Re: Apple Publications

[sane@netaxs.com (Episkopos Wonko)]

Dave Althoff (dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us) wrote:
: Will (seldenw@tiger.hsc.edu) wrote:
: :    Softalk is the best Apple II magazine.  It was free and over 200 pages
: : in issue.  It was published back in the glory days of the Apple II and had
: : a wide variety of information.

: Well, it's a tough call between Softalk and Nibble.  But Softalk was a
: great magazine if for no reason than that it got beyond the nuts and bolts
: of reviews and programming columns, and did feature articles about
: actually using you ][ in real life; looking at how the ]['s were
: invaluable to so many people.  In fact, I think there was even a fiction
: feature from time to time.  It was kind of the "New Yorker" of computer
: magazines.

: It was actually not a free publication, but they had some deal worked out
: where any Apple ][ owner could get a 1 yr. free subscription by submitting
: his computer's serial number.

	I am now thouroughly embarassed and kicking myself in the head 
for not getting into the ][ market when I did (around 89.) I went with A+ 
for a while but when it died I waited a year and subscribed to GS+. THAT 
was the mag I was *really* *REALLY* sorry to see go. It's a shame that so
many massive efforts to salvage the shrinking market have been made, and 
almost served to shrink it more. ALL of the publications, past and 
present, were extremely good, and weren't subject to the kind of 
propaganda bullshit that's spammed across every other page of the computer
magazines of today.
	
	Well, just my thoughts.
	Wonko