C64 journalism for the scene, presented in an outfit suitable for our fine machine.

A month to go until the nighttrain will rumble through a fast asleep Europe, taking Devia, ZZAP69 and myself to Amsterdam. On Wednesday morning we will meet up with the aussies - Jazzcat, ALiH and Conjuror - for some pre-X takeover. When Friday October 1st comes, a full weekend of nerdy c64 stuff and celebrating this digital and analouge culture will take off. The pastural surroundings in the outskirts of Eindhoven will boom with SID.

This issue comes with the return of an old friend, namely The Charts. With the votesheets having turned ASCII rather than being on paper the staff may make the categories differ slightly from issue to issue, but on the whole the chapter is what you remember from the past. The editorial staff decided it was time for a little pause in The Awards, and given how well The Charts are received and supported a merged ChartAwards chapter may appear in the future. The aim is to keep it up with the current productive scene, boosting the morale of those itching their brains to get the cyberculture of ours developed. A cyberculture with continuity since more than 25 years. 

For this issue I have written a review on a book by Brian Bagnall. It is entitled On The Edge - The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore, and hopefully it will spur those of you who have not read it to do so. For any person having had a liaison with the Model T of computers, the Commodore 64, reading about its birth is a must. The glitches and mistakes in its design is what we have come to appreciate, and how different would it all have been if the possibility of 32 sound voices was implemented as first planned?

Anyways, time is short and you should now turn to the other pages of this production of cooperation. Enjoy the read and make sure to show up at X  for some brew and chitchat with Mr. Simmons and myself.

Until then.

Jonatan "Macx" FG.