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     You may have done, as I have on several occasions, shelled out $20 or $25 for a program that seemed to hold great promise, but which when in hand, didn't deliver as expected, and is thereby setting on the back shelf gathering dust.
     Well, Joe Waters of Albuquerque, N.M., offers a way for you to avoid such a predicament. From the PC community, he has adapted the idea of "Crippleware."
     Before you shell out $22.95 for Joe's new Visi-Sprite 6.5 sprite editor program, you can get a first hand look at what it offers for just $3.
     For that you'll get a PD version called Visi-Sprite 6.0. It's a crippled version of 6.5--it won't enable you to carry out the many editing functions of 6.5, but it gives you a demonstration of what's available on that program.
     The PD demo will be available through vendors such as NIAD and will be uploaded onto several bulletin boards.
     Or you can get a copy by sending $3 to: Joe Waters, 13009 Gray Hills Rd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87lll.
     Then if you like what you see, you can get the full-featured 6.5 version with a 20-page instruction manual for $22.95.
     Visi-Sprite 6.5 is the latest, enhanced version of the ADAM sprite editor.
     Features include:
     --Ability to access up to 32 single-color animated sprites, or 8 four-color sprites simultaneously.
     --Support for standard ADAM printer, as well as Centronics parallel interface, including support for those printers which support the expanded ANSI graphics character set.
     --Advanced media options, allowing the user to pull "sprite overlay files" out of Coleco cartridges and super games.
     To boot the program, simply put the media in any drive and pull the computer reset switch.
     After about 40 seconds (it's a rather long program), the main menu will appear: Sprite edit, Mass storage, Erase sprites, or Quit are the opening options.
     The entire program is menu and SmartKey driven and easy to use.
, Albuquerque, NM 87lll.
     Then if you like what you see, you can get the full-featured 6.5 version with a 2
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