What we leave behind...
In spite of the death of CU Amiga, its 'spirit' could be found
in several news stand magazines, webzines, and online groups for
several years.
The most notable was Amiga Active - the spiritual descendent of
CU Amiga. Spearheaded by Andrew Korn (former Deputy Editor of CU
Amiga), the magazine provided the same mix of technical coverage
and reviews, improving on some of the faults of its unofficial
parent.
Those who read Amiga Format will also be aware of the number of
former CU employees that wrote for the magazine. Richard Drummond
was a staff writer, while Tony Horgan and Neil Bothwick would write
tutorials, reviews, and columns. Since its death, Amiga Format has
incorporated a number of CU Amiga ideals. A Trojan horse tactic to
change AF into a new version of CU Amiga?
Besides the news stand magazines there are also a few web sites
in existence updated by former CU celebrities.
The first is an irregularly updated webzine called The .Newt. Written by Dave
Stroud (CU Amiga's PD.Net columnist), the site covered a particular
topic in every 'issue'. The first edition, dated September 1998
gave a behind the scenes look at the last days at the CU Amiga
office, whilst issue 2 interviews software producer, ClickBOOM, and
issue 3 examines the Warp 3D API.
The second CU spin-off comes from former CU Aussie, Mat
Bettinson. Mat's .Plan is not Amiga specific, more of a diary of
Mat's life but it did on occasion mention his time at CU.
Unfortunately, Mat's .Plan was canceled on May 21st, 1999, but you
can read past entries on his web site.
The third and final son of CU is the magazine's mailing
list itself. Despite the magazines cancellation, the list
continued, moving to OneList in December 1998. The list thrived for
two years, before falling into disrepair during 2000. It currently
has 190 subscribers and less than 50 messages per month. Back to CU Index
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