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...even 36 hours without a break, filling a green screen at the San Rafael, Calif., offices of Broderbund Software with words and numbers that only he and his computer completely understand. Since December, Wise has written 40,000 lines of instructions for a video game he calls Captain Goodnight, after the old Captain Midnight radio series. By the time the program is ready for release this summer, it will have grown to 50,000 lines and swallowed up some 900 hours of programming time, or nearly 40 days and 40 nights...
tablet that translated his lines into patterns of ones and zeros, where one represents a dot of color and zero a blank space. The image of Captain Goodnight's airplane is stored in the computer as a list of 798 zeros and ones that look like this...
Grossman will join NBC early next year in order to work alongside Frank, the man who first teamed Huntley and Brinkley and wrote their memorable sign-off lines ("Goodnight, Chet," "Good night, David"). Frank will stay around to manage NBC's political coverage through the 1984 elections. "This will be one of the few times there will be a ratio nal and civilized transition at a network," says Grossman...
...other current concern which Joel chooses to patronize is the plight of the Vietnam War veterans. In "Goodnight Saigon," he launches into a sappy, unoriginal tribute to motors, rotors, lost friends and chilling war memories. "Our arms were heavy, but our bellies were tight," he croons. Between the beginning and ending sounds of a helicopter, courtesy of a synthesizer, Joel shows his desperation for relevance by trying to conjure up vivid, fresh images. After commenting on how "we played our Doors tapes" which shows that he saw Apocalypse Now before creating this song. Joel dramatically declares. "And it was dark...
...nailed him in the Florida Derby, has dropped out of the picture. Hostage is being held by a fractured sesamoid bone. Distinctive Pro and Deputy Minister, two class horses from the 1980 yearling crop, have also been felled by racing injuries. Before Dawn, this year's top filly, said goodnight a long time ago, leaving the Genuine Risk school of fans without a favorite...