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In article <Sep.9.10.47.55.1988.5061@topaz.rutgers.edu> mccarrol@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mark C. Carroll <MC>) writes:
>
>In several of the recent posts about the deterioration of the technical
>magazines, people have been asking, basically, what can be done for
>our type of user - the advanced, literate, technical programmers.
>
>Well, I do have a suggestion. For quite a few years now, Science Fiction
>fans have been doing "fanzines", which are basically magazines, written,
>published, and distributed at cost by the fans who read them. They do
>tend to be much less "pretty", or "professional", but the material inside
>can be extremely good, if the contributors care about the 'zine.
>
>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.
...
>  Mark Craig Carroll
There already exists such a magazine (for almost 3 years yet!).  It is called
'The Amigan Apprentice and Journeyman'
It is published 6 times a year out of Hatteras NC.  Dick Barnes edits it
(and does a darn good job at it) from contributions from all over.  I
write a regular C column in it while Bill Hawes (of Conman and ARexx fame)
does an Assembly column.

Than magazine accepts no advertisements and does not pay authors.  It is
printed on 3 hole punch paper so that you can build a reference guide out
of it.  Additionally it gets an index once a year as part of the issue to
allow you to locate articles quickly.  Unlike other Amiga magazines, it
is possible to sit down and read it completely from cover to cover.

For those interested, the address is:
    The Amigans
     Box 411
     Hatteras, NC 27943
Rate is $24.00 a year.

Plus - they are ALWAYS looking for good articles.
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