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- Review: POWER Disk magazine
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- It's not often that you see one diskmag reviewing another -
- unless of course you happen to be reading this issue of
- Atari Update! Power is a diskmag written and edited by James
- Mathews of Salisbury. It's on issue #19, now, and nearing
- its second birthday. But is it a good read? We shall dig
- deep into the realms of darkness and find out (what? - Ed).
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- Power is written by normal ST users like you and me, and all
- the articles are displayed by a very easy-to-use shell. It
- doesn't use GEM, so I doubt that the shell is Falcon
- compatible, but it's still very friendly. The latest issues
- have been introduced by some very nice intros; my favourite
- was issue #16 where the drive light blinked (we won't use
- flashed for those of you with dirty minds) to the tune.
- After you've seen the intro, the main shell is loaded. From
- then on, music is played constantly (like on this diskmag),
- although if you don't want to hear it, you just turn down
- the volume! So, the shell's nice. But what about the
- articles? After all, they're the most important thing in a
- diskmag aren't they?
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- The majority of articles are good, although they do contain
- the odd swear word now and again. Some articles are pretty
- pointless, although you may find them funny. Having said
- that, most of the diskmag is well written and although there
- are quite a few grammar and spelling mistakes, it's a good
- read. And because it's Shareware, if you don't like it, you
- don't pay for it. A nice, well-written and produced magazine
- on disk. Well done, James!
-
- From: Dynamic PDL
- Contact: 0983 867377
- Price: FREE with own disk and SAE/£1.00
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- The Uppers
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- * Good shell
- * Packed to the brim with articles
- * Easy to use
- * A very good read indeed (that rhymes!)
- * Nice intro screens
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- and the Downers
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- * Spelling and grammar let's it down
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- Overall: 90% * Silver Star Award *
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