PROGRAM JOURNALISM: MARKETING COMPUTER SOFT WARE

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November/December 1982
 
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It might pay to check with hardware retailers in your area, too, to see whether they know of anyone who needs a programmer locally. Many times these stores are clear inghouses for information of this sort, and the folks who manage them would probably be more than happy to help you out. Since they frequently offer classes in programming, some might even be interested in hiring you as an instructor! Anyway, it's worth a visit just to let them know who you are . . . what sort of programming you can do . . . and how they can get in touch with you if they need to.

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Whether you decide to sell your wares outright or market them wholesale through someone else, you're likely to discover that the Age of Home Computers is rich with potential for the innovative go-getter. And even if you don't strike pay dirt by writing programs, you're sure to have a heck of a lot of fun—and pick up a good bit of knowledge—exploring the BASIC possibilities of program journalism!

EDITOR'S NOTE: Here are the approximate starting prices for some of the more popular models available, as listed in William Barden, Jr.'s Guidebook to Small Computers (published by Howard W. Sams, 1982, $6.95): Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 11, $3,500 . . . Apple II and Atari, $1,000 . . . Pet, $600 . . . TRS-80 Model 1, $500 . . . and Timex Sinclair, $100.

If you can't find enough reading material at bookstores, newsstands, or libraries near you, you might want to write to Dilithium Press, Dept. TMEN, P.O. Box 606, Beaverton, Oregon 97075—or phone 800/547-1842—and ask for the firm's excellent (free) Brainfood Catalog of hooks on this subject.

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