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#1336From: John FoustDec 11, 1985 8:52 PM
According to a conversation I had with Don Hicks, Amazing Computing will be like Nybble was for the Apple ][ – technical, with program listings, not afraid to dig into the machine, but also with reviews of products for the Amiga. I have also spoken with Guy Wright, the editor-in-chief of AmigaWorld, and Bob Ryan, his technical editor. They both stated AmigaWorld is aimed at a liberal arts audience. Ryan said they don't want program listings, but short example programs were O.K. – no more than ten lines. They said AmigaWorld will continue to be applications-oriented, telling Amiga owners about new uses for their Amiga. Well, so it goes. I'd like to see another Dr Dobbs Journal-type magazine for the Amiga, so I've decided to put time in at Amazing Computing, and I hope to write for Bob Perez' new magazine. The Amiga needs all the help it can get at this point.
#1353From: steve polingDec 11, 1985 9:50 PM
i always thot that amigaworld was written for illiterate slugs, also known as lawyers and marketeers?
#1353From: steve polingDec 11, 1985 9:50 PM
i always thot that amigaworld was written for illiterate slugs, also known as lawyers and marketeers?
#1437From: GARY SARFFDec 12, 1985 6:15 AM
Sounds like an more interesting magazine then. I got a message from Don Hicks too, so I'll probably subscribe to it. I am slowly collecting stuff to port to the amiga too, its difficult since I don't have a USENET node available anywhere close, I'm not going to touch the source we have though since I don't agree with software piracy, (and I value my life too much, with all the talk here about Electronic Arts Copy protection. Violating a Unix Source License is inviting confiscation of house, children, and public beheading.) Yes something like DR. Dobbs where the authors assume the reader knows what hexadecimal is and can count to F. Gary
#1437From: GARY SARFFDec 12, 1985 6:15 AM
Sounds like an more interesting magazine then. I got a message from Don Hicks too, so I'll probably subscribe to it. I am slowly collecting stuff to port to the amiga too, its difficult since I don't have a USENET node available anywhere close, I'm not going to touch the source we have though since I don't agree with software piracy, (and I value my life too much, with all the talk here about Electronic Arts Copy protection. Violating a Unix Source License is inviting confiscation of house, children, and public beheading.) Yes something like DR. Dobbs where the authors assume the reader knows what hexadecimal is and can count to F. Gary