Review Procedures:

1. Games:

   Please make copies of the review form on the facing page for contributing Reviews and comments on existing games and simulations. When you pick up a copy of a new game, sit down and fill out a sheet for us after you've spent some time with the documentation and software.

   We'll run a tabulation of "Scores" in each issue. Be sure you provide all of the requested information.

2. Hardware:

   Use copies of the same review form. It tells us what exists, and helps us present our readers with a balanced review of new products. Whenever possible, we'll back up solicited review articles with summaries from your review forms.

Educational and Business Software

We are recruiting reviewers for our "Practicing" Review Panels. If you're an Educator or Business person who's engaged in using micros in daily work, please drop us a note providing the following information:

1. Position, location, number of years involved with computing, hardware used (e.g. external storage devices and so on), curriculum area/business-professional area/industrial applications area, etc.
2. Please indicate your willingness to review:

   General purpose software; software within your area of specialization, etc.

Qualifications:

Reviewers may not be engaged in the writing or marketing of software within vertical markets. E.G. if you sell or write Educational software, we won't accept your review of someone elses. We will consider your comments on the payroll package you buy from someone else to handle your own business records. Fair enough?

In writing review articles, please address these points:

Documentation:	Software:
Clarity	Depth
Usefulness	Sophistication
Adequacy (Does it cover the topic?)	Value
	Relevance
	Ease of Use
	"Necessity of skill"

Please use the general purpose review form as an indicator of areas to cover in review articles.

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The Journal for Progessive Computing

Date ____________________

Product Name: __________________________________________

Manufacturer/Distributor:

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Suggested Retail Price:$ __________

Reviewer Information:

Name	Age	Sex
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(Note: We request age and sex information only for the purpose of better targeting our reviews ... e.g. some programs may be unanimously praised by "older" reviewers and panned by those younger. We'd be helping both groups if we could point that out!)

Machine: PET________ APPLE _______ ATARI ______

OSI _______ AIM________ SYM_________ KIM_______ Other______

SCORING:								_____________
Lowest				Average				Highest
0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8

1. Documentation:
Clarity and Readability	__________
Comprehensiveness	__________
2. Software:
Ease of use	__________
Originality	__________
Error Handling	__________
Use of Machine Capability	__________
3. Hardware:
Ease of installation	__________
Ease of use	__________
4. Is it worth it?
Uniqueness	__________
Challenge (Interest)	__________
Quality (Amateurish - Well Done)	__________
5. Educational Value
Presents facts; develops skills	__________
Ease of learning	__________
Age Breadth (limited - broad)	__________
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Would you buy it now?	__________
Would you recommend it for:
"Beginning" Computerists?	__________
"Intermediate" Competerists?	__________
"Advanced" Computerists?	__________
All Computerists?	__________
Comments:	__________