Amiga Format CD 12/Amiga Format AFCD12 (Apr 1997, Issue 96).iso/-readerstuff-/dan_wood/letters/page-letters2

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Another round of this almost holy text file.  To get your views
included, get print head to paper or heads to floppies (!), and
send them to:

Dan Wood
3 Cavendish Drive
Darlington
DL1 2GQ

Email: [e-mail]

The NEW e-mail address is only for Q&A and Letters Pages, please NOTE!!

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Dear Dan,
      Well done on producing the best disk mag I have ever read.
First the gripe, give your little sister your A500, with an A3000 Tower
what do you need with a 500, or are you really a grumpy git? :).  As I
write I have just bought the last Amiga Shopper, it is so sad to see them
go.  In the XMAS issue the letters page actually says:

" should the circulation go up again then the magazine will too...."

Then on the reverse of that page we are informed that AS71 is the
last issue.  Seems the news came a little late in the day.  Sad, but
still I have moved over to CU Amiga, damn good read.  Have a nice
1997 and I hope Page continues for years to come.  I`ll send another
letter with my next bunch of disks.  Finally people are saying that
there are less and less Amiga users around, it is sad but is it
true?  BTW are all the letters for real?
P.S Thanks for using my article last issue.
STEVE Metcalfe, NEWCASTLE

Dan says...

Thanks for the kind words on the disk (we aims to please), as to
giving Debbie my 500, well I did actually hand it over.  So this is my
first month in years that I haven't been with my A500 SOB!
Still, I hope she looks after it.  She says that she wants it to
do homework, and animations on and the odd old game, not much will
run on a 1.2 A500 these days, even if it is heavily RAM expanded.
But I did fit a 2.0 ROM switcher, but it still have 1.2, I kind
of like 1.2, it has a great feeling and brings back the good old
memories, plus I have played with the 1.2 Workbench on the hard disk
so much it would be so difficult to change it, plus the secret
messages in 1.2 are neat, even if you can`t boot from the hard disk.
As to the number of Amigas in circulation, if people sell them then
they move on to another person, so the number of Amiga owners
never goes down, apart from a few break, but there still are
millions of Amiga users world wide, they never vanish,  they
are still around.  As for the letters, yes they are all real,
we were thinking that if the mag didn't go according to plan then we
may need to introduce some fakes, but we have never needed to.

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Dear Mr Wood,
            Personally I have given up on the Amiga.  I have waited
almost 3 years and we have seen no new developments.  Since CBM
went bankrupt the Amiga has stood still.  The A1200 is out of date
and other computers, although they possibly don`t do video or
multitask as well, but they have much more support, and can be guranteed
to be around in the future.  The Amiga has pushed it's loyal supporters
to the limit, I think it is apparent that the Amiga is now definately
dead, and will never see any further developments.  It is time we
moved on.
MIKE Stephenson, Darlington

Dan says...

Fine, do it.  But remember, if the Amiga is brought back and takes over
the entire universe (could happen), then won't you regret your choice of
machine?

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Dear Dan,

      You moody beast.  Give Debbie your 500 you selfish thing.
Why so nasty to her, she doesn't do anything wrong (?! - Dan).   Give her it
and stop been so unkind, your poor little sister should get
your old computer, stop being so mean!

At least you do make a good disk mag.  Sad to see Amiga Shopper go down the
drain, and still no mention of it in Amiga Format.  If any one is planning
to start buying Amiga Format then get the latest issue, the AGA experience
CD is bang on!  Bye for now.
SEAN BAY, Sunderland

Dan says...

Oh people leave me alone.  I have given the 500 to her.  WHAT HAS
SHE DONE WRONG?!!!!! ARGHHHHHHH!!!  She is a right pain in the...
neck.  For a start, I brought my A3000T to my parents place a
few weeks ago while I was decorating my place, and I left it down stairs
in the front room.  I went out for the day with a few mates and
got back at about 6 o'clock after leaving at about 2PM.  BAD MOVE.
It was the end of August and the school holidays were on.  I arrived
back at 6 to find Deb and 4 of her mates using my PRIDE A3000T.
Oh, don't mind asking me, just go through my computer, use my programs,
play the games on my Hard disk, even go through my stuff to get the
games on disk out from the packing.  The time it took me to get everything
back to normal was literally weeks, and I'm still finding bloody
DPaint pictures all over my hard disk, and by bloody I mean the pictures
not DPaint 5, which cost me £70.  Little sisters are the worlds worst
things, send them all to the moon.

Phew!  Glad I got that off my chest, so NEVER say that she does
nothing wrong.

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THIS IS ALL I NEED NOW...

Yo Dan!

I wrote it last disk and you was right rude to us.  Give me some straight
answers or I'll send you the raddish!  Right you stinking turnip,
here are my questions.  And I want a big soz (sorry) to all the people
that you have been rude to and nasty to in the mag wot is called Page.

Here is some more questions and I WANT AN ANSWER!!!!!:

1) are you fat?

2) are you smelly?

3) Do you have a car?

4) Are you a busy man?

5) Do have 2 feet?

6) Have you a video?

7) Is 3 Cavendish drive the place where you live?  (out of interest)

8) Do you have a cucumber fetish?

9) Are you gay?

10) Are you STIlL wearing the RED SOCKS!! FNNNAAARRFF?!!!!

U.B Nad, Mars

Dan says....

An apology to the brain dead like you?!!  HA HA!  To many letters
for you to understand.  Here are some answers to your erm.... wierd
questions....

1) No

2) No

3) Yes

4) Yes

5) Yes **yawn**

6) Yes **zzz**

7) No

8) No

9) No

10) No

There, not really worth it was it?
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I'M WELL HAPPY NOW...!!

Hello sexy eyes (eh? - DAN), thanks for the photo. HELLO NURSE!  I wondered
what you looked like for a long time.  If you remember who you
sent the photo to then you will know who I am, if not then you'll
need to find out.  If you do then maybe we can get together some
time.  I am female, 18 years old, I don't know your age, but you look about
18 from the photo (early 20s?).  I've shown your picture around,
we all agree.  But from your style I can tell that you are more than
just a pretty face.  I'll be in touch again VERY soon.
A Secret Admirer, Sadberge

Dan says...

That's the type of letter I could get used to, flattery gets you everywhere.
I'm not 18, a couple of years older.  We send out far too much stuff
so I don't remember.  I sent off about 5 photos,
I didn't keep the letters asking, I bin them all.  Sorry.  Any way,
write again, I like a good laugh.  And tell us all your name next time.
On the subject of the photos, for all people who have asked, I have
kept your names on a computer, and as soon as we get some more printed
they will be sent of first class, but I need to get some new photos
done, those promo pics I had took at work make me look like a student!
It's the baggy jumper you see.    Since I don't know who you are then the
chances of us meeting are very slim, never mind.   Sorry to students as
well, well... I'm not.  Students are the future remember :)

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That's your whack, it seems that we are getting quite a lot
of letters now.  Good one!  Keep `em coming!

----DAN