From: Paul Bingham, PO Box 2034, Mesa, AZ 85214.
Dear Bill,
If this stationary has caught your attention then let me explain. Last month I was talking with Tim (Time Designs) Woods about his Z88 newsletter. I’ve done some art work for Tim in the past in addition to articles. I ask him if I could help and he said sure. Well, since that conversation Tim has sent me everything and made me Managing Editor! I’ve already gotten articles and programs from Tim, Ken Wildman, Charles Finn, and Rob Curry. The first issue ought to go out by Thanksgiving.
How’s about one year’s subscription of PIPELINE (six issues — $24.95 value) for UPDATE for a year? And if I get some Z88 submittals that duplicate or wont fit in an issue I’ll send them your way. Sound O.K.?
The PIPEDREAM format will be different than other Sinclair publications. We have a larger PC crowd and we decided to go upscale as the price indicates. The typesetting will be done on a Mac II and output to a Apple Lazer printer. The look will be something between USA TODAY, a Congressional Newsletter, and the Wall Street Journal. More later. — Paul Bingham……….
UPDATE Commentos: Sounds like PIPELINE will be an outstanding new publication that will be of interest to both Z88 and QL users. I had written to Tim Woods asking for a subscription to the Z88 newsletter and was getting impatient. So, you can bet your boots that I’ll trade subscriptions with you for PIPELINE. Good Luck in the publishing venture and I’ll help in any way that I can.
UPDATE now has about 50 subscribers who own the Z88. Most also have either the TS-2068 or the QL. The Z88 user group is definitely developing, and will likely become equal in numbers to all other Sinclair users by the end of 1989. It appears that most intend to stay with a larger Desk Top computer and transport files back and forth. UPDATE is betting that our TS-2068 and QL users who have the Z88 will remain committed to using their “mainstay” systems. But we recognize the utility of the Z88 when operated in conjunction with other computer systems. But for some the Z88 will be as much computer as they need with its built in software ensemble and its ability to use common periphreals. UPDATE will bring as much information as can be garnered to support the Z88 users in the operation of the Z88 itself, and its capabilities for file sharing with the TS-2068 and the QL.
PIPELINE and UPDATE will both be pursuing goals of helping to develop North American programming support, periphreal development, and informing the users. And, we can do a better job through cooperation and sharing of information. UPDATE has already provided a QL program for review by PIPELINE (if it is needed), and will share other information in the future. This policy is extended to the other Sinclair publications.
More about PIPELINE will be published as the complexion of the magazine is known. As of this writing we have not seen the first issue. In the meantime a hearty GOOD LUCK is given to Paul Bingham and his cohorts in the PIPELINE venture. –BJ