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GADGET.Electronic Edition SEPTEMBER 1987
ISSUE NUMBER 14
Copyright 1987 by Jay Gross.
This file may be freely distributed to public computer
bulletin boards provided this notice is included intact, but
may not be used or published in any other form without prior
consent of the author.
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CAUSERS - - CAROLINA AMIGA USERS GROUP, Columbia, SC
c/o 2224 Airport Blvd., West Columbia, SC 29169
CAUSERS CORNER BBS: (803) 796-3127 - 8pm-8am Eastern Time.
300/1200/2400 N-8-1
Voice telephone (803) 796-3127 Daytime
GADGET Staff
Jay Gross Editor
Ray Radlein Staff Writer
Doug Smoak Staff Writer
Chris Bailey Staff Writer
Margie Mijares Circulation Director
Cesar Mijares Advertising Director
GADGET is the internationally known and acclaimed, national
newsletter for Amiga users, sponsored by CAUSERS, Carolina Amiga
Users Group, of Columbia, South Carolina. It is published
whenever a committee can be volunteered to do so, but preferably
monthly. Subscription is free to members, $ 2.50 per issue (plus
postage) to all others. Submissions for publication are welcome
and may be made by uploading to CAUSERS BBS (803-796-3127 8pm-8am
only, 300/1200/2400 8-N-1), or by contacting the editor. Article
submissions are accepted only in electronic format, but may be in
any word processor or text editor format and in CBM 1541/1571,
MS-DOS or AmigaDOS disk format. Art may be submitted on disk in
IFF file from any graphics editor which supports the IFF
standard.
Tangible materials submitted will not be returned unless
accompanied by sufficient postage. Address all correspondence to
Jay Gross, editor, GADGET, 2224 Airport Blvd., West Columbia, SC
29169. Voice phone: (803) 796-3127 10am-5pm Eastern Time.
Distribution of this newsletter is accomplished by both print
and electronic media. All material is Copyright 1987 by the
respective authors, All Rights Reserved.
CAUSERS Steering Committee
Barry Burton President/Treasurer
Ray Marsh Vice President
Ray Radlein Secretary
Doug Smoak Librarian/SYSOP
Bob Scott Rational Thinking
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WELCOME
by JAY GROSS
Beginning with this, the fourteenth excitement-filled issue of
this outstanding publication, GADGET is going national. Our
electronic edition is already receiving widespread recognition
and attention, and our articles are in demand for reprinting by
club newsletter editors throughout the nation. Therefore, your
megalomaniacal editor has decided, why not go national. Everyone
else does. GADGET will henceforth be styled "The National
Newsletter for Amiga Owners sponsored by CAUSERS."
To get things off to a good start, our September issue is
bigger than ever. Bigger type. Bigger articles. Bigger news.
Even bigger lies in the ever-popular Lies&Rumors department. The
big news this month is that CBM has changed its marketing
strategy. Widely known for its Ready-Fire-Aim approach to
marketing, CBM has a new gung-ho management crew which has
adopted a more spectacular policy, Fire-Ready-Aim. Of course,
the only firing that actually gets done is when they shoot
themselves in the foot, but action is what Irving (Chief EO,
Irving Gould) wanted, and action he gets.
This will come as no surprise to Amigoids, but Amiga postponed
the A2000 again. GADGET had previously predicted the A2000 would
be shipping by now, but no go. Rumors abound, and this time it
looks as though some dealers really are getting A2000 units for
sure. We'll see. Your skeptical editor predicted back in March
that it would be at least September before the 2000 showed its
face in the cold light of day, and Doug Smoak, CAUSERS fearless
sysop, predicted that the boards for the 2000 would be available
before the 2000 itself. So far, we're one hundred percent on the
mark.
As these pages have stated before, don't chalk off your Amiga
1000 yet. Rumors have it that the trade-in offer for 1000 to
2000 is a go, but there's no official word yet. Meanwhile, ASDG's
box full of slots, the 2000-and-one will give you room enough for
all those expansion boards you crave, without spending the bucks
for the 2000. Check the Lies&Rumors column for gorier details on
this critter, as well as the real low-down on a bunch of other
Amiga issues.
GADGET's illustrious staff writer, Ray Radlein, was shocked
and delighted to see a new face on an old friend, descending from
the ozone layers in the last week before GADGET was rushed to
Xerox (not to say, press). TextCraft-Plus: yes, folks, it's not
an illusion. Been floating 'round in CBM's musty corners since
March, by some accounts. Ray takes a look at the new product, as
Ray is uniquely qualified to do, having stretched the regular old
TextCraft far beyond its severe limitations.
Ray also inflicts his favorite puns on us with his Club News
column, heralded far and wide for its diversity of style, its
preponderance of Latinate roots, and who knows what else. If you
want to know what's going on at the meetings you miss, read Ray's
column, and then show up at the next meeting. CAUSERS has a
committee (Ray) in charge of \iproviding\i old business for each
meeting.
Also in this issue is a report from the annual computer
graphics gathering, SIGGRAPH, at which Amiga annually makes a
splash, but CBM is too stupid to advertise the fact. Some new
airware in the works, too, so check that one out first-off.
Look for the FACCII article, too, which tells you what you're
missing if you don't have FACC, ASDG's Floppy ACCelerator
software.
Welcome back to GADGET's pages the writing talents of Ron
McCraw, who gives us his "first impressions" of Deluxe Music
Construction Set and Sonix. DMCS, a sloppy port from a lesser
machine, has already been soundly bashed in these pages, so Ron
lets it off light. Sonix, alas, has been a virgin to GADGET's
vicious critics.
The usual is here too, for those of you wishing for something
familiar and homey-like. The NewStuff.column brings us up to
date on the New Stuff, and there's always Lies&Rumors, blazing
new trails in epic proportions. Maybe you should get a second
subscription for your bathroom.
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