May we be as proud as to present to you: The p ST NEWS Volume 3 Compendium q;
compiled, designed, reprogrammed and launched on December 31st 1988! Boy, did
WE have problems putting all the interesting stuff that appeared in p ST NEWS q
Volume 3 on just ONE disk... That's probably why we had to start using a
special disk format that might not be so easy for you to copy; a disk format
that has 81 tracks (tracks 0-80; should be readable by all drives) and 11
sectors per track (!).

 To increase the actual space usable for documents and programs (which add up
to 924813 bytes!!), we have omitted the picture option and have only included
one, newly programmed, piece of music.

 Now for the COPYING PROCESS (YES: p ST NEWS q is fully PD!). Since the 11
sectors-per-track format was used, it is necessary to get a GOOD QUALITY disk
to copy p ST NEWS q on. You should (at least) get a double sided, double density
disk (135 TPI) of a good brand. We store our copies of this Compendium on
so-called "High Density" disks ourselves (better but also more expensive).
 We have certified and tested ACopy V1.2K and CopySTar 3.0, and these can copy
the format we used. If you do not have these, however, just send a GOOD
QUALITY DISK, together with an address label and sufficient International Reply
Coupons (plus two extra to cover our trouble) to the address below. ONLY
packages that comply to these demands will be handled!!! (Packages with a
donation will be treated with priority, where the priority factor is directly
proportional to the height of the donation!)
 The address is: ST NEWS Volume 3 Compendium Copy service, I.B. Bakkerlaan
15-III, NL-3582 VB  Utrecht, The Netherlands. Please allow some time for
delivery, as we are very busy most of the time! Requests for other issues of
p ST NEWS q or any of the other Compendia will be ignored!!
 If you want to copy this issue of p ST NEWS q to your harddisk, you will have
to open the window of the parition (with or without folder) you want to copy
it to, and then drag the disk drive icon onto it. All files, including the
hidden ones, will then be copied.

 We wish you a lot of fun reading this Volume 3 Compendium and lots of success
with experimenting with the programs. Bye!

Sincerely,

Stefan Posthuma (chief editor)
Richard Karsmakers (special correspondent)

P.S. This issue was finished in a VERY LONG NIGHT with music, coke, dreaming
about Awai walkman machines and an utterly annoying gnat in the room.
Describing these circumstances more clearly would probably make your belly
go puke - it suffices to know that it was made in a 3.5 by 3.5 metre room
with three mattresses, three guys, twelve bottles of coke and 134 CDs.