Welcome to the first issue of the 1992-93 subscription year of UPDATE Magazine. I hope that all of you will enjoy this issue. If you have failed to renew your subscription (they all came due last July, save for two of you) then please do so at this time. No other issues will be sent out to those who are not current paid up subscribers, it just cost us too much. I enjoy doing this magazine, but my philanthropy only goes so far. The vast majority of you already did so, and for you a big thanks. We welcome your constructive input, as well as your program and article contributions. And now as they say here in Peru (Circus City Capital of the World), on with the show!
This issue finds us favoring more to the Z88 and the TS2068, so next issue I promise to give more of an edge to the QL, as it is my main machine these days. Oddly enough it was my involvement with Mechanical Affinity that brought this about. It was necessary to be very familiar with what one sells. Next issue we will be touching on this as we hope to do some mini profiles of several North American Sinclair dealers. The more you know about the people who serve you, perhaps the easier it will be for dealer and customer to work together. It also makes for good trivia.
I heard from Bob Dyl, Editor of IQLR, that around the end of November we will be seeing the release of Miracle’s new QL compatible machine and a QL card for the IBM compatible. Two new ways to keep on using the QDOS! My hopes at this time are that the price is reasonable for the two of them. I have quite a bit invested in QL soft and hardware and just want an upgraded machine to continue using this fine system. These are not the only ways you can upgrade on the QL system, but I will let Eliad tell you more about what is going on in that scene in one of his articles this issue.
Just what do we have this issue that is new for the TS2068? Well we get started on a new program, for those who operate a small business and use their TS2068. This will help with payroll as well as a few other things. This issue we will print the docs for it, and the listings next issue. For those who cannot wait to get it typed in, or want it sooner, it will be offered as an issue disk for $20.00 US$. At this time it is only available in the Larken format. By the way has anyone heard from Larry Kenny lately? As we get new issue disks I will be retiring some of the older ones. For now they are still available, but as in all things, when there is little or no demand …they go away. I will also finish up on the differences for the IBM version of CAD for those who want to type it in. Early on we offered some from Bob Mitchell of the Toronto Club. I thought they were good programs, but there was not even one order, so we withdrew them.
Next issue will see the final emergence of a new issue disk for the QL. I will be filling out the disk with some short programs and utilities that have come our way in the last two years. Some might have made it into print had they come with some text or been other than CODE. Sadly, new programs for the QL have been in short supply the last few months. Those of you who are programmers, please share some of your wisdom with the rest of us. I can not offer you money if you write for us (except for issue disks, where half of the money goes to the author) but you will get some small measure of fame and gratitude. Bye for now!