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From: rap@dana.UUCP (Rob Peck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Transactor (was VDK: Alive after Kick!)
Message-ID: <290@dana.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jan 88 01:24:07 GMT
References: <2172@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Organization: Dana Computer, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
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Summary: I have one, but then... mine is one of the articles...

In article <2172@gryphon.CTS.COM>, jyouells@pnet02.cts.com (John Youells) writes:
> - has anyone seen Transactor for the
> Amiga yet?

At the Amy Expo, CompuSave was selling copies of the Amiga Transactor.
All in all, it is the kind of magazine that I woulda wanted to be
reading all along the way.  (Disclaimer - I do indeed have one of
my articles in it, but discounting that fact, I felt that which
was sandwiching my stuff was overall of a good quality.)

It somehow reminded me of the early days of Kilobaud Microcomputing
wherein even though you might not have the particular computer
(or in this case, the language about which the item is written)
the article itself remains interesting generically.

The magazine is mostly meat and little vegetation (few ads) and
is about 80 pages long (I remember the quote about the 100 pages
of editorial material and only 80 pages to put it in - forgot
to count - left it home.)

The "CUTE" aspect of the formatting is that each page has a title bar
and front/back gadgets.  At the bottom of the page is a scroll box
that contains a little square that shows the page number, and on each
page, from 1 to (80?), the page number box is moved slightly more
to the right, so that the last page number on the last page is 
shoved over to the right hand edge.  Somebody else hadda point
this out to me --- I was so impressed with the technical quality
that I didnt notice the cute.

There are a lot of recognizeable names in the first issue - hope
they can continue to attract a quality bunch.  Names such as
Perry K, (me - 8^)), Matt Dillon, Larry Phillips and Steve Ahlstrom
(sysops from C$erve), 
    aha, found my photocopy of the cover at least...

    Bryce Nesbitt, Jim Butterfield, Vic Wagner, Rico Mariani,
    Scott Ballantyne, Andy Finkel, J.C.Bat, John Toebes,
    Betty Clay, Don Curtis, and edited by Nick Sullivan
    (sysop of Commodore's Programming forum on CServe)
    among others.

Hope I did not forget anyone! (cover page did not mention the
editor's contributions).

Yes, I read it all, and enjoyed it all.  Good job folks!!
The issue is dated April 1988 and according to Transactor will
be in their distribution network RSN.  They brought 200 copies
"cross the border" for Amy Expo and all have been snapped up
thusfar.

If they don't "give" me a subscription, I am even planning on
paying for it.   Aaarrrgghhh, cash outlay - ah well, its worth it.

Rob Peck			...ihnp4!hplabs!dana!rap