210 PRINT " I THINK SOFT PAL IS A GREAT IDEA FOR SENDING MESSAGES. IT MAKES COMMUNICAT- ING MUCH MORE SIMPLE. I AM USING 'APPLE SPICE' TO FORMAT THIS OUTPUT.";
219 PRINT " 'SPICE' WAS REVIEWED IN";
220 PRINT " 'INFO WORLD' IN THE": PRINT "OCT 25, 82 ISSUE. IT WAS GIVEN A GOOD RATING. I LIKE THE PROGRAM OVERALL. THE PRINT USING IS GOOD FOR FORMATTING NUMBERS. THE USR() FUNCTION WORKS LIKE THE INSTR ";
230 PRINT "FUNCTION AND IS LIGHTNING FAST IN FINDING SUBSTRINGS. THE SCREEN OUTPUT FEATURE IS A QUICK AND EASY WAY TO PUT TEXT ON THE SCREEN. THERE IS ALSO IF-THEN-ELSE ROUTINE WITH THE PROGRAM . "
231 PRINT " THE PROGRAM IS LIST PRICED AT ABOUT $30. I GOT MINE AT A BARGAIN ";
240 PRINT "BY MAIL ORDER FOR $19.95. ONE PROBLEM IS THAT IT IS A BIT INCOMPATIBLE WITH PROGRAM LINE EDITOR. YOU HAVE TO HIT RESET AFTER USING IT. IT IS ALSO ";
245 PRINT "INCOMPATIBLE WITH 'APPLESOFT TOOLKIT'. TOOLKIT IS KNOCKED OUT WHEN LOADING 'SPICE' AND SOMETIMES HANGS UP THE COMPUTER REQUIR- ING REBOOT.";
250 PRINT " OUTSIDE OF THAT I RECOMMEND IT HIGHLY. AS YOU CAN SEE THE OUTPUT IS FORMATTED AUTOMATICALLY SO THAT I CAN JUST TYPE IN TEXT AND LEAVE THE FORMAT TO THE PROGRAM ";
260 PRINT "JUST DON'T GET CARRIED AWAY AND MAKE YOUR LINES TOO LONG OR SOME ADJUSTMENTS WILL HAVE TO BE MADE. THIS IS A VERY HANDY UTILITY PROGRAM. "
270 PRINT " ANOTHER GREAT UTILITY PROGRAM IS 'FASTDOS', DISTIBUTED BY BEAGEL BROS. IT IS FANTASTICALLY FAST IN LOADING BIG FILES INTO MEMORY. ";
272 PRINT " AS AN EXAMPLE I TIMED THE LOADING OF RECIPE FILE 1.3 ON OCT 'SOFTDISK'. THIS 52 SECTOR FILE LOADED IN 11 SECONDS WITH REGULAR DOS, UNDER 3 SECONDS WITH 'FASTDOS'. ";
275 PRINT " FILES ARE SAVED MANY TIMES FASTER THAN USUAL. IT TAKES ONLY A FRACTION OF THE TIME TO LOAD A GRAPHICS FILE THAT REGULAR DOS TAKES. (MORE) "
276 VTAB 4: PRINT " THERE ARE SOME NEAT DEMO INCLUDED ON THE DISK. COST IS $30. IT SAVES A LOT OF TIME!! I LIKE IT!!!"
