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Article #621128Re: Magazines
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Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2018 21:43
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2018 21:43
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On 2018-03-03, Andy Leighton <an...@azaal.plus.com> wrote: > On 2 Mar 2018 11:21:40 GMT, maus <ma...@mail.com> wrote: >> Writing of magazines, back then, the UK market had a magazine called >> "Computer Shopper", NOT the US one, the UK one was developed by a man >> called "* Dennis", whose previous point of interest was as have being >> prosecuted for being associated with a porn charge. As far as I remember, >> the judge more or less let him off, as he thought that Mr. D. was of >> "Low intelligence " > > I think he got 9 months or something, but all 3 of the OZ defendants > were found innocent on appeal and only spent a couple of weeks in > jail. I think that he published VIZ or somethng like that. Seemed a fun guy. Is he alive or dead, do you know?. > >> He next produced the above magazine, which was first printed on very >> low quality paper, but had great articles about every sort of computer, >> including the LYNX. > > Well there were other publications in between. > >> As the years passed, the quality of the paper went >> up, but the content collapsed to the point where it was hard to find >> actual articles among the dross. By that time, Mr. Dennis was gone with >> lotsofcash. > > Although he kept in publishing until the end. > -- greymaus.ireland.ie Just_Another_Grumpy_Old_Man
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