urjlew@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Rostyk Lewyckyj) (10/19/88)
[I apologize for listing AMIGADOS 1.3 in the category of ASDG SDP]
[and sidecar, A2060, ASDG 2001 etc. ]
now
There has been one article from someone who called Transactor
in Toronto and got an out of bussiness recording, and two
messages (both from Europe) that say they have just received their
Transactor magazines. This raises a couple of questions
1) Did the persons in Europe receive issue 3 of the Amiga Transactor?
rather than issues 1 or 2?
2) Are there two related companies involved? Transactor north america
which is the parent company and has gone broke and Transactor europe
which is solvent?
Could some Toronto area AMIGANs do us a favour by investigating
and posting a report? Rico you know them
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Reply-To: Rostyslaw Jarema Lewyckyj
urjlew@ecsvax.UUCP , urjlew@tucc.bitnet
or urjlew@tucc.tucc.edu (ARPA,SURA,NSF etc. internet)
tel. (919)-962-9107ricom@microsoft.UUCP (Rico Mariani) (10/20/88)
In article <5608@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> urjlew@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Rostyk Lewyckyj) writes: > >There has been one article from someone who called Transactor >in Toronto and got an out of bussiness recording, and two >messages (both from Europe) that say they have just received their >Transactor magazines. This raises a couple of questions >1) Did the persons in Europe receive issue 3 of the Amiga Transactor? >rather than issues 1 or 2? >2) Are there two related companies involved? Transactor north america >which is the parent company and has gone broke and Transactor europe >which is solvent? > >Could some Toronto area AMIGANs do us a favour by investigating >and posting a report? Rico you know them Did I hear my name? BTW I'm no longer in the Toronto area... I've moved to Seattle... OK. Here is the scoop as far as I know it and I don't think that I'm giving away any big secrets here so here goes. 1) Transami 3 is finished and ready for publication, at the printers etc. This has been the case for some time now. 2) The publishers are unhappy with Transactor right now and won't publish without money up front. 3) The up front money doesn't exist. 4) Everyone thinks that the Transactor is still viable. 5) They want/need to get capital from somewhere to keep printing. Maybe a buy out, maybe something else, maybe who knows. Anyone wanna invest? :-) 6) They feel it would be unethical/fraudulent to accept new subscriptions at this time. 7) Speculation: They don't get anything done with people calling them all day about the situation hence the answering machine. 8) Transactor in Europe etc. do their own printing hence they don't have any of these problems. They are independant companies with some kind of agreement for republishing the articles. I don't know the details and they're largely irrelevant. 9) I hope this all works out because it's a good magazine and it will be hard to replace. -Rico
utoddl@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Todd M. Lewis) (10/21/88)
In article <1065@microsoft.UUCP>, ricom@microsoft.UUCP (Rico Mariani) writes: > 4) Everyone thinks that the Transactor is still viable. I hope "everyone" is right; I'm not so sure. > 5) They want/need to get capital from somewhere to keep printing. > Maybe a buy out, maybe something else, maybe who knows. > Anyone wanna invest? :-) I have an uneasy feeling I sort of already did... :( > 6) They feel it would be unethical/fraudulent to accept new subscriptions at > this time. The were pretty responsive cashing my check! Not long ago either. And the words "unethical" and "fraudulent" have come to my mind as well. > 7) Speculation: They don't get anything done with people calling them all day > about the situation hence the answering machine. Whew! I'm glad they got it then. Now they must be doing wonderful things again. Better start looking for ways to increase my shelf space! > -Rico -Todd
jyegiguere@lotus.waterloo.edu (Eric Giguere) (10/21/88)
In article <1065@microsoft.UUCP> ricom@microsoft.UUCP (Rico Mariani) writes: > >1) Transami 3 is finished and ready for publication, at the printers etc. > This has been the case for some time now. Yes, and when I talked to Richard Evers last it seemed like things were OK... >2) The publishers are unhappy with Transactor right now and won't ^^^^^^^^^^ > publish without money up front. ^^^^^^^ You mean the printers are unhappy and won't print without money up front... >8) Transactor in Europe etc. do their own printing hence they don't have any > of these problems. They are independant companies with some kind of > agreement for republishing the articles. I don't know the details and > they're largely irrelevant. Irrelevant? Hardly, from this author's point of view. When I submit an article to the Transactor, it's on the understanding that I will get paid for that article. I don't like the idea of other magazines publishing my material without the guys in Toronto paying me first. Either that or let the other publishers pay me first.... BTW: Can someone who's seen the UK version of TransAmi tell me if it is indeed #3 and such? Or are they still printing some of the older stuff? (i.e., is my article in it?) >9) I hope this all works out because it's a good magazine and it will be > hard to replace. > > -Rico I hope so too. There is NO OTHER magazine with such good techie content for the Amiga. All the others remind me of Compuke! with an Amiga bias... I'll try and get through and see what the situation is like, since I have a few questions of my own to ask... -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Giguere 268 Phillip St. #CL-46, Waterloo, Ont. N2L 6G9 jyegiguere@lotus.waterloo.edu (519) 746-0792 GIGUERE@WATCSG.BITNET "No, that's not how you pronounce it..."
sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) (10/25/88)
In Message <9237@watdragon.waterloo.edu>, jyegiguere@lotus.waterloo.edu (Eric Giguere) writes: >Irrelevant? Hardly, from this author's point of view. When I submit an >article to the Transactor, it's on the understanding that I will get paid >for that article. I don't like the idea of other magazines publishing >my material without the guys in Toronto paying me first. Either that or >let the other publishers pay me first.... BTW: Can someone who's seen the >UK version of TransAmi tell me if it is indeed #3 and such? Or are they >still printing some of the older stuff? (i.e., is my article in it?) I have a close friend who is also waiting for money from an article that was to be published in issue #3. So rather than have everyone ask if their article is in or not - why doesn't someone with a copy simply post the table of contents. There cant be that many articles and writers names. -- Dan "Sneakers" Schein {alegra|amiga|rutgers|uunet}!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers Sneakers Computing 2455 McKinley Ave. Of course heimat is an Amiga. West Lawn, PA 19609 Doesn't everyone run UUCP & UseNet on an Amiga? Call: BERKS AMIGA BBS - 60+ Megs - 24 Hrs - 3/12/2400 Baud - 215/678-7691
lphillips@lpami.van-bc.UUCP (Larry Phillips) (10/25/88)
In <9237@watdragon.waterloo.edu>, jyegiguere@lotus.waterloo.edu (Eric Giguere) writes: > BTW: Can someone who's seen the UK version of TransAmi tell me if it is > indeed #3 and such? Or are they still printing some of the older stuff? > (i.e., is my article in it?) It is #3 and yes, your article is in it. -larry -- If all the MSDos machines were laid end to end, they still wouldn't be as fun as a single Amiga. +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ {ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision,uunet}!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
ockenden@prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk (Paul T Ockenden) (11/05/88)
In article <3830.AA3830@heimat> sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) writes: > I have a close friend who is also waiting for money from an article that > was to be published in issue #3. So rather than have everyone ask if their > article is in or not - why doesn't someone with a copy simply post the > table of contents. There cant be that many articles and writers names. Dan, I expect someone else has beaten me to it, but just for the record, here is the contents list of Transactor 3 as published in the UK. Fromt cover = "Special late-but-worth-the-wait issue" (their words not mine) with a picture called "Speed Reader" by Jo-Anne Park. Inside.... BreakPoint, Part 3 Victor A Wagner 3-D Plotting from Amiga Basic Anthony Bryant Ray Tracing Fundamentals Cathryn Graham Guardian 1.2 Leonardo Fei Review : CRP Digitizer Mike Todd Review : Prosound Designer Kevin Miles The Final ARP.Library Tour Scott Ballantyne and Charlie Heath The ANSI Standard for C Eric Giguere Internationalizing your programs John Toebes Survival Guide to the Bridgeboard Dan Schein (Yup, you made it!) Letters Bits Amiga Dispatches Don Curtis ACCESS (PD stuff) Steve Ahlstrom The Viewport Larry Phillips Review - Manx and SDB Nick Sullivan Review - ARexx Larry Phillips. All in all, it was quite a good issue (apart from the stuff written in the UK, and printed out very badly) Oh, just read through it again, and the following is in the mag, but not in the contents list... Facts behind the flashes Betty Clay So, a good issue, but with the feel of a newsletter rather than a magazine. -- Paul Ockenden uucp : ....uunet!prlb2!prlhp1!ockenden Software type person ....mcvax!ukc!prlhp1!ockenden Somewhere in England. janet : ockenden%prlhp1@uk.ac.ukc "Blah blah blah......... (Pizza Killers!)" bix : paulock cix : PaulO