Tony’s Article
17/04/93
Well here we are again (already) it doesn’t seem all that long ago that I was writing the article for issue one. You have seen issue one haven’t you? Well this one’s bigger and better! For a start it’s got more reviews and articles for you to read plus hopefully more giveaways. As promised, I have included the source for issue one. You will need misty installed in order to run it in STOS. You will also need the files from issue one if you want to see the doc reader in action. All the files in every issue will be in the A folder and called A1 to A?.
As you can see we have a red theme today (that’s supposed to be blood dripping down on the menu screen!). If you remember it was all grey last month, and I’m thinking of blue for issue three, but I haven’t decided yet.
Well nothing has arrived through my door from all you STOSSER’S out there yet, but I had an idea there wouldn’t be much response from the first issue as most won’t know it’s available yet. But as you are reading this, then it must be getting about! There are a couple of extra names in the CONTAX section, plus some advertisements!!!!!
No problems have arrived for the Q & A section. I was thinking of making a few up to make the section look good but the only place I could take them from really are the magazines and you’ve all probably seen them anyway, so I’ll just have to wait until some real ones arrive won’t I?
Incidentally, if you read my article in last months you will know I wrote to MANDARIN with the view to contacting someone there a maximum of once a month asking for help for the Q & A section. Just the problems I or anyone reading couldn’t sort out. You probably know what’s coming next,,,,,,yes I’m still
waiting for a reply. So I decided to pay for another stamp and write again, this time telling them exactly what I think of them. I didn’t go over the top or anything I simply pointed out that it was alright if they didn’t want to help but it was disgusting that they did not have the decency to write and let me know etc. So we will see if that prompts them to at least write to me. I will keep you informed that way we will all have an idea of what the makers of STOS actually think of their customers!
The music you have probably turned off by now is by MAD MAX as is most of the tunes that are being given away on this month’s disk (see GIVE AWAYS section).
I hope you don’t mind using keys this month for the menu, it was mouse driven last month and I’ll probably go back to that for next month. One thing I hate is drop down menus (GEM); So boring don’t you think? So you’ll not see them while I’m doing the menu YUK!!
£3.40 for ST USER this month! That’s gone up a bit. I got the STZIP V2.2 and if enough routines etc arrive for the diskzine I’ll try archiving them with it that way you will get absolutely loads of free stuff. But, it’s got to come in before I can send it out.
The power of advertising….. I only asked in the first issue for someone to take over the learning basic section for me and i have had a result already. So as from next month, this series will be taken over by William Morrison. Many thanks and welcome to the team, William.
By the way i have just found out that the new ST FMs that are being produced (you know the £159 ers). Well, they will be fitted with TOS 1.04 – Damn that’s better than my operating system TOS 1.02!
HO HUM Preston lost again this week. Nothing to do with STOS, but I thought I might feel better telling somebody. But I don’t. HO HUM!
Right this is Tony Greenwood signing off
Bye Bye STOSSERS
