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2. ". . . quality . . . ranges from very good to poor." -I think the word "poor" is a bit subjective. The author admits that the programming is not "poor" so perhaps he means that the particular programs that did not appeal to him (ie. Ten-Up, Video Tape Finder, Airline Guide) were uninteresting to him. I realized that the users of the 99/4A were a diverse bunch, so I tried to include a wide variety of programs. Never did I expect all programs to they truly are), a more fair statement might be, "I did not find this game to appeal to all tastes. As a matter of fact, some of the programs in the book that were my least favorites have turned out to be favored by many readers. It all depends on what the reader is looking for. For example, some may think that "Keyword Article Search" is a useless program, but I have received many letters from users who like it, and a review in Popular Computing devoted two paragraphs to it. The same review said that the educational programs in the book were "interesting and unusual," while Mr. Bobbitt seemed rather unimpressed by them. The point is, neither is "wrong"; the two reviewers merely have different tastes. So, instead of saying programs are "poor" (unless be very interesting." Or, "Some may not find programs such as Video Tape Finder and Airline Guide to be particularly useful to them."

'''— Steve Davis'''