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├┼┼ 64...
╔ USED TO RUN A ┬ULLETIN ┬OARD ON A ├OMMODORE 64 COMPUTER.
┴ COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ╔ DECIDED TO HAVE SOME FUN AND SO ╔ SORTA INVENTED A
NEW USER OF THE ┬┬╙. ├ALLED HIM ├EE 64 AND HAD HIM CLAIM TO BE THE COMPUTER
THAT THE ┬┬╙ WAS RUNNING ON . ╔NVESTED HIM WITH AN ANTAGONISTIC NATURE THAT
LIKED TO POKE FUN AT ME AND AT THE OTHER USERS.
┬EFORE LONG HE BECAME THE MAIN FEATURE OF THE ┬ULLETIN ┬OARD. ╒PLOADS AND
DOWNLOADS GROUND TO A HALT. ╟AME PLAYING WAS ALMOST IGNORED. ┼VERYONE WAS
BUSY WRITING MESSAGES TO ├EE 64. ╚E WAS GETTING MORE ┼-═AIL THAN ANYONE.
╫ITH APOLOGIES TO ─ON ═ARQUIS, HE WAS FAST BECOMING THE ┴RCHIE OF A COMPUTER
WORLD.
╔T BECAME SUCH A FULL TIME JOB KEEPING UP HIS CORRESPONDENCE THAT EVENTUALLY
HE HAD TO BE DISPATCHED ON A ╙ABBATICAL, TRAVELING VIA PHONE WIRE TO VISIT
THE REST OF THE COMPUTER WORLD.
╨ERHAPS, SOMEDAY, ╔F YOUR COMPUTER STARTS ACTING A LITTLE ANTAGONISTIC AFTER
YOU LOG OFF OF A ┬ULLETIN ┬OARD, JUST ASK IT IF IT HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH
├EE 64.
╫ITHOUT ├EE 64'S WIT AND WISDOM LIFE BECAME SORTA DRAB FOR ME. ┴BOUT THAT SAME
TIME MANY PERIODICALS FOR THE ├64 SEEMED TO BE MOVING ON TO THE MORE LUCRATIVE
FIELDS OF THE ┴MIGA AND ═╙-─╧╙ MACHINES.
├╚┴╬╟┼╙...
╘HE 8 BIT WORLD WASN'T DYING, ISN'T DYING, AND WON'T DIE FOR MANY YEARS TO
COME DESPITE THE GLOOM PREACHERS. ╔T WAS JUST SIMPLY A MATTER OF ECONOMICS TO
THE PUBLISHERS WHO LOOK AT THE BALANCE SHEET EACH QUARTER. ╘HERE WAS MORE
MONEY TO BE HAD BY MOVING ON TO THE WORLD OF THE BIG BLUE BUSINESS MACHINE.
╘HAT'S WHERE THE BIG ADVERTISING DOLLARS ARE AND ITS THE ADVERTISING DOLLAR
THAT KEEPS MOST MAGAZINES AFLOAT. ╔T IS IN LICENSING BUSINESS APPLICATIONS
TO COMPANIES WHO WILL BE USING MANY COPIES THAT SOFTWARE COMPANIES MAKE THEIR
BIGGEST DOLLAR. ╟AME COMPANIES ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT BUT THEY ARE GOING TO
PRODUCE THE GAME FOR THE MEDIUM THAT WILL REAP THE HIGHEST DOLLAR AND THEN
MODIFY IT TO FIT THE OTHER MACHINES TO GET EVEN MORE MONEY IF IT IS A HIT.
╔N THE NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE WORLD THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A FEW WHO WOULD
START A NEW PUBLICATION THAT WAS NOT DEPENDANT ON THE ADVERTISEMENTS. ╙OME
WENT ON TO BECOME BIG TIME, OTHERS SANK SLOWLY INTO OBLIVION.
╔╠╠╒╙╔╧╬╙ OR ─┼╠╒╙╔╧╬╙...
╔ HAD A FEW IDEAS OF HOW TO PROMOTE A DISK MAGAZINE. ╔ TALKED THEM OVER WITH
A SOME FRIENDS, AMONG WHOM WAS A YOUNG COMPUTER ARTIST AND AUTHOR OF A FEW
FREEWARE PROGRAMS. ╙TEPHEN ┬AXTER, WHO SIGNS HIS PROGRAMS WITH HIS OWN NAME
AND HIS PICTURES WITH A ╦╘ FOR ╦EYTAPPER, AGREED TO BECOME A PARTNER IN THIS
VENTURE. ╚E IS OUR RESIDENT ART AND PROGRAM EDITOR AND MY PARTNER.
╫E HAVE NO ILLUSIONS (OR DELUSIONS) OF BECOMING RICH FROM THIS PUBLICATION
OR ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH IT. ╫E HAVE NO PLANS TO MOVE TO BIG MODERN
OFFICES AND HIRE A BUNCH OF SECRETARIES AND WRITERS. ╔F IT EVER EVEN GROWS
ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PAY PROGRAMMERS AND ARTICLE WRITERS WE WILL BE THE ONES
WHO ARE AMAZED. ╫E ARE NOT LOOKING FOR A DOLLAR PROFIT. ╫E WILL BE HAPPY IF
IT GROWS ENOUGH TO PAY US FOR THE HOURS WE PUT IN OR AT LEAST A REASONABLE
FACSIMILE THEREOF.
╨╧╠╔├┘...
┴T PRESENT PAY FOR PROGRAMS, ARTICLES AND SHORT ROUTINES WILL DEPEND ON HOW
BIG OUR CIRCULATION IS AND HOW MUCH IS LEFT AFTER PRODUCTION EXPENSES. ┴FTER
THIS FIRST YEAR WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOME STANDARD RATES. ╘HERE
WILL ALSO BE REMUNERATION FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT USE OF THESE THINGS BY US ON
UTILITY PACKAGES OR REPRINTS. ┴LL ╔ CAN PROMISE IS THAT THERE WILL BE SOME
PAY AND WHATEVER SATISFACTION COMES FROM HAVING SOMETHING PUBLISHED AND
DISTRIBUTED.
╔ GUESS THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO MENTION SOMETHING ABOUT POLICY AND COPYRIGHT.
┼VERYTHING THAT APPEARS HERE WILL BE COPYRIGHTED SIMPLY TO KEEP SOME BIG
COMPANY FROM TRYING TO GRAB IT. ├OPY IT, PUT IT ON YOUR ┬┬╙, UPLOAD IT TO
ANY PLACE, SEND A COPY TO A FRIEND. ┴LL WE ASK IS THAT YOU INCLUDE THE
AUTHORS NAME AND THE PUBLICATION IT CAME FROM. ╔ THINK THAT'S FAIR ENOUGH.
WE DO NOT INTEND (LIKE SOME MAGAZINES) TO SCREAM BLOODY MURDER IF YOU DO
SUCH THINGS. ╔F YOU MODIFY OR IMPROVE SOMETHING, WE ASK THAT YOU INCLUDE
THAT INFORMATION ALSO IN ANY NOTICE. ╫E WOULD BE EVEN HAPPIER IF YOU GAVE US
A CHANCE TO PUBLISH THE MODIFICATION OR IMPROVEMENT OR UPDATE BEFORE YOU
DISTRIBUTE IT.
╬ONE OF THE ABOVE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ANY WAY TO ALLOW DISTRIBUTION OF OUR
PROGRAMS OR ARTICLES, EXCEPT BY PRIOR MUTUAL AGREEMENT, BY ANY COMMERCIAL
SERVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION HOUSES THAT
SIMPLY CHARGE A COPY FEE OR HANDLING CHARGE.
╞OR ALL ISSUES EXCEPT THIS FIRST FREEWARE ISSUE WE ASK THAT YOU WAIT UNTIL
THE END OF THE CURRENT VOLUME BEFORE DISTRIBUTING IT OR USING IT ON A ┬┬╙.
