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[6";32;41m GETTING PD
[0m& There are many different sources of&public domain and shareware software.&The cheapest way is of course to get&copies from your friends. User groups&also can have large collections - see&if there's one in your locality. If&you have a modem you can down-load&software from bulletin boards. I&believe it is normal protocol to&upload some at the same time. I have&never used one so I can't comment on&how expensive a way to get PD this is.&It has to be by far the quickest way&of obtaining the latest releases if
that's important to you.& Another cheap and friendly way&would be via post with other Amiga&owners world-wide. Cheap if they reply&with some disks that is. Some disk&magazines feature adverts from those&wishing to swap software. Be warned&however that many are out and out&software pirates. Many advertising do&claim to want to trade in legal stuff&only so it could be an interesting&avenue to explore. But stay legal.&There's more than enough free software&around now to keep any collection&topped up and it's much more varied&than what's produced commercially
anyway.& Then there's the many public domain&libraries selling disks by mail order.&The bigger ones now have many&thousands of disks to choose from.&This magazine is my response after&trying to choose from the mostly brief&descriptions given in their disk&catalogues. (I hope it's of some&help.) See the paper Amiga magazines&for their adverts. My experience with&them ranges from superb service&through indifference to no responses&at all. Buyer beware. You should be&able to find a good one however and&the bigger one's catalogues are&probably the best place to hunt for
that hard to find software.& If you are unable to obtain a piece&of software reviewed in this magazine
[6";32;41m GETTING PD
[0m&I do have a small library that is to&enable you to obtain most (but not&all) of what has been reviewed. Some&software has limitations placed on it&that restrict PD libraries from&selling it which is why an occasional&piece of software won't be available.&All the software reviewed with a&CyberCraft number is available from me&at publication time - some may however
be withdrawn afterwards.& Software authors... I am perfectly&willing to review you work regardless&of whether I am able to place it in&the library or not - the restrictions&you place on your software is entirely&up to you. If it's any good I'll
review it.& Subscribers receive my PD catalogue&with each issue of the magazine. If&you are not a subscriber but would&like the catalogue disk then see the&Subscriptions column for how to obtain
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