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Title       : Generation 9
Publisher   : Platin!Authors     : Damion, Fred, WOTW,
   Necrotism, Obelix.
Country     : Germany
Source      : See text.
Conditions  : Public Domain.
Category    : Magazine
Released    : 7th June, 1993.
Opinion     : 67%
            REQUIREMENTS
Drives      : 1
Memory      : 
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            COMPATIBILITY
A500 wb 1.3.2 : YES
A600 wb 2.05  : YES$Multi-tasks   : NO - Autoboots only.
Display       : PAL&   This  is  more  a  service to scene&members  than  a  disk  magazine.   It&consists  of   advertisements,   scene&news,  messages  and very little else.&Of  the  three  the  news  section  is&perhaps  the worst. It's mostly a long&list  of  who's moved to whom with not&much  else  included.  Hardly riveting
reading.&   The adverts, text-only and heaps of&them,  are  interesting for the number&of  Legal-Only signs in them. At least&a  third  claim  this with none of the&others  asking  for   illegal   stuff.&Whether  this  is  due  to German law,&editorial policy or a sudden change in&swapping  etiquette I have no idea but&it  can't  be  bad, both for the scene&and for commercial software producers.&Going  by  these  adverts, Legal-Elite&seems  to be the status to aim for. Is&it  becoming  lame  to  pirate? If so,&then  wonders never cease. The adverts&by  the  way  even have an index, just
like in paper magazines.&   The messages are an odd phenomenon.&They consist of greetings from someone&to  a  list  of   others   with   each&recipient  getting a few lines of text&each.  It  seems  a strange and rather&haphazard  way  of  corresponding with&others.  Why  not  just write? Perhaps&someone could explain it. Are they the&scene  equivalent  of   the   personal&columns?  Desperately   seeking   Lost
Swappers? No?&   If   you're   looking   for   legal&European  swappers'  then  this  looks&like  a  good source. No info is given&on  how  to  obtain the magazine but a&few   disks   sent   to   the   editor&(Damion/Platin,  Jens-Oliver Klokkers,&Marrinksweg 5, 4460 Nordhorn, Germany)&asking for the latest copy may get you&it. Don't blame me though if you don't&get  a response - you try the above at
your own risk.&   Generation could be tarted up a bit&even  if it stays only a message, news&and adverts mag. It has a variation on&the  normal  scene  magazine interface&which  works  well  enough but as only&37%  of  the  disk  was  used for this&issue  some   pictures   or   clip-art&wouldn't go amiss. More than one piece
of music would also be welcome.&   Not an interesting magazine in it's&own  right   but   I'm   sure   advert&magazines  such  as  Generation play a&useful  part  in  keeping the scene in&touch  with  itself,  spread  as it is
over many different countries.
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Postscript...&   Since  writing  this  article  I've&been  reliably informed that it hasn't&become  lame to pirate in Europe. Next
month perhaps.
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