Instruction manual
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As outlined briefly in MICRO
18:5&,
MICRO is instituting a
review policy/procedure in which a
"Review
Staff"
of volunteer, in-
dependent,
qualified
com-
. puterists will
be
asked
to
review
6502
based products:
hardware, software, books, etc.
Product Submission
While any
6502
based product is
"fair
game" for a review,
we
plan
to
handle
products
whose
manufacturer requests a review
first. The procedure is simple. Fill
out the attached "Review Request
Form"
and send
it
to
us.
We
will
select products for review from
the submitted forms and select a
reviewer from
our
Review Staff.
We
will
contact
the reviewer
to
make sure he is willing
to
review
the product, has time
to
do the
review, has no
"conflict
of
in-
terest", etc. Once a reviewer is
set, we will contact you
to
suppiy
a sample
of
the product you wish
reviewed. This will
be
sent
to
the
reviewer. Upon receipt
of
the
review, we will send a copy to you.
You
will have a chance
to
make
comments about the review, clear
up
any misunderstandings, point
out
items that may have been
MICRO Product Review
overlooked, discuss significant
changes and i'mprovements being
planned, etc.
If
valid errors in the
review are pointed out,
we
will get
back
to
the reviewer and see that
all points are clearly covered and
understood before the review is
printed. This does
not mean that
you will have any editorial rights
in regards. to what is finally
printed. It does mean that you will
have opportunities to help insure
that
the review adequately covers
the important features
of
your pro-
duct
and
that
minor problems will
not be blown
out
of perspective.
In
the event that a review is, in
our opinion, biased -
too
bad or
too favorable -
we
may have a
se-
cond reviewer evaluate the pro-
duct. Our goal is to be able
to
pre-
sent
to
the MICRO readers a
review
that
is as complete and
un-
biased
as
possible.
We
think
that
this will
be
an important service
both
to
the readers and
to
the
manufacturers. Here will
be
a way
to
get a fair evaluation about your
product
out
to
thousands
of
in-
terested readers (customers?).
Since the review
wm be by an in-
dependent reviewer, the material
will have a
lot
more impact than a
MICRO Review Request
Form
"self-serving"
product
news
release.
Supplying
Samples
The manufacturer must furnish
a sample
of
the material to
be
reviewed.
In
the case
of
books and
software, the sample wililTormally
be
kept
by
the reviewer and not
returned.
In
the case
of
hardware,
the sample will
be
returned. We
would like to suggest, in the case
of hardware, that the reviewer
be
permitted
to
purchase the hard-
ware at dealer price or some other
reasonable discount
if
he
so
desires.
If
such a discount is
ac-
ceptable
to
you,
this
should
be
mentioned on the Review Request
Form. The reviewer will not
be
in,
formed about any product dis-
count until after the review is
finalized in order to prevent any
unwanted bias from entering into
the review.
All
of
this effort
to
provide a
new method for getting reviews is
intended
to
produce accurate,
un-
biased, believeable reviews. These
will be
of
service
to
the readers
and manufacturers.
We
hope that
you will submit your
6502
based
product
for review.
It
should
benefit everyone.
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I declare
that
I
am
the manufacturer, or legal representative
of
the manufacturer, and request
that
MICRO
produce a review on
this
product. I agree
to
provide a sample
of
the product for review. I understand
that
software
or
book samples will not be returned, but that hardware samples will normally be returned. I
am/am
not
willing
to
provide
a
discount
on
the
hardware
sample
to
the
reviewer.
Signed: Date: .
Title: .
Please complete, using additional pages
if
necessary, and return to:
MICRO,
P.O.
Box
6502,
Chelmsford, MA
01824
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