In a message of  Steve Banham (3:640/991.2) wrote:

Hi Steve,

 DF>> I have my own web space and, soon, my own domain name.  I am quite
 DF>> happy to host an Amiga web page system within that domain.  I am
 DF>> quite

 SB>     Great for those with access, but not so good when it comes to
 SB> catching the 'non-modem' Amiga folk.

 SB> [Stands On Soapbox]

 SB>     My experience indicates that there are a lot of people who have
 SB> Amiga's that depended on ACAR (And even Amiga Down Under, for a while)
 SB> for software, info and adverts.
 SB>     These people are now without any form of support.  These people
 SB> too, would, IMO, be willing to spend some money, if they could be
 SB> assured of continuing support.  They're not necessarily the greatest
 SB> computer minds around, but their money's as good as everyone else's
 SB> and it seems a shame that the have no form of support these days.

 SB> [Falls off Soapbox after being pelted with tomatoes]

I fully agree with your sentiments.  However, while I am quite prepared to
offer web space and skills I have neither the time nor the capital to do
anything print-based.  In short, I'm doing what I can rather than dreaming
about what I can't I guess.

 DF>> make my domain name and webspace pay for itself.  So, if there's
 DF>> interest from Amiga people out there who are willing to provide
 DF>> editorial copy in the form of articles, comments, reviews,whatever in
 DF>> either hard copy or electronic form I will be only too happy to
 DF>> create an Australian Amiga presence on the internet.

 SB> Surely there's enough people in this echo alone who would be able to
 SB> provide plenty of material (no gif's Derek, or taglines Mark :).  My
 SB> question is - who other than those in this echo would frequent it?  I
 SB> have little experience with web pages (and all the other mysterious
 SB> terms used when speakingabout the great InfoBahn) but it seems to me
 SB> that it would be (at this stage) too limited an audience?  Thoughts?

The idea behind having it be an Amiga presence rather than just an
AUST_AMIGA presence is that it will have a broader apeal.  While the
AUST_AMIGA web pages currently include mostly content lifted more or less
directly from this echo I am keen to expand it.  Due to time constraints I
cannot do this by myself though.

So, what I'm asking for is if you have written anything that might be of
more generic Amiga interest then feel free to send it to me.  I can turn it
into HTML and put it on the pages.  If you have a personal web pages, let
me know and I'll put a reference to it on the web pages. If you know of
good Amiga sites on the internet let me know and I'll put a reference to
them on the web pages.  I would like to expand this site to be a good
quality AUSTRALIAN reference to things Amiga.  AFAIK we don't have that at
the moment.

  //  CYA,
\X/ Dave ;-)

... Twisted Pair: a couple of perverts         

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