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AtarlUser's Publisher talks about the last nine months;
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Remember
Us?
It
was
December,
1992
when you last saw
a
new issue of
AtariUser. Lots has happened
since,
and you71 find some of it
in
this issue, and
more
of it
in
the coming issues. I explain what and
•
why
we
were away
in my
Editor's Comments
on
Page
4.
I know that
I'm grateful to all of
you
who have kept
a
great attitude and
encouraged
me
and the
AU
staff to get the ball rolling again.
In this issue,
we
also cover
a
lot of ground
on
the goings
-
on
of Atari
Corp during the last
nine
months. Pages of news have backed
up on
us, and
we
simply had to decide what to tell you first. This time,
NEWS. Next month,
in
our traditional November Product
Extravaganza, we?1
try
to catch
up on
100
or
more new products
that have been announced, released,
or
improved
since
we
last
published. Look for
a
load of reviews, too!
The HaT word right now
is
JAGUAR. This new game console
may make Atari another fortune, and indirectly aid our computer
interests with infusion of MONEY and public confidence
in
the Atari
name. We've got the first pictures of the Jaguar,
in
color,
as
well
as
screens from some of the dramatic new Jaguar games.
are Eric Bitton's beat, and he's got the current lowdown
on
who, what, and maybe when for all the new ST and Falcon games.
And Robert Yung shares his educated Lynx-eye view of the best
games available for the hand
-
held crowd.
Games
AtariUser NewsBdge
6,7,8,10,11,12
Atarl Corp Earnings, Corporate changes, Super Shows,
Falcon news
and
details, and more!
•
Feature
15-17
Introducing the JAGUAR
A COIDR look at the machine that may change
history! Screen shots, internal diagrams, and the
whole story on the Atarl -
IBM
venture!
•
Music
Departments
22-23
Don't overlook the technical but revealing look at Falcon Audio
by
our newest AU writer, Jeff White. He's done quite
a
job of explaining
just what the new direct-to-disk recording means for the future.
By
the way, many thanks to Nathan Potechin and the ISD crew
for helping AtariUser look
so
good. They
are
responsible for
bringing us
CALAMUS SL, simply the best desktop publishing and
pre
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press system
on
the planet. This issue
is 1()()%
produced
(color, cover, and all)
on
Atari computers
using
Calamus
SL.
Looking ahead, we'll have spotlights
on
MultiWS and Atari
Works,
as
well
as
catching
up on
Portfolio and
8 -
Bit Atari
activities
in
the months to come.
We're back. Thanks for waiting.
John
M.
Nagy, Publisher, AtariUser. Magazine
Jeff White explores the audio secrets of the Falcon030,
and more!
Lynx
Robert Jung's Annual BEST-OF Awards:
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AU
Resource
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non-polluting Linseed inks!
It
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Welcome
Back, AU!
We're BAAAA-AAACKI
And they said it would never
happen. Well, for a while, it felt like it wouldnl
AtariUser Magazine
went from an enthusiastic
December 1992 issue into a nine- month hiatus. And
were back. on what the world hasn't promised to be a
rock-solid month-to-month schedule. Why? And
what can we expect next?
The answers fill this "comeback" issue. Frankly,
advertising fell dead on its face for Atarl magazines. For
AtariUser,
driven exclusively by ad revenues (subscrip·
tions are offered at a breakeven price), it was devastating.
Many other mags, even Atarl's prestigious
EXPWRER,
went
c:way.
Others depended on their large proportion of
subscriber circulation in order to hold on.
We had our own problems, too I moved my resi-
dence (and' the
AU
workshop) right after Christmas, and
in the process, fell and broke a foot. Worse, I was laid up,
mid - move, for many weeks,
WITHOUT
the comfort of a
computer. Arrrg. A very serious illness of a pivitol staff
member also stagnated database progress, and distribu·
tion matters
~Rme
to a complete halt. We stU( are recover·
ing data-
ycitit~s
might be part of what is/was lost! Yikes.
But things are better, for now at the very least.
lDoK over our nev.is of 1993 that we are finally catching
up for you in this October edition. I'm indulging in a spe-
cial "mostly news" format this month, with a return to our
standard
"how
to get more from what you've got" direc-
tion next time. Next TIME? Well, very probably, almost
certainly next month, if....
That IF is the big IF that has kept
AtariUser
out of
circulation in our only publication interruption since we be·
gan more than two years ago, after picking up the torch
from our own predecessor,
ST JOURNAL.
IF we get
enough advertising to publish on time.
We know
AtariUser
is popular. We've had the veri-
fiable top circulation numbers for Atari publications since
we started, topping out at 40,000 actual issues in circula·
tion (figured the way some of our competitors do, that's a
"readership of 160,000"). But Atari product makers are
in
a world of hurt; they can't or won't spend their dinner
money on advertising, but they can't
sell
more products
without advertising.
That may finally be changing, as the
Falcon030
is
finally readily available at dealers in the USA Production
will be driven by demand. What that seems to mean in
this tight and competitive computer marketplace is that
Atari will build no more machines that it has orders for.
Caution, all around. But actual production and sales,
even
if cautiously slow, is more than we have had until now.
And the promise of the
Jaguar
(see our Feature Story,
starting on page 15) gives more than moderate hope that
Atari Corp will survive, indeed, will grow. The company's
continued dedication to the TOS computer line will be
served
by profits from the incredible
Jaguar.
And that
offers hope that advertising money might be found, and
a
COMPUTER ad campaign mounted ... and the world
.
might find out what we've known for a long time - these
computers are GREAT!
Lots of good magazines have bitten the dust in the
last year.
AtariUser
looked like one of them, but
a
never -
ending flow of good will and encouragement from
our
readers kept the embers alive. Fanned now by a brisker
wind from Atari, the flame is back in AtariUser - for
at
least another honest effort.
AtariUser
has evolved into a volunteer magazine.
Only our sales manager gets a commission; all of
our
writ-
ers (and editors and publisher)
are
in it for free - for
now,
anyway.
If
things continue to improve, we might just re-
coup some of the personal debts that staffers have" in·
vested" in the last year.
We know that some of you are
"investors"
too Ex·
isting subscriptions will be honored. But, understanding
your own likely suspicions about investing in the
future,
we are presently only offering new readers a $5 mini-
subscription; three issues for a five-spot. Low in-
vestment, low risk.
In short,
AtariUser
will continue if there is
any
way
that it can. We aren't running off with your money, we
aren't taking our profits (HA!) and cutting out. We'll do
AtariUser
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