The Grim Reaper issue 01 March 1992¢-----------------------------------¢¢Editor: John E. (TEBSF)¢¢¢¢Hi all! Welcome to a new disk magazine¢called "The Grim Reaper"! I wanted a¢name that mirrored the current state¢of the Atari 8-bit scene and I think¢this fits the bill! I also thought¢about "Atari in Deep Shit", but the¢initials spell a completely different¢thing all together! The Atari is going¢through the worst stage of its life but¢it didn't seem that long ago when¢lots of companies were supporting it¢did it? Zeppelin, Hi-Tec, Atlantis,¢Mastertronic, Alternative, Atari and¢Byte Back were all bringing out new¢stuff for the 8-bit. Where are they all¢now? Strange how they all seemed to¢stop bringing out stuff around the same¢time eh? Never mind hopefully the Atari¢software scene will pick itself up very¢soon. If it does then make sure you do¢your duty and buy a few cassettes, even¢if you do have them on disk! Software¢companies supporting Atari will always¢need our support, we don't have the¢same number of owners as Spectrum and¢C64, but there are still a fair many of¢us left! If you ALL buy a couple of¢cassette it would show a difference to¢the sales!¢Anyway I am hoping to bring the mag¢out every month, but this may even be¢the last issue, we'll just have to see¢how it goes! If I can be bothered doing¢it and if I have the time.¢This magazine is FREE and I only did it¢for a bit of fun, but I hope you like¢it. If you would like to make a¢donation of a program for the mag then¢please send it to the address at the¢end of this editorial. ¢I am at the moment the only subscriber¢of programs to the mag, so I hope some¢are donated soon! All programs are as¢far as I know in the Public Domain,¢please keep this in mind when sending¢programs in.¢I have a few programs that I will be¢able to put in future issues, I have¢"Super Chopper Supercharger", and if I¢get a bit of time I'll write a program¢to create the loading screen of text¢you saw (you'll be able to enter your¢own text of course!), I think it'll be¢better than the one in a recent Page 6.¢I'll probably put my Multi Menu Dir¢and Multi Menu Renamer in future issues¢more to fill the disk up than anything!¢¢That's all from me for this issue, the¢address for all contributions is:¢17 Litton Bank, Gamesley, Glossop,¢SK13 9HF, England.¢¢Please send something in! People will¢think I'm blowing my own trumpet if I¢continue putting my own programs/demos¢in the mag!¢¢Yours John E. (TEBSF)¢
