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# Just Like Freddy Kruger

Thomas Simon’s inaugural editorial as the new editor, announcing a quarterly schedule and outlining projects including a MSCRIPT shell for SPDOS. Compares DRDOS 6 and MSDOS 5, offers observations on the Tandy 200 laptop, and argues for the continued relevance of Sinclair BASIC.