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From: pa1044@sdcc15.UUCP (pa1044)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Are there any Tandy specific magazines left?
Summary: YES!
Keywords: 80-Micro is dead, long live ?
Message-ID: <654@sdcc15.UUCP>
Date: 22 Oct 88 22:27:27 GMT
References: <8497@mhuxu.UUCP>
Reply-To: pa1044@iugrad2.UCSD.EDU (John C. Fowler)
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Organization: University of California, San Diego
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In article <8497@mhuxu.UUCP> jmj@mhuxu.UUCP (J. M. Johnson) writes:
>I used to subscribe to 80 Micro magazine and enjoyed it very much.  Now I need
>a new source for Tandy specific information.  Are there any other magazines
>out there that I'm not able to find at the local news stand?

If you're a Model I/III/4 user, then yes, there are some magazines
out there.  There's nothing the size of 80 Micro with slick pages
anymore, but the quality of many of these magazines, in my opinion,
surpasses that of 80 Micro's latter days of I/III/4 support.

One magazine is in electronic form and is known as TRSLINK.  It's
available on Usenet . . . check a few messages back.

Another interesting magazine is TRSTimes, a bi-monthly publication
on regular paper.  You can get a sample copy for $3.00 or all six of
the 1988 issues for $15.00.  TRSTimes will also be continuing into
1989, and offers subscriptions for that year as $18.00 for six
issues.  Their address is TRSTimes, 20311 Sherman Way #221, Canoga
Park, CA  91306.

I probably shouldn't put both of these in the same paragraph, but I
don't get either, so I can't describe them very well.  Computer News 80
is a monthly publication supporting the "user" of the Model 4.  It's
not very technical, so if you don't want to get into the
technicalities of the TRS-80, it's ideal.  Another publication is
The Misosys Quarterly, put out by (who else?) Misosys on (what
else?) a quarterly basis.  I've no idea what's in it.

If you're a NEWDOS/80 user and haven't heard of Northern Bytes,
now's the time to check out some of their back issues.  Other DOS's
are also supported, but most of the articles are NEWDOS/80-related.
There are eight issues each in volumes 5 and 6 at $2.00 each.  In
volume 7 there are five issues, the first two of which are $2.00,
and the last three of which are $4.00 (but double-sized).
Supposedly, they're still publishing, but if so, it's on a VERY
irregular basis.  Order from The Alternate Source, 704 N.
Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing, Michigan.  Sorry, I don't have the ZIP
code or phone number handy.  VISA/MC accepted, enclose $3.00 for
shipping and handling if you order more than just a couple of
issues.

If you're an MS-DOS user, you'll just have to check out the user
group newsletters and the other MS-DOS magazines.  That's so
widespread that no one considered it worth taking over after 80
Micro died.

-- 
John C. Fowler, pa1044@iugrad2.UCSD.EDU 
(If you can remember that, good for you!)
Disclaimer: The Regents and I disagree on everything.
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