Commodore Hacking
Dear C=Hacking,
I was looking at the Commodore Hacking page (fantastic magazine) and noticed that the "Publishing Schedule for 95-96" has 1995 for all the dates, while I assume that the last 4,5,or 6 probably should be 1996. Thanks for everything!Robin
Yep, we must have just returned from our time travel experiments when we wrote that in the WWW pages. Note that the magazine was correct, but the home was in error. Oh well.
Dear C=Hacking,
I really appreciate the work you are doing with the Commodore Hacking on-line magazine. I like the new look and the new features you added, such as newsfront and hacking the mags.I would like to see on the magazine some reviews about the latest and more interesting PD and Shareware software (with a list of FTP sites where these are available) and hardware products.
Please note that Commodore Hacking is the only Commodore magazine I can easily find here in Italy, because all the Italian magazine there were are dead and all the foreign magazines that were distributed, such as "RUN", "Compute!'s Gazette", "64'er" are either dead or no longer distributed.
We appreciate your comments about the new look of C=Hacking. As for the inclusion of reviews, we're looking into it. it's not that we don't want to do it, just that we need to schedule the reviews (Commodore Hacking shouldn't do all of them, as that creates bias), and determining what software is worthy of review. Look for some reviews in upcoming issues.
Dear C=Hacking,
I like your new version of C=Hacking. I like the idea of including relevant news and summaries of other magazines and disks. Size should not be a constraint, although you should publish early when it exceeds some critical size. Don't scrimp on source code listings and uuencoded files! There is no other publication for this sort of bulky technical stuff. It would also be wonderfull if we could get an appropriate means for including diagrams or pictures, viewable by C64/128 users. I would REALLY like to have the C64/128 html viewer/printer that you mentioned. You may not know it but we came very close to having Al Angers Tower article submitted to C=Hacking in place of Commodore World, but C=Hacking could not really handle drawings and photos.I have been separating C=Hacking into separate articles and files, archiving them and placing the archive(s) on a local BBS. This compacts the length and makes it easier to read and use. I try to make C=Hacking easy to download and use locally, but I still want to keep it as whole and original as possible.
Alan, we're glad you approve of the new format. We're going to try to keep the size so that it will always fit onto 2 1541 disk sides. C=Hacking is still working on the HTML viewer, but it's taking a back seat to other more pressing issues. We'll have it finished at some point, and start distributing the magazine that way as well. As for your separation, we appreciate the work you've done to make C=Hacking easier to distribute. With issue #12, we are offering an archive of all the article in separate files. The archival method has not been chosen just yet, but look on the C=Hacking MAILSERV server for the file.
Late news: check the Commodore Hacking Information for more information of retrieving an archive of the individual articles.
Dear C=HackingGood suggestion. So good, in fact, that we implemented it. Mind you, we can't completely predict the future, so the information in the link may not exactly reflect the contents of the issue when it is published, but we'll try to keep the two in sync.
I would like to make a suggestion for your "Commodore Hacking E-Zine" page. Maybe you could add a link to a page with some info about the next issue of Commodore Hacking, so people know what will be in the next issue. The reason why I make this suggestion is that I read the other issues, and I am very curious, what will be published.
Dear C=Hacking,We appreciate the thanks. And, if we can get one person to pull a C64 or other CBM machines out of the closet and turn it back on through what we do, it is worth it.
Well, I was just writing to say I think you did a great job on C= Hacking... I am throughly amazed by the support and the interest in the Commodores. I have a Vic-20, C-64, C-128, and an Amiga 1000. I have not used any of them in a long time, I have two Beamers that I use more. However seeing all this stuff makes me want to turn them back on. (Actually I use the 64 quite a bit for playing games, plus the 1702 monitor works great with a Super Nintendo!) I used to be quite proficient at the 64, but it is slipping. I will try to get my butt back in gear so maybe I can post an article or two.... Geesh, and just last year I got rid of all my Run and Compute's Gazette magazines.... Oh well I will look through the cobwebs and see what I can come up with. Anyway, congrats on the mag, I think it's going great.
Dear C=Hacking,From: Erik Paulsson <ep@algonet.se>
I saw your mention of Etta Bitar in Commodore Hacking.German? Heheheh... :-)
Anyway, the English information page is available now, but not much will be in English (sorry). It is a Swedish paper :)
Dear C=Hacking,
I'm the editor of the Swedish mag Etta Bitar (8 Bitter), so I thought I should drop you a line.I really like the "new" C=Hacking it's really great, keep up the good work!
One small comment regarding Etta Bitar, it's not in German, it's in swedish. I just thought you should know...
Picky, picky, picky. It's not like we would react that way if you said Commodore Hacking came from CANADA. Wait, hold it.... I guess we would. Correction made. Thanks for the update, and if we ever learn Swedish, we'll try to read it again. (Anyone want to translate for us?)