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#1217From: DON HICKSDec 10, 1985 10:43 PM
Hello. I am the Managing Editor for a new publication, Amazing Computing. We are a publication dedicated to the Amiga user and Amiga programer. We have had a great response from the dealers and we should have the magazine available the first week of January. Due to the quick response of dealers and authors, we will be going to press on time. However, we have AD SPACE AVAILABLE and wev are priced too low. If you are a Software or Hardware developer for the Amiga, please contact me, Don Hicks, either here (76174,2404) or at PiM PUBLICATIONS, Inc. 617-679-3109. We are crunched for time in our first issue, but we do want to carry your ad! Due to the policies of most Sigs, I will not give prices here, but call. You will be happily surprised. If anyone is interested in subscriptions or reserving quantities for resale, we can be contacted at 617-679-3109 or mail to: PiM PUBLICATIONS, Inc. Amazing Computing P.O. Box 869 Fall River, MA 02722 Thank you for your time, and congratulations on a new sig.
#1283From: GARY SARFFDec 11, 1985 6:36 AM
Is your magazine going to be a little more in-depth/technically oriented as compared to AmigaWorld. I buy copies of AmigaWorld (I don't subscribe) but really find it to be filled with pretty useless and filled with a lot of "consumer-type" drivel. Witness this months two page article on Lisp and the history of AI and the last issues terrifically informative article about the "wonderful C language" but they have a veeery long article about Andy Warhol. I hope your publication will be a little more informative. Is it going to be sold at bookstores/newstands, or by subscription only? thanks – and good luck. Gary
#1371From: DON HICKSDec 11, 1985 11:19 PM
Our hope is to make Amazing Computing a magazine for Amiga users (read doers!). We want to publish as much information and actual program listings as is possible. Our first issue carries a terminal program in basic, a simple graphics program a simple graphics program, a 'C' tutorial, a section on Commodore Developer support, a list of products with actual and expected deliveries, as well as a list of other goodies. We are working hard to give the user a magazine they will use and keep as reference. We are starting small and building and we are always working with new writers and programmers. Our position is that the Amiga is a great machine that should survive if better information is available and less rumors are spread. We have been marketing the magazine to the Commodore Amiga dealers and our first issue will be there. However, not everyone of the dealers has taken us up on our "wild and crazy" ideas. Ask your dealer if he has responded to our 25% free offer. If he doesn't want to carry our small work…… call me, Don Hicks at 1-617-679-3109 for a subscription or mail a request to: P.O. Box 869 Fall River, MA 02722 as I said before, we have ad space available in our first issue and because we are untried and we are still receiving our dealer orders, we have not set the first printing quanity, we are selling ad space "DIRT CHEAP." IF YOU ARE DEVELOPING, CONTACT US. By the way, we will also be doing product reviews based on how the product performs and how the customer may use the product in their home and office. Thank you for the good wishes, We will do our best to earn your appreciation. ————Don Hicks————-
#1371From: DON HICKSDec 11, 1985 11:19 PM
Our hope is to make Amazing Computing a magazine for Amiga users (read doers!). We want to publish as much information and actual program listings as is possible. Our first issue carries a terminal program in basic, a simple graphics program a simple graphics program, a 'C' tutorial, a section on Commodore Developer support, a list of products with actual and expected deliveries, as well as a list of other goodies. We are working hard to give the user a magazine they will use and keep as reference. We are starting small and building and we are always working with new writers and programmers. Our position is that the Amiga is a great machine that should survive if better information is available and less rumors are spread. We have been marketing the magazine to the Commodore Amiga dealers and our first issue will be there. However, not everyone of the dealers has taken us up on our "wild and crazy" ideas. Ask your dealer if he has responded to our 25% free offer. If he doesn't want to carry our small work…… call me, Don Hicks at 1-617-679-3109 for a subscription or mail a request to: P.O. Box 869 Fall River, MA 02722 as I said before, we have ad space available in our first issue and because we are untried and we are still receiving our dealer orders, we have not set the first printing quanity, we are selling ad space "DIRT CHEAP." IF YOU ARE DEVELOPING, CONTACT US. By the way, we will also be doing product reviews based on how the product performs and how the customer may use the product in their home and office. Thank you for the good wishes, We will do our best to earn your appreciation. ————Don Hicks————-
#1283From: GARY SARFFDec 11, 1985 6:36 AM
Is your magazine going to be a little more in-depth/technically oriented as compared to AmigaWorld. I buy copies of AmigaWorld (I don't subscribe) but really find it to be filled with pretty useless and filled with a lot of "consumer-type" drivel. Witness this months two page article on Lisp and the history of AI and the last issues terrifically informative article about the "wonderful C language" but they have a veeery long article about Andy Warhol. I hope your publication will be a little more informative. Is it going to be sold at bookstores/newstands, or by subscription only? thanks – and good luck. Gary