Excellent e-zine. Beats the pants off of everything else I've seen so far.

Don't worry about making mistakes either, it comes with the territory :-)

Roch Seguin.

Hey thanks for the compliment Roch (which are always gratefully received). "Best On The 'Net" eh? Well I do try! :-)

As to my not worrying about making mistakes - well I've made a few already my friend, and if I took them to heart... I'd have ended up on a slab by now! I don't worry, I just try to learn - experience is a great teacher, in computing, as in all of life's enterprises.

Hi,

I recently noticed your write-up for the WOA show in Hammersmith. I just wanted to clarify the matter relating to the PIOS stand. I got the feeling from reading that paragraph that the author of the piece was not totally convinced of the reasons I gave for the TransAm not working. Please don't be too hard on them. I am not an employee of PIOS, I was merely helping out John Smith. There was very little time to be briefed on every little detail of the machine, but Dr. Kittel managed to fill me in as much as possible. Therefore if I said anything that is either inaccurate or sounded that way, please don't take it out on them. They had an incredible run of bad luck. That's all there is to it.

This e-mail is off my own back, and PIOS have no knowledge that I have sent this.

Andrew Elia (AmigaSoc)

Andrew, in no way whatsoever was the article you refer to here intended to cast doubt on the stated reasons for the TransAm's failure at the WOA. The writer of the piece, Gerry Menzies, accepted the given reasons for this unfortunate failure and did not intend to question them at all.

Computers-in-transit are prone to problems due to their sensitive and delicate nature, and I'm sure that my readers could only sympathise that TransAm's shipping had caused some problems. Hey, surely we all remember the problems with Amigas shipped out of Westchester after Commodore installed those (now legendary) speed-bumps? It happens, it's just one of those things.

Rest assured, there was never any doubt here at all, and I apologise if Gerry's style of writing seemed to indicate otherwise.

Hello,

The Lair! sounds interesting, but sometimes I'm not able to read with a usual browser, and then I use Lynx. Unfortunately, you didn't use the "ALT" keys in your links (which appear to be graphics). Also, sometimes we use the Internet with Netscape but with `Images Off'.

Both Lynx and Netscape without images make your e-zine very hard to click through, since it is just a guess where the unnamed (un`alt'ted) links go. Perhaps I'm the only one `complaining' about this, but I guess it would be a nice feature (while not too much trouble, I guess) to add the ALT's, especially since most of the e-zine is probably in text anyway (or?).

Now I'm going to try to read the mag' anyway, just guessing the links, because I'm curious about the interview with Carl S.!

Greetings from Amsterdam,
Bert Dorhout

Arrrggghhh! When I first started the e-zine I always used the "Alt" tag, then laziness took hold and I began to dismiss them. Rest assured though Bert, I've now began the process of making The Lair! Lynx-friendly again - this issue should be a lot easier to read, although this task is not yet completed.

Thanks for bringing this oversight to my attention.

Does this magazine offer help to users with Amiga type problems as well? If not can you tell me who can offer help over the web?

Craig Kinsman

Unfortunately Craig there is no "Problem Page" with this e-zine. But... you've planted the seeds of an idea in my mind and I'll look into including such a section in future issues.

Do any of my readers know of an Internet source of Amiga trouble-shooting? If so, please e-mail Craig with details (and me too, if possible). Thanks guys.

Hi,

Nice job.

Larry McGahey

Why thank you sire!