ÃÅÅ 64 ÌÉÖÅÓ


ÃÅÅ 64 ÁÌÉÖÅ! ÄISK MAGAZINE IS NOW A YEAR OLD. ÓTILL GOING. ÔHATS SOMETHING
ALMOST MIRACULOUS IN A RECESSION YEAR.

ÓTEVEN ÂAXTER AND É GOT TOGETHER AND STARTED THIS MAGAZINE WITH A SAMPLE 
INTRO EDITION THAT WAS RELEASED A YEAR AGO. ÏUR FIRST SUBSCRIPTION EDITION 
WENT OUT A FEW MONTHS LATER. ÉN THE TIME BETWEEN THEN AND NOW WE, É THINK,
HAVE LEARNED MOST OF THE MISTAKES THAT A COUPLE OF BEGINNING MAGAZINE 
PUBLISHERS CAN MAKE. ×E SURVIVED IN SPITE OF OURSELVES AND NOW WE ARE PUTTING 
OUT THIS 2ND DEMO EDITION TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THOSE ANSWERING OUR ADS IN
MAGAZINES AND BULLETIN BOARDS AROUND THE WORLD. 
      
É AM GOING TO INCLUDE SOME THINGS FROM THE FIRST DEMO DISK, LIKE OUR OPENING 
EDITORIAL FROM IT, BECAUSE IT EXPLAINS WHO WE ARE AND IT SAVES ME FROM WRITING
IT ALL AGAIN AND TRYING TO PUT IT IN NEW WORDS.

×E NOW HAVE AN EDITOR, ÇAELYNE ÍORANEC. ÓHE WROTE TO ME ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND
OFFERED HER HELP AS A WRITER. ÓHE HAD HAD A FEW THINGS PUBLISHED IN HER CLUB
NEWSLETTER.  É EXPLAINED THAT PROBABLY ALL SHE WOULD GAIN IS EXPERIENCE AS WE
HAD NO MONEY TO PAY WRITERS JUST THEN. ×E PROMISED THAT IF WE DID MAKE ANY 
MONEY THIS YEAR WE WOULD PAY HER SOMETHING FOR HER WORK IF SHE DID WRITE FOR
US. ×ELL, SHE DID, WE DID, AND IT WAS THE BEST DEAL WE EVER MADE. ÈER WRITING 
IS EXCELLENT AND AS OF ÊANUARY 1993 SHE TAKES OVER AS EDITOR OF THE MAGAZINE.

Á FEW MONTHS AGO WE CONCLUDED A DEAL WITH ÄATASPHERE ÐUBLICATIONS OF ÎORWICH,
ÅNGLAND. ×E NOW DISTRIBUTE THEIR PUBLICATION HERE AND THEY DISTRIBUTE OURS 
OVER THERE. ÉF YOU ARE INTERESTED YOU CAN PURCHASE A SINGLE EDITION OF THEIR
MAGAZINE FROM US TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

ÔHE Ã64 COMPUTER HAS COME A LONG WAY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. ÅVEN MORE THIRD
PARTY DEVELOPMENTS HAVE COME OUT IN THE LAST YEAR AND MOST HAVE BEEN DETAILED
IN OUR MAGAZINES. É SAY MOST, BECAUSE THERE IS BOUND TO BE SOMETHING WE MISSED.
×E NOW HAVE 16 MEGS OF BATTERY BACKED MEMORY AVAILABLE, HIGHER DENSITY DISK
DRIVES THAN MOST ÉÂÍ CLONES HAVE AVAILABLE, AN 8 ÍÈÚ SPEED UP CARTRIDGE FROM A
COMPANY IN ÇERMANY, ÓÃÓÉ HARD DRIVES UP TO SEVERAL HUNDRED MEGS, AND OTHER NEW
TOYS TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION. ÉT IS THE LONGEST LIVED 8 BIT COMPUTER AROUND AND 
STILL GOING STRONG. ×E ARE TALKING WITH MANY FRIENDS WHO ARE STILL TESTING NEW
THINGS THAT WILL BE RELEASED IN THE COMING YEAR.

ÉN SOFTWARE IT HAS BEEN MAINLY DEVELOPING NEW ÁPPLICATIONS FOR THE ÇÅÏÓ 
OPERATING SYSTEM, AND REFINING IDEAS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE. ÔHERE 
ARE NOW PRINTER DRIVERS FOR THE 9 PIN AND 24 PIN PRINTERS THAT WILL GIVE YOU
NOT JUST NEAR LETTER QUALITY BUT QUALITY THAT IS EQUAL TO MANY OF THE CHEAPER
ÌÁÓÅÒ PRINTERS. ÔHERE IS SUCH A VAST ARMADA OF PUBLIC DOMAIN AND SHAREWARE
PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR THE 64 THAT IT WOULD TAKE YOU A LIFETIME TO SIFT 
THROUGH ALL OF THEM FOR THE ONES YOU LIKED BEST. ÓTEVEN UPDATED THE POPULAR
ÄPAINT PROGRAM AND CALLED HIS UPDATE ÖISION ÐAINT. ÈE DID THIS WITH THE 
PERMISSION OF THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR. ÈIS UPDATE WAS NOMINATED FOR THE ART 
PROGRAM OF THE YEAR ON Ñ-ÌINK. ÇAELYNE WROTE A GREAT ÃASSETTE SLEEVE LABEL 
ÁPPLICATION FOR USE UNDER ÇÅÏÓ. É WROTE A UTILITY PROGRAM FOR THE 1581 DRIVE. 
ÁLL OF THESE ARE AMONG THE THINGS INCLUDED IN OUR FIRST YEAR DISKS. ÔHEY ARE
STILL AVAILABLE FROM US. ÓOME WILL BE INCLUDED HERE.

ÏN ONE DOUBLE SIDED DISK WE OFFER MORE, WHEN YOU PRINT IT OUT, THAN ANY 
MAGAZINE CURRENTLY IN PRINT FOR THE 64. ÒEMEMBER, ITS ALL ARTICLES AND 
PROGRAMS, NOT ADS. ÎEW DEVELOPMENTS, SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE REVIEWS, HARDWARE
REVISIONS FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T AFRAID OF A SOLDERING IRON, PROGRAMS YOU 
DON'T HAVE TO TYPE IN, TIPS ON CARING FOR YOUR EQUIPMENT, PROGRAMMING TIPS 
AND ROUTINES. ÉTS ALL THERE.

×E OPERATE OUR OWN SUPPORT ÂÂÓ ÃALLED Ã64 ÁLIVE! ÂÂÓ THAT HAS 26 MEGS OF 
PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS. ×E HAVE A SUPPORT MESSAGE AREA FOR THE
MAGAZINE ON FIDONET IN AN ECHO CALLED ÐÃ×ÒÉÔÅ THAT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU ON MOST 
ÂÂÓS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE MESSAGES WILL REACH US IN A DAY OR LESS AND BE 
REPLIED TO BY ONE OF US. ÔHAT WAY YOU CAN SEND US A LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR CHEAPER
THAN Õ.Ó. ÐOSTAL SERVICE IF YOU WISH, AND PROBABLY A LOT QUICKER.

ÎOW, ITS TIME FOR ME TO SHUT UP SO YOU CAN GET ON WITH YOUR LOOKING AROUND TO
SEE FOR YOURSELF WHAT WE OFFER.

ÅNJOY!!