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├┼┼ 64 ╠╔╓┼╙
├┼┼ 64 ┴╠╔╓┼! ─ISK MAGAZINE IS NOW A YEAR OLD. ╙TILL GOING. ╘HATS SOMETHING
ALMOST MIRACULOUS IN A RECESSION YEAR.
╙TEVEN ┬AXTER AND ╔ GOT TOGETHER AND STARTED THIS MAGAZINE WITH A SAMPLE
INTRO EDITION THAT WAS RELEASED A YEAR AGO. ╧UR FIRST SUBSCRIPTION EDITION
WENT OUT A FEW MONTHS LATER. ╔N THE TIME BETWEEN THEN AND NOW WE, ╔ 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.
╔ 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, ╟AELYNE ═ORANEC. ╙HE WROTE TO ME ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND
OFFERED HER HELP AS A WRITER. ╙HE HAD HAD A FEW THINGS PUBLISHED IN HER CLUB
NEWSLETTER. ╔ 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. ╚ER WRITING
IS EXCELLENT AND AS OF ╩ANUARY 1993 SHE TAKES OVER AS EDITOR OF THE MAGAZINE.
┴ FEW MONTHS AGO WE CONCLUDED A DEAL WITH ─ATASPHERE ╨UBLICATIONS OF ╬ORWICH,
┼NGLAND. ╫E NOW DISTRIBUTE THEIR PUBLICATION HERE AND THEY DISTRIBUTE OURS
OVER THERE. ╔F YOU ARE INTERESTED YOU CAN PURCHASE A SINGLE EDITION OF THEIR
MAGAZINE FROM US TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
╘HE ├64 COMPUTER HAS COME A LONG WAY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. ┼VEN MORE THIRD
PARTY DEVELOPMENTS HAVE COME OUT IN THE LAST YEAR AND MOST HAVE BEEN DETAILED
IN OUR MAGAZINES. ╔ 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 ╔┬═ CLONES HAVE AVAILABLE, AN 8 ═╚┌ SPEED UP CARTRIDGE FROM A
COMPANY IN ╟ERMANY, ╙├╙╔ HARD DRIVES UP TO SEVERAL HUNDRED MEGS, AND OTHER NEW
TOYS TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION. ╔T 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.
╔N SOFTWARE IT HAS BEEN MAINLY DEVELOPING NEW ┴PPLICATIONS FOR THE ╟┼╧╙
OPERATING SYSTEM, AND REFINING IDEAS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE. ╘HERE
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
╠┴╙┼╥ PRINTERS. ╘HERE 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. ╙TEVEN UPDATED THE POPULAR
─PAINT PROGRAM AND CALLED HIS UPDATE ╓ISION ╨AINT. ╚E DID THIS WITH THE
PERMISSION OF THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR. ╚IS UPDATE WAS NOMINATED FOR THE ART
PROGRAM OF THE YEAR ON ╤-╠INK. ╟AELYNE WROTE A GREAT ├ASSETTE SLEEVE LABEL
┴PPLICATION FOR USE UNDER ╟┼╧╙. ╔ WROTE A UTILITY PROGRAM FOR THE 1581 DRIVE.
┴LL OF THESE ARE AMONG THE THINGS INCLUDED IN OUR FIRST YEAR DISKS. ╘HEY ARE
STILL AVAILABLE FROM US. ╙OME WILL BE INCLUDED HERE.
╧N ONE DOUBLE SIDED DISK WE OFFER MORE, WHEN YOU PRINT IT OUT, THAN ANY
MAGAZINE CURRENTLY IN PRINT FOR THE 64. ╥EMEMBER, ITS ALL ARTICLES AND
PROGRAMS, NOT ADS. ╬EW 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. ╔TS ALL THERE.
╫E OPERATE OUR OWN SUPPORT ┬┬╙ ├ALLED ├64 ┴LIVE! ┬┬╙ THAT HAS 26 MEGS OF
PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS. ╫E HAVE A SUPPORT MESSAGE AREA FOR THE
MAGAZINE ON FIDONET IN AN ECHO CALLED ╨├╫╥╔╘┼ THAT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU ON MOST
┬┬╙S ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE MESSAGES WILL REACH US IN A DAY OR LESS AND BE
REPLIED TO BY ONE OF US. ╘HAT WAY YOU CAN SEND US A LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR CHEAPER
THAN ╒.╙. ╨OSTAL SERVICE IF YOU WISH, AND PROBABLY A LOT QUICKER.
╬OW, ITS TIME FOR ME TO SHUT UP SO YOU CAN GET ON WITH YOUR LOOKING AROUND TO
SEE FOR YOURSELF WHAT WE OFFER.
┼NJOY!!