--- In afb@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Cundle" <paul@...> wrote:
>
> ----- Me A While Back -----
>
> >> Nice. I stuck with the Amiga until its last remaining
> >> magazine died as a staple-bound pamphlet
>
>
> ----- Andrew Burton A Bit Afterwards -----
>
> > err... Amiga magazines dead?
>
> Yep.
>
> > Have you not heard of Total Amiga
>
> Nope.
>
> > (last issue out early last year, as the editor wanted to
> > concentrate on other things)
>
> So not in publication for nearly two years then...

Yes, but the editor (Robert Williams) had been publishing the magazine
for 7 years before deciding he wanted to work on other things. He
didn't write the magazine on his own, but he couldn't find anyone
willing to take over the job :(


>
> > or Amiga Future
>
> Nope.
>
> > (originally a German magazine, it now is translated into
> > English *and* you can get it with a CD packed full of
> > demo's, games and other stuff, both old and new).
>
> Far be it from me to denigrate these publications, but can
> either of them be purchased on a monthly basis from
> WHSmith?* If not, then I have to say it's not exactly the
> best sign of life.
>

No, but the Amiga isn't mainstream anymore. The fact that the
magazines exist shows how much interest in the Amiga still exists.
Total Amiga used to be printed in both the UK *and* the US.


> Paul C, *other purveyors of paper-based publications are
> available. Though in the case of Woolies, not for much
> longer.
> --
>

Hehe, I hope Woolies survives, or atleast gets bought out. I own
shares in them ;) MFI might also go, but then so can any company big
or small in the current economic situation.


Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk@...