WELCOME TO AMOSZINE ISSUE #11 (March 1996)
      
      
      At  last it's here, Az 11 for all you Amos'ers out there.  Yip it's
      late, in fact, it's very late! But there is a reason (yet again)!!!
      
      Amoszine   is  now  gonna  be  released  every  three  months  (ie.
      quarterly) from now on!  Plus we shall be trying to keep Az down to
      only 2-disks from now on.
      
      This  way  we hope to only include quality articles and source code
      too. A few people were moaning about the price of Az and also about
      some of the space-filler source on the disks.

      Yeah,  OK,  there  were  times  when I bunged on the odd old bit of
      source  to  fill  up the extra bytes left on the disks, but I would
      rather  fill  a  disk  to  the brim than just releasing a partially
      filled disk.

      Whatsmore, all the source is archived, so you were actually getting
      more  source  via  Az  than  any  other  Amos  disk  mag.  The best
      collection  of  Amos  source code anywhere!  (Yip, even better than
      the  Amos  CD, maybe not quite as much source, but Az has EXCLUSIVE
      source  each  issue  which is of much better quality than any other
      files I've seen anywhere).

      I've been looking at other Amos disk mags and I have to say that Az
      is still the best as far as source goes. We do need better articles
      though.   That's not to say that Az is lacking in quality articles!
      Oh  no.  Who can forget the exclusives from Andy Smith, Paul Overy,
      Manual Andre and Lee Bamber?  The top Amos coders :-)

      Not  fogetting that we also have commercial guys submitting goodies
      too.  Ya know, Mal Lavery, now a commercial gfx artist.  He's still
      loyal to Az.  Of course when Az first started we also had guys like
      Alan Carter and Edmund Clay submitting work also.

      Alan  went  all  commercial  and  left  Amos (sadly) and Edmund has
      written one of the finet ever progs ever created with Amos, GR.A.C!

      Don't forget that Steve Bye is/was a commercial programmer too.  He
      wrote a few commercial games for the Speccy and C64 ya know.  (it's
      true, I've seen the cassettes - thanx Steve)

      Now we have yet another commercial programmer writing for Az.  Dave
      Kirk  is  now  gonna be a regular contributor to Az.  So much so in
      fact that he is now promoted to Co-Ed!

      Dave  is  the  guy  behind  many Licenceware titles and even a full
      commercial game named International Golf.  He is also just about to
      release  (if  not already) yet another full commercial titles named
      World Golf.

      How he finds time to contribute to Az I'll never know.

      Az  also  has  its  own musician as regulars will know.  Mike (Med)
      Richmond is a well known musician in the Amos/Amiga community.  Not
      only does Mike have articles/mods included with Az, but he also has
      a  lot  of work submitted to the world's best selling Med Disk Mag,
      MUG! (Med User's Group)


      So let's look at the team then:

      Commercial Guys still with us:
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Phil Wilkinson   -  Runs the biggest/best Licenceware company - F1!
      Lee Bamber       -  Now works for Europress Software.
      Dave Kirk        -  Now works for Gremlin.

      Commercial Guys who have moved on:
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Paul Overy  -  Now works for Anco.
      Alan Carter -  Team 17.


      Edmund  Clay  is leaving Amos to learn assembler and C!  After all,
      he  is looking for a career in programming commercially - good luck
      Edmund from everyone at Az.


      And what about this:

      These guys have written F1's highest rated software with Amos:

      Malcolm Lavery - Magic Paint Box - 96%
      Edmund Clay    - GRAC            - 95%
      Andy Gibson    - Ult Quiz #1     - 95%
      Andy Gibson    - Ult Quiz #2     - 95%

      (Full list of top rated software available from Phil at F1)


      Now  sit  back  and tell me that Az doesn't have the most qualified
      guys  writing  for  it.   Az  is the best Amos Disk Mag around.  No
      others come even close.

      Let's  not forget that Az also includes tutorials on other subjects
      not exactly Amos releated such as Imagine tutorials.  Yeah, Richard
      Martin  pops  up  from time to time to help you get the most out of
      Imagine. (I hope you all got Imagine 3 on coverdisk recently)


      Well, that's about all for now. Enjoy the mag ....

      Andy Gee!




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