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If you think MegaDisc is a good thing, please buy it!
What is going on with the sale of the Amiga?
Stop press!
- see the file "Amiga_Sale_News!" on the main window for the
very latest.
Keep those contributions coming too
Just because big business is stuffing us around, it doesn't mean we
shouldn't continue to enjoy the computer, which is still doing the job
for us all in a way we like. Keep Megadisc going for the eventual buy-out
(which will happen sometime soon) - send in lots of contributions please,
and keep your favourite magazine interesting and fun to use. Megadisc is
for the contributors by the contributors, and I guess that means
you!
If you must also use PCs
It may be that you have a PC as a second machine, or use one at the
office. Don't forget that we can also supply all the hardware and software
you need for those machines too, at competitive prices. But we're not
going to produce a disk-mag for the PC - there's just not enough soul
in that computer platform for me to get enthusiastic!
Megadisc's mail order
The paper inserts in this issue are a little old price-wise, so check out
the two Mail order files in MD_Info on Disk B for the latest in lists and
prices. Note also that there is no more Licenceware available as the UK
distributors felt that there was not enough business coming from Australia.
Corporate and business users take note!
At Megadisc, we have developed a lot of skills related to publishing,
magazine production, disk-based information and so on as you know. While
the Amiga's future is uncertain, we have to diversify and so I'm offering
a service to business in business documentation. By that I mean I can
provide technical writing, proposals, manuals, pamphlets, and practically
any service related to small business running, including advice for small
or home-based businesses. So call and enquire if you could use any of
those services. We're lean and we're mean.
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-editor Steve Bolton for his various useful
contributions to the process of putting Megadisc together. Leigh Murray
has also been a big help in various ways over the last two years. And
Steve Hudson has been a great help with sending it all out over the
last few issus.
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)
email: megadisc@kralizec.zeta.org.au
strachan@world.net
March '95