Outlet Software marked as MIA

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Einar Saukas
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Re: Outlet Software marked as MIA

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druellan wrote: Sun Apr 08, 2018 11:56 pm Just finished testing. All MGT images seems to work fine. I tested the first files, some on the middle and the last one.
The only image giving problems was OutletIssue101.mgt.zip, but seems to be an emulation problem, rather than corruption.

So, in short, everything looks fine on all .mgt images.
Thank you!!!

druellan wrote: Sun Apr 08, 2018 11:56 pm BTW, this magazine is fascinating. I streamed a couple of images live on Youtube and people where amazed, it generated a couple of video-responses.
You can post the link here :)
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Sure! But the stream is in Spanish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtS86wFsHe8

And this is an AY music compilation, inspired by the stream:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl52wSlyjQs
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I keep diddling into this magazines, and I've found two interesting things that perhaps can help other people checking the other disk images.

* First, almost every software includes the magazine footer on the code. Looks suspicious at first sight, but it is just the routine that is hidden on those REMs.

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* Some images are altered. I've found a readme.txt on one image stating that the game Captain Dynamo was removed because of the "non-distribution" request (and it is, in fact, removed). So, it worth to double-check any "file not found" errors on the magazines, to see if they are realted to any denegation on WOS.
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Another thing: some software was intentionally added to the magazine, even when it is corrupted. So far this is always clearly stated on the magazine's introductory text. So, if the software malfunctions, it is a good idea to read the instructions top to bottom.

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