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About Hardcore Magazine....................Bob Sander-Cederlof

I have received several calls by subscribers who wonder about the ad from Hardcore magazine.  The ad prices a subscription at $20, but does not say clearly what $20 buys.

To my knowledge, HARDCORE has published two issues so far:  the first one about a year ago, and the second about six months ago.

Inside the front cover of the first issue you will find the following message:

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"Attention Subscribers:  Although presently only a quarterly magazine, HARDCORE Computing will go bimonthly and then monthly as soon as possible.  Meanwhile, your one-year subscription is for the 4 quarterly issues plus 8 UPDATEs (printed on the other 8 months) and all ALERT Bulletins sent out whenever we feel information is too important to wait.  The UPDATEs will be reprinted in part or in whole in the next magazine.  The magazines, UPDATEs, and ALERT Bulletins comprise the subscription package."
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I have talked with the publisher, Chuck Haight, several times on the phone.  I believe he intends to fulfill every subscription, but he is having trouble getting the magazine out on a regular schedule.  I asked him how often the magazine is published, and he answered "Very infrequently".  He did re-assure me that a subscription buys four issues.

Note that Softkey Publishing is another company with the same people.  Two callers indicated they are quite satisfied with the software they bought from Softkey.
