HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO MEGADISC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One of the most gratifying aspects of editing Megadisc is getting the mail - the quality of contributions has continued to get even better, even by people who've never written a piece for publication in their lives. This does everyone good (not just MD) - everyone wins, contributors and users. It's very likely that you know things that many others don't, and they'd like to hear about it, if you manage to get it to Megadisc. If you get inspired and send us in a contribution which we use on a future Megadisc, whether it be a review, article, program, series of tips, graphics, animation or whatever, you'll be entitled to any 5 Public Domain disks available in the PD Library (or more if it's a very substantial contribution), as well as a free copy of the Megadisc issue that your piece ends up in. So when you do, include a note saying which disks you'd like to have. Of particular interest are reviews of hardware and software, articles on anything of interest to users, and utilities/programs. Also most welcome would be in-depth reviews of the A500 and A2000, especially anything of a practical nature; information about printers and printer drivers (send in any drivers you have too); any bugs you've found in programs you use, etc. We're particularly keen on "hands-on" type information, HOW to do something, and anything of an explanatory nature. Since there are so many games coming out these days, when it comes to games reviews, a collection of 2 or more reviews in one piece would be appreciated. Any current subscribers who send a contribution will have their subscription extended by one issue, apart from getting their free disks. It would also be much appreciated if you'd put your contribution on disk in the case of text as well, since it saves a lot of key-fingering. Even better, make it a straight ASCII file if you can - ie, use a text editor (like ED in the CLI) or save from your Word Processor as ASCII (if you can). However, documents from Notepad or a word processor are fine if you're not sure about ASCII. Likewise, anyone who sends in a letter or anything else on disk should mention which Public Domain disk they'd like to get back on their disk, and what other disk they'd like to get for their trouble. Another way of getting information to Megadisc is to leave messages and articles, graphics, etc on CLUB AMIGA BBS (sysops: Ross Kellaway & Ken White; Tel: (02) 5216338). All you need is a modem and a Communications program (get one of our public domain progs) - try it, you'll like it! The best way, however is to just ring up, and if you get a machine message, leave your name and number. Don't worry if you don't hear from Megadisc for a while after you contribute something - we'll get back to you eventually, though you can always ring up and enquire about anything, anytime. So get inspired, and be digitally published! It could be the start of a scintillating career in the digital press. And don't forget, what you think is obvious may be mystifying to someone else - they may need to know what you know. ```````````````````` END (BEGINNING?) OF CONTRIBUTIONS ```````````````