Agreed, back in 1990 when I was looking to buy a replacement computer I
bought all the magazines available, QL World was the most interesting to
me, and when I discovered the QL was multitasking that decided me.
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John Rawden St.Leonards-on-Sea East Sussex
Running Linux on a Q40
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On Sat, 13 Oct 2001, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
> >Back in the late '70s/early '80s I used to buy computing mags like
> >Practical Computing and Computing Today because they were very 'DIY'
> >based with articles on programming and building bits of hardware, but
> >when they changed to nothing but reviews of commercial software and
> >hardware I lost interest and never renewed my subscriptions. QL
> Today
> >still keeps that DIY spirit alive and I hope it lasts.
>
> I agree entirely with this, there were a number of magazines in those
> days which were more 'DIY' or 'tinkerer' orientated, and I miss that.
> These days they all assume you are a strict 'user' not a 'tinkerer'
> like many QLers are. One of the reasons for keeping a QL and Aurora
> system here is to occasionally take it apart (and that can mean
> software or hardware) and do something which is not run of the mill
> with it. While this PC/QPC2 combination is great for everyday use, I
> doubt I'll ever have the familiarity and confidence I do with a QL on
> any other computer platform. Thanks for the comments about QL Today,
> we like to think we do our best, and a huge chunk of the spirit of QL
> Toady is down to our contributors who keep coming up with such
> material for publication.
>
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> Dilwyn Jones
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
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