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From: grahamt@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Graham Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: STs used to produce big-selling magazine - in Vietnam
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Date: 27 Jul 90 09:56:23 GMT
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I thought people might be interested to know that the ST is the mainstay
of the editorial office of one of Vietnam's biggest-selling magazines. 
Toi Tre (hope I remembered that right) is a youth magazine produced in
Ho Chi Minh City.  According to the presenters of the TV show I saw it
on (a travel/style show called 'Rough Guide to the World') it's a bit
tame by Western standards, but it does criticize the government and it
names names in corruption scandals.  It's name means 'two-thirds':
two-thirds of the Vietnamese population is apparently under 30 years of
age.

Anyway, the show did some interviews in the editorial office, and this
contained lots of STs - some Megas, some in 520/1040 boxes.  I couldn't
quite make out which program(s) were running.  The screens showed a line
of function key icons along the bottom, so the program might have been
Word Writer or 1st Word Plus.  I could be wrong, though.

I wonder what the Atari market in South East Asia is like?  Anyone know?

Graham