMO AND I VOTED FOR IT ALSOL!. ABOUT YOURL - LOW-BUDGET GAME:PROBABLY I COULD SELLE# C - IT TO SOMEONE, BUT WHAT I WOULD NEED IS A PREVIEW OF IT, TO SEND TO DIFFERENTL C - COMPANIES. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SEND A PRV ONLY, AND NOT A FULL WORKING VERSIONCOZ YOU NEVER KNOWL.^ THANX!0 C - :HALLO, MEIN FREUND! VIELEN DANK F]R DEINE SWAP-AN- FRAGE! TUT MIR LEID, DASS DU GLEICH DAS ERSTE MAL SO LANGE WARTEN MUSSTEST, ABERDU HAST JA GELESEN WAS PASSIERT ISTL.C - KLAR K[NNEN WIR SWAPPEN! ICH FREU - MICH SCHON AUF - NE LANGE FREUNDSCHAFTL!E% C - DANKE AUCH F]R DEIN ZAK-ANGEBOT! VIEL- LEICHT H/TTEST DU JA MAL LUST, F]R EIN SPIEL - NE ZAK ZU MACHEN! SIEH - DIR MAL DAS ABILITY-INFO-BLATT 0ANBEI5 AN! IN- TERESSIERT? PS:WOMIT COMPONIERST DUL? - :I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT I - T USE YOUR DISKCOVER. BUT CHECK OUT THE ONE I SENT YOU!HOPE U LIKEIT! THAT - S THE KIND OF STANDARD WE HAVE. - :THANX FOR YOUR SENDINGL.C - BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHY YOU SENT MY SENDING 0MY DISK!5 BACK AGAIN?? I GOTE - MY OWN STUFF BACK, AND NOT THE TRASHNEWSI WAS WAITING FORL! - WELL, SEND THE NEXTTN THEN, O.K.L?" -THANX. - :READ YOUR PRIVATE LETTER ON PAPERL. - :HI THERE! TOO BAD YOU LEFT ABILITYL.C - BUT THANX FOR TELLING ME AT LEAST! SOME PEOPLE DON - T EVEN TELL MEL - THEY TURN ILLEGAL AND JUST LEAVE! BUTL C - S GO ON SWAPPING LIKE ALWAYS, OK?? - :HEY, WHAT EVER HAPPENEDP - WITH DIVINITY? WILL IT EVER BE RELEASED?E - PLEASE TELL ME WHAT - :ALSO, SCH[N, DASS DU MIR WIEDER MAL SCHREIBST, ABER, UM EHRLICH ZU SEIN, ICH KANN MICH NICHT AN DICH ERINNERN! WER BIST 0ODER WARST5 DU? EGAL, HAUPTSACHE WIR SWAPPENL! - HE REST 0ABOUT 1OO5 WILL GET A PAPER- LETTER BACK FROM MEL. - A WRITTEN APOLOGYIF YOU WILLL. - NOW I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A - E! *MEGA-DELAYL. - MOREOVER, I HAVE A FEWP C - LETTERS TO ANSWER AS WELL, BUT I - M NOT IN THE MOOD, AS I HAVE TO COPY ONEX - SINGLE DISK CA. - TIMESL!& BAH!, ASL - GOBLIN/LIGHT WOULD SAYL. - WELL, TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT,I THINKTHIS WAS IT. THIS MEGA-LETTER WAS/ - WRITTEN IN ABOUT 4 HOURS, AND IT WASN - T EXACTLY WHAT I CALL FUNL. - BUT WHO CARESBECAUSE NOW IT - WELL, I GUESS THIS IS THE END. SEE YOU SOON, FRIENDS, AND DON - T TAKE AS LONG ASI DID TO ANSWERL! - THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION! -