¢8-BIT NEWS - MARCH/APRIL 1993¢By S.J.Murray.¢¢¢** As you may have already heard, Futura will not be released into the public domain from issue 7 onwards. Futura will ONLY be available direct from NOSAUG and each issue will probably be protected. This will not affect current subscribers in any way. If you know of anyone who may be interested in Futura please ask them to get in touch with me at this address: S.J.Murray, NOSAUG, 71 Walker Road, Torry, Aberdeen, AB1 3DL, Scotland.¢¢¢** Futura subscriber Allan Palmer has written to me with details about the 1993 Bellcom PD Library Catalogue Supplement. Don Bell (who has run the Library for seven years) reports that, "Unless we receive a substantial number of orders as a result of this latest supplement offer, I may be forced to stop supporting the Atari XL/XE computer!" A drop in the number of orders has made Don take stock of the likely future and he has made April 30th, 1993 his deadline. "If I receive a large response of orders by APRIL 30th, then it'll be business as usual during 1993, and SUPPLEMENT #2 will be sent to current subscribers this Summer as planned."¢¢ Allan Palmer states in his letter that he has been impressed by the the swift and efficient service of Bellcom and urges 8-Bitters to support Don Bell's efforts. Bellcom accept Access or VISA orders. Send to:¢¢Bellcom PD Library,¢P.O.Box 1043,¢Peterborough,¢Ontario,¢K9J 7A5,¢CANADA.¢¢¢** I have recently received some more 8-Bit Catalogues from the U.S. I am currently offering a photo-copy service for these catalogues. Here is the current list (photo-copy and P&P charge in brackets):¢¢B&C ComputerVisions, Winter 1992, 38 pages (3.00).¢¢CSS, 1993 Product Catalogue, 20 pages (1.50).¢¢Best Electronics, Rev.9 Catalogue (1993), 52 pages (3.50).¢¢American TechnaVision, 1992 Catalogue, 24 pages (2.00).¢¢Ol'Hackers Atari User Group, 6 pages (60p).¢¢¢** Derek Fern's latest price lists (28th January 1993) feature many new programs including Adax, Eureka, Hans Kloss, Johny's Trouble, Operation Blood, Thinker, Print Lab 2, Tricky Print and Mega Mag 5. There is also his usual wide selection of software and hardware. Send 3.60 pounds (for six bi-monthly lists) to: Derek Fern, 265 Chester Road, Streetly, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B74 3EA, England.¢¢¢** The second TWAUG Newsletter will be released soon. Support these guys and send #1.95 to: TWAUG, P.O.Box 8, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, NE28 6DQ.¢¢¢** Page 6 New Atari User issue 61 will be out on 25th March. Send 2.50 pounds to: Page 6, P.O.Box 54, Stafford, ST16 1DR, England. A six-issue subscription is only 12 pounds. Les and Sandy are going through a crucial stage in the survival of Page 6 just now. Please give them your support. With such support we will see them celebrating another ten years.¢¢¢** The new NOSAUG PD Disk Library listing has now been completed! It is included within this issue (see DISKPD). The reorganisation took much longer than I anticipated but I'm sure you'll agree that it was worth the wait. There are approximately 100 disks in this first listing with lots more still to come! Prices are only 1.95 each, 1.50 each for five or more, or 1.00 each for ten or more. Now that really is value for money! Please consider supporting the NOSAUG PD Library because it has taken a lot of work to put together and is central to the future of both NOSAUG and Futura. Check out the next issue of Futura for another thirty new PD disks and some PD disk and cassette reviews!¢¢¢That's all the news for just now. See you next time!¢
