John Nagy

Here's what #20 looked like. I'll look into my options for scanning and posting. #21 was the last produced issue, #22 is the issue that never came out... and there were to be no more. I still have some art and page layouts from that issue, including a nice cover featuring the Jaguar. I'll share that as I find it. We had a pretty rocky time at the end. We lost most of a year collecting as we could on ads bought on credit to companies that found themselves unable to pay. All of the "staff" for the second year of production was volunteer, all advertising money went into production. When my own money was the only way to continue, we did, for one issue, then regrouped and things actually started to get better. We were a week or so away from publishing #22 when the earthquake changed everything. Life got complicated, my home needed major repair, and my real work - at the State Bar of California - needed more hours as I worked with coordinators to get legal assistance to quake victims. By the time I and others had time and energy for AtariUser again, Atari was slipping beneath the waves, and advertisers had fled to other computer brands. It was really over. We were sorry to go away still owing some paid subscribers a few issues. But with no way to collect thousands of dollars of unpaid advertising for defunct or failing sellers, we had no choice. John Nagy, Publisher, AtariUser Magazine

Great to see there is still appreciation for the work we put into AtariUser. I'm the publisher, and I'm glad this was all posted. If there are still missing issues, I have them all... and I think I still have the final issue that never got printed when the Northridge earthquake demolished my office... and somehow didn't drop too much ceiling on me in the next room, so I'm still here. All I have left of my Atari stuff (other than the publications) is my Stacy 4, serial #2, presented to me by Atari... John Nagy