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2003-06-12
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10 TEXT : HOME
15 B$ = "QUENTIN DISK DRIVE":C$ = "PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE."
20 HTAB 11: PRINT B$: PRINT : PRINT
30 PRINT "I RECENTLY ACQUIRED A SECOND DISK DRIVE": PRINT
40 PRINT "AFTER ONLY TOO LONG A WAIT (OVER TWO": PRINT
50 PRINT "YEARS WITH ONLY ONE DRIVE) AND I": PRINT
60 PRINT "THOUGHT THAT MY EXPERIENCE WITH MY NEW": PRINT
70 PRINT "DISK DRIVE MIGHT HELP SOME 'SOFT PALS'": PRINT
80 PRINT "THINKING ABOUT A SECOND DRIVE FOR THEIR": PRINT
85 PRINT "SYSTEM."
90 VTAB 23: PRINT C$;: GET A$
100 HOME : HTAB 11: PRINT B$: PRINT : PRINT
110 PRINT "I DECIDED ON A QUENTIN DISK DRIVE FOR": PRINT
120 PRINT "TWO REASONS: 1) THE EXCELLENT REVIEW": PRINT
130 PRINT "IN SOFTALK, AND 2) THE PRICE.": PRINT : PRINT
140 PRINT "THE REVIEW IN SOFTALK (SEPTEMBER 1982)": PRINT
150 PRINT "RECOMMENDED SEVERAL DRIVES AS A": PRINT
160 PRINT "SUBSTITUTE FOR THE APPLE DRIVE AND": PRINT
170 PRINT "QUENTIN WAS ONE OF THEM. AS AN": PRINT
180 PRINT "INTORDUCTORY OFFER, THE DRIVE WAS": PRINT
195 VTAB 23: PRINT C$;: GET A$
200 HOME : HTAB 11: PRINT B$: PRINT : PRINT
205 PRINT "SELLING FOR $335, CONSIDERABLY LESS": PRINT
210 PRINT "THAN AN APPLE DRIVE. I WANTED TO MAKE": PRINT
230 PRINT "SURE THAT QUENTIN WAS FULLY COMPATIBLE": PRINT
240 PRINT "WITH ALL APPLE SOFTWARE, AS I HAD BEEN": PRINT
250 PRINT "TOLD THAT SOME SOFTWARE WOULD WORK ONLY": PRINT
260 PRINT "WITH APPLE DRIVES. I CALLED QUENTIN": PRINT
280 PRINT "AND THE PERSON I TALKED TO WAS VERY": PRINT
290 PRINT "KNOWLEDGEABLE AND PROMPT IN ANSWERING": PRINT
300 PRINT "ALL MY QUESTIONS. AS FAR AS QUENTIN": PRINT
305 VTAB 23: PRINT C$;: GET A$
307 HOME : HTAB 11: PRINT B$: PRINT : PRINT
310 PRINT "KNOWS, ANY SOFTWAE THAT WILL BOOT ON AN": PRINT
320 PRINT "APPLE DRIVE WILL BOOT ON A QUENTIN.": PRINT
330 PRINT "THEIR WILLING ASSISTANCE OVER THE": PRINT
340 PRINT "PHONE WAS A PRIME FACTOR IN MY DECISION": PRINT
350 PRINT "TO BUY FROM THEM. THEY EVEN GAVE ME THE": PRINT
360 PRINT "NAME OF A DEALER IN IOWA.": PRINT
390 PRINT "SINCE THE DEALER WAS NOT VERY CLOSE": PRINT
400 PRINT "TO ME, I ORDERED DIRECT FROM QUENTIN.": PRINT
405 VTAB 23: PRINT C$;: GET A$
407 HOME : HTAB 11: PRINT B$: PRINT : PRINT
410 PRINT "THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY ABOUT THE": PRINT
420 PRINT "DELIVERY IS THAT YOU SHOULD ALLOW 3-4": PRINT
430 PRINT "WEEKS, NOT 3-4 DAYS AS THE ADS CLAIM.": PRINT
440 PRINT "NOW ABOUT PERFORMANCE - GREAT!!!!!!": PRINT
450 PRINT "I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT THE DRIVE WAS": PRINT
460 PRINT "WORKING WHEN I CONNECTED IT, IT WAS SO": PRINT
470 PRINT "QUIET. CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONNECT-": PRINT
480 PRINT "THE DRIVE ARE SUPPLIED, SO EVEN A NON-": PRINT
490 PRINT "MECHANICAL PERSON, LIKE MYSELF, COULD": PRINT
495 VTAB 23: PRINT C$;: GET A$
497 HOME : HTAB 11: PRINT B$: PRINT : PRINT
500 PRINT "HOOK IT UP WITHOUT TROUBLE. THIS IS A": PRINT
510 PRINT "40 SECTOR DRIVE AND INSTRUCTIONS ARE": PRINT
520 PRINT "INCLUDED ON MODIFYING DOS TO 40 SECTOR": PRINT
530 PRINT "USE - VERY CLEAR AND SIMPLE": PRINT
540 PRINT "INSTRUCTIONS."
550 PRINT : PRINT
570 PRINT "I FEEL THAT THE QUENTIN DRIVE IS AN": PRINT
580 PRINT "EXCELLENT DRIVE AND WOULD RECOMMEND IT": PRINT
590 PRINT "FOR A FIRST OR SECOND DRIVE ON ANY": PRINT
600 PRINT "SYSTEM.": PRINT : PRINT
605 VTAB 23: PRINT C$;: GET A$
607 HOME : HTAB 11: PRINT B$: PRINT : PRINT
610 PRINT "I CAN'T SAY HOW GOOD SERVICE IS GOING": PRINT
620 PRINT "TO BE, BUT I KNOW THAT I CAN CALL": PRINT
630 PRINT "QUENTIN AND GET THE NAME OF THE DEALER": PRINT
640 PRINT "IN IOWA - A FULL SERVICE DEALER FROM": PRINT
650 PRINT "WHAT I WAS TOLD AT QUENTIN.": PRINT : PRINT
660 PRINT "I HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEONE THINKING": PRINT
670 PRINT "ABOUT BUYING A DISK DRIVE. THAT'S WHAT": PRINT
680 PRINT "SOFT PALS ARE FOR!!"
690 VTAB 23: PRINT C$;: GET A$
700 PRINT
710 PRINT CHR$(4);"RUN PAL.MENU"