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From: seitz@netcom.COM (Matthew Seitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: US ST mags (was Re: ST mags from abroad)
Keywords: Magazines
Message-ID: <24463@netcom.COM>
Date: 18 Feb 91 02:33:52 GMT
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Just before last Christmas, on a whim, I subscribed to just about every U.S.
ST Magazine.  Except STart:  I don't think the disk is worth the cost.  I did
subscribe to ATARI EXPLORER, ATARI INTERFACE, CURRENT NOTES, ST JOURNAL, 
ST WORLD, and ST INFORMER.

So far I've received two copies of ST INFORMER and one of ST WORLD.  The 2
issues of ST INFORMER have been excellent.  Lots of new product announcements,
advertisements (a plus in my opinion), Atari News, and Product Reviews.  The
issue of ST WORLD was a big disappointment.  Usually, this magazine has all
the same good features I mentioned for ST INFORMER.  Not this time.

All the new product announcements were games.  There was no Atari News.  Dave
Small's excellent column was missing.  There were only two articles on
applications or utilities for general ST users.  Of these, one was on CodeHead's
MultiDesk and HotWire and MultiFile, all of which have been reviewed many 
times in the past in other magazines.  25% of the articles were on Lynx games,
which are useless to ST owners.  All in all, a big disappointment.

So far, ST INFORMER has been by far the best buy.

-- 
					Matthew Seitz

					Note new address:
					seitz@netcom.com