---
title: "Dear Editor"
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markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/dear-editor-3.md"
published_at: "2020-10-27T17:11:16+00:00"
modified_at: "2024-06-23T01:09:23+00:00"
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excerpt: "Letters about tv/cassette recorder placement; crashes; static electricity; merging programs; suggestions for manufacturers; using extended RAM; tape head alignment; vendor complaints."
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  - name: "1982"
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  - name: "Christopher Bannister"
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  - name: "Dave Rogers"
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  - name: "Joseph Dominiecki"
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  - name: "Mark Rogstad"
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  - name: "Peter Danes"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/peter-danes/"
  - name: "Peter Ulrich"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/peter-ulrich/"
  - name: "Ross Shuping"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/ross-shuping/"
  - name: "Steve Schowiak"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/steve-schowiak/"
  - name: "Tom Gill"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/tom-gill/"
publication: "Syntax"
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  title: "Syntax"
  type: "periodical"
  url: "http://localhost/periodical/syntax/"
authors: "Steve Schowiak; Joseph Dominiecki; Dave Rogers; Ross Shuping; Dave Straub; Mark Rogstad; Peter Ulrich; Tom Gill; Christopher Bannister; Peter Danes"
volume: "3"
issue: "9"
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    title: "Syntax/Syntax ZX80 v3 n9"
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    url: "http://localhost/issue/syntax-syntax-zx80-v3-n9/"
pages: "12-14"
pubdate: "September 1982"
archive_link: false
volumeissue: "v3n9"
---

# Dear Editor

Letters about tv/cassette recorder placement; crashes; static electricity; merging programs; suggestions for manufacturers; using extended RAM; tape head alignment; vendor complaints.