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--- BY JAMES L. MATHEWS ---
Well wouldn't you know it...Just as you are actually beginning to enjoy
POWER, I have to go and write something! Yes, it's your boring ol' editor
here, James. If I was a decent editor then the stuff I write wouldn't be
printed but there you go.
I've noticed that every single CHIT CHAT written always has the writer
slagging himself off (hence the first paragraph). Everyone always begins
with something such as "It's me again, sorry, just skip this file if you
want..." and always finishes with something like, "Well, I hope I haven't
bored you too much...", just a small observation from me there!
Well, I must say that I am beginning to get extremely fed up with ROYAL
MAIL. So much of my post has been going missing! I think that the problem
is finally getting sorted out but it has been the same sending things OUT
too. Not so long ago, about 80 disks went astray in the post and other
fairly large packages have gone missing. What I don't understand is how
this happens. I put my return address on just about every letter I send out
and on large packages I put my address on without thinking so even if a
letter can't get delivered, it should at least make it back to me. Where
does all this missing post go? I can just about understand a small letter
on its own going missing by slipping down behind a cabinet or something but
how can a package containing 80 disks go missing? It was in a jiffy bag big
enough to live in and it's not something that really just goes missing
without being seen. I reckon that there's a postie out there reading this
issue right now...Not because he ordered a copy...Not because I sent him a
copy...But because he NICKED a copy. Postman Pat, I'm onto you so watch
out! Anyway, the main reason for writing this paragraph is to say that if
you have written to me (whether you're a regular contact or someone who has
simply got in touch) and I haven't replied for over a fortnight then get
back in touch as I have obviously not got your letter\package. I reply to
EVERY letter I get so if you haven't had a reply then tell me.
Well, you may have noticed that last month's issue (POWER #21) was dedicated
to Chris Sharp. You may be wondering why. Well, it was because Chris TOLD
me that he was leaving England to go and live in America for a year and he
told me that he was also leaving the scene. Well, being the nice guy that I
am, I thought that I would dedicate the issue to him because of his
departure. The result was that I eventually realised what was happening but
it was too late, the issue had been released. He was simply getting me back
for a small little trick that I played on him a while ago. Chris is so
gullible that you wouldn't believe it. If I wrote and told him that I was
the queen enclosing a picture of my neighbours pet cat, he'd believe me!
Anyway, we were on the phone and conversation was getting a bit sparse so,
being the nice bloke I am, I told him that I had a spare hard drive, RAM
upgrade, TOS upgrade, loads of software and possibly even a spare STFM that
he could have. Well, without any questions or queries, the bloke believed
me! He even went and told his parents about my generosity. I then went off
on a small field trip for a week, forgetting about my little 'scam'. When I
got back, I remembered and phoned up Chris to break the bad news. Poor
bloke! Such a sad and childish little trick but Chris fell for it and had
practically rearranged his life around it. Oh dear.
Well, I now have POWER P.D. fully up and running as a commercial library. I
am selling disks at just 99p a disk including postage and packaging and I
also have VERY cheap blank disks, commercial software (including my own
brand, TOP BYTE SOFTWARE) and I also stock THE ST HANDBOOK along with lots
more. For more information, look out for an article about POWER P.D. in
future issue of ST HANDBOOK (probably issue 5 or 6) or read the article
about it all in this issue. For a disk catalogue, just send a disk and
S.S.A.E. to the normal POWER address which is in the INFO file in this issue
of POWER.
It seems that the amount of registrations that I am getting is remaining the
same for POWER but I know that the readership levels have been significantly
increasing recently. I know it must get pretty boring with Shareware
authors saying this all the time but please register. I ask for £1.25
registration. For this, you get a free disk with loads more P.D. on along
with a mini-mag which contains more articles and competitions to enjoy. A
new issue of this disk is produced every month and an issue is assigned to
an issue of POWER. For example, issue four of this disk (THE REGISTERS
EXTRA DISK) is assigned to this issue so if you send me £1.25 and say that
you are registering POWER #21, you will get a copy of that. If you register
POWER #20, you will get issue 3 of THE REGISTERS EXTRA DISK, if you register
issue 22 of POWER next month, you will get issue 5 of THE REGISTERS EXTRA
DISK and so on. For full information on how to register your copy of POWER,
read the INFO file in this issue. Please note though that the money DOES go
back towards POWER. I know that a lot of people think that I just 'run away
with the registrations' but that is NOT true. I don't care about how other
disk magazines run, I -NEED- registrations to keep POWER going. I produce
POWER on a monthly basis and unlike some other smaller disk magazines, I
have to keep in touch with loads and loads of contacts simply for the sake
of POWER disk magazine. I don't just get all this ST news from heaven you
know. I don't manage to get software first and reviewed before anyone else
by simply being alive and I don't manage to get software before its even
been released for previews on a regular basis by simply smiling. I spen an
AMAZING amount of money on postage, packaging, disk labels, disks and so on.
It costs a lot more to keep a disk magazine of POWER's content going than
you may think. Also, with the amount of time I spend on POWER, I need some
type of return to at least justify it. Also, remember that you are getting
something in return for your registration. Another small disk magazine and
loads of P.D. Some P.D.L.'s would charge you upto £3 for this disk alone
without you even registering it so what I am offering could actually be
considered a bargain. THE REGISTERS EXTRA DISK is only available from me by
registering and cannot be obtained anywhere else. It's just a little way of
saying thankyou for supporting me, POWER, Shareware and the ST. I only ask
you to register your issue of POWER if you enjoy it. If you HONESTLY
dislike it then fine, don't register it (unless you really want to get THE
REGISTERS EXTRA DISK). All I ask is that you're honest. I know that a lot
of people don't agree with Shareware and licenceware disk magazines but I
think that all of you who have seen the difference between when POWER was
P.D. and when POWER was Shareware and licenceware shows what the extra funds
have done. If you don't like the idea of a Shareware disk magazine, then
that's fine, but don't read it!
Well, on that note, I think I better sign off. If YOU would like to have a
little chat with us in the CHIT CHAT section then why not do one right now.
Save it to disk in ASCII or FIRST WORD (PLUS) format and send it down.
Well, until next time...