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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: amigamad on August 08, 2003, 06:06:50 PM
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the link is here be quick uk ebay site http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3038895933&category=11991 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3038895933&category=11991) :-)
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Be quick i have this issue myself and it is upside down and covbers prited wrong way round.
:-)
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Such a shame :-)
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This post can be deleted item has ended with no bids. :-o :-?
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nobody buys magaines on eBay, even if you have a complete set you would be lucky to get a tenner for em. I have the last issues of both CU Amiga and Amiga Format and the sentimental value is so much more than you could ever hope to get in hard cash :-)
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I remember when I has to search every month in the few press kiosk where can i buy an import copy of CU Amiga and Amiga Format. They were very dificult to find in Spain and very expensive.
The last issue of CU Amiga is famous because they ship Cinema 4D without serial number. Totally Useless.
I have four years of CU Amiga issues and one of Amiga Format in my house. All with their cover disks.
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The last issue of CU Amiga is famous because they ship Cinema 4D without serial number. Totally Useless.
Totaly useless ? it runs perfectly fine on my system, the instructions to get the serial was included and i got mine right away ;)
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AxE wrote:
nobody buys magaines on eBay, even if you have a complete set you would be lucky to get a tenner for em. I have the last issues of both CU Amiga and Amiga Format and the sentimental value is so much more than you could ever hope to get in hard cash :-)
This is true, this is very true.
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redrumloa wrote:
AxE wrote:
nobody buys magaines on eBay, even if you have a complete set you would be lucky to get a tenner for em. I have the last issues of both CU Amiga and Amiga Format and the sentimental value is so much more than you could ever hope to get in hard cash :-)
This is true, this is very true.
Somewhat like a brand new Amiga 500.... :-P
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Somewhat like a brand new Amiga 500....
Naah 500s are a hot commodity:-P I tried selling off some old magazines before. A box of 100 didn't even get the minimum $5 bid.
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Now that brings back memories...
We'd been working on that issue for a bit over two weeks while the editor (Tony Horgan) was on holiday, and were well ahead of schedule. When Tony came back we were able to hand him the issue in a nice, advanced state. Everything was going well. Later that day we were told it was going to be the last issue.
After a long staff meeting (at the local pub whilst drowning our sorrows, of course), we decided to chuck out half of what we had planned and produce a proper "goodbye" issue. Most editorial teams learn their magazine is closing just after the issue goes to the printers because most publishers basically assume the journos won't be bothered to finish the mag in time if they know, and going to the printers late = big additional costs. Our publishers did not understand CU, but at least they trusted CU.
We took quite a bit of pride in that issue - we really tried to make it something special. Reworking much of the issue in 2 weeks meant a lot of additional work, and the unfortunate result was a couple of minor omissions. One of these, alas, was the Cinema4D code. It was a shame we'd managed to negotiate such a nice goodbye present to our loyal readers and forgot to print the serial number, but this was given out to everyone who contacted EMAP or HiSoft about it and I think most people who wanted it got it eventually.
The cover had to be the thing we had most fun with, though (note to e-bay poster - of course it was intentional!). The idea of the foot was Tony's - we spent some time trying to get the "genuine" python foot, but Terry Gilliam was in LA and we were unable to get in contact with him in time. Fortunately we found that the foot of Cupid in Bronzino's 16th century masterpiece The Allegory of Love at the National Gallery in London made a decent substitute. ;-)
Originally the foot was going to be stomping down on a big stack of back-issues. My innovation was to have it stomping on the logo itself. As the logo has to be at the top of the cover, this would mean having the foot upside down, which didn't make sense to anyone until I explained that my notion was to print the entire cover upside down. I believe it is to the eternal credit of Tony (and our publishers at EMAP) that they had the nerve to go through with this. There are quite a few newsagent shelf stackers who will never forget that cover! :-D
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I always buy classic computer mags from eBay. I bought this one (and the CD) a year or so ago. :-)
I remember reading a letter in it from a head honcho at "Amiga Format" who said that the financial situation there was healthy and they weren't in danger of closing. They close soon after.
Exactly when did AF close and what was the reasoning in the last magazine? Probably the same at CU's, I imagine.
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Not forgetting AmigaAction which closed to become Digital, which then just closed. You should have done a special for that Andrew.
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I still miss CU Amiga Magazine :-( . It was a very sad day when the news was announced. I had only just got online at that point. Funnily enough I had the cd in the other day and was reading through all the farewell letters as well as those rather funny letters the team had received from time to time. Was it Satan who had written in? :-P AmigaActive came to fill the void and did so well but alas the poor thing Kealed (SP?) over and died like the rest :-( I do hope all involved are employed again now. I have just sub`d to total Amiga Magazine, hoping that it will inject some Amiga spirit back into me as this P.C is just not working for me, not even with Amiga Forever, though there are advantages, compliant web browsing, games, etc. Now lets get the A1 out with AOS4 revive the scene and get a new news-stand publication, Simple! ;-)
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I tried selling off some old magazines before. A box of 100 didn't even get the minimum $5 bid
Trouble with that many is the cost of postage i have an amiga format here that has 343 pages or it might be more. :-)
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CU was my favourite, for sure. Quite a blow when it all ended. They
stopped far too soon in my opinion. I have the final issue, but like
it's been said, it's worth far more to me than to anyone else.
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Cu Amiga was the best - due mainly to the balance of hardware reviews, tutorials, games reviews, software reviews it had - compared to most of the others that were little boys magazines with nothng but games (and as I was a little boy, I couldn't afford any of the games!) (well Amiga Computing was also one on of the 'serious' mags...)
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This has turned into such a great thread and AndrewKorn nice to hear from you!
i think ill start a new thread on wether someone should post or release a Cinema4D serial on amiga.org or aminet
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I also remember subscribing to "Amazing Computing/Amiga" here in the U.S. I was happy with it and got five issues -- the last five.
The last one talked of how 'Amiga suddenly went dark' and there was a big question mark on the cover. A major turnaround from the previous, positive issue. And I cannot find out why the magazine didn't continue (or how I could have tried to get some of my subscription money back).
Anyone know more?
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I was going through a pile of old(`93-`94 vintage) AFs and CU Amigas a while back. Ah, the good old days..
Couldn`t believe the prices back then either, there must be some amiga users walking about with only one kidney !
Best of all, were the readers questions. Almost every issue I picked up had " Where can I buy the AGA chipset to upgrade my A500" :-o
And the fun of playing about with the new demos on the coverdisks, dunno why but "Waynes World Pong" springs to mind!
I know, it doesn`t take much to amuse me....
Party on ...
Hmm, just had a thought.. I wonder if Amiga.org will ever get renamed Waynes World ?? :-P