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SLAVE DISKS NEARBY--IT'S ALARMING HOW
FAST A DISK FILLS UP WITH SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT 145-SECTOR VERSIONS OF THE
PROGRAM UNDERGOING KRACKING.

2. MAKE YOUR PROGRAM NAMES AS
DESCRIPTIVE AS YOU CAN, ESPECIALLY WHEN
SAVING A PROGRAM IN PIECES. IT'S VERY
DISTURBING TO RETURN TO A KRACKING
EFFORT AFTER A LONG WEEKEND TO FIND
PROGRAMS ON THE DISK TITLES "HACKHI",
"HACKHIGH", "HIGH", "HH", ETC. AND NOT
BE SURE WHAT EACH ONE IS.  BETTER TO
TYPE IN A FEW EXTRA LETTERS TO LET YOU
KNOW THAT IT'S "HACK WITHOUT 9600UP" OR
OR "HACK 4000-B000 ONLY".

3.  WHENEVER POSSIBLE, COMPRESS THE
GAME TO THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF SECTORS
BY DOING A FEW MORE MEMORY MOVES BEFORE
AND AFTER SAVING. YOUR FRIENDS WILL
APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS IN
MAXIMIZING THE NUMBER OF GAMES PER DISK
AND MINIMIZING MODEM TIME.

4. =>VERY IMPORTANT<= WHEN YOU THINK
YOU HAVE A COMPLETE, WORKING VERSION,
CHECK IT OUT THOROUGHLY ON ALL LEVELS
AND IN ALL MODES. IT'S EXTREMELY
EMBARASSING TO HAVE TO ISSUE A
"PRODUCT RECALL" WHEN YOU LEARN A MONTH
LATER THAT HACK CRASHES ON LEVEL 47
JUST AS THE HYPERGALACTIC FROG IS ABOUT
TO DEVOUR NEW PITTSBURGH ON THE MARS
COLONY...

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