Where are you Atari?
"I have no doubt
that much more will develop between my writing this and publication".
Those words came from my last editorial concerning the takeover of
Atari. Well, two months have passed and what has happened? Nothing much.
True prices have been reduced to make the Atari line the best value
computer system that's ever been, but if it is not advertised what is
the point? Stop dragging your feet, Atari, and for the sake of our, and
your, future advertise. Don't sit and wait for the customers to
come to you, the past two years have proved that it won't work.
Many thanks to all those of
you who wrote to Atari as requested. It turns out that Product Support
is still alive although not in quite so lavish a form. I had calls from
Robert Katz and Les Player, both on the technical support side,
to say that support is still there but may take a little while to get up
and running again. I promised to publish a letter from Robert Katz
outlining what has happened and what will happen but the letter has not
arrived. Pity.
Your letters were much
appreciated at Atari and took them a little by surprise. There is no
doubt that some people, at least at Atari know that you still care. All
it needs now is for Atari to recognise that it cannot survive in
isolation and that encouragement of third party supporters of Atari will
play a vital part in their campaign to become the world's number one.
Atari is still the least supported computer in this country and what is
the point in buying a great computer if you then sit at home thinking
that you are the only one who did!
Apologies...
Sorry about the last issue.
Many subscribers received their copies late, several had missing or
duplicated pages and the print quality was awful, such that the listings
were virtually unreadable in places. I won't go into details, just say
that it was entirely down to the printer. This issue we have a new
printer and, hopefully having made the right choice, such problems are
behind us. I have just about calmed down!
Finally, thanks to all of
you who wrote with congratulations on the 'arrival' due on 27th
September. He actually arrived a couple of weeks early on 11th
September. This issue has been the hardest of all to put together!
Editor
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