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From: jhs@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA
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Subject: Re: St magazines
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Date: Wed, 29-Jan-86 11:59:46 EST
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I've just gone through some efforts to become familiar with Atari-oriented
computer magazines, and the following comments summarize my impressions.
Bear in mind that I have only seen a few issues of most of these magazines,
so my comments could well be unfair to some of them.

BYTE, Antic, Analog, and COMPUTE! all have run articles on the ST.  BYTE for
January '86 and COMPUTE! for October '85 have "product descriptions" on the
ST.  Antic and Analog are entirely devoted to Atari products and have
significant sections devoted to the ST.  COMPUTE! is fairly evenhanded amongst
the small personal computers including IBM, Apple, Commodore and Atari, but
still has devoted significant efforts to the ST (as well as the Amiga).
COMPUTE! has in the past provided much excellent information in book form, and
I suspect that they will soon carry the tradition forward to the ST products.
I have been much impressed with their virtuosity on the 8-bit Ataris, so I
suspect that they will continue to be one of the better sources.

Antic seems to be more game-oriented than the others.  Depending on your
interests and applications, this may be good or bad.

Analog seems to have the most complete selection of software and accessories
specifically for Atari products in its advertising.  It seems to be more
"technical" than Antic.

I suggest you browse at your friendly local newsstand (surely in Berkeley, CA
there are newsstands that cater to computer freaks!!!) and see which one(s)
you like best.  I hope you will get other comments which add perspective
and balance, as I am acutely aware that my impressions are based on a very
brief look at these magazines.

						-John Sangster
						jhs at mitre-bedford.arpa