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If you think MegaDisc is a good thing, please buy it
Print the Subscription Form in MD_Info and send it in!
This issue
Yes we're still here! A tad slower perhaps, but MegaDisc is still
happening. We'll continue to happen while we have subscribers and while you
subscribers are still sending your contributions in. So it all depends on
you! Send in anything of interest to your fellow Amigans, and help keep
this organ grinding.
Michael Stapleton
This issue is due largely to the interest and skill of my sub-editor
Michael, who has done a sterling job of putting it together. You'll notice
a number of nice features and tricks due to Michael's longstanding skills
as an Amiga programmer and power user. Thanks, Michael.
Web Sites
I have widened my skills by finding out all about the Internet - from
general advice to installing accounts to creating corporate web sites. So
if you have any interest in having a web site set up for yourself or your
business, let me know. I'll give you a special price and set you up on my
virtual server.
My address: strachan@megadisc.com.au
My URL: http://www.megadisc.com.au
I'll probably be advertising various products for sale, in the form of
hardwre and software on that web site, so check it out from time to time.
008 number
Megadisc had a 008 number for quite a while, but I've discontinued it
recently. So if you try to use it, you'll now know why it's not happening.
We're still contactable in all the other ways, however, i.e., phone, fax,
free post, internet, etc.
Rush Software - No-frills educational software
At $29 each these are excellent value and very professionally done.
Remember this is why you bought your Amiga in the first place (some of
you)! They're all locally written, so let's support local entrepreneurs.
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.
COPYRIGHT
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)
March 1996