Xref: utzoo comp.lang.misc:1831 comp.sys.misc:1657 comp.sys.amiga:22621 comp.sys.mac:20144 comp.sys.atari.st:11303 comp.sys.ibm.pc:18935 rec.mag:114 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!pasteur!agate!web-1e.berkeley.edu!c60a-1bq From: c60a-1bq@web-1e.berkeley.edu (nunnayourbiznezz) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.sys.misc,comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.ibm.pc,rec.mag Subject: Re: Tech Magazines, a suggestion Keywords: fanzine Message-ID: <14078@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 9 Sep 88 19:04:55 GMT References: Sender: usenet@agate.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: na Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 25 In article mccarrol@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mark C. Carroll ) writes: > >I see no reason why a similar idea could not be applied to a programmers >magazine. It would be a lot of work for the people involved, but if >people were actually willing to contribute articles and code, it could >certainly work. And, if this idea is to be tried, the Usenet is a good >place to start it. Code can be made available by uucp, so that the >readers wouldn't have to type it, and distribution can be done electronically, >so that the costs would be covered by the reader, for transmission time. > >\ Mark Craig Carroll \ /"Quick to judge, quick to anger / > | perhaps better known as: \/ Slow to understand | > | mccarrol@topaz.rutgers.edu /\ Ignorance and Prejudice | >/ ...backbone!rutgers!topaz!mccarrol / \ and Fear walk hand in hand" -N.Pert \ Mark, for the most part, that is what comp.[sys|binaries|sources].atari.st is. Steve Grimm maintains archives at archive-server@ssyx.ucsc.edu with binaries and sources. What would be very nice would be in depth articles (like those for how to reserve memory for video ram that showed up 2 weeks ago) WITH BIBLIOGRAPHY. That way, we could go out and get further info if necessary. Just a title and date would be sufficient. Better code documentation would also be super helpful. John Kawakami "I am a Christmas tree..."--Wild man Fischer