Well, this is the last issue of CD³²View.  Before you throw your hands up
and say, "Gee, another fly-by-night newsletter!", let me say that we're
changing, not disappearing.

Next month, the July issue, the focus of the magazine will turn towards
the Amiga.  We won't be ignoring the CD³², but we will start to include
reviews of Amiga games both AGA and non-AGA.  We will remain a gaming
oriented magazine.  Amiga Report has a firm grasp on the general,
all-around Amiga news/commentary area, and I don't wish to compete head-on
with it.  (Plus, I just cannot crank these issues out every week!)
However, there will be general Amiga news regarding products and software,
not just gaming news.

Why the change?  Well, for one thing, the CD³²'s future is not too clear. 
It's hard to come up with material on a machine that is not currently
being produced and may not be produced anymore.  (You may have noticed the
size of this issue is considerably smaller than previous issues.)

Also, I feel that CD³²View had a narrow scope and it was hard to find an
audience.  How many CD³² owners even had access to the newsletter?  An
Amiga newsletter will be read on an Amiga by Amiga users.  The perfect
captive audience!

Other changes?  The GIF files are gone for good.  If I include pictures in
future issues, they will be IFF format only.  This will keep the size to a
more accessable level for those with slower modems as well as keeping with
the new Amiga direction of the newsletter.  If PC owners really want to
view the pictures, there _ARE_ IFF viewers out there for the PC.

The name will be changing as well.  To make things interesting, I'm asking
you, the readers, to name it.  CD³²View was my idea and it never seemed to
catch on.  It was mangled into CD³²Review, CDReview, CDVIEW, and some
other interesting variations.  Can YOU come up with a cool, memorable name?
If so, send it to me at one of my several E-Mail addresses.  I'll pick the
best one..and give you complete credit.

With Commodore gone, the Amiga needs all the support it can get.  I remain
strongly committed to the Amiga and plan to keep this newsletter going as
long as I can.  I work very hard at producing this newsletter and I try to
keep the quality as high as I can.  If you would like to submit something
to the magazine, please E-Mail it to me.  Don't worry about the form or
the structure.  If it's just an article or something you thought up, send
it to me.  You'll get all the credit, and I'll find a space for it.
 
Sean Caszatt, editor & founder of CD³²View
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