Re: Magazine?

[spector@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article  erik@hypermall.com (Erik Kloeppel) writes...
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>hmm.. Softdisk is still around - two flavors: softdisk and siftdiskGS. 
>It's entirely disk based.  The few  issues I've deen were dissapointing in
>the extreme, but that may have been luck of the draw, or unreasonable
>expectations on my part.

	Not quite, the 8-bit version of SoftDisk for the Apple IIe/IIc
was recently discontinued. SoftDisk GS is still around for the moment, 
but as you mention above, it's disk-based only. I seem to recall SDGS
putting an emphasis on software, rather than articles, reviews and 
news updates anyways.

>I really like GS+.  It's IIGS specific, bi-monthly, and while you can get
>a subscription without the disk, I think that's a mistake.  That disk is a
>BIG plus.  You can order at 800 662 3634

	Unfortunately, Steve Disbrow has announced publication of GS+ has
ceased as of this week. It has gone the way of Nibble, InCider/A+, A2-Central
and II-Alive, which of course QC has announced will fold after 5 more issues 
(less than a year's time from now).

>Joe Kohn also puts out Shareware Solutions II - Sadly, I've not seen it,
>but it gets rave reviews from everybody I've talked to.  You can contact
>him at joko@delphi.com

	I've seen a sample of Shareware Solutions II, the premiere issue
from July 1993. It's well layed out, interesting, informative and contains
many interesting articles and reviews. Still, it's a newsletter and not a
magazine with the usual magazine-type gloss. In some ways this is a plus,
since all the fluff is removed and all that's left is a concentrate of the 
good stuff. Now magzines _are_ nice, but they are now completely a thing of 
the past as far as the Apple II world is concerned. :/

	So that's it folks -- we're down to one Apple II publication that's 
printed on paper: Shareware Solutions II. 

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Mitchell Spector
m_spect@vega.concordia.ca / spector@vax2.concordia.ca