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Dan Tobias: /* Formats for specific features */

2022-08-29T23:39:53Z

‎Formats for specific features

Dan Tobias at 13:44, 30 May 2019

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Dan Tobias at 05:15, 19 February 2014

2014-02-19T05:15:37Z

Dan Tobias: /* Links */

2013-10-17T12:10:54Z

‎Links

Dan Tobias at 19:42, 5 October 2013

2013-10-05T19:42:54Z

Dan Tobias: /* Links */

2013-10-05T19:27:40Z

‎Links

Dan Tobias at 19:27, 5 October 2013

2013-10-05T19:27:16Z

Dan Tobias: /* File formats */

2013-10-05T18:50:33Z

‎File formats

Dan Tobias at 18:44, 5 October 2013

2013-10-05T18:44:32Z

Dan Tobias: /* Text files */

2013-10-05T18:43:06Z

‎Text files

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 A number of other file types might be present on an issue, including graphics, music, etc., sometimes with file extensions to distinguish them. Most were stored as type PRG. Dummy files with dashed lines as their names were used as separators in the disk directory to delineate which files were part of which program or feature; these separator files were of type DEL and didn't take any disk space.
-=== Formats for specific features ===
+=== Related formats, including specific features ===
 * [[Professor Calhoon]] (quizzes)
 == Links ==

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 |formattype=electronic
 |subcat=Diskmagazines
 |released=1984
 }}

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 |released=1984
 }}
-'''[[Loadstar]]''' was a diskmagazine for the Commodore 64, originally a sister publication to Softdisk for the Apple (and other later Softdisk publications like [[Softdisk PC]]), but later spun off as a separate small company which managed to outlast those publications. For much of its run, Fender Tucker was its editor, and later publisher.
+'''Loadstar''' was a diskmagazine for the Commodore 64, originally a sister publication to Softdisk for the Apple (and other later Softdisk publications like [[Softdisk PC]]), but later spun off as a separate small company which managed to outlast those publications. For much of its run, Fender Tucker was its editor, and later publisher.
 == File formats ==

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 * [http://www.mmnt.net/db/0/0/arnold.c64.org/pub/magazines/LoadStar Old Loadstars (disk image downloads)]
 * [http://www.mediafire.com/?niudn5wjyjz Loadstar #250 download] (unofficial release; only 249 issues were officially released)
 [[Category:Commodore computers]]
 [[Category:Softdisk]]

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 === Program files; launching the issue ===
-Many programs on the issues were in [[Commodore BASIC tokenized file]]s, and these files often had names beginning with "B." (B and a period). Some others were machine-language. The main program file was named "STAR", so you could start the issue with <code>LOAD "STAR",8,1</code>. You could also <code>LOAD "*",8,1</code> to load the first program on the disk, which is where "Loadstar" got its name. On some issues, a program called "!" was actually the first on the disk, before even "STAR", apparently launching an issue title screen or some such thing before launching the main issue menu.
+Many programs on the issues were in [[Commodore BASIC tokenized file]]s, and these files often had names beginning with "B." (B and a period). Some others were machine-language. The main program file was named "STAR", so you could start the issue with <code>LOAD "STAR",8,1</code>. You could also <code>LOAD "*",8,1</code> to load the first program on the disk, which is where "Loadstar" got its name. Generally, a program called "!" was actually the first on the disk, before even "STAR", apparently launching an issue title screen or some such thing before launching the main issue menu.
 === Text files ===
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 === FEATURES file ===
-A file named FEATURES was the main menu used by the presenter program, listing the items on the disk. This had the following sequence of lines (separated by CR as was normal for Commodore text files):
+A file named FEATURES was the main menu used by the presenter program, listing the items on the disk. There were several formats of this for different versions of the issue presenter.
 * Issue number

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