One of the things in my  big Atari ST haul from a couple months ago was an issue of FaSTer disk magazine. I had thought that it was a sealed copy, but

Goto 10 Retro: The Newsletter for Atari Enthusiasts

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2024-11-22 10:00:08

One of the things in my big Atari ST haul from a couple months ago was an issue of FaSTer disk magazine. I had thought that it was a sealed copy, but although it was still in its shrink-wrap, it was not actually sealed.

I had never heard of this magazine and was not all that familiar with this type of magazine distribution, but I think it is pretty neat. Being a digital magazine, it’s a lot like Goto 10!

Each disk was single-sided and worked in both color and monochrome. Producing a disk magazine was certainly much less expensive than a printed one, yet the magazine itself did cost more than most printed magazines of the time. Although the price was in line with magazines that came with a disk, such as Compute!’s ST Disk and Magazine or STart. At $9.95 an issue, that is about $28 in 2024.

The magazine itself consisted of just a disk nested between two pieces of cardboard. The front “cover” highlights what is on the disk.

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