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{'   Welcome  to  the first issue of Amy 'PD and Shareware Review.  I must first 'apologise  to those people who replied &promptly  to  my first advertisements.'You  will  be  receiving  this about a 'week later than you should due to last &minute   problems    associated   with&getting  this magazine off the ground.'One  major problem was discovered when 'I  checked  what  this looks like on a 'television.    What  a  mess!   I have 'since  changed the colours on the main 'text  screens  but some of the reviews 'may still look rather awful.  Changing 'them would have taken too long and I'm 'sure you must be starting to wonder if 'you  are  going to get anything.  Rest 'assured  I care for your eyes and will 'be taking TV viewers into account as I  write the reviews in the future.'   I'll  also  be  sending NZ stuff by 'FastPost though it doesn't say this in 'the  order  forms.   Receiving replies 'via  NZ mail has been fascinating.  My 'first  advertisement  went  into three 'newspapers  and  replies  came in from 'one  city  at a time spread out over a &week.   Most letters were not dated so"it may have been just coincidence.'   This  magazine  is a response to my &frustration   at   trying  to   choose&software    from     public     domain'catalogues.    If you have seen any of 'the  larger  ones you will know what I 'mean.    The  descriptions  have to be 'small  as  some  libraries  have  many &thousands    of    disks   and   their'catalogues can fill two or three disks 'themselves.  Hopefully  as  the issues 'mount  up  this magazine will become a &useful   resource   to  those  of  you&hunting  through  the  public  domain.'The  paper  magazines do a good job of 'reviewing PD but they only scratch the 'surface  and  none  that I know of has 'started  up as an exclusively Amiga PD 	magazine.'   Thanks  must  go first and foremost &to   all   the  Amiga  public  domain,'freeware  and  shareware producers who &make   this  magazine  a  possibility.'Without you the Amiga world would be a &lot   less  colourful  and  much  less&productive.      Please    take    any&criticisms    in    the   reviews   as'constructive  -  they are all intended 'to  be  that  way.    This magazine is 'released  as  freeware  as  my  way of 'saying  thanks  for the enjoyment I've 'received from the PD scene.  Share and 	enjoy it.'   But  I  would like lots and lots of 'subscriptions.   I need some income to 'produce  it  and  a  growing  list  of &subscribers    would    be   a   great'encouragement.   As it's freeware user &groups   may  like  to  subscribe  and'spread  it  among  their  members  and 'ditto  for  any  other groups of Amiga 
users.&   Thanks   must   also  go  to   Mark'Gladding  of Auckland, New Zealand for &Magnetic    Pages,    the    amazingly'productive shareware software I use to 'produce  this magazine.  See the About 
menu for more details.'   And while I'm on the job, thanks to 'Melissa who having passed her school C &English   now    qualifies   as   this'magazines  proof  reader.   Could have 'done  better  in  woodwork though.  If &any   readers  can  suggest  what  she'needs  to  help  her  improve  in  the 'latter  subject I will happily pass on &the   information.    Thanks  also  to&Vincent   for  mowing  my  lawns  even'though  I  was  beginning  to like the 
little yellow flowers.'   There are not really enough reviews 'in  this issue and yes, I know they're 'all too old.  I was experimenting with 'different  styles  of  presenting them 'and  I  went a bit over the top in the &graphics  department  on some of them.'As  I  get more used to using Magnetic 'Pages  I hope to fit somewhere between "40 and 50 reviews into each issue.'   I will be using music taken from PD 'music  disks for the magazine.  I hope 'no  one  objects  to this.  If they do 
please get in touch.'   Best  wishes  to  the publishers of 'NZAmiga  Magazine  for  getting  their 'first  issue  out.   I believe this is &New  Zealand's   first   paper   Amiga'magazine  so it's in all our interests 'for  it to do well.  See the review in 
this issue.'   Once  again  apologies to those who 'have  waited  longer  than they should 'have for this disk.  At least it's not 'as  long  as  I  had to wait for my 1k 'ZX81  eleven  or  so  years  ago.  The 
demand had caused a shortage!'   That's  it!    Finally finished the 'thing and now I need some fresh air so 
I'm off to catch me a Moa.
Carl Read - CyberCraft,&         9th February 1993. - 1:50 am!
                  
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