Re: Disappointed by II-Alive editing

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article rubywand@aol.com (RUBYWAND) writes...
>
>>Even worse, in some 
>>cases incorrect information has replaced what was originally correct 
>>(ie, I stated the game requires 1MB RAM, it was changed to say it 
>>requires 2MB RAM). ....
> 
>     Incorrect information? The review heading states: "Freeware for 2MB
>IIgs". To run the game under System 6 requires more than 1MB. 

    Yes, incorrect information. I plugged a fully populated 1MB board
in my ROM 01 (total of 1.25MB RAM) and using System 6.0.1, I was able
to successfully launch PuyoPuyo. I did of course shift-boot, but the
point is it does indeed run just fine from a bare-bones 1MB Apple IIgs.

    To state it requires 2MB is false information. Is this Scantron
Quality Computer's way to encourage people to purchase memory boards
from them unneccesarily?

    Another thing to nitpick, the editors added the mention of it 
being available through the Caltech FTP site. They state to look
for it at: "ftp://apple2.caltech.edu/zocal/pub/apple2/new.files/
puyopuyo.shk". By the time the article was printed, the reference
was no longer valid! Why didn't they state '/pub/apple2/games/' as 
the correct path to look for it? Some people often follow instructions 
literally! (again why I don't like the fact the editors stated "2MB 
Apple IIgs" as the requirement). Since my name is above the article,
the finger gets point to me if people complain (these errors are not
harmful, but what if I wrote an article on repairing a CRT? ;-)

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca