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title: "Dear Editor"
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published_at: "2020-10-27T17:11:18+00:00"
modified_at: "2024-06-23T01:09:13+00:00"
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excerpt: "Drop of epoxy on keyboard as placeholder; problems saving and loading; solution to poor connector contact; learning BASIC."
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authors: "H. S. Wake; Gil Grabowski; Stewart Crooks; G. I. Lobdell"
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pubdate: "October 1982"
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---

# Dear Editor

Drop of epoxy on keyboard as placeholder; problems saving and loading; solution to poor connector contact; learning BASIC.