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If you think MegaDisc is a good thing, please buy it
IT'S HAPPENED!!!!! Amiga buy-out semi-official!
From the most reliable sources, who don't want to be quoted directly,
simply because the final announcement has not been made and will be
made next week:
CBM-UK, Premier Homeline and the ex-CEO of Commmodore Germany (which has
been liquidated a couple of weeks ago) have agreed to work together to make
it happen! It's still hard to know where the power lies in this joint
venture, and what the exact policy is going to be, but you'll get a good
idea if you check out the interview with Donald Pleasance quoted in
MegaBites this issue. His intentions are definitely good.
The heads of these three companies will be appearing at a show in Taiwan
next week and have invited all the possible distributors to turn up for a
kind of distribution of distribution rights round the world.
CBM-UK will probably do the manufacturing in Scotland and supply machines
to both the new German company which will set up instead of the old German
Commodore company, and to Premier HomeLine (a company which also does
phones, faxes and satellite receivers in Europe) who will distribute to the
rest of the world, including Australia.
RMF will do the dealer sales and marketing, and Megatron (who've done a
big Amiga deal with the TAB in the past and who will do the warranty and
technical side) will partner RMF as distributors here in Australia. This
is definite, apparently - they have signed the contract and it is being
executed. This means old Commmodore hands are definitely out of the
running - there were rumours of a couple of thme trying to get the
distributorship, and immediately a bunch of disaffected dealers shot faxes
off to CBM-UK to let them know what they thought about that...
So expect to see a few TV ads and a newspaper/magazine campaign under way
pretty soon, extolling the virtues of the Amiga and the new lease of life.
They'll have to change a few prejudices in their attempt to resuscitate
the Amiga, but there is also still a lot of good will out there for the
machine, and if it can be demonstrated that there is serious money,
management and intention behind the buy-out, we could see the return of the
Amiga. Let's hope so!
For more details of this on-going saga, check out MegaBites this issue.
Whatever happens to Commodore, there is still going to be an Amiga market
out there, and I at Megadisc, as well as numerous other dealers and
suppliers, will continue to serve that market, necessarily to keep making a
living of course, but also because we feel an obligation to customers who
have supported us for such a long time. So keep those orders coming!
Next issue
Don't worry if the next issue is a little later than usual - I might be
taking a quick trip overseas to rustle up a little business, and to have
the first real break I've had for a few years. But if so, the office will
be manned by the knowledgeable Steve and all systems will be go as usual,
including our usual services - Public domain software, ROMs, Educational
Software (Rush, etc.), commercial mail order (both hardware and software),
and so on. So keep those orders coming in, and the much appreciated
contributions as well.
FACT SECTION
Megadisc was produced on an Amiga A3000 with a Seagate Hard disk
and ASDG's Dual Serial Board & Syquest, and a couple of older Amigas
using a 8-Megabyte Ram expansion board from Phoenix
MicroTechnologies, 3.5" and 5.25" disk drives by Paul Chatfield,
Acudat disk-drives, Maestro Modem, AST TurboLaser and Epson 500.
Software used included "Professional Text Engine" by Zirkonics,
TxEd, SuperBase Professional by Precision Software, PowerPacker 4.0,
Deluxe Paint of course, and a great many excellent public domain
utilities by numerous talented authors, including local talent such
as Nic Wilson, Jon Potter and others.
Thanks also to sub-editors Andrew Wong and Steve Bolton for their
various useful contributions to the process of putting Megadisc
together, including the proof-reading, a big job which they have
both done with speed and accuracy. Leigh Murray has also been a big
help in various ways over the last two years.
DISCLAIMER
All Megadiscs are produced with as much care as possible and with
the aim of spreading useful information through the Amiga community
at low cost. All contents of Megadisc are checked thoroughly, but
we hold no responsibility for use of programs or implementation of
advice or modifications contained in Megadisc, which are the
responsibility of the user. (This legalese can be countered by the
fact that to date there has been no report of any mishap from use of
Megadisc - on the contrary, all the feedback has been very
supportive and positive, and thanks to all you users for that.)
What's more, Megadisc is totally independent - and we don't take
any ads so we can stay that way. Nor are we connected with
Commodore except as third-party producers.
COPYRIGHT
Commodore, Amiga and Commodore-Amiga are trademarks of Commodore
Business Machines.
Note that Megadisc is not public domain, nor is any part of it
unless expressly stated. If you want to use anything from a
Megadisc for either commercial or non-commercial use, both copyright
laws and courtesy require that you call and ask permission, and
having got it, mention the source of the piece where it's used.
Megadisc may not be copied except for the back-up purposes of a
particular buyer of the disk. Giving a copy of Megadisc to anyone
is illegal, and constitutes theft.
DUD DISKS
Should anyone receive a disk from us at any time which does not
perform as it should, please send it straight back and it will be
immediately replaced - there are always a few dud disks in every
bunch, which you'll recognise by "Read/Write Errors" or the disk
icon showing as "DFx:BAD" or "DFx:NDOS". Sometimes a disk may
appear to be bad, but isn't - the round metal hub in the middle of
the disk can sometimes get jammed against the edge of the plastic
surround. Simply work it loose with your fingernail and you'll
often find it'll come good. And finally, some disks work fine on
some drives but not others - try it on more than one drive.
Tim Strachan
(Editor)
September '94