╞OR THIS PRESENT ISSUE WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET IN DISTRIBUTING IT.
╟╥╧╫╘╚...
╘HE COMPUTER WORLD IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGEST AREAS OF BUSINESSES THAT
STARTED LATE AT NIGHT IN SOMEONES GARAGE OR WORKROOM. ╔F YOU LOOK AT YOUR MAP
YOU WILL NOTICE THAT WE ARE RIGHT SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF ├ALIFORNIA IN ONE OF
THE BIGGEST COMPUTER GROWTH AREAS IMAGINABLE. ┼ACH ═ONDAY THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS
BUSINESS SECTION IS MAINLY TURNED OVER TO COMPUTER BUSINESS. ╫HAT COMPANIES
ARE MOVING HERE, EXPANDING OR MERGING, NEW CHIPS, NEW PROGRAMS, NEW COMPUTERS.
┼VEN IF NO NEW COMPANIES ANNOUNCE THEY ARE MOVING HERE IT WILL STILL BE A
YEAR BEFORE ALL THE PRESENT ONES COMPLETE THEIR PLANTS AND HIRING. ╙OMEHOW,
╔ DON'T THINK THE GROWTH WILL JUST SUDDENLY DISAPPEAR. ╔ ALSO DON'T THINK OUR
GROWTH WILL STOP IN THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE.
╙╒┬╙├╥╔┬╔╬╟...
┴S YOU MUST HAVE NOTICED FROM THE TITLE, THIS MAGAZINE IS STRICTLY DEDICATED
TO PUBLISHING PROGRAMS AND ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO USERS OF THE 64. ╫E AREN'T
NEGLECTING 128 USERS HOWEVER, OR THE +4. ╞ROM TIME TO TIME WE WILL MAKE
SPECIAL EDITIONS AVAILABLE DEDICATED TO THOSE COMPUTERS. ╘HEY ARE SEPARATE
FROM THE MAGAZINE AND WILL NOT REPLACE REGULAR ISSUES OF THE MAGAZINE.
╘HIS EDITION IS ╓OLUME 0 ╬UMBER 2 AND IS FREEWARE. ─ISTRIBUTE IT ANY WAY YOU
CAN. ╔F YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE AND WANT TO SUBSCRIBE IT IS $20 FOR THE FIRST
FIVE ISSUES WHICH STARTED WITH ╓OLUME 1 ╬UMBER 1. ╫E PLAN NOW TO HAVE
╓OLUME 1 ╬UMBER 1 OUT IN ═ARCH 1992. ╙UBSEQUENT ISSUES WILL FOLLOW ON A
REGULAR BASIS. ╘HAT SHOULD GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO SET FUTURE PRICES AND DATES
AND GIVE US ENOUGH INFORMATION TO DETERMINE FUTURE POLICY.
(┼─╔╘╧╥╙ ╬╧╘┼:╫E ARE NOW STARTING ╓OLUME 2 IN 1993 WHICH WILL BE 6 ISSUES FOR
$25. ╓OLUME 1 IS STILL AVAILABLE AND IS 5 ISSUES FOR $20. ┴T PRESENT DATE ALL
BUT THE FINAL ISSUE OF ╓OLUME 1 HAVE BEEN MAILED TO SUBSCRIBERS)
┴NY HELP IN DISTRIBUTING THIS ISSUE TO CLUBS, ┬┬╙S, AND ANYONE INTERESTED IN
THE 64 WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
╒SER GROUPS, CLUBS, ╙╔╟S, THAT ARE INTERESTED IN BULK SUBSCRIPTION RATES FOR
DROP SHIPPING TO ONE SITE AND DISTRIBUTION HANDLED BY THE CLUB ARE WELCOME
TO WRITE FOR SPECIAL PRICES.
┬╥┼┴╦ ╘╔═┼...
╬OW ITS TIME FOR A COFFEE OR COKE BREAK AND THEN YOU CAN READ PART TWO OF
MY BABBLING.
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