When
Bob Woolley found that Ben was considering giving up the AC adventure,he started trying to work out an arrangement to keep the magazine going.
He asked if I would be interested in editing and laying out the magazine. "Sure," I said, not being noted for my highly rational behavior.
I hoped Ben would continue as Managing Editor with me doing the physical layout of the magazine and another of Bob's friends; also named Bob Woolley; doing the printing.
By then Ben was too worn down to continue on what looked to be an unpromising path, so we (the California crowd) talked it over and decided we could still pull off publication with the lower subscription level that Ben is hobbled with.
Now Ben, like you, doesn't know us from Adam, except for his work with Bob Woolley (the 8-bit one). He wants to honor his financial responsibilities to his subscribers and printer, Unicorn Publications, so he feels it is best to end his version of AC and let us do our thing as a fresh venture.
We new folk feel a sense of continuity is important. We want to continue the Atari Classics name and hope the current editorial staff will stay with us. We want to continue publishing bimonthly, with a disk available three times a year. We will continue the current subscription rates, and will even offer you a discount if you're brave enough to subscribe for two or three years.
So, if you're interested in this thing continuing, cash Ben's refund check and start a fresh subscription with us.
Yeah, we realize it's a big hassle for you. We hope you realize it's also a big hassle for Ben and us.
As I said, we hope the current editorial staff will continue with us. Including an occasional column from the 8-Bit Alchemist.
We are also trying to arrange coverage of the 8-bit BBS scene and hope to include articles for new users
We haven't contacted any of the "old" staff yet, but to give you a feel for what we'll be doing, Ben has given us this four page insert and we've imposed on a couple of our developer friends to provide you with some thoughts about their plans for the Classic 8-bit market.
At the Sacramento Atari Computer Exposition Bob Woolley had a chance to talk with Darek Mihocka about Darek's new PC Xformer. We give you our impressions in a third article.
Here we go ... Coming?
