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- {subhead} ACI March/April 1999{def}{p}
- Review by Chris Seward
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- Amiga Club International March/April 1999 disk magazine is not technically
- a utility but what the heck, i'm reviewing it here as it didn't seem
- to fit anywhere else and this is probably the best place.
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- The ACI March/April 99 disk mag is a magazine run by Roberta Smith
- and Roy Byrne from the long running PD/Shareware library Roberta
- Smith DTP (now I wonder how they got the name for that?! heh).
- The mag is presented with the Disk Mag Creator program so it has that
- feel to it that all other magazines have that have been created with
- DMC.
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- The magazine is packed with articles ranging from a 91 page cooking
- guide and how to bake the various types of cookies from Aniseed Chrabeli
- cookies to Black forest cheese cupcakes... yum! with articles about
- GOD being a woman, Roberta Smiths own comments, a competition to
- win X-Out, the results to intel outside 1998 (?!) and how to be a
- t*sser on mailing lists. You can not really group what type of magazine
- it is because it has something for everyone and is not just Amiga
- related, some articles will be of use to you and others won't interest
- you one bit... why would single men living on ready cooked meals
- want to know how to bake cookies... well actually it maybe good for
- some single men to learn how to cook those yummie treats.
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- The articles all differ in quality and are all written by a big mixed
- bag of people. My main problem with the magazine is that on the main
- menu where you select an article it only gives a one word title giving
- very little indication to what the article is about. You will also find
- the odd picture in the listing which would be nice if you where told
- the type of data it is before loading it, ie. picture, text, etc.
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- Overall its a nice magazine. A few improvements wouldn't go a miss
- but if your after a light read about a range of topics then it would
- be worth taking a look at this. The pack comes with two disks, the
- first being the ACI magazine and the second being the Disk of the
- Month, which nicely enough is AIO issue 21&20 archived.
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- {bold}Available from{nobold}: Roberta Smith DTP, 295 Folkestone Road, Dover, Kent,
- CT17 9LL. ENGLAND.
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- {bold}Price{nobold}: £1.40 to non-members
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- {bold}Overall{nobold}: 81%