#Amiga World Ends
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This is the worst news I have read today ! So, what ? There won't be anymore US
Amiga magazine on the shelves ??? I think such a decision is premature as the
issue of CIL buyout is not yet known ! I am very very sad !
Good luck to the folks at AW anyway !
Long Life to the Amiga Personal Computer !
Philippe REUX
Motorola 68040 Inside
Philippe,
There is, and will be, a US Amiga magazine on the shelves — Amazing Computing.
They were the first independent Amiga magazine (AW was financed by Commodore in
the beginning) and, in my opinion, the best of all the US based Amiga mags.
"Amazing Computing…the best of all the US based Amiga mags."
As my ol daddy used to say, " Son, there's no accounting for taste". 🙂
And, given the current low volume of Amiga advertising being placed, I
wouldn't bet the ranch on AC's continuation…unless something happens
very quickly.
Gary
on AutoPilot from Charlotte, NC
Do you have info that would contradict the owner/publisher of the mag?
Nope, no inside info. And with AW folding its tent, it may work to AC's
favor. But I still wouldn't bet the farm. Economics is economics…and
right now, I'd hate to have my livelihood depending on the Bozos in the
Bahamas. 🙂
Gary
on AutoPilot from Charlotte, NC
Gary,
Loved your letter in PC Mag this month. (Machrone's column, I think…)
Well said.
…Denny
Thanks Denny
Wondered if anyone noticed. I had fired him that reply over on Ziff Net,
and was very surprised when he both responded and then used it in his
Editor's column. Even sent me a nice PC T-shirt !
Got my last AmigaWorld today. Nice to see we were both in at the finish.
Gary
on AutoPilot from Charlotte, NC
Steve –
Do you (or anyone else out there) have a phone number handy for someone
interested in subscribing to Amazing Computing? I've never read any other
Amiga magazine than AW, and somehow get the feeling that AC is not a mag
I'll find in Waldenbooks or the local supermarket…
Garry,
No, I don't, however you might drop an email to Amazing's publisher, Don Hicks.
His user ID is 76174,2404.
I don't subscribe to Amazing but pick up a copy monthly at a nearby newstand
(called, interesting enough, The Newstand) along with various UK Amiga mags.
Hey, I'm in Oklahoma, and I can usually find Amazing Computing right next to
AmigaWorld on the Bookstore shelves. That is, when they haven't all been
snatched up. Unfortunately for AC…most of their advertisers are identical to
AW's, running exactly the same ad. I seriously doubt it will cause much of an
increase in their advertising inches. I am HOPING it will.
Sean.
Sean… WHERE do you find them?
Jim…i get them at a couple of place in Stillwater, downtown at Caravan Books
and also at Hastings, a chain oiutlet. I complained to Hastings about it one
time and they said they'd get some and have.
Sean
Amazing Computing's numbers are :
1-508-678-4200 1-800-345-3360
—Mike—
Thanks!
I live in Hawaii, and the only local Amiga Dealer has only a couple of
Euro-mags and AW.
Amazing is on the newstand at my local B. Dalton's bookstore. Waldenbooks
doesn't carry it, but they do stock Video Toaster User.
MOS via Autopilot & Amiga
Actually, my local Tower Records/video/whatever carries it (New York Upper East
Side), though everyone assumes you can't get it in stores.
Marion Deland
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