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- This is a true story:
-
- Way back in the depths of time, a few millenium ago I bought an Atari STFM
- and got a copy of STOS Basic with it. As I had "upgraded" from the Speccy
- the power of STOS was incredible compared to Sinclair Basic.
- Anyway I struggled along trying to grasp one new concept after the other
- with little or no support from the S.T magazines, there were also very few
- STOS disk mags or user clubs so in the end I decided to join the Official
- STOS User Club. I sent my 12 quid off and waited, and waited.
- About four months later I decided to try again (as the cheque had not been
- cashed) So I sent another 12 quid and waited. Nothing happened, the cheque
- was not cashed. During this time Amos had appeared the Amiga and it seemed
- all the support and interest and a lot better language was to be had.
- So I decided to sell my S.T and got an Amiga. I bought Amos 1.2 from a mate
- and settled down to learn Amos. It wasn`t long before I had dozens of
- questions and problems I couldn`t find the answers to so I decided to check
- out The Amos Club, Oh dear it`s the same address and the same bloke running
- it! O.k I`ll give it a go, off goes the 12 quid and I wait and wait.........
- Two months later (cheque not cashed) I decide to try and find out the phone
- number, no chance, so I phone up Europress no answer for two days solid.
- I eventually wrote a letter to Europress to find out what was going on.
- About three weeks later I received my letter back with with a note scrawled
- at the bottom saying something like sorry for inconvience. My cheque was
- returned.
-
- Am I barred from these clubs?
-
- Is there a Amos blacklist?
-
- What have I done wrong?
-
- Am I the only person this has happened to?
-
- As far as I can tell The Amos club is going strong, though I have heard the
- newsletters are few and far between. Anyone care to comment?
-