Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!paul.rutgers.edu!hundt From: hundt@paul.rutgers.edu (Thomas M. Hundt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: New magazine named MIPS. Keywords: trash Message-ID: Date: 24 Feb 89 00:38:47 GMT References: <6893@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Distribution: usa Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 33 I observed that some folks have been in mourning over the downfall (or death) of PCTech magazine. Well, there's a new one available called MIPS. I have received the first Which is not a substitute for a tech magazine. The reason for Tech Journal's downfall is that it started out aiming (as its title suggests) at someone who's interested in the technical aspects of the machines. Programmer, savvy user, and especially hackers. Unfortunately, it never really lived up to this (few mass-market magazines that aim at techies do), and thus became yet another competitor to `PC' et al. The material the tech people sought was found in various books (Norton etc.) and even in this very newsgroup. Now, we have this thing called MIPS. My friend Jonathan mockingly calls it "a Real Man's PC magazine". It restricts itself to 386 and other high end machines, which get plenty of coverage elsewhere. It tries to imitate the exotic car magazines, while still being down-to-earth enough to actually have a readership that will spend money on stuff. This is necessary because of... the minimal advertising (compared with "other" mags [computer shopper -- :-) just kidding]) Don't joke. MIPS has just as many ads as the other garbage magazines. 70% perhaps? At least CS doesn't pretend. -- w ["] | Thomas M. Hundt aka hundt@occlusal.rutgers.edu | |__'_ | Gradual Student --- Elect. & Comp. Engineering | H \/| Rutgers University 201/932-5843(Lab) | X | 272 Hamilton St. #96 201/247-6723(H) | _/ \_ | New Brunswick, NJ 08901 "Limit guns not speed" |