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It was at a company that made monthly game disks called Softdisk where the majority of the Id development team met.
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He suggested that they change the name to "Softdisk" (since it would be, in essence, a Softalk publication).
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich : Magazines, Continued 1992
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"The History of Softdisk: Part 2", Soft Talk (company newsletter), Nov 1987.
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich : Magazines, Continued 1992
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This began a large expansion in circulation for the Softdisk magazette and their other disk publications.
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich : Magazines, Continued 1992
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Softalk magazine provided free advertising for Softdisk, and the subscriber base gradually grew.
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich : Magazines, Continued 1992
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Ads for Softdisk were sold by the disk sector, and provided an advertiser a unique opportunity; he could give a potential customer a chance to actually _see_ how the program he was selling looked.
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich : Magazines, Continued 1992
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Since Softalk was now bankrupt, the possibility existed that Softdisk would be absorbed into the liquidation of assets.
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich : Magazines, Continued 1992
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At this time Softdisk magazine itself began including re-releases of older commercial software whose publishers were willing to inexpensively release publishing rights; they also began to publish some newer shareware programs.
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich : Magazines, Continued 1992
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SoftDisk (Sep 1981-Present)/Softdisk GS (Nov 1988-Present)
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich : Magazines, Continued 1992
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At the time of this writing, Softdisk, Inc. continues to put out the following monthly disk magazines: Softdisk for 8-bit AppleII's; Softdisk GS for the IIGS; On Disk Monthly (formerly Big Blue Disk) for the IBM PC; Gamer's Edge, also for the IBM PC; and Diskworld for the Macintosh.
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich : Magazines, Continued 1992
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