James Garber in Darlington at 13:28:3 Monday February 23 98
Dear Mr Lawson, I recently bought a PCW16 from my local branch of
Dixons. I was wondering whether there are any commercial magazines
available that could possibly provide me with some support for the
machine ( as I am having trouble getting to grips with it). I have
scoured my local branch of WHsmith's but have not yet been able to find
a magazine specifically fro the PCW. Can you help? Yours faithfully
James Garber.
Amstrad answers: Unfortunately an ironic twist of fate meant
that the one remaining PCW magazine (PCW Plus) printed it's very last
copy in November 96, the exact same month that the PcW16 became
available. However all is not lost as the following excerpt from the
"Questions & Answers" document on the supplied OS Rescue Disc
shows...
Q: Is there a magazine specifically for the PcW16?
A: Unfortunately there is no longer a magazine available in the high
street dedicated to the PCW but there are a few independent Amstrad
user groups who produce club magazines that have information relating
to the PcW16 and other Amstrad computers. Contact details are as
follows:
PCW Today
150 Oxford Road
Middlesborough
Teesside
TS5 5EL Tel: 01642 816903
8 Bit
Harrowden
39 Hight Street
Sutton-in-the-Isle
Ely
Cambs.
CB6 2RA Tel: 01353 777006
The Disc Drive
10 Sheridan Avenue
Thundersley
Essex
SS7 1RD Tel: 01702 551618
In addition to these national support groups there are a number of
local user groups for PCWs. You will find lists of these in the above
publications.
Also it is well worth looking at the news:comp.sys.amstrad.8bit
newsgroup as there is a lot of PCW oriented chatter there.