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  5. ü
  6.  
  7. àThePositivelyStuffedChristmasTurkey-Torial..ü
  8.  
  9. ä(Or,hereweareagain..)ü
  10.  
  11. ÇDate-thingy,December26th1994,abrightpre-noonsunnyday,and
  12. I(Me,CIH,editorialcreature)ampresentlyattheresidenceof
  13. myparents,otherwiseknownas'Theoldcorrespondenceaddress'..
  14. Imayalsobeknownas'Thatslackbastard'astheimmediatepre-
  15. Xmaspanichasmeantthatalmostnothinghaspassedbetween
  16. myselfandthiskeyboarduntilalittlesomethingyesterday,and
  17. thisself-regardingeditorialtoday,stillherewegoagain,as
  18. yetanotherissueofMaggienearscompletion,(wellnotexactly
  19. "near"yet,butdefinitelyinsightfairlysoon)..Wellwhatto
  20. talkabout?
  21.  
  22. üTheBestoftimes??
  23.  
  24. Ç1994then,whataturbulentyear..Asimilarfeelingcouldbehad
  25. bybeingstrappedtothebackofarocket-sledandfireddownthe
  26. mainrunwayatHeathrowAirport,comingtoastopagainsta
  27. concretecrashbarrierattheend..
  28.  
  29. äTheBestoftimes..ÇAtarimanagedtojump-startJaguar,hopefully
  30. someindicationsoononhowtheydidforXmas'94..Segaand
  31. Commodoreloseout,Commodoreloseoutfatally..TheFalcon
  32. establisheditselfbetterincertainareasasagoodenthusiasts
  33. machine,andsoftwareofwhateverstripeforthatmachinewas
  34. distinctlybetterthanin'93..TheSTEmadealittlebitofa
  35. comebackaswellwithädecentÇspecificgamesforitatlast..
  36. LargepartsoftheAtariscene,especiallythemorededicatedand
  37. talentedpartscontinuetosurvive..
  38. ü
  39. äTheWorstoftimes..ÇAtariquitfrommakingcomputersaltogether,
  40. thisistheendoftheSTseriesasfarastheyareconcerned,
  41. althoughthirdpartiesarenowgettinginvolvedthere..ThePC
  42. seemstodominatetotallynow,astherearenorealalternatives
  43. atthepresent,andeverythingsaidaboutthePC'standard'over
  44. thepreviousyearfeelstentimesworsenow..Peoplewhoknownot
  45. whattheyaretalkingabouthadtwonewbuzzwordstoplaywith
  46. thisyear,theseare'Multi-Media'and'Internet',againthe
  47. unstoppablePCmachinehadalottodowiththeexplosivegrowth
  48. ofthesesadcharacters..Thereisalsothelossofalargepart
  49. oftheAtariscene,andthedisappearanceofmostoftheprint-
  50. mediaaroundatthebeginningoftheyear..Theworldgenerally
  51. remainsashitplacewhichexcludestheuseofimaginationhumour
  52. andtalentineverydaylife..
  53. ü
  54. (Pauseforaminuteaseditorinincrediblyawkwardwriting
  55. positiononthefloor,wrappedaroundthebed(nokidding!)
  56. basheshisknee..Thepainfromthekneecapregionisoneofthe
  57. mostexquisitelypainfulsensationsknowntoman,andImustgo
  58. offandrollaroundinagonyforabit..Imissmypurpose
  59. 'built'writingfloorareabackathome!!)
  60.  
  61. ÇAnyway,isthea'95worthgoingto,andIthink,upon
  62. considerationoftheavailableevidence(newsoftware,newFalcon
  63. etc)theanswerhasbebearesoundingüYES!!Ç
  64. ü
  65. Rich'sBit,seebelowformore..Ç
  66.  
  67. Well,somewonderfulthingshavehappenedsincethelastrelease
  68. ofMaggie(Issue15),startingwith........zzz.......(WAKEUP!)
  69.  
  70. Seriouslythough,someexcellentthingshavehappenedrecently.
  71.  
  72. Thefirstistheimpendingreleaseofthesequeltotheexcellent
  73. movie'DreamALittleDream'.Yup,it'scalled'DreamALittle
  74. Dream2'andstarsCoreyFeldmanandCoreyHaim.Wedon'tyet
  75. knowatthisstageifMeredithSalengerisinvolvedwith'DreamA
  76. LittleDream2'-orifJasonRobardsandtherestofthecast
  77. fromtheoriginalareinvolved-Wehopethattheyare,forall
  78. oursakes....
  79.  
  80. Wearehopingtohaveareviewof'DreamALittleDream2'in
  81. thisissueofMaggie,however,itmayappearinthenextissue,
  82. instead.ThetruthisthatourNTSCvideocontactdoesnot
  83. appeartobeabletogetholdofityet.Youcanbesure,that
  84. whenwedogetit,itwillbethebestmovieevertohitthis
  85. earth!
  86.  
  87. üLookÇatournewüInternetÇaddress!
  88.  
  89. Itis**showroom@evecam.demon.co.uk**
  90.  
  91. à-Don'tMailthis!-äEr,hangonnote,asEveshamareapparently
  92. changingfromDemontoanotherE-Mailprovider,detailstofollow
  93. definitelynextissue..-CIH..
  94.  
  95. ÇYes,ourInternetaddressisnowonline!
  96.  
  97. ItisbasedattheshowroomofEveshamMicrosinCambridge,UK,
  98. however,ALLmaildirectedtousWILLgettousviathisroute.
  99. WehopetohaveourownInternetaddressalsofordirect
  100. conversation,mailing,etc-however,theoneabovewillalsobe
  101. availableforuseevenwhenourownaddressisonline.
  102.  
  103. --EndofRich'sBit--
  104.  
  105. üBobHoskinsÇ..
  106.  
  107. It'sgoodtotalk?Butwhatasmugknowinglittlefacehehas,
  108. andwouldn'tyouliketosmashitin?
  109.  
  110. üWorst'Multi-tedia'HomePCAdvert,Xmas'94..Ç
  111.  
  112. Averyclosecompetition,betweenthe'Ap-äTeeeÇ-va'andtheCompaq
  113. Presario,withadvertsofleadenlybanaldirectionandmind-
  114. bogglinglydullsubjectmatter,butthewinnerhastobethe
  115. quicknastyandcheapRadioRentalsadwhichhassomecartoon
  116. blokecalledReg,orRay,orDavewithanincrediblyrigid
  117. cartoonjawgivingamotormouthhardsellalongthelinesof'Buy
  118. one,getonefree',orsomething..
  119.  
  120. üSwitchoff,Powerdown,logoff,plagiarisetheAtariExplorer
  121. Onlineend-bit..
  122.  
  123. Maggiewasbroughttoyoubytheusualdedicatedteamoflunatics
  124. andfools,ST,STE,TOS,andFalconarealltrademarksofAtari
  125. Corp,althoughthisisreallyinconvenienttothem,theyarejust
  126. happywithJaguaratthemoment,andcan'treallyhackallthis
  127. nastyirreleventcomputerstuffclutteringupthehallway..Never
  128. mindAtari,can'twinthemalleh!
  129.  
  130.